Operation Preservation would be a far superior watch.
The yearly inspiration that is Operation Transformation returned to our screens last night, encouraging us lazy sods to get up and moving, whilst gorging on the remains of the Christmas treats in a bid to ‘clear the house out’.
It’s a great programme that definitely gets everyone at least thinking about being healthier, which is impossible to fault. The nation tends to go a bit nuts each year when Operation Transformation returns, then things slowly slip back to normality a few weeks later.
Here’s 12 subtle signs that signify the return of Operation Transformation each year.
1. Your Mam is hell-bent on making sure she gets out for her walk every day, even if it’s at 6am.
2. The supermarkets have the usually extortionately priced avocados at a reasonably affordable amount.
3. There’s literally no sweets in the house anymore, so you resort to eating spoons of drinking chocolate powder.
4. The bottom drawer of the fridge is rammed with bizarre vegetables that you’re not entirely confident you even know the name of.
5. Meal deals now incorporate some sort of fruit element, much to your disgust every lunchtime.
6. You feel the weight of Kathryn Thomas’ disappointment within you every time you even so much as think about eating crisps.
7. Driving home always results in seeing a group of roughly 10-20 Mams and Dads out pounding the streets together in their hi-vis vests.
8. The local Chinese takeaway answers the phone suspiciously quickly and your food is delivered to your door within 20 minutes.
9. The work fridge is full of meal plan lunch boxes, complete with name tags, stickers and smug colleagues bursting to tell you what they’ve cooked this week.
10. There isn’t a single parking space left in the gym carpark, so you opt to leave the car at home, along with yourself as well.
11. Lots of ‘fun run’ events start popping up on Facebook, prompting you to internally deliver your killer line each time. “There’s literally nothing fun about running”.
12. Instagram is polluted with #IrishFitFam #CleanEats and #NewYearNewYou, so you have to cull your following list and look at photos of pizza to cleanse your eyes.
