A Free Ticket to the Weight Loss Follies

SOOO Mad!

I walked 2.7 miles at my top speed for the last two days, but am gaining the weight back. (my weight chart is on the right over there)

WHY? I need to be honest about this... I totally threw caution to the wind this past weekend and week. My water intake has been seriously lowered (I don't like the water bottle I am using, it gets clogged and I HATE drinking off a "nipple"). I also stopped eating a little bit in the morning. I have been secretly discouraged. Stupid me, I know better.

I've also had a few drinks this week.... EMPTY calories! (I DID drink vodka and juice, which is better than my standard rum and coke.)

So yeah, I lapsed, and now I suffer the consequences. I am getting back on track TODAY.

My Weight Tracking Widget Thingie ...

I put a cool little weight chart widget over there on the right, about 1/2 way down the page.

Check it out. I got it from skinnyr.com I will probably do the upgrade, too... Some guy had to make this!

It's only $12 a year, so yeah, cool, watch me literally walk my a$$ off :).

Grrrr! what gives?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Walked like crazy yesterday, didn't pig out, drank about two gallons of water. Got up today and weigh a pound more than yesterday!

I know, it's prob some of that water from yesterday, but it's still disappointing....

Anyway, walked 2.6 miles today.

Bear with me my friends, I am starting a Child Support battle today. I haven't asked for an increase since I started getting it in 1997, please wish me luck.

Let's focus on this positive, I saw cool heat ligtning today. It's kind of wierd to see a bright sunny day with a black cloud in the middle sliced down the middle by a ligtning bolt. Cool!

Random Thought in My Head #1

If I want the scale to say less tomorrow than it does today,

Then I'll have to do more today than I did yesterday.

I took a 5 mile Walk yesterday

Walked over 5 miles... actually 5.23... Yes I did! It was H O T out, too... My fiance and daughter trudged along with me. I was rewarded by some beautiful sights, and decided to share the ones I managed to get a good pic of with you:

There's a magnificent red-tailed hawk

a gorgeous lily and the home stretch!! quite the walk :)

A New Walking Goal for the next 30 days

As some of you may know, I am an avid walker and use http//:www.mapmywalk.com to track my walking mileage, my weight, and also to help challenge me to do more.

I have a friend on there that I met on the site that is pregnant (with her 3rd child) and walks about 75-100 miles a month! She's in Canada but that doesn't stop her from inspiring me here. Well, she has to slow down now, is due in a little over a month with her new son, and has dropped her walking goal from 100 miles to 75 this month. How could I NOT try harder?

I did 50 miles in the last 31 days, and have just signed up to do 75 in the next. I will be tracking my miles on mapmywalk.com, but you can also see my walks on the right of my blog, in the little "My Workouts" widget, if you're interested.

It's also fun to keep a camera on hand. This rose is actually a picture from one of my walks where I knocked on a door and asked a pleased lady if I could snap a shot of her gorgeous rose :).

I hope maybe I can pay my Northern friend's inspiration forward and get someone else moving. Once you develop a routine, it really is addictive! It's also fun to challenge yourself to do more.

Another nice perk... if you put your phone on "silent"... it's a nice way to get a mini-vacation from the daily grind/obligations/stressors ... if not for a few miles, at least for a few minutes :) .