I’m working with a cleaning analogy.  It helps me maintain a much more sensible mental attitude.  You see it came to me when my house was a total mess!  It needed to a total overhaul.  So I made lists for each room of every single thing that needed done.  And then it hit me!  I wouldn’t dream of trying to do this all at once - that’s impossible.  So I stopped and asked myself, why on earth am I trying to do that with my lifestyle?  So I’ve made lists for my lifestlye, just life for the rooms of my house.  I’ve colour coded them too: red needs a lot of work, orange is in progress and green is a-ok! Looking at this, it’s a very visual demonstration of what I need to work on.  My exercise is good and on track.  Food is what I need to tackle now!  As these improve, my mental attitude will improve too.

Head

Be sensible about goals - unrealistic ones will get you no where.

This is NOT a permanent situation.  You ARE working hard.  You WILL get there.

At least once a week pamper yourself - massage, facial, even just some time to yourself.

Food

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea

Cut out snacking

No alcohol or fizzy drinks

Exercise

Build up gradually to get used to each new level before moving on to the next.

Achieve Walk With Me! target at a minimum of 6 out of 7 days a week.

Work a positive mental attitude about exercise - make it fun!