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100 Days In

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Day 100 in my moves to be as healthy as possible when I meet up with Mickey at the Magic Kingdom

Holy wah!  100 days and 100 posts.  That is a real feat for me.

My plan for today is to take extra steps whenever possible.  For instance: we have a program called “Bethel New Life Family Christmas Program.”  Each year for the past 20 years, our church has provided gifts to help brighten Christmas for families living in Chicago’s Westside neighborhoods.  These are folks either receiving public assistance or working for minimum wage.  Mike and I signed up to provide gifts this year again.  So I ordered things from good-old Target.  Today three rather large, bulky boxes showed up.  I walked and got a dolly, stacked the boxes on the dolly, walked them out to my car, hefted the boxes into the car (in absolutely bitter cold winds!) and walked the dolly back to its place.  You get the idea.  Today I will embrace moving around more both at work and at home.

Meet you at the Kingdom!

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A Day of Charming Choices

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Day 56 in my marathon to mambo with Mickey

Victory number one today: we met Jake and Eliza at Walker Brothers Pancake House in Highland Park.  I ordered the “Healthy Plate.”  It consisted of scrambled egg whites, fruit, and wheat germ granola pancakes with sugar-free syrup.  It was delicious!  I left two of four pancakes on my plate and some of the egg whites.

Victory number two: today’s plan was to walk for twenty minutes.  Because Emi had some shopping to do at Target, I stood and walked for 35 minutes!  Mischief managed, dear readers!   Or done deal, Dudes!

Victory number three: while we were there I shopped for the ingredients for “Weight  Watchers Chili.”  So good!  Tomato juice, black beans, dark red kidney beans, green beans and pinto beans tonight.  I usually include lean ground beef or ground turkey, but Emi is a vegetarian, so tonight’s version will just be extra beanie.  🙂  And I usually add a can of bean sprouts, because it’s like having noodles in the chili, but they didn’t have bean sprouts at Target.  Plus I’ll sauté onion and garlic first and add spices: chili powder, oregano, basil, red pepper, black pepper.  I don’t add salt to the pot because of the salt in the tomato juice and some of the canned beans.  I did manage to find some low-sodium beans though.

So all in all another fabulous day in Lake Bluff.  A special shout out to Jake and Eliza who are running their first 5K tonight…in the dark…through a graveyard.  Sounds about like a 5K that Jake would run, hey?  Love it!

Meet you at the Kingdom!