Well what a week it's been. Lots of good learning for me about me and my body though.

I exercised really well for the first part of the week, but then had a few stressful things going on that I had to attend to and there just wasn't time to work out, not an excuse, a reality... then we went away for a long weekend as a family. I took my exercise gears - fully with the intention of exercising while I was away, but the reality of being out of your routine kicked in. It's really difficult because I need to exercise for an hour, and then with a shower etc after, its another 30-40 mins and when you have places to go and people to see its difficult to fit it all in. So after day 1 I just accepted it wasn't going to happen and I needed to manage my weight by being careful about what I ate and drunk. I didn't want to be that person that drives everyone else crazy with the "I can't eat that" "I can't drink that" - boring... so I just made sure I made good choices and balanced things, like at the party on Saturday night Paul bought me a glass of bubbles and a long tall schooner of water..

Well it worked because I still lost weight this week - only 200g, but it's a loss and good to know how I can maintain my weight loss once I'm down to my goal weight - have a good time, but exercise a bit more and have some balance and I'll stay where I want to be.

Today's exercise was a mix of walking and running at 5.6km/hr. I walked for 5 mins, ran for 5 mins, alternating. I felt really good that I am now able to do this speed consistently. another week and I'll up it to maybe 6km/hr, as I was doing 5.8 last week, perhaps I'll walk the 6km and run the 5.8... just till I'm doing that comfortably. I did 5km's in 52 mins 47 secs. I'm consistently doing the 10 minute km's now, or just over 10 mins...

I'm really proud of this.. and I'm humbled by all the support I have been getting. There are some very special people in my life who help me get through this.. Thank you xx

K