Tag: health
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TWWs
Jan 29 Sunday Recovery from the weekend Jan 30 Monday 5′ elliptical warmup 5″ v- arm hang 12 burpees 30 35kg total abdominal x2 20 10kg shoulder press 20 4kg back crunch 15 4kg side crunch each 20 10kg pectoral machine 40 5kg ab crunch x2 20 10kg chest press 40 15kg pull down bar…
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TWWs
This week definitely went better as far as getting to the gym goes. I tried to get in a bit more weights, abs, etc since the first weekend of yoga training finished off the week. There was some progress in the running/walking, but a little bit of the same for weights, etc. Still, progress is…
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TWWs
Well, this week was sadly very spotty in my workouts. I blame it on my Aunt Flo visit, and also the instability of my life lately. However, I vow to get back to it properly next week! Jan 15 (Sunday) 💪🏽 5′ elliptical warmup 4’21” 20/20/20 20 3kg bar squats 3 10″ arm hangs 25…
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This Week’s Workouts (TWWs)
With the exception of one day, I managed to keep up with my workout schedule. Since I took an early rest day, I shall make up for it on Saturday; therefore, I’ll post what I did next week or if I manage to get to the gym before this post comes out, then I’ll update…
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New Year’s Resolutions: 1. Health
As promised, here I am with my NYRs for 2017. I am starting with Health because it tends to be the easiest resolution for us to make, break and focus upon. In general, we are fairly healthy. I keep active, exercise pretty regularly and we eat a decent Paleo-ish diet. Still, it is easy to…
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Overly Competitive
As the weather is cooling down now in the UAE, more and more activities are happening outside. I have written before about my running group I joined filled mostly with moms, but they accept this non-child lady. 😉 Anyway, a while back one of them asked me why I do not sign up for a…
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A New 21-Days Starting Today
Day 1: Just a couple of months ago I finally wrote up about _The 21-day Sugar Detox…_ book that I read. Just about a year ago, I also did a light version of the detox with a friend, though we both had cheat days for alcohol since our husbands are British and well, the Brits…
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Still Anti-Vegan?
So, back in June, I wrote about how veganism is not for me. Remember then I said that I had issues about it as a diet? Well, recently a vegan friend of mine finally posted on FB how being vegan is not about the diet, but simply about protecting animals. Instead of preaching about health…
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_The 21-day Sugar Detox: Bust Sugar & Carb Cravings Naturally_ by Diane Sanfilippo
_The 21-day Sugar Detox: Bust Sugar & Carb Cravings Naturally_ by Diane Sanfilippo At the end of September (yes it has been a while) a friend asked if I wanted to join her in doing a 21-day sugar detox. I had been thinking about it for a while – since going Paleo – but had…
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No Veganism for Me
Be aware that there are some very disturbing scenes in this video should you decide to watch it. It is also over an hour long…. Gary Yourofsky is an animal activist and vegan. With my step-daughter and her boyfriend having recently gone vegan (about a year now) and coming across other vegans lately, I have…
