A new month begins ...

Ok, here we are on the first day of August and BOY is it hot! I am a southern person, but summers here in the deep south can be brutal even to those of us who have always lived in them. As a new Alabamian (alabamian always sounds odd - I mean it's Georgan not GeorgIan why alabamIan?) I am really pretty surprised by the breeze here. It isn't really cooling but it does help - unlike Georgia (well atlanta anyway) where it was dead air. At this point in the summer you take what you can get for relief and you are thankful for it.

So I had been pondering my exercise (or lack of in the last month) and knew I had to get back on the horse, but it was the wake-up at my dr visit yesterday that did the trick. I lost 5 lbs after becoming pregnant and slowly gained that back and am now up 7lbs -- this, in itself, isn't bad except that I gained 4 1/2 of those pounds in the last 2 weeks. THAT'S BAD! My dr didn't scold but did mention taht I needed to "watch that rapid weight gain". So I walked last night with Kevin and Garrett and the boys (beau and aubie our 2 goofy basset hounds) and I went to stroller/walking club (in my mom's group) today and walked this morning. I will continue nightly walks with the family (those had slowed lately due to weather and being out of town) and add a few more morning walks back into the routine. I need to get back up in distance (I was going 15-20 miles a week) and hope to be in the 10-12 mile a week range pretty soon. It won't really take weight off, but I am pregnant so I shouldn't focus on that .. and who knows maybe it will slow the gain somewhat and keep me in reasonable shape through these next 5 months.

Well, I need to run. Garrett is down for his nap and I have some stuff to get done.

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