All by myself! 10/09/2010
 
As I was going through my upper body weight workout this morning, I was thinking about how hard it was & how sore I will be tomorrow.  But I got through it & I was happy with what I had accomplished (I was able to do a few more reps on some tougher exercises I just started!).


As I started doing the household chores, I was reminded of WHY I am exercising and pushing myself physically...


Last week I was at Costco by myself & knew we needed a couple of bags of dog food. Normally, I wait until my husband can join me on a Costco run so that he can load the 40 lb. dog food bags into the cart, the car & then bring them into the house.  I decided that day that I'd get the bags of food on my own.  I was so excited that I was able to lift the bags off the pallet, then up & into the basket!  TWICE!


Today I saw that the bags were not emptied into the dog food containers as they should be.  Again, this is a chore I normally leave to my husband due to the weight of the bags.  I figured, if I was able to lift those bags into the cart & then into my car, I could just as well pour the food into the containers.  And I did!


Seems like a small accomplishment, lifting bags of dog food.  But the point of exercising is so that I am ABLE to do these type of things on my own.  Functional Fitness--I love it! :)
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Your Wellness Tip For Today
The fat you don’t see is the most dangerous.

The soft, superficial stuff that ripples your thighs and tummy may be a bikini spoiler, but if you can pinch it, it probably won’t kill you. However, if you have a solid “beer belly”…well, you’re likely headed for more trouble than politician hooked up to a polygraph. That’s because too much deep fat churns out supersize amounts of hormones and proteins, which can lead to big hazards. Among them: lousy LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels; high blood sugar and blood pressure; insulin resistance; and widespread inflammation. All are instigators of many diseases—including dementia, cancer, heart disease and diabetes. But often you can get a “do over,” and it doesn’t take that long and isn’t that hard, if you know what you are doing.

First, don’t rely on your scale. As you start to reduce risky belly fat, your weight may temporarily go up. So ditch the scale in favor of the tape measure. If you’re a woman, your waist should be 32 ½ inches. If you’re a man, 35 inches. Creep past 37 inches for women or 40 for men, and the health danger increase.

Oprah.com – 7-4-2009 
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