It' been a while but......

....the long and the short of it is we are both full Instructors; Leif in Scuba and me in Freediving.

We had Christmas in our own countries, New Year together in the UK, Jon and Jodes beautiful wedding in Feb and now we're both in Germany preparing to leave for Egypt again on the 3rd May.

This time it's El Quseir that we are exploring - both above and below the water. Check out www.diving.de We are at the Akassia and Flamenco resorts for the foreseeable, pop over and see us.

But back to the matter in hand. Prep for the trip - well the easy bit is done for me, I had to pack to get to Germany so all my kit is ready and, due to the even hotter climate than Dahab, I will only be taking my flimsiest and smallest clothes with me.

That is where the problems begin. This was me back in my Dahab days, not too shabby even if I do say so myself.



This is no longer the case after all the Christmas / New Year / "Holiday" Style Living. It's not the case at all.

I am not usually a stressy person about my weight, it will fluctuate and that's normal. But the lack of exercise and motivation really have taken a toll and I am not going to fit in my wetsuit when I get to Egypt, and that's not good.

So, I am choosing a drastic (for me) measure. I figure if I expose my problem into the public domain then I will have to do something about it - you know, like a public shame thing.

You see, when I am lay in bed at night I have THE best of intentions. I can plan sooo much training it's surprising that I am not an olympic athlete! But come the morning it all melts away, all the good resolve, all the intention and passionate desire to make the changes I want.

Damn it I can't even stick to drinking at least 1.5l of water a day - I was clearing 4.5l at least at one stage.



So friends,family and the rest of the readers out there, this might not be a pretty picture but I need your encouragement, taunts (although not too heavy eh!) and ideas.
It's going to be more of a training and troubles page for a while, but I know it's the only way.

Oh and to all those giving it the old "it's not that bad, what you worrying about?" line. I know it's not the end of the world, but I also know that as the years progress and the metabolism drops it gets harder to do anything about.

So this is the initial plan; Week 1 and 2:

1.Cycle each morning to pick up fresh rolls for the Schuster breakfast - but actually have a museli cereal myself to cut down on my consumption of bread, meat and cheese. It's lovely but this sort of breakfast is not my friend.
2.Drink 1.5l water each day at least - fill it up in the morning and make sure it's empty before I go to sleep
3.Sleep before 11pm at least 5 days a week
4.Brian Kest's Yoga DVD twice a week - start at the beginners level until I can complete all the positions with control and confidence
5.A jog, once a week, to the woods and back - it's not far, but my hatred of running is immense and any more than this is just not going to happen and would jeopardise the whole thing

I think that's enough for now, start small and add as the program becomes easy - unlike my nightly resolve to fit 5 sessions into each day!