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Put your best foot forward and make February 1 the new January 1.

London - If you’ve given up on the new year’s diet and are reaching for that forbidden chocolate bar, it seems you are not alone.

February is the month when people are most likely to feel fat, according to research.

It found ten million of us will have broken our healthy living resolutions by the end of today.

And it revealed February - or “Flabruary” as it has been dubbed - is the time when we feel unhappiest about our weight and lifestyle, mainly because of the failure to shift those extra post-Christmas pounds.

The poll, for WeightWatchers, found 41 percent made a new year’s resolution to lose weight and 35 percent to eat better.

However, by today 24 percent - or ten million of us - have broken one or more of our resolutions. At the same time, ten percent are depressed about not keeping pledges.

Nutritionist Lucy Vickers said: “People make resolutions to feel better but end up feeling lower than when they started by setting unrealistic goals.

“This is why weÕre encouraging people to make February 1 the new January 1.” - Daily Mail

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