{"id":1387,"date":"2017-04-28T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2017-04-27T20:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T03:28:09","slug":"two-years-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2017\/04\/28\/two-years-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third week in April is when we usually schedule our annual physicals, and this week was no exception. \u00a0We went, we saw, we conquered. \u00a0We got on the scale with nary a moment\u2019s hesitation, because the seventy pounds I used to wear around my hips are still gone. \u00a0The fifty pounds Bill used to wear are gone, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s two years ago this week when Dr. Bliss told us to get moving or else, and the or elses\u2014including the very real possibility of Bill\u2019s ending up in an electric cart\u2014were utterly terrifying.<\/span><\/p>\n

And so began our \u201c10,000 step journey,” one that I\u2019ve chronicled in this blog. \u00a0I did it originally as a way of keeping ourselves honest. \u00a0If we stopped walking\u2014if we reversed our weight loss efforts\u2014not only would we know, so would all of my readers. \u00a0What I didn\u2019t expect was that so many of those selfsame readers would also climb aboard the step-train. \u00a0By the way, just this week I read an article from Science Daily that says the act of taking steps actually increases the blood flow to the brain. \u00a0In case you\u2019re interested, here\u2019s the link: \u00a0https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/04\/170424141340.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Bill

Photo courtesy of Adina Hicks<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re still walking. \u00a0I generally walk five miles a day; Bill walks three. \u00a0(Hey he\u2019s older than I am and has a bad back. Besides three miles and turn out to be two and a half more miles a day than he used to walk!) \u00a0We have a trainer who comes to the house twice a week who has helped us with balance and strength issues. \u00a0(Guess what? When I hit a golf ball these days, I can send it a very long way. \u00a0Maybe not in the right direction still, but a lot farther than I used to.) \u00a0He\u2019s also given us the necessary skills so that if and when we do fall\u2014which does happen to even the best of us\u2014we can and do get up\u2014in the middle of a room, without having to climb up a piece of furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n

And we\u2019ve adjusted our food intake. \u00a0We eat less. \u00a0I can tell you that, in the past two years, I\u2019ve eaten more salad than I previously consumed in my whole lifetime. \u00a0But they\u2019re interesting salads, not just shredded iceberg lettuce with Miracle Whip on it. \u00a0(My mother\u2019s fav!) \u00a0We do not keep potatoes in the house. \u00a0We do not keep bread in the house. \u00a0We do not keep breakfast cereal in the house. \u00a0Occasionally we\u2019ll have a celebratory breakfast of waffles or pancakes, but those are rare. \u00a0So are dishes of oatmeal. \u00a0Breakfasts are usually some kind of eggs. \u00a0In Tucson we ate grapefruit from our backyard tree with our breakfast eggs. \u00a0In Seattle we often have berries and cream as our fruit. \u00a0By the way, the cream doesn\u2019t kill you. \u00a0It\u2019s the carbs!<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was in the life insurance business, my agency manager was a fellow by the name of Gilbert F. Lawson. \u00a0He had two stock sayings that he pulled out at agency meetings: 1. \u00a0Know the score, keep the score, report the score. The score will improve. \u00a02. Results are the final judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been keeping score and reporting the score for two years now. \u00a0As for results? \u00a0See the photo below which was taken at an event last weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n

I believe the results speak for themselves! \u00a0And for those of you who have joined up? \u00a0Feel free to pass along news of your own journeys. \u00a0We can all cheer each other along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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