2 + 7 = 9

It's National Scarf Day. Learn 20 ways to tie a scarf and make a video of yourself tying them.

It's corned beef hash day, so make some. You can also learn how to make corned beef.

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 26. Today you'll go down to front split as far down as you can, support yourself with your hands in front of you.

 100 pushups
 
16 - 18 - 13 - 13 - 20+
120 seconds rest between

20 pullups

3 - 3 - 3 - 2 - max
120 seconds rest between each set

5 more days to go...

This is a good day, so much to do!

It's Lumberjack Day. So learn about lumberjacks, learn how to correctly cut a tree, and wear plaid.

It's Pancake Day. So learn to make the best, fluffiest pancakes in the world.

It's Johnny Appleseed day. So watch the Disney's Melody Time - there's one section called Johnny Appleseed - and plant some appleseeds of your own. Grow them a year and then next year go plant the saplings somewhere.

It's Batman day. So if you started your Batman movie marathon yesterday, you can continue today with good conscience :-D

 C25K

 Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 26. Today's stretch is "standing frog stretch" or "frog squat". I think in Yoga talk it's called the garland pose.

 

Six days to go...

It's a National Comic Book Day. So, of course, you'll see your favorite comic book movie(s).

Also, you could watch Kick-ass or Kingsmen, to get a movie starting with K to your list, or Ironman for I.  

It's also the National lobster day and National Crab Meat Newburg day, so if you have always wanted to taste lobster, today is the day. Or if you want to cook a lobster. (Now, I don't eat shellfish. I have never understood people who go all lyrical over shrimps and crayfish. I see no difference between those and insects. It's all legs and antennae and shells and... all those legs... brr....)

I love Julie & Julia, btw. I think it was a pity Julia thought Julie wasn't being serious, because she totally was. I am also a bit chuffed (the negative way) about how some people react to the movie, thinking Julie was in it for a stunt or something, and that Julia was correct getting all... bitchy about it. Here's Julie's original blog, BTW. Now, I'm not a fan of Julia, and Julie's idea of cooking through a cook book fits perfectly this blog, so I suppose I'm bound to take her side in this discussion... though I'm not a big fan of hers either :-D

BTW, cooking through a cook book is on some bucket lists... I wonder how many of them are inspired by Julie and how many got the idea like Julie did :-D

My cook book to bake through would be Jan Hedh's Bread.

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 25. Today's stretch is "half frog"

 100 pushups
 
14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 18+
60 seconds rest between each set

20 pullups

3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 3
rest 90 seconds between each set

24th of September

today is Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving,  Cherries Jubilee day, and South African Heritage Day.

Learn about South African Heritage and celebrate the day with Braai.

Make pap and condiments to your braai.

Learn about Schwenkfelders

Make Cherries Jubilee.

Cherries Jubilee was created to celebrate queen Victoria's Jubilee, and if you make it, you can check "flambé food" and "eat flambéed food" from your list. :-)

 C25K

 Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 24. Today's stretch is a variation of the Lizard Pose.

 Some suggestions to a goal that can be completed in a day, from real bucketlists:

• Try some natural products for your skin routine
• Take a walk in the rain
• Write a list of 25 lessons I’ve learned in 25 years
• Buy a star in honor of someone
• Get hypnotized

Autumn Equinox

It's Autumn Equinox. Celebrate it in some ways. For inspiration, you can see what Wiccans do with Mabon. There's plenty of ideas there.

You could try to brew wine.

Also, watch The Black Cauldron. It's loosely based on Mabinogion which is associated with Mabon.

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 23. I think that stretch is the butterfly and then over... Makko Ho fire stretch, perhaps?

Week four... let that sink in for a moment here. You have been doing this for almost a month now, and can do a lot more pushups and pullups (yes, pullupS - more than one...) than just 3 weeks ago. Some of us couldn't even do one! Doesn't that feel good?

100 pushups
 
12 - 14 - 11 - 10 - 16+
60 seconds rest between each set
20 pullups

3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3
rest 120 seconds between each set

Sunday, 22nd day of September

It's the Hobbit Day.
Read J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit and the beginning of The Lord of the Rings, the prologue and the first chapter. Then you know exactly why and how to celebrate the Hobbit Day.
You could watch the movies, if you want to, if they are on your bucket list. (Letters F, T, R, U, D and B, because "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" don't count...)

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 22. 22 is the single leg straddle.

Here's some stretches for tight hamstrings.

In case you have forgotten, do a simple warm-up; keep each stretch 30-60 seconds, stretch both sides equally, and cool down after stretches. It helps if you massage your leg muscles, with a foam roller, because it might be difficult to reach the back of the thigh otherwise, and that you take a hot bath or shower after stretching.

C25K it's already week 4. 1/3 of the program is done.

 Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 400m (or 3 minutes)
Walk 200m (or 90 seconds)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)

Some "complete in one day" goals:
Go on an opera date
cook s'mores on the BBQ
do a cheese tasting
Make candy apples
Visit a hospice care

210919

It's the international peace day, pecan cookie day and miniature golf day.

So, bake some pecan cookies, and take with you when you go play miniature golf, and share with the other golfers, to promote peace between people :-D

It's also World Alzheimer's Day. Get some habits that keep your brain healthier, like learn to solve Sudoku or cross word puzzles, learn a new language (you should be studying Vietnamese!) etc.
What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease

Watch some movies about Alzheimer's. (I recommend Iris so that you can check off I from your alphabet movie list.)

Also, the Oktoberfest starts in Munich, so if that's on your Bucketlist, you might want to go - or arrange something fun to do with friends here at home. It lasts two weeks, over three weekends, so there's plenty of time to do something.

The splits stretch today is 1-5 + 21. I don't know what that stretch is... maybe Half-Reclining Hero... but here's 12 exercises to improve hip flexibility. I suppose it does the same.

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So... another week gone. We have been doing this for three weeks. How is it going?

If you have been doing this the first thing in the morning every day - except for the food and movie to watch, which you are supposed to do in the evening, as a reward for having been good the whole day - you are able to do a pull-up by now, about 20 push-ups, and you are very close to doing a full split.
You will be fitter, because you are running 3 times a week. You will be on your way to being in best physical condition you have ever been.
IF you are doing this.

I haven't done any of this.

And I feel awful about it.

Yes, I have excuses. I have fibromyalgia. It has been acting out. It's very hard to motivate oneself to do anything when your whole body aches, and one shouldn't really do anything when fibromyalgia flames - because it's a sign of inflammation in one's body, and one shouldn't exercise with inflammation. But that is just an excuse. 

I really don't know how I could get me doing these things.



Here's some suggestions of goals that can be completed in one day.

Send someone balloons for no reason
Play a prank on someone
Go on a road trip
Go to a new restaurant
Make a list of 10 things I am happy about in my life
Pull an all-nighter
Make hummus
Tie a Windsor knot
Come up with an art prompt
Do a cheese tasting