Bob's Health Status On Memorial Day

As a youthful senior at 69, I have been both fortunate and grateful to enjoy relatively good health during the past two months.

Several activities contributing to my positive health status during this increasingly deadly COVID-19 pandemic include:

[1]

 WHOLE BODY YOGA MOBILITY

2017

COMBINING
FULL LOTUS* & COBRA
ASANAS

IN

 THE YOGA LOFT

[PHOTO BY PATTY TREMBLAY]

Incorporating movements like the Full Lotus Variation* shown above into my daily morning and evening yoga sessions has provided significant physical activity contributing to muscle and joint range of motion maintenance and enhancement.

[*Note transition: from initially sitting, crossing legs with feet on upper thighs into a FULL LOTUS asana to moving forward onto knees and gradually lowering crossed legs, pelvic and abdominal regions to floor as spine and back are arched as enter a MODIFIED COBRA on forearms]

[2]

EMPHASIZING GOOD NUTRITION

I have continued to prepare my admittedly small, non-traditional meals at home - eating mostly plants (raw, cooked, frozen), some dairy and seafood but no meat.

Several Panera Bread (Webster, MA) beverage, salad, sandwich and soup selections have complemented my daily nutrition as well.

[Frozen foods selections by organics enjoyed recently have included the Mediterranean Style Quinoa with Brown Rice containing spinach, tomato and feta cheese.]

[3] 

MAINTAINING TEENAGE WEIGHT
WITHIN A NARROW RANGE

(118, 119, 120 POUNDS)

Documenting my weight each morning has been an effective approach, tool to influence daily decisions on the types and quantities of foods consumed 

[It has been encouraging to lower and sustain adolescent body weights of 118 and 119 pounds often during these past months with relative ease, without having any obvious adverse impact on my overall physical strength, mental health]

[4]

WALKING

Local streets in Auburn, MA have enabled me to enjoy the outdoors during our transition from Winter to early Spring - appreciating the emergence of colorful leaves and flowers along with the many birds, their sounds for over two hours at a time

[Hopefully my visits to Wachusett Mountain, Tower Hill Botanical Garden and other local and distant sites will be possible during the next several months] 

[5]

MINDFULLNESS
STAYING POSITIVE EACH DAY
&
EXPERIENCING RESTORATIVE SLEEP

Time each day devoted to reading on diverse topics of interest  - recently including THE GREAT INFLUENZA by John M. Barry and WAR AGAINST THE WEAK (focus on Eugenics) by Edwin Black - and various writing projects have complemented other valued activities including currently imposed social restrictions and limited communications with others 

[I am looking forward to when Deb Horan, owner of the new and expanded BOOKLOVERS' GOURMET business in Webster, MA, will be able to accommodate her many customers as in the past: allowing patrons to experience more access to browse the diverse selection of books, cards and gifts and having many more opportunities to enjoy drinks and pastry while conversing with others]

FUTURE MEDICAL EVALUATION

I anticipate the rescheduled annual physical meeting from April with Dr. Jarrod Faucher, a Geriatric Specialist, on June 17th will provide me with lab data to further access various health risk factors during the past 14 months.

[These lab data, values will be shared in my next post as in the past]

AGAIN

DO WHAT YOU CAN TO REMAIN SAFE
&
 REMEMBER THOSE LIVES LOST
(PAST AND PRESENT)

#BobCrowther #NUTRITION #YOGA