It has been a long stressful and sleepless weekend and I can not believe it is Monday morning. Friday was not too bad after training until the Estate Agents called to say we had been gazumped on a property we offered the full asking price on. Hence quite a lot of tossing and turning that night wishing the vendors all sorts of good fortune!  Saturday night a considerate neighbour had a very loud celebration so not much sleep then, Sunday the anticipation of training with a weekend of lack of …

Yet another beautiful morning and Friday is more than welcome. As it is the end of a long and demanding week, I am sort of in a wind down kind of mode. I want to train but not too hard as I think I deserve an easy day today. I entertained nine guests yesterday and I over ate so I do feel quite sluggish.
My trainer Mr White of course had other ideas and was so full of energy at 7.50 a.m it was a little irritating. Whilst I am  on the subject of …

It was a wet cold and depressing Bank Holiday weekend so when the scruffy weather presenter on the breakfast show promised some sunshine today it lifted my spirits and then Michael arrived. Of course he is like a vibrant beam of sunshine no matter what time of year. That may sound a little sarcastic but I promise you that is not my style. He always projects rays of positive light unless of course he either can not play cricket or they lost !
The session was good as per usual one day …

The past few months have proved to be extremely stressful and I have to admit exercising has helped me avoid being admitted  to somewhere they have padded rooms. So when my immune system decided to cave in to some sort of debilitating bug I was most frustrated. Being the fool I am I refused to miss my visit to The Chelsea Flower show yesterday which sapped any reserves of energy I was storing for a rainy day!
Today both  energy  & enthusiasim  totally lacking  I made the decision to soldier on …

Having woken up at five I was keen to get going when Michael arrived at eight mainly as by this time I was really ready for breakfast . I decided to have one of my healthy ginger chews bought from the Health Food Store. Being a generous sort of person I of course offered one to Michael and most people know Michael never turns down anything free. Only this time he was not impressed at all I think this did not help his frame of mind or my training session-apparently …