Beginner Indoor Walk Routine to Get 1000 Steps from Home

https://youtu.be/gVbaNMYraSA?si=4OV7UegAyMXAhZoZ 

How to Stay Calm During a Confrontation

How to Stay Calm During a Confrontation, According to an Expert - A psychologist explains why it’s so hard to keep a handle on your emotions when your buttons are pushed, and what you can do to have more productive conversations

Wise Words from the Man who Gave Me His 8-Track Tape Collection when He Went to the Army

 

Nagging Rarely Works

https://www.wsj.com/articles/spouse-eat-exercise-live-healthy-11649450203 - How to Get Your Spouse to Eat, Exercise and Live More Healthfully Not surprisingly, nagging rarely works. But there are alternatives that are more likely to have success. 

This is the graphic associated with this article and it's funny (to me) that a heart (love) is at the end of the fishing pole. Has the author never met a man? What do you really think motivates a man to do something (anything) they normally wouldn't do? In my opinion, either you want to be healthy or not. If you do, you do the hard work associated with living a healthy lifestyle. Otherwise, you end up like me. 

Why is that? Well, I try to walk regularly during the workday, but I don't always succeed. For example, in February 2022, the app on my cell phone tells me that I walked 267360 steps. In March, that number rose to 333,674 (largely in part to helping Alex move when I had 25737 steps in a single day!). As for this month, in April 2022, the app on my cell phone tells me that I have 193027 steps so far. Doing some simple math, I average 10,723.72222222222 steps a day in April 2022, which is reasonable. In fact, if I get to that number of steps per day, on April 30, I will end up with 321,711.6666666667 steps for the month, which is really good! 

However, I need to bump up my daily walks with only 12 days remaining. To reach that goal, I will need 140,647 steps in 12 days. Doing more simple math, I need to average 11,720.58333333333 steps a day, which doesn't count the 2572 steps from my walk this AM. Today I need 14,292.58333333333 steps and then walk 11,720.58333333333 steps for April 19 - April 30. 

This is all on me. It's up to me to achieve that number of steps. I will either do it or I will fail and, if I fail, it's because of me not doing what I've outlined in this post. I take 100% responsibility for my health.

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Don't Drink Pop, Eat Veggies, Get More Sleep, Blah Blah Blah AND BLAH!

What Happened When I Ate The Best Brain Foods For A Week

Some Steps from July 2012

 

Timely

I'm chuckling as I add this post. I am a morning lark but I was not this morning. I had set my alarm for 4:30 AM with the idea that I would be walking into work at 5 AM. Well, I pressed the snooze alarm on my cell phone 3 times. I had difficulty getting up. Are you a night owl or morning lark? One may protect you from depression, study says

From a Year Ago!

Have Some Steps to Take...

My Walk Today

Why I Enjoy Going for Walks Early in the AM ... but not TOO Early

Someday Might be Some Day in the Future

This page on Graham Mayor's website - Word Pages - is likely to be very helpful. I don't know when that will be, but it is likely to be prior to within the next 5752 days (15 years, 9 months) which is when I want to retire from the HCIS department at the University of Iowa.

Some Topics

Health

• Whoa: This Is What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Enough Water

Music

• Metal Stream of the Year | Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium & In Flames
• 15 Years Ago: Foo Fighters Release In Your Honor

Pro Wrestling

• The Undertaker Says Goldberg Match Was Really Close to Being Catastrophic

Star Wars

• Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View strikes back this fall

Comparing 5-2019 to 5-2020

Last year, I did AWESOME!

This year, I am not...

My Death Sentence is a Workout

First Name

• 15 sec arm circles
• 50 jumping jacks
• 30 sec arm circles
• 2 min wall sit

Middle Name

• 15 push-ups
• 40 jumping jacks
• 20 crunches
• 1 min wall sit
• 15 push-ups
• 15 squats 

Last Name

• 20 squats
• 50 jumping jacks
• 25 burpees
• 30 burpees
• 40 jumping jacks
• 25 burpees

What is Going On in the World

Campus update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Tempted to Agree

Today, on my 50th birthday, I agree: It's Hell Getting Old.

Editor's Note: Hopefully, on 12/4/2019, this blog, myself, and the Iowa City Patch exist.

7 Statements Accountable People Make

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7 Statements Accountable People Make

Our son and his wife moved into a new home. For three months, they tolerated high-energy neighbor dogs left outside all day that never stopped barking.

Never.

I know because I've visited there many times! The incessant noise was a real problem. Yet when they talked to the owner, the woman asserted, “Our dogs bark because the people who lived in your house were mean to them. At least they don’t bite."

Wow.

Two human traps are justification and rationalization — and each is the antithesis of Personal Accountability. When we justify and rationalize, we sound like this:

• “Yes, I did say that, but did you hear what she said first?”
• “I’m not perfect, but at least I don’t <fill-in-the-blank>.”
• “I’d help people more if I got more help from others."
• "When I haven't eaten, I get grumpy with everyone around me."
• "I don't 'fight fair' with my wife because she never does."

Justifying and rationalizing our actions are two very human problems.

7 Statements Accountable People Make

When I choose to eliminate justification and rationalization from my life — when I truly become accountable — statements like these flow from me readily and easily:

1. I did it.

2. I was wrong.

3. It’s my fault.

4. I shouldn’t have said that.

5. I shouldn’t have done that.

6. I'm sorry.

7. I will change today.

These statements don’t end with “but” or “however.” They're clear, concise, and spoken confidently by people who embrace Personal Accountability. People who have decided to no longer justify and rationalize.

Are you there yet? Which of our 7 statements do you need to use more often? Should you say it ... today? 😉

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Real

The real reason why you’re always tired and low on energy, even though you get enough sleep every night