New year

Yay! I've done it. I've finally done it. Whoop whoop! I've finally put all the weight back on that I lost at the start of the year! And just in the nick of time. Phew, just in time to start my diet at the start of the year and lose the weight all over again! Bloody great! My husband congratulated me when I told him. He said I'd worked hard and put in a lot of effort. Chocolate for breakfast? Tick. Puddings? Tick. Gin, prosecco, chips, crisps, ignoring gym? Tick, tick, tick. But I have to admit, it was no effort at all. Easiest diet ever. If you'd like to put on weight and need more details please PM me.

But let's not despair. Another year, another opportunity! Going into a new year (and especially a new decade, as this is) I like to reflect. What's gone right? What's gone wrong?

The good?
I started a great new job
I lost 2 stones
I turned 50
I had an amazing holiday in Jamaica
I've made new relationships
I've further bonded with some existing relationships

The bad?
I put on the 2 stones that I lost
I turned 50
I left great job (for good reasons)

The plain ugly?
I'm the same weight as I was and just as unhappy about it as ever!

Then of course there's New Year Resolutions. Like about 90% of the nation my top choices are 1. Go to the gym 2. Lose weight 3. Drink more water. And by 2 January I've forgotten them. This year I've decided to be different. This year my resolution is to have a daily mantra. And with thanks to Caitlyn Jenner on I'm a celebrity, I've picked 'Another day, another day to excel'. This is what I will recite 3 times every morning. Will I forget? Of course I will.

I'm just about to start my next new job and I'm very excited. This is a chance to start fresh. Get back on plan. Do some fasting and lose my excess weight. Hopefully for good this time as I can't keep doing this. If I've not lost weight by next Christmas just shoot me! I'm happy with 2019 leaving and 2020 coming! It makes me feel positive, excited and motivated. I can do whatever I want to do. I can be whatever I want to be. I can be the best me that I want to be. I can fast, and I can lose weight. I can embrace my new life and be the best employee. I can love and be loved. I can be tolerant, caring and nice. Nobody else can be the best me. It's all down to me, and me only.

Think about your 2019. What's your good, bad and ugly? What changes do you want to make? How can you be the best you?!

Be kind and polite, and the world will be right.
                                                                                 - Paddington Bear