There is nothing like a good old public shaming to provide the motivation to change oneself.

So here I am. 178cm. 5’10″ old school. Rotund around the circumferance. Embarrassed. Weighing in at 85kg or 13.4 stone. That gives me an obese BMI of 27. 20-25 is the healthy weight range.

So here’s the rub. For me to get to, let’s split the middle-ish, a BMI or Body Mass Index of 23, I’ll have to weigh 74kg. That’s a weight loss of 11kg. A little optimistic perhaps but what the heck. As a paramedic I see the end result of lazy eating and no exercise. Fat guts and broken hearts.

Stay tuned for a journey into:

• Dieting (we’ll make up the azureblues.com diet)
• Exercise
• Fats, carbohydrates and proteins
• BMI
• Cardiovascular fitness
• General wellbeing
• and possibly a little cheating for the soul.

Wish me luck and stay tuned. Photos may follow if I’m brave enough.