Bryant Hewitt With Wandering Wednesday.

http://bryantanita711.blogspot.com/2013/04/wandering-wednesday-with-hhwn.html?spref=tw Wandering Wednesday With HHWN Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with Bryant and Anita Hewitt Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Food To Chew On: Wednesday – Renovation in Progress 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Thought For The Day: “The most exciting discovery of our generation is the discovery that we can alter our person by altering the attitude of our mind” –William James When we are unsure of what to do or were to go, we find ourselves in a wandering situation… However we must always realize that we are never alone or without help!! So now we are ready for change and it is never easy but it can be achieved by a made up mind and hard work!!! So let’s roll our sleeves and get busy in eating right and exercising and we can do it ……So Have a Healthy Day with HHWN!!! J Benefits Of Stretching For Seniors And The Elderly Not only are strength and endurance important for maintaining independence as we age, flexibility of our muscles and tendons are necessary for most functional activities. If our motion is restricted in any way, shortening develops which decreases the range of motion in our joints. Benefits of stretching help improve the mobility of our "soft tissue" which includes muscle, skin and the connective tissue surrounding our muscles and joints. It prepares us mentally for our activity and decreases the risk and/or severity of injury. Shoulder Stretch Purpose of this exercise •Helps stretch our shoulder, scapula and supporting muscles and joints. •Improves our reaching ability especially across the body. How to do it: Step 1 •Bring your left hand up onto your right shoulder. •Support your elbow with your right hand. Step 2 •Gently pull left elbow toward right shoulder. •When a stretch is felt, hold for 10 to 15 seconds. •Repeat with the other side. •Gently pull right elbow toward left shoulder. Breathing: •Breathe normally in through the nose and out through the mouth.. Tips: •Try to keep your elbow at shoulder height. •Lift your ribs. •Stretching should feel pleasant, stop if there is joint pain. Take it up a notch: •Keep your elbow straight when pulling it back toward your shoulder. Neti Pot Use and Safety Tips Neti pots often look like miniature tea pots and can be used to flush the nose to help sinus pressure. Water and a salt mixture are combined and then with some head tilting, the salt water goes up one nostril and back out the other. Neti pots have been around for centuries and originated with the Ayurvedic and yoga medical tradition. A few recent stories have me re-thinking my neti pot and how I use it. Mine stays in the shower and gets used there so I don’t make a mess spraying water all over the bathroom. Recently there have been so me pretty scary stories of people using tap water in their neti pot and ending up with more trouble than it was worth. One report is of a woman in Louisiana using tap water in her neti pot and ending up with an amoeba in her brain. She died shortly thereafter. This isn’t typically a problem if the water is ingested as a drink because the digestive system protects the body by killing such organisms before they get absorbed into the blood stream. The nose doesn’t have the strong acid of the stomach to kill offending organisms. A Healthy Menu For Wednesday For breakfast select one low-fat blueberry waffle, 2 tbsp. sugar-free syrup, ½ cup fresh raspberries and 1 cup nonfat milk. Enjoy coffee or tea sweetened with a sugar substitute, too. Your lunch meal includes 2 scrambled eggs, 1 oz. low fat cheese, 1 slice of toasted whole grain bread and 1 tsp. soft margarine and ½ cup fresh pineapple. For dinner, choose 3 oz. broiled salmon, ½ quinoa, ½ cup broccoli and cauliflower mix. Have 4 oz. low fat yogurt with ½ cup sliced strawberries for dessert. http://anitahewitt.blogspot.com/2013/04/food-for-soul-ev-antia-hewitt-41713.html