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@socoda, you are awesome & I very well may take you up on that offer - just to keep me on the straight & narrow :)

I manage to maintain a pretty healthy diet but am always on the lookout for new ideas, superfoods etc to compliment it & thank you for the link I am going to print it & have a good read tonight after I'm done with the day.

And, thank you, my attitude was bad yesterday after that Cancer Council knockback & I had a very good talk with myself & gave myself a headslap for being so naughty then decided.. what the hell, I can do this for myself, I have all the support to achieve my goals right here on BCNA & at home from my hubby, kids & parkrun buddies.

I AM WOMAN - HEAR ME ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and Cate I can always set up a schedule to call you to monitor your progress just like the program - don't worry I can make you feel accountable - MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Seriously though - I can phone you at a set time each week to see how your progressing and whether you are attaining your goals ;-) 

@Cate64 Woohooo!!!!! You go Cate!!! I love your attitude!!!!!  Hey I've just had a quick lookie around the web and found this 10km training program from Medibank at https://www.medibank.com.au/bemagazine/post/exercise/10km-beginner-running-guide/   (Can get it in a pdf) You could always modify it as it will take 8 weeks to increase your distance to the 10klms but its a start. As for the diet related stuff with the program -  when I start it in February I can send you all the diet related stuff that I get (can send it to you too @Share) so that you still get the benefits from the program.  It won't be the same as being there and being monitored but it can be a start.

@Share, i am sorry if it has rained on your parade, I know I was so looking forward to that phone call & getting started toward my goal... instead i felt like i had been kicked in the gutz & made to feel worthless.

I however, am Xena, Warrior Princess & I will achieve my goal thru my own goal setting. Gold Coast Marathon (10km) come at me!!

@TonyaM no I am in Melbourne.

I feel completely let down. No where in that flyer nor the internet did it mention conditions or that it is not really even a program, its  3 year study in its infancy.

I really wanted them to help guide me & help me setgoals in order to become fit enough to be competing in the 10km runs instead  of the 5km..

Well you know what? I will do it myself, I can & I will compete at 10km level by mid next year!!!!

Hi Cate- I think that's discrimination and terrible! What a slap in the face from cancer and now Cancer Council.You sound fitter than me so why wouldn't you qualify for healthy lifestyle help?I could understand if you were bedridden in palliative care but you're not.You are a vibrant active amazing woman who has a lot of living yet to do.Surely it can't be so black and white.Do you live in Sydney Cate? I'm on the Hills cancer council committee and I'm now going in to bat for you! xx

Oh @Cate64 - really ? 

You are "fit", focused on training and increasing awareness for the Cancer Council and yet the label "chronic disease" gets thrown back in your face. Well, they certainly won't want me either ! I saw this post and registered yesterday ! 

Thanks to you, Cate at least I have some kind of warning - you on the other hand did not !

I am so sorry that this one call has made you feel so disheartened. 

You are still a machine and you are amazing. 

Big virtual hug to you. 

Sheryl xxx

Well, it seems I am not such a machine after all @socoda & @TonyaM


Started out on such a high!! then I got the Cancer Council call re the program & sorry you dont qualify we only want curable people not people with mets!!! Nowhere in that pamphlet did it indicate it was some kind of trial or that there were any conditions of joining the program.

To say I am devastated is an understatement. I Relay for Life for the Cancer Council, this year I am even on the organising committee & now I need them or, want something from them, they are not there...........

So now this afternoon, after that call, I have hit a brick wall & am close to tears & a complete hissy fit meltdown. The same feelings & emotions that always ht me every time that oncology psychologist rang me.

I feel so well, how can I be so ill that everyone that is supposed to be there turns their back.

You're a machine!!!! With your enthusiasm and planning we'll see you in the Boston Marathon-  \o/ Yayyyyyyyyy Cate!!!!!!

@TonyaM I was running 5km pre cancer so I just kept it up though I do have to say I am getting better times post chemo than I was before, yeh go figure!!!

I am trying my darndest to give myself the best possible chance by eating healthy & organically where I can & keeping active....