OK – This is about support and motivation. I missed the exercise this AM – actually the second day in a row. I know, I know – this is an excuse and I just have to get my sorry ass outta bed in the AM so I can do at least 1/2 hour on the Resistance Chair. I’ve thought about walking to work – it is somewhat uphill and down so it is really uphill both ways but it is only about 1/2 mile – maybe a bit more if I stop at the Post office on the way in the morning. I SHOULD be able to do that – right. The issue for me is my balance. It just simply is not that good that I would trust myself for that distance. And, of course, I won’t know unless I try it. I could use my cane that I got in Mexico 2 years ago – at least I would look colorful while walking :0)! I could try this tomorrow AM and see how it goes and ask my husband to come and get me at noon if it proves to be too much. I need to clean at the office tomorrow too and that is definitely exercise. What should I do??? Check in tomorrow night and find out !

I am following my diet so far today and have stayed within my calorie count of 1200 or less. I took out some salmon for tomorrow night. Of course, my husband won’t eat that so I have a very small steak thawing for him. One of my goals is to weigh less than my husband at some point in my life. The man eats to live and I live to eat :0)! His nutrition is terrible with all the snacking he does and the Coke he drinks and his smoking – Uffda! He really needs to own stock in CocaCola :0)!

I have been sleeping very well at night – at least 6 hours before I have to get up and use the bathroom. All things considered, it is because of sleeping in Goodnighties PJs and using my Buckwheat Pillow. If you have never heard of Buckwheat pillows or tried sleeping with one – you do not know what you are missing. The first time I heard about them was about 15 years ago or so – give or take 5 years – more likely to be 20 years rather than 10 years. Anyway – I heard they were good for absorbing heat – HOLD ON – a pillow that would absorb all the heat my body would generate during nightsweats – THANKS to menopause!!! We are so blessed as women to have to deal with childbirth and then when the uterus dries up we get menopause – Thanks to Eve and that darn apple :0)! So – naturally I had to try one. After I got it and used it the first night – Well – my guardian angel had to be watching over me that night – no wet pillow – although it did nothing to stop the nightsweats :0(! Not much does – they are just over when they are over and not one minute before – no matter how much we women want them gone! Now that alone sold me on the value of the pillow. But – hang on – there’s another benefit here that was immediately apparent in the morning – well -actually the night before when I put my head on the pillow. This pillow molded itself around my head and actually kept doing so throughout the night – no more pluffing and plumping to get it just right at various times during the night. Is that an unexpected bonus or what!!! Since then I have purchased several more pillows for the bed – my side only – a neck pillow for the rocker etc. Here’s my saying – You can have my first born but – nobody and I mean NOBODY – touches my pillow. It goes where I go- I don’t care if it means another suitcase and a fee for that second bag – it goes – no matter what. If you are interested, you can check out one of my websites – www.buckwheatpillowsonline.com and see what you think. The other product I mentioned earlier is the Goodnighties stuff. You can check that out on www.goodnighties.com. The material feels so great on my skin and it is so soft and silky. I would recommend the PJs as the gown is more like a top than a gown – just not long enough for a gown in my book. However I do wear that under my nightie and that works quite well. This fabric also absorbs moisture and other nasty things floating around in the air that we are most likely not aware of. So it is great that the manufacturers of this product do know about that stuff and have developed a product that works to get rid of the effects on us . Great little product – check them out too.

OK – I’ve given my sales pitch. What are your recommendations for getting the ass outta bed in the am and for a solution to that walking/balance problem? I need some motivation and support here – Now it’s your turn? Karen/Tikki