Posts Tagged ‘fitness’
Tip #162: Build Muscle Tone NOW!
Retirement Yenta has been doing a not-so-scientific study among her father and members of her father’s generation. Papa RY is 85 and he goes to the gym every day, where he works hard to keep his muscle tone. Members of his generation are always telling your dear Yenta that, had they known better, they would have taken better care of themselves when they were young. This little Yenta recently read an article in the NY Times about how keeping muscle tone is the new buzz in the medical community. With this in mind, Retirement Yenta strongly recommends you start building muscle tone now, so you are nice and strong when you start getting a little older. The more you have now, the less muscle loss will effect you when you are old.
Tip #159: Get Fit
Tip #157: Moisturize!
Oy Veh! The sun in Miami Beach can make a Yenta’s face feel like a tanned piece of leather. You have seen this look, dear Readers. Older Yenta’s that have spent too much time in the sun are not a pretty sight. With this in mind, this little Yenta is trying to take care of her face. Retirement Yenta knows that a smooth face is the success of moisturizing. Retirement Yenta recommends the Tight, Firm, and Fill line from Beauticontrol. They also have a great neck firming serum that will help reduce the signs of the turkey gobbler that can occasionally start to sag from a Yenta’s chin and neck. Retirement Yenta says: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. It will keep you from looking like someone’s dried-up crocodile handbag.
Tip #154: Get Billed
Retirement Yenta is on a Save-a-Buck Campaign! She has recently found out that she can request an itemized hospital bill. This will keep the hoodlum’s in charge of billing at the hospital honest. You can bet your Tuchas that this little Yenta will be checking on every cotton swab she is charged for, if…G-d forbid, she ends up in a hospital. Retirement Yenta says: Save a Buck if you are down in the hospital, with no luck. Get your bill itemized!
Tip #152: Learn Something New
Retirement Yenta believes that learning is a life-long process. She also believes that learning new things will keep the ol’noggin working like a well-oiled machine. This is why your dear Yenta is trying her best to learn to speak the language of Espagna! AND, as you know, dear Readers, this little Yenta likes to save a buck. So, with this in mind, Retirement Yenta would like to recommend free college classes to you. You can take classes from Yale, MIT, and other schools. Visit www.education-portal.com and click on “Open Course Ware” for a list of offerings!
Tip #140: Start Boxing, or: Hit Something
Retirement Yenta wants to remind her dear readers that exercise is important. In the not too distant past, she gave tips to this effect (see: Tip #76: Age 55 is the New 65 and Tip #96: Buy a T-Rex!) Your dear Yenta does not want to see you going to seed in your old age. Recently, Retirement Yenta discovered what great exercise boxing can be, PLUS she learned that it helps her blow off steam (especially when her boychik does something like canceling the tutor that he was supposed to simply confirm! OY!). Your Yenta also loves quoting Ralph Kramden as she hits things: “One of these days … Pow! Right in the kisser! One of these days Chavala, straight to the Moon!” (Your dear Yenta also loves taking a liberty or two when quoting Ralph Kramden!)
Tip #138: Don’t Forget the Ice Cream Cone!
As you may well know, Retirement Yenta is a size queen–to her bigger IS better (See Tips #79 & 96), BUT there is one thing that your dear Yenta thinks should remain small and taut. She’s talking about her cheeks. Yep, both sets–the ones on her face, and the ones on which she sits. Now, this is not to say that this little Yenta starves herself, or works out obsessively, but she does try to keep herself in shape. Still, your dear Yenta knows that one should allow oneself treats. With this in mind, Retirement Yenta suggests eating ice cream. She even suggests that if you like the added crunch of a cone, that you go ahead and have a cake cone–they are ONLY 20 extra calories. Be careful of the other cones! Sugar cones add 50 calories, waffle cones add 125, and chocolate dipped waffle cones add 220 calories <shriek>! And that’s not to mention that with each cone upgrade comes a larger portion of ice cream! Retirement Yenta says: “Eat ice cream and add a cone, your dear Yenta doesn’t want you to be all skin and bone!”
Tip #133: Let the Sun Shine In
Retirement Yenta can sometimes have a bad day and go to what she calls the “dark side.” It happens to us all. Your dear Yenta has found a proven way to to drive away those “rainy day” blues. When the clouds enter your life, this Yenta suggests that you do something that makes you feel good about being you. This could be as simple as a walk in the sunshine, or treating yourself to a little spa time. Sometimes going to the beauty parlor and refreshing one’s “sun kissed” highlights is all it takes to let the sun shine in on your life. Retirement Yenta says this: “When feeling blue, a cut, color, and massage will make you feel new.”
