1. New strength workout program. I just purchased and started Natacha Oceane’s hybrid program. I love her approach to fitness, I like how strong she looks. I was waiting for a program tailored for runners. Her program is 12 weeks and paid at one go instead of monthly subscriptions. I did 3 workouts of her program this week since I got it on Wednesday. I did two 20 mins runners specific workouts, and one full body strength for power. I LOVE IT!!!
2.Eating +30 plants a week. I read that for gut health one needs to eat a large variety of plants. I didn’t intentionally do a challenge but I counted and had more than 45 this week. Here’s the breakdown
Vegetables
- Garlic
- Onion
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Kale
- Sweet potato orange
- Sweet potato yellow
- Pumpkin
- Celery
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Bell pepper
- Mushroom
- Zucchini
- Parsley
- Green bean
- Avocado
- Carrot
- Cabbage
- Green pea
- Bean sprout
- Cabbage
- Ginger
- Spinach
Fruits
- Dragon fruit
- Apple
- Pear
- Pomelo
- Orange
- Watermelon
- Mango
- Guava
- Star fruit
- Melon
Other plants
- Chickpea
- Lentil
- tofu
- Cashew
- Almond
- Peanut
- Pumpkin seed
- Sunflower seed
You may wonder how was this possible. I think there are few factors
- I had salad few times with a large variety of vegetables
- I made two butches of soup, one with pumpkin, onion, ginger and lentil, one with more varieties to clean up the kitchen. I find that adding lentils or sweet potatoes make the soup so much creamier and satisfying.
- One lunch was from the worship that I organized and offered a large variety of stir fry vegetables.
- I was offered a fruit box in one of my meetings that had over 5 varieties of fruits.
3.Succession season 4. I finished it yesterday, watching 1-2 episodes per day. It is sad, really sad.
4.Back to Chiropractic. Ive had hip soreness for months now. I went to physio twice, I did hip, glute, core exercise prescribed by the physio. It did help but the soreness kept coming back. Then on Thursday as I was sitting, I touched my lower back and two bones seem uneven. Then I remember than my pelvic tends to rotate and cannot be fixed other than adjustment. I found one with good reviews and got an appt for the same day. The moment the doctor saw me at the mirror, we both saw the unevenness, one shoulder higher than the other, so clear that even I saw it. He made the adjustment, ordered an x-ray, and next week will plan for a medium term plan to strength my core and glute to stabilize my pelvis to avoid frequent rotating. I was like… ahaha… why it took me so long to realize the root cause.
5. I finished a fiction (Friends and strangers). Can I say I feel a waste of time reading fiction? while I enjoy it while I’m at it, and think about the plot when I’m not reading it, when I finish, I kind of regret spending so many hours reading it. As if I don’t feel getting much out of it. Maybe it’s time for me to get back to non-fiction.
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Wow! I am so impressed by the number and variety of fruits and veggies you eat! I have always thought about veggie intake as a quantity thing, rather than a variety thing, but I love the idea (challenge?) of trying to get in a lot of different types of veggies. Plus, it would make eating and meal planning more interesting!
Your comment on fiction reading was so interesting to me! I would love to hear more about why you feel it is a time waster. And I am really open to your thoughts, even though I admit to being heavily biased TOWARD fiction — I love reading it and learning from it. I just love learning how different people relate differently toward the genres they choose.
Did you like Friends and Strangers? I read it a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it, although my memory is that the protagonist was kind of irritating in her self-centeredness.
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I did read some good fictions like (life homegoing, pachinko, little life and few more) and I think its’ because they impacted me emotionally for a long time either because how different were their circumstances (yet possible) or they taught me a lesson. My take of the fictions is that they need to be memorable, they need to touch me deeply. The chance of this occurring when reading fiction is much lower than reading non-fiction, that’s why I find it’s a risky when time is limited. With non-fiction, I go in seeking answers for something, or open to learn new things, or surprised by facts/thoughts/ideas that totally contradict my own thinking which I find fascinating. I know, a long answer, but that’s my personal experience so far. If there’s a good fiction, I will definitely read, but they don’t come across often.
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I feel like this sometimes, too. If I read fiction that is more of a “literature” style read, with life lessons embedded or where it maybe transports me into another time or culture and really gives me things to think about, etc., I enjoy that a lot. I mean, some “candy” fiction is enjoyable and there is nothing wrong with that either from time to time, but I also don’t feel drawn to reading constantly that sort of thing. I guess I liken it to just watching endless hours of low quality sitcoms on TV or something- fine and fun sometimes, but not a way I want to spend a huge portion of my life, either.
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“A little life” OMG I will always remember that book…
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I often feel the same about fiction. I can’t immerse myself in the stories as much anymore because I also feel like I’m wasting my time. Sigh. I wish I didn’t struggle with this, but definitely feel more “virtuous” and “productive” when I’m reading non-fiction.
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Yes to all the plants… I try to eat a huge variety, but I don’t think I have hit 45 different plants in a week! LOL I did have 7 vegetables in my dinner last night though. 🙂
Great work on that!
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I never feel that way about reading fiction but I am looking for a release when reading. I do read some non-fiction but I am much more drawn to fiction since I enjoy it so much!
Glad you figured out your hip issues!!!
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Wow, that’s a lot of vegetables. I don’t come close.
We stick to the basics:
cucumbers
tomatoes
potatoes
leeks
scallions
broccoli
asparagus
And I think that’s pretty much it.
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