In 2009 I lost 60lbs. I did this through Spark People and by weighing and measuring everything and by incorporating exercise into my life. However, I think I became too reliant of processed food (as it had the calories on the packet) and I think I lost my inner foodie. My meals became ‘safe, boring and repetitive’ and I lost the love.

This is a fight back against my lifestyle which has been doing me no favours. I love my job but it is not very good for me:

  • Lots of time in the car or in front of the computer
  • Hotel stays, meaning bad sleep and fattening foods
  • Erratic schedule hitting mealtimes and exercise times
  • Long tiring days inducing the sugar bunnies

So these are my 10 challenges for 2010:

  1. Exercise everyday
  2. Eat fresh food, in season and preferably local
  3. Cook for myself
  4. Stop eating in the car
  5. Some fresh air, natural light everyday
  6. Grow my own fruit and vegetables
  7. Stretch everyday
  8. Do something new every week
  9. Try a new recipe every week
  10. Meditate to relax

These are the right things to do; I know they work, but the Fruitcake is a rebel so I will have to find the nutty way to do this to keep her onside….

“The difficulty lies in finding that still point at the centre of the turning wheel—that place in your own mind where you can be fully with yourself, as you are, without being against yourself or merely for some imagined future version of yourself. ” – Dean Anderson