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First up I would like to thank panchi and Desi for their comments, with out trying to sound mushy, it really does make me fell that this process is so worthwhile when I get feedback like that. Also I have to agree with panchi, I too find I sleep better after walking at night. I am finding that I am losing my battle to do morning walks, but I am succeeding at night – I think I’m hard wired that way. I can also sympathise with your child’s “innocent” comments, they are strangely inspiring but wrong all at the same time.

I would also like to thank everyone else for their comments including maddo and natasha who I haven’t thanked previously. I had a crisis at work this week and missed one of my walks. There wasn’t anyway around it and although I survived my crisis at work with my dignity, integrity and most importantly my temper in tact, I felt really down about missing my walk. I have to say that the comments posted by all of you over the last month really helped me over this crisis.

Although to some people it wouldn’t be a crisis, to me and to others who have tried to change habits in the past and failed this was a dangerous cross road. It is often at the first hurdle that we fail and I happily passed. I got out at my next scheduled walk and powered on and you guys get a lot of the credit - so thank you. As I am finding out inspiration is a two way street!!!

I thought I would give some interval training (I will get my post online about interval training Sunday night – I promise) a go tonight. I had been walking for about ten minutes and I arrived at the only smooth and flat pavement in my walk so I figured it was a good place to start. The plan was 8-10 seconds of sprinting followed by 12-15 seconds of walking. At this point I have to mention its been a while since I did anything close to a run let alone a sprint, I’m pretty sure doing funny baboon runs to entertain a 3 year old don’t count.

It all started out ok, but I feel very self-conscious to start with as I was doing this along a major highway but after the third set I actually felt very light and athletic like a gazelle or cheetah – yes graceful even! But to hide my self-consciousness I was running with my head down to make sure no one recognised me. After about the sixth set I started to fatigue, I had just started my seventh sprint when I decided to look up and there in front of me was a 20 something woman staring at me with a look on her face of horror and confusion as I sprinted toward her. To add to her alarm and to take away my illusions of swiftness and grace I got a cramp in my right shin and started to list toward her in slow motion like a charging elephant that’s been shot with a sedative. I managed to avoid crashing into her and stop listing before the traffic, I then cursed endlessly for the next ten minutes until the cramp went a way as I “walked” it out.

I must say though that the sprinting really got the heart going and I feel great now, but I will investigate a safer option for next time and let you all know.

Now for the great news, my weigh in was a success again;

• Chest went from - 138.5 cm / 54.5 inches to 136.5 cm / 53.5 inches
• Waist went from - 147 cm / 57.8 inches to 146 cm / 57.4 inches
• Hips went from - 146 cm / 57.5 inches to 145 cm / 57.1 inches

Losing most of the size of my chest so far was a bit of a surprise, but it is fantastic – man boobs be gone!!!

I actually wrote this post on Friday and thought I had published it, but due to user error (that would be me!) it  had been made “private” meaning only I could see it, so funnily enough I thought it was up! My apologies for the huge stuff up.