This morning I woke feeling tired and with a sore throat. I think the stress of the last few weeks has been playing with my mind and my body and of course old habits are to say ” I’m to tired for exercise and to watch what I eat” The truth is that it’s this very time that you need to keep it together. I have not lost anymore weight these last few days but I have been fairly good with eating. I am off to Sydney tomorrow early to spend the week with Ray Kelly and of course hang out with Garry to celebrate (thank godness) that he is free of cancer now.

I am aiming to lose the whole 3.5 kilos this week so I know I’m in for some seriously challenging training sessons. I loved my run this morning with Brenda and we will do that run 3 more times then add another 3.5 kms in and take it up to 17.5 kms.

If you had asked me a year ago or even three months ago would I ever think I could run 17.5 kms the answer would have been – I can’t even run to the letterbox! I am having lots of wonderful moments  WOW moments lately. Funny how experiencing extreme joy and extreme satisifaction and extreme sadness in one week can take you on a rollercoaster ride. The one thing I do know is by not carrying 26.5 extra kilos around It’s a whole lot easier to manage everything . The other night when we were having our food court dinner , I noticed a woman cleaning the tables with a huge amount of weight on and my heart went out to her. It must be hell being on your feet all day when you are having to carry around this extra baggage on your body and not to mention that she would be feeling so unhealthy and not even know how good she could feel. The other thing that struck me even though I know it is: we all have to be ready and williing to do the work it takes to lose the weight and until we take ownership, no matter what tools and support people give us, Unless we step up - we will just find another story as to why something doesnt work instead of realising it was us that didn’t work.!

I hope that lady has her AH ha moment and does something about her body and I hope that when she does, she equips herself with all the tools,power and surrounds herself, emerses herself in all things that support the weight loss journey as it’s tough when you don’t. I know ! I have been there. This year though I feel like I have committed 100% to losing the weight and made sure i did what it took, found what i needed. Thats why I am so excited about the 112 Day Challenge and passing on my knowledge this coming year to as many people as I can. If you don’t know about the challenge and sorry I forget some of you are not in New Zealand then go to www.112daychallenge.com and register for the newsletter which will come out in about a month.

I am off to pack now and then do a hill climb with my daughter