diet

  • I love this myth. This is a myth that says one should not eat after a certain time if one wants to lose weight because food eaten later will turn into fat.  I think at a certain time during my chubby days I too tried this and guess what? I stayed chubby.  I still ate…

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  • Health Check Results

    I just got my health check results today.  It’s always a bit nerve-racking when you receive the results in a sealed package and have to open it.  It makes you wonder what will be written inside.  How will my cholesterol be this year? Am I going to have high triglyceride levels?   It’s a time when you…

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  • Gone Bananas

    Gone Bananas

    The world has gone bananas.  Bombings, shootings and phone hacking scandals are what dominate the headlines.  Everywhere I go, those are what people are reading about.  The world has indeed gone bananas.  If you can’t already guess by now, I thought today I’d write about how good it is to actually go “bananas.”  No, don’t…

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  • Yesterday I started out writing with the intention of talking about “Dragon Fruits” but half way through I realized I was talking more about weigh scales.  Tonight I’ll get straight to the point and talk about this relatively new fruit called “Dragon fruit.” When I first heard the name I wondered what could a fruit…

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  • Self-compassion

    The other day I read a very interesting article in the New York Times entitled “Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges.”  It talks about how those who have more self-compassion are often happier, more optimistic and have less anxiety.  I think so too. People are often hard on themselves, wanting to…

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