When The Royal Gazette spoke to Rosemarie Cameron on Thursday, she was gearing up for the Catlin End-to-End walk.

Mrs. Cameron and her son Ivan planned to do the walk in honour of Mrs. Cameron’s daughter Roseanne, who died last year due to complications related to diabetes.

Mrs. Cameron herself is border-line diabetic.

The Camerons goal was to walk from Sandys Middle School to Dockyard, rather than to walk the whole thing.

“I am doing alright,” she said. “We have now done that distance twice. We did the trial walk from Long Bay in Somerset to Dockyard in an hour and 40 minutes.”

This was an accomplishment for the Camerons who had not done much exercise before starting the Argus Challenge.

“I do feel like I am losing inches,” said Mrs. Cameron. “I can feel some of my clothes getting looser.

“My weight is coming down, but a pound here and a pound there. My doctor said it is better than gaining a pound here and there.”

She said when she first started, her feet and the back of her legs hurt a lot, but now that has gone away.

“I went to the foot doctor to get my feet checked,” she said. “He put me in orthopaedic hoses. My back doesn’t hurt like it used to. I do look forward to my walks now.”

She said it is a nice way to stay connected to her son.

“He looks forward to going,” she said. “He drags me out, because sometimes I don’t feel like going.”