Hi all, I hope to make this a regular blog so all comments welcome.

So where to start? Well, the only pounds that my husband would lose with a gym membership are by direct debit. You know the type (you've probably got one at home) a gym card carrying member of the couch potato club.

So I mentioned that the caci quantum machine could deliver a workout equivalent to 360 sit-ups at the gym in about 20 mins without having to do 1 sit-up. In fact, he could read his book while doing it.

When i added that it also burns fat the deal was done. Of course, I didn't mention that the machine works by sending electric currents through pads to contract the muscles hence providing the workout. Him being a man (most of the time, anyway) he would have gone pale and found something in the shed that needed fixing. Not made of the same stuff as us child bearers!

He did look quite funny laying there on his back with all the wires stuck on. I fought down the urge to wack it up to 10 straight away, mainly as I had heels on and might not be able to run fast enough. So I eased him in gently and you know what, he still whimpered at level 1. Then again, he shrieks like a girl when I give him a back massage, so he has the pain threshold of a peach!

While he was on there I stuck a couple of pads on his pecs as well. If you want a job done properly girls...

After about 5 mins, wimpy got used to it and admitted that it wasn't painful, more unusual, so I turned him up to level 2 and by the last 5 mins I got him up to level 3. To be fair, the lower settings are just to get used to it and won't achieve much but we got there in the end.

He's going to keep his own blog page to let you know how he gets on with the course. All I need to do is take a picture of his stomach when he's not looking to stick on the page for a before and after comparison.

Now I just need to get him to agree to try the waxing...