Another Personal Message 

Just three months after giving birth to baby Edward, I was back running a four week, shape up, eat right, get into gear, Bootcamp blaster. Apart from the deep pain of losing Edward, there were further physical traumas for me, plus a messy caesarian to recover from. Next to Edward, my rehabilitation was futile but I still needed a miracle to fix the mess.

But gray clouds always part and sun does seep through, we just have to keep our eyes open so that we notice it. I think I got my miracle too or, I wouldn't have been sharing hill sprints and press ups with my bootcampers.

Soon I'll be the most experienced person in 'exercise after ceasarians'! 

We had great results. The first few days are always a bit wobbly for everyone while we de-tox but soon after those, I hear how great they feel, how well they are sleeping and how happy people are with the way they look. I love it. I love seeing them come back each class and looking younger, fresher and realising their own potential. We see it as a four week clearout, a chance for the body to get back onto an even keel and from thereon in, the regeneration picks up at an alarming rate. I am writing a book on the plan now...

Kilos of fat blobbed away and even for those who thought they'd only lost a kilo, when I measured them on the Bodystat machine, they'd gained 2 litres of body fluid (that's 2 Kilos), gained 1/2 a kilo of muscle and lost 3.5 kilos of fat....See, the scales don't mean much, what you're made up of means everything. So despite what they saw as just a kilo loss, their jeans were baggier, their fat much less and their skin and eyes bright...they are all things bright and beautiful!

As for myself, I shed the Edward extra layer, cleaned out my Victoria sponge comfort eating binge and, like the others, feel emotionally even. There were only a couple of kilos to lose but a lot of re-awakening of muscles and pleasure in exercise that came back.

Everyone's effort and achievement brought me a lot too. By them 'pulling it off' I am very thankful. As for whatever this life may be about, enveloping it in feeling good matters has got to be the way forward.

And you know what, I think Edward was around me cheering me on, as I couldn't have done any of this without the love he has brought us all. As his name signifies, the 'guardian of happiness', he showers us with that. Oscar our four-year-old talks of Edward often and says 'We can't see him Mummy but he is always with us'.