As I already made perfectly clear in the first of the weight sequels, it is in your face at all times to be thin and diet. In fact, there is often a new diet every week! I mean really, what happened to just using common sense alongside exercise and cutting out the pressure bit?

Although I believe that it’s the person inside that counts, we really can’t forget the health issues. We all know that the only way we can feel good about ourselves is if we actually are, and there is no reason why a slightly larger woman should feel that she can’t reach a weight loss goal if that’s what she would like to do.

Here are some trust worthy weight loss aides that hopefully will be of help:
• Make sure to eat a healthy breakfast. Eating a good breakfast gives your metabolism a kick start to the day and that means that your body will process fats and sugars much faster.
• Drink plenty of water. This will help detox your insides and cleanse. It’s good for your skin too. Dehydration is a big no-no.
• Plan your meals the day before. This can help cut down on unhealthy snacks.
• Don’t starve yourself! This is one of the most ignored weight loss factors. By not eating your body will go into survival mode and instead of burning the food you eat off, your body will store it as fat, so there is just no point in doing it.
• Eat plenty of fruit, vegetables and salad. These are very good for you and as they are all very low in calorie, you can eat as much as you like of these on a diet.
• Leave off the booze. Not good for you at all really, so limiting yourself to one or two glasses on the weekend would be a good idea.
• Exercise! This too speeds up the metabolism and of course, tones you up as you loose the weight.
• Don’t forget the many different ways of doing exercise; swimming, running, the gym, sports etc, or if you really don’t want other people watching you, make a complete plonker of yourself like I do and dance about to one of those DVD’s you can buy. Its great stuff and I can guarantee that you will start feeling much better about yourself as you go along.
• If it’s been a while since you have done any exercise, consider talking to your doctor first and don’t forget to start slow by easing yourself into it with maybe a week of 15 minutes exercise, and then add on an extra 5 minutes every week. You need to be comfortable with what you are doing and pushing yourself too hard can be dangerous.
• Weight loss is very rarely an instant effect. A healthy way to loose the weight is at about 2lbs per week. That way the weight is more likely to stay off.

Support from family and friends is also a big confidence boost and if you feel that you would like to go through a dietary plan with others in the same situation, then there are plenty of weight loss classes that can be attended such as Slimmers World and Weight Watchers. You could even start an online weight loss support club on mums-room.

At the end of the day, it is important to be happy and healthy, so I wish you the best of luck in your search for what’s right for you. Take media hyped diets and images of what you should be with a pinch of salt – you’re beautiful anyway