Down 95.8. Had a few stubborn weeks where the scale barely wanted to move, but it finally did. Getting close to that 100-pounds-lost milestone.
I did something the last two weekends that I thought I'd never be able to do. I fell in the shower years ago, and messed my knee up. It's weak, tires easily, and tends to fly out from under me if I'm not super-careful. Because of that, I can't walk long distances or stand for long periods of time. I have to use a wheelchair when getting groceries and stuff like that. Well, two weekends ago, DH and I were camping at a nearby state park, and they have a gorgeous lake that's got a dam and an amazing waterfall that spills over the dam. There's a 1-mile trail that goes around the lake. I decided then and there that I was going to walk around that lake. And I did! Granted, I was using my walker to hang onto (lots of tree roots in the path), but by golly, I walked that whole mile!
The following day I hiked about 1/2 mile or so on a slightly more difficult trail, again with my walker, but I made it just fine. I probably looked ridiculous with the walker in the woods, but I was having so much fun that I didn't even care.
And this weekend I walked another mile at a different park. It was freezing cold and raining, but it was still very pretty.
This evening I ordered me some hiking boots. I never in a million years thought I'd have any interest or the ability to go hiking.
DH (who
finally noticed and acknowledged that I'm shrinking!) said he'd be happy to carry a folding chair or stool for me when we're on a trail so I can sit down and rest my knee if I need to, and that I can probably use hiking poles rather than my walker since it's very clumsy to maneuver around trees and rocks and roots. I'm not sure if I'm ready yet to leave my walker behind completely, but we'll try some short trails at first and see how it goes.
Who would've thought ... me, hiking?
Here are a few pics of the lake and the trail around it. I didn't walk down to the platform beside the waterfall. Kind of leery of that many steps! DH walked down there, though.
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Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park, Blairsville, Georgia.
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Trail around the lake.
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The spillway, where water goes out of the lake and creates the waterfall.
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Waterfall as viewed from the road before you get to the state park. There are steps leading down to the platform.