Summer - you're too funny! I can just see "M2M Weather" being the new description for the accuweather forecast
C - You're not a wuss! Especially if you're out there doing it!
The walking has been great for me because I know a friend of mine is leaving her house at 6:30 am walking towards me, and I leave at 6:30 walking towards her. By 6:45-6:50 I've passed the mile mark and we meet. I then turn around and she walks with me about .75 mile and she turns around and heads home and I go my way. This morning, at the .75 mark, I turned with her and walked her back about .5 mile which gave me the extra mile this morning.
I can't believe how good I feel when I get home! I so did not want to walk today - At 5:45 when I woke up I told myself I shouldn't "have" to walk on Sunday, that I should have at least one day of rest. At 6:00 when I got out of bed, I still didn't want to walk, but knew I'd be happy when I got home.
When I left the house at 6:30, I was excited to be walking towards my friend knowing she would be walking towards me

Being back home by 7:30 has been a great way to start the day and feel motivated to stick to my goals...because hey, if I were to go over my plan, then why bother walking at 6:30 in the first place! Or at least these are the things that go through my head during the day.
It really hit home to me today why losing weight is harder the closer to your goal you get - I guess I never thought about it before. I CAN lose 3 pounds a week for awhile because based on my weight and calorie needs, I can reduce my calories by 1500 a day and still be in the 1200 range for the day. I won't be able to do that at 200 pounds, or 175, or 160. I guess I never did the math on that before.