{"id":17747,"date":"2011-12-24T04:03:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T09:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17747"},"modified":"2014-01-07T08:14:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T13:14:48","slug":"im-lighter-healthier-and-more-fit-at-the-end-of-the-year-than-when-it-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/im-lighter-healthier-and-more-fit-at-the-end-of-the-year-than-when-it-began\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m lighter, healthier and more fit at the end of the year than when it began"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just saw a lower number on the scale than I’ve seen in 20 years, and I’m neither dehydrated nor nude. I rock! My cheat food this week was vanilla Chobani — I love its creamy, custardy, tartness plus it’s zero fat. \u00a0Yogurt gives me hot flashes like a motherbear but only if I eat too much at one sitting. \u00a0I’ve changed my eating habits drastically <\/a>since my previous carcass eating lifetime of \u00a0processed and fast food. \u00a0I tied cause to effect and, one by one, stopped eating the foods that my body couldn’t handle — for me, that was fats and processed foods. Now, each year since 2005, \u00a0I find myself being led to more healthful food and lifestyle choices, and working out a little more each year. \u00a0I’m younger and healthier now than I was 10 years ago. \u00a0 I feel my diet has sent me back 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the advice of noted fitness trainer Cindy Cox-Ruccolo,<\/a>\u00a0I just added \u00a0some fish oil supplements to my regime, as well as Glucosamine Chondroitin & MSM for the joints. \u00a0I\u2019d posted on FB that I hear a crunching sound in my right elbow area as I do a triceps kickback<\/a> even without weight, but had no pain, no discomfort. \u00a0Cindy had commented \u201cSounds like Crepitus. \u00a0Crepitus is a symptom characterized by a crackling, crunching, grating feeling\/sound under the skin, in the joints. In soft tissues, crepitus can be air or gas that has abnormally penetrated and infiltrated an area, in the soft tissue. In a joint, crepitus can indicate cartilage wear in the joint space. \u00a0We are not Dr.’s. \u00a0If there is pain, you should see a Dr. asap.”<\/p>\n

Cindy is the sister of a longtime friend, and she’s a professional bodybuilder as well as a licensed and certified personal trainer. \u00a0 Cindy is an old school trainer, it\u2019s resistance training using\u00a0no machines, no weights, just your own body. \u00a0She\u2019s 48 with the body of a 25 year old. \u00a0I did her sequence last night of lunges, jumping squats<\/a> and weightless deadlifts – it got my heart pumping and got me out of breath in short order. I did sets off and on all evening so I can increase my endurance. \u00a0My muscles are barking today. \u00a0That means it\u2019s effectively working out muscles I need to work out. \u00a0I will definitely do this sequence on a regular basis. \u00a0It really works the major muscles.<\/p>\n

And I can do this at home, alone, no weights, no machines? \u00a0Bring it! \u00a0Now on days I can’t get out to the gym, I have the perfect at home routine. \u00a0All I need is 30 minutes and 6 feet of floor space. \u00a0 I wonder what my body will be like this time next year? My thought is I’ll be a clean, lean, healthy fuel burning machine.<\/p>\n

Glad I dressed for the gym because it got me there<\/a>
\nThe home fitness room expands<\/a>
\nWorking out as soon as I wake up works best for me<\/a>
\nI join Planet Fitness the day before Thanksgiving<\/a>
\nHereinafter “Ab Day” will be Core Strengthening Day instead<\/a><\/p>\n

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