Over the last few years, fitness has become quite a significant part of my life. It wasn’t something I originally set out to make a major part of my routine. I’ve always done some form of excercise, but I don’t think it was truly part of my life, I just fitted it in.
That all changed with a rather unflattering realisation while changing a car tyre. I went to get up from the footpath and struggled to keep my balance.
Something wasn’t right. I was too young for this and something needed to change. I’d ridden bikes for years and, as I said earlier, I always considered myself reasonably active, but I wasn’t actually getting any fitter. In fact, my weight was gradually going up. This was even after I retired and I was no longer entertaining a few times a week. I was however not really watching my diet and I was having a glass of wine most nights. I was also struggling to keep up with my riding group.
Eventually my doctor made the fairly obvious observation that I could probably afford to shed a few kilos.
It was time to do something about it.
