March 28, 2012

Water aerobics update: well, i decided to get at least the back of my hair wet and lay in the water, as instructed, to do my ab work. Great difference! It's amazing how sometimes a little sacrifice yields big results. That's a hidden truth isn't it? We are taught that big efforts yield BIG results. That's true also - but sometimes the little things make a HUGE impact. For example, I have a friend who's diabetic and just lost a toe due to an infection. His prayer was that Jesus would help him make the life style changes necessary to produce life. He was praying this, with my husband and I standing beside him in his hospital room, with a 2 liter of Mountain Dew right beside him that he's been ingesting. That's not a good thing to be drinking when your sugar level is high. NOW.......we know that sodas are either filled with sugar (one article said 16 tsp. per can) or salt and aspertame (a neurotoxin) which is equally as bad. Just deleting soda alone can make a difference. I heard that just deleting soda, if you drink it regularly, can pull 10 pounds from your weight in a year. That's a little thing with BIG results. Anyway - I am sore this morning from doing the workout and that is good. Get these muscles all nice and tight - yes! :)

Some are asking about ways to enhance water. Here are some tips: 1) make a lemon or lime smoothy - ice, water, lime or lemon juice (or both) and a couple of packs of Truvia in the blender. 2) purchase a big water container from Sam's (the clear kind with the spigot) and make a container of water and add fresh lemon, lime, and orange slices (or mint - I like chocolate mint) in the morning (the juice from the fruit will flavor the water nicely) and drink throughout the day 3) (do this at night) make a gallon of water and add 1 whole cucumber - peeled and sliced, a whole section of fresh ginger peeled and cut in chunks, several sprigs of mint crushed (you can vary the portion of ingredients to your taste). Then, in the morning, strain the water and consume. BEAUTIFUL taste - especially for summer. As the water is consumed, replenish. You can keep the herbs up to 2 days before needing to start a fresh batch. I keep the ingredients peeled and in containers for easy access. This is also a very healthy detox combo for your kidneys and skin. Let me know what you think - I PROMISE - you will LOVE this!

Okay friends - gotta run - check your fluid level today. :)
PK