Remember when you were 19 and didn’t get hangovers, could stay up all night and all day and lose half a stone at the drop if a hat? I remember older friends at uni telling me how things change as you get older. I always palmed them off believing I was lucky.

Well turns out no, I’m not lucky, I was just young. The hangovers I suffer now are horrific with headaches lasting two days sometimes. Whereas, I used to work two jobs and survive on 3 hours sleep a night at uni, now I’m knackered by the time it gets to Friday. I’m still determined that has something to do with a fairly stressful and demanding job though, not just my age.

The one that’s annoying me most right now though is my weight. I’m not fat, I know that, but I would like to be a little leaner. I find that now, it’s really bloody hard to lose a few pounds when a few years ago it was a price of cake.

I’ve decided to try the Fast Diet or 5:2. The whole idea is you eat regularly for 5 days and fast, restrict to 500 calories, the other two. Me and the man tend to have big dinners together each night. Only having to miss them twice a week is far more appealing than making different meals each night.

It’s not as hard as you might think. I started yesterday and had porridge for dinner, a fruit bowl for lunch and soup for dinner. That was only 520 calories. Your supposed to exercise 3 times a week too for 30mins. I tend to do this anyway with my little furry friend.

I’m going to try and keep it up for six weeks. I’ve even taken before photos, those I will only share if the results are impressive though!