Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with
Bryant and Anita Hewitt
Thursday,
May 09, 2013
Food
To Chew On:
Thursday
– Grace in Our Circumstances
Philippians
4:23 (NKJV)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you
all.[a] Amen.
Thought
For The Day:
Circumstances
are the context of our calling and were we receive grace….Amen
We
trust that you are having a gorgeous day and evening… on this “Tiny ~ Thing
Thursday.” We just have to make tiny changes in our eating habits and exercise
more… and you will thank me later. J
You will see a new you and love it!!! So today is the best day to start making
changes in our lives….Let’s do this together!!! You Can Make It!!
Have
a Healthy Tiny ~ Thing Thursday with HHWN J
Exercise
And Obesity In Older Adults
Why
you also need to exercise in addition to dieting
Along
with a sensible diet, strength training and endurance training of moderate
intensity can result in burning a significant number of calories over time.
Strength
is an excellent way to increase your lean muscle mass while helping to decrease
fat mass.
A
successful program for exercise and obesity including strength and endurance
training should be designed around a low-intensity workout which would have a
low risk for orthopedic injury.
Walking
and other low-impact activities are a great start. These may include swimming,
rowing and bicycle riding which have a low risk of musculoskeletal injury.
If
you are healthy but overweight, you can safely begin and gradually build up to
the general intensity and frequency of a senior program.
You
will know when you are ready for a more intense program when you are able to
walk 4 miles at a brisk pace and pass the talk test, ie., you are not out of
breath.
MOVE…Shake
Up Your Workout Routine
This
was the title of the 4 hour workshop I signed up for “MOVE” with a picture of a
beautiful wave of water rolling across the promo ad. What made this die-hard, weight training
professional decide to participate? Curiosity,
regime boredom, and a need for personal inspiration.
There
we were. Twenty participants staring at
each other in the midst of this huge space.
Some of us were dressed for a workout and some of us were dressed for a
yoga experience. Some of us had our
shoes on and some of us didn’t. Some of
us were open to conversation and some of us weren’t. Every shape and size, every fitness level and
adult age group were represented. Our
common bond to the moment – adventure to “MOVE”. The music started and three instructors began
to do what each of them does best, move.
Not the typical movement from my gym experiences. One began Thai Chi moves, one began Free
Moves, and one began Modern Dance.
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.
A
Healthy Menu For
Day
Four
Stir
together 1 cup of low-fat cottage cheese and 1/2 cup of sliced grapes and have
with a slice of whole-grain bread topped with 1 tbsp. of peanut butter. For
lunch, make a sandwich with 1/2 cup roasted chicken, 1 oz. part skim mozzarella
cheese and a slice of avocado on two slices of rye bread. At dinner, enjoy a
homemade chef salad made with 2 oz. of natural ham, two chopped egg whites,
romaine lettuce, chopped tomatoes and two chopped artichoke hearts canned in
water. Toss with a low-fat, low-calorie dressing. For snacks, try 1/4 cup of
chickpeas tossed with chopped cucumber, dill and lemon juice and later, three
fresh apricots.
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