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Think like a winner! Affirmations can prove to be extremely powerful and effective. In ‘Forget the Fear of Food’ weight loss expert Dr Christine Fenn recommends you affirm ‘I am feeling fit and healthy’ then imagine yourself exactly like that, regularly throughout the day. Visualise the clothes you are wearing and how good you look in them. Notice how healthy your hair is, the glow of your skin, and the sparkle in your eyes. Feel the health and the strength in your body and notice how you stand tall and confident in the body of the new you.

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Set yourself short-term goals. Due to our human survival instinct we seek pleasure and avoid pain. If we associate more pain with dieting than pleasure we will instinctually fail miserably. When we set ourselves short-term goals and then we reach them, we get high (not through illegal substances), a natural high. Our body recognises this as pleasure and from this we see everything more clearly and positively.

·	Read the success stories on the homepage for motivation and inspiration. This gives us the ‘feel good’ factor that yes; we can do it too.

·	Think about what you eat and why you’re eating it. Is it because you're really hungry for food, or are you fulfilling an emotional need?

·	Learn to love and appreciate yourself.

·	Understand why you’re hungry. There’s a fantastic feature in ‘News and Features’ called ‘How to avoid eating when you’re not really hungry’ written by Nutritionist Fiona Hunter. This gives you all the tricks of the trade to eat like we naturally should.

·	Last of all good luck and remember the key to happiness is having dreams… the key to success is making dreams come true.