Sept 24 update

191 today.

Food:

• 1 large orange
  
• 8 oz coffee with h/h and 1 Equal
  
• 1 orange
  
• 2 granola bars
  
• szechuan steak stir fry - steak, onions, green pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, garlic, ginger, yum!

Exercise:

• Ran 2.8 miles and walked .5 miles at lunch with newly inspired friend Tim R (Tim's not new, he's old. His inspiration is new.)

Tim and I at McDowell Forest Preserve, and I decided to also run there and back. It's about a 1/2 mile. At McDowell, we ran and walked a 1 mile loop twice. I think we ran and walked about 1/2 and 1/2, maybe even ran more than that. (But by distance that would be about 3/4 distance ran and 1/4 distance walked). So let's stretch a bit and say that we can 1.5 miles and walked .5 miles. Plus I ran another 1.3 miles there and back. So I ran about 2.8 miles and walked .5 miles today

I have to admit that when I stepped outside, it was hot and I thought, I should drive over there. But I had just told Westy that I was going to run over, so didn't want to cop out. And running back to work afterwards was tough but I ran all the way.

It was awesome running with Tim. He also needs to get into shape and lose weight, and he's actually in worse shape than I am right now. But he's done this before and within a week or two we'll be the same. I haven't seen Tim that much lately so it was great to get together and hang out. We've been friends since fourth grade. Instead of going out for lunch, we will try to run once a week!

Szechuan sauce

• 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
  
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
  
• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger
  
• 1/2 cup canned low sodium chicken broth
  
• 2 tablespoons sherry
  
• 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon red chili paste
  
• 1/2 teaspoon dry crushed red pepper
  
• 1 teaspoon sugar (to taste)
  
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch

- schneid