Tuesday

I go to my friend Kathi’s house to study for the CLA exam on Tuesday evenings. We review the chapters we've read over the previous week. We also go over vocabulary words and discuss grammar, punctuation and spelling. We are re-learning the amendments to the U.S. Constitution. We spend two hours reviewing. The review class will start sometime in October. Then we will take the exams on Friday, November 30 and Saturday December 1, 2007.

Today’s menu: my usual breakfast, an “apple pie” flavored protein drink (I like this flavor too!), my protein bar, and a chicken with curried fat free mayo and raisins sandwich. I know I’ve got to start eating more or I will stall early on in the game. It’s just that I can’t find anything right now that has a lot of protein and that is quick and easy to fix I want to eat. I’ve been looking at recipes, but nothing calls out to me.

Here is my aerobics workout for today. I also rode my stationary bike for 10 minutes at low intensity for an active cool-down.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
Blaise Pascal
(1623-1662, French Scientist, Religious Philosopher)

Bodybuilding

I come from the "old school" of bodybuilding. Meaning "no pain, no gain". Now...listen to me for just a minute. I don't mean serious pain, injury type pain, but a little bit of soreness after a work out to me is a wonderful thing. To look at me you'd never know at one point I was seriously into bodybuilding. I was strong and as one male friend said "a brick house". (I LOVED him!! LOL) But life intervened and here I am today. A back injury with pain that has never totally gone away, a knee injury. Not making the time to exercise the way I should. And I do love to workout. I love the feeling I get, I love feeling strong, and I love "making a muscle" and having my biceps pop. Sooooooo.......I refuse to get another year older without getting back another part of me that I lost.

My aerobic workout for today was 20 minutes on the treadmill as follows:
minute....speed (MPH)
0-1.......1.5
1-2.......1.5
2-3.......2.0
3-4.......2.5
4-5.......3.0
5-6.......3.5
6-7.......2.0
7-8.......2.5
8-9.......3.0
9-10.....3.5
10-11....2.0
11-12....2.5
12-13....3.0
13-14....3.5
14-15....2.0
15-16....2.5
16-17....3.0
17-18....3.5
18-19....4.0
19-20....1.5

I was quite winded after doing it, but it felt good.



Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.

Cathy Better