This morning I reached a major milestone...70 pounds lost! My 3 month check up is Aug 9th, and I'm hoping to lose at least another 5 pounds. Mac and I have kept up our walking and next week I'd like to add one more mile, making it 5 miles. We've been walking 4 miles in just under an hour and 10 minutes.

Yesterday Mac, Justin and I went bowling, had lunch and then saw Harry Potter with my NG crew. Nice day, great weather here lately...a little humid, but not blistering hot.

Today we're going to relax, hang out at Barnes and Noble for a while and probably watch a movie. (and of course take our walk)

Have a great week, I'll check in on the 31st and post my 3 month weight and inces lost. =)

Well it's Thursday, and I've only lost a 1/2 a pound this week. But I'm not worried, I was told when you're not losing pounds, you're probably losing inches. I've been walking 4 miles a day, 5 days a week, and today I started taking 2 short walks at work which I believe add up to 1 mile. I sit all day and work on the computer so I feel like I should get up and get outside at least for 2 short breaks.

Just for kicks I did take some of my measurements and since June 1st I've lost 5 inches in my chest and hips and 4.5 in my waist. Lovin it!

Mac just got home and we're going to figure out what to fix for dinner.

Saturday we're going roller skating!! woohooooooo We'll check in Sunday.

Quiet Sunday

I finally got a chance to sleep in, the first time since we've been home from vacation. I was excited when I got up and hit the scales and found that I had lost 2 pounds since Friday, putting me at 67 pounds lost. Month end goal is 70-75, so I'm very happy with my progress.

Mac and I have been walking 4 miles every day. The walking really helps alot. Yesterday we got up early and went for our walk, then we went to a cookout at Virginia Beach with some NorthropGrumman folks. We've been having great weather, and it was perfect for the beach. We walked up and down the beach a few times and just really enjoyed the food and entertainment.

So Mac and I are up and finishing up a movie we started called Driving Lessons. British comedy, with the red haired boy from Harry Potter. Pretty good, I'm liking it so far.

That's all for now, tune in Wednesday!

Back to work

Well we got home Sunday night, had dinner and went to bed. Monday, back to work and we got home late and went for a walk. Tuesday after work we had dinner and went to pick up the kids at the Richmond airport. We got there early and did our walk at the airport. They were supposed to get in at 10PM, but it was after 11 when they finally arrived. So we all made it back.

Mac and I did so much walking on vacation, we're trying to keep it going by walking 4 or 5 miles a day. This morning when I weighed my pounds lost was at 64.5! I'm eating pretty much anything now, tonight we had shrimp and chicken fajitas. I had a naked fajita (no tortilla).

Right now we're watching a documentary on Tanzania. Depressing. It's very Kimball.

That's all for now, I'll be sending out our online album shortly. =)

C.

Here's a pic from the boardwalk at Santa Cruz...

Update from CA

We just had dinner with all the Dinnings at the Crow's Nest in Santa Cruz and then Mac and I took a walk down the pier. We've been walking every day and enjoying our time out here.

I'm not exactly sure how much I've lost, but it's somewhere between 7 and 10 pounds. Pam's scales are closer to 7 and Kim's scales are more like 10, I'll take either! But 10 would be great.

Sunday we head home and it's back to work on Monday. I'll post some pics before we leave.

xxoo

Today we took about a 3 mile (or more) hike in Los Gatos, which is the town the Dinnings grew up in...it was pretty steep, but Pam and I took baby steps and made it just fine. =) I weighed in this morning and was thrilled to see I've lost 5 pounds this week! My new total is 59. I was hoping to lose at least 10 pounds during this two week vacation and I'm half way there and right on target.

We all drove over to Martin & MiMi's house this afternoon and Martin is cooking ribs on the grill. We've got salad and fresh fruit, yummy. Tomorrow we're taking our hike again and plan on keeping that going daily. I'd like to get up to 5 miles a day by the time we get home.

So I'll check in Wednesday and keep you posted. Meanwhile here's a few pics from our walk this morning.

We're in Ashland, OR

Sunday we flew into SanJose, CA...the kids flew in the next day and Wednesday we drove our caravan up to Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival. Here's the link to the town: http://www.thebestofashland.com/index.asp Love this place. We have a great two story sort of Victorian house that is just gorgeous. Our room has double doors with glass door knobs and beautiful molding around it...then the bed is so fluffy and comfortable. We have a bathroom that has a claw footed tub and last night I soaked in it and read my book while the guys played poker.

I wanted to get some walking in, so this morning Mac and I went for a walk down to Main St. and back. Now we're getting ready to head back down there and have lunch. Mac wants to try one of the pubs. There are lots of shops and places to eat, there's a little river that runs through and there is live music down there. We may see a movie later today...there's an old theater that's still used for movies.

I don't have any scales but I have been eating well...fish tacos (minus the taco) last night, omelet this morning, chicken, veggies and fruit. So things are going great.

We'll have some pics to post later.