Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 5)

[brownnskinn 0]

Does anyone know of good workout tapes for people with bad lower backs? I have tried a couple tapes that ended up just killing my lower back (I was in an accident as a teen and have had probs since). Any suggestions?

Jam there are a lot of people in my yoga class with bad backs. You might try a yoga tape. I tired a few but then it was too hard to do on my own, you might try a class or too to make sure you have proper form then try the tapes your self. That's what I plan to do. I don't have back problems but I can tell the difference. Wish you were here, I found this free step class. It was great! I cannot believe it's free. Of course the class is jammed packed. I thought it was great to see so many people of color, working out. I'm just not used to seeing that. In my Yoga class I'm the only BA, not that there is anything wrong with that, jus like to see my people taking care of themselves too.

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[JA Tam 7]

So, I`ve been driving up a storm, been out twice on my own....

My husband and I have been havng mega wars over me driving the truck - he thinks I should learn to drive the car `perfectly` first, my mother in law thinks I should be driving the truck to get used to it quicker...I`ve driven it twice and while t`s HUGE, I actually like driving it because it`s faster lol...He`s also banned me from driving with the baby in the car,but his mother and I boldly defy him...

You go JaEnglish...

[Sonshyne 2]

Hey all! Hope you all are doing ok!

Good luck to all those wanting to lose weight and get healthy this year! I have the same resolution...lose weight/eat better and drink more water. I have been doing this for one week now and I have already lost 2.7 pounds...I haven't even started working out yet.

I heard that when you overwhelm yourself with too many resolutions you usually end up giving up on them all so I am starting out small and once I have the eating healthier/drinking water thing down I will move on to the working out/getting more active aspect.

Yardie I have been doing the samething. I started on Oct. 23 and I have lost 30lbs so far and thats without doing any excerise.. I'm sure had I of been that I would have lost more. But none the less this gyal is happy as all outdoors!!

I've cut out All fried foods, junk foods and sodas (I drink 2 liters of wata a day). The soda and fried chicken was the hardest thing for me to let go. It took about 2 weeks for me to get used to this new way of eating, but now it just comes natural yuh nuh?? I can't believe that I don't even crave the things I used to eat and drink daily.

Weight lose and healthy living... Come ladies we can do it

Edited January 15, 2008 by Sonshyne

[JA Tam 7]

Yardie, Sonny - you ladies are my inspiration. I have decided to drink more water and it is my aim to eat healthier as well. Sonshine - congrats on your weight loss; that is fantastic! Yardie - way to go...you are on your way.

[Marlita 0]

Hey all! Hope you all are doing ok!

Good luck to all those wanting to lose weight and get healthy this year! I have the same resolution...lose weight/eat better and drink more water. I have been doing this for one week now and I have already lost 2.7 pounds...I haven't even started working out yet.

I heard that when you overwhelm yourself with too many resolutions you usually end up giving up on them all so I am starting out small and once I have the eating healthier/drinking water thing down I will move on to the working out/getting more active aspect.

All those classes sound soooooo fun!!! We don't really have anything good around here and what we do have is so far from me it is hard to get motivated to drive 30 mins to the gym each way. Takes up way to much time in the evenings. Not to mention the cost! My work doesn't have any incentive programs or anything like some of yours have. I know my budget won't allow for a gym membership at this time. Not sure what I am going to do...probably work out tapes at home to start with til the weather gets better and I can walk/jog outside.

Does anyone know of good workout tapes for people with bad lower backs? I have tried a couple tapes that ended up just killing my lower back (I was in an accident as a teen and have had probs since). Any suggestions?

Hey Yardie wife, welcome back. I would think Pilates would be good; Marlita correct me if I am wrong, but it's a low impact workout. You can check if your local library has any tapes that you can rent and start working out with. I have fallen in love with my library, because I can get so many things there. It is such a far cry from the Kingston Public Library on Tom Redcam Road...

You beat me to it Tam. I was gonna say Pilates cause, yes it is low impact and most tapes have a "modified" person doing the moves for people with lower back problems. I have lower back probs too from multiple accidents. My last was the worst and I have a curve in my lower spine, but doing yoga really helps relieve that tension. I would try yoga for releasing your toxins and opening up your airflow, it also is a strength workout. You can get very flexible and not even realize it. There are crazy positions that my teacher gets in and I am like no way can i do that, but after awhile of doing yoga and then the teacher brings that move back after a couple of weeks and I slide right into it...its awesome!!!

You can rent DVD's from netflix or your local video place to see which ones you like.

[JA Tam 7]

You beat me to it Tam. I was gonna say Pilates cause, yes it is low impact and most tapes have a "modified" person doing the moves for people with lower back problems. I have lower back probs too from multiple accidents. My last was the worst and I have a curve in my lower spine, but doing yoga really helps relieve that tension. I would try yoga for releasing your toxins and opening up your airflow, it also is a strength workout. You can get very flexible and not even realize it. There are crazy positions that my teacher gets in and I am like no way can i do that, but after awhile of doing yoga and then the teacher brings that move back after a couple of weeks and I slide right into it...its awesome!!!

You can rent DVD's from netflix or your local video place to see which ones you like.

I should try yoga...I am sure that hubby wouldn't mind the flexibility and the crazy positions

[Marlita 0]

Hey all! Hope you all are doing ok!

Good luck to all those wanting to lose weight and get healthy this year! I have the same resolution...lose weight/eat better and drink more water. I have been doing this for one week now and I have already lost 2.7 pounds...I haven't even started working out yet.

I heard that when you overwhelm yourself with too many resolutions you usually end up giving up on them all so I am starting out small and once I have the eating healthier/drinking water thing down I will move on to the working out/getting more active aspect.

Yardie I have been doing the samething. I started on Oct. 23 and I have lost 30lbs so far and thats without doing any excerise.. I'm sure had I of been that I would have lost more. But none the less this gyal is happy as all outdoors!!

I've cut out All fried foods, junk foods and sodas (I drink 2 liters of wata a day). The soda and fried chicken was the hardest thing for me to let go. It took about 2 weeks for me to get used to this new way of eating, but now it just comes natural yuh nuh?? I can't believe that I don't even crave the things I used to eat and drink daily.

Weight lose and healthy living... Come ladies we can do it

Wow Sonshyne! Thats amazing, good for you. I always tell folks to just learn to eat better foods, and they will see the weight drop, no workout needed. But its always good to workout. I don't know why i never liked most non-healthy foods, but I've been going without it for so long when I eat fried chicken and stuff like that I feel so disgusted afterwards. I think its the oil and my body just doesnt like it. I don't drink milk, eat beef, and mostly no pork. I still like ham and sausage on occassion. I sometimes go 2 weeks of just Vegetarian to cleanse my body of meat. I love fish, but sometimes I even cook Vegan style. And trust me, I'm a far cry from eating good all the time, but I don't eat more of the bad stuff vs. the good stuff. Girl still loves her ice cream at 11pm.

[Marlita 0]

You beat me to it Tam. I was gonna say Pilates cause, yes it is low impact and most tapes have a "modified" person doing the moves for people with lower back problems. I have lower back probs too from multiple accidents. My last was the worst and I have a curve in my lower spine, but doing yoga really helps relieve that tension. I would try yoga for releasing your toxins and opening up your airflow, it also is a strength workout. You can get very flexible and not even realize it. There are crazy positions that my teacher gets in and I am like no way can i do that, but after awhile of doing yoga and then the teacher brings that move back after a couple of weeks and I slide right into it...its awesome!!!

You can rent DVD's from netflix or your local video place to see which ones you like.

I should try yoga...I am sure that hubby wouldn't mind the flexibility and the crazy positions

Oh yeah! It definitely helps with the STAMINA!!!

[Sonshyne 2]

Hey all! Hope you all are doing ok!

Good luck to all those wanting to lose weight and get healthy this year! I have the same resolution...lose weight/eat better and drink more water. I have been doing this for one week now and I have already lost 2.7 pounds...I haven't even started working out yet.

I heard that when you overwhelm yourself with too many resolutions you usually end up giving up on them all so I am starting out small and once I have the eating healthier/drinking water thing down I will move on to the working out/getting more active aspect.

Yardie I have been doing the samething. I started on Oct. 23 and I have lost 30lbs so far and thats without doing any excerise.. I'm sure had I of been that I would have lost more. But none the less this gyal is happy as all outdoors!!

I've cut out All fried foods, junk foods and sodas (I drink 2 liters of wata a day). The soda and fried chicken was the hardest thing for me to let go. It took about 2 weeks for me to get used to this new way of eating, but now it just comes natural yuh nuh?? I can't believe that I don't even crave the things I used to eat and drink daily.

Weight lose and healthy living... Come ladies we can do it

Wow Sonshyne! Thats amazing, good for you. I always tell folks to just learn to eat better foods, and they will see the weight drop, no workout needed. But its always good to workout. I don't know why i never liked most non-healthy foods, but I've been going without it for so long when I eat fried chicken and stuff like that I feel so disgusted afterwards. I think its the oil and my body just doesnt like it. I don't drink milk, eat beef, and mostly no pork. I still like ham and sausage on occassion. I sometimes go 2 weeks of just Vegetarian to cleanse my body of meat. I love fish, but sometimes I even cook Vegan style. And trust me, I'm a far cry from eating good all the time, but I don't eat more of the bad stuff vs. the good stuff. Girl still loves her ice cream at 11pm.

Thanks Marlita and Tam Tam!! I feel like that too. I feel sick to my stomach when I eat fried food or anything thats too sweet.

[Marlita 0]

Yup! Thats the feeling. It means your body is now craving the good stuff and rejecting the bad. Thats a great sign!!

[brownnskinn 0]

Yardie I have been doing the samething. I started on Oct. 23 and I have lost 30lbs so far and thats without doing any excerise.. Weight lose and healthy living... Come ladies we can do it

GOOG JOB, GOOD JOB!!! G double O. J.O.B. GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB!!!!! Congrats..I'm doing the same, I've been eating healthy for a while now but stepping up the exercise and water.

Edited January 15, 2008 by brownnskinn

[brownnskinn 0]

Wow Sonshyne! Thats amazing, good for you. I always tell folks to just learn to eat better foods, and they will see the weight drop, no workout needed. But its always good to workout. I don't know why i never liked most non-healthy foods, but I've been going without it for so long when I eat fried chicken and stuff like that I feel so disgusted afterwards. I think its the oil and my body just doesnt like it. I don't drink milk, eat beef, and mostly no pork. I still like ham and sausage on occassion. I sometimes go 2 weeks of just Vegetarian to cleanse my body of meat. I love fish, but sometimes I even cook Vegan style. And trust me, I'm a far cry from eating good all the time, but I don't eat more of the bad stuff vs. the good stuff. Girl still loves her ice cream at 11pm.

I get sick looking at other people eat meat . I'm not Vegan...yet but I'm on my way. Greasy fatty foods don't agree with me either. Exercise is a must. You can be thin and very unhealthy. Your heart is a muscle and just like every other muscle in your body it needs to be conditioned, '"toned" I guess you can call it. To help keep that blood flowing and everything else working properly. Way to go.

Edited January 15, 2008 by brownnskinn

[*JG* 2]

Tell me this is not one of the scariest thing you have ever heard......

Thieves now resort to 'powdering'

published: Tuesday | January 15, 2008

Marlon Vickerman, Features Writer

If you previously lived in an inner-city area and then relocated to the Greater Portmore area, you may conclude that you died and went to heaven, with the exception of the heat, of course. Other than that, it could easily make for one of the most peaceful places to live in St. Catherine. Crime free. That is, until you 'fall' asleep.

Reports reaching The Gleaner are that thieves are preying on communities in Greater Portmore and these criminals are not using the daring and archaic break-in techniques. Their ways are much more scientific. They are sprinkling a sleep-inducing, chemical substance in the houses before making off with valuables.

A 4 East (a Greater Portmore community) resident, opting not to have his name published, said he had a rude and unpleasant awakening late last year, after he discovered that his family home in the community was seemingly 'powdered' and robbed. Luckily, the substance and the criminals did not harm him or his wife and two children.

Shaken up

"I don't know if it's a powder or a liquid or if the thieves researched and came up with a home-made substance, but I could not believe that it had actually happened to me, it really left my wife shaken up," said the resident. "I know of people that it has happened to before on more than one occasion, but to find out that it had happened to me has left me in disbelief."

He continued: "What they seem to do is apply the substance through spaces such as windows or even under the door and after you doze off, they force their way in."

The resident said he knew something was wrong as soon as he arose the following morning. "When I woke up I had a discomfort in my throat and nose. Even though I was breathing freely, something still did not feel right," he said. "I then noticed that one of my windows was open and a door was open, which I don't recall leaving them like that, so I started searching for some of my belongings and discovered that two cellphones, jewellery and a sum of money were missing."

No trace found

He found no trace of any chemical substance believed to have been used by the culprits.

An officer at the Portmore Police Station said head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Detective Inspector Malcolm was the only authorised person who could comment on the matter, but would not be in as he is currently on sick leave. However, he briefly stated that they have received a number of reports of that nature where people refer to being 'powdered' then robbed. He continued that neither he nor any other officer has ever recovered any chemical substance at any of the scenes and hence, have no leads whatsoever in that regard.

As a defensive measures against the 'powdery break-ins', some residents are reportedly leaving open containers of water close to the most vulnerable areas in their homes, possibly to absorb or dilute the substance, thus neutralising the effects. But even then, try not to sleep too deeply, and be sure not to leave the keys in the padlock after closing the grill. Be on the look-out and put all the necessary measures in place to ensure that you are not the next victim of these sleep-time robbers.

[brownnskinn 0]

Tell me this is not one of the scariest thing you have ever heard......

Thieves now resort to 'powdering'

published: Tuesday | January 15, 2008

Marlon Vickerman, Features Writer

If you previously lived in an inner-city area and then relocated to the Greater Portmore area, you may conclude that you died and went to heaven, with the exception of the heat, of course. Other than that, it could easily make for one of the most peaceful places to live in St. Catherine. Crime free. That is, until you 'fall' asleep.

Reports reaching The Gleaner are that thieves are preying on communities in Greater Portmore and these criminals are not using the daring and archaic break-in techniques. Their ways are much more scientific. They are sprinkling a sleep-inducing, chemical substance in the houses before making off with valuables.

A 4 East (a Greater Portmore community) resident, opting not to have his name published, said he had a rude and unpleasant awakening late last year, after he discovered that his family home in the community was seemingly 'powdered' and robbed. Luckily, the substance and the criminals did not harm him or his wife and two children.

Shaken up

"I don't know if it's a powder or a liquid or if the thieves researched and came up with a home-made substance, but I could not believe that it had actually happened to me, it really left my wife shaken up," said the resident. "I know of people that it has happened to before on more than one occasion, but to find out that it had happened to me has left me in disbelief."

He continued: "What they seem to do is apply the substance through spaces such as windows or even under the door and after you doze off, they force their way in."

The resident said he knew something was wrong as soon as he arose the following morning. "When I woke up I had a discomfort in my throat and nose. Even though I was breathing freely, something still did not feel right," he said. "I then noticed that one of my windows was open and a door was open, which I don't recall leaving them like that, so I started searching for some of my belongings and discovered that two cellphones, jewellery and a sum of money were missing."

No trace found

He found no trace of any chemical substance believed to have been used by the culprits.

An officer at the Portmore Police Station said head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Detective Inspector Malcolm was the only authorised person who could comment on the matter, but would not be in as he is currently on sick leave. However, he briefly stated that they have received a number of reports of that nature where people refer to being 'powdered' then robbed. He continued that neither he nor any other officer has ever recovered any chemical substance at any of the scenes and hence, have no leads whatsoever in that regard.

As a defensive measures against the 'powdery break-ins', some residents are reportedly leaving open containers of water close to the most vulnerable areas in their homes, possibly to absorb or dilute the substance, thus neutralising the effects. But even then, try not to sleep too deeply, and be sure not to leave the keys in the padlock after closing the grill. Be on the look-out and put all the necessary measures in place to ensure that you are not the next victim of these sleep-time robbers.

Scary.