Aimee Le Cocq in rehearsal with dancing partner James Greening

LAST Wednesday was one of my worst dancing days.

I think I was just stressed and tired out and could not concentrate.

We learned another major bit of the tango. Four sections, in fact. I managed to learn them all within the two hours we were at St Martin’s Community Centre.

But when it came to putting it all together, I had forgotten it. I was so angry with myself. I had learned it only a few hours before, but I could not piece it together in my head. I do not think it helped that I became really angry with myself, which meant I could not concentrate. This in turn meant I could not think about anything other than not getting the steps. It was a bit of a vicious circle.

Thankfully I have calmed down about it now and hopefully the next session will go a lot better.

I have lost a bit of weight since I began my dancing. I noticed my waist has reappeared and my legs seem to have slimmed down a bit.

But I needed to really knuckle down. I have to wear Lycra, after all.

I had heard about an app for the iPhone which is supposed to help dieters. One girl lost seven stone in eight months with it.

I have become a little bit obsessed with my iPhone, so I thought using an app would be a good way to lose weight.

So far, it has been going well. The only problem is, I do not have any scales to weigh myself on. I am just going by how my clothes look on me.

The app told me, for example, that in an hour and a half of fast dancing, I burnt 636 calories. I also found out, however, that there were far too many calories in my breakfast cereal. So I am back on the cornflakes.

I also have to be careful with my shoe choices at the moment. Last year, I broke my ankle and it has started flaring up again. Certain shoes seem to make it worse. It would be silly after all the hard work I have put in to have to pull out just a few weeks before the challenge because of a damaged ankle. So my favourite super-high heels have been relegated to the back of the shoe cupboard until after 30 April.