4th September If you never made your body beach ready

So with the last days of meteorological summer fading fast, and with the realistation that you 'never quite' got your body beach ready, fear not because with these handy dandy tips from Grace Under Pressure we can all be in fighting fit shape for Autumn

Embrace the realisation that you never need to go near the fruit andvegetable section in your local Lidl again. Never. Instead head directly for the shelves filled with calories
crammed consumables and load up your trolley with the staples of pies, potatoes, pizza and proseco.

Cancel the gym membership you never used, take all that dust collecting sporting equipment to the local charity shop and finally give up on trying to squeeze yourself into those lycra cycling shorts, unless like me its just for the pure pleasure of it

Reduce your bills at the tanning salon by only having the bits that people will see, ie your face (from behind a scarf) turned a David Dickinson shade of orange. Although a quick hi intensity blast on the sunbed might be a cheaper was to keep warm this winter.

Forget all that 10,000 steps a day nonsense and instead slump into your sofa. see if you can spend the entire weekend doing less than 1,000  steps with most of those being used going to the fridge, the toilet and back to bed. For those with a certain level of determination the 5km to couch unfitness challenge should be well within the range of possibilities before November.



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