Update on Challenges

Hello again, Readers,

It's time for a Challenge Update:

Hot 100:

1. Keep my daily calories between 1000 and 1300. My average for the past week is 1233 per day.

2. Exercise: I will walk/run at least 2 miles, 4 times per week, and do some other form of exercise on the other days. This will be a combination of light weights, squats, pushups, bike riding, gardening, jumping rope, hula hoop, dancing, and pretty much anything that counts as exercise. Done 4 days.  I can do better than this.
3. Watch food portions, and no seconds, unless they are veggies or fruit.  Done.

4. Drink at least 64 oz of water per day. I am still drinking over 100 oz per day.

I Refuse to Blow It Challenge:

I am holding at 5 lbs lost since this challenge began.  Still in the "losing" category, and that is all that matters here.

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I have had a challenging week emotionally.  There are a couple of things going on, but the one I want to mention is my best friend.  She has brain cancer.  She has undergone 6 chemotherapy treatments over the last 4 months.  She was preparing for a stem cell transplant later this month, then another tumor was found in her brain.  She now has to do 6 more chemotherapy treatments, and the stem cell transplant is probably not going to happen.  I am very concerned about her, and very sad.  I am trying to spend all the time I can with her.

So drink your water, do your exercise, don't eat the junk.  Try to live a long, healthy life so you can be here for those who love and depend on you.

Onward and Downward!