Begining Again.

At this point, I've been away from exercise for two weeks. Tomorrow will be new beginning for me, too.

I went to the running store on Higgins to get some new shoes. The proprietor was very helpful - he looked at my present running shoes, watched me walk barefoot and in shoes. He determined from my walk, and the wear pattern on my old shoes, that I have fairly flat arches and foot turns inward a bit. He picked out several shoes with strong arch support for me to try. He has a treadmill in the store, so I could actually run in the shoes which is a nice feature, though he even said I could go running outside, if I wanted.

Well, $90 later, I have a new pair of Sauconys that felt great on the treadmill. They weren' the coolest looking shoes, so I felt very grown up by choosing the most comfortable ones.

Then, later that evening, I came down with some kind of awful cold or flu-like thing, (undoubtedly from pulling two all-nighters in a row to meet a deadline), and I have yet to test-drive my new kicks.

On a side note, here is an easy, but very tasty recipe I tried a few weeks ago:

West African Lemony Okra Soup



I bought the okra frozen, and I substituted chicken breast for the broiler, and you can use brown rice or wild rice for more fiber if you want.

Really yummy and filling!