Cold Weather Workouts - Do You Brave the Outdoors This Time of Year?
December 2008
That’s Fit: Filed under: Your Turn
Here at That’s Fit, we’re constantly telling you what we think about things, but sometimes it’s nice to know what you think. So from time to time, we’ll ask you a question. Don’t be afraid to speak up — we love feedback.
When it’s cold outside, there are plenty of ways to get fit — You can go ice skating, skiing, even shoveling your snow burns a ton of calories and provides enough physical exertion to exhaust you for days — depending on how much sidewalk space you have at your house, of course.
But not everyone likes the cold weather. Do you?
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Yogoco - The Yoga Bag You’ve Been Waiting For
December 2008
That’s Fit: Filed under: Fit Gadgets, Fit Fashion
You know those women who show up for yoga and they’re perfectly organized? They roll out their mats, and their keys and water bottles and jackets magically appear off to the side, and they’re ready to get their “om” on? Yeah, that’s not me. I’ve always been the girl who’s still struggling to stash my stuff when the rest of the class is going into Downward Dog. But not anymore. Not with a Yogoco bag.
The difference with this bag is that it not only has space for your mat (up to 26 inches wide) — lots of yoga bags do that — it’s that Yogoco bags have a separate (and ventilated) space for all of the other goodies you can’t possibly leave the house without. You know, like aforementioned water bottle and keys, along with a towel, post-workout snack, clothes to change into, shoes, phone … and whatever else you need to bring along.
Plus, it looks cooler than any other bag you’re going to find. Yogoco offers a variety of patterns (my favorite is the Wahini White). If you’re not into the funky floral patterns, there are plenty of plain colors, too. And they’re designed to go over your shoulder and hang comfortably flat against your back.
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Guard Against A Revived Ego [A Single Surrender Is Not Enough]
December 2008
A Dozen Steps: Looking for something to write about and, once again, I found it at Barefoot’s World;
“The Twelve Steps As Ego Deflating Devices”
By Dr. Harry M. Tiebout - sub-titled “What Does Surrender Mean?”
“For reasons still obscure, the program and the fellowship of AA could cause a surrender, which in turn would lead to a period of no drinking. It became ever more apparent that in everyone’s psyche there existed an unconquerable ego which bitterly opposed any thought of defeat. Until that ego was somehow reduced or rendered ineffective, no likelihood of surrender could be anticipated.”
Wow - bitterly opposed any thought of defeat! Oh, that’s right, now I remember - my ex-wife once reminded me, as sober me watched My Name Is Bill W.
“AA, still very much in its infancy, was celebrating a third or fourth anniversary of one of the groups. The speaker immediately preceding me told in detail of the efforts of his local group - which consisted of two men - to get him to dry up and become its third member. After several months of vain efforts on their part and repeated nose dives on his, the speaker went on to say: “Finally, I got cut down to size and have been sober ever since,” a matter of some two or three years. When my turn came to speak, I used his phrase “cut down to size” as a text around which to weave my remarks. Before long, out of the corner of my eye, I became conscious of a disconcerting stare. It was coming from the previous speaker.
It was perfectly clear: He was utterly amazed that he had said anything which made sense to a psychiatrist. The incident showed that two…