Who Are You?
10 May 2010 Leave a Comment
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: BOSU, Cool Water, Google, gravity, The Who, Total Gym, whale, Who Are You?
GRAVITY Experiment Day #29
Today’s weight: 148.0 (I’m only human)
Pounds lost / pounds to go: 2.5 / 12.5
Exercise: GRAVITY training for 30 min on the Total Gym – focused on abs and upper body today using the scrunch board, dip bars, and the glide board as a movable surface for my tootsies while doing planks with my hands on a BOSU
I have a horrible memory. The worst is remembering movie lines and song lyrics. My friends and family have lots of material to work with when it comes to “laughing with me”;-)
One of my favorite mix-ups has been the CSI theme song Who Are You? by The Who. Instead of the correct lyrics, “Who are you? Who,who…who,who?” I have been singing boldly, “Cool water. Oo,oo…oo,oo.” After watching this show for years, my husband stopped me and asked what I was saying. After giving my rendition, he started chuckling (and of course corrected me).
I laughed it off but deep down I felt pretty foolish. I swear that there was a commercial when I was growing up advertising Cool Water cologne that used the same theme song and replaced the lyrics with the product name. I remember the commercial clearly – there was a whale in the ocean and they played the commercial jingle as they showed the whale’s tail coming out of the water.
At least I think there was?! Every Google search I’ve tried to validate my childhood memory has come up empty. Doggone it, I will be vindicated one of these days!
But aren’t we all like that in some way. None of us wants to feel silly or humiliated. It’s human nature. We don’t want to be laughed at or made to feel stupid. We play it safe and stick to the things we know we will succeed at.
Once we learn it’s okay to flub up, take risks, make mistakes, and laugh at ourselves – that’s when the fun begins! When every one else asks who are you – it’s okay to be different.
Chicory Root Can Make You Toot?
16 Apr 2010 2 Comments
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: chicory root, fiber, Fiber One, Fiber Plus, Google, inulin, Kellogg's, thin, toot
GRAVITY Experiment Day #5
Today’s weight: 150.0 (it’s okay to fluctuate, it’s okay to fluctuate, it’s okay to fluctuate)
Pounds to go: 14.5
Exercise: Repeat of Wednesday but I’m feeling good so I added 30 seconds at 4.5 mph while I was at 0% grade and ~10 minutes of random core exercises at the end of the workout.
Okay, we must not ignore what we put in our mouths. I was so freakin’ hungry last night that I did break down and have pretzels as a snack. After writing about the dog eating the linoleum because he was bored, though, I did do a mental inventory of why I was eating at 9:30. Stomach growling. Not stressed. Perfectly happy working on some stuff for work. Good dinner and workout. Yep, it’s justified.
I did read the package though and filled my dish with the allotted amount (as opposed to as many as I could jam in it without spilling). I used to be a great label reader – but somewhere after marriage, children, work, and life I just stopped. So this led me to read the ingredients of my Fiber Plus bar I had as a snack this morning.
This thing is super-healthy according to the box – it has antioxidants, Vitamin E, zinc, and 35% of your daily fiber. Kellogg’s even proclaims it “Tastes Better than Fiber One!” When I dive into the ingredients, the first thing listed is chicory root fiber. That sounds very “tree hugger” to me so I Googled it.
Here’s what I found – it’s a good thing (I think). A lot of the info is in the form of ads but for the most part chicory root and the fiber it contains (called inulin) are becoming a common choice in many foods . One registered dietitian stated that inulin promotes healthy gut bacteria, improves digestive function, may help manage diabetes (because it’s not digested and doesn’t affect glucose levels), and it may improve bone health by helping with calcium absorption. When manufacturers choose to add fiber, they have several forms to choose from and this happens to be one of them. Inulin can also be found naturally in bananas, asparagus, onions, artichokes, and garlic.
One problem I did discover from my Google search (not personal experience of course) is that chicory root can make you toot. I’m a women’s health physical therapist – gassiness is a great way to teach patients how to contract their pelvic floor muscles. So from now on, when I have a patient who just can’t understand how to do a Kegel contraction, I’m going to tell them to eat a Fiber Plus bar.
I’m pretty sure my patients will be opposed to the fragrant side effects. Wonder if they’d go for ”Inulin Will Make You Thin!” instead?
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