Fitness and Exercise

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Nintendo Wii Fit - Still A Great Exercise Routine

2 Feb 2024 3 minute read 2 comments SweptOverNiagara

I originally purchased my Nintendo Wii console back in 2010 and to this day, I still use it to exercise regularly with the Wii Fit Plus game disc. I'm impressed the console continues to operate without any issues, especially with the balance board. I...

My weight loss journey: violence

28 Jan 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Namae

Some random Sunday morning, some time ago, I was walking around a small park with my dog. She was smelling the trees and trying to scare some pigeons when an off leash dog came to greet us. My guess is that this other dog was maybe some kind of pit b...

Gymnastics - 6 Amazing Ukrainian Gymnasts

27 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SpringWind46

While Russia is the country that picked up the gymnastics tradition relay from the Soviet Union after 1992, having the best training facilities, the most experienced coaches, the funding,... not a lot of people might remember that the last 2 Olympic...

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION 👇

27 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Conscious Fitness

Progression is what I love about fitness, but in order to progress, we must know where to begin. In my opinion, creating a stable foundation of strength and mobility is the key to sticking to and progressing with strength training for the long term....

Overcoming Inertia.... (Start is a BIG Word)

22 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

The thumbnail photo above was one my husband took of me back in 2014. I am about to attempt my first, and only, to this day, officially timed running event. It was a Color Me Rad 5K race in Houston, Texas. My friends and work colleagues talked (nagge...

My weight loss journey: being hungry

21 Jan 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Namae

Lunch time. A delicious smell finds its way through the house. I go to the kitchen and ask how longer it will take for lunch to be ready. "I'm really hungry!". "You're not hungry" was the common answer. "You just want to eat. Do you know the differen...

Today (The Family Compound... yeah, it's a thing....)

20 Jan 2024 13 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

A few days ago, I was sitting here in my jammies and fuzzy socks, a usual occurrence for a cold (14F) morning in Texas. We don't get these cold snaps very often. Our town is not prepared to deal with snow and ice, so when we get them, we are told to...

Hey! That's My Baggage..... (No, it's mine!)

17 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I was talking to my sister the other day, and she was reminiscing about our sibling therapy sessions last summer. The extraordinarily rainy weather last summer gave us a lot of time to sit around and talk. Many revelations came to light. There were t...

You're strong... right? (Are you effing kidding me??)

16 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

"I wish I could more like you. You always walk with such confidence..."   Huh?.... This was something that was spoken to me about 15 years ago. I never really forgot it. It Easter Sunday at a church service, back in the day when our family were regul...

How Comfortable are you? (I'm not....)

15 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

It's been two weeks since our niece passed away and two weeks since my husband's family has had the worst day of their lives.  I still feel helpless with respect to how to help my brother-in-law, sister-in-law and my nephew.  Other than feed them, di...