Gym bunny

Earlier this year I decided that cancelling my gym membership and replacing it with a range of sporting activities (yoga, swimming, rollerblading, tennis) throughout the week would be more effective in shaping up. It's not as daft as it sounds, based on evidence that a varied fitness programme provides a better work-out for the whole body than the same old gym routine every few days.

However, various factors collided - primarily the lack of guilt-ridden monthly direct debit from my bank account and an inability to turn down "one small glass of wine" after work - to scupper this theory and my jeans are telling me that it's time for a rethink.

Last night I admitted defeat and re-instated the direct debit.