Showing posts with label yoga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yoga. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2020
Potpourri
Yesterday, I finally got back to the eye doctor-- a good eight months after I should have.
Unfortunately, I'd lost both sets of prescription glasses (close-up & distance), so I've been relying on store-bought magnifying glasses. And while they "do," I'm looking forward to being able to see well enough to cross stitch up close and personal and without wearing headgear that narrows the scope of my vision to a very small square and which usually gives me a neck ache because it's on the heavy side for head wear.
It had also gotten to the point where I wore my distance glasses to watch tv too. So the bonus here is that I'll have new glasses just in time for HOCKEY TO START BACK UP on August 1st!!!
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I started up yoga again, but I switched to a different yogi. I love Adriene, but her beginners series has too much of a time range for me. I want a standard length of a workout each day, give or take five minutes. A friend recommended a different teacher and while it took a few days to get used to her method of presenting upcoming poses, the workouts are good.
I've even gotten to the point where my upper arms can support my weight all the way to the floor from plank position (or pushup position). I have never been able to do a standard pushup in my life and, while I still can't actually do a pushup, I can at least control my descent. Some day perhaps on the pushup--not that I have reason to need to do them. :0)
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And Happy Friday!
It's writers group weekend, so I have hours of interaction with my writer peeps to look forward to tomorrow.
Have a great weekend.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Bye Bye Carbohydrates...
It's been coming. I've know it and have been resisting for a while now, because I LOVE LOVE LOVE my carbs.
I have pretzels and tortillas pretty much every day as part of my regimented meal plan. Oftentimes I have pretzels as a snack before bed too. Any carbs I get from veggies or beans or what have you are bonus. And I don't mean that in a good way. Well, the stuff in veggie and beans are the good carbs, pretzels and tortillas are refined carbs...
So I've Google-searched "losing belly fat" because that's pretty much all I've got left aside from general toning. Each site I visited prescribed six to twelve things to help get rid of the nasty stuff.
I felt a bit discouraged because I've done quite a few of them...
...stop consuming non-natural sugars, especially soda (gave those up years ago)
...exercise (well I've been talking about my trips to the gym since August, so, yeah)
...eat more protein (eggs, cheese, tuna everyday; fish and chicken with green veggies mostly for dinner
...eat more fiber (see green veggies with dinner, but I've been thinking about daily salads)
...keep a regular sleep schedule even on weekends (I can't sleep in to save my life)
...reduce stress (only so much I can do, but I do what I can)
...a spoonful of apple cider vinegar a day (I have some at home, the good stuff with the "mother" even, so starting that tomorrow...)
So what's left...?
You guessed it--reduce refined carb intake. >>SOB<<
I've replaced the tortillas with some sort of wrap with half the calories. Not total elimination, but it's a start--I need some bulk to make me full. I'll also start having one of my daily tuna wraps in some sort of leafy green veggie, this week it's green leaf lettuce, but I like romaine and kale too. Red cabbage, maybe, we'll see how it goes.
DH also suggested a before-bed snack of beef jerky because the body has to work hard to break it down so it provides the right kind of energy overnight.
I've added yoga to my repertoire on days I don't go to the gym. I find that I have less energy those days too, plus it's good to alternate workouts--keep the body guessing, which is probably also contributing to this plateau.
Any other helpful hints??
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