Re: Birdy Takes Flight
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:09 pm
I celebrated my 63rd birthday yesterday. I thought about the seven year cycle that our bodies have where every seven years the cells throughout our bodies have died and been replaced with new ones. This may be an urban myth! But, if true, then at ages 7 years, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 and 98 we end a cycle and begin anew. So I like to think I'm beginning the first cycle of old age and am on a good path with a plant based diet.
The FitBit device continues to be a good reality check for daily activity. I've had several 10,000+ steps per day (up from a shocking average of only about 5,000 daily) and one 15,000 step day which I definitely felt the following day! Last weekend we took my brother-in-law and his wife for a beach walk near our house and met a 99 year old woman taking a walk on the path using two light walking poles. Just amazing. I hope to be like her when I'm 99! Today I'm walking and gardening.
Food for today:
Breakfast: Toast and coffee (I've been having the McDougall's oatmeal that is simply soaked overnight in soymilk with cinnamon and raisins - delicious! But I forgot to make it last night.) Water
Snack: one orange
Lunch: Bean and brown rice burrito; water
Snack: apple; iced or hot tea
Dinner: Mary McD's Quinoa Chowder; green salad with Jane's 3-2-1 salad dressing
I haven't posted as much as perhaps I should in order to make progress. Using a computer for hours at work makes me not so much inclined to use one at home. Also, I agree with Julie who posted in her journal about foregoing "virtual" life with getting out and living real life! There's a lot to be said for that. But this online forum is invaluable as well and I'm thankful for this virtual community.
Happy June!
The FitBit device continues to be a good reality check for daily activity. I've had several 10,000+ steps per day (up from a shocking average of only about 5,000 daily) and one 15,000 step day which I definitely felt the following day! Last weekend we took my brother-in-law and his wife for a beach walk near our house and met a 99 year old woman taking a walk on the path using two light walking poles. Just amazing. I hope to be like her when I'm 99! Today I'm walking and gardening.
Food for today:
Breakfast: Toast and coffee (I've been having the McDougall's oatmeal that is simply soaked overnight in soymilk with cinnamon and raisins - delicious! But I forgot to make it last night.) Water
Snack: one orange
Lunch: Bean and brown rice burrito; water
Snack: apple; iced or hot tea
Dinner: Mary McD's Quinoa Chowder; green salad with Jane's 3-2-1 salad dressing
I haven't posted as much as perhaps I should in order to make progress. Using a computer for hours at work makes me not so much inclined to use one at home. Also, I agree with Julie who posted in her journal about foregoing "virtual" life with getting out and living real life! There's a lot to be said for that. But this online forum is invaluable as well and I'm thankful for this virtual community.
Happy June!