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, December 3, 2009

FINICKY



It never occurred to me that FINICKY might be good.

My parents believed that good children ate all their dinner. They lived through shortages during the depression and WW2. Wasting food was a sin. To hear my parents tell it, I didn’t have a lot of positive qualities, but I could clean my plate.

There are very few foods I won’t eat. Really hot seasonings are uncomfortable. Lima beans – more because of texture than taste. Frozen and fresh peas are fine, but the canned ones look icky. The outside split open and the insides squeeze out. I wrote a whole paper on why I hate peas in 4th grade. That’s about it. But I’ve been thinking. Getting pickier might be good.

Think of calories like money or closet space. There’s only so much. You can grab what comes along first … or hold out for the good stuff. Because if you try to eat everything … yeah, you’ll end up weighing 270 pounds. I know.

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