Sue's Sports Starter by Sue_Thearle

The big chill is all very well and Christmassy and all that, but hopeless if you fancy doing any outdoor exercise. I mean take a part-time runner like me. I really did think about going for a run earlier this week and promptly changed my mind. It was far too cold and icy and seeing as I don’t need much extra help in the tumbling over department, I drove to the gym instead.

I know a lot of people who have been brave enough to go running. My sister for instance took a nasty tumble the other morning when she was out for a run. Ironically she had stopped running and was walking when she went flying and very nearly dislocated her shoulder. All the more reason to stay at home and eat stuff that’s very bad for you. If Kirstie’s latest blog is anything to go by, the sofa is the safest place to be right now!

However I shall do my best to try and get you doing some exercise in the warmth of your own home with my latest DVD exercise review. This week I shall be tackling some Davina McCall. Her latest offering is titled simply Davina Fit. How brilliant to be so famous you can just be referred to by your first name and also then turn your name into a slogan for getting into shape. It got me thinking natch. How could I turn my name into a marketing slogan? Sue Fit. Sue Trim. Sue Me if you don’t get slim. My runaway favourite was SU MO, which made me laugh out loud for some time. Any suggestions that are printable please, gratefully received. I opted to do Davina next because she promises to tone up your bingo wings. Now my arms are fine, but I would love to be a tad more Michelle Obama in that department (that woman has amazing arms). I will of course report back in some detail on that front and let you know if Davina has worked her magic.

In the meantime I have been veering between last-minute Xmas shopping, socialising and some serious Christmas film-viewing in the company of some festive nibbles (and I’m not referring to my husband). Last night I made the long-suffering gentleman in question watch Love Actually again which is a fab Xmas movie. We had been out with some friends earlier this week and enjoyed a sparky debate about our favourite bit in that film. I am adamant it is the sequence where Andrew Lincoln tells Kiera Knightley on the doorstep how he feels about her with a series of giant cue cards. Ahh.

Mind you that was run a close second by Hugh Grant giving Billy Bob Thornton, who is a strangely convincing US President, what for in a press conference because he has been mean to Martine McCutcheon. Now she of course is the lady who has caught PM Hugh Grant’s eye. All faintly ludicrous but great fun with a bag of nuts and a snowball – I’m not joking about the snowball I love them (advocaat to you in case you have no idea what I’m talking about!). Right once more into the shopping breach dear friends, but I will be back with more nuts and snowballs shortly. Keep warm.