Aaagghhhhh!

In some ways, I am actually feeling a bit better, now that we have decent food in the house, again. The first night, I made a moderate amount of spaghetti with onion, a little Roma tomato red bell pepper, mushrooms, tomato paste, fresh garlic, a little Italian seasoning blend, a little white vinegar, a little sea salt and a little ground beef. No oil for sautéing, not a lot of spices. So, mostly just fresh and lovely.

Yesterday, I made some hamburgers on 12 grain bread with onions and peppers. The patties were studded with minced garlic. Oh, mushroom, tomato and a little mayonnaise were also involved.

Today, for lunch, we had chopped pork with the rest of the tomato paste, and some spices and vinegar, to make it into a barbecue sauce. Onion and green pepper were cooked along with it and it was served on 12 grain bread, with a little mayonnaise. The bread itself had been toasted with a very light coating of safflower oil on one side of each slice and sprinkled with garlic powder. I also added tomato and mixed lettuce (from a bag of pre-mixed salad) and served it all up with small slices of cantaloupe.

Today, for formal(ish) exercise, I walked down to the quick stop type store at the end of the street. It is not really that far, but, I practiced some variation of a "model walk" there and back. It was hard work!

The basic model walk, as they used to do on runways at fashion shows (and, sometimes, still do) is to walk by putting one foot in front of the other, instead of side by side, and not to move the hips anymore than is strictly necessary.

I have no idea how the foot placement goes for the actual model walk, but, I was doing heel-toe movements and was not particularly trying to restrain my hips; but, I was trying to keep my pelvis tucked, shoulder blades down and in and chest up, all at the same time.

I must say, I could feel it working my inner thighs and abdomen quite effectively!