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Early morning and a healthy breakfast
Filed under: diary | Tags: exercise, health, healthy diet, weight loss
Leave a Comment Today I have an appointment with an instructor at S.A.T.S. and he is supposed to be very good with back problems. Since I stopped working in the game industry roughly 1,5 months ago I have been doing yoga everyday and that combined with gym training and running have done wonders. I remember having pain in my neck and wrists but currently I have none of that. I also for two years had a very irritating Eczema which is not completely gone but almost. I have been to several doctors for the Eczema and I got a Synthetic drug with Clobetasol propionate as the active ingredient in my last visit. The doctor said that the Eczema is stress related and I think I am a lot more relaxed right now since the drug had a much better effect. Yesterday I had a health check with S.A.T.S. and my body fat, cholesterol and blood-sugar levels where normal. It is nice to to get such positive feedback on my efforts and I remember being close to the 100 kilos mark in the fall last year. Now I was on 94,8 kilos which means I have at least dropped 3 kilos. I still have approximately 20 kilos of body fatt according to S.A.T.S. so there is no worry even if I loose some more of that lard sitting on my body. More jogging on the beach and more regular eating habits should do the trick. From the studies I have read eating less calories gives a more healthy and longer life. This morning I woke up at 07:55 and I had a glass of rise-milk with soy protein, a rye bread with Olive Tapenade and two carrots. I feel proud of myself !
my goal is to have a clearly defined top part of my stomach muscles and a weight around 90 kilo with a body fat percentage around 15 %. According to wikipedia fitness is between 14-17 % and athletes are around 6–13%. I read somewhere on the internet that at Around 15% you will start to see the top row of abs, 12% for the middle row, 9% for six pack and around 6% for an 8 pack.
how to live a healthy intellectual life ?
Filed under: exercise, my dream living | Tags: boost your brain, brain, exercise, health, learning, yoga
Comments (3) In short my advice would be like this:
food:
- eat 4-6 times a day to keep from getting to low in blood sugar.
- meals containing mostly vegetables such as carrots, spinach, celery, radishes, tomatoes, peas, lentils, beans. A way to define vegetables would be to say it is a less sugary fruit.
- a rule would be 2 vegetables for each fruit such as banana and apple.
- eat oily fish, Salmon, Trout, Mackerel and Herring or vegetable oils, rapeseed, flax and hempseed oil at least 3 times a week. a mix between oil from fish and plants is best.
- use sunflower and corn oil in cooking
- mix the source of protein between, whey protein, egg, low fat yogurt, soy protein, lentils, tuna, chicken etc.
- drink juice, grapes (if you can get juice containing pulp, skins, stems and seeds that is the best also called a “must” ), tropical and cranberry together with your protein shake . remember to eat some vegetables on the side.
exercise
- at least 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise involving large muscle groups 3 times a week. Cycling, swimming, running are good examples.
- a quarter of an hour every day with exercises like sit-ups, push-ups etc.
- yoga with deep breathing. allowing the breath to become really deep and slow.
- meditation for at least 20 minutes a day
- games such a brain age
- teach somebody else about something. In my case it is computer science and yoga
- write a blog or if you prefer paper write a traditional diary.
- learn a new language
- engage all your senses when you write or teach.
I will keep on updating this list and below you can see the information on each point in full.
So far this is a cut and paste from different sources like wired menshealth and wikipedia
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At an early age I got interested in Buddhism and the prince who left his kingdom in the search for truth. How can I apply this story to my own life ? to be able to sit I took up the study of yoga. Is there a contradiction between yoga and science ? Sure we can get a theoretical understanding through books, but without the experience we are stuck. Why is it so hard to practice non-violence when the mosquito is landing on my neck ?
