04-11-08 02:05 PM - Post#430805    

OK, time to start....

Bomber I am not, not yet...but I have an airplane (my body) and that needs to fly...high.

Mission: Joyful & enlightened living in a healthy & well balanced body.

Yes James.

rehab prehab time for me:
Goal#1/2008:
Improve mobility in my left (frozen) shoulder.
Time: anything under the pessimistic prognosis of four years total is fine.
Method:
a)Coach Scott Sonnor's DVDs
b)vitamin D lareed experiment
Goal #1a: decide (within a week) what DVD to start with (I've got three to worry about)
Obstacles:
I hate to be accountable, laziness, let go attitude
Start of mission: today
Evaluation: each week
First term: three months (april, may, june 2008)

OK, let's go and run around the airplane to start with...LOL

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04-11-08 02:11 PM - Post#430810    

Frozen shoulder, eh? I had that too from cycling. Mine was temporary and intermittent. Good luck with this. I'll be watching you (but not like the bad Rockwell song).

"It is not an uncommon experience for people to talk and argue a great deal about something without anybody bothering to define precisely what it is." - Ross J.S. Hoffman I would like to see the truth clearly before it is too late. - Sartre We must begin by a definition, although definition involves a mental effort and therefore repels. - Hilaire Belloc

04-11-08 02:18 PM - Post#430814    

Good luck! Getting started is the hardest part, and you've got a great resource in this forum. Plenty of great folks on here to help you motivate.

I like that Rockwell song...

04-11-08 03:18 PM - Post#430864    

All the best to you in your rehab project. It may take awhile, but there will be progress along the way, and that'll keep you going.

I have a couple of Scott's dvds. Which are you looking at and do you have a specific goal with them or a question I might be able to help with?

The One and Only Pink Training Log
04-11-08 04:43 PM - Post#430895    

Thank you, Laree.

I found "the Scott resource" through this site, so for that and your dedication to this forum I am trully grateful!

I have Intu-Flow and Flowfit and Ageless Mobility.
Beginners class for me.

So I think I perhaps start with "intuflow", the joints.

But.... the other day I started to do push ups (only against the wall for now) which I think is a good movement so flowfit applies, too, in that case.

Possible caveat: trying to do too much and ending with zero activity instead. I better pick one program, methinks.

Observation: I did some of the movements as I was viewing the Ageless Mobility (I thought that might be the easiest program to start with but...shows it is not) and the following day I woke up with a totally new tingling energy flow in my body. That was an encouraging surprise.

I expect that with time these programs will help me to develop a 'maintenance form' (with possible variations), a form that I can do daily (even on no gym days). IOW something like Tai Chi (which in my case never stuck with me, neither did a Qi gong routine).
Awesome guy Scott Sonnon!

So I know this routine will go beyond the frozen shoulder condition which is just the top of the ice berg...
Global warming's on! LOL

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04-11-08 05:02 PM - Post#430904    

I love your attitude in here, Pink!!!

Let's get your plane off the ground!

Slow and steady, tho, K?

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary..." Karen (R)

04-11-08 05:09 PM - Post#430908    

Starting a log is a terrific motivator. Knowing that we are checking on you, will help you stay on track. Now, get that plane in the air and soar.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

04-11-08 05:42 PM - Post#430936    

Good luck with your goals!!!

04-11-08 06:43 PM - Post#430950    

Oh, excellent! I thought you meant you needed to make a decision which to buy instead of which to start. I don't have Flowfit, but between Ageless Mobility and IntuFlow, I agree with you -- start with IntuFlow.

thank you
04-12-08 03:36 PM - Post#431136    

• Laree Said:

hihi, once you supply the info, Laree I act upon it quickly! ;-)


LOG
goal 1a: checked and decided:
I start with intu-flow, beginners class

frequency: once a day, first of all I will learn to perform the movements correctly, working up to the whole sequence

time: I do not want to impose a time limit on that, rather it has to grow organically. As coach Sonnor says, I challenge myself daily.
My ambition is to move through the whole sequence each day. But I'll log a report in two weeks.

Thanks everybody for your supportive comments. I did the most difficult part in bodybuilding, namely, I put myself onto the stage, LOL.

Godspeed to ya all.
pixie

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adding cardio
04-13-08 10:39 PM - Post#431478    

I started to learn the intu-flow movements, I think this will do the job.

I take 4000 IE D-vit daily, some days 6000IE. Just my wild guess.

CARDIO
A walk in the park -heheh- I have a regular route that takes 1,5 hour from door to door.
Goal: walk it daily. (That equals running around my hangar).

Not on empty stomach in the morning, not my thing, but if it takes 20-30 min before the body starts burning fat then this should be just all right.

I did that in September and it was good then the dark winter got me. I made attempts since February but I didn't get back to the same frequence.

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history
04-14-08 11:27 PM - Post#431933    

My history/ age and weight:
0-5 yo normal
5-10 fat (immobile for eight months at 5yo, physical, psychological and social traumas,help, plus my grandma started to cook!)
10-15 slowly back to normal (but high BF)
15yo and onward:
height:163cm = 5,3 feet
weight: 60kg ± 2kg (BF) that is 132 lb

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

The worst weight gain ever as an adult (one time only): 132-143-154lb (how funny each digit increased plus one unit) and back down again the same leather. Let me tell ya, I do not want to reapeat that, ever again!!
How did I manage? I lived on rice cakes during one winter...blanket over my head.

How did I loose it? I felt uncomfortable and I decided I didn't want it. It then dropped away, no diet, no excercise but I quit the rice cakes. Learn a carb lesson from me here.

body type: gynaeoid/lymphatic combined 50-50%(±10%) up or down on both according to different ways to answer the questionair on
www.liverdoctor.com

stuff to work with/proportions:
even (somewhat short in my upper body, short neck), straight, thin shoulders, generally thin upper body, more substantial lower body.

Now I saw a photo: moi, three months old, same grim determination in my face, same baby fat on my ankle, some things just never change, or? LOL

The rest of the story: my mother is holding me pointing her index finger straight into the camera lens. I am watching her fingertop with utter concentration, like a cat watches a mouse. I guess I didn't get the lesson of finger pointing to the moon, LOL. Don't look at the finger, look where to it is pointing....

One needs to gain some altitude when viewing the haunting reality.

Hey, let's fly I said. Better late than never, my motto, did I say?

Dream weight: 115 lb (don't ask me why, fiction, who cares?)

Let's speak body composition from now on....:-)

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Re: history
04-15-08 05:52 PM - Post#432236    

• pink.pixie Said:

Great self-talk in here, Pink!

No reason why you can not safely attain 115 lbs.

And I agree that body comp is the language to speak!

Love your walks!

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary..." Karen (R)

04-15-08 08:43 PM - Post#432305    

you're the one to talk, pinkie. :P dunno about other galaxies, but i'm an international student from the country of bangladesh. perhaps u've heard of it? (we have those abjectly violent rain seasons called the monsoons, the consequences of which are depicted on the news, followed by your country's generous aid?)...
but i digress..

welcome to IOL. u'll like it here, i guarantee it, (or your time wasted). =) we all keep tabs on each others training logs (mostly the people we like), and it looks like u enjoy walking in the AM? if you're into exotic trance/fusion music, you might like to listen to 'waterbone' for further enhance le morning meditative groove.

c ya around. find a way or make a way to u too. =)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

04-19-08 06:21 AM - Post#433700    

• Rex Khan Said:

LOL, so you noticed...words are bridges, just don't build a home there :)

I talk in chapters, others post lines...how much bandwith do we have?


think pink
---------------------
Log sneaking in:
I didn't quite live up to my ambitions...not a planned goal oriented body-thing executed...but small movements remembered and plenty of town walk time squeezed in whenever possible. Eatin' NP, not enough H2O intake.

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04-20-08 06:52 AM - Post#433770    

a bridge made strong and fireproof takes a while. almost as long as building a home (if not longer)..

we have bandwidth enough. after all, this is America.

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

04-22-08 07:46 AM - Post#434362    

regarding your comment about stretching: if you're referring to stretching before lifting, its not a good thing (unless its the warm-up kind), or at least thats what the latest jury research turned up.

(reduces the intramuscular tension and some such, which in turn reduces the amount of weights a muscle can lift.)

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=459303

that should help iron the details wrinkle..

regarding the charging batteries comment: i dunno how. =)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

04-22-08 08:15 PM - Post#434705    

Thanks for the stretch article, RK.

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end of april 2008
04-22-08 08:21 PM - Post#434707    

log: 22.4.08
1)booked time with PT to design a personal routine(recovery-strength )
2)comfy eating, weight's rock steady during the last month =>
continue eating the same and up cardio (I stick to walks)
goal: loose 10 lb to the end of June 08.

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Re: nd of april 2008
04-23-08 05:26 PM - Post#435124    

• pink.pixie Said:

All very do-able, Pixie!

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary..." Karen (R)

04-23-08 06:50 PM - Post#435171    

• pink.pixie Said:

a pleasure. =)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

april 08
04-28-08 06:40 AM - Post#436208    

Monday 28.4.08

I decided to log my food during the coming week and post it for comments.

I kept food log four years ago for a half a year regularly and it helped me. All looked fine but then all of a sudden I hit the rock bottom, fatigue beyond description and I just gave up. Coffin looked like a good place to rest.

September 2007 looked good, like a way out of the dark then a new crisis hit last November when all rhythms in the body seized....total havoc.... but then I decided to try to go uphill instead and see if there is any mountain top left to climb from which there is a nice view of the life-landscape.

Sleep cycle restored for now, eating, too and elimination's in synch....so steady pace around the clock.
Herbal detox prgm is in progress. I was eating fairly healthy during most of my adult life, I was vegetarian during many years but I added meat and fish again five years ago. I suspect it might add in toxicity to the body. For now I eliminated pork.

Some days are better now while some days are still 'non existing' when everything is just too much.

Onward even if slowly.
pixie

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04-28-08 10:43 AM - Post#436273    

I'm surprised to read this, Pixie. Since you've been here, all your posts seem so positive. You're doing a good job of looking on the bright side.

04-28-08 05:56 PM - Post#436390    

You are headed in the right direction Pinkie!!!We are with you all the way!!:-)

Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated!!!

04-28-08 06:32 PM - Post#436411    

sneakers rather than snickers indeed! :P

like u said, onward and ever onward..
we'll handle the online/virtual cheering. ;)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

04-28-08 07:40 PM - Post#436429    

Hi pixie! I picked up a copy of The Secret Life of Bees at my library, looks like a good read. Thanks for the recommendation.

Onward is always a good thing...keep the momentum going!

Jen

04-28-08 08:57 PM - Post#436453    

Thank you all for visiting, it means a lot to me.

I just had the pleasure to speak matter of factly to Mr Frank Zane on the phone due to my outdated browser that wouldn't let me order his books.

I'm getting also the oldie from Vince Gironda (and having Dave's bro-sis book already) I now hardly have any excuse left for not orchestrating a decent leg day. Not having one can't be blamed on one frozen shoulder. Huh? Pumping up my butt a little wouldn't be so bad either.

I invested into two pairs of shorts (I couldn't decide which color so I kept them both). In our sizes here it's 38. I get into them NP but the outfits would indeed look much better were they more of a loose fit. Clothes IMHO are the best measurements of success.

Thanks to Jen for tight jeans inspiration.

I'm gearing up ....

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Re: april 08
04-29-08 01:40 AM - Post#436545    

• pink.pixie Said:

Pix

I am not very sure if you are a male or a female, but think the latter is true. Hard to judge from the mural you have as your foto :-P

If you are getting enough raw veggies and fiber, detox should happen day-2-day. Once in a while extra help is good too. Have you looked into the intermittent fasting threads; they are another form of detox/fasting.

Heavy metal in our diets are sometimes a slow killer. Eating 1/2 cup cilantro, also known as Chinese Parsley 4 days out of the week can detox us from metal buildup in the tissues.

Vit C, Zinc citrate, magnesium citrate, manganese, kelp, brocolli, flax, psyllium, vit B, cod liver oil - all help in detox and energy metabolism in the body. Sodium bicarbonate can make a big difference in alkaline/acid balance of the body.

Ask if you need to follow up on them.

Subeer

Life's a rock 'n roll Means you keep rocking and rolling, no matter what, no matter how much; while people feel that you have to smash into the rocks and roll into a ditch...

note
04-29-08 12:58 PM - Post#436682    

Hi Subeer,
thanks for the info and your offer of assitance. I'll remember it and use you as my dietitian in tricky situations, OK?

Cillantro we call körvel, say after me: körvel ([sharvel]-about so). I should start eating it redularly to balance the possible tuna effect.

To clarify: I am a female and the avatar I posted is Quan Yin.


------------------Anyhows :

I logged in to say: My peanut butter is organic with only sea salt added. It has a warning on the label: "might contain traces of nuts". LOL! I certainly hope so!

Here a note for myself (from A.Weil's site), it might be useful for others, too:

10 Foods to Prevent Osteoporosis

Changing your diet can be an effective, gentle, inexpensive - and even delicious - way to prevent, relieve or even reverse a wide variety of conditions. If you are at risk for or have been diagnosed with osteoporosis, consider adding these calcium-rich foods to your diet:

* Low-fat or non-fat dairy products
* Canned sardines and canned salmon
* Dark green vegetables such as broccoli, collard greens and bok choy
* Tofu
* Calcium-fortified juices and soy milk
* Black-eyed peas
* Blackstrap molasses
* Poppy seeds and sesame seeds
* Almonds
* Figs

Reverse Bone Loss:
Through exercise, diet and prudent supplementation, you can help to increase bone mass and minimize the risk of (or even prevent) osteoporosis.

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04-29-08 02:33 PM - Post#436724    

I wish you great success on your endevours Pixie....Stick to it and great success will follow:-)

Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated!!!

04-29-08 07:14 PM - Post#436867    

I logged in to say: My peanut butter is organic with only sea salt added. It has a warning on the label: "might contain traces of nuts". LOL! I certainly hope so!


You crack me up Pink Pixie! That is so funny. At least you know it's real.
I like collard greens. My grandmother used to make greens daily. Down south they just call 'em turnips, mustards, and collards.
How do you cook your Tofu?
Take care,
debbi

The One and Only Pink Training Log
04-29-08 07:28 PM - Post#436874    

• Lunge Queen Said:

Shhh, don't tell anybody. Sometimes I fry it a little in a spoon of olive oil and throw some eggs over it. I stirr it half-vigorously but wholeheartedly. I don't perform the proper Julia Child's omelett form at such times. Mine is the lazy quick way when I am late to eat and life feels desperate.
We talk about firm tofu here.

If it is marinated then you can eat it as it is, even cold, thinly sliced The plain firm tofu I can cut into cubes and add to soups or casseroles instead of meat.

One can also mix tofu with spice into spreads.
All for protein, heheh.

Mark Bittman has some good tofu chapter in his new veggie book, I didn't try it yet. I am disappointed by the lay out of that book, and I do not read it so much because of that.

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Re: The One and Only Pink Training Log
04-29-08 07:37 PM - Post#436881    

Big vic cuban said to me on another thread in connections to squats when I complained I can do them only in high heels: just do it baby...

hmm....that will be my mantra here, I'll run with it.

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04-29-08 08:11 PM - Post#436886    

Thanks for the tofu ideas. I cook the extra firm kind with a little low sodium soy sauce and put it on some spinach sauteed in garlic and onions. Yummy.

Yeah, Pink Pixie,I know what you mean about Big Vic Cuban. He won't let you escape any work. LOL...He will find a way for you to do it and say "be courageous" :).
Vic is right and very motivational.

box squat link
04-29-08 08:19 PM - Post#436890    

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/box-squat.htm

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04-29-08 08:21 PM - Post#436891    

• Lunge Queen Said:

That sounds like my kind of favo food, nice!

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Re: note
04-30-08 01:27 AM - Post#436955    

• pink.pixie Said:

I can help when I can. The only problem I have is with people who ask for all the advice and do nothing about it. I know you are not of them.

But its OK if you dont want to participate in the naked bamboo dance and eating out of the lamb roasted on the bonfire. We at IOL have our own strange ways of getting our protein and fats, and cardio.

Let's be talking the same thing: cilantro/parsley
http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/bin/sh ow_ingredient.cgi?cilantro

The note about peanuts made brightened up my morning coffee. I would be wondering my pennies if all it had was "trace" of nuts!

One of the main reasons of reduced calcium uptake and deposition onto the skeletal structure is not lack of calcium in the diet per se, it is lack of vitamin D, moreso the D3 variety. I dont know the skyscape in Sweden, but I am sure you also know of the benefits of the sunlight along with its dangers.

Once in biology class, I asked my teacher why small fish is a good source of vitamin D while all fishes are "fishes". She told me because accidently or intentionally some of the small bones are consumed.

Weight training is a good stimulus on the body to keep the bones fortified, and in most cases increase bone density.

Life's a rock 'n roll Means you keep rocking and rolling, no matter what, no matter how much; while people feel that you have to smash into the rocks and roll into a ditch...

Re: note
04-30-08 08:52 AM - Post#436992    

Subeer, thanks.


S:
I can help when I can. The only problem I have is with people who ask for all the advice and do nothing about it. I know you are not of them.

P:

That is true. I used to be pretty stubborn (if nothing else) but there are other ways to deal with life.

My problem lately is not with the intention or will but the lack of energy and execution which is not a result of laziness. It's a new situation for me to deal with. The body was always there for me, now, it's different. I need to be there for the body so to speak. I guess that is the best how to describe it. It's not about being a blubber berry either. I am pretty aware about what 'they' say is good to eat but it is not the whole story (so I experience) and I have not half of the answers for myself.

S:

But its OK if you dont want to participate in the naked bamboo dance and eating out of the lamb roasted on the bonfire. We at IOL have our own strange ways of getting our protein and fats, and cardio.

P: Sounds like an ingenious approach to life....once I figure out the existing relations I do a strip act.

S:
One of the main reasons of reduced calcium uptake and deposition onto the skeletal structure is not lack of calcium in the diet per se, it is lack of vitamin D, moreso the D3 variety. I dont know the skyscape in Sweden, but I am sure you also know of the benefits of the sunlight along with its dangers.

P: Absolutely. That was one of the first things i took to heart from this forum & I implemented. I can't see anything getting better or worse for now but I do ca 4000IE.

However, my neighbor jumped on the same boat thanks to my D-vit talk and at 74yo he's got psoriasis (last winter). Now after adding D vit he improved considerably. He noticed changes right away.

I did the calculation simply concluding that I could not have had many sunrays touching me on this latitude. Winters are long and dark and cold even if the skyline in town is very different compared to i.e. NYC, the sun itself doesn't climb especially high over the horizon.

My calcium tab has 400IE in it, IOW daily stardard. So perhaps I get now 4400IE a day.

My trouble was though that whatever I ate I didn't take it up. Then what? Docs had no explanations and the more trix they tried the more they messed me up. Finally I realized it was not about me at all times, but about their need to follow the prescribed correct protocolls to be on the safe side and 'to do the right thing'. Finally, last November I stopped that game and started to read IOL again. I am hopeful.

S:
Weight training is a good stimulus on the body to keep the bones fortified, and in most cases increase bone density.

P: yo, once I can get to that again in some form... that is what floored me definitely, to start with.

To be clear, I don't blame the resistance training in any way, just a combo of different influences. Maybe a negative form of synergy as is often the case. Satan striking, LOL.

It's a good training for getting out of the way, keeping an open mind and remain flexible, that much I can tell for sure.

U take care

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herbs-far away from iron
04-30-08 09:55 AM - Post#437023    

OK, I was wrong:

I think I confused some green terms yesterday on the herb front line, thanks god for latin that clarifies a lot.


cillantro =koriander (coriandrum sativum)



--------

körvel- (anthriscus cerefolium)
http://www.legro.dk/?acc=2572

It says about"körvel"(whatever the name in English) is:

Te med körvel verkar avgiftande och blodrensande och hjälper därför också mot leverproblem och ledsmärtor.

Tea from this herb is detoxifying and blood cleaning and helps therefore against liver problems and joint pains. Ha!

Moreover:

Örten innehåller mycket C-vitamin, karotin, järn och magnesium.

It contains a lot of C vit, caroten,iron and magnesium.

Ha! twice!


----------
Subeer wrote:
In many cultures, cilantro/coriander is regarded as an aphrodisiac and, if consumed in large quantities, it acts as a narcotic."

OK Subeer, I consider myself warned.

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Re: herbs-far away from iron
04-30-08 03:12 PM - Post#437194    

• pink.pixie Said:

hmm.. i didn't know this. thanks subeer. ;)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert

04-30-08 08:59 PM - Post#437297    

I like cilantro. I add it to my salads because I try to use very little salt. When I do use a sodium based product, it's sea salt.
For flavor, I think fresh parsley is great, too.

Pink Pixie, do you workout daily?
What is your favorite type of exercise?

take care, d

05-01-08 01:05 AM - Post#437360    

Pix and Rex

There is a difference on effects derived from a glass of wine and a bottle. How would a person aroused and stoned be like?

Life's a rock 'n roll Means you keep rocking and rolling, no matter what, no matter how much; while people feel that you have to smash into the rocks and roll into a ditch...

MAY 2008
05-01-08 06:19 AM - Post#437370    

I like your precision Subeer, your son is definitely in good hands.

However, my answer to your question:"How would a person aroused and stoned be like?" is: Still the same % of fat. The stoned ones are also more tractable.

Debbie, my only daily exercise for now is walking, I am in rehab mode and I'll be building up from this point onward.

I just decided to start my own IOL challenge today, the first day of May! Ha!

A little scary but exiting. I give myself a year to be in much better shape a year from now, spring 2009, having then a regular routine AND having fun with it!

Now what exactly that means will be continuosly re-defined here on this log.
I like what coach Sonnon says: for any progress to be permannet there must be baby steps. So I am in the same category as Subeer's son. What is his name Subeer?

Moreover Debbie, I am also learning intu-flow beginners routine for now. I just started mid april. I think I ought to count it as a work out, too. Even from the start.

pixie all pinked

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Re: MAY 2008
05-01-08 06:47 AM - Post#437372    

Reassessment:
On a scale one to ten when ten is best.
Body looks:
How happy was I with my 'total body looks' a year ago?
2
How happy with them am I today?
5
Conclusion: definite improvement, I am on the right track.

Strength:
2007: 3
2008: 3

Mobility/flexibility:
worse than before due to shoulder impairment,loss of muscles
3

Flabby factor:
4
(goal: above 8)

Diet:
steady, NP
do what I know is good,however I am not sure what type of food is best for me, unsure of what is going on
7

Energy level:
4 (improved last week)

Envisioning:
8

Motivation:
7

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leg days?
05-01-08 08:30 AM - Post#437393    

Chris McClinch posted elsewhere:
"The best arm specialization is chest specialization, and the best chest specialization is leg specialization." --John McCallum
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This is great for me to remember. Consequently (not sure if it is right):
Having troubs with shoulders (upper body) might also partially depend on weak legs (lower body). I can train legs no probs even now, no excuse.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

05-01-08 10:24 PM - Post#437700    

I commend you on your reassessment, Pink Pixie. You really conducted a thorough evaluation, and have some great data to base your future objectives on. Best wishes on your journey. As Erkmax says, there are many roads to Rome.
peace,
d

Re: MAY 2008
05-02-08 03:08 AM - Post#437739    

• pink.pixie Said:

You have done good to start a program and have a goal date in mind. I'm sure you will make progress by leaps and bounds, as you are not new in this department.

My son's name is Ahmad.

Life's a rock 'n roll Means you keep rocking and rolling, no matter what, no matter how much; while people feel that you have to smash into the rocks and roll into a ditch...

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05-02-08 06:10 AM - Post#437745    

• Lunge Queen Said:

On a top shelf I happened to discover a book that I forgot I had. I saw that I wrote my measurements in there ten years ago. Ha! I did it probably at the beginning of some 'improvement mission' but the end results were missing. I probably dropped out prematurely. But it will be interesting to compare.

For now I continue with normal diet and LSD (long -slow-distance).I lost two pounds on it last month so something must be working.



My present goal:
My plan for now (I repeat) is to loose the extra weight first (down to 60 kg-132 lb, clothes size 38 EUR-now tight then comfy) which is my standard fat weight. Then I no longer have to worry about that, I can toss the scale and happily continue to do all the rest, judging only by the eye and my clothes. That usually works best.

I continue to learn Intu-flow (slowly). I add a body part every few days. The movements feel very good for the joints. I can really recommend it. It will probably become my standard routine.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

05-02-08 03:47 PM - Post#438039    

"For now I continue with normal diet and LSD (long -slow-distance).I lost two pounds on it last month so something must be working".


Stellar goin' for you Pink Pixie. I am heading to the gym or beach soon. I have to work hard on leaning out my legs. I am at a point, where now, I have to look at my body daily,and assess and address specific needs.
Keep up the sublime work!

05-02-08 07:49 PM - Post#438122    

hey pinkie. =)

whats an intu-flow?

i like to discover old books i had long forgotten. they have the effect of cheering me up the way a pirate smiles after finding treasure.. ;) i'm glad to find that your's was even better! nothing more entrancingly enchanting than competing with the you that you were (specially for us rehab workers)..

LSD i'll assume is long distance-slow walking? or is this another acronym i have to be sober to understand? :P either ways, i think its a grand idea: its what i did when i was getting outta my bike accident rehab deal.. although i was biking hills along with the walking just for kicks..

godspeed pp.

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. — E. B. White Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. -Gustave Flaubert