Diets are a load of rubbish.

Way back in June, I wrote a post about the gym. I decided to join the gym in order to try and achieve a "bikini looking body", you know, the type you usually see plastered all over the front of women's magazines which make you feel incredibly small inside. I knew from the start that I didn't want to get carried away and end up as a size 0, because that look just doesn't appeal to me what-so-ever.

I have managed to stick with the gym, it almost feels like a routine now. The gym has had an affect on my diet, I've started to become a lot more strict. I've started to watch what I eat a lot more, and only try to put healthy food inside my body. I've stopped snacking on crisps unless they're low fat, and I only allow myself to have a few squares of chocolate every now and again. Instead of snacking on crap food, I try to be good. I think I've started eating healthier because eating bad food makes me feel guilty, I don't want to spend an hour working hard in the gym to come out and eat a McDonalds, it just doesn't seem worth the effort. I do have a rule though where I can eat whatever I feel like for tea, because you definitely need something to fill you up at tea time otherwise you'll be snacking later on. I do eat foods like biscuits, or the occasional scone and cream (typical English, but it's so good) but in smaller portions instead of scoffing my face. I only ever eat until I'm full, even if there is food left on my plate. Ever eaten food so fast that you feel sick afterwards? Me too. I learnt the other day it takes the brain 20 seconds to realise that it's actually full, so the trick is to eat slowly.

I don't believe in diets, they're a load of rubbish. You'll come off of a diet and put the pounds back on again, because you've not actually changed your eating habits. I've read many times that in order to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle you have to control your eating habits, and it's true. Last year at university, all I ate was pretty much shit. Takeaways all the time because we couldn't be bothered to cook. I noticed that I put about half a stone on about the first year, and this is when I knew I had to change. Eating healthily and going to the gym is the only way to do it. Sorry for those of you firmly believing in diets, but they are a load of rubbish. Put the effort in, and you'll get the results you want.