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Tuesday, Jul 1 2008 - No More Camouflage (start) / Turnip Slaw (finish)
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That's the title on my guided prayer meditation/journal for this day. Kind of made me laugh to see this my theme has been "not hiding me." This is arguably the same as "no more camouflage."
The part that helped most out of today's reading: "The Bible never camouflaged the weaknesses of the people God used. God used David. God used Abraham . . . . [t]he Church is a hospital for wounded souls."
From this reading I took that I must be forgiving of the ways I am not, and cannot, be perfect. And I want to be forgiving of others in the same way. Funny, I don't often think of myself as too terribly smart, gifted, or talented. Which leads me to apply the if I can do it, anyone can do it logic to things. This gets me in trouble.
The Exercise Plan: I really should have a plan and goals for my exercise. I love to do yoga, go walking (cardio), ride my bike (cardio), and I need to do weight training. Four types of exercise that I want to balance across six or seven days of workouts.
Day 1 Yoga and Cardio (my choice)
Day 2 Dumbbell and Cardio (my choice)
Day 3 Cardio long (my choice)
Day 4 Dumbbell and short Yoga
Day 5 Yoga and Cardio (my choice)
Day 6 Short yoga and long cardio (my choice)
Day 7 Rest or long cardio
Well, this plan will add, for sure, one extra day of dumbbell than I have been managing. I'd like to tweak it and eventually be doing the dumbbell 3x a week. I keep my dumbbell sessions brief 30 to 45 minutes. I work in a flow or circuit. I don't have patience to spend more time on weights, and I don't want to hang out at the gym resting between sets.
Turnip Slaw: Yes, turnips! Turnips are fresh and abundant from my garden right now. But the weather's been so hot I have not wanted to COOK! So here's a raw turnip recipe:
Four well-scrubbed medium sized turnips, coarsely grated
Two well-scrubbed medium carrots, coarsely grated
1 TBS toasted sesame seeds
1 TBS sugar (optional)
3 TBS rice wine vinegar
1 TBS olive oil (optional or try something else, like flax oil)
Blend well. Refrigerate for an hour or overnight for flavors to meld. Crispy tart/spicy salad, good with picnic food. Made about 4 side servings for us.
Calories: 120 per serving (calculated with olive oil and sugar).
This is where things are for now in my life. Dayenu!
The part that helped most out of today's reading: "The Bible never camouflaged the weaknesses of the people God used. God used David. God used Abraham . . . . [t]he Church is a hospital for wounded souls."
From this reading I took that I must be forgiving of the ways I am not, and cannot, be perfect. And I want to be forgiving of others in the same way. Funny, I don't often think of myself as too terribly smart, gifted, or talented. Which leads me to apply the if I can do it, anyone can do it logic to things. This gets me in trouble.
The Exercise Plan: I really should have a plan and goals for my exercise. I love to do yoga, go walking (cardio), ride my bike (cardio), and I need to do weight training. Four types of exercise that I want to balance across six or seven days of workouts.
Day 1 Yoga and Cardio (my choice)
Day 2 Dumbbell and Cardio (my choice)
Day 3 Cardio long (my choice)
Day 4 Dumbbell and short Yoga
Day 5 Yoga and Cardio (my choice)
Day 6 Short yoga and long cardio (my choice)
Day 7 Rest or long cardio
Well, this plan will add, for sure, one extra day of dumbbell than I have been managing. I'd like to tweak it and eventually be doing the dumbbell 3x a week. I keep my dumbbell sessions brief 30 to 45 minutes. I work in a flow or circuit. I don't have patience to spend more time on weights, and I don't want to hang out at the gym resting between sets.
Turnip Slaw: Yes, turnips! Turnips are fresh and abundant from my garden right now. But the weather's been so hot I have not wanted to COOK! So here's a raw turnip recipe:
Four well-scrubbed medium sized turnips, coarsely grated
Two well-scrubbed medium carrots, coarsely grated
1 TBS toasted sesame seeds
1 TBS sugar (optional)
3 TBS rice wine vinegar
1 TBS olive oil (optional or try something else, like flax oil)
Blend well. Refrigerate for an hour or overnight for flavors to meld. Crispy tart/spicy salad, good with picnic food. Made about 4 side servings for us.
Calories: 120 per serving (calculated with olive oil and sugar).
This is where things are for now in my life. Dayenu!
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