I went to see the doctor about a month ago for some really heavy pains in my stomach. We talked about stuff and he gave me a prescription for some pills which, almost a month later, have done nothing helpful at all. So, yesterday evening, I got tired of feeling like a dead man walking so I decided to fix myself. First port of call, I went and bought myself a smoothie maker. It's pretty cool. They've come a long way in the last few years. I missed breakfast this morning (nothing new there) because of the horse riding incident (see previous post) but when I got back, I hit it hard!

Here's my starter recipe:

5 strawberries, handful of grapes, small handful of pumpkin seeds, 1 banana, a fistful of spinach leaves and half a pot of bio yoghurt. Result? Not bad. Basically anything you add banana to, tastes like banana. Instead of a nice pink colour from the strawberries, it was a bit on the brown side. I guess that was the seeds.

I'd give it a 9 out of ten for taste and a 4 for presentation. More experiments tomorrow as I have now also stocked up with raspberries and a pineapple.

To continue the big plan, I've also moved to totally fresh ingredients for dinner as well. I figured I'd start easy, so I rustled up a stir fry. Olive oil, three carrots, baby sweet corn, 1 red onion, a few cloves of garlic, French beans, another fistful of spinach and a bag of Quorn chicken style pieces. Obviously, this wasn't all for me and one of us is a veggie, but I figure not eating neat wont do me any harm and that Quorn is loaded with protein.

So, that's day one. While I was at the docs, he weighed me in at 93kg, which is 14 stone, 9 pounds - or, 205lbs if you prefer. I've been around this weight for years so I'm not too worried but I should probably be about 14 stone dead. Doc reckons I should be more like 13 stone dead but I don't have the build of a snake so I'll aim for it and if I can settle at around 13 and a half, I'll be happy - and he will have to be too. That's about 190lbs or around 86kg. End result? If my maths are correct, I need to lose about 15lbs somewhere.

And I've given myself until Christmas.

I don't need no freaking doctor.