With the Christmas and New Year's festivities fast approaching, many of us will no doubt end up over indulging and spend a lot of our time eating and drinking far too much.
This is then followed by another of our favourite past times, which is to make a list of New Year's resolutions that we want to achieve.
Many of us may decide to stop smoking, visit our family and friends more often, give up drinking, exercise more and of course the most common one, lose weight!
After overdoing it with the food and drink over the Christmas period, the temptation to continue in the same vein is everywhere. It's one thing to make your New Year's resolutions, sticking to it is a totally different challenge.
So how can you start and most importantly, continue to follow your New Year's weight loss resolution through to completion?
Tips For Sticking To Your New Year's Weight Loss Resolution
So what help is out there for us if we feel we need a plan to follow rather than go it alone? Well, there are many weight loss programs that you can follow either at home, online or by attending a weekly meeting.
Weight Loss Programs
The Caveman Diet - As the name suggests, this eating plan takes us back to the days of the caveman. It advocates a diet based on lean meats, raw vegetables, nuts and berries, whilst abstaining from foods such as sugar and refined carbohydrates. Read more about the Caveman Diet here.
The Cambridge Diet Is a meal replacement diet. A Cambridge consultant will help guide you through the programmes, giving you advice on preparation, stabilisation and maintenance.
Weight Watchers - Attend weekly meetings, or follow the plan online. At the weekly meetings you will be supported by a Weight Watchers leader. Each week you will be weighed and given all the information you need to change the way you think about food, so you can sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Rosemary Conley - Attend weekly meetings that include a 45 minute exercise class. Again you will have the support of a leader who will help you become healthier and reach your ideal goal weight.
Slimming World - Attend weekly meetings or follow the plan online. Have the support of a Slimming World leader to guide you to a new way of eating.
Of course there are many other eating plans that you can follow. Just remember, it isn't about how quickly you lose weight, but how safely. The most important part of losing weight is for you to become fitter and healthier. Losing weight means changing your lifestyle and the way you think about food for evermore.
So here's to a Happy New Year and a Happy New You!
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Updated: March 22, 2025 CET