Katie - you are very motivated to do that much. How are you feeling today?:-)

Alicat - would love to try Zumba sometime - I wish our gym offered it.

I did a very easy 500m swim yesterday and today joined the ladies I sometimes run with. Some of them are much faster than I, and I told them today it was my running ambition at the moment to keep up with them for a whole run. I turned back early, and did about 5km.

Shannon, try it! The first week was really hard for me - almost like detox from sugar and extra carbs. But now I feel really good, and I don't crave sugar any more. Things like juice taste really sweet to me undiluted. I modified the food plan slightly for myself, but even sticking to the basic principles has made a huge difference. At least for me, because I didn't eat enough fresh veggies or fruits before. If you do already, the transition won't be as hard. It's nothing like Atkins or other weird diets, although the most extreme version was too much for me.

Oh, I admire all of you being so incredibly healthy with your eating. Mine is good most of the time, but I have to confess to being easily tempted by my dietary nemesis (wine and cheese).

Am feeling very noble because I've just run another 5km today on a 0.5% incline on my treadmill. I'm working it up to 1% to mimic outdoors running, but am so pleased to finally feel like I am getting fitter.

On a slightly annoying note, my boobies seriously broke my MP3 player that I use when running on the treadmill. I know, only *I* could do something as silly as that! You see, I had it strapped under my bra-strap and it somehow worked its way down to the bottom of my bra. I thought to myself when it happened, "People are not going to want to see me grappling with my hand down my top as I run on the treadmill" (picture the image - glamourous, right?) so I left it and kept on running. Bad move. The sweat and the heat caused it to suddenly stop working. And despite my best CPR efforts, it just won't restart. ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! Learn from my mistakes ladies, learn from my mistakes....

Hope you all have a fit, active and healthy weekend!