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Can you share those that you follow? It would be interesting to see what they are. There is sure a lot of different instruction out there.

I went late today, and we ended up doing aquafit for 2 hours. Lol. Then went out to an Indian restaurant tnat has a smorgasbord. I didn't bother logging. Our community pool is shared with the school, but when the teachers have a strike day, then the pool is open to the whole community for the day. We had 3 strike days this…

I'm back too.

Though I learned this sequence the first year that I started Tai Chi, learning it movement by movement, we are still practicing certain moves. Cloud Hands is one that we do regularly as well as the two moves where one does the leg raises. We practice the leg raises every session, doing 8 on each leg, and holding the…

I find that the quality of instruction at my pool varies quite a bit. They hire university students, which is OK, when they have high energy levels. But only one is qualified as being an aquafit instructor. He is heads and shoulders above the others, and his exercises have really restored function in my arms. I square…

That is the way it goes. If you exercise, you have energy. But if you can't make it, you get tired and miss out on how it wakes you up. I try to go first thing in the morning, so that it does not get in the way of my day.

I have not compared anything on Youtube to my Qigong instruction, so I can't help you there.

I am an avid square dancer and contra dancer. What a lot of fun it is. I could not ballroom dance for the life of me, and line dancing is just way too fussy. But a whooping good contra dance to the tune of an old time fiddle is WONDERFULL! So healthy in so many ways: physical, social, communitarian. And boy, does it burn…

There are good Tai Chi videos around, and I've used them before. I use a few on Youtube just to refresh my memory as to the sequences. But I find that following a master makes a big difference. When you start, there are aspects of technique that you just can't do because your body is not in shape. In my case, I had severe…

Yes, I pendulum with the noodle/dumbells, but can't do more than a minute or two without triggering back pain. I guess I have to build up slowly. I have not really noticed too much of a difference between the noodle and dumbells for the ab crunches. Doing 10 minutes at a time is fairly new for me, because the instructor…

I started doing Tai Chi with a friend who grew up in Hong Kong. She wanted the perfect master and tried every tai chi master in Montreal. It took her two years. I went along for some of her search. A good tai chi instructor will let you take the first class for free, to make sure that his/her style of teaching goes with…

Interesting Rae, I do Qigong and Tai Chi as well as aquafit. I find that these are a nice compliment, and serve to keep me mobile.

Just looking on Amazon and found these suggestions: Cover your body with vaseline before a swim. Make of spay of 1 TBSP of Vitamin C/ascorbic acid to 1 cup of water to neutralize the chlorine. Spray on skin before showering. Hmm. I may try this last one as a soak for my swim suits.

Get thee to a physio therapist without delay. We can't diagnose problems here, but if you have injured yourself, it is best to seek out treatment quickly. Things rarely heal on their own, and your body adapts to injury by tasking other muscles to do the work of the one you have hurt. If you delay treatment, you end up…

I'll go first. I have been doing aquafitness for the past 10 years, usually in a twice-weekly class. But with the opening of a new indoor pool in my community, I am now doing it 4 to 5 times per week by myself. I love it as an exercise because it makes me feel like a kid again. I can do things in the water that otherwise…

Put your treadmill in front of a big screen tv and watch something that puts you on edge. You won't feel the time go by. Outdoors is wonderful due to the fresh air, the weather, the beauty of nature, but when weather conditions are adverse, the treadmill in front of the TV keeps you going.

It has been my experience that sticking to 1200 calories a day, and losing 30 pounds in the process results in a massive hunger attack about 9 months down the road that does not end until I have gained it all back. Starting over, but this time, I am following the MFP process, which sets my daily calories at 1350, plus…

You do have to watch the calorie load of your flour substitutes. Rice flour, for example, is extremely high in calories. Tastes delicious, of course. Made plum dumplings, and 2 dumplings made with rice flour had something ridiculous like 3000 calories. I'm a from scratch cooker, so now I check first.

I looked up the reading: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/022314.cfm My 2-bits. The USA has too many guns. Which other country has a law like that?

The Catechism, and the Compendium can both be found at www.vatican.va

Here is another one, more fun, but which has had 12 million hits in the original language version since it came out 2 years ago. Now it is subtitled in English: http://youtu.be/-5kobTBfAdk Catho Style.

I agree with this. Slow and steady wins the race!

A lot of people are not liking their green tea in tea bags (no wonder!). There are now premium green teas on the market that are much fresher, tastier, and easier to digest. Tea has the reputation of dissolving fat in Chinese medicine circles, but it's effects are very subtle. Don't expect it to work on your body like some…

In my experience one night stands are usually disappointing. So with my favorite celebrity, I would like to share a good gourmet meal, nice wine and conversation in good company with taffa music playing softly in the background. A handshake, and a nice to know you at the end. My list is a long one. Opera singers, good…

I know. We are such gluttons without even being aware of it.

Canned fruits and veggies often have higher vitamin content than fresh food that has been in transit for weeks and weeks. And they may be a cheaper alternative. Buy beans and rice in bulk: try the ethnic groceries. Grow your own food. Fresh sprouts in winter. Garden in season. Freeze the bounty. Order your seeds from a…

Sorry for your loss. Praying to mother Mary to hold you and your husband close at this time.

It would certainly be detrimental to your health. Really, is a box of Pringles worth fasting for? We all fall off the wagon, and no, a 1000 calorie excess is not all that extravagant. Rather than fasting, exercise more to burn more.

Welcome to the group, and congradulations on your engagement. You need Christ in your marriage, if you are going to stick with it for a lifetime. Grace makes all the difference.

I've tried taking a page from our evangelical friends and doing the Daniel fast. No meat, no caffeine, no alchol, no fish, no poultry, no refined flours. Kind of like a gluten-free vegan diet. Google the Daniel fast for more information.