Chocolate Helping Dieters

Who knew? Apparently chocolate is being studied as a diet food and passed with good reviews. I guess people that each chocolate 5 times a week have a body mass index score lower than that of those who eat chocolate less often. I personally don't like chocolate and I don't diet so this does not really apply to me, but my family and friends are chocolate addicts and they are in for some good news. The article linked here mentions a woman that is 5 foot 6 inches weighing 125 pounds. Well my first problem with that is, that woman is tiny!!!! She does not need to be dieting in the first place, if anything she should put on 5 pounds. Well I hope anyone trying to diet enjoys their chocolate too!


                                                

Florida Has Problems

Trayvon Martin, 17 was shot by a neighborhood watchmen over a month ago, and now there is a ton of controversy about the event. Was the killing a hate crime? Should the shooter be arrested? Is the Florida law valid? I think this is bull. A child is dead and his killer is not in jail because Florida has a stupid law saying that the boy was suspicious and the neighborhood watchmen was within the law in his actions. Martin was not armed for anything more than a sugar rush. He was carrying a bad a skittles and an iced tea. Really? This guy gets off free?
                                     

Chun and Byers Qualify Olympic Weights for U.S.A.

Clarissa Chun and Dremiel Byers wrestled this past weekend at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier in Florida. Chun took first which allows the United States to take a wrestler at the weight of 48 kilograms or 105.5 pounds to the London Olympics this August.Byers also took gold qualifying the 120 kilograms or 264.5 pound weight class. In order for a country to send athletes to the Olympic Games in wrestling, that country must send any athlete to a qualifying tournament, must be international. That athlete must win that tournament to claim a spot at all for that country at any weight. Chun needed to qualify the United States 48 kilogram spot that she held in the 2008 Olympics. We now have all the weights qualified to go to the Olympic Games in London for men and women wrestlers.

Manning for Tebow

I know lots of people are really upset that we are losing Tebow, but guys look at it this way, we are going to win more than the last quarter now! I did love Tebow while he was here, but when he grows up a little and gets better, and Manning is old well older we will try to get him back and he will be just like Elway. When Elway started he was not good at all and look what he did. He grew up and became a legend. I am excited Denver is going to dominate this year!!!! Tebow will be fine with Sanchez and the Jets. Number 18 will be good for us!

Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

I suffer from this, and was unfortunate enough to have to have the surgery. For those that want to find out a little more about the condition click the link and read more indepth, but in short: Compartment Syndrome is when there is too much pressure in a compartment in your arm or leg, in my case my claves. There is no true know cause or reason it happens, only that it is seem mostly in athletes that excersise too hard or too long. The only thing proven to help at all is surgery which I got. There are high risks of nerve damage which I also have. There is a lot of pain, numbness, nerve problems, and scary happenings with this syndrome, but the one thing I should not have done was play through the pain. So if you think you have this, do not keep playing, get the needed tests. They suck, but it is worth being able to play again.

                                                 

Adeline Gray Gaining Momentum Heading Into Trials

Adeline Gray claimed the 1st place spot at this weekend's Oklahoma Women's University Nationals! She had to face three strong competitors, one that she trains with at the Olympic Training Center, Veronica Carlson. Adeline and Veronica met in the finals where Adeline defeated her for the championship. Adeline is now looking ahead to April 20th which is Olympic Trails where she must battle to become the youngest wrestler to ever come out of the United States. With this win Adeline will come into the trials with some good confidence and some great momentum to help her win!!!!!! You can read a little bit more about Adeline's performance at the tournament through out this article, but you also get to know more about some other girls on the team.

                                           
I can't wait to watch her win at trails and again in LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!! Olympics here she comes!

Detective George Gray on 7News

My dad is a Denver Graffiti Detective and was on the news the other day! He did so well talking on camera. There are not many people that do the same thing as my dad, really it is mainly just him and the guy Gerard Alarcone he works with. They do so much helping to clean the city up and stop the tagging all over the city. Watch him on the news! He works very hard and has made progress making the penalties for violators greater in order to stop the destructive act.

Ibuprofen Helps Altitude Sickness

Ibuprofen really does help with altitude sickness! This is cool, it really works. I was in the mountains for spring break with my little sister and her friends. One of her friends got sick because of the altitude and my mom and I remembered hearing on the news about how they have done proven studies about how it helps. We always have Ibuprofen on hand and it really came in handy with this little girl's first time to the mountains. Ibuprofen helps!

Olympic Hopeful: Adeline Gray

Training for the Olympics is not a walk in the park. With training every day through diet, work outs, and mental preparation, these athletes deserve their glory. Adeline Gray, 21 year old Colorado Native, is going through this training. With an easy week her schedule consists of 12 team work outs including lifting and on the mat techniques. Gray is yearning for the first Women's Wrestling gold medal for the United States. To help her with her training she requires funding. Because training and living at the Olympic Training Center requires almost all of her time, she is selling shirts with her Olympic goals. The shirts are for sale through CradleGear. You can order them for $20 on the website. She is also selling shorts for $40.