group one post from 11/14/13

sorry for the last post. it has been a busy weekend with a sick hubby! last thursday's class was by far one of my favorite do far. i hate to beat a dead horse but i love this book compared to the last one. i especially loved our "in the circle" group chat thursday. we spent out time talking about jennifer hecht's section about bodies. we started off our discussion with professor oliver's reading from up at dawn and then had our group talk. i find it interesting that we had so many in the class with varying forms of pain that we deal with on a daily basis and how we manage it. we talked about different diets that people are trying. there are so many different diet fads out there that everyone seems to be following something. there is always something that seems to be wrong with a food that was fine for generations. the moldy coffee with toxins is the one that i am reminded of from class. brenna and i had a side conversation discussing the perils of gluten and i found out that it can cause inflammation so i have decided to try gluten free for a bit and see if it will relieve some of the pain from the pinched nerve that i deal with daily. we discussed how hecht does not like exercise pretty much in any form. i have to disagree with her in this part just for the fact that exercise does not always have to feel like you are going to die when you are done. my back feels better when i can get a small amount of exercise during the week, but for me that is only walking right now so that i don't injure the back further at this point. we all need some exercise just to keep all of the organs working correctly. if you want to go to the gym and work our for hours and be in pain the next day, that is great, but just don't expect me to be there! and i can't believe that we didn't get into the sex part of the chapter before we ran out of class time.