Where have I been?

Seems like all of my posts start with I'm back, or MIA, or starting over.  I'm sure this one is no exception.  I realize it's been close to 6 months since I've last posted or did anything with this blog.  I need to make a habit of posting more often so that it will be a constant reminder of the weight loss journey that I am.

I'm still trying to lose weight, and I am losing, but it's just taking a long time.  I was a paying member of WW, although I couldn't tell you the last time I actually tracked anything.  At the beginning of the year, our church started a weight loss program similar to WW, so my husband and I are participating in that.  The only thing I dislike about that is it's a new scale and weighs more than the WW does so when I start recording weight, it won't be accurate with the WW scale.  Then at the beginning of February, our church started the Daniel Fast again, which is basically like a weight loss program.  I also enjoy doing the Daniel Fast, and one of the reasons is because I usually lose around 20 pounds doing, so that will be a HUGE motivator and jumpstart at getting back on track and losing weight.

Hiking at Audubon Park

(I originally typed this in October 2011 and never got around to posting it for some reason.)

My weight and WW has been somewhat of a roller coaster these past few weeks/months.  At my last weigh-in for WW, I lost 2.2 lbs, so that has me motivated again!  I've found out awhile back that some local parks have hiking trails, in different lengths, and I have been wanting to walk them.  One inparticular at Audubon Park is called the Wilderness Trail and it wraps around a lake out in the middle of nowhere.  The only way to get to this lake is via the trails.  There is a fun wooden bridge around it and I've been wanting to find it and take some pictures of it.  So this past Sunday, Shawn and I had a picnic lunch at Audubon - we had KFC chicken - not the best choice, I know, and then we walked on a few trails.  It was much more of a hike than a walk....

The gray car in the middle of the picture is mine!  I'd never been sooo happy to see my car!