September 2007

I was having lunch with my colleague a few days ago and as we were walking back to the office, he told me he had suddenly craved for Burger King the evening before. So he stopped at Burger King and enjoyed a nice burger. So me being me, I was just about to venture into [...]

Comfort Food

by Yin Teing on September 15, 2007

in Diets,Inner Peace

When a woman is feeling down, she turns to the 5Cs. Nope… not Credit Card, Condo, Car , Carreer and Cash. But it’s Cakes, Cookies, Candies, Chips & Chocolates. For men, it’s normally ice cream, soup, pizza or pasta. We all have our own comfort foods. A number of studies have been done to identify [...]

Food Vibes

by Yin Teing on September 11, 2007

in Diets,Digestive Wellness,Personal

Last Friday, while helping out in a course organised by my unit, I helped myself to breakfast that is provided by the course. I ate 2 pieces of fried chicken wings and a bit of meehoon. After that, I did not feel quite well. Hard to describe but it’s probably due to the fact it [...]

New Direction

by Yin Teing on September 9, 2007

in Complementary Healing,Personal

I was updating my profile a few days back when I noticed a change in my interests. Previously favourite movies were Hero, Grey’s Anatomy and House. Now, it’s health programs in Discovery Health and Living (channel 77 in Astro). And my interests used to be dabbling with crafts (loved crafts since my childhood), new age [...]

Today, an article in Sunday Star is quite interesting: it talks about a study conducted to find out the effects of exercising without losing weight. Subjects (slim, obese & diabetic men) were given an exercise program but with a twist- they have to eat more to compensate for the extra calories lost. The results: even [...]

When you want to go on a diet/exercise program, do it for YOUR WELL BEING, YOUR HEALTH and not just because you want to impress somebody, or your partner insists that you do so, etc. Because if you go in for the wrong reasons, you tend to take up extreme quick fixes fad diets that [...]

First, it’s ok to slip up once a while. Nobody’s perfect. It does not mean we are useless or is a failure. Don’t hate yourself. Before I started eating sensibly, I used to feel guilty about my sweet tooth and food addiction, not realising it is attributed to the way the food I take react [...]

First, it’s ok to slip up once a while. Nobody’s perfect. It does not mean we are useless or is a failure. Don’t hate yourself. Before I started eating sensibly, I used to feel guilty about my sweet tooth and food addiction, not realising it is attributed to the way the food I take react [...]

The motivation that led me to start this blog thread is to record my journey of realisation of the dangers of sugar. I started my new way of eating ‘officially’ on 26 April, slipped off in May and came back again on early June. After that major slip in May (when I went to Penang [...]