I'm working on learning how to stand on my head.
I had resolved to do Yoga all the time, after my class, but you know, I didn't. Not at all. So, what did I want to get out of the Yoga? Just some balance and core body strength. I figure I can get all of that by standing on my head.
So far, I've worked at it for about five minutes, and I have managed to get my feet up off of the ground and perched onto my elbows. I've also managed to make my family laugh. But it's very serious business, standing on your head! I'm a very serious person, after all.
Showing posts with label The Teacher as a Healthy Role Model. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Teacher as a Healthy Role Model. Show all posts
What Three Workouts a Day for a Week Taught Me
No sweat! I guess I work out constantly in the summer. I'm a mover and a shaker. All of these workouts were mostly relaxing- except for "spinning". I hate spinning! You ride a bike and go absolutely nowhere!
We tried a whole lot of different things. Also, we tried them barefoot, because being barefoot is really good for you. Who knew?
One thing we did was walk with walking sticks. There were two poles, like ski poles, and it was supposed to work out your arms as you walked. We walked around a little lake, but to get there, we had to cross a busy street in Middleton. Our teacher stopped traffic for us as all nineteen of us walked in front of these cars, striding with our poles. Yeah. I was a part of that ridiculous group. You may have seen us on other blogs!
The yoga helped me a lot. I felt balanced and relaxed. I resolved to do more yoga.
That was the point, I think: to find something that you enjoy. That's all you need to do.
We tried a whole lot of different things. Also, we tried them barefoot, because being barefoot is really good for you. Who knew?
One thing we did was walk with walking sticks. There were two poles, like ski poles, and it was supposed to work out your arms as you walked. We walked around a little lake, but to get there, we had to cross a busy street in Middleton. Our teacher stopped traffic for us as all nineteen of us walked in front of these cars, striding with our poles. Yeah. I was a part of that ridiculous group. You may have seen us on other blogs!
The yoga helped me a lot. I felt balanced and relaxed. I resolved to do more yoga.
That was the point, I think: to find something that you enjoy. That's all you need to do.
My Classmates and the Strange Realities
All of my classmates in this health class I took were teachers, and all of them were women save for one. We had an assignment which was personal in nature to present at the end. In this way, I learned all about the health and nutrition of my classmates.
I won't bore you with all of the details, but I will say that there were a lot of tears! I mean, maybe 35% of the presenters cried. It was crazy. And why did they cry? I think they felt guilty for their unhealthy lifestyles. (It was infinitely more complicated than that, but that's what it boils down to.) Guilty. Seriously. About eating too many Twinkies and drinking too much Diet Coke!
So what I learned in part was that I do not have as many hang ups as many people, and for that I should be thankful.
It's not their fault though. How many food ads have you seen for things that were "sinfully delicious". Or how about this, "Same taste without the guilt"? Why in the world should anyone feel guilty about eating something? I understand if you are all about animal rights and accidentally eat some turkey, but that is not what this is about. People feel guilty for doing things that are fattening, and then they eat more to assuage their guilt, and they they feel more guilty and then they eat more to assuage their guilt and then they feel guilty for eating so much and hate themselves and then...
What madness we have come to. Please, for the love of God, feel guilty when you are mean and nasty and spiteful! Don't feel guilty for eating or not exercising. Don't waste your life on that.
Please, for me, go eat something sweet and delicious with all of the calories, and then just lay down and look at the ceiling for three hours.
I won't bore you with all of the details, but I will say that there were a lot of tears! I mean, maybe 35% of the presenters cried. It was crazy. And why did they cry? I think they felt guilty for their unhealthy lifestyles. (It was infinitely more complicated than that, but that's what it boils down to.) Guilty. Seriously. About eating too many Twinkies and drinking too much Diet Coke!
So what I learned in part was that I do not have as many hang ups as many people, and for that I should be thankful.
It's not their fault though. How many food ads have you seen for things that were "sinfully delicious". Or how about this, "Same taste without the guilt"? Why in the world should anyone feel guilty about eating something? I understand if you are all about animal rights and accidentally eat some turkey, but that is not what this is about. People feel guilty for doing things that are fattening, and then they eat more to assuage their guilt, and they they feel more guilty and then they eat more to assuage their guilt and then they feel guilty for eating so much and hate themselves and then...
What madness we have come to. Please, for the love of God, feel guilty when you are mean and nasty and spiteful! Don't feel guilty for eating or not exercising. Don't waste your life on that.
Please, for me, go eat something sweet and delicious with all of the calories, and then just lay down and look at the ceiling for three hours.
Michael Pollan's Food Rules and nutrition in general.
These things are bad:
1. High Fructose Corn Syrup.
2. White Flour.
3. Soda Pop.
4. Anything someone in the year 1900 would not recognize as food.
5. Things that don't rot.
6, Refined sugar.
7. Foods called, "light" or, "low fat."
These things are good:
1. Food that you can recognize as something that came off of a plant or tree.
2. Honey and maple syrup.
3. Things you make from scratch.
4. Foods that look like leaves.
5. Foods your great-grandmother made.
6. Whole foods (not the brand, but the meaning behind it).
7. Small greasy fish.
Other Notes:
Sweets are okay if you make them yourself and use natural sweeteners like honey and fruit.
Meat is okay in small quantities.
Wine is good - one or two glasses with dinner.
Buy a freezer to save money. Buy two freezers if you can, and put meats in one and vegetables and fruits in the other.
"The lighter your bread, the quicker you're dead!"
"The S Rule: Eat Sweets, Snacks, and seconds only on days that start with an S."
My Notes:
There are so many things out there saying to do this or don't do that, or this is the latest research on blah blah blah... These rules make sense to me because they are based on what people have eaten for hundreds of years. It seems to me that nutrition in the magazine articles is always trying to reinvent the wheel, but Mumsey is 92 years old, seems okay, and she still eats a lot of chickens and occasionally makes a homemade pie for special occasions. Nothin' wrong with that! His rules are easy to follow because he's basically saying to eat real food.
1. High Fructose Corn Syrup.
2. White Flour.
3. Soda Pop.
4. Anything someone in the year 1900 would not recognize as food.
5. Things that don't rot.
6, Refined sugar.
7. Foods called, "light" or, "low fat."
These things are good:
1. Food that you can recognize as something that came off of a plant or tree.
2. Honey and maple syrup.
3. Things you make from scratch.
4. Foods that look like leaves.
5. Foods your great-grandmother made.
6. Whole foods (not the brand, but the meaning behind it).
7. Small greasy fish.
Other Notes:
Sweets are okay if you make them yourself and use natural sweeteners like honey and fruit.
Meat is okay in small quantities.
Wine is good - one or two glasses with dinner.
Buy a freezer to save money. Buy two freezers if you can, and put meats in one and vegetables and fruits in the other.
"The lighter your bread, the quicker you're dead!"
"The S Rule: Eat Sweets, Snacks, and seconds only on days that start with an S."
My Notes:
There are so many things out there saying to do this or don't do that, or this is the latest research on blah blah blah... These rules make sense to me because they are based on what people have eaten for hundreds of years. It seems to me that nutrition in the magazine articles is always trying to reinvent the wheel, but Mumsey is 92 years old, seems okay, and she still eats a lot of chickens and occasionally makes a homemade pie for special occasions. Nothin' wrong with that! His rules are easy to follow because he's basically saying to eat real food.
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