Who IS this Matt guy anyway? or the newer sign-ups to this fitness-with-personality mailing list, I thought you may be interested in seeing some of the social proof that me and my company, Fitter You, have received recently. Over the last three months The Sunday Times, Metro and, ermmm, my old school magazine have been harping on about me, which is nice. (And yes it was all positive - no hatchet jobs here). You can view them all in detail on my website www.fitteryou.net

We generally receive loads of bullshit emails around the Christmas holidays. This is not one of them. The inspiration for this came from a short, but powerful TED Talk I watched about a year ago, that popped into my head this morning, and suddenly made a great deal of sense. It's called 'Start with Why' and it's by Simon Sinek. The talk is positioned towards entrepreneurs and business owners, the crux being that people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. Ho

Do whatever the hell it is you want to do, including eating and drinking whatever you fancy. That's what I'll be doing. Now isn't the time to be preached to about "watching your carbs" or some such guff. So if you have been dieting/thinking about food, why not stop it for a few days? It will be good for your sanity and good for your relationship with food. And then, when your head is in the right place, kick start 2017 a few days early with a plan. A plan to get your