"Along with love, compassion is the face of altruism. It is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear others' suffering without acting to relieve it." I am so happy that I chose to eliminate all animal products some years ago. While I hadn't eaten beef or chicken for decades, I decided to opt out of all animal products about 5 years ago (lost … [Read more...] about Thankful Thursday aka Day 19
Fitness
There are Challenges–and then there are CHALLENGES!
The ab challenge is definitely getting harder by the sit up, but I am still in and still on top of each day's goal...Just did my 80/110/48 and 70 seconds in plank. This morning I did as many sit ups as I could in a minute, kept track of the number and moved immediately into crunching and did the same thing, then leg raises and repeated until I completed them all. Then I held … [Read more...] about There are Challenges–and then there are CHALLENGES!
YOU Control Your Body…and YOU Control Your Brain, Too!!!
Just completed day 17 of the ab challenge which is 75 sit ups, 100 crunches, 45 leg raises and 65 seconds in plank. I did it like this: 50 sit ups, 25 crunches with knees off to one side, then 25 with them off to the other, 45 leg raises, 25 more sit ups, 25 more crunches each way and then spend 65 seconds holding plank. By splitting up the sit ups and crunches into 2 sets, … [Read more...] about YOU Control Your Body…and YOU Control Your Brain, Too!!!
Come Saturday Morning….
Here it is June 14th. It was 34 years ago, tonight, that I walked into a party at an old college friend's (and dorm mate, apartment mate and house mate) parents home and reunited with old college friends, including Mitch. He came home with me that night, and the rest, as they say, is history. And now, 34 years after that chance encounter, 2 grown-up boys later, we … [Read more...] about Come Saturday Morning….
Friday the 13th…(day of the ab challenge)
By the time we take our next rest day from the ab challenge, on Monday, we will mark the half way point, but it's the really hard part that awaits us! For today, day 13, we do 60 sit ups, 75 crunches, 40 leg raises and 50 seconds in plank. I find once I get through the sit ups, I know I can make it. Please be careful. People are reporting some aches and pains which may be … [Read more...] about Friday the 13th…(day of the ab challenge)