Keeping up the Walking

In my last post, I mentioned about making my steps count for the Beewell Miles program.

So far, so good in keeping with the walking.

Each day I log in my mileage, and there is a facebook application that automatically posts it to my wall.

Hopefully it will inspire some friends to join the program too.

To my friends who are already participating, I have a question.

The beewell site has a "buddies" link, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to search for anyone or add them to my list.

So if any one has any idea of how to do that and would share the procedure, I would be most appreciative!

Making Those Steps Count

Last year I participated in a program where my walking counted.

That program was the BeeWell Miles that was sponsored by Bumble Bee Tuna.

Last year they donated .10 cents for each mile walked to the Breast Cancer Network of Strength.

This year they are donating .15 cents per mile, and I have already started logging my steps.

The program runs through October 31, and they are hoping for a total of one million miles from all the participants.

My sister also participated last year, but due to health problems, she didn't think she would be able to do it this year and was quite upset about it.

But after checking more on the site, it is not only steps that are counted by walking. Running and cycling are also on the list.

Being the thoughtful and determined person that my sister is, she purchased one of those pedal exercisers that you can use in a chair.

Now, I figure, if she can do this, there is no reason why the rest of us cannot due our part.

I am so proud of her, and my niece too - she signed up this year for the first time.

It's free to sign up and the program is a great motivator to get and keep walking.

Chicken Sausage

Trying out something new for dinner tonight.

Sausage is not one of my favorites. That greasy, fatty pork filling with those hard things in it is not for me.

Besides, they don't agree with my stomach anyway.

And the turkey ones, well we haven't been able to eat turkey for a number of years now.

That meat has been so manipulated during it's growing that we can't eat that delicious meal any longer as it doesn't agree with the digestive tract.

Chicken is still okay, so when we saw the chicken sausage on sale, along with a discount coupon, we decided to try it.

This particular sausage has sundried tomatoes and basil in it.

Cooking it up with some onions and serving it with seasoned vegetable rice should be pretty tasty.

Okay - back after the meal, and it was delicious!

The basil made it smell heavenly as it was cooking and there was no fat at all in the pan.

Low price, healthy low-fat meat, and great taste - it will certainly be on the menu again!

Parking for a Walk

Where do you like to park at a shopping center?

Close to the entrance is where most people prefer, and when I am alone, I feel safer parking closer to the entrance and being around more people.

But when I am not alone, I prefer to park as far away from the entrance as I can get.

And sometimes the car is completely by itself - not another one around.

When that is the case, we try to put it by a wall or light post so it isn't a prime target for a collision as it sits in the middle of "no where".

And the main reason for this distance - why the walk of course.

This time of the year with the snow and cold wind makes me think we are crazy at times, but it just makes the heart pump all that much faster.

Yes, it takes a few more minutes to get to where we are going, but we are supposed to be getting so much time exercising anyway.

It's free, it's healthy, and you feel good after doing it - what more can you ask for?

Good Advice in a Nursery Rhyme

I ran across this quote and thought I would share it's wisdom with you:

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

I thought it fit this blog perfectly and couldn't resist posting it.