Martin Monday With HHWN

Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with

Bryant and Anita Hewitt

Martin Luther King Jr.

"I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Monday January 21, 2013

Food To Chew On:

Monday – Eleven Crucial Words

Isaiah 44:22 (NKJV)

 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins.

Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

As we reflect on this historical day, let’s use today’s history for a stronger tomorrow, “For today we are at our best tomorrow even better.”

Lower Back Pain Exercise For Seniors And The Elderly

If you are a senior or elderly person and have a history of lower back pain, check with your doctor before beginning an exercise program that may aggravate your condition. 

Core exercises can be a great help in stabilizing and strengthening your lower back.

 •Always warm up before any low back program

•Stop any activity that causes pain

•Support your back with your arms when bending forward from the waist

•Never lift both of your legs at the same time when straight.

 

MOVE…Shake Up Your Workout Routine

In the midst of this gym space surrounded by weights and equipment it became obvious, as we were shown how to grab hands and form a human snake, that we were not going to move in the typical  “gym” way.  We were not going to get to hang on to our personal space.  We were going to have to connect and interact.  We were going to have to pay attention and watch each other.  We were going to have to challenge our adult brains to remember how to “play”.  We were going to have to give ourselves and each other permission to move, experiment, dance, and interact.

What followed?  Four hours of movement broken into sessions of combined group and individual activities designed to provide personal challenges in various movement modalities.  We experienced the opportunity to try Thai Chi moves, Free moves, and Modern Dance.  There were no weights, balls, steps, or competitions.  The class was designed to be an exhibition of movement not a personal or group competition.  However, I feel each of us found ourselves competing with our own thoughts on how we personally move to different rhythms. A workshop which gave permission to explore. It was an adult playground where we interacted, danced, smiled, jumped, ran, interpreted, and experienced movement.   The overall body workout experience combining cardio, functional movements, dance, and free moves.  We did in fact, sweat!  A lot.

A Healthy Menu For

Monday

For breakfast, toast two slices of 100 percent whole-grain bread and top them with 2 tbsp. of natural peanut butter and 2 tsp. of honey and have them with a large apple. For lunch, make a sandwich with 2 oz of deli turkey and 1 oz. part-skim mozzarella cheese and 2 thin slices of pear on a whole-wheat English muffin, along with 1 cup of carrot sticks. For dinner, grill 4 oz. of mahi-mahi and top it with a salsa made with chopped tomatoes, ¼ cup of white beans, lemon juice and chopped cilantro. Serve with 1 cup of sautéed kale and a medium baked sweet potato. At snacks, enjoy an all-natural granola bar, 1 cup of strawberries and 6 oz. of nonfat Greek yogurt with the rest of the sliced pear and 1 tbsp. slivered

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