Today marks my third weigh-in for 2008 and two weeks from the beginning of my New Start. I was unsure what today would bring. I had done well almost all week, with the exception of last Sunday. I stuck to my plan and ate almost only fruit for breakfast. One day I had two English Muffins. My lunches were light. Most days keeping under 400 calories. While my dinners were probably bigger than they should have been, they were well balanced and I did try to cut back some on portion size. I still need to work on portion size and I still need to get back into the food logs. I am getting there slowly, tracking on some days. Now I just need to be consistent and do it every day. I stuck with my daily walks to get in 15 - 20 minutes of exercise with the exception of this past weekend.

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Despite the fact that I hate the cold weather and it keeps getting colder and colder. I have kept with my daily walks. I skipped last Saturday and Sunday. Not sure if that was good or bad but, Monday I was back out without any issues. The temperature has been creeping ever lower all week and is expected to be about 8 on Sunday. I think I will probably skip Saturday and Sunday this weekend as well. We’ll see. I got a new batter for my Pedometer and although I still need to calculate my stride, the pedometer shows that the walk takes about 1300 steps and is 1/2 mile which puts me at 2mph since it takes about 15 minutes. Not bad for a start. My new sneakers have shipped and will hopefully be here by next Monday or Tuesday. I’m looking forward to having decent shoes to try out. I have been dealing with the cold by adding some extra layers and doubling up on my hoods. If nothing else, the dog sure doesn’t seem to mind it. He is starting to get used to the walks. He seems to even know when it is time to go as he is always looking to his leash at that time of day. Tomorrow is my second weigh in since my new start so we will see how things have gone so far and figure out what needs to change from here on out.

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7 days into my new start, things are going well. My second weigh-in for the year has arrived. While, it wasn’t anything to write home about. It was still a drop. After weeks and months of slacking, it feels good to be moving in the right direction again. Today was day three since my visit with the nutritionist and my decision to get out of the house on a daily basis and take a walk. I hesitated going out today as the temp dropped a bit overnight and it has been raining all morning.

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My son had the day off of school Monday so we planed a hiking trip back to red rock mountain and Ricketts Glen State Park. I was hoping that we would get to see some great sights and plenty of fall. The problem is that the weather has been so warm. The colors of fall haven’t fully set in yet. Needless to say, we didn’t see many colors, or many sights of fall. But, we did enjoy the hike. Here are some of the pictures from the hike.

The start of the Grandview Trail	A view through the trees	The fire tower on top of red rock mountain
A view from the top	The rest of the grandview trail	More from the trail out
Field of ferns	No bears, but bear poop	The Adams waterfall

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