Day 65 - Mini Goal Reached!

One of my mini-goals for weight loss was to get to the weight I was at for about 2 minutes two years ago.  I was really active that summer, and got down to 165.6.  This morning I was at 167 - so close!  So I went for my walk and came back to weigh again.  It's really surprising how much water weight you can shed when you're sweaty!  The scale this time said 165.6 on the dot.  I'll take it!

This is surprising to me, since I have no food restrictions any longer and have found that I can eat or drink anything - I just get full fast.  I'm on vacation this week, so the beer has been reintroduced, and I've only walked twice in 10 days.

With my lap band I could drink carbonated beverages, but sometimes annoying and painful burping would result.  With my sleeve no such problems - I feel NORMAL!  I ate out at a local Mexican restaurant and had fajitas - neither the chicken nor the tortilla gave me any problem, although I was uncomfortably full after two of them.

Sunrise, Dunton Locks

Wednesday I extended my normal walk to hike through the woods at Dunton Locks County Park.  The map said that the trail I took was "difficult".  It wasn't really - there were a couple of steep climbs, but not bad.  I do need to do better about remembering to put on bug spray - the skeeters were killers!  I love hiking in the woods; I always wonder what's just around the corner.  The only wildlife I saw was the wood tick that hitched a ride home with me.  Did I mention that I need to remember bug spray?

While on vacation this week I painted my deck (Cape Cod Gray), and painted some old wooden furniture that once belonged to my parents.  That I painted Molokai Blue (think bright turquoise), and bought a couple of retro style metal chairs in yellow to make a seating arrangement.

On the agricultural front, my sugar snap peas are about ready for harvest.  Maybe this year some will actually make it into the house without being eaten right from the bush!  The deer ate my cucumbers again, and the radishes bolted (I planted them much too late), but the kohlrabi and yellow squash are doing well.  My assorted heirloom tomatoes are started to bloom (they're all late producers), and my Meyer Lemon tree has lemons about 3 inches long, so I'll have fresh lemons this winter (yes, I do haul it back and forth between Texas and Minnesota).  The wild raspberries in my back yard should be ready soon - they're little, but just as sweet!  And I need to harvest some more rhubarb for the freezer - I enjoy that in Texas too!