Gardening Is Exercise!

Yesterday I cleared some space by weeding in the backyard and started to plant cabbage. I worked up a good sweat and was even a little sore in bed last night. That's a good thing.

Today I planted another cabbage plant that I got at the local nursery.

It's been a long time since I've had room to garden and it feels good to get outside and get my hands in the dirt and my head in the sunshine.

What are you doing differently in 2010?

I Do Have To Watch Out For Gout

Last night I got a little too enthusiastic with all the mixing of problem foods. Probably would have been just fine without the cream puffs. This morning I got what I call a stage two warning of a gout outbreak if I continued down this path. My right ankle/achilles tendon area started to stiffen up. I don't know if there is a stage three warning or if the next stage is actual gout, but I do know I don't want it.

In addition, I felt a little sluggish this morning. I got right back into my normal Isagenix routine and now as I look back on my day I didn't have any meat or poultry or fish. Some reading this may be amazed that you can go without that protein and I'm not a vegetarian by any means, but you really can go a couple days at least without any meat, poultry or fish unless you have a particular problem which means you must eat those. My dad had that for the last couple years of his life, but he had messed up his insides pretty good.

This afternoon I got most of my energy back that I feel on Isagenix and I expect tomorrow to be back to this "new normal". What DID I have besides Isagenix foods? Pineapple and cherries (separately). Again, I didn't feel hunger pangs all day. That makes only twice in 25 days I've felt hunger pangs. Once, which I recounted in an earlier post, it was a 5 out of 10. The other was barely worth mentioning at 3 out of 10. This is good stuff!

Keep walking!

Party With Friends Before They Go Home

We had a nice time with good friends from high school and several family members of one of my friends. I "took the night off" and ate stuff I haven't had in a while. And it's fine with Isagenix - just don't do it everyday.

What was my menu? Pita chips with hummus, honey peanuts, pulled pork with barbecue sauce, cole slaw and did I mention pita chips and more pulled pork and hummus and oh, yeah...several cream puffs. I know I won't lose weight today. I'm good. I'll have some more Isagenix Cleanse For Life before I go to bed and back to a more normal day tomorrow. Your friends don't leave for Michigan everyday, you know. I love the latitude with Isagenix!

Keep walking!