Hey CQ - how you going now? Only a week left... You're going to be such a great instructor - the ones who are keen and energetic always make me want to go more!

Well, i've had a crazy week. On Sunday we found a house to rent we liked the look of and went to drive and look at the outside of it. On Monday we went to see it. On Tuesday we asked a bunch of questions and spent the day on the phone working out various details. On Wednesday we asked a few more questions. On Thursday we got our last set of answers and DP went to pay the bond to take it off the market and pick up our paperwork. I've had a dodgy stomach and tension headaches all week from the stress and a MIGRAINE last night (first in 11 years!). So i've done nothing whatsoever by way of exercise (apart from my usual walking and so on) all week.

Today i weighed and measured again. Lost another kilo - down to 80kg. I also lost an inch of my waist, and inch off my torso at belly-button and an inch off my hips plus 1cm off each thigh (need to lose A LOT more than that!). Which was great considering my lack of exercise! Anyway, the kilo loss spurred me on, and i just did your routine again CQ.

I've been mixing it up a bit. For the 2nd and 3rd sets of squats i go down, do one pulse, and then stand up. After the squats and lunges i do 45 leg extensions over the arm of the sofa with an 8kg bar on my ankles (secured!). Instead of tricep dips i sometimes do kickbacks instead. Or i do a set of kickbacks, a set of dips, a set of kickbacks...

I was wondering if you could mix up the chest for me...? I was doing presses tonight and i'm STILL so weak, it's just NOT coming. I feel like my chest is doing nothing, it's all my shoulders and arms and upper back. The overhead extensions for my chest are great, but i don't feel i'm getting stronger, maybe it's my technique? How can i isolate the chest better and get stronger? My boobs are huge and my pecs are like this pathetic little bulge under the top quarter of each one...

I've still not run - i carried DD in the meitai last week and my heel felt slightly itchy afterwards (sounds weird, but i know the feeling well - kind of "not quite" an injury). Hopefully this week will be better. I'm going to start right at the bottom again, 2.5km, adding 0.5km every run until i hit 5, then 5km 3 times a week for a week, then two 5kms and a 6km and so on until i'm back to proper distances. I just put a woohoo in the woohoo room, and i'm off to check for new running routes around there, to plan my winter exercise

Bx