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amazing ice cream basic for immediate gratification,
rider1960;
dianemarie. I do not have a food processor, so I throw my frozen bananas in the blender with water from a coconut. I am aware you all do not have coconuts hanging around, so substitute non-sweetened almond milk. It also occurs to me that American and British bananas are blah, so I would throw in a few dates, too. I mix coco powder right into the mix and stir in walnuts or toasted almonds, The trick to a great consistancy is to stir every 20 minutes. If you are eating it the next day, take it out of the freezer about 15 minutes before you eat it. I have also made advocado black sesame, mango, coconut-ginger and durian. (Not mixed together!) But choclate banana with walnuts just satisfies the craving. It's like Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey. Only better. If you are not watching calories, adding a few tablespoons of coconut oil makes it taste even more amazing.
Last week I went to one of our beautiful 5 star hotels for lunch. They had home-made ice cream. I tried some and stuck my nose up at it after one taste becasue it was not as delicious as mine.
Linda,
Lgastreich your machine sounds good! I always though you needed an ice cream maker to make ice cream, but you just have to stir about four times every 20 minuts. You can also "check" with each stirring!
Guess what? I got on my bike this morning! I was most impressed with the fact that I can swing my operated leg over the bar!! I had not been able to do that for a LONG time before my operation. Then I just...biked! But I only went about a mile. I was skittish, but definitely there was no issue with the hip.
Yoga is going well. I can now do sun salutations, although not gracefully. Eventually.
Meanwhile, for those of you who feel challenged by keeping up without a PT person to egg you on, here is a great video,
Master Your Domain by Anne Novak!
All you have to do is modify it for you. Anne gives a lot of modifications, but having a hip replacement had me reduce it even more. The leg raises are great (and on our PT list!); do the style that suits you and rest if you need to. You can do those on the bed if you can't get to the floor. The cat-cow varitations are excellent. If you cannot yet kneeel on the floor, sit on a hard chair and raise your legs alternatively for the first cat/cow and leg and opposite arm for the second. The frogs are a challenge: go down just a half inch until you are strong enough to put your hands on a chair. Do the arm pose sitting on chair. Lay flat on your bed for the last one. Oh, and here is breath of fire
I did the variations just mentioned first month and now at three months can follow lovely Anne on the video. It is important to remember we can modify anything and should!!
Sat nam!
Elle
United States
In a few more months you won't feel as achey and creaky after sitting for long periods of time, that does abate some -- until then, keep moving around. It's wise not to do too much heavy lifting for this first year out. I had trouble for a while with carrying two full grocery bags in from the house -- I'd limp more and it felt uncomfortable. That also improves with time, and I do also have a strong upper body -- the load rests on our pelvis though.
