Now what can I report? Am I shaping up? Am I really on the way to my ideal weight and shape? Well.......my home is shaping up - my holidays plans are shaping up - I have made an appointment to get my hair done - I am happy with Robert and Alex - o and my job is absolutely fine - enjoyable even, but......I have decided that with this tedious cold wet weather I need to re-join the Crown Plaza gym - I need to work out indoors for now. All this weather has finished my best resolve to walk, walk and walk some more......

So I am calling the Quad later this evening and will make my first visit tomorrow........then I really need to be consistent and strong. With an I-Pod and pedometer I will go......

By for now!

Another week gone and we are almost at half term!! Now what does that mean now for me? Alex is 'all growed up' with a lovely boyfriend and a lovely group of other friends so no doubt she will be organising her week away. I was going to take the week off but since my colleagues have a better excuse than I have with young kids, I will still have Thursday and Friday but will carry the other 3 days forward a bit.

I am so excited about seeing our home decorated fully - all white (except one front living room wall) and then we are having 14 white wooden blinds fitted all round the house and wow that'll be lovely. After that we will get some shelves for ornaments fitted and some lovely new pictures for the walls before our new corner suite arrives. We are so fortunate to have had a tax refund and are making sure we put it to good use.

Anyway all of that will now make me look slimmer......but victory today - I have finally built my steps back up and today I did 10,000 steps for the first time in weeks. The weather is still cold but I really need the exercise again - and it stops me eating quite so much. So here I go again - 10,000 each day - for at least 5 days.

I'll naturally report my progress - hope you will join me!!

Hey I am back fairly soon after blogging last time! So what have I to report today?

Our unit at work was hard to survive in - some days it makes us heady.....but I survived that.

We started our flexi time trial today - and I completed nine and a half hours - not particularly by choice - our work keeps on coming in!! But at least now I can benefit from the extra hours I work -I will ensure that I take some time back over the month as I accumulate hours.

For breakfast I had a banana and oat biscuits - less than 200 calories - I did have drinks during the morning but only one with milk.......need to get used to having some black drinks to cut on dairy as well as calories!! Then rather than eating bread at lunch and tea time - or potatoes, I had a small tin of fish (in a chilli sauce) with a can of diet coke for lunch and this evening had a high protein tea - hamburger, bacon, egg and brussel sprouts with just a bit of brown sauce!! Then I had one more oaty biscuit. So I have cut back a bit particularly on carbs and empty calories. I have also jumped about a bit tonight as I have stepped indoors!

I don't feel fantastic - still a bit heady but I am tired and will get an early night. Hopefully I can get up earlier tomorrow so that I can walk to work - need to get into that good habit again since it makes my stepping easier to complete. Talk again soon!!