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Last night I almost attended a whole kung-fu class. Some business at home meant that I was late again though. It was a fun but intensive class. My fitness is still lagging. The class started with the butterfly knife form, which I feel is finally coming together. Need to buy a paid of knives so that I can practice at home though. We then did some light sparring. This is where things started to go wrong for me last night. There were three other students in the class, and each for them seemed to have the upper hand each time we fought. My sparring seems to have gone to pieces, and this started to get to me. I guess that it is no surprise as we do not do so much sparring now, but my fitness and lack of skill / applying technique seemed to show. I lamost felt like giving up at one point when I got home. Oh, and I managed to pick up a minor injury too. One of the other students did a quick jumping back kick, which I took pretty full on my right arm. It knocked my back a bit, and my upper arm has swollen up. I put dit dar on it last night, maybe that old Chinee medicine will help a little!

Today is the first day of my new fitness plan - the Credit Crunch Fitness Plan! This morning I purchased a single bus fare rather than the usual return, and I have my shorts and trainers in my bag, so I will be running home tonight. It is saving me money, and will also get me fit. No idea how long I will keep it up for. To start with I will run on non-kunf-fu days, which will be Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. So first run tonight. I have also stopped my morning coffee, so my new regime means saving £3.80 a day too - thus the name - Credit Crunch Fitness!

I am also trying to diet again. My weight is stable, but I am not losing. I am eating more bread again, but also need to reduce my cholesterol. A trip to the doctor a couple of weeks ago revealed that my cholesterol was a little high, at 5.6. Apparently it should be at least below 5, and ideally below 4. Blood sugar tests came out OK though, so that is good.

Hopefully running home from work will help me to start losing weight again - I generally look OK apart from my fat belly. So maybe losing belly fat should be my main focus now.