One Hundred

Well, I did it. I lost one hundred pounds. That's like 10 bags of flour. That's more than my 14 yr old daughter weighs. I feel so much better. I get around better. I look better.

Rob and I just got back from a week's camping vacation. We went as far south as the Redwoods. Put about 1100 miles on the car. But we did not spend all our time in the car. We did a lot of hiking and walking everywhere we went. A lot of it was on fairly easy trails but some were a bit more strenuous. When we were at Mt St Helens, I climbed the path that led to a higher hill for observing the mountain. I had avoided this climb in the past, but I made it easily even in the 90 degree heat.

We went to low tide and climbed the rocks to see magnificent tide pools. You can see so much more when you venture onto the rocks.

The hardiest hike we did tho was the Oregon Caves. A half mile, up hill climb inside a mountain. I'm not sure of the elevation gain but there were 500 steps and the tour was 90 minutes long. Although it was 45 degrees in the caves when we finished I was sweating and feeling the 90 degree heat outside of the cave coming back down the mountain. But the best bit was that I did it and I knew I could do it.

I still have a ways to go to reach a truly healthy weight but I'm very proud of how far I have come. It's really nice to be an active part of the human race again.