It's monthly measuring time, so out came the tape measure.

A nice little loss, 7cm (2.8"). But the most important thing is that a lot of that came off my hips! One of the very last places I usually lose weight (hips 'n thighs, I'm a pear shaped girl) and yet off it comes.

I owe it all to the divine Ms Stumptuous and her dedication to squats. They are tightening up the junk in the trunk and making me feel all powerful. Don't listen to the myths about squats and what they can do, listen to Mistress Krista, she preaches the truth!

I'm also really focussing in on my water consumption.

I have to drink 3 litres of water a day. I NEED to drink that. If I don't, my skin dries out and goes scaly, my face ages by about 10 years and my lips split and crack. I get dizzy, tired and grumpy. Worse, I eat when I'm actually thirsty and my body is crying out for water.

And yet, do I manage to drink it? Hell no. Despite trying to make it easy for myself by getting a 750ml water bottle so that I know that if I empty it 4 times, I've got my daily quota.

I'll drink a piddly 2 bottles or maybe get to 3, but my body is not happy.

So I've set myself a time limit. The first bottle has to be consumed in the first three hours after I get up. The second bottle in the next three hours and so on. I'll drill myself hard on this for the next week and see if I can't get back into the water drinking habit.

Now I just have to prepare myself for all the peeing...