Well, it has been a long few weeks to lose another single pound.  Five weeks as a matter of fact.  Amazingly I stayed on the exact same weight, to the 1/10^th of a lb for five weeks.  Today the scale finally made the downward budge.  Joe and I were out of town for the weekend to celebrate our 13^th anniversary.  We went on a couple of long walks, including a steep upward climb of Inspiration Peak in Western MN .    I am sure it is the high activity level that finally pushed the scale.

 I am doing a ‘modified’ liquid diet this week.  Am having milk and juice for breakfasts and lunches – and then doing a bowl of a hearty soup for dinner.  One reason is to try and jump start some weight loss, but the two more important reasons are – Joe is doing it with me and I’m happy to see him giving a try to a little more healthy eating and to lose some weight…. And the other reason is that I really liked doing the liquid diet before where my “choices” were limited.  On any given day now, I have so many choices to make - - and I find that to be somewhat overwhelming.  There are too many snacks in the world to have nibbles on – I like this stricter structure, where if it isn’t liquid, I’m not eating it.

 We are just doing this for five days, because it isn’t intended to be a way of life, just a little weight loss boost for each of us.

 Only 10 days til our Orlando trip.  I still hope to lose my 2 ½ lbs remaining to hit the Century Club.  Maybe the liquid diet will help that.  For sure I need to get some more walking in too!