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P.S. Wow, I do enjoy all these positive comments, mostly because I read your blogs and have so much respect for what you are doing!
I need to add a “P.S.” onto that last post. Please don’t think I kept up my good work out intentions all that time. My life has been HUGELY up and [...]

Hafta tell ya, I’m pretty excited about realizing I’m wearing the same size I was wearing 15 years ago. That was the year I moved to NC. And, I was too large for it at least half the time since.
Plus, I’m completely healthy (have been for ten years). Feel great, feel like jumping up and [...]

This is what I took for snacks on my 8-mile hike. Two boiled eggs and two peanut bars (held together with some kinda hard syrup). A folded piece of aluminum foil that contains salt and pepper for the eggs. Also, four 1/2 liter bottles of water.
As mentioned, I used to have exercise induced hypoglycemia (and [...]

Well, I did it. Later I will get you a pic of the snacks I took on my hike yesterday: 2 peanut bars and 2 boiled eggs, plus 2 liters of water. I drank 1.5 liters.
The first week, I walked/hiked a total of 15 miles. This week, I walked/hiked just over 20 miles, but in [...]

Please forgive me faithful readers for failure to post. My love is back again… HIKING!
You have to know a little background to know how great this is. Most of my life was one of sickness. About age 16 I fell in love with the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail, around 2,170 miles. But, never [...]