Dog FOOD and Exercise

How would you feel if you carried around four 20-pound bags of dog food all day? DOG TIRED! 2 years ago, I used to weigh 80 pounds more and that’s how I felt. Run down. Exhausted.

Now I feel marvelous. Did I take a quick-fix pill or follow a fad diet? No, I just ate less and exercised more. That’s the only thing that really works.

Now that Beth is off to England, I’m getting back to business. I have 30 more pounds to go. It’s time to get busy.

I’m tweaking my exercise routine.

-- Monday and Wednesday, I’m on the treadmill.
-- Tuesday and Thursday, I take Pilate’s. It’s not as tough as last fall. I’m improving … slowly. When we’re on the mats, I can even touch my feet to the floor above my head. Not bad for 55.
-- Then (weather permitting), I’m walking 4 miles a day on Saturday and Sunday.
-- I get Fridays off. (I LOVE FRIDAYS!)

I want to push myself further on the treadmill.
First 5 minutes … 15% incline … 3.7 mph
Second 5 minutes … 15% incline … 3.8 mph
Third 5 minutes … 14% incline … 3.9 mph
Fourth 5 minutes … 14% incline … 4 mph
Fifth minutes … 13% incline … 4.1 mph
Last 5 minutes … 13% incline … 4.2 mph

Not bad for someone who used to be ready to die at 3 mph on the flat.


Thursday, November 26, 2009

Twilight FRENZY




Beth and I saw New Moon, the second Twilight movie. The first left out a lot of the book. It was disappointing. New Moon was better, but not great. Kristen Stewart is not particularly good, but then the role requires a quantity of moping - not all that simulating. The guys spend a lot of time shirtless – which is oh so very fine. The teenage girls in front of me sighed loudly every time Jacob took his off. It was funny.

The plot is from the book and being in a movie did not improve it. Edward is too good – a soap opera guy who says things women think they want to hear. Bella as I mentioned before is mopey and obsessive. Jacob is the only interesting one – in this book. He gets obsessive later. I do think Alice was well cast. She looks exactly as I pictured her.

It was fun, but it's not a movie I want to own.

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