by patbarone
Oh, it’s the day after Christmas and what do I see at the gym?
Lots of Santa’s elves, working out excessively, hoping to make up for yesterday’s excess eating! Perhaps they indulged in too many cookies, or Santa shared too many cups of eggnog!
There were some of us who would be there, no matter what our holiday was like. But the woman frantically grasping the treadmill rails as the timer ran past 75 minutes… and the red faced man rotating from bike to stairmaster to treadmill… those are signs of desperation, the all-out drive to burn calories after overeating – in short, MAKEUP EXERCISE!!
But is it actually possible to make up for yesterday’s calories by burning more today?
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by patbarone
You know those emails you receive from Aunt Mary with the cute sayings? Usually they tout “life through the eyes of a 5-year-old” or “signs with outrageous text – if you read it the right way.”
Well, I got one today with some very funny sayings in it. One really caught my eye:
You do not need a parachute to skydive.
You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
Now, there are many things I’d like to do twice – especially skydiving.
But, what about weight loss? Anyone want to do that twice?
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by patbarone
I took an amazing yoga workshop this weekend! What I like about yoga is that it teaches me so much about myself and my body. I can do this pose, the Warrior Interlock, now!
I’ve always been a weight lifter. I love being strong. If you’d told me a few years ago I could touch my flat palms to the floor at any moment of the day or night without strain, I’d have laughed in your face. And the Warrior Interlock? I would have put that in the “freak show” category.
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by patbarone
Last week, I spent a wonderful Thanksgiving week on a cruise ship in the Bahamas. This was the first time I had taken a cruise in many years.
I knew there would be food everywhere but THERE WAS FOOD EVERYWHERE!!!
Am I yelling loud enough?
Sorry!
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by patbarone
The people of Okinawa eat until they’re 80% full. They even have a name for this naturally slimming habit: hara hachi bu. We can adopt this healthy habit by dishing out 20% less on our plates or leaving 20% behind.
Does it make you uncomfortable to leave food behind? I used to feel that way. I broke the habit (more…)
