Walking&thinking - (06.12.2018.)

No more fish and chocolate, for now... I still stand behind my opinion that it is delicious but I was banned from eating that in front of my hubby. When he is not around is another story. The fifth day of actifit using went great. I did have a lot on my plate today so I skipped writing my steemit post in the morning and can hopefully get to it tomorrow.

I set my alarm to wake me up at 1am so I could show off my Ninja skills. The thing is, today is Saint Nicolas day and my parent live in the apartment above hubby and me. It is a custom that parents leave small presents and gold colored twigs in the children's boots on St.Nicks day. When the children wake up and see the presents, they tell them how Saint Nicks was here in the night and left those for them. My parents use to do that for me when I was a child and now that I am a grownup, I do that for them. It makes them happy and it makes me even happier to sneak into their apartment while they are sleeping and leave some chocolate and gold colored twigs in their boots. It was not me, it was Saint Nick. In my world, Saint Nick gives presents to good people regardless of their age :) After I was done playing Ninja Nicolas and sneaking not to wake someone up, I got back to sleep but when I woke up, my body was punishing me for not having a good night sleep and it took me more than usual to get myself together and ready for the day.

My morning walk was lovely, I did 10km and enjoyed every step of it. Music in my ears and then some audio books with a pleasant winter atmosphere in the air. After some house chores and cooking lunch, as activity goes, I knitted and knitted and knitted but the hat for my mom is over (took me only two days) and I was glad to see she liked it. My evening walk turned out to be half walk half run (2+2). I used to run a lot during the summer and stopped when it got colder. That was a mistake. My body acted like I had never run at all and it was surprising to me how fast I can get so bad at it. New goal is set, be able to run 5 km again. I was able to run only 2 today and even that was 1+1 with a small break in the middle. Tomorrow is a new day and little by little progress will be made. When I got home, I did 10 minutes on Orbitrek and my usual exercise routine. Oh yeah, I told you that I was going to tell you about that, didn't I?

There is a 10 second break between exercises to rest and switch positions. This is the beginners level. As you repeat this for a couple of days, you should move to the next level by repeating the entire series for two or three times and when that gets too easy, perform each exercise longer. The point is to give it all you got and perform them at your maximum effort. After two weeks or so, this should be 20-30 or 20 exercise, each for 30 seconds. My plan is to add 10 more seconds every two weeks, fingers crossed and wish me luck. I picked and arranged these specific exercises because with them, all of your muscles (and I mean ALL) get to do some work. Just don't forget to stretch before and after the routine and be careful to listen to your body, doctor, and health levels. Do not perform these exercises if you have a physical condition that would make them dangerous for you.

A daughter from a friend came over so I could help her with her physics schoolwork. I forgot how much teenagers can eat. That little girl (15 years old) had a huge piece of meat, potatoes and salad on a side, 6 mandarins, 250 grams of chocolate, 5 cakes, bread, pickles, and around 150 grams of ham and bacon. Do I have to mention that she is super skinny? I remember that age, I use to eat like that too and was skinny too. Today, I can not imagine eating that much food. Children at that age obviously need more food. I was happy to serve her a home-cooked lunch and stuff her with some fruit and not only junk. It got me thinking about what kind of crap kids these days put into their bodies. Luckily for that girl, her mom is amazing and gives them plenty of healthy food but I see others living on take-outs, junk food and sodas acting all surprised how they get sick all the time. I watched a show where Jamie Oliver came to an American school and kids did not know how potato and tomato look like. Is that possible? Kids at age 10 not knowing how a potato looks like? A tomato? I do hope that it was a publicity stunt and fake. I really really hope that kids do not think potatoes grow in french fries shape and ketchup is a magical liquid that grows in stores.