I hope you had a great week and still have the same enthusiam for growth, change and success that you had as we hit January 1st. If you did have any New Year's resolutions or plans, I hope they are going well and you have started what you promised yourself you would do!

 

This week is really the start of a normal week in 2009 and tends to be the week we all get back into the "routine" of what we did last year. With it being cold outside, dark late afternoons and the credit crunch the country can seem a little depressed and diets tend to go to the wall quickly because the benefit of overeating outweighs the long term health benefits of being slim.

 

But what I have realised more and more is that if you "struggle" with your weight, or are "stuck" on a diet while everyone else is eating etc then you are likely to fail, and sooner rather than later. When you have the right mindset you will love the fact you are on a diet! Love the fact that you are slimming down, looking good, taking compliments, buying smaller clothes and generally improving your health immeasureably. Therefore you should be happy before you start a diet, during it and then after! Slim doesn't mean happy but being happy means you will be slim naturally.

 

Finally, before I go, I popped to a large supermarket chain the other day, and wandered around looking for blister plasters. The first aisle as you walk in was absolutely stacked to the ceiling last week with chocolates and christmas food goodies. Suddenly today, they had gone! Instead was a load of exercise equipment and a large TV with an exercise DVD playing. It made me smile, but also realise that even though a lot of companies and people seem to want to help people, actually they are interested in their own profits. This was proved further when I got to the till and they had creme eggs as a new item line on the tills!

 

I hope you have an amazing week and talk next Saturday when hopefully I can say I made it to the top of the hill!

 

Take Care

 

Mike :-)