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Hi guys.................... I know that it has been a while and I am sorry. My life has been pretty chaotic over the last few months and this blog was low on my list of priorities. I know that sounds quite selfish, but that's the way my life has been!!

I have still been seeing Kenny once a week, and working out hard, however the rest of my life has been affecting my success. It seems that every time I get back in the saddle, something comes along and knocks me off. To start with, my sciatica problem has never quite gone away and is constantly niggling. Because of this, kenny has been restricted in what I am able (or willing) to do. It has knocked out the treadmill, bike, and rowing machine. I am risking being back in excruciating pain if I attempt any impact exercise. This has made Kenny's job harder than it should have been. However, Kenny can always find a way to make me work up a sweat!!!

Usually in the form of my new favourite piece of equipment - yup - the cross trainer!! Who would have believed it? The one machine that I used to avoid like the plague and whinge about every time he made me get on it for more than a few minutes has become my best friend. I don't know why I hated it so much.................

Anyway as I said - every time I get back on the saddle, something comes along to knock me off.

My husband and two children were spending three weeks in Australia at the beginning of July - BLISS! or so i thought. I booked a week off work in the middle of that time so that I could concentrate on myself and my training. I decided that this would be my new start! HA HA HA HA!!!!

No sooner had Mike flown away, than his dad (who is widowed) was taken into hospital. I spent the next three weeks racing up and down to the hospital. I often had to be there three times a day! It was exhausting. Not only that, but while he was in the hospital, I spent days cleaning his little flat from top to bottom. I wont go into details here,but it was hard labour!! I also had to wash, dry and iron his clothes every day! He only had one pair of PJ's so I bought him another two pairs, but I ended up still having to collect them every morning and bring them back in every afternoon!! It was so exhausting, the only time I managed to get to the gym was for my weekly session with Kenny! And my nutrition was apalling. I was eating all of the wrong things at all of the wrong times. I knew this but still could not stop........... I was feeling sorry for myself...........

Once Mike came home, he took some of the weight off my shoulders, and I fell ill with a terrible upset stomach. This lasted for a few days and put paid to any gym sessions that I had planned. But that was July taken care of - and no progress for me. You know what they say - The best laid plans.....etc etc!!

Come August, I decided to start again. However, as soon as that plan was put in place -along came illness to knock it out again. I contracted a kidney infection and had serious pains in my lower abdomen and back. Not to worry - a course of antibiotics soon took care of that - but it meant that I was unable to enjoy my gym for a few days and I had to miss a session with Kenny.

I made a fresh start a week later - and guess what!! I only managed one session and my infection was back . I had to get another stronger course of antibiotics - but again, my gym sessions were not as effective as they could have been due to the pain.

Are you feeling sorry for me yet?? Dont worry if you are not, I was feeling sorry enough for myself. When I went back to the doctor to get the results of some tests, he told me that i had been diagnosed - with e-coli!!! Can you believe it? No wonder I had been miserable and in pain!! This diagnosis explained the upset tummy and the two kidney infections!!

At this point, Kenny advised me that I would soon be having my 100th session. Not sure about you, but it feels like i have been working out for so long that my 100th session must have passed already. I remember when I first started this getting fit thing. If anyone had told me I would still be here after 100 sessions, i would have laughed. I dont remember ever sticking anything out for so long before. Maybe the reason for sticking with it this time is because of Kenny and his belief that I can do it. As I have said many times - he has believed in me more than I have ever believed in myself - and i will never be able to thank him for that.

Now we are in September................................

My 100th session was today - and it should have been a time of great celebration, but it did not work out like that. I know that over the last couple of months when my attention to my nutrition has been appalling, I have put on weight. I have not stepped on the scales, but I dont need to do that to know that my clothes are not fitting as well as they have been. I estimate that I have put on maybe 4 or 5 kg!! I know that is disappointing, but it is not enough to make m give up. I will not put on any more. My head is now in the right place again - I have a defined medical reason for my illnesses and I am recovering nicely from that. My sciatica is never going to go away so I am also learning to live with that - and work my exercise around it - with help from kenny of course!

Kenny gave me a beautiful card and a lovely gift to remind me of my 100th session as he is proud of me. I want to make him even more proud of me and I can do this by being good to myself and my body by paying attention to what I eat.

So here I am. Ready and willing. However September will hold a few challenges........................ first of all, I am going on holiday for a fortnight. I am hoping for 14 days of sun and relaxation - although Mike has told me that i will be in gym at the hotel on a regular basis as he wont be going by himself. And he plans to throw me in the pool for a few lengths every day - maybe even twice a day....But you all know what holidays are like................. good food....lazy-itis etc.

When I come back from my holiday, Kenny is away for a week......... So after my session this Saturday, my next session with Kenny will be on Sunday 5th October.....

YUP - October..... can you believe it??

Hopefully, my holiday will be good for me and I will be able to relax while also working out and eating good food.

I am reluctant to say this, but my plans are to make a huge effort between now and the New Year and to have another New Year photo to be proud of. (If this works out it will be the only plan all year that has worked out)

I am sorry if this blog has been a little bit self indulgent, but people have been asking me what i have been doing and I felt it was time you all had an update!! It is probably not what you were hoping to hear, but it is the truth. The good thing is that i am still here and I am still trying (some would say very trying) I am only human after all and I am not as perfect as I might have thought I was.

The important thing for me is that I am back in the right frame of mind and determined to succeed again. I know this is a lifelong battle,but with good friends, a supportive family and a personal trainer who is always forgiving and encouraging, I can't fail.................can I???

Speak to you all again in October when I plan to have some better news to report.

Monday 7th July

Hi guys - hope you are all well and enjoying the summer holidays. This update should really have been written on Saturday however I was out on Friday night until the wee small hours of Saturday morning and had to change the time and day of my session with Kenny. I am off work this whole week and plan to have a few sessions in the gym though............... ( the best laid plans etc...)

I have had almost two weeks off the gym as i was suffering from a terrible bug that floored me. I had the shakes; a fever; stomach pains and aching bones - EVERY bone. I thought I was in for a bout of the flu........... Thankfully, that was not the case, but I slept most of the following few days and could not drag my bug ar*e to the gym for love nor money.

Because I am out of routine, I went to the gym yesterday to break myslf in gently before Kenny got his hands on me today.

I managed to survive 2 x 20 minute sessions on the cross trainer with some stretches in between. This was all I could manage and I was quite proud of myself.

This morning, Kenny was too happy for my liking - I had no idea what he had in store for me but I was looking forward to it. He did not disappoint....... we started off on the cross trainer (surprised? - I wasn't) Only 5 minutes to warm me up and then i was led over to the free weights. We worked on my arms and upper body - as Kenny pointed out my bingo wings! That made me feel good - lets face it, what else do women like to be reminded of on a Monday morning???

Once we were finished on the weights we did some press ups and some stretches on the mat before we did it all again - starting with the cross trainer. I am not quite back to the weights that I had been doing a couple of months ago, but I am getting there.

After a third round, Kenny felt it was appropriate to finish off with a 5 minute session on the cross trainer to cool down..............I guess I wasn't quite the right shade of purple for him at that point so another torture session on the cross trainer was essential!!It felt great to be back in the gym and I am looking forward to having a few extra sessions this week.

I am back with Kenny on Saturday morning and will report back to you then..

D