WEEK 1 CHALLENGE

Here we go, then. And this week we're off to a liquid start. Yep! No cutting out anything. Like I said - baby steps. I want to succeed in this. I have weight to lose and energy to gain and I do not want to fail. That means setting achievable goals. That's the key, you know - setting achievable goals. I'm not going to think in kilos or pounds or weights of any other sort - merely in this week's challenge.

This week I'm going to eat exactly like I've been doing - including too many biscuits, chocolate, not enough salad, too much food over all, etc. etc. etc. In other words, I'm not going to change a thing. In fact, I'm going to add something. WATER! We all know about those 8 glasses of water a day, don't we? It's one of those 'boring' facts that we're sick of hearing about, I know, but in reality it's not talked about half enough. If they took away half the kids' toy adverts on telly and advertised water instead we'd all be a lot healthier. The importance of it just cannot be over-emphasised, so I challenge you (and I challenge me) this week to drink water, water, water.

Now, I can't be bothered counting glasses, can you? So I'm going to go out and buy just one large 2-litre bottle of water. By the end of today I need to have finished it. Then every day I'm simply going to refill it.

Are you going to do this with me? If you can't bear water, then by all means add a little squash to it - it's the liquid that's most important, but it must be 99% water - not juice, or fizzy drinks or tea or coffee ... you can drink those AS WELL this week, if that's what you normally do. Like I said, no other changes.

So let's go, then. And tell me how you get on. I'll bet that after 3 or 4 days you're going to start waking up in the morning and craving water first thing. Great! That's a sign that you're beginning to give your body the liquid it's been gasping for the last few months/years/decades.

And one more thing - even if you think you already drink loads? It's not enough. Go buy that bottle!

Good luck.