What's Old is New this year . . .
Today is a little mish mash of new things for the New Year. Lately, I've begun the new year doing a couple of things I haven't done in quite a while. The first is running. Since my shoulder surgery in July I haven't been able to run. That's not a terrible thing for me as I've never considered myself a great runner. When I was younger I did love it, but have enjoyed lots of other things in the past few years. After running a half marathon a little while back I lost the running bug. When I finally got cleared from the doctor and released from physical therapy I started to get the bug back.
So, on Saturday I headed to the gym to hop on a treadmill. I thought going at the random hour of 2 pm would get me out of the New Year resolution crowd. Wrong. That place was jam packed. I did manage to grab a treadmill and happy to say I finished 4 miles without a lot of pain. That was a great new thing for the New Year.
While on the treadmill I saw this story that I loved! You may have seen it, but if not it's worth a share.
MOSCOW OFFERS FREE RIDES FOR SQUATS
With only three months left before the Winter Games begin in Sochi, Russia, folks there are getting in the spirit. City Officials are offering free subway rides to folks who do 30 squats before entering the ticket barrier. Each squat is counted by a special machine with the Olympic logo.
Each squat will be counted by a special machine marked with the Olympic logo that will be placed next to electronic ticket vending machines. The idea is that as one ride on the metro costs 30 rubles, (92 cents), so each squat will be worth one ruble. The squats for rides are going on this month before the Olympic Games kick off on February 7.
So it looks something like this:
So, on Saturday I headed to the gym to hop on a treadmill. I thought going at the random hour of 2 pm would get me out of the New Year resolution crowd. Wrong. That place was jam packed. I did manage to grab a treadmill and happy to say I finished 4 miles without a lot of pain. That was a great new thing for the New Year.
While on the treadmill I saw this story that I loved! You may have seen it, but if not it's worth a share.
MOSCOW OFFERS FREE RIDES FOR SQUATS
With only three months left before the Winter Games begin in Sochi, Russia, folks there are getting in the spirit. City Officials are offering free subway rides to folks who do 30 squats before entering the ticket barrier. Each squat is counted by a special machine with the Olympic logo.
Each squat will be counted by a special machine marked with the Olympic logo that will be placed next to electronic ticket vending machines. The idea is that as one ride on the metro costs 30 rubles, (92 cents), so each squat will be worth one ruble. The squats for rides are going on this month before the Olympic Games kick off on February 7.
So it looks something like this:
I love this! What a great idea to bring on over here!
The next new thing I recently did in the New Year was go to Hot Yoga. Again, I had to give this up after my shoulder surgery. Yesterday, I decided to venture out and see how I could do. Well, I loved being back. The room was nice and hot and steamy and PACKED. Somehow they crammed about 20 extra people in an already crowded class. I swear that made the temperature rise even higher than the normal 105 degrees. Within 30 minutes there was not a dry inch on my body or head. I will admit that it was the first time that I really thought I might have to leave and throw up. Thankfully, I did neither.
There were still some moves I had to modify. Try as hard as I can I still cannot raise my right arm and get "my bicip beside my ear" like the instructor keeps insisting we do. It just wasn't happening. I will just keep on trying . . .
The third new thing for the New Year is a snack I found at Costco, of all places. It may not be new to you all, but it is to me and I'm so glad I found it! This Energy Blend with edamame, cranberries, almonds and pumpkin kernals is the perfect protein filled, healthy, crunchy something. Either by itself, on top of yogart or thrown into a smoothie. I will warn you it is calorie dense, so a little goes a long way. 1/4 cup is 130 calories with 4 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein, so don't get carried away and start munching mindlessly.
There were still some moves I had to modify. Try as hard as I can I still cannot raise my right arm and get "my bicip beside my ear" like the instructor keeps insisting we do. It just wasn't happening. I will just keep on trying . . .
The third new thing for the New Year is a snack I found at Costco, of all places. It may not be new to you all, but it is to me and I'm so glad I found it! This Energy Blend with edamame, cranberries, almonds and pumpkin kernals is the perfect protein filled, healthy, crunchy something. Either by itself, on top of yogart or thrown into a smoothie. I will warn you it is calorie dense, so a little goes a long way. 1/4 cup is 130 calories with 4 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein, so don't get carried away and start munching mindlessly.
A little blurry on the photo!
Here's a close up. The cranberries give it a great little sweeet pop.
That's it for today. I'm off to begin dinner. I'm going back to my Cooking Light Experiment Meals so I will share with you what we have from this month's issue.
How have you begun the New Year? Tried anything new? Or anything old that might seem new? Have you gotten your house empty and folks back to school? We begin tomorrow and they are already predicting a snow day! Really??
Hope you're having some fun today!
How have you begun the New Year? Tried anything new? Or anything old that might seem new? Have you gotten your house empty and folks back to school? We begin tomorrow and they are already predicting a snow day! Really??
Hope you're having some fun today!
