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This blogging thing will definitely take me along time to figure out.  I have a hard enough time figuring out my iphone let alone this blog page.  I can not keep up with all the computer stuff, gadgets, electronics and all the rest.  It really is hard to keep up with everything.  So, I just have to try and let it go and do what I can.  

Example:  Over on the right side of this page are Labels, Schedule, Permalink, location, and options... What do all these mean?  I will figure all that out one day. A little at a time.  I don't even know what HTML means also... lol   If I think about all this stuff too much my head will explode.

I mainly started this blog for MyFitnessPal.. I wanted to keep a record of my weight loss journey but their page is extremely difficult for me to use.  So my daughter told me about blogger and it is a little easier to use--(well sort of--he he)  and so I am trying to cut and paste my blog to MyFitnessPal.  It drives me crazy that I can not upload pictures to MFP with a click like you can on here.  

I think it is fun learning new things along the way, challenging yourself.. Geeze I am 56 years old and learning all this new stuff.  I always thought (when I was in my 20's) that I probably wouldn't be learning anything new cause I would know everything by then.. HOW WRONG I WAS.... lol   It will be fun trying all this new stuff on here and writing about it along the way.  

One thing there is never enough TIME!!!!  Yes, I have stated the obvious... That is a problem I have.... I am a person who states the obvious too much..  But, there is always too much to do and little time.  So when I have time I will write in my blog.  I will try to set one day a week and go on my ~~little Cindy's world rant~~~  This is for me( and really only me ) but also for whoever crosses my path and decides to be bored and read my blog also. :-))   

So this week I ran more.  I was very happy for that.. I still can't run up my heart attack hill without walking...  lol But my goal is to and I will!!!!!  I love running over at the Olympic Oval park area.. I call it Cindy's playground also. There is hardly anyone ever other there and it is a beautiful place.  So much grassy area, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, playground park, an awesome view of the Wasatch Mountains... Just love it.

Another challenge of mine is being overweight.  I am almost 40 pounds overweight.  I found out I have a hypothyroid problem and it has caused me to gain a whole lot of weight.  I just found a new doctor this month and hopefully he will help me find the correct meds to get me to feel better and lose this weight.  Hypothyroid causes many, many problems including gaining weight.  Hair loss, tiredness, mood swings, joint aches, etc... are many of the other symptoms of Hypothyroid..  I was on this one medicine called synthroid but it was not helping... Now I am on something new so we shall see how it works... Hopefully great... 

Like I mentioned before, I like to write and go on rants, but I only have so much time..  There is  so much to write about but can not do it all in one sitting... I want to add a picture I took of the Olympic Oval and the mountains but I forgot to hook my phone up to my computer and download the picture before I started writing...  :-))   so I will add it later.....  See~~~~ still got lots to learn....

Here We Go.....

This is my first attempt at blogging.  I have wanted to start blogging for quite awhile but just haven't got around to it.  My daughter has been blogging for a very long time.  I have never been able to understand how she has got around to getting in her blogs when she has three kids and so many things to get done.  Her kids are very close in age and at times she has said it is like having triplets.  When they were very young it really seemed like it.  Still, she makes time to blog and I don't really have many things to get in my way of blogging so why can't I?  

 First of all, I don't know the computer as well as many others and I really don't know this site that well.  I am going to figure things out as I go along.  I will make many mistakes, grammar errors, writing errors and so forth.  But I really don't care because this blog is really for me. (Well, sort of)  :-))  This is a blog that is for my record.  It is for my challenge.  I am going to start a challenge for me.  It is a goal of mine that I have to get back in shape, to get healthy.

I want to get back in shape so that I can be able to run till I am very old.  As long as I can see, walk, and be in good mental health I want to be able to run.  I want to have a great quality of life till I die.  I want to be able to be in good enough shape to hang out and do things with my grand kids.  This is the reason for the start of my blog.  

So the reason for the title is there is this hill near my house that I have started running-walking to.  It is a very huge hill!  I have to walk & run to make it to the top.  My goal is to be able to run to the top without walking, and to be able to make it under 5 minutes.  I would like to be able to reach this goal in 6 months..   This is my hill, my obstacle, my hurdle.  

Now if I can figure out how to add pictures it will show you how steep it is.  

 The top picture is the first part of the hill---the bottom picture is the second part of the hill.  I usually start walking at the second part and then try to run again... lol

 This is looking down from the top of the hill.  And this is me with the view in the background.  You can see the beautiful Wasatch Mountains in the background.

 Okay this is me --30 pounds heavier then I have ever been in my life.  My goal is to lose this weight in a year.  I have been trying for a very long time but nothing seems to work.  I found out I have a hypothyroid problem and it has affected me in many ways including extreme weight gain.  I am on new medicine which I hope helps.. It has made me very tired and caused my joints to ache.  But hopefully, with my new doctor I can get the help I need to get back to a healthy weight.

Wow!! I did it, I wrote my first blog... I am so happy and I even added the pictures..  Yeah!!