Scorching, broiling, scalding, sweltering, blistering, sizzling…just pick one. Any one will do.

This is a screen shot from my computer.  No, your eyes are not tricking you.  Yes, it is 108 degrees at six o’clock in the evening. (Like that background?  I snapped that picture earlier this spring on my front porch, before the heat wave started.  That ivy was still fresh and green.  It’s now half-baked.)

So how did this week go?  Grrrr!!  I gained a pound, even after all the incredible biking last week.  I put in almost 100 miles, plus Zumba classes and a few rounds of lifting, AND keeping OP!!  Oh well. It is what it is.  I’m too miserable from being hot to get upset over a pound gained.  Other goals:

• Tracking food and exercise consistently and honestly – Done!  Even The Architect’s birthday cake.  I had a small piece to celebrate my oldest son’s fifteenth birthday.  He got a learner’s permit for his birthday, folks, so if any of you live in my area, watch out for the incredibly handsome kid driving a minivan.
• Stay within my daily point allowance – Yes, and then some.  I’m still making sure that I eat enough…eating most of my AP’s.
• Earn a minimum of 50 activity points a week – Holy Cow!  I earned 121 APs this week!! That’s an all time record for me.  I won’t be doing it again any time soon, unless we get a freak blizzard and the temperature drops about fifty degrees or so.
• Blogging – done, as of this post.
• No quitting?  No brainer.  I haven’t quit yet!
• Supporting fellow challengers – I checked in, left notes and cheered on the crew! I continue to pray daily for our entire group, and hope you are all doing the same.  There’s a special power to prayer when it comes in large doses.