Adrienne Patterson

I finally got back in the gym last night and it was TOUGH. But amazingly I did 20 minutes on the elliptical; I cannot believe that, when I started out I could only do one minute at a time. What made the workout even tougher was… I was the only one there at the time from the competition, normally we all talk and laugh together and the time flies by. But after being on the treadmill for 25 minutes, Judy Price came in and we had a great talk and before I knew it, I had stayed on the treadmill for 55 minutes. Judy and I could not believe that we are actually JOGGING on the treadmill now; this is something that I never thought I could do. Keep up the good work Judy, you look fabulous.

As I was leaving, Martha, Melvin and John came in. They are all looking so good.

Thanks to Artonya for the text and the prayers for my mother, also thanks to Martha and Melvin for your kind words. I truly feel like these people are my family. I cannot imagine life without them now. I will not go to the gym tonight or tomorrow because I am going to Baton Rouge after work so that I can go to my Mom's doctor appointment tomorrow. Even though I have not been in the gym, I have been exercising with video tapes with my co-worker, BJ, she is a true friend. She texts me at night to get me off of my butt to exercise. I definitely would not have done anything this weekend without her encouragement, I have just been feeling so down since finding out about my mother.

Again, thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers. I might not have a good weight loss this week but I plan to be at the rally session on Thursday.