Christmas is over. I ate too much and exercised too little. I lost the step meter, but even then I wasn't walking enough. So here we go, start over. I made some vegetable soup last week with lentils an acorn squash very tasty. Today I made vegetable soup out of the following

Cabbage, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, lemon juice, beef broth, and worchestershire sauce.

I am going to start making much smaller batches of my soup. What happens is i make a big pot and then get sick of it, but there is still stuff left and I don't go on to make a different batch of soup. Now, I will use a sauce pan instead of a stock pot. I am asking for a Wii and a Wii fit for my birthday, maybe that will get me off my rump.

Sunday stuff

six hours of housework and gardening burned 1410 calories. Seems like it should have been a billion. My feet hurt.

The Nottingham family reunion kind of got me off track. I am back on it today though and ready to get my walk on.

Day 2

yesterday I clocked 4.10 miles. Not to good, but better than the test day. Today I had lunch with Rhonda. We split a meal. Now I need to go out in the garden or go for a walk or both.

Day 1

Okay, I'm back. Scary pictures made me start walking again. Well I was planning on walking again anyway. I bought a new, nicer pedometer. I did the daily activity test and found out that I don't move very much. I went for a 30 minute walk earlier today and will do it again later this afternoon. Really out of shape. My goal is six miles a day. At this time, I am 37% of the way to that goal. Need to get moving. They say it takes three weeks to develope a new habit. So for the next three weeks the goal is to walk every day. I would also like to do about 50 crunches. This should be doable. I don't want to worry about my diet right now, although during the time I spend walking I cannot help but daydream about bigger and better plans. I need to remember not to overwhelm myself. One thing at a time. This month walk. Next month maybe diet changes or maybe add weights. Anyway, til Christmas, I focus on walking.

I did make a yummy lunch. Shredded cabbage, finely chopped carrot, celery and garlic sauted and then finished with some soy sauce. Tastes just like an eggroll without the deep frying and startch. Yummy