Eat your greens, avoid gluten and dairy. Eat less red meat, drink more water. Floss, moisturise, stretch, meditate. Stress less, sleep more. Add green tea to your diet, cut out refined sugar. Exercise every day, take your multi-vitamins, don?t slouch?
Woah, woah, woah ? slow down. How on earth can I do all of that"
We are constantly reading and hearing about what we should and shouldn?t do and going into the new year places even more pressure on us to reassess our lives, our habits, our diet and our routines. It?s easy to get overwhelmed though and think, “if I can?t do it all, then there?s no point doing any of it.” Before you know it, you find yourself on the couch chowing through a whole packet of Kettle crisps.

It?s important to remember though, that Rome wasn?t built in a day the same way that the abs on that girl on Instagram didn?t just happen overnight. We must work for what we want. We need to set goals and practice self-affirmation along the way. Baby steps, weekly changes. I?m no fan of fad diets and believe that health is a lifestyle choice and a journey. Setting a goal for yourself at the beginning of the week is a great way of making small, realistic and attainable changes in your life.
It may be as simple as going for one run a week. This may be a big step for you, but once you?ve overcome that challenge, you could say to yourself that the following week you will go for one run and get to bed 20 minutes earlier than usual each night. Week t...