Day 23 : "A new addiction?"

At lunchtime today, I found myself in Waterstones, browsing "The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises", and getting excited about all the different ideas for weight workouts in there.  I even decided to buy it (but not wanting to part with the £16.99 Waterstones were charging, I phoned my wife who found it on eBay for me for £8.98... no wonder the High Street is doing so badly...)

And then, you would think that after 22 days in a row of going to the gym, I would be starting to get a bit tired of it.  But - I think after browsing the "Big Book of Exercises" - I found myself quite anxious to get in there this evening, wanting to add some different sets to my usual Monday biceps workout (followed by a stomach workout and 30 minutes on the cross trainer).  Gaining more confidence in the gym, I'm moving away more from the machines this week and trying more free-weight exercises - with the big boys in front of the mirror.  Scary.

Excited about exercise!?  This is not me!  I believe I may have been body-snatched, and the alien parasite now living inside me is fooling itself into believing its me, whilst writing this.  Somebody find the real Simon Wicks and return him at once!


I also attracted some strange comments at work today, when someone noticed that I was eating a pack of raw tenderstem broccoli for lunch, along with a tin of mackerel.  What on earth is wrong with that, I ask you!?

Anyway, my diet today has consisted of:

- Breakfast :  10 points if you guessed it - An apple and a banana!
- Lunch:  Yes, raw tenderstem broccoli and a tin of mackerel;
- Dinner:  A mackerel salad.

I think it might take a bit longer than 8 weeks to look like this dude from my eagerly-anticipated book... but my wife's hoping...