REAL

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:

PT ~ Physical therapy

UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

FL ~ Sitting foot lifts to strengthen knees

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

http://sealfit.com/sealfit-blog-how-to-build-durability/

Mon: Walk stairs PT 0-lb x5 FL x5 

Tue: Walk 1/2+ mile elliptical 5+ min bike 15+ min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x10 FL x5

Wed: Walk stairs PT 0-lb x5 FL x5

Thu: Walk 1/2 mile elliptical 5 min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x9 FL x5

Fri: Walk stairs PT 0-lb x5 FL x5

Sat: Walk 1/2+ mile 1-1/2 hr wash car/yard work elliptical 5+ min bike 20+ min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x10 FL x5

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Amazing supportive friends

~ God closing doors that aren't for me.

~ God opening doors that are for me.

~ Books by favorite authors

~ God's grace

Brain Dump

The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory lists various life events, giving them numerical values. Add the points for your total. 150 or less and your life is pretty low stress. 150-300 points and you have a 50% higher risk of having a health breakdown in the next 2 years. At 300 points or more, you have an 80% chance of having a health breakdown in the next 2 years. I scored 525.

TBR

101. Love Under Construction by Ginger Solomon Christian romance. We so often make redemption harder than it is, but it's often because overcoming the negative messages of the past are part of the process and we don't always acknowledge that part. I saw myself in both protagonists. Loved the story. 

102. A Texas Christmas Miracle (The Raffertys of Last Stand series Book 2) by Justine Davis contemporary romance. Her stories always draw me into the world she created, seeing the places, feeling the emotions, cheering for the HEA. (Her stories have at least one bedroom scene.)

103. The 9-12 Project by Staci Stallings. This is my second time through the program, and I'm starting it again. Once isn't enough. 

104. Of Ghosts and Gardens (All Hallow's Eve Collection: A Timeless Romance Anthology Book 13) by Sarah M. Eden historical romance. Short and sweet story. Charming. Loved it! My first story by this author; I want to read more of her stories.

105. It's You (All Hallow's Eve Collection: A Timeless Romance Anthology Book 13) by Annette Lyon historical romance. A little bit spooky but enjoyable. 

REAL

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:

PT ~ Physical therapy

UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

FL ~ Sitting foot lifts to strengthen knees

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

http://sealfit.com/sealfit-blog-how-to-build-durability/

Mon: Walk PT 0-lb x10 FL x5 

Tue: Walk 1/2+ mile elliptical 5+ min bike 17+ min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x10 FL x5

Wed: Walk stairs PT 0-lb x5 FL x5

Thu: Walk 1/2+ mile elliptical 5+ min bike 15 min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x10 FL x5

Fri: Walk 1/2+ mile stairs

Sat: Walk 1/2+ mile 1-1/2 hr yard work elliptical 5 min bike 15 min stairs PT 0-lb x10 1-lb x10 FL x5

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Blessed visits

~ Dear friends

~ Cooler weather

~ Inspired speakers

~ God's grace

Brain Dump

Some question why it looks like the flu and colds disappeared. Some suggest that the new virus is dominant and overriding other viruses, like flu and cold. I'd like to go back to getting a cold every few months...hmmm...I wonder if I'm also immune to flu and colds now...questions, questions, questions...

Veterans Day

 Thank you to all who've served.

A bit of Cuteness