It's has been way too long since I blogged and, according to some recent studies, I'm less happier for it. :-O It seems that bloggers tend to be happier people. Who knew? Speaking of studies (and continuing on to work on increasing happiness)......
Do you floss?
Continuing with the focus on heart health, it has been shown that regular flossing helps deter heart disease. Apparently, dental plague can harbor some of the bacteria related to cardiovascular disease. I first learned about this when I took the Real Age Test. Your score/age is lowered if you floss regularly. Since first reading that, I keep seeing an emphasis on flossing in articles that discuss heart health. Think of flossing as scrubbing your heart as well as your teeth and gums. (FYI - My RealAge 7.5 years lower than my actual age.)
My birthday!
Thursday, March 12 marked another full trip around the sun for me. It had been a pretty busy month up to that point. As far as eating goes, I've been staying on track. Now, on my birthday, I indulged myself with some Thai sweet sticky rice at my birthday dinner with Rob. On Saturday, I went with a bunch of friends to Mandalay Restaurant in Silver Spring. It is one of my favorite places to eat and the only Burmese restaurant that I've ever tried. Once again, they did not disappoint. I indulged myself in their sticky rice dessert as well. It was a good evening.
So now, it's back to work. As I said, with the exception of the sticky rice, I've been on track with my eating. The exercising has been lacking. There's been some walking here, a bit of yoga there, but it's been about twice a week over the last two weeks. There is definitely room for improvement.
It's not easy being green, but it's more exercise
In the walking front, I'm going to get back on mass transit tomorrow. With walking to the bus, then walking to the train, then from the train stop to my job, you get the idea, the steps add up. The negative side? It takes more time than driving. The positive side? There is definitely less parking hassle, I get more exercise, and my car burns no gas.
Hobbies
Back on the happiness topic, it helps to have hobbies, things we like to do. One of the things I do that makes me quite happy is knitting. Earlier last week, I finished up some items from friends who just had a baby girl.
The hat and baby booties are made with a super soft acrylic yarn called Sirdar Snowflake Chunky. It is made to change colors like you see here as you knit. It's a yarn I use often for baby items as it is machine washable and it's so soft. Did I mention that it's really soft?
The multi-shaded plum thing in the upper right corner of the picture is a hoodie I made for myself. It's taking me an incredibly long time to sew it together. I love knitting. I don't like joining seams. The hat and booties? No seams. I always wonder if there is some deep psychological thing going with me with finishing up knitting when there are seams..... Nah....I just don't like them. The hoodie will get finished though. I want to wear it before it gets too warm. I've finished a couple of other projects this winter so I'll post some pictures later of everything.
More mushrooms, less breast cancer
According to a case studio conducted in China, mushrooms may reduce the risk of breast cancer. I just got this in an e-mail from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The study looked at the mushroom intake of 2,000 pre- and postmenopausal women with breast cancer and a group of matched controls without breast cancer. Intake of fresh and/or dried mushrooms decreased the risk by 64% and 47%, respectively. The most commonly consumed 'shroom was the white button. They also saw more protection when mushrooms and green tea were consumed. I'll see if I can find a good recipe combining both. :)
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