My second year of Liberte - and I'm really stepping it up!

IT'S 2012 and the blog is back for the new year. This is my second year of Liberte and it's time to get tough!
Yes one year ago today on a Monday night in early January I turned up in too many clothes, grabbed my inhaler and got ready for an unforgettable hour.
I stopped every ten minutes, thought I was going to pass out and drove home feeling slightly unsure of whether I would ever go back.
To read my initial thoughts of Liberte, click here.
I stepped up my training and got fitter and fitter - click here to read how I felt after six months:

A slightly larger version of myself working out in Nowton Park last  May

But for 2012 I'm stepping up the challenge. Towards the end of 2011 I think I found my comfort zone, I relished certain exercises and couldn't wait to stop doing others. But that's all changing now. I don't see the point of doing Liberte for a year and then having exactly the same experience all over again.
I don’t want to come over all Carol Vorderman but let me dazzle with you with some basic maths: everyone who went to their first Liberte session last year will at some stage this year have their first anniversary.
And I'm sure you'll feel the same as how I do today.
I feel proud that I went to something like 130 sessions in 12 months and have trained in all the parks and taken part in a beach weekend, and when I look around from the people I saw in Bury at my first session I'm amazed at how much it's changed.
From one session on a Monday night to sessions in Norwich and Newmarket too all over the week.
I've changed too. I've started to eat much healthier, I can't wait to train, I want to train when it's miserable weather and even when I've got a cold like tonight, I know I'll feel better sweating it out in the park than feeling sorry for myself with a Lemsip and a blanket.
This year I'm keen to step it up. I stopped drinking alcohol on New Year's Eve at 10 seconds to midnight and have vowed not to touch a drop for the rest of the year.
I feel I would be kidding myself if I didn't do something different in year two - and I can't wait to see what happens to the rest of you when you hit your special anniversary later this year!