Inside Ballet Technique

I ordered a theracane from Amazon.com and really like it!  It’s great because you can reach trigger points without the aid of another person.  It can reach every trigger point in your body!  I highly recommend them.  I got one for my brother-in-law and he loves it.  The other thing I ordered today and am eagerly waiting to receive in the mail is a pain relief neck wrap from www.relaxpack.com.  The owner of Relax Pack suffers from Fibromyalgia and created these hot or cold packs out of all organic materials and herbs.  It sounds really nice.

Tomorrow I meet with my nutritionist who is going to give me meal plans!  Because I have Fibromyalgia, she had me buy a water distiller (the $99 one that has stainless steel inside) and a nice blender so I can make smoothies, too.  Apparently this commercial blender will chop up avocado seeds and other seeds that hold a lot of nutrients.  Now I’ll be able to really start getting a handle on my nutrition and stop craving things I don’t need!  She said that eventually I will be able to go off some of the medication I take for chronic pain.  That would be wonderful!

Here are some nutrition tips she gave me:

• Water instead of Sodas, Kool Aid, etc.
• Eat at least 4 cups of cooked vegetables – include dark greens
• Eat 2-3 servings of fruit daily – don’t count juice
• Fish – 3 times a week (especially salmon and small fish)
• Good fats – olive, safflower, nuts & seeds, avocado
• Shop around the periphery of the grocery store
• Go natural – minimize salt, sugar, additives, preservatives
• Eat a variety of foods
• Nibble instead of gorge
• Stay away from foods that don’t rot or sprout
• Eat nutrient dense foods
• Choose high fiber foods
• Eat enough protein (100 grams if you weigh 150 lbs)
• Stay away from hard to digest foods
• Avoid grilling
• Keep bowels healthy – at least one bowel movement a day

At my first meeting with my nutitionist, she did say I should drink 2 cups of lukewarm distilled water first thing in the morning, before eating any food.  This gently awakens the digestive system.  She said to use skim milk instead of 2%, to eat two halves of a walnut everyday, to get Ezekiel bread, to drink water 15 minutes before a meal or 30 minutes after (but don’t drink during a meal!), to use coconut oil for stir frying, and that I should eat dates with grapefruit instead of alone as a snack.  Lastly, she said to eat two egg whites and one egg yolk for breakfast and that boiled or poached are best.  I didn’t know the protein was in the egg white and not the yolk!  I’ve been trying to do these things until I get my real meal plans from her on Thursday.

I hope everyone enjoys their holidays.  Maybe taking a look at my post about taking breaks would be helpful, since many dancers will be enjoying some needed time off this week and next!