From KT – August 4, 2014

Good Morning DaVita Village !!!!!!!!

There are over 3600 of us now, locked arm-in-arm around the globe, pursuing better health.   Alisa, please tell me what countries are represented overseas so I can share that.

I did an awesome amount of email on the flight Saturday.  Part of that was for a bad reason – we had a burning smell in the cabin, and smoke in the cockpit, of the plane, and we made an emergency landing in Alliance, Nebraska.  That was quite unsettling.  But the time in Alliance waiting for another plane allowed for lots of email, looking on the bright side.

On Saturday I had a high fiber breakfast, in case I did not report it.  I had a 1.5 serving huge apple.  I had a full serving of broccoli for lunch, and maybe half a serving of green beans, maybe a little less.  And for dinner in Wisconsin I purposefully chose the restaurant that gives a big serving of vegetables, 1.5 servings of broccoli and cauliflower and carrots.   That with lake perch and some baby red potatoes, washed down by a couple of Porters, was pretty heavenly.  It also felt good to just be on the ground.

Alisa, did I already report on my modest Saturday exercise?  First time my body actually felt the old urgings.

On Sunday I had an AWESOME run in the nearby forest, Potawatomi State Park, great trails and I ran for 42 minutes and stretched/rehabbed for another 15.  I had to take 400 units of advil to keep my knee from swelling, but that was a small price to pay.  I track my routes so I can compare my times over time.  Monitoring the trajectory of demise, as it were …..

I had 1.5 servings of berries at breakfast, in addition to the high fiber cereal (shredded wheat).  The berries were strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.  Lunch was purely carnivorous, not unusual when I am at the cottage.  One of my neices brought over hot dogs made from her own prize-winning steer.  At dinner I had 3 ears of corn with my beef brisket, so I would count that as one serving.  But corn is not high in nutritional value, I concede.

This morning Monday I had my high fiber cereal.  I will search for some fruit.  I will head out for a good bike ride, thru the relatively flat state park – so when I hit the one intense hill on the course, I do it 5 times to get the cardio rate going.

I hope you are all achieving your goals.  When you are wavering, picture the 3600 people surrounding you and yelling out support!

Someone named Collette once said “I had a wonderful life.  I only wish I’d realized it sooner.”

KT