Steps To Success

I have made myself a few 'rules' to follow while trying to lose weight. These aren't hard and fast rules because every time I impose a strict rule on myself I just want to do the opposite. They are more of a guide for me and I believe if I do nothing else but follow these few simple rules then I can't get myself in too much trouble:

• Walk to and from work every day- 25 minutes each way, pretty easy because there is no other way for me to get there
• Have my Optifast shake for breakfast every day- this is just so I have breakfast, not because I particularly feel I have to have an Optifast shake, I am just too lazy to make anything else at 7am
• Avoid the biscuit jar at work- which is always full of tim tams, mint slices, caramel crowns and chocolate royals
• Bring my lunch from home- this is as much about being healthy as it is about me being a tight arse
• No drive thru- I used to be a bit addicted to late night drive thru, but since a friend of mine has been sick with cancer I feel repulsed by putting that kind of crap in my body
• Alcohol no more then once a week- this has also been quite easy because I know a few guys with alcohol problems or who are alcoholic and it has really made me start to detest alcohol and how it can screw people up