Posts Tagged ‘exercise’
Daily Yoga Practice for a Year – Reaping Rewards
A Year Of Daily Yoga – A Couchslug’s Confession *Before taking part in any exercise regimen, check with your physician to be certain that it is safe for you. A year of daily yoga? It sounds like such an unattainable goal, yet here I am, at the end of the year. I’m more than a…
Read MoreDieting and the Dragon of Perfectionism-Confession of a Couch Slug
In my last installment of Confessions of a Couch Slug, I related my story of getting obsessed with dieting and calorie counting and how it eventually led me to give up my pursuit of a strong, healthy body. Hitting Bottom I realized that I had hit the bottom when I was looking up the calorie…
Read MoreCouch Slug’s Confession: Exercise, Weight Loss and FOOD
I’m going to take this Couch Slug’s confession to a new and terrifying place for myself: exercise, nutrition, and weight. I just typed those three words and I felt the heavy load of the subject rest upon my weary self, but nevertheless, I’m still going there. This is the second time in my personal history…
Read MoreCycling Saga of a Couch Slug – Part 2 of 2
After reading the first part of my epic cycling saga, I fear that I might have omitted some of my few skills in the area of all things physical. Yes, it is absolutely true that the only sport I can claim as a part of my high school experience is Speech and Debate, but I…
Read MoreTraining a Couch Slug – part 1 of 2
If you are one of those people for whom exercise comes naturally and easily, then I admire you. My relationship to exercise and training is a wary one. I am a naturally sedentary person. My leisurely pursuits are sedentary activities: quilting, reading, writing, composing. Keeping in shape is not something that comes naturally to me.…
Read MoreTransforming power of exercise-Couch Slug Confessions
I know – the last thing any of us needs is someone else blathering on and on about exercise and how important it is. We all know the health benefits of exercise. We all know that it is key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Blah blah blah… I am a complete slug at…
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