Bertha Falls

Went hiking to Bertha Falls with people I feel very safe around, it was thoroughly wonderful. I love being in the outdoors, I love Waterton, I loved not feeling exhausted during the hike even though I ran 4 miles that morning. Accomplishing that hike made me feel strong, made me feel like I was putting another support beam in the new house I am building. So far I have lost 66 pounds and yes I am putting it out there. Sometimes I try and lift even 50 pounds from my food storage in the basement and I am amazed at how much that really is. This has been a lot of hard work physically as in changing the way we eat and in so doing the way our life runs, but what surprises me is the amount of mental work that is involved. Being aware of what goes in my mouth, when it goes in, why it is going in, and yes even the how it is going in, is it going in slowly like pouring melted chocolate onto a cookie, or is it being shoved in like your trying to fill a hole that someone else is digging out?

People are starting to notice that I have lost weight and so you always get the "So what are you doing??" I have to say I am not to the point that I like this question yet, but I do feel in raptures when I can tell them that I am training for a 1/2 marathon (September 4,), and I am working with "Linda" at Lifestyles in the Cardston Clinic.