Swings and roundabouts

I must be one of the least disciplined detoxers around.

For as the new year started I decided to get back into the fitness malarky and get into shape.

But after just two days of exercise I fell off the wagon and ate a load of sweet and sour chinese pork balls with chips. It wouldn't have been so bad but my breakfast was a fried egg sandwich and lunch was a bacon butty. So about one billion calories there then.

My starting Body Mass Index number is 24.75. If that means nothing to you, you're not alone.
Here's a short explanation which I ripped off the BBC website:
If you'd like to calculate your BMI yourself, follow these three steps.

1. Work out your height in metres and multiply the figure by itself
2. Measure your weight in kilograms
3. Divide the weight by the height squared (the answer to Q1)

For example, you might be 1.6m (5ft 3in) tall and weigh 65kg (10st 3lb). The calculation would then be:
1.6 x 1.6 = 2.56. BMI would be 65 divided by 2.56 = 25.39.

18-25 is ideal. Anything bigger and you're fat and anything smaller and you're diet is turning into anorexia.

So my 24.75 is dangerously close to overweight - I'm just glad I'm nearly two metres tall so I can get away with eating a fair bit.

So, as I weigh in at 14 stone 8 pounds I've decided I now want to get my weight down 14 stone as soon as possible.

But as I have no discipline when it comes to cutting down on take aways and beer, I'm going to rely heavily on exercise.

This weekend I did the following:
20 minute run (3.5km) = 300 calories burned
10 minute cycle = 100 calories
40 minute swim (one mile front crawl) = 600 calories.
Total = 1000 calories

This should just about balance out the Chinese take away I've just had. I'm going to aim for three gym sessions/swims a week and increase my workout as I go. Watch this space to see how I get on. And if your going on a detox/diet/fitness regime, let me know how it goes.