VIVA LA resolution

NEW YEAR, FOOD RESOLUTIONS AND SIMPLE IDEAS TO INSPIRE SUCCESS, WRITES

ANT ELLIS

e’ve said it pretty much at the start of every year, but this time we really mean it: we’ve changed. To kick off the new(ish) year, we’re gonna eat less crap, cut down on the booze and exercise more –and this time it’ll stick. I’m absolutely not here to impart nutritional wisdom, nor preach on any diet or system (I’m a sucker for comfort food), but I do know that a few basic habits could help to sustain your food resolution, and anything’s worth a try, ya dig?

So let’s talk about the two areas that suck the most to try and stay healthy in – breakfast and weekday lunches. Enough with the sugar-coated cereal, garage pies and drivethroughs. A bit of planning followed by some conscious shopping, and you could be making this one last. Let’s start with a super simple rule: five fruit or vegetables a day. Decent portions, not that soggy slice of tomato on your triple cheeseburger, OK?

Breakfast – and the easiest way to jam flavour and goodness into an on-the-go win. Smoothies are so versatile, you never need to have the same one twice, and if you avoid the bland, gluey variety, you’ll look forward to ’em too.

WBasic rules:

1. Slice, core, hull, and freeze your fruit, then use frozen for an ice-cold wake-up call.

2. Don’t throw the kitchen sink in – that’s when they become a boring tick-box exercise instead of an opportunity to create a menu of great ideas. Instead, pick three, maybe four, key ingredients.

3. Keep them cold, runny and drinkable.

4. Fruit can contribute excess sugar to your daily intake, so mix it up.