Sunday January 20, 2008

 

 

Sunday Afternoon

 

At Our Feeders Today

 

A Tufted Titmouse with its tuft down.

 

A Goldfinch making sure I don’t get too much closer.

 

Look at its pretty wing design.

 

Even common sparrows have a pretty wing design.

 

A Junco and its shadow.

 

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My Ten-Day Exercise and Food Plan

Okay, this is it – the last you have to hear about it.

 

Some of you have asked what an Air Climber is.  Cerwin saw this advertised on TV a few weeks before Christmas, and thought he might like it for extra walking exercise.  Our house is fairly small, so we don’t have room for large gym equipment.  (I think I like it better than he does.)

 

Other than being lightweight and small, I like the bellows that make you feel like you are walking on air.  There are several levels of resistance.

 

It’s also nice that I can walk anytime of the day without having to change into gym clothes.  I can do any of the four routines when wearing a skirt if I wish.

 

Cerwin likes using the cords more than I do.  I often go through the routines without using them.

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I do not enjoy floor exercises, so try to do a lot of walking.  I love to walk outside on beautiful days, and prior to this often used Leslie Sansone walking videos on days I didn’t feel like walking outside.  The Air Climber workouts are a bit like Leslie Sansone – on caffeine! 

The results after ten days – I lost five pounds and know that I am in much better physical shape.  I think I will try for another four or five pounds, but will spare you the details as I go through another routine.  

I walked 2,902 steps today – doing three routines.

The food plan I used came with the Air Climber.  There are several.  This one is called Jumpstart Meal Plan and is made up of 1,000 calories per day – using lots of vegetables, grains, fruit, 1 % milk or soy milk, chicken, and seafood.  I didn’t like a few suggested menus, so substituted something similar – or from a previous day.

Favorites:  baked sweet potato slices, spinach/cottage cheese/egg omelet, lettuce/tomato/cucumber pita or tortilla, and of course the fruit smoothies.