here are an interesting (and surprising) couple of articles:
america's top 10 (healthiest) chain restaurants:
http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100235019>1=31036
and the 15 most unhealthy american restaurants:
http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100235017>1=31036
it's shocking to read some of the calorie counts on the entrees at places like applebee's. also shocking to see that mcdonald's, taco bell, wendy's etc (who get such a bad rap!) are on the good list.
i am by no means a health nut, but eating THOUSANDS of calories in one entree or one shake or one appetizer is just plain ol' disturbing!
i'm really quite pro-fast food (like i always say, excess in moderation is a necessity for human beings) and i actually have to say i find it annoying when people blame fast food for all the evils of the world. if people are even a tiny bit as active as they should be, fast food won't hurt them.
anyway, i love food and restaurants and i thought these were interesting.....
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
i feel rather luxurious....
today i somehow managed to motivate myself to do a little workout, and as i've heard others say, i feel refreshed and am trying to take a snapshot of this feeling in my mind so as to queue it when i need similar motivation.
i should clarify; 1) i have two days off in a row (rare) and i get so much exercise the rest of the time that i don't feel like a 'refreshment' sort of workout activity when i'm off work. i ride a bike 1.4 miles to AND from work most days. 2) i have unfortunately sunk into a slight hermit-esque existence lately which is a bad sign for me. i know when i cannot leave the house for fear of the outside world that i need to fix something. i went out in the 70 degrees for a little jog, which was hard for me to do but i think it helped immensely.
my friend allison came to stay with me last night as she had a conference in springfield this morning, and while i was far from entertaining, i tried not to dwell on that and just enjoy it. plus she gave me a gift of some luxurious expensive shampoo (she is a super duper hair aficionado). following my exercise i washed my hair and i feel quite fancy. :)
on a humorous note, when i first began part of the workout (i feel unworthy of using the "workout" terminology but it is MY workout which is all that matters) a month or so ago, i had interesting results. it is a butt/outer thigh workout thing. and the above mentioned bicycling gives me a heck of a lot of muscle/endurance.....so i was wanting to work on more obscure areas. so i tried the stretches on for size. i didn't do a lot of repetitions because i was just being casual about it. the next day the only thing that really hurt was my WRISTS. that's when you know you're doing something wrong. i think i've perfected the routine since then.
i have been listening to elliott smith lately, a LOT. he is my musical obsession du jour. for those who aren't familiar (which is probably most people), he died in 2003 (committed suicide). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_smith
the only cd i have is figure 8. i burned it years ago for my music library and am just now appreciating it. it is wonderful. i love music that sounds light but is actually quite dark and cynical. the happy-go-lucky melody is 2-dimensional, but the lyrics and song itself are really mutifaceted and metaphoric. so i'm listening to this right now. and at the moment it oddly feels empowering i guess just because (at the moment) i'm appreciating who i am and feeling proud of myself, just as i am.
i should clarify; 1) i have two days off in a row (rare) and i get so much exercise the rest of the time that i don't feel like a 'refreshment' sort of workout activity when i'm off work. i ride a bike 1.4 miles to AND from work most days. 2) i have unfortunately sunk into a slight hermit-esque existence lately which is a bad sign for me. i know when i cannot leave the house for fear of the outside world that i need to fix something. i went out in the 70 degrees for a little jog, which was hard for me to do but i think it helped immensely.
my friend allison came to stay with me last night as she had a conference in springfield this morning, and while i was far from entertaining, i tried not to dwell on that and just enjoy it. plus she gave me a gift of some luxurious expensive shampoo (she is a super duper hair aficionado). following my exercise i washed my hair and i feel quite fancy. :)
on a humorous note, when i first began part of the workout (i feel unworthy of using the "workout" terminology but it is MY workout which is all that matters) a month or so ago, i had interesting results. it is a butt/outer thigh workout thing. and the above mentioned bicycling gives me a heck of a lot of muscle/endurance.....so i was wanting to work on more obscure areas. so i tried the stretches on for size. i didn't do a lot of repetitions because i was just being casual about it. the next day the only thing that really hurt was my WRISTS. that's when you know you're doing something wrong. i think i've perfected the routine since then.
i have been listening to elliott smith lately, a LOT. he is my musical obsession du jour. for those who aren't familiar (which is probably most people), he died in 2003 (committed suicide). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_smith
the only cd i have is figure 8. i burned it years ago for my music library and am just now appreciating it. it is wonderful. i love music that sounds light but is actually quite dark and cynical. the happy-go-lucky melody is 2-dimensional, but the lyrics and song itself are really mutifaceted and metaphoric. so i'm listening to this right now. and at the moment it oddly feels empowering i guess just because (at the moment) i'm appreciating who i am and feeling proud of myself, just as i am.
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