It made me think about how we are all unique and have different answers to the question of who, what, where, why and how of humans. Some run fast naturally and other have a hard time going half that speed and they are the same height and weight. Then there are those who are twice the weight who run faster than those half their weight. There are those those who, no matter what we try, are geographically challenged where other can find their was around any city with ease and without a map. There are those who can enjoy a beer and those who can't enjoy one (alcoholism). Is this all genetics? Is it all the result of our environment? Is it long lasting effect of good decisions or bad decisions? I wonder if I will ever know?
Recently at the office, we had a middle age women die from Cancer. This is my 4th friend in 5 years to be taken from cancer. The most recent smoked and lived like the average human being would as far as diet and exercise (meaning occasional). Recently, another staff person in my office was informed she has terminal cancer. She is very healthy in life. Always made organic food choices, never smoked, exercised regular, and took very good care of herself. Made me think, does it matter what we eat or how much we exercise?
Then I digress and speak about the the world of technology and we as people fooled by what we see and forget the variables that caused the false visual. Advertising often uses parts of factual data to emphasize how great something is over another. People believe what we see more than what we read, at least that is what the advertising group tells me.
An example, I saw an advertisement for the "new wave" oven on Television this morning. They were bragging how much more fat is removed by using their product as opposed to a conventional oven. They "prove" it by cooking chicken in the "new wave" oven and in the conventional oven. Then they dump the drippings into a cup to show how much more fat is removed. Everyone was in awe! What they do not say if that the over they were selling did not allow the moisture to escape. Instead, water was added to the fat increasing the volume. In the real oven, it dissipated and the left over fat is like motor oil. But people just believe what they see, we forget to think...
I recently saw a video that is inspiring about YRG - Yoga. It was a video about Arthur Boorman who sets a goal to walk again and to reclaim his life. An Army veteran who was hurt in the first Gulf War, Arthur suffered for 15 years with the effects of a botched surgery that left him unable to walk without the assistance of leg braces and canes. By February 2007, he had ballooned to 297 pounds and, by his own admission, was waiting to die. In looking for a yoga program to alleviate some of his constant pain, Arthur found the YRG workout. He gained inspiration and strength from DDP and other members of Team YRG to propel him toward his goal -- "I Will Walk Again!" -- and, ultimately, to blow past it. Watch here as Arthur vividly demonstrates that life is not about how many times you fall down -- it's about how many times you get up. http://youtu.be/suTPns5cy_Q
What I have come to the conclusion is that science is wrong to generalize when it come to health and well being! Each of our bodies are vastly different genetically and the environments in which we are raised. What works for one may have a opposite impact on another. So strange but makes scientific research difficult.
I did buy a new road bike. I intend to ride my Bionx Cannondale quick 5 one day and the new Fuji Roubaix 2.0 the other. This will allow me to ride more without exhaustion. It is 18 miles one way. I have commuted to work over 500 miles already in 2012 and have the goal of 3,000 commute miles. Crazy when I think about how that is almost an I-pad worth of fuel savings!
Now on to my health. I have not lost any weight since January 1. I believe this is caused by three things:
- I had been depressed about leaving tennis (which after almost four months I am really feeling good emotionally about quitting.
- Work has been so busy and stressful. I have been able to cut back to working 55-60 hour weeks. We did hire two new staff and I will be able to work my 40 hours weeks again soon. (THANK GOD, I AM BURNING OUT!)
- Right knee is strange. I have been taking real care not to push the knee. It never really recovered from the surgery. I think, as I stated many time, if the weight goes down, the pain is less of a possibility. My weight is only 18 pounds from the obnoxious weight I was in 2005. Gained 72 pounds from my 2005 Grandma's.... Ouch! I am to blame, but the regular does of prednisone since between 2008 and 2011 sure did not help. I felt the weight add each time I was on the drug, but I felt so much better!
I have signed up for my 28th Grandma's Marathon. Really not sure if I will run the race but I am a lifetime member and never have to pay a entry fee and had to enter by April 1 or lose my chance for the year. So I signed up. Last year I ran it with only one 2.4 mile training run the Tuesday before the marathon.
As I close, I have been taking more photo's and learning about my new camera. I took one the other night and there was a strange object in the sky for one of them. Look at the upper left. I you look at the second picture, I zoomed to the corner. It is only in one of the pictures and I took several that night. Strange!
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UFO? Doubt it but I was not feeling good about what was around me that night. It was a easy feeling. When I came home I told my girlfriend I felt uneasy the whole time I was taking photo's. Then later in the week I downloaded the photo's and we both were surprised!
Anyway, looking forward to running when I can. For the first time in a few years I miss running through the woods. It had become a chore. Almost went a few times but was so exhausted after a 11 hour workday, I do not. Really stupid as I know a easy run would make me feel better.
I have been told that telling everyone I am going to go on a diet and post the results weekly will enhance the likelihood of success? Not sure, but it makes me think...
