SparkNB's Journey to Fitness

  Was just watching Dr. Daniel Amen on PBS's pledge week "Change Your Brain"; He has a thing: "Bright Minds", and here are some notes I took on keeping brains healthy, turns out it's a lot of same stuff we're already working on... The graphic below is from when Dr. Amen was on Dr. Oz*, and the text there is a little different than what was on the PBS show; they also have an option to print out the graphic, & they do a 3 minute segment too *link here:  www.doctoroz.com /article/dr-daniel-amens-m emory-rescue-plan *BRIGHT MINDS*: B: Blood Flow exercise, & using bright white lights help with this; the complete $240 PBS donor package includes his book, some dvds & now, a bright white light R: Retirement: keep your mind active I: Inflammation: Lowering sugar in diet, brushing, & flossing is key, also get omega3's & gut health is very important...75% of neurotransmitters are in the gut (why emotions are felt in the stomach, from butterf...

  So...technical difficulties and ran out of steam for a bit recently especially during last weeks of August, and I'm back, at least for now, though may spend more time off spark because of election work? Have logged food again, which pushes me to log water, etc. and working out. Going to track workouts on a big calendar, as similar to https://www.sparkpeople.com/my page_public_journal_indivi dual.asp?blog_id=6685498 My Spark goals:  1) Tracking food  2) Hydration  3) Low-impact cardio daily at least 10 min, but 3-5 days longer sessions, up to 2 hours  4) 2-3 days per week weights  5) 2-3 days per week spin, usually during the 'A-Block' of Rachel Maddow's show  6) Back to working on my push-ups challenge  7) Walks at least 2-3 days per week; need to remember NOT to overdue it...took me a year to heal from 2019 summer achilles injury after one especially long session  8) Daily projects-home  9) Daily projects-PC  10) Daily projects-g...

  WOOT! My candidate is the first immigrant daughter of color nominated as a VP. The beginning of the end! YEAH! PS: Kamala means lotus   Member Comments About This Blog Post v ROBEC4175     364 days ago v CD930416 364 days ago v 79PODGIRL YES!      368 days ago v LORI-K             368 days ago v MERMAIDLIFE I'm excited, too! 368 days ago v 1CRAZYDOG 368 days ago v 56ROSE   368 days ago v GOLFGMA Be glad when the election is behind us.  369 days ago v RIDLEYRIDER 369 days ago v HMBROWN1 How exciting! Best wishes to your candidate! 369 days ago v THROOPER62     369 days ago v RODILLA68 Thanks 369 days ago v CD6913562 369 days ago