MARCYINCNY1's CalorieKing Blog
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Saturday, March 1st 2008
Other than when I was riding my heavy town bike uphill or wrestling with the garden tiller there haven't been many times in the past year when I've really felt as though I was pushing myself physically to the point where I couldn't go any further—until yesterday. The sunny weather had compressed the deep snow and the snowshoeing was an absolute slog. Even though I skipped one climb it took me two hours to do a hike that would usually take less than 75 minutes.While the hike yesterday wa...
Pretty Lights
Friday, February 29th 2008
Dunno exactly what they were but they were a pretty sight as we drove around last night. We saw "No Country for Old Men" and then when the new Mexican place, Papá Gallo, was too busy went up to Doug's for fish & chips.I thought the movie was more worthwhile than some of the other Coen brothers films I've seen but it still left me wondering what the point was supposed to be. It's another movie that didn't leave me with anything at the end, no questions, no answers, no chara...
Mother Nature is My Friend
Wednesday, February 27th 2008
After two weeks of virtually no exercise I've started off this week with a trip to the park followed by two days of snow shoveling. Tomorrow should be my first real snowshoeing since before the holidays, yippee!Meanwhile I've ordered seeds including some Good King Henry (Lincolnshire Spinach, Poor Man's Asparagus
Chenopodium bonus-henricus, hardy perennial):
Cultivation Notes: Grown as a vegetable for centuries. Virtually pest and disease free. A very versatile plant historically...
Calcium and Vitamin D Benefits
Friday, February 22nd 2008
Besides boosting your bone health, taking vitamin D with your calcium could give you another big benefit: protection from cancer.It's true. This powerful pair may help reduce the risk of five different kinds of cancer, according to a recent study.
Healthy postmenopausal women taking vitamin D daily with their calcium over 4 years had fewer breast, colon, lung, lymph/leukemia, and uterine cancers than women taking calcium alone. How the vitamin might defend against cancer still needs ...