N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-now! Baby give it up...

So - give it up for Lent! This has to be a much better tactic than New Year's Resolutions, because:

a) You've got a time limit. Come Easter, you know that your deprivation can end (if you want it to).
b) No 'first day of the year' type pressure. OK, so this year the first day of Lent happens to fall on the first of the month, but that's just a coincidence, so it doesn't count. And it's a Wednesday. Middle of the week. Perfect.
c) Nobody is willing you to fail. Nobody ever believes anybody will keep a New Year's Resolution. But giving something up for Lent? If someone offers you chocolate, you can just say "I gave that up for Lent" and they won't question it. If you say "My New Year's Resolution is to stop eating chocolate," they'll cajole you into 'just a square' of Galaxy, or sneak Maltesers into your crisp packet when you're not looking.

So, I decided to give up chocolate and dairy products. However, I will not stop having milk in my tea because that would mean giving up tea, and that's just too much to ask. But I'm making the rules here, so there. No - I'll just not eat big lumps of cheese. That kind of thing.

Oh, and I accidentally had some chocolate today. So I'm starting tomorrow. 2nd March - much more random...