HOT SPICY FOODS

Ever wondered how people can eat those hot peppers and never even grimace? Or, they will add extra spice to their entrees when ordering? Have you ever noticed these people seem to be skinny? So that got me to thinking about the possible correlation between skinny people and hot peppers.

Now, feature this! Capsaicin that is found in jalapenos, habaneros, cayenne and other chili peppers - the stuff that adds the heat - is known to work as a blood thinner, helping to prevent blood clots and it also works as an anti-inflammatory to control pain. Studies have shown if people eat a hot appetizer they will eat an average of 200 calories less in the meal that follows. And, there is promising studies that capsaicin helps to increase metabolism. www.fitday.com

Well shut yo mouth! You mean after all these years we have been exercising and sweating and yogaing and pilateing to lose weight, to increase our metabolism and burn calories, in 2011, we find we can eat our way to weight loss, high metabolism rates and burn calories with Hot Chili Peppers!   Estar loco de contento!

Where are the Hot Men today?

I grew up in a time when “real” men were tall with a great body, exuded yum and had a soft side they exposed sometimes in quiet moments yet had with a tough and competent exterior.  You know - John Wayne, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood.  Now that’s hot!! When these men were on the screen you could feel the heat penetrating the theatre.  Even on the small screen, you felt the thermometer rising.  Muy Caliente!

But these days, I have noticed the young girls go for these pale, scrawny, small statured, technologically savvy, in touch with their feminine side men.  I just don’t get that!  We used to toss those sort of men to the gutter.  We wanted nothing to do with them.  They were waste products.  Spffpht!

Could this be an age thing or have young women lowered their standards of hot?

H O T = Healing On Time

I recently discovered I have food allergies.  And, I mean I was allergic to lots of foods and chemicals found in food.   Who knew? 

I knew I felt lethargic.  I always felt bloated. I had no energy after a restless night of sleep.  I knew something was wrong with me.  I found an amazing holistic doctor that guided me through a two year journey to wellness.  I call it - Healing On Time.

Our bodies tell us that something is wrong but we’re often too busy to listen to what our body is shouting to us.  We think we are machines that are powered for eternity.  We feel new aches and pains but dismiss them as the symptoms of growing older. We humans can justify anything!   Sometimes we’re just too proud to ask for help.

Well, I asked for help and got it.  To get back into the shape I was in during my 20s – 49 pounds lighter- and enjoying life to the fullest was an amazing journey. 

If you are not feeling like yourself any more, or you know your body is slowly deteriorating, I’d like to suggest you check into a source so you can Heal On Time to save your own life!

Hot Flashes and Other Estrogen Tales

Why did women get the short straw on having hot flashes?  Hot flashes are just plain miserable.  They serve absolutely no purpose other than to tick a woman off!  Once that hot flash begins you try to keep a conversation going with someone and pray you’ll not become an ash pile in front of their eyes!

I remember when I first starting having symptoms of menopause.  I said to my gynecologist “Tell me about hot flashes.”  As soon as I asked - I had a flash.  I am talking about one of those frantic fanning- can’t keep your clothes on right now-don’t touch me ones.   She calmly looked at me as sweat was dripping off my hair and onto my hospital gown and said, “You’re too young to be having flashes.”  What?

Is it me or do docs depend too much on science, results of case studies and statistics to use some common sense any more?  Know what I did?  I found another doctor!

Hot Potato

Do you remember playing the game ‘Hot Potato’ as a child?  You know, people would throw a bean bag, deemed The Hot Potato, and you would pass it off as fast as you could so you would not to be left holding that Hot Potato! 

We still play Hot Potato today when it comes to gossip.  Why do we continue to pass the Hot Potato from one friend to another, email the news through an eblast to everyone in our address book, and comment on the gossip to reply all? 

Why do we listen to gossip?  We love to hear the dirt on someone else and watch them crash and burn.  Somehow that makes our own personal, pitiful little life not see so bad after all.

Mary Abbajay, a consultant for professional and organizational development writes this:

The act of active listening actually supports and promotes gossiping. The more you listen, the more you encourage it. If you don’t listen, the gossip has nowhere to do. Think about the last time you told a story to someone who was clearly not interested. The story probably withered on the vine.
Here’s how to get out of the gossip pipeline:

1. Be busy. Gossipmongers want attention. If you're preoccupied with your work, you can't be available to listen to their latest story.
2. Don’t participate. Walk away from the story. Don’t give visual clues that you are interested in listening. If someone passes a juicy story on to you, don't pass it any further. Take personal responsibility to act with integrity.
3. Turn it around by saying something positive. It isn't nearly as much fun to spread negative news if it's spoiled by a complimentary phrase about the person being attacked
4. Avoid the gossiper. If you notice one person who consistently makes trouble, take the necessary actions to have as little interaction with that person as possible. Avoid him/her.
5. Keep your private life private. Don't trust personal information with coworkers. Remember, if they are gossiping about others, they will gossip about you, too. Don't give them ammunition.
6. Choose your friends wisely at work. You spend a good deal of time at work so it's natural for friendships to develop. Share information sparingly until you are sure that you have built up a level of trust. Also, close association with gossipers will give the perception that you are a gossiper.
7. Be direct. If you confront the gossiper and confidently tell him or her that such behavior is making it uncomfortable for you and other coworkers, it's likely to stop.
8. Don't be afraid to go to a superior. Gossiping wastes a lot of company time and hurts morale. A company interested in a healthy work environment will value the opportunity to correct this type of situation.