Day 7 of my 12 week transformation

So the end of my first week has come to a close, and I'm really happy with my progress so far. I have my meal and training plans in place and I'm looking forward to next week.

At Revolution we design our food plans so we eat strictly for 6 days, then on the 7th day you can eat whatever you want - we call this 7th day a 'cheat day'. Today I have certainly enjoyed myself - I've had beers, ice creams, chocolate Weetabix and a pork roast dinner (not in that order).

The reason we do this two-fold; firstly after eating so well for 6 days, by having a splurge you are telling your body that it doesn't need to store fat as you are not going to starve it, thus having a positive effect on your metabolism.

Secondly - and I can can say this from personal experience -psychologically when you have one day where you eat whatever you want, you're so much more likley to eat well for the rest of the week. In fact, what I do on my cheat day is to eat as much junk as possible so I don't even want any for the next 6 days!

Lastly, I got to finish my week with a boxing session at the famous Repton boxing club in London's East End. It was such a great experience, and I got to share the ring for a sparring session with Commenwealth gold medalist Ryan Pickard. I've attached a photo of myself (left) and my brother John.