New year diet adjustments......that fail...

[MrBen]

This is the time of year that gym subscriptions rise and people start making minor diet adjustments (which don't last) in a bid to atone for Decembers gluttony. This week people in our office who normally head to Nando's have started coming back at lunchtime with salad. Subconsciously I did the same.

Working my way through the box of shredded vegetables was a joyless experience and it was so difficult that half way through I had to go back out and buy a big bag of crisps to go with it. Why do we do this?

And besides...I'm guessing that eating salad for a month doesn't compensate for several years of red meat, booze and fried stuff. Anyone else care to own up?

[KidKruger]

I'm actually being pretty good (we're in week two of 2015, mind).

My driver is expensive slim-fit shirts I wear to work are exposing my gluttony by not looking quite as elegant.

So I'm doing easy stuff - no chocs, sodas, snacks and eating 1-2lbs of fruit a day since I currently work near a great market. Also no beer in week and I'm finding already more energy and reduced likelihood of blowing a wad on new shirts. I'm not sure though whether fruit can eventually make me fatter.

Sounds all evangelical now but next week...

[Jeremy]

I was actually heading towards being in reasonable shape before xmas, then during "christmas week" put on a few kg of lard. Back to the gym this week... and substituting the crisps and chocolate for fruit and occasional "popchips"...

[Salsaboy]

Trying really hard to have a no carbs diet for a month or so to shift the lardy stomach. Been ok so far but still a struggle having to think about what to eat. Also trying to stop the chocolate but hard to do when there is a cupboard full of it indoors.