Lentils

They are great! There are many good recipes. Use the green French kind for more flavor. I used a recipe from one of my favorite cooks, Ina Garten. It was called Lentil and Sausage Soup. You can make it without the sausage. In fact, we ate it that way first and it was delicious. Then I added some low fat sausage. It was good that way too. Yum.

Sue

the Scale

OK, nobody likes to get on, but it is something that one has to do. WW advises you to weigh in once a week. Some like to weight in every day. I'm not one of those people. Your weight can deviate up and down with fluids or extra salt making you retain water. If you don't weigh in at all, you can fool yourself easier. However, the scale is not the end all be all. Some prefer the tape measure to show inches lost. It is important to keep a record to gage your progress.

Thoughts?

Sue

2 Types of Workouts

There are anarobic and arobic types of workouts. The first is working out above your arobic threshold, then recover. Arobic is working out at a constant rate during which you can carry on a conversation. This type is good for your heart. The first type your lungs and it helps to increase fitness of your lungs. You should do both and also always do something different so your body keeps on getter more fit and doesn't get used to the same thing (when the benefit is decreased). If you don't exercise the arobic is a good way to start.

Sue

Soup

There's nothing better for winter than soup. I make a big batch of soup on the weekend and freeze some for meals later. My best soups are: chili, bean, ham and bean, lentil, chicken noodle, leek and potato, and butternut squash. Yum,

Sue

Humor

It's important to laugh every day. Being around kids gives you plenty of opportunities for laughter. You haven't lived until you've seen two fourth grade boys dancing their version of the tango, complete with leaning back with one foot up in the air. Phew! What a belly buster! It was so good I had to take a picture with my cell phone.

Sue

Correct Weight

There are charts that state what the correct weight should be for one's height. These charts seem unrealistic to me. The weights are far too low for average bone density and a person who works out. What do you all think?

Sue

Find something fun for exercise

For exercise find something fun that you enjoy. Today was a lovely day and I took Essi for a walk when I got home even though I spent most of the day dancing with my kids. It was very enjoyable with the temperature so nice. I didn't even sit down, just went right out and walked. Essi was so excited she cried half the time we were out. She just loves to go.

Sue