CHANCES are you're feeling more stuffed than the turkey by now after a Christmas of traditional feasting and carousing.

If so, you could also be among the millions resolving to fight the flab as 2006 slides into 2007 by doing more exercise or, indeed, exercising more restraint at the dinner table.

Well, good for you. Christmas is, of course, a time to enjoy yourself, but, with Britain fast turning into a nation of fatties, the more people who decide to adopt a healthier lifestyle, the better.

However, new year's resolutions are not as easy to keep as they are to make, and whether your zeal lasts until February is another matter.

If you want some help shedding the weight over the next few months, you could do worse than get in touch with Christine Smith.

This 31--year-old mother-of-two and her husband Clayton know all about ditching the pounds after losing an amazing 15 stone between them - an achievement that led to them being crowned Mr and Mrs Slimming World.

Now she wants to inspire others to do the same.

Clayton has already set up a slimmers' club and now Christine - who was back to her target weight just three months after giving birth to her second child in March this year - plans to do the same.

Whether you join Mrs Smith's group or a rival one, she is living proof of what can be achieved - and that may be sorely needed as your resolve wavers over the next few months.

So follow Mrs Smith's lead, have confidence in yourself and don't give up. You'll be amazed what you can do.