release my excersise equipment! :lol: It is I just need to start to use it! I had Doyle move the wool rug that was laying on it last night!

Jo, as with everything else that's on hold, the exercise room/craft room/office are now stacked with boxes. <s> (cute). Release the Cracken! And hey if you're not going to use some of your cool stuff, I'll buy it. Nothing too bulky.

We have a new station on TV that just shows ads and they had something on there called... hmm... super pilates machine (maybe, but that's not quite the name) and it looked good but it might have the same thing as the full body gym. It's not put together yet.

Bryce ordered a dumpster from the city for all the cardboard from ordering furniture. What on earth was that whole thing all about??? Any cosmic meaning in that???

I felt better yesterday. I got a few things done and then just dropped. My mind would sure like to get my body going but that's just not going to happen. Anybody see the health program on CNN about how the body affects the mind? I missed it but maybe they will play it again.

So--- here I sit, feel like shit (a rhyme) and want to do something but I think not.

The hardest thing for me right now is not snacking when Bryce gets home late from work. I'm having two dinners and that is a big NO-NO.
The hardest thing for me right now is not snacking when Bryce gets home late from work. I'm having two dinners and that is a big NO-NO.

I find I'm not eating a lot through the day but then I have to have something to be able to go to sleep. So I must be all mixed up with my eating schedule...I sleep later in the mornings now and so I am not hungry for lunch because I've just eaten...then I think it catches me at about midnight! :angry:

I am going slowly with the pilates and then after I get back to a more agile me I hope to do the treadmill.

Someone on MSN group told me to drink lots of green tea, but I think too much and I'll be hyper? What do you all think? I know some will be good, but not cupsful all day...opinion please!

About the green tea, funny you should ask. In today's issue of Better Health for Better Living:

The Green Tea Solution


Green tea has been the subject of exhaustive research, and the studies just keep coming. People who drink green tea regularly enjoy lower risk of contracting a wide array of diseases.

Your heart is susceptible to threats from all around, and green tea can knock out quite a few of those threats before they become a problem. Green tea has been proven to lower LDL cholesterol, lipids, and trigclycerides, all three of which contribute to potentially deadly atherosclerosis (clogged arteries). In one study of hamsters, green tea inhibited atherosclerosis by up to 46 percent when the rodents drank the equivalent of three or four cups a day.

Blood clots can also stop your cardiovascular system in its tracks, causing heart problems and strokes. The catechins in green tea work to thin your blood, which helps keeps clots from ever forming. Specifically, the catechins stomp on pro-inflammatory compounds that make your platelets clump up. When the platelets can't stick together, they can't turn into harmful clots.

Then there's the high blood pressure factor. One study showed that drinking green tea regularly can both lower your blood pressure and lower your risk of developing high blood pressure. The study showed that the people who drank just one and a half to two and a half cups a day over a year dropped their chances of having high blood pressure by 46 percent.

But your heart isn't the only part of your body that can benefit from drinking green tea. It can also help protect you osteoporosis and periodontal disease. Green tea helps protect the cells that build bone from being taken over by free radicals. Then, it stops the cells that break down bone from taking over. And on the periodontal side, green tea throws in a bonus: It also puts the kibosh on the bacteria that cause gum disease.

Plus, green tea is good for your brain. A special compound in green tea called epicatechin (EC) cuts back on production of protein called amyloid beta, which has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease.