The long and winding road to fitness, day 10

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Day 10?!  High five to me!!  Ten days of exercising, eating more good-for-me foods, and focusing on living a healthier life!  I really can tell a difference after only ten days and I know it’ll just keep getting better as I continue along on my journey.  I’m so excited about how much better I feel and how much happier I am!

I went in to get my hair cut today (just a trim, my hair grows so fast that I have to get it cut once a month to keep it looking decent), then I walked down the B-line trail (a railway converted to a walking/biking path) to do a little grocery shopping at Kroger.  I’d intended to take a picture of all that I bought, but I didn’t think of it until I had everything put away…and I wasn’t about to pull it all out again!!  I bought grape tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, watermelon, bananas, diet Pepsi (I swear, I am going to give it up eventually), PopChips (which I immediately divided up into individual serving bags…lesson learned from previous experiences with the PopChips), baked tortilla chips, dried pineapple (I use this in my homemade trail mix…mostly dried cereal with some dried fruit and maybe some nuts), black beans, Truvia, popcorn, skim milk, string cheese, Greek yogurt, Babybel cheese, natural peanut butter, whole wheat bagel thins, oj, fish and, as a reward for sticking with it, another book (I’m a voracious reader, always have been).  So a pretty good trip as far as buying healthy goes…spent more than my $50/week goal though…oh well, if I can feel this good, it’s worth a little extra expense, right?

I prepared my version of the summer salad that someone brought to me at work yesterday…tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, peppers, mushrooms and, of course, my Hendrickson’s sweet vinegar and olive oil dressing (I bet you guys think I get paid to mention that product, but I don’t.  I just seriously love it!).  Holy moly, this stuff is the best…and I’m sure it’ll be even better when I can get just picked tomatoes and cucumbers…yum!

Today, I ate 1680 calories, did 15 minutes on the exercise bike, walked for 20 minutes, did upper body strength training, 10 exercises, 2 sets of each, and about 10 minutes of stretching.  I also spent some time outside pulling weeds and watering plants…oh, we had just the nicest day here in Indiana…low humidity, temps in the lower 80s with a nice breeze…gorgeous!  I was so lucky to have today off work.

This is how I feel today…I sincerely hope you do too!!

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The long and winding road to fitness, day 9

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I just couldn’t get myself to write this last night.  Yesterday morning, I woke up at 3 am and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I was really tired when I got home from work last night (after working late, I might add).  I ended up going to bed early…I sure did sleep well though!!  But today is a new day, I’m well rested and looking forward to a good day!!

Yesterday, I ate well…ended up consuming 1680 calories, rode the exercise bike for 15 minutes, walked for 10 minutes (in addition to all the walking I did at work all day), did core strength training, 7 exercises, 2 sets of each and about 10 minutes of stretching.  Not bad…I noticed I’m feeling more fluidity in my movement now.  Isn’t it amazing how much just a little consistent exercise can do for you?

One of the guys I work with brought me a bowl of summer salad that he had bought at Hubler’s Orchard in southern Indiana…oh my goodness, this stuff is delish!!  I’m going to try to replicate it today…heading to Kroger (after I get my hair cut today) to buy the veggies for the salad…will post more about that later today.

So how was your day yesterday?  Was it a fresh start for you after the weekend?  Do you ever try to copy a dish that you find to be especially tasty?  Care to share?

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