Walking...My Elixer

Finally, I was able to walk today. Instead of traveling to the park, where I normally walk, I decided to map a different route. I fired up my 1999 Ford Escort ZX2, cleared the odometer, and drove the path I wanted to walk. The total distance was 2.5 miles. I drove back home, attached my dying pedometer (yes, it died en route) to my hip, and set out a-walking.

I passed one of my relatives sitting outside eating a delicious slice of watermelon, and wow was I tempted to turn around and beg for a slice. However, the goal of walking was a greater taste in my mouth. I took the "y" in the road and after walking on it about three minutes, looked to the left of me, which is a woody area and spied a fox. A FOX! So, I remained calm, but my heartrate increased significantly as I wondered aloud, "Do foxes attack humans?" Obviously not, since I made it by and continued on my way.

Towards the end of my walk, I was running out of steam and having to do mini bets in my head to remain motivated. For instance, I challenged myself to be at particular mailboxes within certain time frames. Thankfully, I made all my challenges and even beat my time twice. Then I heard the vehicle slow...it was my sister-in-law and her son. GREAT! "Do it, girl!" Okay, so it was just a motivation tug. WRONG! Now, she's rolling slowly beside me, tantalizing me with the want of hopping in, and demanding she take me home. "You doing it, ain't ya?" Well, hell, who else is doing it? "Yes, I have to see what I can accomplish by December." In my head I screamed, "DRIVE and LEAVE ME ALONE!" There must have been a crazed look on my face because she suddenly stated, "I'll just talk with you when you get home, okay?" I waved farewell and watched longingly as she headed homeward.

Since I didn't meet my Wii Fit goal by .5 (son of a .....), I set another goal to have four pounds lost in two weeks. So, my new weekly weigh-in days will be Thursdays. This morning, I weighed exactly 278 lbs. Yes! Now, I hope to maintain this and I am going to really try not to weigh myself again until next Thursday morning.

Today has just been one of those days where everything fell into place like magic...thank you LORD!

Peace.