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.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

FAULTS and FAUX pas


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The days after Christmas are mine fields in advertising. Did you get all the Santa-gift-Christmas commercials out of the system? People often work late on Christmas Eve in hopes of NOT hearing holiday messages on the 26th. B100 missed some. Saturday, when Beth and I were on the way to the QC to shop, we heard a Christmas Eve bar party run every half hour – 2 days too late. One of the cable channels ran a holiday spot yesterday.

All holidays have a little of this effect. Even seasons. Fix your air conditioning in October. Snowmobiles in May. These are bad. But Christmas is an orgy of buying messages and therefore the time you’re most likely to miss something.

I’m grateful to Mandy, because I think we came through clean this year.
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