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!!