change starts slowly

Monday, January is 6, 2020

Had to take the weekend off.  my beloved football team did not make it past the wildcard round and i am sad even though i doubted our chances.  cheers to new england patriots, here's to next year!

i watched hallmark movies yesterday - definitely soothes my sad soul!  also glad that the mysteries are back, this one was fun last night:



saw this list today: 100 of the best chefs in the world.  there was a time when i would have wanted to visit all of the restaurants and test the menu.  now i just wonder at the audacity of trying to make the list!  article is here: https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/best-chef-in-the-world-2020

on the complete opposite end of this spectrum is this click-bait story about restaurants that will most likely be closing soon.  there is not any hard evidence in this article other than the trends of the past few years but it is a group of not always great chains that may have some nostalgia for you:  http://www.moneypop.com/business/these-restaurant-chains-are-closing-up-shop/

one of my 2020 list of life changes (i will not call them goals) is to improve health via a better diet and to move more.  specifically my doctor wants me to do 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week.  he said to start at 20 and work my way up to 30 minutes get my heart rate to 115 to 120 and use the exercise app to keep track.  ugh.  cannot start it all at once so......

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today i start the 16:8 intermittent fasting plan.  i was up and at my desk working at 6AM, two cups of coffee and i was able to hold off on first meal until 9:45am so i can eat until 5:45pm.  thinking of my first meal as 1st meal instead of breakfast is helping me get my head around this.  lets see how it goes.

meal

1. leftover spaghetti and my sauce from last night.  about 1/3 cup plus kombucha
2. 2 oz bh bologna and 12 oz water and ice
3. samosa
4. leftover indian from saturday night - seekh kabob, peas palou and naan (i will be happy when all of the left over food is gone)
5. 12 oz water
6. cream of tomato soup
7. 12 oz water

stopped eating at 5:30pm .  so far so good.  i need to do more nutritious food tomorrow, less sodium but we will see if i can last for 16 hours!

finally, i leave you with this smile of the day, a cat tempting a monk while he is trying to pray!
https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/buddhist-monkcat-thailandnew-year-prayer-6200548/