my hands go where?

Ok, so a couple of months ago I had to take defensive driving.... ok, not because I was required to for purposes of dismissing a ticket, but for the insurance discount, those who know me, know that I get into a finder bender every now and again... and I needed to bring down our premiums that 10%.

So, when I was watching my videos I was shocked completely by something. I was taught to drive with my hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel. It is not like I learned to drive 50 years ago, it was only 15 years ago. Since I have learned to drive they have concluded that holding your hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel is now considered potentially dangerous. why? Because of the airbags.... who knew! If your airbag deploys and your hands are in that position, it will send your hands flying right up into your face. So, you might be thinking hands would be far better than airbag right? I am not expert, but bone hitting bone in my book probably not the best alternative.

So, the new recommendation for hand placement on the steering wheel is, wait for it..... 9 and 3! In this case if the air bag was to deploy it would push your hands out and down rather than up with less of a possibility of trapping your arms/hands between you and your body.

However, they do still recommend holding your hands where you are comfortable.

Cankles?

Do you have cankels?

I just watched an interesting short video from Dr. Oz. Essentially there are two types of cankels.

1. cankels you are born with
2. development over time due to fat increase (also a temporary side effect from Pregnancy)
   

So, if you have cankels he said to do the pressure test. Put your finger and press on the cankel, if it makes an indention it is from swelling and fat accumulation.

Bottom line if you want to get rid of them exercise! He specifically named jumping rope will help redistribute the accumulation of fat and reduce the size of the cankel giving you more muscle definition. He also noted that it could be an underling issue of a heart or kidney funtion issue.

Watch the Video: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/whats-causing-your-cankles

* image from Go Go Gadget, Go!

I am not Oprah, but this is one of my favorite things!

Lets start a couple of months ago, my coworker was giving up candy for lent. I have never given up anything for lent seeing as how I am not Catholic; so I figured that sense our desks are roughly three feet apart at best, I would support her in her efforts. I however, took it to the next extreme because if I am going to give up Candy that means that I would be compensating with sweets, cake, cupcakes, sodas... you get the idea. So, I removed sugar from my diet almost 100%. To sum it up, no sweets! So, as I was looking around for great soda replacements, sense I was WAY too hooked on Dr. Pepper; most Texans do not believe such a thing exists; I came upon Lipton Raspberry Lime Revitalize to go. It is green tea with B Vitamins and Vitamin C! YAY, so I am not only cutting out a horrible for my body drink but replacing it with one that actually works for my body! YAY! Go me! So, I am happy to report that I have yet to incorporate Soda back into my diet. Which for me is a HUGE accomplishment!

So if you are looking for a yummy drink give it a go! It will be a little party in your mouth!

No, I was not paid to post this!

so much to say!

I feel like everyday I have something exciting to talk about, then what happens I am not near the computer... so I completely forget about what my very important blog was going to be about!

Sooo, I will just talk about how grossed out I was on my walk down to my cafe here in the building. Not that it needs to be said.. but, if your clothes are too tight, do not wear them! So far today!!! This just TODAY! I have been an older woman, with long gray hair wearing white capris and a BLACK thong! Seriously! I couldn't help but notice because she was like 7 feet tall and my face was well.. you get the idea, I am a shorty. Then, just now I saw a man dressed very nice, very, very nice, however, his pants were so tight, he had a muffin top! So unnecessary!

I will admit that there have been times when I have needed to wiggle myself into an outfit or two especially since I have had my child. But these have been some pretty extreme cases, never would I wear these inappropriate outfits into my work place!

I might have a nightmare tonight about white capri's! So, there I got it off of my chest, I feel a etsy bit better.