A VICTORY!!!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Today, right after I got up, I did my weigh-in.  According to my Wii, I have lost almost 5 pounds!!  Hurray!!  Finally!!  I claim victory!!  Whoo-hoo!!  Of course, the real test will be on Tuesday when I weigh in at TOPS....crossing fingers.....

Tonight, for supper, we went to Chilo Park.  Chelle brought tuna salad and egg salad, and brought lettuce, spring mix, and veggies for a real salad.  Unfortunately, I forgot my brain and forgot plates (or bowls), napkins, and our dressing.  Geez, I guess it's a good thing we were stopping at the store for a new bag of lettuce and green peppers, but I sure didn't want to buy all that stuff I had at home.  I did buy new bottles of dressing - after all, it will get used eventually, and for the rest, we improvised. They sure didn't take it easy on me, though.  I'm glad I did remember my little basket of plastic silverware!  LOL

After we ate, we walked up to the bathroom(s), we walked the mile-long nature path. The boat - the Jennie Wade - in the center of the park was completely open, too. Usually just the outside decks are open, but the inside was open, too, so when we walked up to the bathroom, we walked around IN the paddleboat, too.  There is some interesting history in there. When we got to the nature walk, when we first entered the canopy of trees, we thought it was a little cooler, but we were wrong.   Man, was it humid!  By the end, my hip was hurting, but I was more concerned about the sweat pouring off my head from the humidity.  I didn't even stop to rest at one of the overlooks, I just wanted to get done!  After coming out of the woods, we walked up to the picnic tables under the shelter, so I figure we walked a mile and a half altogether.  But it felt so much better OUT of the woods - where we could feel the wind blowing - than it was IN the woods.

All in all, I am very satisfied with today.