I just want to say thank you to all of you who have offered words of encouragement to me over this past week. It has really helped keep me from falling off the deep end. My problem the last couple of weeks has been comfort eating. I have been down due to my ailments and disappointed about not being able to exercise and instead of revving up my eating plan I turned to food for comfort. Now mind you I haven't been gorging on mass quantities of food, but I have thought about food a lot and have not made as good of choices.

Well, I will be weighing in, in the morning. I will be honest with you of where I am. I am going to sling myself, as hard as that may be, back in the saddle and get this road trip finished. Ha!

Returning to my basics, eating low carb foods (that's a biggie for me), fresh vegetables, lean poultry and fish, low fat dairy, H2O....................... And I am also going to do the upper body exercises like stationary rowing machine, weights and stretching.

Keep coming back and rooting me on. Can I really succeed? Sometimes I feel like...No....but I have to remind myself that all things are possible with Christ!! I need to give this ALL over to Him and lift it up in prayer. I often just try to intercede for others and forget about asking for grace, mercy and strength in my endeavors. Please don't let me forget.

Love...........