I've found my motivation!!

You know... back when I was single, many moons ago... I had some guy friends who said that they would never 'let' their wives get fat. I remember asking them what they would do to stop it from happening and they said that if they noticed her getting heavy, they would suggest that they go for a walk, or run together... etc...( I know... it's a wonder we were friends!;)
Well, after this past week, I guess my husband is trying to tell me something!! We hiked and hiked and hiked over hills and through tree's and over logs and back down and around again all in search of the big buck!! Last night after hiking what felt like miles and miles to me, and seeing all along the trail hoof prints - not of deer, but of horses, (meaning someone was smart enough to do it by horseback) only to not reach the valley that we were heading too,( I don't think there was one!) I decided this was just my husbands way of 'helping' me to drop a few pounds!!  My calfs were burning... the kind where it doesn't help to rest for a minute and them start again... I wasn't worried so much about being stealthy as I was just putting one foot in front of the other! Then we don't actually see a buck until we get down to about 100 yards from where we started!! I don't know if I lost any weight (as I sit here eating a rice krispy treat!) but I did come to the realization that if I want to hunt with my husband I really need to get in shape!! So my goal for next hunting season is to be able to hike with him in search of the big buck without huffing and puffing and giving our position away!!
We did get the deer we had tags for, so that is a happy ending!! Now off to dust off my 'Total Gym'...;)