Friday Actually Day Seven

Snow Snow Snow Snow in my world....

Non Carb Bliss. Thai Chicken with ginger, garlic and jalapenos on lettuce

Okay. I am now adjusted. Day Seven.

Ugh. So much jumping. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. growl.

Knees very tired this morning. Do not want to jump once more ever.

Diet...excellent. Lots of veggies - but one drink. Oops. My great downfall...the margarita. Not just a drink but pretty much a 3000 calorie drink full of sugar. Augh.

Day Five and Six

I thought it was day Five but I guess it is day Six. How did I start on Sunday? I shall be a day late and a dollar short. hmmmmmmm...

Body much better. Thanks all for the cheerful comments.

I see that this odyssey is different than PCP. KFB (Kentucky Fried Bacon? No. I think not. Kind Flexible Body? Perhaps. Skill... Kansas Finesse Body? Yes. That shall be my title. Ah that woman with the skillful Kansas Finesse Body - she walks and talks with authority and purpose. Grace. So the odyssey is taking us deeper - past the modern focus on fat and feeling fat and being weak and fragile. This KFB trip is more elegant. Taking time. We know where we are now - so let's survey the landscape and lie in the wet grass of the valley and know these bones we carry and the heart that pumps blood through the veins that wind through us.

(For those of you who don't know me I am hereby warning you that my posts are .... well rather fanciful. You can just skip to the end if you want....)

Saw a documentary about stress today and how it puts plaque in our arteries, kills our brain cells and frazzles our DNA which speeds up aging. Positives - positive social interaction combats stress. We are social creatures and when the group is supportive (as opposed to the typical primate stratified society...or the typical modern stratified society with dominant and subdominant and submissive levels) supportive social interaction combats the effects of stress as much as almost anything. Huh. I felt this with the first PCP group - that there was a kind of mystical power in the connection that we had even though we were not physically present with each other. I saw us scattered around the world and it was so helpful. I hope that we can find that as a group. That is part of the power of this process. To connect with our own bodies we are helped by connecting honestly with others.

Okay.

Exercises went pretty well. Ate NO carbs today. Lovely veggies and chicken. Nice long meditation. Breathing. Love stretching. I am a first class Kung Fuey stretcher already.

Good night all.

Day Three and Four

Two days blurred together with inactivity.

Been rather socked in with a cold. Decided to collapse and let my body rest. Did most of the exercises. Ate well.

Absolutely loved Patrick's email today about the stuff of stars that make up my very own flesh. Lying in bed, resting, I felt the fragility of my atomic structure. The balance that can easily be tipped on direction or another.

Mounds of snow outside. Quiet inside.

Day 2

Sunday

It snowed like mad here.

Very beautiful.

I took this picture about 8AM this morning. It's a picture of Ann in front of her red barn. I pick her up every Sunday morning. Ann is 80 and has never learned to drive. So she's spent a life walking everywhere. It's served her well. She's the healthiest 80 year old in church.

I exercised just now. I like the kicks. I like the stretches. My body feels very warm and awake now. Eating -- went to a cooking class at a friend's restaurant -- Asian appetizers -- pork buns, potstickers and drunkard noodles. Yes. A little too many carbs. But absolutely delish. And full of flavor, ginger, garlic, cilantro, and hot things.

Day Two.

Day One It Is

Okay. Here we go.

I did the Peak Condition thing with happy results. Hugely better health. Could bound up stairs with good cheer.

Not sure I am ready for this.

I've backslid some - especially with the jumping. The past month, January, in Vermont is very dreary. Cold. And I was tired and kind of stopped doing much of anything that was good for me.

So I'm ready to live again. To make great healthy choices.

Day one was pretty good. Jumping...eh.... But I shall focus on the positive. Stretching is fun. And I went swimming this morning in an nice indoor pool. Now it's snowing. We've got a foot and a half already.

Welcome everyone. I look forward to Fuing with you...

Deborah