Now and then I am going to post news stories related to weight and health. This one is interesting and I think all the magazines need to take notice!
Bigger waist may spell more success for women
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28035850/
I would really like to hear your comments on this one.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Healthy & Fun Recipes
As I go through this journey, I am going to share with you recipes that are very good and fun! I will keep them all in one place (here) so they will be easy to find.
We all know that diet recipes can get boring after a while, so please leave your ideas in the comments. It does not have to be a "diet" recipe, as long as it is a healthy recipe. Get creative! Food is good, so we need to figure out how to make it our friend, not our enemy! :-)
We all know that diet recipes can get boring after a while, so please leave your ideas in the comments. It does not have to be a "diet" recipe, as long as it is a healthy recipe. Get creative! Food is good, so we need to figure out how to make it our friend, not our enemy! :-)
My Numbers
My Numbers –
I started this blog on Sunday, 7December 2008 (Pearly Harbor Day – God Bless the Military) and I will share as many numbers as I have.
5’1” - (VERY SHORT)
208 pounds (Yes - I am now overweight)
Bp – 132/92 (scary!)
My Size - 22 or 3x! (I did not know they even made these sizes :-)
The rest of me...
Muscles - VERY Flabby
Skin - Very dry and old looking
I look very much older than I did last year
My brain even feels foggy and tired - This may also be from stress and age, but we are going to blame it on unhealthy lifestyle for now (I am not getting old! :-)
I can’t even walk up and down my stairs without breathing hard.
I can’t do pushups or sit-ups without pain, or without breathing hard.
I will share my measurements soon.
So, basically, I am hurt, fat, slightly depressed, and miserable.
Yep, time for a change.
So how about you? Time to share your info!
I started this blog on Sunday, 7December 2008 (Pearly Harbor Day – God Bless the Military) and I will share as many numbers as I have.
5’1” - (VERY SHORT)
208 pounds (Yes - I am now overweight)
Bp – 132/92 (scary!)
My Size - 22 or 3x! (I did not know they even made these sizes :-)
The rest of me...
Muscles - VERY Flabby
Skin - Very dry and old looking
I look very much older than I did last year
My brain even feels foggy and tired - This may also be from stress and age, but we are going to blame it on unhealthy lifestyle for now (I am not getting old! :-)
I can’t even walk up and down my stairs without breathing hard.
I can’t do pushups or sit-ups without pain, or without breathing hard.
I will share my measurements soon.
So, basically, I am hurt, fat, slightly depressed, and miserable.
Yep, time for a change.
So how about you? Time to share your info!
Where I am
HI Again,
Well.. As the old saying goes, today is the first day of the rest of your life. There are many things I can say about that... but we will stick with the original intent. :-)
I am going to share all of my past Master Fitness Training Experience with you. I am going to have to practice what I preach and use myself as an example.
Life has given me the perfect opportunity to use my life, as it is right now, to prove my ideas (and ideas of others) do work, if you stick with them.
Some background....
Since I was 21, I have always had to fight my weight, day in and day out it is a struggle. But, it is not more of a struggle then what people with any disorder have to go through. People with Diabetes have to think about every drop of food they put in their mouth. People with an alcohol problem must plan their outings so as not to be tempted. People with other problems have to plan they day accordingly. So, if you look at your life as someone ELSE in this world, with an issue you must face everyday, then it becomes easier.
What we are talking about is a change in lifestyle, not a change in Living.
As I was saying, I have always had to fight my weight. I am 5'1" so I did not have much room to put fat. I started running at age 12 and that really helped me in my later years to keep the weight off. Parents take that as a lesson, my Dad and cousin introduced me to running at 12 and even at 41 I still love it.
Since I have always been active, I did have some help with my weight. Having lean muscles and running tends to work the fat off... at least a little. But, even though I could run 6.2 miles in 45 minutes, I was still a heavy person compared to most runners. Thank goodness I wasn't into the whole skinny obsession, I would have never made it through life.
I have always been healthy. I broken bone here and there, but mostly above average healthy. UNTIL recently! In January 2008, I hurt my back during a military training exercise and my life has changed in ways I would never imagine!
Once I hurt my back, I tried to continue running, but the pain in my back and the migraines that followed were just too much. Over a ten month time frame, I stopped exercising all together, my back and head hurt all the time, I was tired from the medications, I could not work, I started becoming depressed, and I ate. I ate, and I ate some more. I figured what was the whole point of exercise, if you are just going to end up on your back one-day and you can't enjoy the healthy life you made for yourself. I lived his way for about 8 months. My boss harassed me because of my injury, my commanders harassed me because of my injury, I was not getting the medical treatment I knew I needed to get better, and I was getting worse. Then one day, I got mad, real mad. I realized that my body is mine forever, but these people are only in my life for a temporary amount of time. I decided that it was time I took my life back and that is exactly what I did. I did it slowly, but I stayed with it. I continued to ask for help and if I did not like the help I was getting I went to someone else. It has been hell, and it has not ended yet. But, I am in a new place in my life. I finally had to ask the question “Who the heck are these people to treat me like this.” Then I made a stand, “No one treats me like this.”
Throughout all of this I knew one day I would have to get back in shape, and now is the time. It has been over 11 months of no exercise and eating everything I wanted. Well the changes are very noticeable, and my health is in a major decline.
I am going to take charge and get the numbers back where they belong. I want you to follow me in this and see that a regular person can do this too.
I am not on TV; I have no one to help me. It is I, and I alone, who has to do this, and I want YOU to know that you can do it too!
Let’s GO…..
Well.. As the old saying goes, today is the first day of the rest of your life. There are many things I can say about that... but we will stick with the original intent. :-)
I am going to share all of my past Master Fitness Training Experience with you. I am going to have to practice what I preach and use myself as an example.
Life has given me the perfect opportunity to use my life, as it is right now, to prove my ideas (and ideas of others) do work, if you stick with them.
Some background....
Since I was 21, I have always had to fight my weight, day in and day out it is a struggle. But, it is not more of a struggle then what people with any disorder have to go through. People with Diabetes have to think about every drop of food they put in their mouth. People with an alcohol problem must plan their outings so as not to be tempted. People with other problems have to plan they day accordingly. So, if you look at your life as someone ELSE in this world, with an issue you must face everyday, then it becomes easier.
What we are talking about is a change in lifestyle, not a change in Living.
As I was saying, I have always had to fight my weight. I am 5'1" so I did not have much room to put fat. I started running at age 12 and that really helped me in my later years to keep the weight off. Parents take that as a lesson, my Dad and cousin introduced me to running at 12 and even at 41 I still love it.
Since I have always been active, I did have some help with my weight. Having lean muscles and running tends to work the fat off... at least a little. But, even though I could run 6.2 miles in 45 minutes, I was still a heavy person compared to most runners. Thank goodness I wasn't into the whole skinny obsession, I would have never made it through life.
I have always been healthy. I broken bone here and there, but mostly above average healthy. UNTIL recently! In January 2008, I hurt my back during a military training exercise and my life has changed in ways I would never imagine!
Once I hurt my back, I tried to continue running, but the pain in my back and the migraines that followed were just too much. Over a ten month time frame, I stopped exercising all together, my back and head hurt all the time, I was tired from the medications, I could not work, I started becoming depressed, and I ate. I ate, and I ate some more. I figured what was the whole point of exercise, if you are just going to end up on your back one-day and you can't enjoy the healthy life you made for yourself. I lived his way for about 8 months. My boss harassed me because of my injury, my commanders harassed me because of my injury, I was not getting the medical treatment I knew I needed to get better, and I was getting worse. Then one day, I got mad, real mad. I realized that my body is mine forever, but these people are only in my life for a temporary amount of time. I decided that it was time I took my life back and that is exactly what I did. I did it slowly, but I stayed with it. I continued to ask for help and if I did not like the help I was getting I went to someone else. It has been hell, and it has not ended yet. But, I am in a new place in my life. I finally had to ask the question “Who the heck are these people to treat me like this.” Then I made a stand, “No one treats me like this.”
Throughout all of this I knew one day I would have to get back in shape, and now is the time. It has been over 11 months of no exercise and eating everything I wanted. Well the changes are very noticeable, and my health is in a major decline.
I am going to take charge and get the numbers back where they belong. I want you to follow me in this and see that a regular person can do this too.
I am not on TV; I have no one to help me. It is I, and I alone, who has to do this, and I want YOU to know that you can do it too!
Let’s GO…..
We Begin..
I like to start all my blogs out with a beginning. How do you know where you are going, if you have no idea where you can from, how you got there, or even where is "there". It is like a map. You can't continue until you figure out three things; where am I now, how did I get here, and where am I going? I encourage everyone who is starting out on something new to answer these three items about your life. Feel free to look at where you are now, and, as you look back, give yourself a pat on the back that you have come this far.
WOW that is really deep for a Sunday Morning! Let’s lighten up for a moment.
I named my blog Healthy Curves R Back because during my whole life I have been sick of how magazines represent woman, and the levels all woman are supposed to strive for. There is very little I can do about it, except live my life for me, and my family. I can tell you how to become as healthy and as beautiful as you can be while actually living your life.
I am sure you are interested in my background. You may even be thinking, who is this person who is rambling this nonsense? What gives her the right to think she can help anyone else? Well, I am not Richard Simmons (BTW I love him), but I have my own experiences that can help you and me.
FIRST – So no one sues me – I am not a DR! Even though I have some medical background, I am not a medical person. So, don’t sue me if you go on a ten-mile hike this first day out, and end up in the emergency room. That is not healthy. Life is about moderation.
My Certification says I am a Master Fitness Trainer and a Remedial Fitness Instructor.
To receive these certifications, I had to learn physiology, psychology, spirituality, nutrition, exercise, and a whole lot of stuff about how we beat our bodies up with the crap we eat everyday. I was a cross country and ½ marathon runner for 25 years. I have studied the body and how weight relates to our health and our lives. I have 22 years of experience studying exercise, nutrition, and what true health really means.
I have made it a point to study the views of beauty and health between countries. The concept of health and beauty varies wildly between some countries. Some views I have found are unhealthy, but some foreign ideas of health and beauty could be a wake up call for Americans.
I also blog, and give nutritional advice, for another company that I believe in deeply (yes I am going to plug them), mydietsolutions.com. At this website you will learn about DR Gates. He has had weight problems of his own. I believe a Dr., who has had his own fight with weight and health, can really understand where the rest of us are coming from. His advice is free. Use it in your program. Yes, I do work part time for them, but this is about you, not me. The forum and the advice is free. With my down to earth view of dieting and his medical background, you will be own you way in no time.
Besides blogging for mydietsolutions.com, I started a health campaign at my work and won a nice award for Fitness In The Workplace. Some of the plans I implemented are still being used today.
I have various awards from my time in the military where I served as a Master Fitness Trainer and Remedial Pt Instructor for soldiers. My NEW ideas (which seem old now) used the psychological, spiritual, sociological, and physiological sides of every person to help people get back on the road of good health. I encouraged families to come to our extra activities, and convinced the commanders that if families were involved in the soldier’s well being, then we would all win with healthy soldiers and strong families back home. These plans worked, and from those many years ago, I have learned more about health and fitness to keep people strong. Staying strong in life means so much more than just drinking a health shake once a day. There are so many areas that need attention all at one time. I give you the real life down and dirty version to keeping healthy in a crazy world. I hope I can help you.
Besides all of this experience, I too have fought my weight my entire life. I understand how it feels to look at magazines, and know I will never look like what our nation thinks is the right look, weight, size.etc. Come on, do we, as a nation, really believe Tara Banks is fat? I sure don’t. But, at least I understand how we got here. I grew up with Twiggy as a role model. Knowing that I was in great health was not important for the teens of my generation; we wanted to be rail thin like Twiggy. Looking sick had become the new beauty, and we were all about it! What happened to the women who looked like Mae West and Marilyn Monroe? I was named after another strong heavyset woman – Miss Kitty from Gun smoke. What American man thought she was ugly or obese? I have always been a strong-minded person, and now that I am older I very rarely think about the magazines and what they represent. I want to pass on these thoughts to others.
I want to teach you how to strong, healthy, and to be the best person you can be.
WOW that is really deep for a Sunday Morning! Let’s lighten up for a moment.
I named my blog Healthy Curves R Back because during my whole life I have been sick of how magazines represent woman, and the levels all woman are supposed to strive for. There is very little I can do about it, except live my life for me, and my family. I can tell you how to become as healthy and as beautiful as you can be while actually living your life.
I am sure you are interested in my background. You may even be thinking, who is this person who is rambling this nonsense? What gives her the right to think she can help anyone else? Well, I am not Richard Simmons (BTW I love him), but I have my own experiences that can help you and me.
FIRST – So no one sues me – I am not a DR! Even though I have some medical background, I am not a medical person. So, don’t sue me if you go on a ten-mile hike this first day out, and end up in the emergency room. That is not healthy. Life is about moderation.
My Certification says I am a Master Fitness Trainer and a Remedial Fitness Instructor.
To receive these certifications, I had to learn physiology, psychology, spirituality, nutrition, exercise, and a whole lot of stuff about how we beat our bodies up with the crap we eat everyday. I was a cross country and ½ marathon runner for 25 years. I have studied the body and how weight relates to our health and our lives. I have 22 years of experience studying exercise, nutrition, and what true health really means.
I have made it a point to study the views of beauty and health between countries. The concept of health and beauty varies wildly between some countries. Some views I have found are unhealthy, but some foreign ideas of health and beauty could be a wake up call for Americans.
I also blog, and give nutritional advice, for another company that I believe in deeply (yes I am going to plug them), mydietsolutions.com. At this website you will learn about DR Gates. He has had weight problems of his own. I believe a Dr., who has had his own fight with weight and health, can really understand where the rest of us are coming from. His advice is free. Use it in your program. Yes, I do work part time for them, but this is about you, not me. The forum and the advice is free. With my down to earth view of dieting and his medical background, you will be own you way in no time.
Besides blogging for mydietsolutions.com, I started a health campaign at my work and won a nice award for Fitness In The Workplace. Some of the plans I implemented are still being used today.
I have various awards from my time in the military where I served as a Master Fitness Trainer and Remedial Pt Instructor for soldiers. My NEW ideas (which seem old now) used the psychological, spiritual, sociological, and physiological sides of every person to help people get back on the road of good health. I encouraged families to come to our extra activities, and convinced the commanders that if families were involved in the soldier’s well being, then we would all win with healthy soldiers and strong families back home. These plans worked, and from those many years ago, I have learned more about health and fitness to keep people strong. Staying strong in life means so much more than just drinking a health shake once a day. There are so many areas that need attention all at one time. I give you the real life down and dirty version to keeping healthy in a crazy world. I hope I can help you.
Besides all of this experience, I too have fought my weight my entire life. I understand how it feels to look at magazines, and know I will never look like what our nation thinks is the right look, weight, size.etc. Come on, do we, as a nation, really believe Tara Banks is fat? I sure don’t. But, at least I understand how we got here. I grew up with Twiggy as a role model. Knowing that I was in great health was not important for the teens of my generation; we wanted to be rail thin like Twiggy. Looking sick had become the new beauty, and we were all about it! What happened to the women who looked like Mae West and Marilyn Monroe? I was named after another strong heavyset woman – Miss Kitty from Gun smoke. What American man thought she was ugly or obese? I have always been a strong-minded person, and now that I am older I very rarely think about the magazines and what they represent. I want to pass on these thoughts to others.
I want to teach you how to strong, healthy, and to be the best person you can be.
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