Exercise: 90 mins treadmill

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2212 calories (35% fat, 30% carbs, 31% protein)

Breakfast: 12-grain bread, peanut butter, protein shake (333)

AM Snack: orange, almonds (225)

Lunch: beef mushroom barley soup, smoked ham/back bacon, apple (414)

PM Snack: protein shake, soy nuts (269)

Dinner: beef stew, broccoli, butter, salad w/dressing (662)

Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti (309)

Well, I took my math evaluation test and ended up with 75%. This is much better than I expected because, well, I really didn’t study. And it’s been many many years (well decades really) since high school math. And you know they lied when they said you would use it later. I’ve even taken a couple of statistics and reliability courses - and I use MiniTab, not the formulas. I think not knowing what I was studying for was the main reason I didn’t study. So I have a few areas marked as ‘needs some development’, which is optional. It’s suggested that you work on them until you score over 80%, so I will.

So I actually walked outside this morning. The drive to the college took me less time than I expected so it left me with a ton of free time, so I did a circuit of the campus and the parking lot for 30 mins. It also didn’t take as long as I had planned (booked time was 9-12, but I was out by 10:30), so I managed to get in my treadmill time when I got home.

I did a nutty thing that I hope I don’t pay for later (or tomorrow). I really just walk on the treadmill to keep myself active. I usually just walk at 2mph, but at about an average of about a 5% incline (going as high as 10% at times). This breaks a sweat, and raises my heart rate, but I noticed that I’m not needing to put in as much effort recently. So this morning I did a combination of walking intervals with 4mph 1-min jogs in between 2-min walks. It was fun (ie. almost killed me) and I definitely broke more than a light sweat! As long as my knees are okay (specifically the left one), I’m going to start doing at least one of these each day. Of course today, I’ve likely overdone it as I did it 3 times, 20 mins each time.

Debbie - I tend to make sauces from scratch. Over the years we’ve bought premade ones, but they never seem to get used up. We’ll go through cycles (lately curry seems to be a craving), but then we’ll move on to something else. This way I just make what I need. Besides, we pretty much have every spice known to man. Sometimes I’ll add curry powder to a sauce, but this one was a combination of garlic, chili peppers, ginger root, cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, and cumin. A real combination (pretty much from a recipe book).