On Thursday, while at work, I decided once again (I decide this every year) that I will get fit for the summer. I then started marking off the weeks until the summer, and stopped just on 19th June 2008, the seventeenth week from now, which is just before the summer solstice, and also just before my wedding anniversary, and just after my son's birthday. So that is three good reasons to really get fit and lose some weight - for the sake of vanity this summer, for my wife, and for my son. So really, this fitness program will be written as I go along, i.e. it is actually a 17 week blog. However, if I make it through these 17 weeks, and do finally get fit, lose weight, and generally look pretty good, then I will have the makings of a workout program that can be shared with the world!

It seems that whenever I put renewed effort into my fitness regime, I experience a new set back. Last year I twisted my ankle, chipping my fibula, in a kick boxing class - that put my out for 3 months. This year I damaged my wrist, in kick boxing. Now I have a bad back. No idea what I did, it could have been bent over rows on Friday night, but it was only this morning that it started playing up. My lower back is rather painful, to the extent that I cannot walk properly, so kung-fu tonight is out of the question.