HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the lifeof your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit.Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
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Ok, remembered how to make pic smaller. Here goes, these are my darling nephews I am babysitting tonight.
How cute ! How old Auntie Mango?
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Ok, remembered how to make pic smaller. Here goes, these are my darling nephews I am babysitting tonight.
Adorable!!!
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If I don't get up and start right in (like 6 am), I usually don't exercise. I start doing other stuff (like SoWalling or paperwork), then lose my will to do it. Then beat myself up about it all day. I'm in that pattern now, but am getting ready to go in the other room and at least do a good stretching tape.
The mornings that I am back on track and do 30 to 60 minutes of Pilates turn into the days that I eat better, feel better, and am totally organized and get things done. It is a head thing, like LBH said.
The best weeks are the ones that I can add a good walk to, about 4 or 5 nights a week, with my good friend and neighbor who is 6 ft. tall and has obviously really long legs. I feel like a little terrier trying to keep up with her- so I'm am walking really fast!
And bad news here- for a good jump start- no wine or booze for at least a week. It really does work though. I've been hauling around an extra 5 lbs. of puffiness since June just 'cause I got back on the wine wagon. Time to get back off!
Where? Where? I cannot see 5 extra lbs of puffiness in your pic!! You look great! The wine must agree with you!! And here you had me thinking last fall that you had some big old butt after our conversations about pumpkin pie and bacon...you fibbed just a little now, didn't you?
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Where? Where? I cannot see 5 extra lbs of puffiness in your pic!! You look great! The wine must agree with you!! And here you had me thinking last fall that you had some big old butt after our conversations about pumpkin pie and bacon...you fibbed just a little now, didn't you?
Don't let her fool you...she is tall, skinny and beautiful..all that I aspire to be. She makes me look short and dumpy in my picture....not that there is anything wrong with that let me add before I get into trouble. Just not the way I like to see myself. I see I have alot of work to do and will certaintly join you all on the healthy lifestyle thread!!!!
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Don't let her fool you...she is tall, skinny and beautiful..all that I aspire to be. She makes me look short and dumpy in my picture....not that there is anything wrong with that let me add before I get into trouble. Just not the way I like to see myself. I see I have alot of work to do and will certaintly join you all on the healthy lifestyle thread!!!!
Dear, you are welcome to join us, but you looked pretty dang cute too lounging on that hammock!
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Dear, you are welcome to join us, but you looked pretty dang cute too lounging on that hammock!
Yeah, don't let Darlene fool you. She's got it all going on. The first thing you notice is that she is pretty, then she opens her mouth, and that gorgeous accent! A perfect package.
And we need to end this 'cause it's starting to sound like we have a girl crush on each other!
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Yeah, don't let Darlene fool you. She's got it all going on. The first thing you notice is that she is pretty, then she opens her mouth, and that gorgeous accent! A perfect package.
And we need to end this 'cause it's starting to sound like we have a girl crush on each other!
yep, you're right. i thought the same thing after i posted two times how cute ya'll were. oop, now it's three! ok....you looked like hags, the both of ya!! :funn:
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yep, you're right. i thought the same thing after i posted two times how cute ya'll were. oop, now it's three! ok....you looked like hags, the both of ya!! :funn:\
Thanks, that's better.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
yep, you're right. i thought the same thing after i posted two times how cute ya'll were. oop, now it's three! ok....you looked like hags, the both of ya!! :funn:
:funn: I feel so much better now!!! Thank you DD!
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Where? Where? I cannot see 5 extra lbs of puffiness in your pic!! You look great! The wine must agree with you!! And here you had me thinking last fall that you had some big old butt after our conversations about pumpkin pie and bacon...you fibbed just a little now, didn't you?
what pic? where?
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I Love that picture of jdarg and kathy!!! adorable of you both!!!
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How cute ! How old Auntie Mango?
Thanks ladies, they are 5 and 7 weeks old. Just took the pic a couple of weeks ago. Whew I am tired. But they are so much funn.
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Thanks ladies, they are 5 and 7 weeks old. Just took the pic a couple of weeks ago. Whew I am tired. But they are so much funn.
You're here! Yippee! I can relate to tired...I have several around those ages.....when they leave, I have to take to my bed!!
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Ok, remembered how to make pic smaller. Here goes, these are my darling nephews I am babysitting tonight.
Mango, you sure have some cuties there but the smile on the baby is priceless!
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Mango, you sure have some cuties there but the smile on the baby is priceless!
Thanks, only 7-8 weeks old and hamming it up
There was a good chance he just let some gas out too! :funn:
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You're here! Yippee! I can relate to tired...I have several around those ages.....when they leave, I have to take to my bed!!
Which is what I think I am going to do soon. I think I am ahead an hour from all of you. Took a snooze during Veggie Tales, but then it all it came back when I saw IBD's tomato thread
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