Many of you have gotten new pedometers. Now you can see the difference in the number of steps you actually take during the day. It is always a good idea to set a goal and then once you have achieved your goal you can increase the amount of steps you are taking during the day. Some ways to increase our walking is to park further away from our job or store we are shopping at. We can also take the stairs instead of the elevator. All of these extra steps do add up. I suppose we could also give up the remote control and actually get up to change the channel on the television. I don't know that I'm willing to do that for my health. LOL. I don'****ch that much TV anymore anyway. So what do you do to sneak in a little extra exercise during the day? Have a great day, Rick

Belinda Thank you so much for your response. I plan on keeping up with my meds. I also think you are right about the anticipation of it all! I'll post when I can afterward. Trish

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I'm totally pain free today! I"m going to venture out tmw and try to walk on the treadmill a little and see how it goes. Karen, I'm having a heck of time finding an Ortho Dr! I've called 16 offices! There's been a problem with each! Some aren't taking new back patients, the last one I spoke to only took CASH (shady!), and the other didn't work with my schedule. So I'm still looking. But am feeling more hopeful and better all around now that i'm pain free!

Your pics are awesome! You look great in a miniskirt! The fires have died down out here. The air is getting somewhat back to normal. There was so much loss, it's sad--well except for those Malibu people (celebrities), I swear Malibu burns EVERY stinkin year! and they just keep rebuilding--on our "little people" tax dollars no less! B: protein coffee S: protein bar L: 3 oz pork chop D: maybe 3oz shrimp or a shake, still not too hungry after flu. vits done water only 40oz so far exer none, hopefully start again tmw!

Hi, it went really good the day I did it. Saturday we had company for a small Halloween party for a friends kids, so it was kind of hard to not have different things and didn't do it yet again. I do plan on getting things prepared tonight to do it again. It was simple to do, everything made, ready to go and easy because there wasn't any choosing to do. I did have a drop on the scale immediately doing it also. So the protein only and the upping the water did what it's suppose to be doing. Which is what we are doing but don't always. I'll let you know in a few days. I want to go at it again with more days before the weekend comes around. The weekends are hard to keep on track. Thanks for asking!