"Exercise and eat right" is my latest mantra, and this photo is the image I hold in my mind. The DASH diet is about food and exercise, but there's a component that may surprise some of you: meditation and mindfulness. From the
DASH Diet for Dummies book:
Practice mindfulness (pp.220-221)
- Take a deep breath ~ to lower stress
- Be more compassionate ~ to self as well as others
- Plan your day ~ make a to-do list
- Focus on the positive
Meditate (p. 224)
- Meditation involves mindfulness and reduces anxiety, pain, stress, insomnia, and depression. Learn how to enjoy "just being" instead of constantly "doing."
Exercise (pp. 222-223)
I spent an hour exercising this morning, using the suggestions in my Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions book (pp. 103-124). Unlike the classes I've been attending here at the Crown Center, this book includes floor exercises. Clawdia was curious about my being on the floor, and I had to keep shooing her out of my way. I've decided to alternate exercising (MWF) and meditating (TThS).
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I like floor exercises for the simple reason that it proves that I can get down on the floor and back up (there were a few years when that wasn't true).
My dog can be such a pain when I'm exercising. And when he's not annoying me, he's laying on the end of my mat.
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