I'm feeling very refreshed and energized today. The "black dog" feels like it's dissipating a bit more each day. I guess you could say that I'm more of an "Irish Setter" today.
I honestly think that it really helped having the improving weather: goodbye rain and cold and HELLO SUNSHINE!!!
Also, since it was a day off for me today, we got out and went hiking again. Yeeehaawwww! My brother suggested a great nature reserve that I never knew existed. It was about a 45 minute drive, but it was well worth it. It was in a 400 acre nature preserve, with wildflowers, lots of trees, hills, trails, some waterfalls, and a winding creek which led to the local river. Three hours of hiking, up & down, back and forth on switchbacks. AWESOME! What's even better is that I was barely winded. I would have never been able to hike like this when I was 300+ lbs.
We (my partner and I) took our young daughter too - who looooooooved it! It was her first "real" hike, and she loved being the little leader on the trail. She's quite the little adventurer.
