Paying attention to my posture has changed me. I feel more confident and I feel stronger and healthier than ever. I feel that my poor posture has caused a lot of my health problems and I only hope that these are reversible. Suck in stomach, stick out chest, roll shoulders forward, head up high, pelvis forward. Doing this has relieved small aches and pains in my hips and knees that I had while walking. Getting up was always difficult and walking after sitting for a period of time always hurt. Doing this has made it less so. I don't want it 'out there' that I am telling people to walk around with their pelvis thrusted but it makes the pain stop. ALSO while driving I used to, after about 30 minutes, intense pelvic pain, but the posture thing has totally eliminated it! The last time I had that pain in the car, I sat up as straight as I could, sucked in my gut, rolled my pelvis forward and slightly swivled my hips, first the side that was hurting me. I pushed that side forward so that my knee touched the dashboard, then the other side. I did it a few times and the pain completely went away. Maybe I should put some disclaimer here saying that you should consult a physician before trying anything here.
I have started mixing it up a bit more by eating the vegetables some times, other times crackers. I had some beers last night. I am just living. I am not trying to make a change that I will eventually fail at. I like coffee in the morning, sometimes mid-day too. Cheese popcorn on occasion. little debbies are a must! I just make sure that I eat something small every 2-3 hours. Cutting down how much sodium I intake is hard, but I am "trying" to drink more water. Trying is in quoties because I am not drinking as much as I need to, even if it is more than I used to. I will continue with these posts and eventually even post some poorly lit shirtless cellphone pictures of me in front of the bathroom mirror making a kissy face at the camera.
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