Fit Club

One of my objectives after leaving work was to use the gift of my newly found free time to start exercising again. In recent months I had begun to put on weight, dramatically by my standards, and was turning into a Grade-A Couch Potato. So, I decided to have an easy short jog every morning. Unfortunately this soon stopped when I pulled a calf muscle just 20 yards after leaving my front door!

With my leg still not repaired enough to enable me to run again I'm now facing an even faster trip to fat city. The opportunity to walk for miles around the Lake District has helped put the brakes on temporarily - but deep down I know that, like the rest of the nation, I'm losing my fight against the flab.

'Beef and Ale maketh the man' - William Shakespeare (via Danny Baker)