Balance?

Two walks, two cookies so far today. I guess one cancels out the other. Next step, increase the ratio of exercise and lower the cookies. Tough to do.

Weekend exercise

It seems almost impossible to get the second exercise session in on the weekends. One would think I would have more time then but it's harder to stick to my normal routine. I wonder how much housework and the other things I do on the weekends count towards exercise - I don't sit at the computer much on the weekend. Sometimes it's harder to eat healthy, too, but this weekend I tried to stay aware of that factor at least. It feels like it will take a long time to lose these few pounds. Tomorrow is Monday, a new week, back to the exercise (and eating) routine!

Reset goals

Once again, I'm telling myself that I should not eat unless I am hungry. This will take some rethinking and retraining, along with a healthy dose of common sense.

Sometimes I feel hungry between meals. It might be real, if I haven't eaten very much. It might be from habit, if I've been snacking at a certain time every day, and I might need to get into a different routine. It might be boredom, in which case I'll have to find a different way to multi-task. It might be that I'm thirsty, not hungry. I do like to drink water, sometimes I just need to remember between meals.

Getting back on track

One of these days - perhaps after vacation and retreat - I'm going to have to walk more or eat less. Or both. Seems to be an ongoing battle.

My recent nutrition and fitness reading included an article about seeds. I must admit, I've been discovering sesame seeds (using them more often) and flax seeds this summer. I could add sunflower seeds, but I'm not sure I'll ever acquire a taste for pumpkin or squash seeds. Are there other seeds that weren't mentioned in the article?

Good for what ails you

Walking (or exercise) is, that is. 4 miles logged today, 2 more to go. Looking forward to some good book time on a treadmill or a bike, if I can get one rigged up.

Discovered: I can do 30 high steps in the time it takes to make one color copy on my printer.

Home beats Restaurant

Next time we'll have lunch at my house. My bread (homemade sesame) is better, my clam chowder is better, my salad is better. When it's raining, the view is about the same.

Hello again

Some parts of life continued on through the summer... sleeping, some exercise, and yes, eating. A fair amount of traveling kept me away from blogging, but not away from food and exercise! I learned that stairs are a great way to exercise. I learned that yes, it does take 5-6 miles per day to accomplish my fitness goals if I'm not doing anything more strenuous than walking. I learned that a sprained ankle can really set back the fitness goals. And, I learned that 2 months off my regular stretching exercises makes it very hard to get back into the routine!

I sampled Slovak food, even learned how to make a salad. Will learn more this weekend at a Slovak party here in the states. I sampled German food. :-) Tonight, we will have good homecooked food. We'll try to keep it healthy.