More Walking & Some Drinking

Last year I was successful in adding walking on the treadmill to my routine. In November I added 20.10 miles to my log, and in December, 18.95 miles. It did result in lowering, albeit slightly, my LDL and increasing my HDL cholesterol levels. So this year I'll keep the new routine and make a go of adding more drinking to my daily life.

We have, for the most part, changed our mealtime habits so that we have water with our meals instead of juice, milk, or other beverages. Now I'd like to add more glasses of water to my day outside of meal time.Rick and I were able to start the new year off with some less welcome exercise -- we cleared the drive way of snow when the storm was only about half over, so there are now another four inches of the stuff in the driveway.

But I think the kids will enjoy their last day of Christmas vacation. When Rick cleared the back of the driveway he built up a snow mountain for them to play with.