Thanks!

I appreciated each and every comment from yesterday.  I ended up missing my first day of exercise since I began this journey.  Today was a much better day.  I have already put on my new shoes, my heart rate monitor, and enjoyed a brisk half hour walk with my dear friend, Leslie Sansone.  It was a great walk!  Whatever was going on in my mind yesterday is gone, thankfully. 

I am loving my food scale.  I can see how it is keeping me honest!  I almost ate two servings of nuts yesterday, but my kids, who are much wiser than I, told me I should weigh my nuts and sure enough, I would have eaten two servings! 

I did eat two pieces of Halloween candy yesterday.  I've never eaten that little in my life, so I count it as a victory.  Of course, I wanted to try and not eat any at all, but it was just too available. 

The heart rate monitor continues to be a wonderful purchase.  I love how it motivates me to move more when I need to and how it tells me when I am working too hard.  I try to keep my heart rate above 130 and below 150.  The "experts" say that keeping your heart rate at a lower rate while exercising burns more fat.  We shall see. 

Those two pounds I was bemoaning yesterday quickly went away when I weighed this morning.  I am so thankful.  I have decided to limit grains and sugar this week to see if that helps my efforts.  I have been reading on the ills of sugar.  Maybe if we eat less this winter we will be healthier.  Eating sugar can lower your immunity.  At this point, I will try anything to avoid the winter sickies.

 All this to say, I am thankful that so many of you took the time to encourage me yesterday. Have a great day!