How Strong Is Your Arm?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM
Is your arm strong enough to put down the junk food, soda, ice cream, French fries, fast food, cookie, processed sugar products masquerading as sports food, lunch meats, Danish, donut, cigarette, chips, pretzels, recreational drugs.
They are not healthy. They are not necessary. They are a bad habit. They work against you. They reduce your fitness. They create dependence. their production creates extra litter and pollution. It is money that is not necessary to spend that you could put toward healthful good food, or helping the poor.
How strong are you really? Is your arm strong enough to put them back down, away from your mouth?
Try it today.
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6 Comments:
At Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:55:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
How strong is my arm - it is very strong. Over two years ago, I made the decision that enough was enough that eating junk food and chocolate had to stop. I admit that at first it was not easy, however, by sticking to my plan, I was able to reach my goals. At 71 years of age, I am healthier than I have ever been. If I can do it, so can you.
At Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:33:00 PM,
Brahmanandam said…
I stopped taking junk foods, chocolate etc.but white rice for last 2years.But I am not able to loose my body fat which is about 24%.I am a male of 65 years old. I attend home gym regularly, 3days a week & aerobics like cycling 3 days a week.
Bye
R.R.Brahmanandam,
rrbemmam@rediffmail.com
At Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:12:00 AM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Namaskaram Mr. Brahmanandam, Bagunnava? Good work changing to healthier life. Your health and body and mind are better for it.
With more information, we can sort out if you move enough to use more calories and food than you eat. Make sure to enjoy the activities you do. Use good bending for daily life to keep your joints happy too.
You reminded me that many people enjoy the Telugu Brahmanandam comedies. Thank you.
At Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:22:00 AM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Readers, when Ivy says she gave up chocolate, she refers to processed candy chocolate. Real cocoa, without sugar, milk, added fats, or other fillers, has several healthy effects, and is a good way to give up junk candy. Look for unsweetened, undutched baking cocoa powder. Add to homemade health drinks, use in baking with fruit instead of sugar, and mash with a frozen banana for a sweet creamy desert instead of ice cream.
A little about real chocolate is in the post Healthy Mother's Day.
See Ivy's reader success stories starting with Inspirational Ivy.
At Monday, June 08, 2009 3:33:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
I can give some small advice here Mr. Brahmanandam.
First off though, great article! I wish our society was not so plagued with mass media bombardment and the rapid pace of "instant" meals! Alot of restraint is definately needed these days.
Anyway, aside from Mrs. Bookspan's wonderfull advice about calorie intake vs burned, I had other ideas you might want to consider..
I found meal planning to be very important for me. I do not sporadically "eat" whenever even if it is healthy foods. I plan my meals for the week/day/hour and eat about 5 smaller meals a day as opposed to traditional 3 large meals. This seems to keep me fueled much better yet I do not over indulge with bigger meals(as is very possible with the 3 meals a day plan).
I never skip breakfast or deviate from my plan unless it is absolutely impossible to fit it in(which I think is rare regardless of the level of activity in life!)! It is said that your metabolism is "jump" started with breakfast.
The last thing I thought of is this. Changing the exercices often. You don't want your body to get too used to what you are doing! One example is this. If you are cycling as you mentioned, and doing it for lets say 30 minutes, try changing that to a 15 minute session but with a twist. Every 30 seconds increase the intensity(pedal faster!) then go back to normal speed to rest, then repeat. do this for the full 15 minute duration... This is just an example and you could do something like this for a couple of weeks then go back to regular longer cycling. The key is to keep your body off guard so to speak.
You can use the same concept with weights or body wieght. If you are doing the same exercises without much challenge as you were 2 years ago then you may want to change things a bit with a twist as well. For instance if you do pushups, change the way you do them! You can change hand positions(closer, wider, near the head, near the waist, ect!). You can alternate all those and keep your body off guard in regards to a typicall pushup.... You can add wieght to a backpack with house items to increase the challenge and change it up or increase the speed and reps of regular..
The over all emphasis is to do the same things, but keep it challenging to your abilities(safely!).. Having a few ways to do the same thing is very helpfull in keeping the challenge in a continous cycle(as explained above)..
Robert Davis
At Monday, June 08, 2009 3:34:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
I can give some small advice here Mr. Brahmanandam.
First off though, great article! I wish our society was not so plagued with mass media bombardment and the rapid pace of "instant" meals! Alot of restraint is definately needed these days.
Anyway, aside from Mrs. Bookspan's wonderfull advice about calorie intake vs burned, I had other ideas you might want to consider..
I found meal planning to be very important for me. I do not sporadically "eat" whenever even if it is healthy foods. I plan my meals for the week/day/hour and eat about 5 smaller meals a day as opposed to traditional 3 large meals. This seems to keep me fueled much better yet I do not over indulge with bigger meals(as is very possible with the 3 meals a day plan).
I never skip breakfast or deviate from my plan unless it is absolutely impossible to fit it in(which I think is rare regardless of the level of activity in life!)! It is said that your metabolism is "jump" started with breakfast.
The last thing I thought of is this. Changing the exercices often. You don't want your body to get too used to what you are doing! One example is this. If you are cycling as you mentioned, and doing it for lets say 30 minutes, try changing that to a 15 minute session but with a twist. Every 30 seconds increase the intensity(pedal faster!) then go back to normal speed to rest, then repeat. do this for the full 15 minute duration... This is just an example and you could do something like this for a couple of weeks then go back to regular longer cycling. The key is to keep your body off guard so to speak.
You can use the same concept with weights or body wieght. If you are doing the same exercises without much challenge as you were 2 years ago then you may want to change things a bit with a twist as well. For instance if you do pushups, change the way you do them! You can change hand positions(closer, wider, near the head, near the waist, ect!). You can alternate all those and keep your body off guard in regards to a typicall pushup.... You can add wieght to a backpack with house items to increase the challenge and change it up or increase the speed and reps of regular..
The over all emphasis is to do the same things, but keep it challenging to your abilities(safely!).. Having a few ways to do the same thing is very helpfull in keeping the challenge in a continous cycle(as explained above)..
Robert Davis
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