Have I been naughty or nice?

Ooh, I have been such a good girl! Yesterday, I went to the gym after work, and peddled on that cross-trainer machine for 30 minutes. It has wide foot-plates that move with your feet and handles that move back and forth in sync with the legs. It's a bit like cross country ski-ing but not as hard or cold.

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Then I did another few minutes on something called a windjammer. It's got a picture of a sail on the digital display. I assume it is based on one of those maritime contraptions, where you have to hoist the sail by winding this implement of torture for several hours at a time. Whatever the idea behind the digital display, it never seemed to actually raise the cyber-sail. The pixels kept going up a bit, then down a bit. At least with a real canvas, the damn thing would eventually reach the top!

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Tonight I went climbing with a friend. She's one of these slim, athletic types that can run up the climbing wall, no matter how difficult it is. I haven't got a hope in hell of matching her ability. I think my stomach sticks out and throws my centre of balance back away from the wall, thus causing me to have to cling on harder and fall off more easily. That, or I just don't have the talent and strength.

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Either way, it doesn't matter, for I enjoy the having a go part of climbing and I do get to the top of enough walls to make it worth while going again. My friend keeps inviting me back, so I'll just keep going.

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On the down side, the biscuits at work have been calling me again. There is a biscuit tin, which someone has kindly filled up since the holiday. I scoffed quite a few at the end of the day today. Why? I was telling myself off as I did it, but that didn't stop me. So why did I do it?

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That's not an easy question to answer. I think it's because I was tired, but I still had work to do, and I needed to concentrate for at least another hour before going home. Whether that justified the extra calories I consumed, I can't tell you. Probably not. It's undoubtedly part of the bad habits I have developed over the past five years.

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What to do about it is even more difficult. The biscuit tin will always be there, whether I like it or not, so the temptation won't go away. If I take extra fruit or something for that 'end of day' snack time, I know I will just eat that first, and then go and eat the biscuits as well.

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Yes, I know, you're all thinking how pathetically weak I am. I have no will power - I know! That's the problem! If you have a solution to the problem, then please do let me know! Answers, on a post card, please!