The latest installment of Change of Shift is up over at INQRI Blog.
There are a lot of great submissions as always. This installment is all about Nursing Educaiton! Be sure to check out the latest edition of our beloved blog carnival.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.. not only did I not submit an entry – but I’m almost a week late posting Change of Shift. Sorry, this semester is grueling.
As always a BIG THANK YOU to Kim over at Emergiblog for getting the CoS party started, and keeping the fire going!
Carpe Diem
Tags: blog carnival, change of shift, nurse
So, you think you’re job is tough? Think you want/need a new job?
Maybe we should all be a little more appreciative of the conveniences we have.
Would you commute over 1000 miles for a job?
What if you didn’t have a choice?
Whew..
I really need to complain just a little bit less.
Things that make you go hmm.
“If I eat this cheeseburger, that just means an extra 40 minutes on the treadmill”
“I’m going to have just this one… just this one donut. I’ll just squeeze in a couple more miles on the bike”
“Ooooh OK. I’ll have another piece of pie. I’ll just have to visit the gym an extra day this week”
Does any of this sound vaguely familiar? Bartering, bargaining, and rationalizing your bad eating habits, those empty promises to your body, and being comfortable with your overall eating lifestyle without the guilt. It’s that guilt factor that keeps us from becoming a down right glutton, but this habit of bargaining a food item for some extra exercise is a disastrously imbalanced deal that ultimately leads to failure.
Weight loss and ‘dieting’ (yes, I still hate that word) come down to a game of numbers. You have to get rid of more than you take in. There’s no way to trick, bend, warp or fudge those numbers. You consume a certain number of calories, and your body ‘uses up’ or ‘burns’ a certain amount of calories. We all make the deal with the devil by trying to satisfy this equation. If my actions will add ‘X’ number of calories to my body, then I have ‘work off /burn/melt” ‘X’ number of calories. That way I have net gained zero. At least that’s what we tell ourselves…
Please read on over at Scrubs Magazine There’s No Bargaining In Weight Loss
Tags: bargain, diet, exercise, healthy eating, weight loss
So in Yahoo!’s infinite wisdom they are appealing to the ‘resolutioner’s out there. They’ve decided to give you some great, easy-to-do, ‘guaranteed’, and ‘simple’ exercises that are SURE to ‘flatten’ your tummy:
2 Killer Moves for a Flat Tummy – Healthy Living on Shine
And it will only take 2 exercises!
YES! Just 2!
I’ll only ‘comment’ on one of their suggested ‘go-to’ exercises. The Plank. If you do this simple exercise you’ll be on your way to that flat tummy:
Get into a push-up position with your forearms on the floor.
- Lift your legs and torso up off the ground so that only your toes and the flats of your forearms remain on the floor.
- Keeping your back neutral and your belly button pulled in, hold this position for 20-60 seconds.
So here is the provided picture to help visualize what you should be doing:
Did anyone notice? So much for that ‘keeping your back neutral’ thing ehh?
Taking into account the room for error and the tricks a 2-D picture can make when it’s a 3-D character – there is still something off here.
I’m no expert, but it seems like a lil’ incorrect form? Or am I just nitpicking? Now, don’t get me wrong, I will be the first one to support this exercise. This basic ‘core’ exercise is the building block for a stronger, solid and tighter mid-section – but c’mon guys..
I guess I’m of the opinion if you’re going to provide sound advice, be sure it’s ‘sound’ before you go splashing it on the front page.
Things that make you go hmm..
Tags: core, correct form, plank, yahoo
