Penny's Workout World Newsletter
Issue#96~March 18,2009
TODAY FINALLY FEELS LIKE SPRING!
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In this issue:"Accupressure Refresher"

"WABC Segment This Saturday 7:45am and
"Everything's Amazing & Nobody is Happy"


Quick Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypq1C7px1Nw&feature=channel_page
Watch for my fitness segment this Saturday March 21st at 7:45am on WABC !





Last Call for Canyon Ranch Group Trip April 30-May 3rd
Email me if you are interested in details!



TEQUILLA WARNING


Everything is Amazing & No One is Happy






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Chinese medicine. I used Chinese medicine on myself in the middle of the night last night when I couldn't sleep and it worked like a charm. A Chinese medicine specialist at Canyon Ranch showed me a nifty cure for insomnia that sounds really kooky and is really kooky but it gets me back to sleep every time I remember to do it. You roll over on your right side, propping your right arm under you and hold your right nostril closed while taking deep breaths though the left nostril. They theory is that the right nostril oxygenates the left side of the brain, the side of the brain that is analytical, in charge of planning, regretting, worrying and bill paying. So if you close off that nostril, the left nostril will feed the right side of the brain, the part of the brain that's not concerned with paying the mortgage or fixing the AIG (Read more)
  11 Tips For Living a Shorter, Fatter Life
Give yourself 5 points for every yes answer and zero for every no answer.

When you regularly choose to skip your workout your chances of living a shorter, fatter life go up.

When you go to bed with a full belly, your chances of living a fatter life go up.

When you starve all day and eat a huge meal at night, your chances of  living a shorter, fatter life go up.

When you drink more than three drinks a day, your chances of living a shorter and fatter life go up.

When you sleep less than 6 hours a night, your chances of living less long go up.

When you can't see your toes because of your belly, your chances of living a shorter, fatter life go up.

When you skip breakfast everyday, your chances of living a shorter, fatter life go up.

When you are so stressed out that it keeps you awake at night, your chances of living a shorter life go up.

When you avoid stress reducing, mind-body techniques like yoga and tai chi or meditation your chances of living a chaotic life go up.

When you never lift weights or do weight-bearing exercises like push-ups, your chances of living in a nursing home go up

When you eat lots of sugar, white breads and no fiber, your chances of living a fatter, shorter life go up.

55-40 Points-Congratulations! You will live the shortest, fattest life possible!  Enjoy it while you can, It won't be much longer.
39-25 Points- You're doing okay with shortening your life span but if you just let yourself slip a bit more you should be dead before you know it, You've got several promising bad habits.
24-20 Points- You have your occasional slip-ups but overall you are failing at  dying early, keep trying though. All it takes is a little slacking and in a decade or two, you can undo all your success.
Under 19 Points- You've failed miserably at living the short, fat life. You'll probably live a longer, slimmer life than most of the rest of us but oh well, at least we won't be around to witness it.  


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