My mom is not really working too hard on the dieting, but I think she is doing better than she was before, so that's good. Thank you for asking about her, that's very sweet!
I was about ready to give up on this whole thing until I realized I had lost some more weight. I thought I had been doing a great deal worse. I really need to go out and excersise, I just can't seem to do it. Any type of excursion just sets me into a coughing fit, and I just don't want to do that. But in the long run it'd make me feel better.
Tricia, your "hurdle" challenge sounds like it will be a good one. I'm really not an active person by any means, although I know if I were thinner, I would love to do more active things. I've gotta try more things to be active too. I mainly just sit around the house and on the computer. I wish I lived in a beautiful area where walks would be really pretty. But I just have to take what I've got, right? ;)

Anyway, take care.
Chelesa :)

I am so excited! Went out on old blue today and am feeling like i could touch the stars. Went to the bank to cash am eight dollar rebate check on some silly thing we bought. I took my usual route thou the back roads where there is very little traffic and don't have to worry about getting hit by a car, and just as i was turning onto one of the side roads, i see something shiny in the middle of the road. I stop quickly and make a U turn to see what it was that caught my eye. It was a dime, a nickel and a penny. Now i wouldn't say i was cheep or anything but i LOVE finding money. Even if it is only sixteen cents. Anyway, i pick the money up and I'm on my way again. I have to cross in intersection in order to get to the bank and while waiting for the light to turn green, i look down and there at my feet is a quarter. As I'm shoving the money in my pocket, I'm thinking how lucky i am to have old blue and if i were driving my car i would have never found the forty one cents. So now that i have conquered my first hurdle of getting out on old blue, i can think about what i want to conquer next. I am thinking that maybe i need to address the drinking water hurdle. I hate drinking a lot of water during the day because 1.) i have to pee all the time and 2.) i hate the taste of it.

You know Sanctuary friends, there are no rules to this hurdle challenge so you could have two or more hurdles going at the same time. Some maybe easy to jump over and others you may have to really work at. What might be easy for you might be very hard for me, but i figure we could give each other support in the hurdles each one of us has to conquer.

Chelesa, I'm really getting concerned about you and your health. This thing that has a hold on you doesn't seem to want to let go. How long has it been since you've been sick? I hope you get to feeling better soon.

Have to go clean something or better get going.
Gloria

Gloria, I'm so glad that you went back out on old blue! You're adventures are starting again! Yay!! :dancer: Don't be too worried about me, I think I'm getting better. I've been sick for a good couple of weeks at least. But I'm not terribly ill, it's just kind of hard to do some things right now. I'm on the road to recovery!
Thanks for your concern! :D

Tricia: So, you thought I would buy the :goodscale: story ??? :s: I weigh myself everyday. I have found it helps me get back on track if I "mess" up. Plus I read Tina Turner does it and if it's good enough to get legs like hers, it can't be bad! :yes:

Gloria: I love the hurdle idea. In fact I don't think I realized how much I need a "new" thing to motivate me. I love the 2 X 2 challenges but I think we can give it a rest for awhile - always there to do at the right time. It's good to be challenging ourselves to think of new challenges. :lol:

Of course, I have so many hurdles I will have to think on which one to tackle.

So how about we post our hurdle to conquer and start on Monday, April 18th? So we would go from the 18th to the 25th, as a goal. Not that you can't conquer it the following week if need be!!! ;)

I am so proud you got back in the saddle.!!!! :cb:

I actually love water but because of this reason tend to stay away from it. I feel peeing takes over my life. I have to becareful where I go - I get scared to take a walk for fear I won't make it.

Chelsea: Glad you are getting better.

Well, it's late and I have a full day of raking, burning, hauling, digging, and painting tomorrow.

Night,

Wow, I picked a great spot to pick up! I LOVE the idea of the hurdles, Gloria. Since I am famous for setting up my own hurdles, I think a challenge to jump over them is just what I need!

SO...for today, I'm going to get myself outside, the inside of the house be damned, and get moving in the yard, cleaning, raking, readying the beds, filling the birdfeeders...stuff I've been wanting to do all week, but didn't because there was always something else to do.

AND...when I'm done...or, I should say, when I stop (I'll never be done) I'm going to get on my bike (ol' Blackie?) and take a ride.

Thanks, Gloria! Great ideas!

Tricia, congrats on the numbers!

Lucky, did you get the burrs out of your hair? Without too much cutting?

Chelsea, if you can't walk around your neighborhood, what about driving to a park? There's one around here that I frequently drive to...it has a nice place to walk around their small lake. Very calming to hear the birdies chirping and see and smell the flowers in bloom. Go at your own pace and stop when you need to. Treat yourself...you are worth it!

Hi to eveyone else...I need to get started on my hurdle...I could find reasons to sit here all day, so I have to get moving!

Have a great weekend, all!