tea schedule:
- morning: green tea and herbal lemon tea over ice
- afternoon: black tea and caffeinated lemon tea over ice
- evening: Earl Grey tea over ice, with a splash of cream
Brazilian Butt Workout
For anyone that is interested:
Try out this butt workout to tighten, tone and lift your butt!
20 Squats
20 Plie Squats
20 Donkey Kicks per side
20 Fire Hydrants per side
20 Circling Donkey Kick per side
30 Alternating Split Jumps
30 Alternating Sliders
30 Hips Lifts
20 Lunges Kicks per side
Do this 3x through for an awesome butt workout! I know your buns will be burning by the end of this
I feel /so/ bad for you two. Then again, there’s always Bob’s Red Mill for, like… every kind of flour you could ever want. (Though, like all magic cure books, I side-eye Wheat Belly, refined grains are pretty terrible overall.)
oh, the idea of it being our magic cure-all book was tossed out before I even read it. I was ready to get on board with the ideas if evidence lined up, and the symptoms he was describing that go away with the elimination of wheat were things that Jake in particular suffers from, so it was worth a shot. and so far, it seems to be pretty right-on. whether that’s the wheat or the gluten I couldn’t tell ya.
I actually just bought a box of the King Arthur gluten-free flour, though I don’t believe it’s wheat free so we’ll see how we react to stuff made with it. I baked an apple crumble the other night but it only used half a cup of the flour, so there was no real metric for success…
One of you is celiac? :<
both of us have digestive concerns, his more serious than mine, and wheat does seem to be a trigger, especially for Jake. I could probably keep eating it, but a) it’s easier if we’re generally eating the same foods (I can always get my bread fix at lunch) and b) I read the book Wheat Belly and it had some seriously concerning information about the genetic enhancements done to wheat. I’ve been feeling much better and have had way more energy after eliminating especially the junky wheats (like chips, cookies, white bread, etc).
i’ll tell you what though, nothing makes me want to keep smoking more than self-righteous non-smokers.
it is not okay to just run around calling people repulsive, bro.
“why would you do anything that increases your risk of cancer?!?!?!”
um i don’t know because i wasn’t planning on being immortal anyway and it makes people like you keep a distance.
“why?!?!?!” they say…as they drink their third cup that morning of their favorite possible carcinogen otherwise known as coffee and head off in their known-carcinogen-spewing truck to get a refill on their known-carcinogenic birth control, dialing friends on the way to make sure they’re in for getting drunk on a variety of known carcinogens known as alcohol tonight, which reminds them they should hit up the known-carcinogen factory known as a tanning salon before next weekend, when they’re going to their beach cabin with a likely-carcinogen generator called a wood stove to soak in the likely-carcinogen source known as the sun.
I don’t smoke, but I also don’t try to control other people’s risk factors and life decisions, because we all have our own levels of acceptable risk and benefits and reasons and can be perfectly reasonable people despite making different choices than other people, and we pretty much all do risky things that we find acceptable.
hear hear.
I try my best to gently nudge the average person’s idea of a smoker (not the cigarette kind, ‘hem) in a different direction, but I neither condemn anyone else for doing it (or a variety of other dangerous things, as listed above), nor try to claim that smoking is for everyone.
immortality is a) currently out of reach and b) not really something I relish the idea of anyway, unless a TON of factors fell into place. so why worry about it so goddamn much?
No Equipment? No Excuses: 20 Exercises You Can Do At Home
No Equipment? No Excuses: 20 Exercises You Can Do At Home
Check out this extensive guide, No Equipment No Excuses. It is the ultimate workout at home guide.
so my year has been much more healthy than previous ones. this is a HUGE reason why. I do yoga too thanks to a mat my mom gave me for Christmas two years ago but honestly exercises like these are what give me energy, make sure my joints don’t pop, and burn calories when I eat too many midnight crackers.
AND you can do pretty much all of these even if you have 0 equipment. zeeeero. we don’t have a couch in our room so I use the bed for the one in the thumbnail for example.
The Five Steps to a Healthier August
once upon a time, I decided it was time to make Good Habits™, because I am 22 and if I don’t start now, I’ll never actually do it.
WOOOOO just looked through my entire Tumblr feed to find this again.
so, how am I doing?
1. Drink More Water. oooops. not so much. I’ve been better at staying hydrated than I used to be, but I’m definitely not in the 64 oz-per-day range at all. Solution: start using my water bottle again. it needs another rinse-out before I feel safe doing so, but that’s easy. SO: four of those per day. that’s doable.
2. Do Physical Shit. since I moved, I’ve been slacking on this, but prior to the last two weeks I was doing very well on this. I was running at least once or twice a week and doing 20-30 minutes of yoga at least twice if not three times per week. and I was feeling great! now that my entire home office is a bed, I really need to stay on this.Solution: find some easy lunchtime workouts to supplement what I do at home, in case I can’t get to my exercise every day I’d like to.
3. Eat More Fruit. infinitely better! Jake’s mom is fantastic about making me take fruit to work every day, and it’s always available for a snack, so I’m getting in at least one piece of fruit every day.
4. Portion Control. not terrible, but not fantastic. if we eat out, I usually end up with some leftovers to take home, so I guess my stomach is controlling me in that sense…but then I end up eating it later. and I snack a lot. I could try to justify to myself that I’m doing that six small meals deal, but really that’s a lie. Solution: don’t always eat when Jake does, and try to choose healthy or “tide me over” snacks when I do feel hungry.
5. Multivamins. damn, I’ve completely neglected this one. the sad thing is that I remember them every time I’m getting ready, and then I think, “nahhh, ew, don’t want to do that,” and then I forget. Solution: take multivitamins to work with me so I have no excuse.
Overall: I’m taking a little better care of myself, but I want to be a lot further along than I am. I’ll be tackling a couple of these over the next few months, and I’ll check back in then. *salute*
it’s been about seven months since I last checked in on this! I’m kind of excited because I’ve actually made a ton of progress.
1. Drink More Water. I finally discovered the secret to getting me to drink inordinate amounts of water (i.e. close to the 64 oz that is recommended): a straw. Jake gave me his GIANT Starbucks resuable cup and I’ve loved it. for some reason, when I can set a straw in the corner of my mouth and just kind of sit there with the cup, I sip frequently and end up going through two to three (and sometimes four) of these 20-oz cups a day.
2. Do Physical Shit. YES! this has been my biggest triumph. I’ve consistently been doing yoga for 20-30 minutes at least four times per week, sometimes more, and I’m so proud of myself for improving my flexibility tenfold. I’m also, uh, doing cardio once or twice a day (wink wink), and have a modest six-pack to show for it. and I lost weight. like…a significant amount of weight. I’m toeing the line of healthy, even. which is fine, because it’s fall now, aka time to sit around and eat too much like a hibernatin’ bear!
3. Eat More Fruit. I lost my touch on this one a little, mostly because I’m lazy. last week, though, I found the ceramic knife my mom gave me for Christmas, so I think I’ll bring it to work with me and use it to cut up the amazing apples we’re about to be flooded with.
4. Portion Control. nailed it! I’m finally at the point where, except perhaps for dinner, I eat a modest portion and am more than satisfied. sometimes I still get late-night cravings, but I tend to satisfy those with something healthier, like peanut butter crackers or sliced fruit and cottage cheese.
5. Multivitamins. still not doing this one so well. those horse-sized pills are just gross. now that I’m so lightweight, though, and am eating so much less, I need to be mindful of not missing out on my vitamins.
Overall: I’m feeling SO healthy and fit right now. I do need to be mindful of my vitamin intake, but I haven’t felt this great since high school. =D
The Five Steps to a Healthier August
once upon a time, I decided it was time to make Good Habits™, because I am 22 and if I don’t start now, I’ll never actually do it.
WOOOOO just looked through my entire Tumblr feed to find this again.
so, how am I doing?
1. Drink More Water. oooops. not so much. I’ve been better at staying hydrated than I used to be, but I’m definitely not in the 64 oz-per-day range at all. Solution: start using my water bottle again. it needs another rinse-out before I feel safe doing so, but that’s easy. SO: four of those per day. that’s doable.
2. Do Physical Shit. since I moved, I’ve been slacking on this, but prior to the last two weeks I was doing very well on this. I was running at least once or twice a week and doing 20-30 minutes of yoga at least twice if not three times per week. and I was feeling great! now that my entire home office is a bed, I really need to stay on this.Solution: find some easy lunchtime workouts to supplement what I do at home, in case I can’t get to my exercise every day I’d like to.
3. Eat More Fruit. infinitely better! Jake’s mom is fantastic about making me take fruit to work every day, and it’s always available for a snack, so I’m getting in at least one piece of fruit every day.
4. Portion Control. not terrible, but not fantastic. if we eat out, I usually end up with some leftovers to take home, so I guess my stomach is controlling me in that sense…but then I end up eating it later. and I snack a lot. I could try to justify to myself that I’m doing that six small meals deal, but really that’s a lie. Solution: don’t always eat when Jake does, and try to choose healthy or “tide me over” snacks when I do feel hungry.
5. Multivamins. damn, I’ve completely neglected this one. the sad thing is that I remember them every time I’m getting ready, and then I think, “nahhh, ew, don’t want to do that,” and then I forget. Solution: take multivitamins to work with me so I have no excuse.
Overall: I’m taking a little better care of myself, but I want to be a lot further along than I am. I’ll be tackling a couple of these over the next few months, and I’ll check back in then. *salute*
My letter to the world, that never wrote to me.: The Five Steps to a Healthier August
My letter to the world, that never wrote to me.: The Five Steps to a Healthier August
once upon a time, I decided it was time to make Good Habits™, because I am 22 and if I don’t start now, I’ll never actually do it.
I am with you on all of these, especially the first one. I’ve been thinking about how to get exercise back into my…
woo! yay pacts! and it looks like others are interested as well. I say we run off for a month and come back to brag of our progress in implementing these habits.
The Five Steps to a Healthier August
once upon a time, I decided it was time to make Good Habits™, because I am 22 and if I don’t start now, I’ll never actually do it.
2. Maybe its because I’m a wimp and haven’t done the walk in a while, but you should come walk with me sometime to Trader Joe’s/Cafe Fiore. From home it’s an ASS KICKING walk. 🙂
4. Yeeeeep. I hear you there. Especially the consistently eating thing…I try to keep trail mix with me so I can have a snack if I get hungry. If I don’t have (healthy) snacks during the day then by dinner time I am a starving crazy person who will eat ANYTHING. I’m also trying to stop snacking after dinner and eating it before 6….or if I have to snack, try to drink tea, drink milk or eat a little fruit or veggies.
5. Dude I just bought these vites that are Women’s Petites, they are a bit bigger than an Advil—take two and you are good to go. Pretty awesome, I got them because I’m deficient in vitamin D, and they satisfy an entire day’s requirement.
2. I’ve done that walk quite a bit in the past! just not recently (because now I pretty much live in a four-car apartment, hahaha). I could totes be down with that.
4. healthy snacks are hard for me to keep around. generally I like fruits and vegetables for said snacks, but then at the grocery store I’m like “WHERE’M I GONNA STORE THIS J/K I LIKE THESE CRACKERS” so I don’t even buy them.
5. hmmmm. are they aspensive?