Daily thoughts
We are almost at the end of the first week of the second month of the P90X program. I am starting to see and feel a difference in my body and very much prefer this program to those endless repeats of isolated exercises at the gym. It requires quite a time commitment but this may finally be the way to get my asthmatic body moving again.
In line with the P90X program I am trying to eat healthier but sometimes you have to go for extra tasty as well! Normally I stick to wholeweat pasta and cereals (quinoa, spelt etc.) but sometimes I yearn for risotto. As far as I know, there's not such thing as brown risotto rice (but if there is, please let me know!). Anyway, giving in to the craving and because we'd done a very intensive workout, I made one of my favourite risotto recipes, a pumpkin risotto. The recipe is by lushfemke and I think I got it years ago through the Lush-forum!
At work I am getting fed up with some of my colleagues who seem to be just too damn lazy to do their jobs properly. For some time I thought their behaviour was due to lack of knowledge however, these are grown up men* that have had things explained to them for several times. In fact, they are paid more because they are supposed to know these things because they are considered specialists. It's a tedious and tiring process to deal with this because whenever I open my mouth the general assumption is that I am both too young and too short on the job to know what I am talking about. Nine times out of ten I disregard these comments because I find it a waste of time to spend any energy whatsoever on this crap! But sometimes it just makes me want to scream!! ARGH**!
Next Wednesday, September 29th, it is Dress Red Day or Go Red for Women Day (depending on where you live), an initiative to raise awareness for cardiovascular disease among women. In the Netherlands cardiovascular disease is one of the main if not the main cause of death for women. And although I do think that it is important to research cardiovascular disease in both women and men, it is startling to realise that the general idea is that it's only (older) men who suffer from strokes, heart failure and hart attacks. It is important to realise that women can also be diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease and that it may have a great impact on their lives.
I was diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease a couple of years ago. For me being diagnosed with ROW was not unexpected but it was a good thing to finally get the confirmation. It also meant that I could actively monitor the progression of the disease within my body and find ways of dealing with the physical and social effects the disease has on my life. The impact it has on day-to-day activities is greatly influenced by my hormonal cycle and there are days that I know I should stuff a fresh shirt and handkerchief in my bag and shedule in time to stop nosebleeds or brush my teeth with more care because my gums will bleed profusely.
If you want to join in and raise awareness (or educate yourself and make sure you are as healthy as you can be), please check out these sites for more information:
http://www.goredforwomen.org/
http://www.wehebbenjehartnodig.nl/ (in Dutch!)
And here is an article about the initiative (in Dutch!).
In the near future I should do an icon and style update for this journal. Wonder if I still know how to work the codes O_O
That's all for today!
Love,
Nine
*I do not mean to generalise here, it's just that the colleagues who mess up are the middle-aged men at my job and not the bright youngsters.
**And that's not mentioning the sexually discriminative comments that are supposed to be "fun". That's a story for another day.
In line with the P90X program I am trying to eat healthier but sometimes you have to go for extra tasty as well! Normally I stick to wholeweat pasta and cereals (quinoa, spelt etc.) but sometimes I yearn for risotto. As far as I know, there's not such thing as brown risotto rice (but if there is, please let me know!). Anyway, giving in to the craving and because we'd done a very intensive workout, I made one of my favourite risotto recipes, a pumpkin risotto. The recipe is by lushfemke and I think I got it years ago through the Lush-forum!
At work I am getting fed up with some of my colleagues who seem to be just too damn lazy to do their jobs properly. For some time I thought their behaviour was due to lack of knowledge however, these are grown up men* that have had things explained to them for several times. In fact, they are paid more because they are supposed to know these things because they are considered specialists. It's a tedious and tiring process to deal with this because whenever I open my mouth the general assumption is that I am both too young and too short on the job to know what I am talking about. Nine times out of ten I disregard these comments because I find it a waste of time to spend any energy whatsoever on this crap! But sometimes it just makes me want to scream!! ARGH**!
Next Wednesday, September 29th, it is Dress Red Day or Go Red for Women Day (depending on where you live), an initiative to raise awareness for cardiovascular disease among women. In the Netherlands cardiovascular disease is one of the main if not the main cause of death for women. And although I do think that it is important to research cardiovascular disease in both women and men, it is startling to realise that the general idea is that it's only (older) men who suffer from strokes, heart failure and hart attacks. It is important to realise that women can also be diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease and that it may have a great impact on their lives.
I was diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease a couple of years ago. For me being diagnosed with ROW was not unexpected but it was a good thing to finally get the confirmation. It also meant that I could actively monitor the progression of the disease within my body and find ways of dealing with the physical and social effects the disease has on my life. The impact it has on day-to-day activities is greatly influenced by my hormonal cycle and there are days that I know I should stuff a fresh shirt and handkerchief in my bag and shedule in time to stop nosebleeds or brush my teeth with more care because my gums will bleed profusely.
If you want to join in and raise awareness (or educate yourself and make sure you are as healthy as you can be), please check out these sites for more information:
http://www.goredforwomen.org/
http://www.wehebbenjehartnodig.nl/ (in Dutch!)
And here is an article about the initiative (in Dutch!).
In the near future I should do an icon and style update for this journal. Wonder if I still know how to work the codes O_O
That's all for today!
Love,
Nine
*I do not mean to generalise here, it's just that the colleagues who mess up are the middle-aged men at my job and not the bright youngsters.
**And that's not mentioning the sexually discriminative comments that are supposed to be "fun". That's a story for another day.