The memory Body

puppies

My sons were given three 8 day old puppies.  The animals were far too young to be taken away from their mother but she had no milk and was rejecting them.  The first thing we did when the pups arrived was make a soft, warm bed for them.  Today the two surviving puppies are 18 weeks old and have chosen a sofa as their night time bed.  My wife is not happy with the animal’s choice.  I explained to her that they prefer a soft, warm, cushion; the same as we provided when they first arrived to the cold hard tile we are now offering them.

my puppies

Five bodies in perpetual motion:

1.       Physical

The Vessel we see when we look in the mirror

2.       Emotional

The feelings that lead us into action

3.       Spiritual

The element that gives us peace, guidance and serenity

4.       Energetic

The Aura of light that encircles our physical being

                                    

5.       Memory

The Molds of life, cast through life experience.

These five essentials can also be considered five elements of life, if the lights not shining we are not breathing and nothing else matters. All five bodies interact with one another and are intricate parts of what makes us who we are.

The memory body is like a foot print in the sand, it is a mold that is formed and cast with every effort and lives deep within our psychic.  Many times it is the subconscious memories that propel us to behave the way we do.  Our past is always with us, and everything we do today will be tomorrows memory of yesterday, the key is to fill the memory body with more positive actions and results than negatives.

Ready to start making history

 I am writing about this because I returned to the gym after an extended lay off.   I resumed my training on the free weights with great caution and for ten days I did a routine of cross cardio and upper body lifts. I was resting my legs because I had tweaked one of my knees while I was traveling and it was giving me pain.

As I have stated before I believe if we listen to our bodies we will be lead through a good physical training routine.  After each session I would feel stronger and buffed and my muscles were popping (pumped.) I kept having the impulse to work my legs but I over road the craving. I was confused and upset because I was doing everything I could think of to relieve stress to the knees; I was wearing braces, using a sauna and having massage therapy yet both knees felt very unstable and were in nagging pain. 

As it turned out, the craving was my body asking for more. My body had used pain, impulse and cravings to communicate; work the legs but I resisted.  On this day I went to the machines and did a full conditioning on my knees, and legs.  I started very slow, with almost no weight resistance and by the end of the 90 minutes session I was extending and curling 2/3 of the weight on the rack.

looking back is not all bad

 

The Memory and Physical body lead me to recovery.  When I left the gym that day I was walking without braces for the first time in 3 weeks and my legs felt stronger then they had in more than two months. 

old gams

Trust your voices, listen to your body and when you find yourself resisting good advice ask yourself why.  The things that made you feel good and great are still within you. That which is great is you and yours to own. I suggest we live like puppies and let our memory body lead us to peace, joy and happiness.

Go have some fun,

Geo 

Ja ist es alle gute

  

When is it time to reassess?

Pure sugar baby, pure sugar!

One definition of insanity: doing the same thing the same way and expecting different results.

In my opinion the complication in tracking weight loss is found when I am not able to do the same things the same way for an extended period of time and then when I am doing the same things the same way and producing different results. 

My body and the way it functions never fails to amaze and confuse me.  I have been on a low fat high protein meal plan for six months however during this time I have not been able to put a full uninterrupted 30 days of consistent behavior together.

During the last half year I have continued to see positive and negative change.  With each set back I have assumed it was due to the interruption in gym time.   One critical observation about this new program was,  the fact that weight never came off with the same consistency as prior to the high protein meal plan; some weeks 200 grams and other weeks as much as 3kg.  Mentally, I could accept the inconsistency as long as the drops continued even if it there was yo-yoing along the way. 

Measuring my 15 body points every month showed an overall reduction in size or a push 95% of the time. This added to my confusion regarding weight gain; was it increased muscle mass or fat? 

 I had my doubts and considered changing my food to a more vegetarian style menu but I continued with my high protein meals and time passed.  This week I did my weigh in and I was up 2.5kg a more bothersome number than a push but not as worrisome as the realization that I have been yo-yoing for the last 6 months.  I am not dropping weight and keeping it off.

Home gym

My program has made me insane; I have been doing the same things the same way and been expecting different results!  It is time to reassess my routine and meal plan.

When I re-examine a work in progress I look at the hard facts broken into average total minutes spent in the gym and my food intake:

·         per month

·         per week

·         per day

·         Total weight dropped per month.

Gym time

Since June, I averaged 2,348 minutes of gym time per month, 542 minutes per week, and 77 minutes per day.  Keep in mind this includes the time I spent traveling in the USA and other road trips.  IMO one hour per day of gym time is a reasonable target number that anyone should be able to fit into their daily schedule and fitness routine.  One hour per day has proven to be an ideal weight maintenance number. 

 Time in the gym is directly related to my weight control, in June and July I averaged 99 minutes per day of gym time and dropped 7kg/15.4lb, while in October and November I averaged 55minutes per day and gained 6kg/13.2lb.

Food Intake for the past six months: 1,782 calories per day (<813>) BMR 2,595

                                                                                Target

·         Carbohydrates  47%         Carbohydrates  45%,  

·         Proteins            25%          Proteins            30%,  

·         Fat                    28%          Fats                    25%

During October I visited the Pritikins wellness centre in Florida and was given a Pritikin Eating Plan.   This is a rough outline of the system:

Eat

·         5 servings of unrefined complex carbohydrates per day

·         5 vegetable per day

·         4 fruits per day minimum

·         2 calcium rich foods per day

·         1 animal protein per day Maximum

·         1 to 2 tables spoons of fresh herbs daily

In Moderation

·         1 to 2 egg whites per day

·         Artificial sweeteners 3 to 6 packets per day

·         3 cups of caffeinated drinks per day maximum

Not Recommended

·         Alcoholic beverages

·         Refined or Concentrated sweeteners

·         Salt and high-sodium foods and condiments

·         Refined grains

Avoid

·         Animal fats, tropical oil, and processed refined oil

·         Meats

·         Whole and low-fat dairy

·         Coconuts

·         Potassium chloride

·         Egg yolk, deep fried foods, non dairy whipped toppings, rich desserts and pastries and salty snack foods.

This list may need a bit of explaining, use Google search engine if you are not sure about something the information is there to be found. 

I can see my current program has been relying too much on burning calories and not enough on smart food choices.  My issue is not in how much I eat but what I am eating.  This new  adjustment to the Pritikin like plan should prove interesting and I am looking forward to reporting the positive results, stay tuned for the updates.

Go have some fun,

Geo