Not content with getting through an entire day at work on Monday, I also decided that was the day to go back to the gym. I was really surprised at how happy I was when I got there. Don't tell anyone I said so, but I actually missed going to the gym. While I was puffing away on the cross-trainer, I plugged my iPod in and played a random playlist. …

Today, there was a man in a blue t-shirt and he was floating around the weights section. Every now and then he would lift a really heavy weight a few times, make a lot of grunting noises and let us all know that he was very strong. Then he would put the weight down, and wander round for a bit. He would stalk around the weights in a predatory way, …

There's a woman who works at the gym, she's actually the one who gave us our induction, showed us how all the machines worked, and expected us to remember which machines worked which muscles and which order to do them in. She's pretty in a tomboyish kind of way, with spiky dark hair and a piercing on her face. I find this woman very intriguing, and I think it's because …

Fitness I don't think I have ever felt this uncomfortable in my own skin. Therefore the first of my New Year's Resolutions is definitely to start doing something about this. My usual plan of action would be to stop any kind of food passing my lips for a week or so and then go back to normal. This time, I'm going to do it properly. Cut down on the biscuits, …

In order to get my lazy backside off the sofa and doing a bit of exercise, but not wanting to go into the big, bad world of outside, I purchased a fitness DVD. I already own the Hotpants Workout (let me tell you now though, I will never wear hotpants), but I was starting to get bored of it and fancied a change. Enter Angela Griffin and her Dance Mix …

Don't assume, because you are going to a pool full of water, that you won't be thirsty when you get out. Chlorine is not thirst-quenching. Don't wear your most precious jewellery to the leisure centre as the heart attack that ensues when you can't find it, even though you know you stuffed it right into the toe of your trainers, is not fun. If you find that the person before …

Well, that's the plan anyway, swimming is my new favourite hobby. I thought I'd forgotten how to do it, but yesterday, I actually started to feel like I knew what I was doing. I'm a little annoyed though because he egged me on, saying "Of course you can open your eyes underwater, there's nothing wrong with it, your eyes will get used to it." And, I can't fault his truthfulness, …

Okay, so here's the lowdown on what's been going on recently... My love of Queen is still going on unabated, I listen to them a lot and have recently started singing loudly to Bohemian Rhapsody and falling in love with it all over again. I got a workout DVD, which is mostly dancing which is great because you're so busy concentrating on getting the moves right, you barely notice you've …