rise & shine

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Quotable - pure joy

Cycling. I loved it as a child and I love it even more as an adult. By my late thirties, pursuing an academic career, I was getting out of shape and knew I had to start exercising. So I asked myself what was the physical activity I liked most as a kid. I was a visiting professor at Harvard's Kennedy School and I went over to a great bike shop, Belmont Wheelworks and bought a road bike. I lost 40 pounds in a couple of months, because I was having so much fun. Cycling still gives me the same feeling of pure joy I had as a boy. It's pure happiness.

~ Robert Florida, interview with Gretchen Rubin

I'm getting close to reaching a milestone with my cycling.

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marvelous magnesium

Though I'm prone to wishful thinking when it comes to vitamin supplements, the more I read about magnesium, the more I'm convinced of its value in being fit and healthy. Having a normal amount of magnesium in your body is tied to just about everything that one would consider important.

• blood pressure


• bone health


• heart function


• balanced mood


• energy levels


• insulin


• metabolism


• muscle function

After I started bicycling around this time last year, I had a terrible bout of leg cramping during the night and first thing in the morning. Since I've been taking a magnesium supplement, this has not been a problem at all. Another thing I've noticed is that my recovery from pulling weeds and the other movements associated with yard work, is much better. I used to have such sore legs after doing what amounted to lots of squats. I'm wondering if the combination of doubling my Vit D (per Dr.) and taking magnesium will also lower my blood pressure which is on the border of being "a problem."

Here's a list of sources of info about magnesium so you can read for yourself about all its benefits:

National Institute of Health

Dr. Weil

The Thyroid Disease Blog

Do you take a magnesium supplement?

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