Fair play Andrew! If you don’t mind me asking was that diet and exercise combined or did you focus mainly on one thing? I don’t tend to lose much with cycling, but I think that’s due to gaining muscle mass as I’m seeing quite a difference now. Anyhow it’s good to get fit! Enjoy your tiramisu and also, congratulations on the house - win win 😊

Thanks Laura. I've never really had a problem with weight, being of slim build, but what sparked this off recently was that I noticed I was developing a bit of a spare tyre. My weight had gone up to 75.6kg, which is still ok, but I wanted to see my abs again :)

Anyway I started doing more sessions on the bike, and I had become a bit lazy with this. I now do a 1 hour session, at least 4x a week. I'm also doing planks and sit ups to try and firm up those abs and improve core strength.

However, I believe one thing has had a big impact, and that is cutting out supper time. I used to have something to eat around 10'ish. So I was taking in calories, at a time when my body was not using much energy. Makes sense to me that those calories be stored as fat instead.

I'm now at 73.2kg, so not much further to get into my target weight zone.

Everyone in the family is now really looking forward to the house move. The kids love the new house, which is a major positive thing. We're actually going back to the town we lived for 20 years, so it will be a home coming. And we know a lot more people there. Haven't really fitted in here during the two years we've lived in this house if I'm honest.

That's brilliant Andrew. It's always good to see those abs coming through. I'm starting to see my upper abs, they're coming on nicely 💪🏻. The problem is that when you've had a c-section, no matter how long ago, your lower abdomen muscles are never the same again.

Anyway, great stuff on recognising what you needed to change and well done on getting to where you want to be!

So pleased about the house move too. That's lovely that you're returning to your home and will have your friends around you. Awesome news all round 😊

We noticed that the elderly lady next door has changed estate agents (again). This is the third one. Unfortunately she's picked the one we initially went with. They are absolutely atrocious and the agent's attitude is appaling (not just our experience or opinion). They will have over-priced her house to hook her into their contract. Of course if she'd talked to us, we would have advised her not to engage them. And the asking price was previously too high anyway, actually more than ours, and we've had to accept much less. Her house is also a lot smaller than ours. We reckon she'll have to come down in the order of at least £100k. She's not computer literate, so definitely not checking sites like Rightmove. And also the current market is really bad, not ideal for selling at the moment.

Ah that's awful Andrew, your poor neighbour. What's your relationship like? As in could you approach her now to inform about your experience?

I was thinking of doing that Laura. She will have a 14 day cooling off period on the contract. I do have a few concerns though, about these estate agents getting nasty, and any possible litigation coming our way. I wouldn't put it past them to do that. Maybe I will have a little word with her about property valuations though, and what we have actually managed to sell our house for.

Great news Liz, I hope it's enjoyable and I completely agree that work routines are what make leisure time more leisurely!

Here's to great workouts for the week ahead too 💪🏻