In the end I stayed the same. This is the week however that bloat has set in and my weight should have been up a little normally so I am not bothered by a maintain. Plus I am dealing with a huge amount of stress due to work. I really can't say much about it at the moment but I will comment that I do not do well when stuck in limbo on stuff.

We have been walking a lot. Sunday we went for our normal hike around the mountain lake but since this was the first time we had done it this year it really kicked my butt. The good news is I felt much better yesterday because of that walk. I plan on attempting it again in a couple of weeks but making sure I take water with me when I do. The walk normally takes us an hour but it took us an hour and half (the trail mark says it is about a 90 minute hike)....which is still much better than the first couple of times we walked it, about 5 years ago, at 2 and half hours. I know I got dehydrated since I didn't take any thing to drink with me....I know better and will be taking water with me for anything longer than 30 minutes.

I have a lot of work to do to get back in shape. It seems more doable to me this year. Last year when the little flutters in my chest were happening they seemed to drain me down. Though I have had a couple of those in the last month they haven't drained me like last year. I think that might because I am taking CoQ10 supplements....along with some flax and fish oil each day.

Since we did the long walk Sunday we didn't walk yesterday. However we did mow the lawn and did it much faster than we had been doing it. We got it done in 30 minutes, 15 for each of us. Just goes to show how much the mountain hike helped even though it was rough on us...not as rough on my DH as it was on me but still did us both good.