Catching up & SPoH: Day 32 - How Toxins Effect the Body

Ok, so there has been a lot of very stressful, off schedule stuff going on over the last two weeks.  Just as I was getting excited about doing the 5am workouts again, things were happening at work that threw off my whole daily schedule as well as my focus.  However, things are slowly starting to go back to normal.  During everything, I did get up and workout when I could.  I just recently purchased a couple of workout videos that I am very excited about.  Most everyone knows Jillian Michaels who has been branded as America's or TVs toughest trainer.  I liked the last video of hers that I did so much, that I decided to purchase a couple more while the "New Year's Resolution" sales have been going on.  If you are looking for workout videos to do, January is the month to by them.  Many of them go on sale for pretty decent prices.  Anyways, so this last week I started Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred.  Another kick in the rear end workout.  I like her concept of working out.  She has a formula that she uses: 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs.  Really a fantastic idea.  It's set up like a circuit.  In the 30 Day Shred video, she has 3 different levels.  Each level is only 20 minutes long.  Well, about that anyways.  It is not easy though.  Even at the beginning level.  Pushups for a minute at a time is not easy for me.  However, I can tell I am getting stronger.

Aside from starting this program, I have been doing one other activity: Shoveling Snow!  We have finally had our first real snowfall of the season.  I have been well aware that you can burn a lot of calories when you shovel snow BY HAND.  I did not anticipate that my T-Shirt would be soaked by the time I did a half an hour of shoveling.  If you are interested in knowing how many calories you can burn shoveling, use this calculator to get an idea. So instead of doing a workout indoors on Thursday and Friday, I took it outside.  It's a great winter exercise because you are also giving your lungs a deep breath of fresh air.  If you have a long driveway, this is a great activity that you can do together as a family.  Leave the snow blower in the garage for a little while.  Do at least a half hour of shoveling by hand, then pull it out.  You'll save on the gas for your snow blower and burn some calories in the process!  Plus you are teaching your family a number of things doing it together.  You can have fun doing chores when you work together.  They are learning responsibility of how to take care of the driveway for one day when they might need to know that.  Keep in mind that you need to stretch those muscles after spending all that time shoveling.  Otherwise, you are going to be awfully sore the next day or even the next several days.  Last year, I made the mistake of not stretching out afterwards and I deeply regretted it.  This year, I remembered that I needed to stretch out.  I'm not nearly as sore.  I just feel like I had a good workout yesterday. :)

SPoH: Day 32 - How toxins effect our bodies . . .  Body Odor!   Research is showing that a lot of odor is a result of eating red meats.  How interesting! If you have a lot of body odor, try a meat fast.  Specifically Pork and Beef and see what happens.  Vegetarians often do not have the body odor problems that people who eat meat have.  If you have any vegetarian friends, ask them if they have any problems with it.  Colbert said that he met someone who doesn't even use deodorant because she does not have any odors to cover up.  Our body odors are mostly due to the toxins we have in our body.  Toxins in our body open us up to a plethora of other issues such as: fatigue, Heart disease , Memory loss, Premature aging, Skin disorders, Arthritis, Hormone imbalances, Anxiety, Headaches, Emotional disorders, Cancers, and Autoimmune diseases.  What Colbert has to say next totally throws me.  How many of you have allergies, food sensitivities, or massive mucus production?  It could be because of all the toxins your body has been exposed to has caused your liver to be unable to process them all.  Your body may be experiencing a toxic overload!  Colbert recommends fasting as a way to detoxify the body which he talks more about in the next few days.  However, he has also written a couple of books on them if you are interested in reading more in depth. Fasting Made Easy and Get Healthy Through Detox and Fasting.