Saturday morning saw me awaken with an abnormally scratchy throat, something I don’t generally suffer from any more as a non-smoker (and if I sound smug it’s because I bloody well am) but by the end of the day it had escalated from that into what appeared at the time to be a full body shut down, with sore neck, splitting headache, full body ache and a fever of 101.  As it transpires it was a viral throat infection and as a result I have spent the last four days unable to do,well, anything.

So for the last few days as well as not being able to listen to music, go to work, or be an effective Dad, I’ve not been able to do any of the new exercise regime at all.  But on top of that I’ve also not been able to eat anything.  The thought of passing any food through what used to be my throat was too off putting, so for three days my total daily calorie intake was pretty much limited to whatever was in the water and medicine I was taking.  As a result, I lost a grand total of 5 pounds in 4 days, putting me down to 13.3 stone.  Another two pounds and I will have lost two stone since I started.

Now don’t get me wrong, I in no way advocate starvation as a way to lose weight, nor would I wish to go through the hell of the last few days again, at least not without a few new DVD’s to watch, but you know, every cloud has a silver lining, so let me keep this one?