I don’t use the Fitgirls studio to do my weights. For some reason, I need to go somewhere neutral, where no one knows me, where I can escape the phone, the emails and the courier, and simply…train. The nice thing about going to another gym is that Scott gets to come with me, which means I get to perve on him and his biceps as he trains . And you thought I was engaged to him for his personality – pfff!

So anyway, there I was yesterday, pedalling away on the stationery bike, when 3 chicks in their mid-30′s jumped on the bikes next to me. Now I have to admire these girls for forming their own little workout group, leaving their kiddies with the hubby, and having a girlie night at the gym (which is better than the pub I figure). I had inconveniently left my earphones at home and was unfortunate enough to be privy to their conversation (and the terrible gum music – Kylie Minogue – worst workout music ever).

Now, I try not to be one to judge, especially since I understand that not everyone has the nutrition knowledge I do. But honestly, you would think these girls live in a cave. They were loudly and proudly discussing how fabulously their shake diets were going. Yep, Kate Morgan had won these middle-aged, semi-overweight girls over. They’d been shaking it up for a week and a half. That’s a week and a half of muscle loss, fluid loss and bone loss. And maybe a smidge of fat loss. But nothing like the fat they’re about to put on when they realise a woman cannot sustain herself (or keep her sanity) when living on a calorie-depleted diet of fluids.

I couldn’t sit there and listen to these poor brain-washed girls. I had to get up and walk away. And I couldn’t even give them a business card! (The gym has cameras, dammit, and I just know they’d catch me out trying to drum up business!).

The experience left me frustrated and angry. Kate Morgan and the like has a lot to answer for.

Note to self: take earphones to the gym!