What I'm Reading This Week #27
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you've got the day off to enjoy. I would really appreciate the weather dialing it back from Satan's taint to dryish heat please. I'm not even asking for much. Like 83 degrees would make me happy at this point but there's no end in sight to the 90's. The Mr and I have both been plagued with migraines this week. He had a two day event and I had an ocular migraine which is just so crappy to deal with since you can't read or do anything until your vision isn't screwed up. I got to wait on hold for an hour Tuesday with the state tax department so I decided to sand and prime the newel post while listening to hold music designed to make you hang up. To quote Bugs Bunny "he don't know me vewy well, do he?" I got that squared away and later went out between pop up storms to deadhead some zinnias which you may have seen in Wednesday's post. Speaking of Wednesday, it was a busy day in the ga...
I had to take a soaking bath with Epsom salts this morning. Yoga is always a good stretch but it also does a number on my legs if I don't soak usually the next day. Now I feel pretty good but we'll see once I am fully awake what I really start to feel like.
ReplyDeleteYou're a tight mess. We need to do it more often to increase your flexibility. ;-)
DeleteI actually just walk for exercise and I love how gentle it is on my body-no after pain :) The bacon wrapped asparagus looks great, I'm going to have to try this soon!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say even a walk doesn't take a toll but it does. My legs muscles are all discombobulated so walking on asphalt gets my IT bands and walking on trails gets my hips. If I were better at longer stretches afterward, I'm sure I wouldn't hurt as much. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe asparagus is quite good! I like to render the bacon a little first so you don't have a piece of raw bacon where its secured with a toothpick.
Thank you for sharing that video link. I did something to my back last week and finally went to the Dr yesterday. Once it gets to feeling better I'm going to give that video a try. Tight hips and hamstrings and 11 hour shifts on my feet are not helping my back at all!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got your trip planned. Hopefully that will help with the tension. That stuff just creeps up on you!!
You're very welcome. I usually try to use my hard roller on my back (a masseuse told me to roll my rump to help release there and the lower back and IT bands release a bit more but check with your doc first if you try it) That stretch session always helps me feel so much better when everything the from the lower back down is giving me grief. Hope it helps you too should you decide to give it a try!
DeleteI don't really have a stretch routine, I generally just try to stretch the area that hurts as best I can. The thing that I miss most about the days I went to Curves is their stretch rack. I don't know what it was actually called, but it was this cage thing with a whole variety of bars and pads where I could stretch pretty much every muscle group with ease.
ReplyDeleteOoh a stretch rack sounds intriguing! I bet that would encourage you to stretch after each workout.
DeleteBeautiful, lovely dinner! I try to do some stretching and/or yoga poses when I'm hurting. I need to stretch much more often, though.
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you! I think many of us tend to underestimate how important stretching it. Even though I know a stretch longer than a minute or two is better for me, I rarely do it until I'm toast.
DeleteDefinitely do a lot of stretching. I get terrible cramps in my feet and calves so I'm constantly standing on my stairs and letting my heels drop below the stair to stretch everything out. It hurts like crazy but I know it's loosening up those bunched muscles. I carry most of my stress in my shoulders so I have particular arm/shoulder stretches I do that really release the tension in my shoulder blades.
ReplyDeleteOoh that foot stretch sounds good! I'll have to do that one tonight for sure!
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