For New Year I've decided to lose some weight. Therefore I will not drink beer or cider until my birthday in March.

I'm also going to cut down on how much I eat, I already eat fairly healthy but normally cook too much so will try to eat smaller portions.

I'm going to try to do more exercise, I'm not going to join a gym as clearly this has not worked in the past and is a waste of money. I'm going to try to go walking every weekend - weather permitting! (I may need some encouragement here).

Finally I want to try to cut out aspartame (E951) out of my diet therefore no more diet drinks, sugar free drinks, sugar supplements or sweeteners because of the potential associated health risks.

Anyone else want to join me or have their own new years resolutions? (I'm going to sticky this thread so we can see if we keep to our resolutions )

as of next week i am also going to try watch more of wot i eat because i drink far to many fizzy drinks i am not callin it a resolution because i always fail those!
so u have my full support pete going for walk this after noon! new year new start!!!
Good luck dude!

Happy New Year!!

I'm going to get fit and save money so I can go on more holidays!! I'll come and walk with you at the weekend....time and place for this weekends hike?!? I also want to learn a new language..think Bebe and I are going to learn Spanish

I have a few- first of all to keep in contact with people a lot better- meet up with old friends I havn't seen in years and visit relatives more often (as I'm guilty of seeing my grandparents just twice in 2008 and they only live the other side of B-Hilly!!)

I also plan to better myself in my job and work towards my next promotion, hopefully finishing 2009 on at least £5K more than 2008.

Next is to save like mad towards a house and look to buy a place with Dan by the end of the year.

And lastly, I want to join a band, air-drumming in my room just aint cutting it anymore! LOL! So if anyone knows of a drummer-less band, let me know!!

Oh, and the walks sound pretty cool (Lyth Hill is always a good one!) I don't exactly need to loose weight but I swear one of these days I'm gonna put on like 10 stone overnight! LOL

Yeah Im deffo gonna get soo fat overnight. Walking is always good, me and Corrine have started the year in a good walking way

good luck fatties!

I'm 93kg after weighing today. I remember when I went to the gym I was around 80 - 85 kg so thats going to be my target weight for the next 3 months.

next sat or sun any1 fancy going for walk up church stretton (and the cold helps lol) cx

sounds good, was going to suggest this weekend but it was too cold to even walk into town.

How much is that in stone? I want to get down to 9.5 stone I'll be up for a walk if I'm in the area.

thats my target weight so if were in sbury we will join in on the walks!!

How much do you weight Steph?

last check 10 stone which is heaviest ive been - 9 1/2 would be great never had to lose weight before not gunna find it easy!!

I went through my first weekend of not drinking.

I seem to fluctuate between 9 1/2 to 10 stone...want to be the lower one though! Well done Pete...I managed to eat myself into a chocolate coma last night

I had a glass of wine last night but didnt actually enjoy it so im going to try and remember that feeling for this month until my birthday binge

Hehehe...same here!

Mine is to get my fitness to what it was 5 years ago and start running for Shropshire again in 6 months. I would be out training most night but at the moment i might freeze :@

I want to do a fun run in order to have something to aim for....ideally I would like to do the London Marathon....though I did hear that women tend to perform better after they have had children?!

I went for a walk up Haughmond hill yesterday afternoon, will do loads of cycling once it gets warmer.

Would join the gym but they are all quite expensive

Anyone got an old exercise bike or cross trailer for sale?

I want to start cycling again as my bike is just sitting in my garage.
I also went a weekend without drinking, I still feel dirty all over!!

And Beanie they dont let just anyone do the London Marathon. Im pretty sure you need a few other marathons under your belt before they even consider letting you do it

Oh I wasn't going to just turn up in May having made a tee out of Flora It's something I want to do in life and so will endevour to work towards it over the next following years Simon Pegg did it in Run Fat Boy run and so can I!

lol isee my self as a young simon pegg! as in the fat boy part! i dont really mind bout weight loss just getting fit! and bs able to run after shoplufters for a little longer! mayb even considering giving up the smoking at the mo but will see how desperate i get!

i bought a stepper from Tesco last night so going to be using that lots

I think you should just play the drums on rock band more, or perhaps get a Wii Fit

Wii fit is quite expensive, especially if you need to buy the Wii first.

Were they the Value steppers for £20?? Surely you could run up and down the stairs?!

yeh thats the one beanie - yeh would mean putting the TV at the top of the stairs - exercise is super boring

You could have put a yellow pages on the floor and done some step aerobics on that, god knows the yellow pages has no other uses nowadays

yeh i don't think we get the yellow pages - I've seen a BT phone book in the house - half the size of the recent Argos catalogue tho