Last summer my daughter and I indulged in power walking three times a week. We had hoped to continue it into the winter, even invested in Underalls, but the weather was just too crappy. So we switched to yoga, which is a good thing but not aerobic. Now that the weather is improving, we decided [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Ow
Posted in Exercise, tagged myofascial massage, power walking, scoliosis, yoga on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Self-Indulgence
Posted in Diet, tagged induglence, lycopene on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I have been hungry for tomatoes (must need lycopene), hot dogs, and onion rings. The tomato-craving was easy to meet with a V-8 – no guilt there. The hot dog and onion rings, though. Hmmm.
Last night we ate out at The Lunch Box, a small local restaurant that does not supersize their servings, so [...]
Don’t I?!?
Posted in Exercise, tagged appearance, measurements, yoga on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After about three months of yoga, 2-3 hours per week, don’t I look thinner? Don’t I look taller? Don’t I look toned? Don’t I?!?
We are our own worst critics, so when we look in the mirror, the little defects are magnified in our eyes. But so are the little improvements. We think others notice us [...]
Too Heavy or Too Short?
Posted in Exercise, tagged aging, scoliosis, yoga on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure you’ve heard the expression, “I’m not too heavy for my height, I’m too short for my weight.” Well, most adults find themselves shrinking as they age, but here’s the good news: yoga can make you taller, or at least as tall as you once were. If I had known this would be a [...]
Eat When You Are Hungry, Stop When You Are Full
Posted in Diet on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My children have never had a weight problem, until they went to college and discovered beer, but they have both slimmed down since then. Unconsciously, they have always followed the eat-when-you-are-hungry-stop-when-you-are-full philosophy. As a charter member of the Clean Plate Club, this drove me a little batty, especially in restaurants, because I hate to see food go to waste [...]
Mental Commitment
Posted in Diet, tagged clean plate, mental commitment on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I bought half a chicken at Nelson’s Port-a-Pit (they do fundraisers) and for $6 got a pretty puny piece of meat. Yesterday I succumbed once again, but for $5 wound up with a heftier meal. Last Saturday I ate the whole thing at one sitting, so yesterday I figured I could do the [...]
Hurts So Good
Posted in Complementary medicine, Health, tagged massage, myofascial release on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the past couple of weeks, my shoulder joints felt irritated, inflamed, and gritty. I continued with my yoga, which didn’t seem to help but it didn’t hurt, either. I took Advil, which also didn’t seem to help. But last night I had a myofascial release massage at Full Circle Wellness, and that helped immensely.
I’d never had this [...]
It’s a Conspiracy
Posted in Diet, tagged hunger, yoga on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find the taste of oatmeal to be rather bland and the texture not much better, so I usually doctor it up with fruit, nuts, sweetener, butter, and milk. Yesterday I was feeling the need for some fiber for breakfast, so I scooped up some cafeteria oatmeal, but smugly decided to forgo the nuts and [...]
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Posted in Diet, tagged Dean Ornish, Spectrum on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been perusing The Spectrumby Dean Ornish. Some of the information in the book may be news to some (eat more fruits and vegetables! eat less saturated fat! exercise!) but for the most part, I have been able to skip a lot of tedious explanation about why some things are better for you than others.
But [...]
It’s Okay to Feel Hungry
Posted in Diet, tagged eating mindfully, feast or famine on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know that sometimes I overeat not because I am overly hungry or because what I am eating is particularly good, but because I am worried about being hungry later on. It’s not like there is no food available for miles around and that I run the risk of starving before I can forage for [...]
