Clothing

One of the side effects of my health drive has been the regular need for new clothing but this is a double edged sword as on the one hand you really begin to see the fruits of your efforts, while on the other you end up spending a fair amount of cash on clothing that doesn't look far too baggy and also you will need to replace them quite quickly.

At the moment I'm just about to embark on purchasing my fifth generation of new clothes in 158 days but since the amazing discovery of Jeans for a fiver in Primark this has become less painful and at the end of the day my local Scope charity shop also benefits from my off casts so that's also good in my books.

Initially I tried to leave it as long as humanly possible before upgrading to new better fitting clothing but my advice is: do not do this, not only is it uncomfortable but you also end up spending fifty percent of your day hiking up your trousers as they feel like they are about to be around your ankles at any moment! But more importantly you are denying yourself the motivational realisation that your efforts are worthwhile and also with better fitting clothes comes another motivational incentive....people will tell you how well you look or ask if you're on a diet and this gives you the chance to talk about what you've been doing and from my experience people are genuinely interested in what you have to say.

Granted there are times when people worry that you are suffering form a medical condition, especially if you loose weight fairly rapidly, but as soon a they get talking to you and realise that you are well the conversation is usually positive.

As with most things in life talking is the best option as almost everyone has something in their life that they'd like to change and having the chance to discuss this and exchange ideas is a good motivation for both of you and you may also get tips on how to cope with something or one of you will introduce a fabulous new low calorie product to the other.

So if your friend is looking thinner don't worry about it, ask them about it, you'll be doing them a great favour in giving a self confidence boost and you'll be helping them on their journey to better health, they'll walk away afterwards with a spring in their step and you never know but you may have just saved them from giving up and going on a cupcake binge.