Well, I didn't lose any, but didn't gain any either.  Felt really awful on Wed., just life getting to me. When I left work, I just couldn't bring myself to work out and had a serious hankering for McDonalds.  Just so happens that they have their McRib sandwich, which is only available for a brief time each year. Well, that was all it took. I really enjoyed my McRib and also fries (although not all of them-I have some self control-heehee). Usually, before my youngest daughter was home, I would get a salad and eat one or two of her fries and stop. Since she's gone now, I guess I won't be able to get any more fries.  It'll be too hard to stop if I get a package of them. I guess a passing stranger wouldn't like me asking for just one fry, huh? lol Oh, well when I saw the WW points (culmination of calories & fat), I just gulped and was glad that I didn't gain a few pounds.

Sometimes you just need to splurge. But with Thanksgiving & Christmas coming up and all the food involved, I am relatively certain that I won't meet my goal. At this point, I have to the end of the year to lose 30-something pounds. That's probably not happening. For the most part, I'm doing the right things, eating healthy, working out regularly, etc., so I'm not too worried. At least I'm not on the Biggest Loser with all this hanging in the balance if I don't lose enough weight. I'm in it for the long haul. Real change comes in time, not overnight.

I am excited about working out though.  I haven't been in really good shape for quite a while. I've been walking outside this summer and fall. I was kinda training for walking a half-marathon, but was distracted by my dd's issues and couldn't afford the time investment for now. I'm getting to my point... so I started jogging a little bit at a time.  The first time I jogged a couple of minutes and felt great that I could even do that.  Yesterday I jogged for 8 minutes with an incline even!! Wahoo!! I don't expect that I will be a serious runner or anything. I have bad knees, even with weight down, I don't want to ask for problems. But, I do like running, esp. with just the right tune playing on my iPod. Nothing quite like it.   I never thought that I would be wanting or able to run. Small steps at a time.

Well, I better go for now. I've rambled on enough. I hope you all have a nice weekend. We are expecting rain and snow flurries with cold - yuck!! Well, I guess 'tis the season for this sort of weather.

All the best,

Joyce (JBaker)