My excuse this time is I hurt my hand a week ago Monday. I must have done something to the nerve in the palm of my hand so it has been burning and aching all the time, I gave it a good week taking it easy and icing it and after 1 week and 2 days it has finally stopped hurting and the numbness and tingling is gone. I would have seen my doctor but I wanted to give it some time to heal. Also, because of the heat (we are in a heat wave) I have not walked or hiked at all so I am officially in a slump again as I sit writing this while eating ice cream with hot sauce. OK I threw the last half of it away so I only consumed 1 scoop but now I realize that I am in a slump and I need to continue to pull myself up and move on to the goals of getting healthy. Gotta get back to Curves and my 90 minutes of walking. I can do this.