HALLOWEEN!

I just got done carving pumpkins with my boyfriend's family.  I love halloween and I get really into it.  I also love pumkin seeds so I came home and decided to  look up some recipes for cooking them up.  I happened to stumble accross this article that says pumpkin seeds are very good for you including boosting your nerve impulse transmission.  Very interesting! 

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_16448578

Below are my two pumpkins I carved this year.  Love it!!

SORE!!

So I started working out again, Finally! I have taken a break from my usual fitness routine because I have been so busy, but I started to realize that a lot of my stress could be reduced if I started working out again.  I am very happy I did but now I am feeling the effect and my entire body aches.  At least I now know where the soreness comes from.  When you work out you cause microscopic tears in the muscle fibers and also cause a buildup of lactic acid in the muscles.  Both of these in combination are what cause you to feel sore after a workout is over.  During our resting period our muscle fibers rebuild and come back stronger than before.  So I am looking forward to being stronger in a few days time!!

Little Peanut

So I just found out that one of my best friends is pregnant.  She has known for a couple weeks now and is almost eight weeks.  It made me recall lecture and how at about 8 weeks the embryo's skeleton is made up of hyaline cartilage.  At about this time the bone tissue is developing and replacing the cartilage, also called endochondral ossification.  I just remember when my sister was pregnant with my neice she had her first ultrasound at about eight weeks and she looked like a little peanut.  It's crazy that in such a short amount of time developement is so far along.