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.

Scheduling

I just read a great tip on a message board - schedule the rest of life around workouts (exercise) as you would eating and sleeping. We eat and sleep no matter how busy we are because they are necessary to live - we should treat exercise the same way. Our other activities will always fill any available time we have.

Doing the math

I wonder how much walking it will take to lose this extra 5 pounds. If I do the math, it's rather daunting. 3500 calories for 1 pound. 17,500 calories for 5 pounds. 100 calories per 1 mile walk, give or take, depending on intensity. (how intense is a walk on the beach?) Looks like 175 miles? I'll make the math easy. Let's say I have 20 days. Not quite 10 miles a day? Not very realistic. 5 miles a day I can do. I guess I should have started earlier... and I have, sort of. Well, 2 miles in today already, some more to go.

Learning New Habits

Today, I'm practicing not eating unless I'm hungry. Got to keep busy, but I have a lot to do today so that helps.