THERE'S AN ART TO WALKING IN COURTS

The other evening I was getting ready, and as I slipped on my white court shoes (well it is nearly summer), I thought to myself 'these feel really strange'.

There's an art to walking in high heels which requires a certain amount of concentration. I think most women would agree with me.

But these shoes with straps across the bridge of your foot make you become lazy. Concentration is not required as the straps and buckles hold the foot in place.
Hence, when you next go to put on a pair of nice stilettos you have to adjust your thinking before taking that first step.

I'VE just had my last session with my fitness instructor. It's has been a great experience and has really helped me. In six weeks I have learned what exercise routines are best for toning up and how to incorporate two 10-minute routines into my morning.

I've discovered the art of yomping, which I am now going to try a do twice a week. And I have turned my rather bad diet around.

I used to suffer from terrible stomach ache most days but that has disappear after I gave up coffee, stopped eating bread at lunch time and have abandoned my biggest downfall - biscuits. I haven't had a biscuit now for nearly five weeks!

I've also stopped having a cup of tea just before I go to bed and I sleep so much better..
Dave, who runs Smartshape out of a centre in Halsall, near Ormskirk, was very supportive and encouraging and has helped me a lot. But now it is time for me to do it on my own.

I'm not planning to turn into some sort of fitness freak, but it is amazing how a bit of exercise and a better eating plan make you feel so much better.

CARLA Bruni, glamorous wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been hitting back a critics who mock her flat shoes.

The former supermodel, 41, is five inches taller than her hubby and has therefore ditched the high heels so as not to tower over him.

In an article in the Daily Mail she says that she feels the pain when people criticise her 54-year-old husband.