Status

I am finally healing from my rib injury. Still not taking any chances though because the last time I thought I was healed I re-injured it. Feeling pretty good physically, I have more energy and have lost a few pounds. I need to get more reps in for my forms however.

Doctor knows best

Well, I'm a stubborn German but I should know better. I should always listen to my doctor. I have some torn cartilage under my ribs which is quite painful. Initially, I gave myself a three day
rest and I thought it was healed. Then when we were doing reno's at the kwoon, I must have tugged one too many times and re-injured it. It kills me that I can't keep up with my situps and pushups. So, I knew situps were too painfull and couldn't do those, so I tried leg raises. They seemed not too bad. I also did some pushups that seemed not too bad. However after two to three days of no improvement, I realized, I am not going to heal unless I do what the doctor told me to and rest. Even though it is bothering the heck out of me that I will have all these situps and pushups to make up eventually, I have resigned to the fact that I have to rest to get better.

Smile from a stranger

I was driving home yesterday and was nearing my turnoff which was a right handed turn. The light was red and there was a car in front of me waiting to go straight. The driver saw my signal light to turn and moved ahead a little so that I could get by and do my turn. I thought, that was nice of you, so when I moved forward, I caught the eye of the driver and waved and smiled as to say thank you. It was an older lady and she smiled and waved back. That made my day! It's all too often that people get in their cars and lose personal contact with others. They think the car is an exstention of themselves and turn into completely different people. I still smile when I think of it.

Little bumps in the road

Overall, I consider myself pretty healthy, however, I seem to be plagued with a few minor setbacks like a sprained ankle and now a pinched nerve. It makes me realize that this UBBT requires full attention to your fitness. This pinched nerve has put my situps and pushups on hold for a day. That's 150 of each that I am going to have to make up somewhere. I do feel better though now that I can do more at one time, so I guess this is the hardest part of the training. I have sore muscles but feel good about myself for the daily accomplishments.

So far so good

Well my muscles are not hurting anymore and I am starting to be able to do more reps at one time. It's making life much easier. I am so glad that our UBBT will be getting together on Thursday evening because I can never make it for open training on Saturdays. I have also given my family fair warning that I will not be around as much for the next year. They are fine with that, they are old enough now to take care of themselves. So everything is good.

Joined a Gym

I decided to join the Gym that is on my way home and I am really enjoying it. I stop in right after work and I don't have the temptation of relaxing on the couch or grabbing a bite to eat or watching T.V. I go there to workout and I usually end up working out more than I had anticipated. Looking forward to the better fitness level

Enjoying Being Healthy

Well, I am sold! In an earlier blog, I mentioned how I seem to be meeting the right people at the right time. Well, I met a lady through work who wanted new flooring for her new business that was about to open soon. I went to her business and gave her a quote. I didn't get the flooring job but I got to talking with her and her business is going to be yoga, meditation, Zoomba dance, Ayurvedic health and so on. If you don't know what Ayurvedic is, it is a 5000 year old way of eating derived from India. It focuses on using all natural foods eaten in the right combination that is customized for your body type and energy for optimum health. I had never heard of this until about 4 months ago, so I am by no means an expert. Anyway, through our conversations, I told her that I was a designer and an artist and she mentioned that she wanted a mural done in her business. So I showed her my portfolio and she hired me to do this mural, however, she asked if I would be interested in bartering services or products in exchange for the mural. I said I was open to it, so she told me about this Ayurvedic product that she has been taking for a while now and was raving about it and how her health has greatly improved. She knew I was in Kung Fu and thought that it would really help me with my training. So, I said I would take some product as part payment. There are three things to this product. One is a whey protein shake that has 100 percent of daily requirements of vitamins and minerals and is a meal substitute if you want to lose weight or maintain weight. The other thing is a drink based on a mix of different fruits, one being the malaki fruit. This drink, you take 3 ounces a day and improves your health, immune system and energy. And lastley, they have these little packets of fruit juice mix that boosts your metabolism and quenches your hunger and I find it really gives me energy. I have been taking these for about 6 weeks and I have noticed a huge difference in my energy level. I started getting a cold last week when everyone else had one and it lasted one day and was done. Another thing I noticed, and that is probably from the whey protein shakes, when I overdo pushups or we have a strenuous class, I recover really fast. I have lost a total of 12 lbs and I feel like the energizer bunny. These products are called Zrii and they are endorsed by Deepak Chopra. I am hooked on being healthy, it feels great.