That must be a chamber of commerce photo. I don't think it's 93 degrees there today. Oh well, still a nice town for a walk. Thanks for keeping track of us. Have a great day, Rick

did you see the picture of how flat the place is?? lol great for walking well we hooked up the treadmills last night and used them this one has so much more cushion than the old one, I want to start running so last night I did 3 - 60 second bursts in a 20 minute walk with an incline. hopefully I can keep increasing that and add to my weekly miles to get to cali enjoy the weekend, stay warm!

New weekend, new destination, we've made it to Kearney Nebraska http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc876.php An enjoyable area to stop in before our next walk, one of the largest businesses here is Buckle Inc (a retail family clothing store). Kyle Larson of the Cincinnati Bengals was born here in the city of over 27,000 people. heres a link to their chamber of commerce, http://www.kearneycoc.org/ This looks like a fun place to stop, the area is called "the bricks", its their historic district, lots to see and fun local shops to visit. http://www.downtownkearney.com/index.htm enjoy your weekened everyone, we'll be hitting the road again soon here we are on the map, be proud Marchers, we've past our half way mark!!! http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1609/9234421/16931981/288704957.jpg

Before I had this surgery I really felt that my life was somewhat hopeless. I felt that if I didn't make drastic changes my life would have been over in less then 5 years. The quality of my life has improved beyond measure. I can make plans for my future because I now know that I will have one. It is so nice to live a life with fewer limitations. I can shop in a normal size clothing store. I can feel like I can go out in public and not have disparaging comments directed towards me. I can walk miles with out sweating and huffing and puffing. I feel that if I can dream it, I can do it. I am so thankful that we had the courage to go down this road and I am very grateful that we have not had to do it alone. Life is great because I have hope. Rick

ok Rick's support post got me motivated enough to do this today! As I posted to his message I thought to myself, the menu post is here for everyone and even if I'm having a bad week, everyone else who is helped by posting or looking at the WDYET post should get to... My week has been blah.. Monday we were off (holiday) so I didn't eat on schedule which threw my new found issue into a tail spin.. Tuesday I was still feeling the after effects of Monday and yesterday I was in a 4 hour meeting and missed breakfast which again caused another crash.. Today I tried to get it together, but had to help with police academy graduation, another late breakfast, another crash its cold, rainy and I just wanna go home, put my jammies on and cuddle up under the covers with a good book!! Feeling this way is miserable, but again, I'm trying to remain positive since some people still aren't diagnosed properly and deal with these feelings or symptoms all the time. Atleast I'm getting to understand that I need to eat every 3 hours and eat the right foods. The scary part of it all is I'm starting to bindge.. I've kept a paper journal since this mess started and since Monday I've picked at something every 2 hours... probably because I didnt eat on a regular schedule? I see my nutritionist on Monday, let her figure it out ok enough of the "pitty party" as Rebeka says... I went to the library yesterday and found something worth checking out! They have these cool little gadgets called "playaway". Its small like a deck of cards and has an audio book on it. no downloads to your ipod, no paying for an audiobook online, no big cds that skip during a fast paced walk.. Pretty neat! I borrowed "Wicked" and love it! this is what they look like http://store.playawaydigital.com/ theres tons of book titles including exercise, inspirational, fiction and nonfiction books. I listened to 4 chapters yesterday during my afternoon walk and am making myself listen to it only during my walk so I get out there an add miles to my week so heres my day so far... drive to work - protein shake iso fruit cantaloupe medium sf caramel iced coffee, x-smart milk late breakfast - almost a whole great grains bagel w/ 2 tablespoons protein peanut butter started to crash, had orange juice diluted with water lunch - 1 c. barilla plus penne with 1/3 cup meat sauce dinner - grilled chicken and yuca snack - banana with 2 T. peanut butter.. vitamins - all in water - lots of it today exercise - too rainy, just a quick jaunt to dunkins.. hows your day going? let us know!