Keep your new year’s resolutions

1. Pick up fresh produce Eveleigh Farmers’ Market
Stock up on the best local and seasonal food at Eveleigh’s award-winning market, including fresh fruit and veg; gourmet sauces; organic meats; flowers and boutique wine. Bring a friend and enjoy a healthy shopping spree and a tasty Kylie Kwong-cooked pancake. 243 Wilson St, Eveleigh 2015. (02 9209 4735) Sat 8am -1pm.

2. Get cooking at Sydney Seafood School
Hone your culinary skills and learn to cook with fresh fish at Sydney’s leading cookery school. More than 12,000 people now attend the SSS each year to take their pick from the school’s wide range of classes, from simple paellas and seafood BBQs to weekend courses fit for a pro. Sydney Fish Market, Bank St, Pyrmont 2009. (02 9004 1111).
 
3. Do yoga with a DJ at Future Sound of Yoga
Gather your mates and check out Future Sound of Yoga: DJ Matt provides the epic soundtrack and Angel guides you through a two-hour sequence of poses and freestyle movement. Paddington Uniting Church, Oxford St, Paddington 2021. (0404 757 507). Fri 10 & Thu 23 Feb, 7-9pm. $25
 
4. Enjoy a fab vego meal at Universal
Food so packed with flavour you can eat an entire vegetarian meal without noticing you haven’t ordered any meat. Known for its balanced flavour and neat textures, Christine Manfield’s food makes the prices at Universal worth paying for. Republic 2 Courtyard Palmer St, Darlinghurst 2010. (02 9331 0709).
 
5. Juice it up at Boost
Did you know Boost goes through more than 35 tonnes of mangoes each year? Swap your caffeine fix for something a little juicier, like a medium-sized Mini-Me Mango, which has the same amount of kilojoules as two apples. Various locations.
 
6. Join the roller derby girls
Get your skates on and sign up to a workout class that will have you fit and toned quicker than you can say ‘roller derby’. Teaching the basics of roller-skating while increasing your cardio endurance, flexibility, core strength, agility and balance, RollerFit will have you laughing til your abs ache. All Sports Indoor Sports Centre, 184 Bourke Rd, Alexandria 2015. (0416 217 314). Tue 6.30-7.30pm. $15-$20.
 
7. Try a healthy and delicious Vietnamese beef soup at Pho An
Take an excursion to Bankstown and find out why Pho An does the best Vietnamese beef noodle soup. Not only do they open at 7am, this enormous pho hall makes such restorative, spice-laden broth with such silky noodles and thin slices of beef that you’ll feel restored just looking at it ($12-$13). 27 Greenfield Pde, Bankstown 2200. (02 9796 7826).
 
8. Break out the leg-warmers at 80s Aerobics
What better way to work up a sweat than to don your best neon tights, paint on some electric blue eye shadow and bop along to the sounds of the 80s? Physique aerobics is the new 80s-inspired aerobics class making a comeback on Tuesday nights in Surry Hills. Simple choreography and plenty of Wham! Lvl 4, 16-28 Foster St, Surry Hills 2010. Tue 7pm.
 
9. Lettuce Deliver your vegies
Buy your organic food online from Lettuce Deliver, and they’ll deliver it to your door. There are deliveries twice a week to most suburbs in Sydney. You can avoid all the chemicals and pesticides and get a better-tasting, locally grown product as well.
 
10. Attend a free class at Fratelli Fresh
Take a free one-hour cookery class (every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and learn how to recreate two Fratelli Fresh gourmet recipes. Fratelli Fresh, Danks St, Waterloo 2017. (02 9699 3161). 4-5pm.

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