I visited a tea store in Guelph, ON called The Bon The Place(www.teasoftheworld.ca) last week and found a whole wall of teas......oolong, green, rooibus, herbal, detox, black and many other varieties. I am getting away from coffee in the morning so I picked up a masala chai which is delicious. I also picked up a sencha fruity that has hints of pineapple and feels a little tropical as a green tea. While I was in the store the woman working there came by with a hot sample of milk oolong, a semi-fermented tea. This was my first experience with semi or fermented teas and I really liked it. Oolong tea has a multitude of health benefits including good dental health and bones, reducing obesity, control of diabetes and high cholesterol. They believe is it the polyphenols in oolong. Here is a link to the interesting information I found about this new tea in my repertoire (http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/beverage/health-benefits-of-oolong-tea.html). When you purchase tea at The Bon The Place they will also give you take home sample packages of some of the other teas you may want to try. I will go there again and get some of the teas I only got testers of like the coconut tea.
Day 5: NO spending day. It was a quiet Monday. Day 6: I spent approx $6.00 to fill a prescription. I should probably update you on another goal I had for this year. I have been trying to make it to the gym twice a week since January. It doesn't seem like a big goal but some weeks it is tough. Truthfully I haven't made it even once in the last two weeks but I got back on track today with a bootcamp class at the YMCA I go to. Although I am not noticing much difference in my weight or how I look I have noticed a substantial difference in how I feel......GREAT! I am also hoping it will translate into an improved softball season. I may never be in the shape I was at 20 again but I can certainly try and be closer than I am now. Today was also lunch date day.....my coworker brought pulled pork sandwiches with carrot stick and cherry tomatoes. She also made chocolate peanut butter squares....ummm delicious. I will have to get that ...