Hi guys, thanks for your posts and cover suggestions. New issue is out next wednesday and think you'll be pleased.

So tell me some news? stories?

I made pact with myself this morning to get fit. Ground breaking i know. I'm not doing it because i want to lose weight or anything, just because i'm young and should be fit and healthy. Phil took me for a weekend in the Blue Mountains recently and we went for a bush walk, actually it was more like a cliff walk, because we climbed down the face of a cliff (ok, that sounds dramatic, there were stairs, i wasn't in a harness dangling on a rope or anything). Surprisingly, it wasn't until we got to the bottom that i realised the only way back up was to take the same stairs. I've never come so close to death (ok, dramatic again, but it hurt. A LOT). While Phil practically skipped up the mountain, i could barely breathe, my face was beetroot red and my legs ached so much i almost couldn't feel them. I'm only 28! So, i'm starting exercise. Not full-on gym junkie or anything. Just brisk walks, some squats and maybe a pilates class once or twice a week. I’m so envious of people who LOVE exercise, i want to be that person and apparently once you start, you do become addicted (in a good way, not an ice addict kind of way). I remember about 4 years ago when i was working at Cosmopolitan i wrote a story about being hypnotised to exercise. For a brief moment i was one of those people who LOVED to exercise. I was hypnotised once a week for about 7 weeks and for about 6 months i was an exercising machine. I went 5 days a week to the gym and felt amazing. Then literally i woke up one day and just stopped. It was like the hypnosis juice ran out. Not sure what the point of that story was, just thought i'd share. Anyway, don't try hypnosis, it's expensive and doesn't last. As with most things in life, doing it naturally is the best policy.

So have i inspired you to exercise too? Or at the very least think about it? As i said, it's not about losing weight, it's about feeling young, healthy and powerful. Come on, do it with me, we can push each other...

xxBron