Tuesday, February 1, 2011

pedometer, walking, foot, cooking, temperature, interesting site

The pedometer that I had stopped working.  I realized that I was not walking as much without it so dh and I went to walmart, and bought a cheap one.  I always wear it at my waist but this time I could not make it work.  It was picking up a lot of steps that I was not taking,  from my computer room to my stove is about 35 steps but the pedometer said I walked over 200.  So I put it on my shoe and it is totally accurate.   The only problem is that when I take a step with that foot I hear the pedometer click click. so walking through the house it is step, step click click.  I hope I can get used to it. 

I walked today for 6 miles total.  That was from working in the house and going out for my 2 mile walk. It was chilly so I was bundled up good.  My nose stayed cold the entire time I walked.  Now my foot is so much better but I walked kinda slow.   It took me almost an hour to walk the 2 miles, but I did it. \

The site that I was reading about the diet that did not work out for me, did talk about a few things that I already knew but forgot.  Like losing weight is all about calories in and calories out (if you are in good health and nothing wrong with your thyroid)  I knew this from my dr.  He told me that I could add a zero to my weight and eat less than that in calories and  I would lose weight.  Don/t cut back too far cause then you stop losing. Also need to exercise.  and that will burn off calories too. 

I found a really good site that has a lot of calculaters on it The name of the site is

caloriesperhour.com

and at the very top, is all of the calculaters.  One that I really like is calories burned calculater.   For the 6 miles I walked today I burned off 540 calories.  That is really a terrific thing to do.  Exercise and then figure up how many calories you have burned off.

I cooked a few vegetables today,  I have noticed that when I eat vegetables my appetite seems to stabilize.  I don't crave food,  and I have no interest in grazing.  I hate it when I go to the refrigerator and open it just to see if something has appeared in there since the last time I opened it.  And I just get something to nibble on or munch on, cheese usually.Or I go to the pantry and get a handful of cereal, mini wheats, cinnamon toast crunch, etc.  I don't do rice Krispies that way,  I would leave a trail of cereal throughout the house. 

Calories for today was 1540
I ate tuna, okra, squash, turkey breast, whole wheat bread, oatmeal, carrots, potatoes,   coffee,  southern butter beans,   Good healthy food.  After I ate my last meal around 3 pm, I was done with eating for the day, and I have worked around in the kitchen and have not felt tempted to munch and snack.  

It has been a good diet day, a good exercise day, and I spent some wonderful time worshipping my Heavenly Father. 

Sleep well everyone
God bless

1 comment:

  1. awesome day, Joy! you always eat such good, life-sustaining food. i didn't eat hardly any vegetables at lunch, and i really paid the price for it this afternoon.

    love ya, and God bless, always.

    ps: how often do you weigh yourself? do you do it on any specific day of the week?

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