Fifteen things you need to give up

Stop doubting yourself, believe that you can get to the slim side, believe you can exercise everyday and eat right.

Do not thing negatively, you must always be positive!

You shall succeed, don't be scared

Stay away from people who do not want wats best for you.

Do not gossip.

Do not criticize yourself and others, love your body.

Do not get angry.

Stay away from comfort foods like chocolate, ice cream, etc

Don't be lazy, get up and exercise.

Be positive always.

Do not procrastinate.

Success is yours.

Do things in moderation.

Don't be a people pleaser, do what pleases you.

Put your needs before others' 

Try not to backslide

Trying not to backslide means going back on what you have set your mind and body to do. This happens when you have set up you mind to exercise and not to eat unhealthy foods but find your self doing the opposite.

Nobody is perfect, that's why I said try. For about three days, I haven't done my normal daily exercise and I have had a couple of drinks. I feel so bad and I feel like I'm gaining the weight back. It was a mistake to stop for a day because I just couldn't continue.

I promise to start again today

Being positive

During your journey to the slim side, it is going to take sometime before you start seeing a difference physically. You just feel lighter. During this period, you have to be positive and picture your self with the body you have always wanted.
Surround yourself with positive people that would motivate you, that would be willing to join you to exercise, eat right with you, etc.
Be distant from people who try to discourage you, tell you you are ok the way you are when clearly you want a slimmer body, people that tell you that all the diets and exercises are pointless,telling you to stop, people that give you scornful looks while you are exercising or saying no to a bottle of coke. Clearly, they don't want what's best for you....enemies of progress
I am talking out of experience, I have some people in my life, trying to discourage me. In times past, I have made decisions on slimming down and have actually started exercise and the diet but one way or the other, these people actually tell me that there is no point, that I should give up. And I actually did.
But this time, I am saying no! To the haters, watch me get to the slim side!

100%weight loss

For 100% weight loss, you need at least 20% of exercise and 80% of diet.

Exercise is very important

Exercising your body is so important, it keeps the body fit. I am the type that sweats a lot, so 5mins of exercise and I am sweating heavily.
I don't really like exercise though, it tiring...but I'm determined to get all these excess weight off so I exercise for about 40mins every day and make sure I loose nothing less than 600calories everyday while I exercise. I do this because I normally have a stressful day, walk up and down so many flights of stairs, walk to class, etc
If you are the type that just sits at home, you need to exercise for more than 40mins and burn more than 600calories.

Being proud of yourself

I started my journey to the slim side more than a week ago, and I am proud to say that I have not had any soda (Fanta, Coke, Sprite, etc). I have also not had any snacks (meat pie, sausage roll, etc). The reason I am proud is because on a normal day, I would have about two drinks a day, if not more, one hot dog and two sausages....thinking about it now, it's so funny and I am a bit ashamed, but I have decided to be truthful in writing this blog.
Due to the fact that I have stopped eating and drinking that which is bad for me, I'm happy, because I know I would get to the slim side soon enough. I have made apples and cucumbers my best friends and made drinks and snacks my enemies, I run away from them.
I am the type of person that just sighting food, I get hungry. So I try my best to stay away from shops where they are sold, trust me, I really try my best. I am so determined to loose this excess weight.

Journey to the slim side

In my journey to the slim side, I have decided not to indulge in soda ( Fanta, coke, sprite, etc). There are also juices that makes you think they are healthy but are not. Any juice that has sugar or artificial sweeteners should be far from you. That's what I am running away from. If you must have a drink, make your own fruit juice, squeeze oranges, blend pineapples and you would love it.

I have also decided to stop taking snacks ( meat pie, sausage rolls, hot dog, pizza, etc) they are bad. I carry apples and cucumbers around with me, so I don't get tempted to eat snacks when I am hungry.
With time, you would get used to it.

It all starts with DETERMINATION

Determination is your key to loosing weight. In the past, I have been going on, saying I want to loose weight, that I want to be slim but I could not exercise or stop taking unhealthy foods. I really don't like exercise and eating healthy but I just have to LOVE them now because I want to loose weight
I got determined when it dawned on me that every where I go, I am the biggest or one of the biggest, so annoying. I don't want to look like the odd one out, every ones mum so I just had to be determined to loose the weight.
There are different factors that get people determined to loose weight, might be... Looking good for the party you have been looking forward to, being forced by your husband or boyfriend to slim down, doing it for love, etc there are a lot of reasons. But those are not my reasons, they just would not work for me because- being determined to look good for a party, I always look good, design my clothes in such a way that they fit me and look good on me, do my make up and look really nice(so that's out of the question). Being forced by my boyfriend, noooo, if you don't love me the way I am, you have no business being with me (can't work for me either).
The first thing that made me get determined to loose weight is my health. There are a lot of illnesses and diseases that come with being big. There's diabetes, cancer, heart disease, cholesterol, etc. I really do not want that, so I am determined to loose weight and be healthy
Another reason for my being determined is that I don't want to look older than my age. Me looking older than my age causes a lot of embarrassing moments that I don't want, I want to be able to walk with my boyfriend without people asking if I'm an aunt if his or his elder sister.
These reasons are going to keep me determined till I loose all the excess weight.
If you are out there and you aren't determined, there's no point even trying. But if you really want to, get reasons to be determined and stick with them.

Welcome To My Blog

This blog is mainly about 'plus size' people out there who are trying to reduce their weight and also stay healthy.
I am a plus size lady in Nigeria who is beautiful, yes I know (I have a mirror and I look into it). But I know I would be prettier if I am slimmer. Dont get me wrong, a lot of people stay I have a nice shape and I am beautiful, but within my heart, I want to be slim and wear all those pretty dresses I see in stores and also wear 5 inch heels and feel good about it
I want to go to a place and turn heads, and have people say "oh, I like her body, she is so fit and beautiful. I generally want to look good, or... Should I say better.
I believe there are people like me out there, so I am starting a blog, to let people know and to also help people be who the truly want to be. It's gonna be fun!