It was only through the experience of my separation and divorce that I began to realise what anxiety felt like for me and how it affected my life. I believe there is always a natural anxiety in all of us and it usually sits 'in the background' acting as one of our natural barometers controlling how we react and respond to things. Its actually there to help us to survive. I think its important to recognise this higher level of anxiety that we feel as a new part of our lives at least until it settles down or reduces to its more usual level. Its natural to feel tense, worried, fearful and

I realised yesterday that I completely forgot to post my weight last week. For the record it was 13 stone exactly, and it's the same today. Last month my goals were: To lose another 4 pounds. (I actually lost 7 pounds) To be able to run 5 miles without stopping to walk, aiming to finish in 50 minutes. (I did this on Friday, running 5 miles in 49:13) To buy a pair of jeans in a smaller size! (I did this yesterday, bought a pair of 36" waist jeans from Tesco (£5 - big spender!).) I've made quite a bit of progress using various weight and weight machine. I can now do a clear 67.5 kgs

What can I say? I had an wonderful weekend. On Friday I gutted the house in preparation for a veiwing on Saturday, though I wasnt going to be there for it, as I had already arranged to go to Glasgow. But it was good to get stuff moved about, make the house look nicer and generally keep myself busy. Saturday rolled around with an alacrity that scared the bajeezus out of me. So off I trotted to Glasgow. Arrived at 12:00 midday, way too early to get into the hotel I had booked for the night. I decided to go in style, booking into the Radisson Blu, a very posh hotel indeed. And yes, they