BoredPanda
NutriSystem suggested that I NOT exercise during the Turbo 13 week, so I happily followed that suggestion. Thursday of this week we started Week 2 of our programs, so there was no longer an excuse to lay off more formal exercising.
I’m now doing kind of a ‘free-form’ series of really long, slow stretches I learned from the “Gentle Yoga” series by instructor Cat Kabira. I found the series of DVDs through the website Sixty & Me, and I’ve been really happy – both with the website and the DVDs.
I’m stretching for 30 minutes (with Amber, our 93 pound puppy safely behind the gate in the office), trying to relax and move my body into good stretching positions and holding them and breathing into them. I lost some ground by not doing this every day, so I’m going to try to practice each day now.
The other thing I’m doing is 15 minutes on the Elliptical Trainer. We have it set up in the garage, so there is little excuse not to take advantage of it. I’m having to really push to do the 15 minutes, having been quite slothful lately.
Each day I’m getting a bit looser. I’m hoping to shed some stiffness and soreness as I move.
The NutriSystem detail cracked me up because it shows the kind of accidental constraints that actually produce something — when you can’t exercise, you start folding instead, and a whole series comes out of it. The paper airplane metaphor landed for me too: I started a “boring Tuesday night” sketchbook a few months ago and it’s the only one I’ve kept up with. Hope there’s a Take 15.
Thanks for taking the time to write. There won’t be a “Take 15” because I’ve finally reached my lard loss goal – 98 pounds and 91 inches off. Folding myself into a paper airplane continues, though, as well as exercises with water bottles on alternate days, and walking a mile on the treadmill every morning. I moved to Thailand about a year ago with my husband, to retire and to live close to our son. My life has gone completely topsy-turvey since this post, but I’m reshaping my life to cram it as full of joy as I can every day. I hope you continue to read the blog. This was the latest installment – posted on Substack – https://substack.com/home/post/p-211381382. I love your idea of a ‘boring Tuesday night’ sketchbook. I’m trying to teach myself to draw and then painting the sketches. I love it! Take care.