How old will you be when you quit climbing trees?

How old will you be when you quit doing dangerous things?  I ask because a friend told me the other day that she would not get up off the floor without help.  She is in her 50's.  I scolded her a little! I think the inability to help ourselves is as dangerous as climbing trees. And I know that you can get up off the floor when you are very old.  The trouble is not that you can't do it but that you forget how.  We will forget how to turn over in bed or how to look under the bed for monters.  Although all those are easy tasks if you stay in practice, even riding a bicycle can be a challenge if you haven't actually been on one for several years.  I am staying in practice because I personally don't like monsters under my bed.

Curves has a program for exercise that will wake up you muscles...or at least that is what happened for me.  I suppose yoga or any exercise will do the same.  Then get down on the floor and figure it out.  I am including a YouTube video that shows not only how to get up off the floor but also how to roll over.  Simple?  Well, that is up to you.  I personally don't want to be part of a commercial talking about how I could not get up off the floor.  How about you?

Oh, and about climbing tree...just don't do that please.  You could get hurt...I'm just saying!  :)

Be well.

b

Exercise...or where did I put my glasses?

Just me!  b

I really cannot walk or talk or even find my glasses without having my glasses on.  You can see my problem here.  When I plan my day I set aside a certain amount of time for searches...most of them for my glasses!  Normally my glasses are on my bedside table but there are those occasions when I take a nap in another room or take them off to rub my eyes or just take them off like I take my shoes off.  I look for my shoes a lot too.

We live in a house with stairs and three levels.  Our ceilings are at the least 12' with one room reaching much more than that.  You see where I  am going with this?  The journey from this level to that requires a little effort.  Now let me add my memory into the mix.  If I arrived at the top level and actually remembered what I went up there for, it would not be so bad.  But you know how it goes:

Me:  Do you know where I put my reading glasses?

Husband:  The last time I saw them they were in the upstairs bathroom

Me:  Oh, thank you. 

(Trudge spryly up the stairs...all three levels!)

Did I forget to make the bed this morning?  (make the bed)

(Trudge back downstairs...all three levels.  Sit in chair, realize I forgot my glasses)

(Trudge less spryly back upstairs...all three levels.  Notice washers just finished spinning.  Put wash in the dryer.  Wipe down washer. Set up the ironing board for later.)

(Trudge back downstairs...all three levels."

  *&^%)# [grandma cussing] 

Trudge SLOWLY back upstairs.  Lay down on the bed, notice glasses on bedside stand.  Go to sleep.)

I am of the opinions that a membership at LA Fitness would not do me much good...they would be so impressed with my stamina and strength they would send me home.  They would say, "My but you are in good shape for a woman of your age (Sheesh...they are such young whipper snappers!)."   I would go home and tell my husband to cancel the membership...I have an exercise program that works just fine and doesn't cost a penny!

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The Acai Berry and Me...no miracles here!!!

There are so many dietary supplements on the market today and we are bombarded with the idea that aging can somehow be reversed or stopped.  Products that promise a better night sleep or renewed energy have been around for years. I, for one, am a skeptic.  How about you?  Have you ever taken melatonin to get a good nights sleep after flying across the ocean?  Or how about that new wonder berry the acai (a sigh ee)?  I have tried both.  The melitonin did give me a few hours of rest but I thought it was a waste of my money.  As for the acai I am now taking a tablespoon of the juice in the morning.  I just wanted to share some of the information that has come out on legitimate websites about the berry and it's effects.  Wikipedia has good basic information.  They said:

Marketers of these products (company name deleted) make claims that açaí provides increased energy levels, improved sexual performance, improved digestion, detoxification, high fiber content, improved skin appearance, improved heartimproved sleep, and reduction of cholesterol levels. Quackwatch noted that "açai juice has only middling levels of antioxidants—less than that of Concord grape, blueberry, and black cherry juices, but more than cranberry, orange, and apple juices." Furthermore, the extent to which antioxidants^[2] According to the Washington, D.C. based Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) thousands of consumers have had trouble stopping recurrent charges on their credit cards when they cancel free trials of açai-based products. ^[3][4] health, by themselves promote health is a matter of some debate. No credible evidence suggests antioxidants promote weight loss.

However....(giggle) I do take a tablespoon of acai juice everyday.  Did I loose 15 pounds in the first week as claimed online?  Noooooooo!  Thank heavens for that! But I do think my digestion and lower intestinal track is working better than before.  Really I don't want to talk about bodily functions at all....ever.  So all I will say is this fruit juice is really tasty and if it has a positive effect on my plumbing then I am all for it!  If it has even one of the other benefits mentioned then it is win win for me.   I do not expect that to happen.  Ordinarily I would discuss taking something like this with my physician so I will mention it to him when I go in for a physical.  I am not diabetic nor do I have any other maladies that would be effected by fruit juice.  I just wanted to let you know that it did not make me sick, cause diarrhea or turn me purple.  All of those things are good in my world.

There are a lot of scams (see quackwatch) out there talking about rapid weight loss and feelings of exhilaration/high energy.  Most are very costly.  Some of those products are acai pills sold in conjunction with other supplements.  I don't think that we should mess with our bodies in a way that would cause us to drop several pounds a day or even "cleanse" our system in the way that they suggest.  I personally believe that too much can go wrong, especially when you are a senior citizen.  You should avoid the wild claims made by online scam artists.  Grocery stores with knowledgeable sales people that specialize in organic food and high quality supplements is a good source for this product and one I use frequently.  Please note that you should not expect anything miraculous...sorry!!!!

I just thought you would want to know.

Have a great day!

b

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Don't Act Like You Are 125 years old!!!

Okay, I will say it one more time...GET UP OFF THAT CHAIR AND GO GET SOME EXERCISE!!!! My goodness, I should not have to tell you more than once!!! How old are you anyway? You're acting like you are 115+! Don' t do that!

There are so many places we can go to get moving. Yoga, gyms, local hospital wellness centers. Pick yourself up and move. Curves is my torture of choice...I go out the door in clothes off the closet floor, wrinkled and maybe a little dirty. My shoes are suppose to be clean so I take the pair I am going to workout in and wear another pair there. My shoes are clean always. =). I don't think about it...I just get up and go! For me this is the only plan that works. If I think about exercise or what I need to do on any given day, I will not go! If I do that very often someone needs to yell at me...GET UP OF THAT COUCH AND GO EXERCISE!

Curves has helped me in ways I cannot even explain. I stand up straighter. Getting into and out of chairs is easier and turning over in bed...or my goodness I did not realize what a flopping walrus I has become! I am sure any exercise program would do the same for you.

It's fun, it's invigorating, it's not too expensive and it's our only choice. Exercise now or DIE!!! Yuck! Even exercise appeals to me when it is put that way.

Have a nice day!

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