Monday, was the start of my 12 week body transformation, on line program I have joined with Michelle Bridges the Bigest Loser, AU., female trainer as the on line trainer for this 12WBT. 

 I have been following close to the program for the past six days.
Results since last Thursday are the man and I have both lost  600 gram lol, putting my man offically underweight by 200 gram and the dog has lost 200 gram, lol, she tries to keep up with me in some of my jogs.

I did think of my mother, not approving of anyone running in a rain forest and missing the subtle things, you see when you are slow silent and intent on watching for the signs of nature.

I also thought of how, I once was on the downhill slide to an early death, as my own mum had from emphysema and heart disease. I thought, 'mum, just look at me, I am older than you were when you died, and I CAN RUN'  :-).  Mum I know you have to be overjoyed at that, I AM.'

I cannot fault my mother's teaching of me, about appreciation of nature and so it slightly jarred my consciousness to decide this track was firm enough under foot to be a perfect place to run.   I had already planned on a 400-meter jog today and as there is only rainforest around, no football ovals, this was the perfect place. 

The exhilaration of running and deeply breathing the clean rainforest air, with a running stream beside tree ferns and tall mountain ash, all around,, me was just the most amazing feeling.