My, it just dawned on me that this is the end of the second week. I feel very encouraged with how well I have done!
As I said the other day, we are grandbaby sitting until Wednesday. I didn't mention that our "grandbabies" are 13 and 15.:) They are so easy. They are actually very quiet compared to how quiet and noisy my own three kids were. It's a very easy job.
The house is about 15 miles outside of Fredericksburg, Texas, which is one of the most charming, historic towns in Texas, right in the middle of Hill Country. Being out in the country, we have some beautiful scenery to look at all day. Plus the weather has cooled down, already feeling fallish, and the high tomorrow is supposed to be about 65 degrees with a big chance for rain.
The parents got off about 3:00 this afternoon, so it has just been the four of us since then. The guys had picked up pizza for lunch, and there was plenty for dinner, so no cooking has been going on yet.
My plan has been working out so well! I did have some of the pizza, which are very thin, slices, just three small squares. Most rest of the day has been zero foods: oatmeal, cottage cheese and pineapple, chicken breast and a boiled egg. Those seem to be a lot of my go-to foods. This evening, though, when I realized I had tons of extra points, I had a peanut butter sandwich and will have another snack before I go to bed.
Levi (the 13-year-old), Jake and I walked down the road to his other grandparents' house to feed and spend time with their new little chocolate Burmese cat. It's probably about 10-15 minutes each way, but some steep hills. I was actually surprised that I walked up the hills as easily as I did. I have a long ways to go, but I could definitely tell that the last weeks' walks and short jogs are getting me fitter. And my knees did just great on those slopes. I didn't do any extra walking today to try to get 10,000 steps.
Later I did 20 squats, and I definitely could feel them in my knees, but I'm so glad to know that squats are actually good for my knees, so it didn't worry me to do the squats anyway. After everyone else went to bed, I jogged (or rather shuffled) in a narrow circle through their kitchen and dining room for7 minutes. I can't jog outdoors unless I go a ways from the house. It's just too hilly. I also did 25 leaning counter pushups.
Compared to fit people, I do very short fitness segments, except for outdoor walks. The squats take less than 90 seconds, I'm sure. So do the pushups. The jogging 7 minutes and increasing. But at my level of fitness, these little, singular sessions are doing a lot of good. I'm hoping to increase the length of them as I get smaller and fitter.
I was looking at all of my points and calories tonight, suddenly remembering that this is the last day before weigh-in day, and I have not used up any of my weekly points or a lot of my activity points. I actually have a surplus of weekly points. Of course, I didn't count that day I just counted calories and didn't track points. I don't want my body to get used to such a small amount of points every week. I probably need at least one day when I have a higher calorie count per week so my body does not overly adjust to the lower calories.
I probably should try using about six extra (weekly) points a day throughout the week, and maybe save my activity points for extras. I won't weigh in until at least Thursday or Friday, the morning after we get back.
Tomorrow, we have to figure out what to cook for these boys. They are awesome eaters and not picky at all. They have been raised on super-healthy food their whole lives, so they literally eat what is put before them. I'm sure whatever it is will be easy anyway.
I'm looking forward to another beautiful day in the hill country!
**We were noticing today, that even though the skies were "clear," you could see a haze over the sky. Reports are that the wild fires are reaching all the way to Europe! We are suspecting that is what the haze is.
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