NEW YEARS DAY-- Brunching and Wheat Belly + More

Happy New Year, as I started my voyage into lazy dieting last night, I feel I'm already ahead of the game--a first. 

STRETCH OF THE DAY: "Cat-Cow"

• I'm going to focus on a different stretch and/or exercise each day for the next couple of weeks and decide what's easy and worth keeping and what I'll never do again. 
• Technically "Cat Cow" is a yoga pose. I'm doing it because it's supposed to be a good lower back stretch and it's for beginners which makes it easy. It targets core a bit also.
• This video is not too annoying to watch as a demo, I'm totally ignoring the part where it says to make it harder as a core pose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqnua4rHVVA 
• Below "A" is the Cat and "B" is the Cow

I Googled the Benefits of Cat-Cow and agree with the following but was annoyed I had to do it 20-30 times. I will probably keep this stretch and do it 15 to 20 reps. 

• Improves posture and balance
• Strengthens and stretches the spine and neck
• Stretches the hips, abdomen and back
• Increases coordination
• Massages and stimulates organs in the belly, like the kidneys and adrenal glands

 NO CARBS AFTER 5 

• (I chose 5 pm because I have a New Years Day Brunch Today:)Going with my blog yesterday, I'm going to spend these first couple of weeks not eating carbs after 5pm and then make a decision whether it's a helpful easy diet trick and basically whether I should keep it or leave it. More on "What is a Carb" tomorrow.

• Book in Review: Wheat Belly (New Reading for Diet in review Next Month) I thought to go along  with my "Carb Reduction" I should start some new reading. My Aunt Amy recommended Wheat Belly. I like the first two chapters because it basically states that being overweight is not anyone's fault and that it has to do with how the processing of wheat has changed in the last 50 years. This is actually a  "Gluten Free" book FYI. However, love the catchy title. I will be doing gluten-free in February. According to this book, written by a Dr., he saw patients lose 20-50 lbs from cutting out gluten alone.