June is coming to an end

   It has been a while since I posted! I am still working hard at this. I've gone walking with friends by the river. Did you know that I can walk 4 miles, and not even know it?!?
   We went camping last week, and I had been really looking forward to it since this weight loss. I felt lighter, and it felt easier to do things. I did make healthy meals ahead of time, but didn't eat much of them. I ended up eating with everyone else. What I did do, was limit my servings, or cut things out. With S'mores, I just had the roasted marshmallows. With the Cowboy Chili, I had one spoonful instead of several. And I snacked on peanuts instead of cookies. Well...I actually did sneak some cookies. They were SO good! I did eat way less than usual though.
   Also with camping came the constant hiking to the bathroom, as well as heading over to the beach. I really looked forward to taking the trail down to the parking lot, then getting over the sand dune.

This is looking down the trail, and at the sand dune I then went over. Look at the tiny cars! And here is the route:

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Getting over the beach, and playing in the sand, that was pretty easy. Now, getting back to camp, that wasn't. I went back up the trail, and those sandy stairs are steep! Back at camp, I just collapsed. The next morning, I did it again with my husband and son. This time we walked along the road to the parking lot though. That was a little easier.
   I had figured that, with the extra food I had eaten while camping, then trying to get back on track the rest of the week (we went to Sunset Beach in the Monterey Bay peninsula for 3 days, 2 nights), that I'd be lucky to loose anything. So, I was rather surprised when, on Sunday, I saw that I had lost 3.8 pounds! This puts me at 31.8 pounds lost, in 2 and a half months!