Well, this is the time of year when nearly all of us make resolutions with good intentions for the coming year yet most of us will end up breaking them before the first week is out.
Sadly, in the past, I have not been an exception to this rule so last year I did not make any resolutions at all. However, I did manage to give up smoking on 17th May albeit with the help of the smoking cessation nurse at my GP's surgery. As I am over 60 and I get my prescriptions free, I got the NRT patches and some lozenges. To my surprise, I found it quite easy and was able to do without the patches within four weeks because they kept sliding off when the weather got hot and made me perspire! In the past I had tried various methods and had given up the fags but always went back to them within a very short time, so now I have been smoke free for seven months I will give myself a pat on the back!
Just over a year ago, I was diagnosed with a metabolic disorder along with a bucketload of other things which has meant that I have had to change they way I eat. This is a real nuisance because I have to eat whether I'm hungry or not just to take all the damned tablets as they have to be taken with food. This has meant that I have piled on the pounds, rather a lot of them. Fortunately, the damage to my weight had been done before I gave up smoking and that had little effect on my tonnage! I have never been this heavy and I certainly don't like it so by this time next year I want to have lost around three stone. If I can achieve this I know that most of the problems I have with arthritis etc. will be greatly improved. It won't be easy but I am going to give it my best shot. To help me lose the weight, I know I will have to do more exercise which is quite difficult when you have a few skeletal problems so I have decided that I will go out for a good walk every day whenever possible.
I'm not going to make any other resolutions because that way, I can't break them!
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