Junk Food Facts

JUST SAY NO TO JUNK FOOD!

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=56170

Week 5

This week I worked out to a new yoga video, Total Yoga.


2/21/2010
yoga
30 min
2/22/2010
none
2/23/2010
yoga
40 min
2/24/2010
yoga
30 min
2/25/2010
none
2/26/2010
none
2/27/2010
none

Top 10 Health Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep

It's important for your health to get plenty of sleep - take a look at this website:

http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongenergy/tp/healthy_sleep.htm

Week 4

Week 4
2/14/2010
yoga
15 min
2/15/2010
none
2/16/2010
none
2/17/2010
yoga
35 min
2/18/2010
yoga
25 min

2/19/2010
yoga
20 min
2/20/2010
yoga
20 min

Wii Sports

I have so much fun working out with my Wii Sports (Baseball, Tennis, Boxing, Golf and Bowling). Check out this website to see videos of each sport. I think you will understand why I like to work out so much!

http://us.wii.com/wiisports/games.jsp

Week 3

2/7/2010
none
2/8/2010
Wii Sports boxing
15 min
2/9/2010
Wii Sports tennis
25 min
2/10/2010
Wii Fit yoga
30 min
2/11/2010
Wii Sports bowling
20 min
2/12/2010
none
2/13/2010
Wii Sports boxing
10 min

Another fun week of working out!

Types of Yoga

There are over a hundred different schools of Yoga. Some of the most well known are described below:

Hatha Yoga: The physical movements and postures, plus breathing techniques. This is what most people associate with Yoga practice.

Raja Yoga: Called the “royal road,” because it incorporates exercise and breathing practice with meditation and study, producing a well-rounded individual.

Jnana Yoga: The path of wisdom; considered the most difficult path.

Bhakti Yoga: The practice of extreme devotion in one-pointed concentration upon one’s concept of God.

Karma Yoga: All movement, all work of any kind is done with the mind centered on a personal concept of God.

Tantra Yoga: A way of showing the unseen consciousness in form through specific words, diagrams, and movements. One of the diagrams that is used to show the joining of the physical and spiritual bodies is two triangles superimposed upon one another. The downward-pointing triangle represents the physical body, or the female aspect having to do with work, action, and movement; the upward-pointing triangle represents the spiritual body of support, energy, and vastness.

Kashmir Shaivism: This Yoga system states that everything in the universe has both male and female qualities. In Kashmir Shaivism, these male and female principles form an equal partnership, so interdependent that they cannot be separated. The attraction between them produces the ultimate union of opposites, creating the immense complexity of the universe that we enjoy and celebrate. Unlike other philosophies, Kashmir Shaivism is based in emotion rather than intellect. In fact, Shaivism says that intellectual understanding by itself will never lead us to the realization of the summit of Yoga. The system's great exponents teach that the egotistical intellect blocks our ability to fully experience our individual power.

Source: American Yoga Association

Health Benefits and Nutrients of Milk

Consuming milk and milk products provides health benefits—people who have a diet rich in milk and milk products can reduce the risk of low bone mass throughout the life cycle. Foods in the milk group provide nutrients that are vital for health and maintenance of your body. These nutrients include calcium, potassium, vitamin D, and protein.

Health benefits:
Diets rich in milk and milk products help build and maintain bone mass throughout the lifecycle. This may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
The intake of milk products is especially important to bone health during childhood and adolescence, when bone mass is being built.
Diets that include milk products tend to have a higher overall nutritional quality.

Why is it important to make fat-free or low-fat choices from the milk group? Choosing foods from the milk group that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol can have health implications. Diets high in saturated fats raise “bad” cholesterol levels in the blood. The “bad” cholesterol is called LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. High LDL cholesterol, in turn, increases the risk for coronary heart disease. Many cheeses, whole milk, and products made from them are high in saturated fat. To help keep blood cholesterol levels healthy, limit the amount of these foods you eat. In addition, a high intake of fats makes it difficult to avoid consuming more calories than are needed.

Source: US Dept of Agriculture (MyPyramid.gov)

Week 2

1/31/2010 Wii Fit yoga 32 min
2/1/2010 Wii Fit Aerobics 30 min
2/2/2010 Wii Fit yoga 30 min
2/3/2010 Wii Fit yoga & balance games 30 min
2/4/2010 Wii Sports Tennis 15 min
2/5/2010 Wii Sports Boxing and Tennis 25 min
2/6/2010 Wii Sports Tennis 1 hour

This week was so much fun! I worked out by myself and with friends!