Sunday, February 28, 2016
My Weight (Loss) Management from 2007-05-28 to 2016-02-28 (weight loss by Calorie Restriction, i.e. Dietary Energy Restriction):
2014-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2014-09-28 morning, my weight = 61.2 kg, BMI = 22.209
2014-10-28 morning, my weight = 61.4 kg, BMI = 22.282
2014-11-28 morning, my weight = 60.2 kg, BMI = 21.846
2014-12-28 morning, my weight = 60.8 kg, BMI = 22.064
2015-01-28 morning, my weight = 61.3 kg, BMI = 22.246
2015-02-28 morning, my weight = 61.8 kg, BMI = 22.427
2015-03-28 morning, my weight = 61.8 kg, BMI = 22.427
2015-04-28 morning, my weight = 62,5. kg, BMI = 22.681
2015-05-28 morning, my weight = 62.4 kg, BMI = 22.645
2015-06-28 morning, my weight = 63.6 kg, BMI = 23.080
2015-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg BMI = 22.609
2015-08-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, BMI = 22.572
2015-09-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863
2015-10-28 morning, my weight = 63.2 kg, BMI = 22.935
2015-11-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg, BMI = 22.717
2015-12-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg BMI = 22.609
2016-01-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863
2016-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.8 kg, BMI = 22.790
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From 2015-11-28: Use Groupon Scale
2016-02-28 morning, my weight = 62.8 kg, BMI = 22.790 at 0.14 am
2016-01-28 morning, my weight = 63.0 kg, BMI = 22.863 at 7.30 am
2015-12-28 morning, my weight = 62.3 kg, BMI = 22.609 at 7.30 am
2015-11-28 morning, my weight = 62.6 kg, BMI = 22.717 at 7.40 am
The following: Used Watson scale
2015-10-28 morning, my weight = 62.7 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.935 at 8.40 am
Note: The night before met ex-army buddies Boey, Ang and Koh M.K. for dinner
2015-09-28 morning, my weight = 62.5 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.863 at 0630 am
2015-08-28 morning, my weight = 61,7 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.572 at 0630 am
2015-07-28 morning, my weight = 61,8 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.609 at 0630 am
2015-06-28 morning, my weight = 63.1 kg, + 500g BMI = 23.080 at 0730 am
2015-05-28 morning, my weight = 61.9 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.681 at 0730 am
2015-04-28 morning, my weight = 62.0 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.681 at 0630 am
2015-03-28 morning, my weight = 61.3 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.427 at 0300 am
2015-02-28 morning, my weight = 61.3 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.427 at 0700 am
2015-01-28 morning, my weight = 60.8 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.246 at 0630 am
2014-12-28 morning, my weight = 60.3 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.064 at 0030 am
2014-11-28 morning, my weight = 59.7 kg, + 500g BMI = 21.846 at 0700 am
2014-10-28 morning, my weight = 60.9 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.282 at 0530 am
2014-09-28 morning, my weight = 60.7 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.209 at 0830 am
2014-08-28 morning, my weight = 61.7 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.572 at 0008 am
2014-07-28 morning, my weight = 62.2 kg, + 500g BMI = 22.753 at 0020 am
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Perfection and Asymptote
"You can't ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving."
ONE OF THE FAVORITE QUOTES FROM BOOK "WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR" BY DR. PAUL KALANITHI
Source:
https://li.st/l/307ac92c-aa17-4d26-948a-fd2ca53503d6
Rising obesity among young set to worsen diabetes rate
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/rising-obesity-among-young-set-to-worsen-diabetes-rate?xtor=CS3-17
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Rising obesity among young set to worsen diabetes rate
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Published 22 February 2016, 5.00 am
Rising obesity in children and young adults will push up the rate of diabetes in Singapore - already among the highest in the developed world - going by recent studies.
Professor Chia Kee Seng, dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said 34 per cent of people aged 24 to 35 this year can expect to be diabetic by the time they are 65, based on projections.
Overall, diabetes rates have risen, from 8.6 per cent of the adult population in 1992 to 11.3 per cent in 2010. This would have gone up to 12.9 per cent by last year, said epidemiologists at the school under the National University of Singapore. They study the patterns, causes and effects of health and disease conditions in the population.
Prof Chia told The Straits Times that obesity has been rising at a faster rate in people below age 40, and a major reason is "a big drop in physical activity" when people start working. He said: "It is important for those in their 20s to recognise that the dramatic lifestyle changes as they enter working life will have very significant health impact when they are in their 60s."
Although they become less active as working adults, most people continue to eat the same amount of food, or even more as they have higher disposable income.
To make matters worse, obesity in schoolchildren has risen - from 11 per cent in 2013 to 12 per cent in 2014, said the Education Ministry. In 2000, it was 10 per cent.
The Education Ministry said that for some children, there is a cycle of weight gain during long holidays followed by weight loss during term time as a result of physical activities and weight-management programmes in school.
Stallholders in school canteens have been encouraged to use healthier ingredients, and drinks have to meet the Health Promotion Board's (HPB's) reduced-sugar requirement.
An HPB spokesman said childhood obesity is an international public health concern as it increases the risk of adult obesity. On the positive side, she said, schoolchildren are now eating more fruit and greens. In 2012, only one in five consumed at least two servings each of fruit and vegetables a day. Last year, almost half did so.
She added that almost half of the more than 6,000 overweight primary and secondary school children who took part in its programmes were able to bring their weight down to a healthy level.
The World Health Organisation released the final report from its Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity last month. The report expects the number of fat children to balloon from 42 million in 2013 to 70 million by 2025.
It warns: "Obese infants and children are likely to continue being obese during adulthood and are more likely to develop a variety of health problems as adults."
These include diabetes, heart disease, stroke, joint problems and a higher risk of getting endometrial, breast and colon cancers.
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Diseases and metabolism
"Diseases are molecules misbehaving; the basic requirement of life is metabolism, and death its cessation."
---- Dr. Paul Kalanithi, in book "When Breath Becomes Air" published in January 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/45424659-when-breath-becomes-air
Sunday, February 21, 2016
BOOK "When Breath Becomes Air"
BOOK "When Breath Becomes Air"
https://g.co/kgs/J0Kal
When Breath Becomes Air
Book by Paul Kalanithi
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?
Originally published: January 12, 2016
Author: Paul Kalanithi
ISBN: 9780812988406
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Reading opens your mind
http://kdminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=797&ArticleID=68677
('When Breath Becomes Air': an uncompromising take of author Dr. Paul Kalanithi's own mortality - Kingman Daily Miner - Kingman, Arizona)
"I want the kids here to understand that reading opens up your mind. It opens up so many doors," said Sue. "You sit right here in your kitchen. It takes you to places. When you are reading these good books, it gives you a tremendous vocabulary. I never home-schooled them. All I had done was provide books for them.
"Where you live does not matter. What you do with what you got matters. Always."
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Eating habits and behaviors
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000349.htm
Food gives our bodies the energy we need to function. Food is also a part of traditions and culture. This can mean that eating has an emotional component as well. For many people, changing eating habits is very hard.
You may have had certain eating habits for so long that you do not realize they are unhealthy. Or, your habits have become part of your daily life, so you do not think much about them.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
For weight loss, Nutrition is more important
Bob Harper, a long-time trainer for "The Biggest Loser" American Reality Show and now the show's new host, says he is often approached by strangers seeking weight loss advice.
"It is all about your nutrition," he says. "It is 80 percent your nutrition; it is 20 percent fitness."
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/biggest-loser-diet-exercise_us_56bb70e6e4b08ffac1237b6c
Saturday, February 13, 2016
My first golden fried rice. Date: 2016-02-13. Time: 9.15 pm. Taste: Ok. Pls see photos below.
My first golden fried rice. Date: 2016-02-13. Time: 9.15 pm. Taste: Ok. Pls see photos below.
I learned the cooking of golden fried rice from the YouTube video below.
https://youtu.be/gNE2PMdr7hg
WEIGHT LOSS ==> What's more important: diet or exercise?
'Biggest Loser' Trainer Settles The Diet-vs.-Exercise Debate Once And For All
"It is all about your nutrition," he says. "It is 80 percent your nutrition; it is 20 percent fitness."
Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/biggest-loser-diet-exercise_us_56bb70e6e4b08ffac1237b6c
Friday, February 12, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
My Carrots for the next 16 days w.e.f. 11 February 2016
This morning (11 February 2016, Thursday), I bought a total of 3.036 kg of 16 Australian carrots (Medium) from NTUC Fairprice at AMK Hub for my green smoothie for the next 16 days.
Price S$1.70 per kg. Total S$5.16.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Book --> The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science, ISBN: 978-1452108223
Book "The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Myster...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1452108226/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_awd_d_JwNUwb1BG6YKM
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Eczema healed by Gluten free diet ( A case seen on internet)
The following text from
https://nationaleczema.org/living-with-eczema/scratch-pad/gluten-allergy-2/
Is repeated here for your convenience. For details, please visit the above web link.
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<< Gluten Allergy>>
Dear Scratch Pad
The backs of my hands and fingers were covered with eczema. I tried everything over the course of four years and had little tubes of prescription medication littering my bathroom cupboard. These topical steroids were just small fixes that ended up thinning my skin. If I dried my hands with a towel and was too abrasive, my hands would end up bleeding. After some research, I decided to try a gluten-free diet. Now, my hands are almost completely clear and have been that way for the year and a half that I have followed the diet. If I accidentally eat gluten, my eczema will be back in about three days (but not as severe). As difficult as it was at the beginning to avoid gluten, it has been completely worth it and has become just part of life.
Erin Jeffries
Saturday, February 6, 2016
My left index finger with eczema before and after gluten free diet with no medications
Gluten free diet did not help me in solving the Eczema problems of both hands.
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