NEW YEAR, NEW ME!

I have tripped and fallen right into that “new year, new me” trap again!  You know the one where you make half-hearted promises to yourself to finally lose weight… while dozing happily into yet another holiday food coma?
     Of course I promised to quit the fatty, salty, sugary treats cold turkey right after the 1^st of the New Year, and guess what I was doing while actually lying to myself?  Yes, stuffing the forth piece of fatty, salty, sugary treat into my mouth.
     This only goes to show just how much self-control one loses to overindulgence every year during the holiday season, its tradition!
     So the 1^st of the year has come and gone, and I have had to live up to my promise... yes, the rude awakening came when I started fighting with my husband for HIS clothes, which I have taken to wearing because mine don’t fit anymore, and I refuse to buy bigger clothes.
     This is just getting more pathetic isn't it?
     Anyway, my first clever decision was to join a gym, which has always intimidated me but by God I did it and so far I have not regretted it.
     My second clever decision was to invest in a particularly tight (and unnecessarily expensive) cocktail dress that only my left arm currently fits into, as motivation.
     Now let's see just how long these investments will keep me on the straight and narrow path of clean eating and exercise.

Ella Roberts,

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