Pounds to go: 40
Confessions
Well, I have regained everything I lost (not that it was much) at the beginning of the year! Ugh! So it's time to start over. And just in time for the holidays!
What Worked for Me
This is what I hope will work for me this week - to get my motivation back for walking. Maybe it will help some of you, too.
Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato
After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. ~English Saying
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value. ~George Macauley Trevelyan
Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. ~Joey Adams
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. ~Soren Kierkegaard
Your body is built for walking. ~Gary Yanker
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ~Henry David Thoreau
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 c. canned pumpkin
1 box spice cake mix
1/3 c. mini chocolate chips
Mix it all together, and place rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 14-18 minutes. Delicious and low-fat!
