I'm forever on the lookout for ways to make sure I do not lose my mind on my way to senior citizenship. There's nothing quite so painful as those individuals who have earned retirement status but do not know they can now enjoy it. They forgot and continue to forget their lives, relatives, and what they once had.
Dementia. Alzheimer's. Sad.
So when I read an AARP article called "Age-Proof Your Brain - 10 Easy Ways to Stay Sharp Forever," I enjoyed tip #2 - Pump Some Iron. I've been strength training for almost a year and have noticed the difference in muscle to fat composition and the ability to perform tasks I just could not do previously.
Specifically, the Pump Some Iron tip stated that "Older women who participated in a yearlong weight-training program at Vancouver did 13 percent better on tests of cognitive function than a group of women who did balance and toning exercises."
Once you get past the fear of lifting weights with grunting and weight-dropping male club members, you do it at your own pace. More weight or more reps. And you do get help from the boys if you ask nicely. One trainer saw me doing a chest press incorrectly and showed me how to do it the right way. Makes a big difference if your form is correct.
And for the curious readers - here are the rest of the tips in the article to Age-Proof Your Brain. Stay away from the nursing home, maintain your independence, and live a healthy retirement! Follow these tips:
1. Get moving
Calling all couch potatoes - that means you! WAlk around the block, get a DVD to walk in your house, stay away from the TV, cell phone, and PC.
3. Seek new skills
Challenge yourself by teaching yourself something new. This activity will create new brain pathways. I picked up a crossword puzzle for the first time ever just a few days ago. I got about half of it on my own. It's a start.
4. Reduce stress
Yeah, stress ages your body and your brain. Reduce it as much as possible with stress management techniques. See http://squidoo.com/age-defying-workouts.
5. Eat like a Greek
The Mediterranean "diet" is heart and brain-friendly.
6. Spice it up
Certain spices (pepper, cinnamon, ginger) which are high in antioxidants build brainpower.
7. Find your reason to be, your passion (your motivation to get up in the morning).
8. Socialize
Find a social activity you like or get a dog and walk him. You will socialize if you get a cute puppy!
9. Reduce your risks.
Reduce the risk of chronic diseases by living a healthy lifestyle. The presence of chronic diseases is associated with dementia.
10. Check vitamin deficiences
A common deficiency in older adults is vitamin B12 which can affect brain functioning.
Defy age now!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Wanna Know How To Lose Weight Fast? Observe the Habits of the Thin People in This World!
In general, thin people do not starve themselves to stay thin. But they follow certain guidelines that you can follow if you want to know how to lose weight fast.
In a mercola.com post (yup, the doc who keeps showing up on Dr. Oz), he quotes an article from Men's Health magazine describing how thin people stick to rules to keep them from gaining weight.
Here's a recap of the post (his posts are characteristically L-O-N-G) discussing the 7 rules as well as 6 more weight maintenance toips from Dr. Mercola.
Just by the by - these should look familiar if you have been following AgeDefiance.
1. No dieting.
2. Forget About Fat-Free foods. Fat is a dietary necessity.
3. Eat slowly and mindfully.
4. Plan What You Will Eat.
5. Eat Protein.
6. Move Your Butt. Do activities you like to do.
7. Stay Away from the Boob Tube and the PC/IPad/IPhone. "Nearly 30 percent of people who watch more than four hours of TV a day have a BMI of 30 or higher." In other words, they are FAT.
And here's doc Mercola's add-ons to the rules stated above:
A. Limit Fructose (sugar) to 25 grams per day.
B. Reduce Carbs (all of them, including whole grains).
C. Increase Healthy Fats (a corollary to #2 above).
D. Eliminate Diet Foods, including diet soda
E. Eat Organic Veggies.
F. Exercise Using Interval and Strength Training.
The entire post - http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/17/the-7-laws-of-leanness.aspx?e_cid=20120217_DNL_art_1
In a mercola.com post (yup, the doc who keeps showing up on Dr. Oz), he quotes an article from Men's Health magazine describing how thin people stick to rules to keep them from gaining weight.
Here's a recap of the post (his posts are characteristically L-O-N-G) discussing the 7 rules as well as 6 more weight maintenance toips from Dr. Mercola.
Just by the by - these should look familiar if you have been following AgeDefiance.
1. No dieting.
2. Forget About Fat-Free foods. Fat is a dietary necessity.
3. Eat slowly and mindfully.
4. Plan What You Will Eat.
5. Eat Protein.
6. Move Your Butt. Do activities you like to do.
7. Stay Away from the Boob Tube and the PC/IPad/IPhone. "Nearly 30 percent of people who watch more than four hours of TV a day have a BMI of 30 or higher." In other words, they are FAT.
And here's doc Mercola's add-ons to the rules stated above:
A. Limit Fructose (sugar) to 25 grams per day.
B. Reduce Carbs (all of them, including whole grains).
C. Increase Healthy Fats (a corollary to #2 above).
D. Eliminate Diet Foods, including diet soda
E. Eat Organic Veggies.
F. Exercise Using Interval and Strength Training.
The entire post - http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/17/the-7-laws-of-leanness.aspx?e_cid=20120217_DNL_art_1
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Stop the Dieting Vicious Cycle: How to Avoid Dieting and Get Thin
What's the dieting vicious cycle?
Wanna stop this insanity? Read on . .
Why dieting doesn't work
Here's a quote from the best-selling author Paul McKenna:
How can he make such a claim?
Because dieters on a calorie reduction plan get into a rut. They slow down their metabolism by reducing the number of calories they eat so that their bodies go into a survival mode.
Now, they may start to lose weight but . . . they are also losing muscle mass. This slows down their metabolism even more.
And now that it's becoming increasingly difficult to lose even a pound every so often, they stop the diet. And they inevitably re-gain the weight.
Yes, it's a vicious cycle.
Click here to find out how to put an immediate end to the dieter's vicious cycle. Hint: Forget about dieting!
Wanna stop this insanity? Read on . .
Why dieting doesn't work
Here's a quote from the best-selling author Paul McKenna:
Continue to diet and you will keep the weight on FOR LIFE.
How can he make such a claim?
Because dieters on a calorie reduction plan get into a rut. They slow down their metabolism by reducing the number of calories they eat so that their bodies go into a survival mode.
Now, they may start to lose weight but . . . they are also losing muscle mass. This slows down their metabolism even more.
And now that it's becoming increasingly difficult to lose even a pound every so often, they stop the diet. And they inevitably re-gain the weight.
Yes, it's a vicious cycle.
Click here to find out how to put an immediate end to the dieter's vicious cycle. Hint: Forget about dieting!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Determined To Lose Weight? PROGRAM Your MIND For Weight Loss
I confess. I've been working for 8 months on gaining strength with weight lifting and achieving the ideal weight for me. And quite frankly, it's hard and requires discipline.
But I almost forgot the most imortant rule for achieving anything - "You are what you think about most." It's "new age" but proven to be true. If you persist in thinking you are fat and will never be thin, then you will always be fat.
So how do you break out of this vicious cycle?
Get onto The Biggest Loser program? Drastic and highly improbable!
Consider the Psychological Aspect of Getting Thin
You can program your mind for weight loss. You can bring your thoughts in line with your weight loss objectives. The mind-body connection just CANNOT be ignored. In fact, it may be the first and most important component of weight control.
Get Your Thoughts In Order
How? First, think "getting thin" versus "losing weight". Losing is for losers. Getting thin means changing your body to look and feel healthier.
You can monitor your thoughts to see how many times a day you think a negative thought about your weight. By the way, avoiding the mirror DOES NOT WORK.
Help From A Successful Mind Control Expert
How about help from a knowledgeable, successful guru whose book is entitled I Can Make You Thin? Paul McKenna includes a self-hypnosis, affirmation CD with his book. My experience is that if you play the CD daily for the recommended 2 weeks, you will have a different perspective about getting thin. It will become engrained into your thinking patterns. Best of all, you can listen to the CD playing in the background and it will still make an impact.
The book also addresses the other 2 areas of weight control - nutrition and exercise or more accurately, increased activity. In fact, you can change just one thing about eating and still be successful by enjoying every mouthful and being conscious about the eating process. True, this requires changing habits like consuming an entire package of chips or a quart of ice cream in one sitting. This is most frequently done in front of the TV set. Most of the time, you can't even remember eating the chips or the ice cream! Learn to eat mindfully - that's the message.
Read more about the mind-body connection for weight control - click this link: http://vmills.hubpages.com/hub/Number-One-Bestseller-Tells-You-How-To-Lose-Weight-Easily
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But I almost forgot the most imortant rule for achieving anything - "You are what you think about most." It's "new age" but proven to be true. If you persist in thinking you are fat and will never be thin, then you will always be fat.
So how do you break out of this vicious cycle?
Get onto The Biggest Loser program? Drastic and highly improbable!
Consider the Psychological Aspect of Getting Thin
You can program your mind for weight loss. You can bring your thoughts in line with your weight loss objectives. The mind-body connection just CANNOT be ignored. In fact, it may be the first and most important component of weight control.
Get Your Thoughts In Order
How? First, think "getting thin" versus "losing weight". Losing is for losers. Getting thin means changing your body to look and feel healthier.
You can monitor your thoughts to see how many times a day you think a negative thought about your weight. By the way, avoiding the mirror DOES NOT WORK.
Help From A Successful Mind Control Expert
How about help from a knowledgeable, successful guru whose book is entitled I Can Make You Thin? Paul McKenna includes a self-hypnosis, affirmation CD with his book. My experience is that if you play the CD daily for the recommended 2 weeks, you will have a different perspective about getting thin. It will become engrained into your thinking patterns. Best of all, you can listen to the CD playing in the background and it will still make an impact.
The book also addresses the other 2 areas of weight control - nutrition and exercise or more accurately, increased activity. In fact, you can change just one thing about eating and still be successful by enjoying every mouthful and being conscious about the eating process. True, this requires changing habits like consuming an entire package of chips or a quart of ice cream in one sitting. This is most frequently done in front of the TV set. Most of the time, you can't even remember eating the chips or the ice cream! Learn to eat mindfully - that's the message.
Read more about the mind-body connection for weight control - click this link: http://vmills.hubpages.com/hub/Number-One-Bestseller-Tells-You-How-To-Lose-Weight-Easily
Thursday, January 19, 2012
DIET is a Four Letter Word in the Simplest Weight Loss System Ever!
Does this picture describe you or someone you love? It's time to change that description.
You KNOW diets don't work. You KNOW D-I-E-T is a four letter word.
How many people have gone on diets, lost tons of weight, and then just gained it all back? Are you one of these people?
The author of the simplest weight loss system in the world describes diets as "training courses in how to get fat."
Are you on yet another diet? Are you learning how to get fat one more time? Or would you rather learn the best way to eat to lose weight?
Break the dieting cycle. Right now. If you keep dieting over and over and getting the same unwanted results, isn't that the behavior of an insane person?
STOP the insanity. STOP learning how to get fat by dieting.
It'll cost a few big macs and about 2 hours to find out about this life-saving weight loss system. Read about the simplest weight loss system in the world.
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