Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Hosting Visitors
I love hosting out-of-town visitors, especially non-Cali ppl. I love planning activities and dinners and all the fun things ppl expect when they come to LA (and when hanging out w/me haha). But I've realized that while it's hard to stick to routines and squeeze in workouts while traveling, it's almost more difficult when having visitors. I know they realize I have things to do but I'd feel bad leaving them for alone to hit the gym, plus I generally want to maximize time w/them. One of my oldest friends who now lives in Colorado was in town last week so there was lots of food, lots of alcohol and lots of fun...bad news in terms of my fitness/diet goals. I did manage to get lots of dancing time in though (Thur, Fri, AND Sun)...that counts as activity right? And Sat I used my 'free' ticket to California Adventures requiring lots of walking. Sucks that you can't hit up both parks on 1 day w/o paying extra for the 'park-hopper' ticket b/c there aren't too many rides but they are pretty sweet. Anyway, hopefully this week will be healthier!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Update
Well I originally didn't think that Spring Break would be very productive in terms of...well anything and in most ways it wasn't. :) But I did have a lot of time to bum around so I spent quite a bit of it stretching in front of the tv. Eating was pretty good considering all the ice cream and pastries my sisters keep in the house. Been drinking more water, eating more veggies, the hardest thing is to decrease the sugar. And I did have some extra treats last weekend because I was in Disneyland! Churros and chocolate-covered frozen bananas don't taste like that anywhere else.
p.s. The Nemo submarine ride is sweeeeeet!! Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Update
I've found the most difficult thing for me right now is getting over this injury because I'm not a very patient person...getting cardio in has been a little difficult because i usually run or jump on the elliptical or something at the gym but that leads to sharp shooting pains lately so i've been kinda avoiding that. Instead i've been doing light weights w/lots of reps, yoga and stretching while i read or watch shows online.
The other thing i've realized is that going on trips/going out w/friends makes it hard to worry about what i'm eating. I have made a change in my morning routine, however, by getting a vanilla tea latte w/no sugar added powder (instead of regular) and soy milk which has 10g of sugar instead of 43g...there's a slight difference in taste, but still delish. Yay CoffeeBean!
Good luck studying everyone!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Benefits
Here are some articles concerning the benefits of my goals...
"Improving flexibility is simple yet advantageous for everyone"
http://fitness.suite101.com/article.cfm/benefits_of_stretchingSome benefits and important things to consider while stretching.
Here's an article where a dynamic stretching routine intervention over 4 weeks showed longer-term performance benefits:
Info from the CDC about fruits and veggies:
Dietary fiber benefits:
An interesting article on the lack of evidence for the benefits of drinking 8 glasses of water a day:
Progress report:
Still injured...I think I'm getting better. I'm trying to ease back in to my used-to-be normal workout routine. Dietary goals: yay for salad bars where i can pick all the veggies i like, fiber one frosted mini wheats, kashi cereals, and brita filters. This weekend wasn't so good, however, since it involved a wedding and therefore wedding cake and lots of alcohol for the single-ladies table in the corner. :D
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