Day One of Diet and Exercise Plan

Here I am in Yosemite, hiding half of me behind John Muir. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Heard that before? Well, it is. Today I am starting my training program to climb up Mt. Sinai in January 2011. While in Yosemite this week I started on the "Dan Diet" and lost three pounds. The Dan Diet consists of eating one sensible meal a day, and two snacks consisting of fruit. One day we split a spinach salad for lunch and we also nibbled on pistachios during the day. Thank goodness the Dan Diet also allows red wine or I'd be in big trouble.

Okay, I need to loose some serious lb.'s before this walk up the mountain which is 7,500 feet altitude. My knees and feet are bothering me. It's time. Also, we did some hiking uphill in Yosemite and I got really winded. The altitude was only 5,600 feet where we were hiking. Big wake up call.

Here's the plan: Dan Diet, walking 30 minutes a day (for the dog), and doing serious cardio on the exercycle and the eliptical when it arrives.  I'll keep you'all posted. (You'all primarily being me, since I think I'm probably the only one that reads this. Maybe I should title this blog Dear Diary?)

My New Diet and Writing Plans

Okay, here we go. This is a little schizophrenic but I just seem to need to have a lot going on in my life. I have a new diet plan. It's very simple and so far it seems to be working. I've lost several pounds. Want to know the plan? Eat anything you want but only eat half. That's it. If I order a meal in a restaurant I take half home. When I cook at home I only serve myself half of what I would in the past. I don't feel the least bit deprived. My goal weight is 145 pounds.

My latest writing venture is Textnovel.com. Since I've been unsuccessful selling Bless Us Father, I've gone the serial route and am posting it on Textnovel. You can either read it on your cell phone or your computer. Pretty cool, huh? Maybe someone will see it, love it, publish it.

I'm also just getting ready to start my next project, TEHAMA GRACE. I've been doing tons and tons of research and am ready to put pen to paper. Well...put fingers to the computer keyboard and tap away.

I'll keep you posted.