Going Cold Turkey

It’s amazing how quickly you get out of shape.

One of the side-effects of me not running for a while was that I noticeably put weight back on. Thinking back over the 19 days (19!) I wasn’t running, the amount of rubbish I ate was quite bad. So starting…now…I’m kicking off an experiment.

This isn’t a diet – I don’t want to lose weight per se, just get into shape – it’s a change of direction. For the next seven days I’m only going to:

• Drink water or fruit juice – no tea or fizzy drinks
• Eat no sweets, crisps or biscuits
• Eat at least five portions a day
• Eat breakfast everyday (it’s amazing how easy this is to skip)
• Eat lunch everyday (yes, I do often skip lunch)
• Have no takeaways

We’ll see how I do…