Hello, Fatty.

New Years resolution eaten.

New year, same old habits.

My holidays began right at Christmas. My birthday was in January. Case closed. I eat more and thought I deserved a break from my exercise regime, since that’s what all athletes do anyway in their off-season. Even Usyk has a wobbly belly after defeating Tyson Fury again. Problem is it’s their job to stay fit. Our job is a office or driving job. Exercise is a hobby more or less. We haven’t got a upcoming photo shoot, so, yeah, we having that extra slice of cake that keeps looking at us, in a sexy way. Unwrapping it’s icing and….getting carried away. Seriously, health, diet is not like going to the cinema or going abroad. Our healthy living is on par with brushing our teeth or going to work or getting dressed or waking up and sleeping. I’ve seen many older guys and gals who decide to get into shape in their late 40’s or early 50’s. It usually doesn’t last because it was not their way of life. Not just that, their body gives in because it’s not used to the rigorous reps or ups and downs.

It might sound over the top, but if you want to live longer, you need to be heathier. Yes, many a time my fat smoking friends have told me their grandma’s lived to a ripe age of 157, even though they used to smoke like chimneys and drink a gallon of vodka a day. And a healthy guy might get hot by a bus or be devoured crossing the road by an unsuspecting tyrannosaurus rex. Fact is the biggest killer worldwide is heart disease. Even when COVID was in full swing, heart disease didn’t even bat his eyelids twice.

Nobody wants the blame

Now surely it’s your responsibility of what goes into your mouth, but if the same smoking warnings came onto cigarette boxes when they first came out, I’m pretty sure smoking wouldn’t have taken off the way it did. Advertising unhealthy foods and drinks is big money. When was the last time you saw an advert for water or carrots?

On pitches you have footballers guzzling down water via a fizzy bottle branded name. If anything if their was a fizzy drink, the lactic acid would actually decrease the players abilities during the game, but when was the last time a child watching their hero told that.

The answer

Like everything everything starts mentally. You have to have the willpower to wrestle that doughnut from the grasp of your blubbering lips.

Sitting at home is recipe for disaster. I always end up eating more when I’m at home especially on holidays. I’m not saying roam the streets but work or write or paint or anything.

Do not starve yourself that’s only going to make you binge. Do not eat just salads, make it tasty, add some chicken and some sauce.

If none of this has made an impact on you, just remember, you might put on 3 stone and then bump into your ex…..