 |  Pauline Hill
Pauline has been running Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club classes in Newport and Cardiff since April 2003. Pauline is fully qualified to teach exercise to music with special experience to teach the overweight or newcomer to exercise. She battled with her weight for most of her adult life and yo-yo dieted for a long time trying many fad diets and healthy eating programmes. |  |
- Plan ahead.
Plan your slimming campaign with a deadline in mind - a special occasion, a holiday etc. Have no doubts about your success. Persevere and you will reach your goal.
- Get rid of excuses.
The Diet & Fitness Plan works if you stick to it. Healthy low- fat eating and regular exercise has been proved to work.
- Weigh it up.
Weigh and measure yourself at the same time every week. Try to create a positive environment and mix with other successful dieters.
- Learn to handle the difficult times.
We all have them - birthdays, meals out etc. Be really good when you can and this will reduce the damage when you can't.
- Develop enthusiasm about your new eating and fitness plan.
See the weight and inches disappearing and picture yourself succeeding.
- Get rid of temptation.
Don't keep food in the house that you find difficult to resist. Avoid second helpings, except of vegetables and salad.
- Enlist the help of a friend to encourage you.
Exchange telephone numbers for when you need a little extra help.
- Make an exercise programme for each week.
Pin it on the notice board and tick off each activity as you do it. Don't beat yourself up if you don't do it all. Any exercise is better than none.
- Focus.
Many people confuse their desire to lose weight with their ability to lose weight. Realise that it is your desire to be slim, not your ability to lose weight that really determines your success.
- Develop the attitude of activity.
Remember this is the key to successful long-term weight loss. Each week try and do 3 - 5 exercise sessions, each of 20/30 minutes.
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