How to REALLY lose weight

What? A permanently skinny girl (until metabolism slows otherwise) suggesting ways how to lose weight? That's preposterous. Yes, I have high metabolism and blah, blah, blah. It doesn't mean I don't watch my weight though. Most of all though, it's maddening to see so many people go wrong when they try to lose weight and I've come up with Ten Fail-Safe rules to follow if you really want to make it work this time...

1) Instead of starting The Big Diet on Monday, or tomorrow, or next year, start it RIGHT NOW.
2) On second thoughts, don't think of it as a 'diet' at all, but simply a healthier lifestyle.
3) Each day, replace one item of junk food you'd normally eat, with a piece of fruit.
4) Plan one weekly shop, buying as many fresh ingredients as possible. Use my recipes as a starting point for easy, healthy lunch and dinner ideas (perhaps not too many of the pies I do though!). Trust me, I only make dishes that are simple because I'm a novice cook!
5) Constantly say to yourself 'I want to be fit and healthy', rather than 'I don't want to be fat'.
6) Cut back on your time with people who encourage you to eat junk food. They want you to order takeaway with them to make themselves feel better about it you know.
7) Get the person you hang out with the most to join you in your new healthier regime.
8) Every evening before bed, roll out a gym mat, lay out your workout clothes and trainers, and/or stick an exercise DVD in the player. It'll motivate you that little bit more to do some exercise when you get up. Or at least make you feel more guilty if you simply step over it all to avoid it.
9) Put your scales or measuring tape away - become the size you want by the way you feel, and don't be dicated by the numbers.
10) Throw all the above out the window until you can learn to trust yourself that you CAN do this.

So I'm not claiming to be the Holy Biscuit of weight-loss at all by stating a few rules. This is really just a bunch of stuff you've kinda heard all before.

You just need to decide to make the effort because you're the only one responsible for your life.

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