so far, so good!
i've walked every day, barring two days i didn't: one right after i twisted my ankle and then another day when i tried to do my regular walk instead of taking it easy and had to get a lift home because my ankle hurt so much i was just hobbling along.
last night? i *jogged*! okay, it was only for 15 - 30 seconds at a time, but i actually jogged and there was no pain in my knees and hips until the 8th time. then my knees and hips started to feel ... not "painful", but definitely they were sending me a signal so i stopped. that's why i recorded "7-1/2" jogs. i jog as far as i can when i'm going uphill for maximum effect. another benefit of the jogging session was my average speed went from 4kmph to 4.9kmph and that got me home a half-hour earlier.
weight this morning was 207.8 on the fancy new scale - would've been 202 or 203 on the old one. i'd've liked to have seen that - wonder where it went? hope mom didn't pitch it...
haven't been bringing saari along on my walks - she complains and wants out of the stroller so much it totally ruins the "relaxing" aspect. i end up yelling at her to "just shut up!!!!" because of course she saves it when i'm trying to shove the stroller up a hill and i'm totally out of breath. she's happy enough on the level surfaces when we're booming along at a good clip.
new (to me!) diet discovery: spaghetti squash!!!!
omg, it's *delicious*! all the mouth feel of pasta but doesn't leave me with that heavy rock in my gut - friggin' amazing stuff. another benefit? regular pasta is 110cal per half cup (cooked plain, no oil) while spaghetti squash is 25cal per half cup. i had it with meat sauce last night - not even home-made, just unico which is normally "myegh!" but it tastes pretty all right with the squash. gonna have it again for brekkie today.
made peanut butter oatmeal cookies with saari the other day. i halved the sugar (instead of 1c packed brown + 3/4c white, i made it 1/2c packed brown + 1/2 c white) and it was good, but still a bit sweet - less white sugar next time. instead of margarine, i used real butter - stuff's way healthier. i swapped out some of the oatmeal for milled flax seed and some psyllium and it gave the cookies a really nice chewy texture. using crunchy pb instead of smooth provided fun in the odd unexpected crunchy bit. i also made them small - a bit bigger than a toonie. instead of 2doz for the recipe, i ended up with 3doz. dunno what the calorie count is, just have to console myself they're actually quite healthy.
measurements:
sept 14th, i was 225 (recalculated according to the new scale) and 49" - 40-1/2" - 48"
today, i'm 207.8 and 46" - 38" - 46"
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