For the moment my exercise routine is a bit hit and miss. I jump on the bike (still on the wind trainer..), or treadmill when time and energy permits.

Taking Ch’i for a walk, walking up to the farmers markets and doing a little gentle Tai Chi rounds out my efforts at this point in time.

I’m very keen to get rid of these couple of kilos (actually it’s not the weight, it’s the horrible, unfamiliar shape I’m wanting to alter), but am not prepared (just yet) to go back to the gym or pilates where I may inadvertently cause stretching or damage to the reconstructed area.

I would also love to go for a swim, however I’ve promised not to for a while, until everything is settled. Anyway – it was 5 degrees this morning and indoor heated pools here on the Coast are few and far between (I say indoor because I’d freeze getting in and out of an outdoor pool!).

I swear I can feel my chest muscles seize up and make me highly uncomfortable when I get really cold. It’s quite a shock to the system and most unpleasant. Just on that, my doctor recently told me of a patient who’d had an augmentation with silicone implants and complained that when she went skiing in Aspen (as you do…), they froze solid. No kidding.

(Looks like my lifelong dream of going to Antarctica might now have to include an auto-heat bra or vest, or maybe I could seek out a sponsorship deal with a thermal company!)