A daily exercise anyone can do.....

Yup...The "W" exercise is Very Helpful. A few years ago, I tore a rotator cuff in my shoulder, and this was one of the exercises that the doctor recommended. I do a few every morning before I get out of bed, and anytime I'm sitting in front of the TV or computer for any length of time.
 

Due to a shoulder injury 23 years ago, my right arm can't make the W. I do the best I can. My posture has gotten very bad lately. When I'm tired, I catch myself when my upper half starts being parallel with the floor! I immediately start stretching to ease it.
 
When I was a young teenager, one of my uncles gave me a lecture about good posture when he saw me sitting and slumped to one side. He said that I should always sit up straight to avoid any pressure all on one side. And, when standing, don't lean to one side but stand up straight with equal weight on both feet. When I had a job that required a lot of standing, I took his advice. While others were complaining about sore legs and hips, I felt pretty good. Worked for me.
 
Ceege said:
When I was a young teenager, one of my uncles gave me a lecture about good posture when he saw me sitting and slumped to one side. He said that I should always sit up straight to avoid any pressure all on one side. And, when standing, don't lean to one side but stand up straight with equal weight on both feet. When I had a job that required a lot of standing, I took his advice. While others were complaining about sore legs and hips, I felt pretty good. Worked for me.
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Haha! I remember as a little girl, I'd just seen a Robert Mitchem, Jane Russell movie and told my Mom when i grow up i want to be just like Jane Russell. i remember she said, "Well, you better stand up straight and put your shoulders back then!" hahaha!
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Ever since I stopped walking 10,000 steps a day or more, my weight stopped and I gained. Is exercise Essential?
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Exercise is probably essential to good health for lots of reasons.

That said, it doesn't seem to have much of an effect on my own weight. I control that via diet - sweets and simple carbs are my enemy. A small stack of pancakes every day would make me gain five pounds in a week, no kidding.
 
StarSong said:
Exercise is probably essential to good health for lots of reasons.

That said, it doesn't seem to have much of an effect on my own weight. I control that via diet - sweets and simple carbs are my enemy. A small stack of pancakes every day would make me gain five pounds in a week, no kidding.
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Have you tried the pancakes made out of banana and and 2 eggs? Not bad and it is good. I also tried making a cake with a cake mix and 12 oz of diet soda. Also good. My downfall is bread, biscuits, cakes, cookies, garlic bread, etc. But, I gave all that up and sugar and had cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza, and did the change in stuff for about 7 months and lost 25 lbs.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Have you tried the pancakes made out of banana and and 2 eggs? Not bad and it is good. I also tried making a cake with a cake mix and 12 oz of diet soda. Also good. My downfall is bread, biscuits, cakes, cookies, garlic bread, etc. But, I gave all that up and sugar and had cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza, and did the change in stuff for about 7 months and lost 25 lbs.
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I've learned to be very disciplined about how much I eat of everything bolded above. I make pizza and keep my pizza stocked with it, but only eat it once a week at most. I have two cookies per day these days. Period. No bread.

Most days I eat a lot of veggies, some fruit, some beans and legumes, maybe some PB or hummus on rice cakes, perhaps a little brown rice, the aforementioned two cookies, and that's about it. My weight stays where I want it and my body feels good.

Before you get too impressed with my saint-like discipline, three days ago I hit Costco Business Center and increased my all purpose and bread flour stashes to 50 lbs each, sugar to 40 lbs, butter to 18 lbs, eggs to 48, at least 10 lbs of nuts, 15 lbs of mozzarella, 5 lbs of provolone, 2 lbs of aged Parmesan reggiano, not to mention all the other ingredients necessary to get me started on Pizza/cookie season.

Most of what I make gets given away, but more than a little manages to find its way into my stomach. :sneaky:

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