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More adventures in baking for others! Another Zumba instructor (who is also a band instructor at a nearby school) is a FB friend; when he found out I played flute long ago, he offered to loan me an old flute he had lying around, and a get-started book, so I could reawaken the joy of making music.
I offered to bake him goodies; "You're offering me CARBS!", he joked. I told him they were healthy carbs. He's been busy doing other things, & I forgot the whole thing for a while. A couple days ago he messaged me, asking if I could come by the school where he works & pick up the flute & book.
I offered to bring goodies since I have plenty of time to bake; he suggested if I wanted to bake enough for a couple dozen people (staff), that the goodies would be welcome. Tuesday morning I baked two kinds of healthy cookies (banana oatmeal chocolate chip, and cocolattas (unsweetened coconut & mini chocolate chips, whole wheat pastry flour, etc.), packed a big container of them (complete with recipes & nutritional info) and delivered them to the office at his school.
He met me there, gave me a hug & a flute, and introduced me to others in the office. We chatted a bit, he showed me the bent-neck flute, the book & cd; it was really cool!
I was excited to try the flute when I got home, bummed when I had a hard time with making a decent sound out of it (scaring the cat), then happy when I made a decent sound or two out of it. I'm looking forward to practicing, getting familiar with it, then reminding my brain how to read music, hee hee!
On the down side, I haven't been sleeping so well, I get exhausted easily, and I ate toooo many of the extra healthy cookies. My weight is a little up again, but I'm not going to panic.
I did manage to go to Zumba with the fabulous (& famous)instructor Gina yesterday. I talked to her before class, and she kept an eagle eye on me, shaking her head at me when I tried a move that could hurt my knee, miming marching in place for me to do instead. Loved it!
This morning I bought a new knee brace that will make it easier to exercise with a little less danger of doing more damage. I feel so much better when I dance! or do weight training!
Saw my physical therapist yesterday; we discussed knee replacement recovery time. She gave me good solid advice on how to stay strong, fit, and healthy to both put off such a surgery as long as possible and to be able to rehab from it as quickly and painlessly as possible.
My stomach is growling, time to heat up the last of my split pea soup I made a few days ago. :o)
Diet Calendar Entries for 03 October 2013:
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2325 kcal
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Fat: 79.38g | Prot: 110.06g | Carb: 320.51g.
Breakfast: Chobani Key Lime Blended, Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A and Nonfat Solids), General Mills Fiber One Original, Starbucks Nonfat Iced Latte (Venti). Lunch: Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A), Rolled Grains Bread, Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup, Water. Dinner: Sodexo Curry Chicken over Basmati Rice. Snacks/Other: Paradise Bakery Ginger Molasses Cookies, The Good Bean Fruit & Seeds Trail Mix, Edy's Slow Churned Rich & Creamy Limited Edition Thin Mint Cookie Ice Cream. more...
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1690 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sitting - 3 hours, Housework - 30 minutes, Desk Work - 3 hours, Shopping - 20 minutes, Resting - 9 hours and 10 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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