Fat Man Slim (part one)

Today after much nagging by my wife and daughter I decided to drag myself away from the computer and my favourite pastime of internet marketing and i went to join the gym.

So at 6 pm off i went for my first session in the gym in many a long year ( i think i was 20 something the last time i went now I`m forty something)

So off i went wearing my new whiter than white reebok trainers. I entered the gym to see a vast array of computerised running, skiing, cycling, rowing, machines and gizmos , and some other things that i can only imagine are used for some kind of torture.

After being shown how to program each machine to keep a record of my visits, the time I`d spent and the calories I`d burned, i started sensibly with just 5 minutes on each machine.

One by one i conquered each of them, looking forward to seeing how many calories I`d burned off by the end of the session. After all I`d put on about 4 stone (56pounds ) since I`d quit smoking 18 months ago.So after conquering each of the machines of torture i went to the computer by the door to see how many calories I`d burned and guess what……. all I`d burned was about the same as a medium sized bar of chocolate!!!!!!!!!!

All that effort for so few calories. But undeterred i went to sign out thinking that i`d stay longer next time only to be greeted by the instructor saying “well that`s your induction over, when are you coming back for a real session? ” I cant repeat here what i was thinking but such is life.