Some self reflections…
When I let my hair grow, I decided that long hair went with better health [less weight, more flexibility, etc.]
Why? Just one of my quirks.
I’ve always exercised but not always that regularly…it’s been a stop and go thing for me… little moderation…
Then I got my puppy and that was after two years of not having a dog – so there was a lot of walking once she got all her grown-up shots.
But given my knowledge of exercise and bodies I knew that walking tightens muscles.
Most exercise tightens muscles.
So I started doing yoga again but like usual – sporadically. I have some old tapes I put in my VCR player and do different yoga programs.
I started off with two or three times a week and then it was every other day and I felt good. Along with the longer dog walks this was feeling healthy.
But there was still the weight issue. I was not at a weight that I thought I needed to be at for no other reason just that as I’ve gotten older I’ve shrunk and I figured you know carrying the same weight around on the shorter body was not good – and then there was the long hair.
So for some reason I decided to pay attention to some of the things I write about nutrition and realized I had to stop eating bread and drinking milk.
So – I cut out most wheat and I started using to almond milk for my coffee. I didn’t stop eating cheese or yogurt but I cut back on those as well.
And upped the yoga to at least 15-20 minutes A DAY – every day!
Guess what?
The weight and the inches went off! And went off quickly.
My guess is that “modern” wheat has stuff in it that keeps bodies from losing weight and inches. Ditto milk.
I’m not sure of my science on this, but as I’ve said – food is no longer food and maybe we do have to stop and take a serious look at what we put in our bodies.
I am also working on a nutrition course for Udemy and if you sign up below, I will send you a major discount coupon for the course once it is done…