I tracked my food intake and tried to eat 18 points a day whilst my points allowance was 22. This meant I always had some points banked in case I was going out or someone brought cake into work or I was particularly hungry one day. I planned my meals in advance and planned some healthy snacks but tried to keep the day's total to 18. Sometimes I left a point or 2 "free" and unplanned that day to have a small treat that I felt like but for the most part my meals were already decided.

I tried to weigh and measure portion sizes whenever possible and often had weetabix for breakfast as I knew 2 were 2 points and didn't have to measure. I always measured my skimmed milk.

I didn't exercise that often but I'm very competitive on the Wii fit and when my sister beat my high scores I kept going till I was at the top of the scoreboard again. One week my leader talked about exercise so I challenged myself to do a little something everyday. I also walked home from work when I could.