hi guys

i have dug out my CSIRO total well being book, which i hadn't really looked at, and have been having the thai beef salad and morrocan lamb salad for dinner all week... and i am so not a salad person.... my partner agrees - they are both DELICIOUS. so that is my new healthy recipe challenge, done and dusted. if anyone wants the recipe let me know.

as for exercise i have been doing the couch to 5k run each day, instead of three times a week, as i am really hoping to see results.

advice goes that you only need to do measurements once a month, but two days ago i decided to record the measurement of my tummy, in a place where i knew i could measure again in the exact same place, so it would be accurate, i did it along my belly button and inline with the tattoo on my lower back which is at the same height.... after eating salads and running each day, i seem to have lost 3cm from my belly, in two days. i know im 99% accurate with the measuring.... not sure if this is possible?? maybe its fluid loss or something, who knows.... but im so pleased, as 10 months after giving birth to my daughter my stomach is still so big, i actually look about 5 months pregnant. so finally i see a little improvement and maybe, just maybe, i can achieve my goal of losing the fat.

my tummy actually feels smaller, which is why i was tempted to measure. please let it be due to loss of fat, not water!!