Onward to Health

Yesterday I started my walking routine again. It was a 30 minute walk, not a slow one, but a power-walk. My heart rate was definitely at calorie-burning maximum! I am sore today, but that's the price I have to pay to keep my weight down. I've gained three pounds- I am at 223 now. I am NOT comfortable with this weight, and so I am doing something about it. Hopefully my body will grow accustomed to the exercise and my flare-ups will be lessened, either in severity or frequency.

Walking is therapeutic for me- not as much so as running, but still. I love it in the fall especially. The changing leaves, the smell of wood smoke from chimneys, and the scampering of squirrels preparing for winter- all of it gives me good feelings. Fall is my favorite.

I am trying to cut out sugar and carbs once again, because I know that I always keep my weight down this way. It's more expensive to eat like that, but the benefits it has on my body are well worth it, I think. Hopefully by the time the new year comes around, I will have lost most of what I gained in the past year!!