Aiming for a Year of Transformation

Summary of Progress (Week 23) This was quite a good week overall, though I only lost a very small amount of weight. My body fat continues to drop and I had several good sessions of forest bathing, which I found most refreshing mentally and spiritually. I also managed to get to Church and receive Communion which is always a blessing for me. Average sleep: 6 hours 6 minutes Average sleep score: 77 Average resting heart rate: 48 bpm Average resting BP: 107/62 Average weight: 187.5 lbs Average body fat %: 22.7% Average Muscle Mass: 137.9 lbs Average physique score: 2 (obese) Average metabolic age: 46.6 Date: Sunday 14 August 2022 (Day 161) Inspirational Quote of the Day: “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”  ―  Anne Frank,  The Diary of a Young Girl Sleep (hours): 6 hours 1 minute Sleep Score: 81 Resting HR: 47 bpm Resting BP: 109/64 Weight: 187.4 lbs Body fat %: 22.2% Muscle Mass: 138.6 lbs Physique score: 2 (obese) Metabolic Age: 45 Pain level (location): 1 (right shoulde...

  Bathing in the Forest 森林浴     - “The term  Shinrin-yoku  (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing) was coined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in 1982. It can be defined as making contact with and taking in the atmosphere of the forest: a process intended to improve an individual’s state of mental and physical relaxation.  Shinrin-yoku  is considered to be the most widespread activity associated with forest and human health.” — Park BJ, Tsunetsugu Y, Kasetani T, Kagawa T & Miyazaki Y (2010, The physiological effects of  Shinrin-yoku  (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing): evidence from field experiments in 24 forests across Japan,  Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine , 15:1 (18-26), doi:  10.1007/s12199-009-0086-9 ) “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to te...