Hi there!

My favourite nickname is Mango, and thanks for visiting my blog!  I’ve been a lurker around the blogs for a long time.  Like many people, this isn’t my first time trying to lose weight and like many I have made a vow for this time to be different.  I sincerely hope it will be!

To help, my partner and I drew up an “agreement”.  Generally it says we both will make the following changes to our lifestyles, starting on Sunday the 3rd of May!

Food

We will eat fruit/vegetables every day.  We will also take vitamins every day to supplement our intake and keep ourselves healthy.  Fibre will be more heavily included in our diets and we will start making sure we have “me-sized” portions. Every food has it’s place, but we will try to eat sensibly and input what we need, not just what we want.

Exercise

Three times a week we will do at least 30 minutes of high intensity cardio.  In addition to this, we will have a 30-minute walk together every day.  Four times a week Mango will do at least 50 sit-ups/crunches and DB will practise Taekwondo patterns and stretches.

I’m only 20 (still plenty of time I know!) but I am tired of feeling inhibited by my weight.  I’m not hugely overweight but I feel hugely self-conscious.  I’m sure you know what I mean.  Trying to disguise the size of your stomach using your arms (which doesn’t work), living in black, overcompensating with humour and projected confidence.

I’d love to be healthy.  To not have handfuls of extra fat around my middle, my thighs and bum.  To love wearing a bikini!  I’d like to feel my body fulfilling it’s potential and feel strong.  I want to be beautiful - or at least to feel it!  In a couple of years I am pretty sure my partner and I will get around to getting married and I’d like to be beautiful for our wedding, for him.

Good luck to you all, and thanks for reading.

Mango x