that's too funny. I have a rebounder it's purple and lives with my ex husband in Australia I think I used it twice! Now I would actually use it, seems a pity I think I might invest in one once I have my exercise room up and running.

New cute boy in office just walked past, wearing a tight white shirt, very nice! I'm terrible! We've already been ping ponging emails, he keeps asking me for relationship advice, bless. Just ask Auntie Kylie.

Ramsbottom is just a small village but we seem to have all sorts of things happening, we are very lucky. At least Norfolk is pretty, which makes up for it. I love Norwich, my Auntie and Uncle lived there, now just my Uncle. My Auntie passed away about 6 months after I moved here.

I've still got 83 minutes to go.........sigh.

83 minutes

Milky milky cocoa puff..... I've got My Humps on my headphones, then MMMbopp and I Got Life, then Roll With It! Should get me revved up for kickboxing. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha!

I want belly dancing, I'll have to see if there's something found here. Then i can use the smilie too!

I've been really good today. Recently I've noticed my eating habits going downhill rapidly with far too much snacking and nibbling. I really want to get it under control before I have to start relosing pounds I've already lost once, so I'm trying to tighten up. So today I had fruity porridge for breakfast, an apple mid morning, home made pea and mint soup for lunch (based on the ingredients this can't be much more than 100 - 120 calories a portion, but I haven't worked it out properly), my home made apple and apricot yoghurt crunch, another apple and a bean bake with mediterranean vegetables this evening. Plus a small glass of wine for Neil's leaving presentation. As well as being home made and virtually angelic , I've resisted the temptation to raid the flapjack cupboard. It's only one day, but it's an improvement on recent weeks. I might do my normal evening preventative tactics though and go upstairs with the alarm set downstairs...

Someone today at work said I have a figure to die for! I am going to take it with a pinch of salt, because she knows the old me and has a tendency to exaggerate things, but she let on that my boss is insanely jealous. This of course makes me happy

I've spent half the day trying to find a bag that looks good for running into work with. I've decided that once the mornings start getting lighter again it will be far nicer to run round the park then into work rather than getting the bus to the gym to run on the treadmill, I just need to work out a way to carry all my stuff (including my increasing amounts of food now I cook pretty much everything I eat myself) to work with me! I could dump it in the gym/the fridge at work the day before, but that would require me to be far too organised, packing everything up the night before to pick up in the morning is bad enough, but doing it two days before would probably be too organised for me to cope with I think I've decided which one I'm going to buy, I would just prefer to see one rather than buying it unseen on the basis of reviews on the internet.

Oh, and I bought new underwear as the old stuff I have is seriously unflattering!

my feet are riddled with blisters

What have you done to get blisters princess?

We should all

I'm really looking forward to it, I'm spoilt for classes, two different teachers in Bury, classes all along my tram line, and new classes in Rammie. It's something I've always wanted to try, embracing ones inner goddess and all that!

We went out for dinner to Nandos. I love Nandos coz I can get a salad without dressing, and not look like a freak

Nearly bed time, gonna hit the pool early in the morning again, and then gym it in the evening. Phew it never stops!

I had to dress up properly instead of my usual jeans and I had to walk somewhere (about 4 miles) to the other side of town and back in my nice shoes. Which then shredded my feet they are raw on the back and blistered on the front. Couldn't get a bus so annoying!!

Ouch...poor princess!

I want to be able to use the smilie too, but I'm sure such classes haven't found their way to Norfolk yet.

Besides, I'm a little worried that once I start my bellies a-wobbling I won't be able to stop them!

Today I've been for a 45 minute BRISK walk on the beach before work, I'll do the same walk at lunchtime, and it's turbo training night tonight, so I'll feel virtuous . I've got a stinking cold at the moment, so I'm trying to get as much fresh air as possible - and I've already drunk 3 mugs of blackberry and echinacea tea ...I'm practically drowing in the awful stuff!

Janey

TURBO TRAINING! That sounds fun!

I am a happy kickboxing bunny today! I landed a punch on my kickboxing instructor! YAY! The first time EVER! He's got about 3 black belts and he's 3rd and 2nd dan in a few of them. I am the GREATEST! I was also working the hardest I have in ages! I was kickboxing my inner fat girl! I think I well and truly beat her up! Poor thing was cowering in a corner by the end of the night!

Running at lunch and full body weights tonight... with a nap at some time! DF is out boozing tonight, so I will have a nice snooze before he comes back!

I'm at work again. I had a lovely swim this morning. I weighed myself and the scales are broken or something. They think I've gained four pounds in a week. I don't think so! Death to the scales!

Janey I would give up belly dancing classes for walks on the beach! I'm trying to rehabilitate my body image, and thought belly dancing might help. I hate my belly, but you need one to belly dance effectively!

I got the new UltraFit magazine today. I want to sit at my desk and read it, but I don't think that's allowed!

Yay Frus, we need a kick butt smilie!!!

'Morning Ladies! I want to do some too!

What's turbo training?

I'm still reading the BFL book. I think his strength training makes a lot of sense so I'm going to try it out starting next week. Its actually less strength training that I'm doing now but more intense. I'm not sure I can do his cardio - I don't think the dogs would appreciate just a 20 minute walk!

I was all set for a good long walk today, its a beautiful day, there's a gentle breeze and its warm in the sun... so I had vague plans to walk to that pretty lake I found earlier in the year - but lurking near my back gate was a girl who I've chatted to occasionally while walking the dogs. She has decided (without asking first) that she's going to walk with me every morning because she wants to lose weight like I have. She thinks that if she does the walking that she won't have to cut back on calories.

Its not that I don't like company, its just that a) she's got an 8 month old St Bernard puppy which is EXTREMELY badly behaved and b) she stolls rather than walks and c) she has to stand still when she talks - and she talks A LOT - and (worse) d) every 20 minutes she has to stop for a cigarette. After an hour she was bright red, sweating and moaning on about wanting to go home. (It was an easy path to home so she didn't need me to go with her!) After 2 hours she was complaining about a splitting headache and blisters the size of hovercrafts (cheap trainers) and at the end of 3 hours she had gone green and I thought she was going to be sick.

Just so she realised that I don't normally walk so slowly I did say a few times that she shouldn't worry about slowing me down because each day we'll walk faster and faster until she walks as fast as I do. We ambled around for 3 hours and we didn't even make 7 miles! I was convinced that I'd put her off coming with me again but her last words as she stumbled off to her house were 'see you tomorrow'. Is it still dark at 6.30?

Now I'm going to have to do 30 mins on the exercise bike to get my cardio in!

You're gonna have to be cruel to be kind I think and invite her once a week or something, rather than every day or she's gonna do your head in!

I need to rethink my eating again. Last week I did really well, I plotted everything out and stuck to it, I do better like that. So every Friday night I'm going to plan my food and exercise for the week on paper and stop winging it.

Work is mad today. I've already shouted at someone

Oooh must look out for UltraFit! I bought Glamour this morning because there's 20% off at Topshop!

I'm absolutely STARVING today! I'm worried! I had to have a Twix because I thought I might fall over (we were out at Homebase!). I have a good jacket potato with lots of cottage cheese waiting for me in a few minutes!

Sarah, that girlie sounds like a nightmare! Can't you take a short walk, go home, then head back out again without her? You could tell her that you like to plan things out when you walk. Tell her you're writing a book and need to think about the storyline and that you're actually working while you walk!

Oh yes and death to the scales!

Frus, thats a GREAT idea - and if she persists then I'll do what Ky suggested. But while clocking up some boring miles on the stationary bike I've decided that if she wants to join me (even for an hour) then she will have to move at my pace. If we had mutually decided to go for a walk together then, yes, I'd go at her speed but this morning was mind numbingly boring. My blood pressure must be sky high!! Arghhhh!!!

Frus, the Twix thing - could it be a low blood sugar slump? What you describe sounds exactly like how I used to feel.

I don't think the Twix thing was a blood sugar slump - I think I just worked increadibly hard last night and didn't eat enough when I came home.

This morning I had cereal and an egg on toast, then mid morning I had 1/2 oz almonds, 1/2 oz raisins, 2 apples and a small chocolate egg. Then I was starving so I had half a Twix (best of a bad bunch) then I had the other half about an hour later, then came back and have just had 200g cottage cheese on a tiny baked potato. I'm starting to feel a bit fuller!

But yes I know what you mean about the blood sugar slump. I can usually tell those from real hunger. This was "so hungry I was about to chew my arm off" type hunger!