New Year's Day - A Frigid Start to 2009

Thursday, January 1, 2009 - New Year's Day

Breakfast: Stonyfield Strawberry Yogurt

Lunch: Two hard boiled eggs, cashews, almonds

Dinner: Chicken pot pie, long grain rice, olive oil, almonds, cashews, two handfuls raisins

Drinks: Two hot coffees, one Propel, two glasses red wine

Walked 12,700+ steps

On the one-year anniversary of this blog, woke up to very frigid temps - around 3 degrees with wind chills far below zero. Like last year, took dog to Groton for a walk but not to the woods but to the bike trail as the snow was easier to navigate there. No getting stuck with the car and having to get towed this time which was a good thing as it was very cold and my legs and face were numb when I got to car. Temperature never left the low teens all day.

During the morning walk, the dog got ice caked in its paws and had to keep stopping to try and get the ice out with its teeth. When we came home, gave dog hot bath. Then another walk in the cold (around the neighborhood) in the afternoon.

Reading last year's first entries, I saw that the objective of starting this blog was to lose weight, exercise more and read more. The latter two objectives were definitely met but the weight loss did not happen. Though I have not weighed myself all last year, I figure I either stayed the same or put on 5-10 pounds. So this year, I will have to regulate my food intake a little better while continuing the exercise (at least 5 miles of walking every day).

Also like last year, got caught up on some magazine reading and hardly touched my books. Listened to Mozart's Magic Flute at night on Sirius. Probably will turn in early tonight. I work tomorrow and then have the weekend coming right up.