After mowing the lawn and doing some other yard work this past weekend, even though the diet and exercise programs may not be progressing the way that I wish they were, I definitely have a prize winning farmer's tan!!

It's weird as I get older that it's so much easier to weed bending from the waist and not squatting down -- my neighbor drove by and hollered that she was going to get her slingshot.  But I just think of it as getting in a great hamstring & quad stretch -- that's the other great thing about getting older:  less embarrassment and not caring so much about what other people think and say (much to the chagrin of immediate family members!).

For some reason after walking the Johnnycake Jog Walk last Sunday, I guess I was thinking that was it for the exercise.  I haven't taken an extra walk all week!
I'm hoping to get back on track - I'm starting to look ahead to reach my next goal by Labor Day weekend, otherwise I might get in the mindset that after the final weigh-in this Saturday, that I'm done with extra exercise AND diet, and that's absolutely not true -- the "hundred pounds lost" light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and I definitely want to celebrate that milestone this year. 

Here's to a consistent, healthy mind-set for the last week (of this contest)!
Stay cool!
Barb