ONE SHOE!

Today I drove 10 miles to a place called Provo Canyon in central Utah. This place has a bicycling/hiking/walking/running/skateboarding/longboarding trail which is mostly shaded. It was warm outside last night and already warm this morning, so I thought Provo Canyon might be a cooler place to go walking! And also I wanted to get some pictures for you. :D

I walked over an hour and on the way back I had a pebble in my shoe. I still had about 20 minutes walking at a regular pace to get to my car, so I thought I would easily slip off my sock and shoe to remove the pebble. Somehow my sock stuck to a corner of a toenail and as I pulled, it ripped! I realized what was happening quickly, so I stopped before it got too bad. I walked about 100 feet with one shoe on and one shoe off!  I'm sure I looked silly! Then I realized that I would do well to put the shoe back on without the sock. That worked fine and I made it back without any other setbacks.

One thing I noticed today is that even though I crave beautiful surroundings for my walks, it would have been much more time-efficient to just walk the same length of time closer to home. Another thing I realized is that as much as I love the sounds of nature, I wanted some mental stimulation. So, I found this video on YouTube and listened to it along the way. I have met this speaker before and heard him give this talk. It is pretty incredible if you think about the implications of what he is saying! So, that made my walk more interesting and even more pleasant.

I hope you enjoy the pictures and videos I took for you!

PLANKING!

Who has tried this? It is hard!!! It looks easy, but it is not! I have only done DAY 1. I have no idea if I can do this all the way through, but it is worth a try!  Join me! Start today! It only takes 20 seconds to start and you can do it almost anywhere!

Look what I found later! Some people having a planking competition at work! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlGdwVPgDg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Who am I? Yogurt Over Ice Cream?!

NOT THIS!

Who am I? Have I lost my mind? I am hungry and it's kind of late. I need a little snack before bed. I find a few bites of leftover watermelon, one leftover corn on the cob (no butter), and a greek yogurt (Chobani Coconut) that has 150 calories to eat. I'm satisfied. I did put a couple of raw cashews into the yogurt. So, I'm looking at maybe 300 calories which for a late night snack is crazy good! Especially considering there is chocolate candy and the ingredients to make a chocolate sundae or banana split within reach. And Oreos. Also I have the ingredients to make home-made hot fudge for a hot fudge sundae (see the photo above). Something is kind of weird around here! I'm feeling encouraged since this morning when I got on the scales and I had lost 4 pounds. So, yay for me!

THIS!