Healthy Competition: 12/31/08 weigh-in (Wednesday)
151.0 pounds (Morsel Chik); 214.0 pounds (Morsel Munk)
Next weigh-in on Friday, 1/2/09.
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December 31, 2008
December 29, 2008
Healthy Competition: 12/29/08 weigh-in (Monday)
151.0 pounds (Morsel Chik); 214.2 pounds (Morsel Munk)
Next weigh-in on Wednesday, 12/31/08.
How are you a Morsel Munk?
We talk a lot about ways we keep young, in body and spirit. But it's not all about us. We want to hear how you live a Morsel Munk lifestyle (think young at heart). Don't be shy. We hear you talk about it ... let the world know!
December 26, 2008
Healthy Competition: 12/26/08 weigh-in (Friday)
152.6 pounds.
Wrong direction, but not discouraging, considering the Christmas holiday. Steppin' up the exercise now!
December 24, 2008
Healthy Competition: First Weigh-in
151.6 pounds (Morsel Chik); 213.2 pounds (Morsel Munk)
Not sure what we're thinking, doing our first weigh-in on Christmas Eve morning. We'll probably go backwards for a few days. Or maybe not.
We'll provide weigh-ins every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. My target weight is 138 pounds. No particular reason for 138, other than I felt good at that weight. Morsel Munk's target weight is 195 pounds.
Stay tuned. Join us on the slopes. Meet us at the gym. Hook up with us for a snowshoe trek. Get bruised and battered during a game of broomball when the ice is thick enough. The more the merrier!
December 23, 2008
Happy Holidays!
We wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or whatever holiday you celebrate.
December 22, 2008
Healthy Competition - The Beginning
Our company's mission is to motivate people of all ages to exercise their minds and bodies, and be young at heart. Morsel Munk and I practice what we preach. This year has been particularly difficult, however. My dad had a life-threatening, life-altering stroke. In addition to it being an emotional drain, finding time to exercise the past 6 months has been extremely difficult.
Now that it's winter in New England, we have to tailor our outdoor plans. On weekends we can hit the slopes, or find a place to snowshoe. Walking or running outdoors is tough, as the roads are icy and snowy, making it dangerous.
Driven partly by panic (we're participating in a marathon in 2.5 weeks, with minimal training due to circumstances beyond our control), and partly by disgust that I've hardly exercised and have put on weight the past few months, I challenged Morsel Munk to a Healthy Competition.
Before year end I turn 40. I started premature menopause years ago. To say my metabolism has slowed down is an understatement. Losing weight is hard. That's a fact. I'm about 13 pounds heavier than I'd like to be.
Besides the factors I already mentioned, I have a newfound desire to stay in shape. Working out will help me fight stroke, heart disease, diabetes and other physical issues. So what is this Healthy Competition?
Between Morsel Munk and me, whoever hits our target weight first gets to pick our next vacation. If I win, we will do any of a number of things. We might visit our friends Bobby & Laura in Scotland. We might spend a week biking around Prince Edward Island. We might spend a week hiking the Presidential Range. Perhaps a visit to Napa Valley is in order. Or maybe we'll spend a week in Scotland, then fly to PEI and bike for a few days. If Morsel Munk wins, perhaps Scotland, or maybe New Zealand.
The important thing is that we'll both be winners. I don't want to be super thin. I just want to feel better again and have more energy. This healthy competition will also keep me motivated when it's cold and icy outside and curling up with a good movie in front of the fire is an enticing option. For the record, we always exercise our minds. Don't believe us? Check out Morsel Munk Word Stump. That's pretty much a way of life for us!
Follow us for this Social Experiment. Being accountable in cyberspace will certainly motivate us as well!
December 20, 2008
Harrowing Snowflake Tale
I held a snowflake today. But only for a few seconds. Then it peed on me. So I ate it. The End.
December 17, 2008
Hang out with a child or a puppy
Feeling stressed, overworked, overly serious, generally exhausted? I have the perfect cure. Hang out with a youngster, or a puppy. Kids and puppies have boundless energy. They also want your undivided attention (and they deserve it!). I'm guessing that in no time you will forget about your stresses, even if temporarily. Give it a try!
December 13, 2008
Morsel Chik Learns to Snowboard - Rest of the Season
The rest of the season snowboarding was amazing. My hockey shorts under my snow pants sure do make me look wide. You won't catch me on the mountain without 'em though. They've broken many a fall and saved additional injury.
Morsel Munk and I headed to Salt Lake City in January for a tradeshow. I boarded one afternoon, then switched to skis. The powder was amazing. I wasn't about to waste it on learning sessions. Morsel Munk kept his board on the whole week. I bombed the mountain and the bowls with my skis, and got the adrenaline rush I was looking for.
Back home, I switched off between board and skis, depending on the conditions. The last few weeks of the season I stuck to my board. We had a day of deep powder, catching first tracks on the mountain. It was ironic. We felt like we were back out West (though mountains in New England just don't have the vert). Everyone around us complained that the powder was too deep. COME AGAIN???
In late February my shoulder started giving me a problem. It was okay for 6 weeks after injuring it. Then it was all downhill. Turns out I had adhesive capsulitis, more commonly known as frozen shoulder. I could barely move my arm, and any tiny movement led to extreme pain. With months of intense physical therapy, and excruciating pain, my shoulder is functional again. My physical therapist restored my shoulder enough to play volleyball for a week in the Caribbean. Now I'm back to snowboarding this season, feeling little tweaks of pain but that's it.
I can handle a lot of pain. Years ago I took a surfboard to my nose, and was bitten by a dog while riding my bike (I was riding, not the dog). 19 stitches later, I was back on my bike in no time. Neither of those events was that painful. Frozen shoulder - different story. The irony to the physical therapy is that you have to work through the pain to get to the healing.
Had I known the injuries that awaited me, would I have embraced snowboarding? You better believe it!! This year I'm back on the mountain, having the time of my life. I'm a bit smarter, sticking to skis on extreme icy days. But I have a new sport to enjoy ... skiing doesn't compare to the feeling of carving your way down a hill on a board.
Just remember, you are never too old to try something new!
Off for another adventure. Cheers.
-Morsel Chik
December 10, 2008
Want to add color to your life?
Does your life feel ho-hum? Do you want to spice it up a bit, add some color? I can relate. And you know the best way I found to add color to your life? Literally, add some color!
We're into the winter holiday season. If you celebrate Christmas or put up any type of holiday decorations, take a look at them. Are they all the same color, or same color scheme? Do you have white lights on your tree or hanging outside? Bring some color - and character along with it - to your holiday decorations.
When I was first on my own many moons ago, I decorated my Christmas tree with white lights. The decorations were all the same theme. It was what I now consider a "poised" tree. Blah. Blah blah. It looked great, if I do say so myself. But it was missing something. Now our Christmas tree is full of colored lights and bold, colored decorations, most of which have sentimental value of some sort. Decorations from the islands or other vacations. Ornaments that our young nieces and nephews spent hours crafting. Our tree is now what I consider a "lived in" tree, something that fits like a favorite pair of slippers and a cozy pullover sweatshirt.
There are so many ways to add color to your life. The colors around you really do brighten your day and lift your spirits. Let me know how you make out! Happy Holidays.
-Morsel Chik
December 06, 2008
Morsel Chik Learns to Snowboard - Why So Stupid?
If you read my last post, you're aware that I probably broke my tailbone, and did goodness knows what to my left shoulder. You're probably wondering why I was so stupid.
Let me tell you why. I spent too many of my younger years living in fear. Fear of getting hurt (physically or emotionally). Fear of failing. Fear of feeling foolish. I realized one day that the more I gave in to my fears, the bigger they became. And I wasn't really living. So I began to embrace my fears.
They still exist. I just try real hard not to let them win. It took me years to get up the courage, and willpower, to learn to snowboard. I knew that if I didn't get back on the hill that day that I might as well hang it up. I would probably have been paralyzed by fear the next time I attempted to ride.
That day, 1/12/07, I faced my fear. I won.
December 01, 2008
Growing Young - Thanksgiving Calorie Burn
Thanksgiving evening was beautiful. Stars were out, the air was crisp, and Morsel Chik and I worked off calories by playing outside with many of our nephews and their cousins. We took our FlashFlight® Disc-O outside, turned it on, and lit up the night. It didn't matter that it was dark out, save a bit of light coming from the house windows. The flying disc's LED illuminated its path. There was no way we'd miss it as it sailed toward us.
As with just about everything we do, we made a game out of it. At one point there were 8 of us playing catch. How many times could we catch it without dropping it? With a big group we only got up to 9 times in a row. After an hour or so, when everyone else had enough, my 10 year old nephew Joel stayed outside and the two of us set a new record of 33 consecutive throws and catches without a drop. Can you beat that?
The most important thing is that we were outdoors in the fresh air, burning calories, and laughing. It's a great way to Grow Young!
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