Olympic body challenge: You are what you eat

Matthew Jenkin discovers the way to an Olympic athlete's heart is through his stomach.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with just one step. But no matter how flat the road may be, that first mile is always a bitch.

And so it was with my three-month challenge to look and feel like an Olympian before the London 2012 games kick off in the UK capital in July.

With the help ofMaximuscle, the UK and Europe’s number one nutrition brand, I am ditching the junk food and hours slumped on the sofa in front of the TV in favor of a healthy diet, the gym and heart-pumping exercise and sport.

However, the biggest hurdle so far has not been working up a sweat in the gym, but denying myself the food and drink which I have, for years, derived so much pleasure from.