I am all in favor of rest. There is nothing I like better on a Sunday afternoon than to lay down on the couch with the newspaper and read until I feel very relaxed and my eyes start to droop. I find a good nap to be restorative and refreshing.
The problem is when we start to rest too much. There is a lot of rest built into the modern life. For example, I work in an office and a significant portion of each day is spent sitting looking at a computer screen or talking on the telephone. Then there are all the little choices we make: do I stand or sit on the metro? do I walk up the stairs or ride the elevator? I consider myself to be "active", but when I think back over the last several years, I realize that I probably managed to exercise on average only two to three times per week. Even then, I had a "comfortable" exercise routine and I was not really pushing very hard - I was coasting or you could say "resting". I remember in one high school class we learned that a body at rest stays at rest. I would say that is true. One more point about rest, the ultimate rest is cardiac arrest.
Consumption:
honey nut Cheerios and Bran Chex cereal with skim milk
1 banana
12 almonds
chicken pesto sandwich
hummus and pita bread
Grilled chicken breast kabob
White rice with yogurt sauce
Glass of milk
4 slices of cheddar cheese with crackers
Exercise:
10 minutes rowing machine
30 minutes running on treadmill doing 10 minute miles
10 minutes of weight lifting
2 minutes of crunches
The problem is when we start to rest too much. There is a lot of rest built into the modern life. For example, I work in an office and a significant portion of each day is spent sitting looking at a computer screen or talking on the telephone. Then there are all the little choices we make: do I stand or sit on the metro? do I walk up the stairs or ride the elevator? I consider myself to be "active", but when I think back over the last several years, I realize that I probably managed to exercise on average only two to three times per week. Even then, I had a "comfortable" exercise routine and I was not really pushing very hard - I was coasting or you could say "resting". I remember in one high school class we learned that a body at rest stays at rest. I would say that is true. One more point about rest, the ultimate rest is cardiac arrest.
Consumption:
honey nut Cheerios and Bran Chex cereal with skim milk
1 banana
12 almonds
chicken pesto sandwich
hummus and pita bread
Grilled chicken breast kabob
White rice with yogurt sauce
Glass of milk
4 slices of cheddar cheese with crackers
Exercise:
10 minutes rowing machine
30 minutes running on treadmill doing 10 minute miles
10 minutes of weight lifting
2 minutes of crunches
My Fitness Pal calculated that I earned 400 extra calories today. I was well within my daily limit
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