Disgusted : Desperate brides try feeding tube die

My daily morning routine: get up,work out, cook breakfast, get ready for work, go to work, and enjoy watching the Today Show while I get ready for my class to come in the morning.

Today was no different (except I may or may not have skipped working out and saved it for just now...hmm). While watching the Today Show I was completely DISGUSTED by one of their "health" reports.

Desperate brides try feeding tube diet

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To make it short: Brides are going in to Dr.'s Offices and having feeding tubes inserted so they lose weight for their upcoming weddings. They receive only liquid "nutrition" totaling around 800 calories a day... 

UMMMMM EXCUSE ME. I have a very hard time grasping the concept that a DR, who supposedly understands nutrition and health, is morally and ethically ok with this whole procedure. 

I will admit I am no DOCTOR but I have a serious problem with this. What happened to living a healthy lifestyle? What happened to working out? What happened to making more home cooked meals and eating out less often? As a society we have become LAZY!!! and can you blame us, there are "Doctors" out their willing to go ahead with procedures like, this instead of teaching people healthy ways of living. 

This procedure lasts between 8-10 days (from what I have read) and costs anywhere from $1,500-$2,000. I just can not fathom every doing anything this extreme to lose weight. 

 Now maybe I am blowing this whole thing out of proportion but these are my thoughts. If we (as a country) made healthier choices, worked out more, cooked at home and ate out less these type of extreme procedures would be unnecessary. Why can't we make better choices year round, instead of resorting to a liquid diet tube shoved in our noses so we look good for one event? Don't you want to look and FEEL good all the time?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.... 

Ciao and completely disgusted,

Alexis

Slow it down to Tone it up!!!

 

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Happy Sunday Funday ALL! 

Catch up on what you missed this week:

 Update: Breaking out of my Comfort zone

Oatmeal cookie cakes

Rest Day Dilemma 

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One of those days!

Today has been a tiring interesting Sunday to say the least. I had a rough week that finally turned around, Brian had duty all weekend and leaves tonight :o( so we have been getting up at 4:45am since Friday. Which I am ok with during the week but Sunday NOT SO MUCH!! Anyways I got up and made him breakfast this morning and could not fall back to sleep. 

 He hates when I take random pictures... So of course I continue to do so!

So anyways: I realized at 9am I was not getting back to sleep so I caught up on some shows, did some much need crafting, started laundry and just finished a workout. Somehow all I could think about was writing a quick workout post for you while I finished my own LOL. So here it goes!

SLOW IT DOWN... TO TONE IT UP! 

Slowing down your movements is a good way to target muscles and give them just a little extra burn. I am focusing on legs in this particular workout, which can be done at home with no added weight. trust me your own body weight is enough to make you feel the burn. 

ALWAYS REMEMBER!! Form is extremely important with any exercise but especially legs, I don't know about you but I would like to keep my crappy aged knees as long as I possible can. LOL

***The whole point of this workout is to use slow, correct movements, to target and work those muscles. 

You will follow your super slow movements by holding in the down position and then pulsing it out. Try your best to finish one circuit without stopping, take a 20-30 sec break between each exercise***

 

After doing both legs take a 45sec break and repeat. I promise your legs will hate you half way through but love you later!!! 

Let me know what you think if you try it!!!! 

Ciao and toned legs

Alexis