Father’s Day is June 17th! You have less than one week to take advantage of Fluid’s Father’s Day massage special.
Skip the mall and treat Dad to some TLC with Fluid’s signature “Man Massage” treatment.
Purchase a sixty minute massage for Dad and he can add on this relaxing treatment for free!
Offer good until June 17th 2012, Dad has one year to use his gift certificate.
Are you sitting at your desk? Have you been sitting there for several hours? Stand up right now and walk around your desk, or down the hall, or better yet go fill up your water bottle and take a few big gulps. Go ahead, I’ll wait…
This recent NPR article from New York Times columnist Gretchen Reynolds details a few simple ways you can combat the effects of a sedentary lifestyle. According to Reynolds:
“Sitting for long periods of time — when you don’t stand up, don’t move at all — tends to cause changes physiologically within your muscles. You stop breaking up fat in your bloodstream, you start getting accumulations of fat … in your liver, your heart and your brain. You get sleepy. You gain weight. You basically are much less healthy than if you’re moving.”
I would add that taking periodic breaks from your computer also reduces eye strain and lower back pain. Reynolds recommends standing for two minutes every 20 minutes while desk-bound — even if you can’t move around your office. She suggests getting a music stand to hold your papers and standing each time your phone rings. Are you a into cool software aps? Here are a few online tools to remind you to take periodic breaks from your computer. Plus the little EVO guy is pretty cute.
What tips have helped you be less sedentary?
I was at the farmer’s market this week and picked up some carrots. Here’s what I decided to do with them.
This is a take on a classic French salad and is traditionally made with a salad oil rather than stronger-tasting olive oil. I suggest subbing extra-virgin olive oil because it is so good for you. I have also subbed apple cider for sherry vinegar again for the health benefits. My great grandmother, who we called Grannie Bird used to take a shot of apple cider vinegar every morning because she believed it helped ease her arthritis pain. I also added a squeeze of honey but if your carrots are very sweet you may not need it. Try this and let me know what you think.
To make the dressing whisk together the lemon juice, vinegar, salt and pepper, mustard, oil and honey
Toss dressing with the carrots and parsley in a large bowl.
Taste and adjust salt.
Let salad rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour, toss again and serve.
This month I found a new (to me) trail, Wachlella Falls. This is the perfect hike to take out of town visitors who are looking for an easy, short hike (just over an hour total) that passes some amazing waterfalls. This hike is kid friendly and a good spot for a picnic. I plan on doing more of these this summer. Contact me if you are interested in joining us.
What are your favorite Oregon hikes?
You have probably seen this video going around the internet of Arthur Boorman the disabled vet who transformed himself from couch potato to athlete! There is lots to love about this video – Arthur’s determination, his rapid strength and balance improvements, his weight loss and the amazing before and after photos where he looks like a different person. I love the 1:50 mark where he is doing modified yoga poses in his living room using a chair to steady himself and he falls completely over, legs in the air like a cockroach. Guess what happens next (2 min mark) he gets back up! Over and over again.
Oddly enough his yoga instructor is none other than wrestlemania star Diamond Dallas Page.
I won’t spoil the ending if you have not yet seen this video but I had tears in my eyes watching it. Makes loosing that last 10 lbs or getting up at 6 am tomorrow to hit the gym seem not so difficult. Do you have an amazing transformation story or are you just starting to make some changes in your diet or activity? Tell me about it.