Reasons to Diet #31 - Show off my piercing

Number 31:

Reason to Diet #31 is that I want to show off my belly piercing!! Yes, I finally got it done, so now I need the body to be able to show it off!!

I don't want it squished up and buried under clothes - I want it to sparkle in the sun.

Reasons to Diet #30 - I want to look good wet

Number 30:

Reasons to Diet #30 is that I want to look good wet.

Yep, no matter how much I can hold it in, patch it up and camouflage when it comes to getting in the water, all bets are off. I want to be able to get in that pool, dive in those waves, and come out looking good instead of coming out looking like I have narrowly avoided the harpoon!!

I want to be as glamourous soaking wet as when I am fully loaded with the war paint and spanx!!

Reasons to Diet #29 - I Want To Enjoy the Sunshine

Number 29:

Reason #29 to Diet is that I want to enjoy the sunshine not dread it.

It breaks down like this - the sun comes out, I panic. I have a desperate hunt through my wardrobe to find something I can be cool enough it whilst not looking like a hippo.

It gets on my nerves. I should be like "yay, sunshine, damn girl". Nope. It fills me full of fear.

This must change!

Reasons to Diet #28 - I want to be free to have a pint!

Number 28:

My next reason to diet - I want to be free to have a pint!!

Imagine its a lovely sunny day, and not being able to just go to the pub, sit in the beer garden and have a cold pint of lager. I used to do it a lot, but then I realised I was overweight and wanted to not be, so I stopped doing it to lose the weight.

The problem is that I spend most of damn summer trying to lose weight and I never get to have that pint!! So I want to stick to my diet, get to goal weight, and stay there.

Then I can have my pint in the sun!!

Reasons to Diet #27 - I will never get my ass in shape sitting on it!

Number 27:

Reason #27 to stick to the plan is simple - I will never get my ass in shape by sitting on it!!

What I am saying is that there is no point sitting around, bemoaning the fact that I am not at goal weight whilst spending my time sitting on my backside. If I want a banging body and to reach goal weight, I have to get up and move and work at it.

Sitting round, enjoying life is great, but it doesn't make for a bikini body!

Things to do in February

Things to do in February:

• Plant summer bulbs
• Enjoy seeing spring bulbs pushing through
• Cut back the garden
• Enjoy the snowdrops
• Clean your windows
• Get the curtains down and wash them
• Clean the skirtings
• Go for long walks in the countryside
• Go for a jog (now the snow is hopefully done)
• Clean your car
• Get your bike out and go for a ride
• Ramp up the gym sessions
• Start your 30 day squat challenge
• Treat yourself to a spa treatment
• Get your wellies on and go jump in some puddles
• Go watch a film at the cinema
• Plan your trips for the year
• Learn a new skill 
• Cook something new
• Lay off the carbs
• Celebrate Valentines Day
• Enjoy the nights getting lighter
• Declutter your loft or garage

My Top 10 Classics to Read

• Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
• The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
• The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
• The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien
• 1984 - George Orwell
• Pride and Prejudice - Jayne Austen
• Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
• Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
• The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S Lewis
• Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Reasons to Diet #26 - Losing Weight feels Wonderful

Number 26:

Reason to diet number 26 is how wonderful it feels to lose weight. When you get on the scales, and it has dropped, its a good feeling.

When the pounds start to add up and become half stones it feels great. When you start to drop whole stones and look and feel better, its the best feeling ever.

I need to keep that in mind, as the reverse is also true. When you get on those scales and its gone up, it feels awful.

So, I need to remember how bad it feels when the scales go up and how wonderful it feels when my weight is coming down.

Reasons to Diet #25 - I want to be in control

Number 25:

Reason 25 for sticking to the diet is that I want to be in control and not my body. My mind needs to rule, not my hunger or cravings.

This is the problem - I get the strongest desire to eat crap and drink wine. Or a lovely cold beer and a burger, or crisps, or cheese or cake. Its never good stuff. I give in and then I enjoy it for a few minutes, and then within minutes, I am feeling fat and horrible, and the impact lasts for days.

I am tired of being ruled by cravings for fatty foods and I want to be in control. The longer I stick to the plan, the more I form new habits to replace the unhealthy ones and the better I feel mentally because then I am in the driving seat and in control.

My Top 10 Feel Good Songs

• Nina Simone - Feeling Good
• Pharell Williams - Happy
• Elbow - One Day Like This
• Ceelo Green - F**k You
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• U2 - Beautiful Day
• REM - Shiny Happy People
• The B52's - Love Shack
• Robbie Williams - Angels
• ACDC - Thunderstruck

Reasons to Diet #24 - I want to be proud of my body

Number 24: 

Reasons to stick to my diet #24 is that I want to be proud of my body. I am 40 something years old, and not once have I felt totally proud of how I look.

Don't get me wrong - sometimes I look ok and I scrub up well, but put me in a bikini or a pair of shorts and panic sets in. I resign myself to how I look thinking "when I reach goal weight" and then it never happens.

Not this time!!! This time, I am going to exercise, I am going to diet, I am going to reach goal and why? Because I want to be proud of my body.

10 ways to shake off your unhealthy habits

10 ways to shake off your unhealthy habits: Break your unhealthy habits starting today and lead a healthier lifestyle with these easy to follow tips from the UK mum blog Motherhood: The Real Deal

My Top 10 Songs for February

• Foo Fighters - February Stars
• Bobby Bare - February Snow
• Lou Reed - Xmas in February
• Lights - February Air
• Barbara Dickson - January, February
• Josh Groban - February Song
• The Dream - February Love
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood - One February Friday
• Bobby Troup - February Brings the Rain
• The Waifs - February

Reasons to Diet #23 - I want toned thighs

Number 23:

Reason to stick to my Diet #23 I want toned inner thighs My legs are toning up a bit, slowly. I am developing some good definition, but clearly, my inner thighs are not being worked in quite the same manner, as they are refusing to change.

My inner thighs are flabby and unsightly, and nothing - not squats, not Zumba, not running, seems to be making a difference. Losing weight will help of course. It won't tone them up, but it will remove some of the fat.

However, in order to accomplish this goal, I need to stick to my diet, every day, and stick to the exercise plan but also add some specialist moves to tone these bad boys up!!

So that is the reason - if I do not stick to it, I shall have flabby inner thighs forever!! Not having that!! :