I've completed the first 2 weeks at the end of today. Its a weird feeling, it seems to have gone quick and slow at the same time. I feel like its just the norm now. Today I had a sparring class at 8:30. What is the once piece of kit you need in addition to gloves for sparring? Its a mouthguard. And whats the one piece of kit I forgot today? lol. no sparring for me. It actually worked out really well as the young coach took me through a pit of a master class in boxing defense. I need a lot of work here, so it was great to focus for an hour + added bonus, I was the only person who showed up to the class, so I got a PT session! In a way it was quite scary coming to the realization that I'm moving from fitness boxing to real boxing. Hitting bags and mits is one thing, but slipping, parries, rolls, footwork, the defensive side of boxing is something altogeather new and exciting (in a scary way) for me. I never cared too much in previous sparring about getting hit, but I'm currently worring about it a lot. I think I just need to turn up, get hit in the face a couple of times and remind myself its not that big of a deal. I have a Masters Boxing session tomorrow morning I'm going to attend. If nothing else to gague my level and assess how much work I need to do between now and November. Diet was good; steak, rice and slaw for lunch. Dinner was Oporto grilled chicken. I ordered a whole chicken (which was shared between 3 of us, the lions share going to me), grilled corn and slaw. I'm sure there are hidden calories in it, but it's probably as healthy as I can get when eating out. I hit 13.2k steps from a couple of walks, had a couple of swims and walk around the pool - I think this is helping a lot with managing my tweaked knee.