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UAE Customer service for fat people

April 20, 2010

I just came back from the nearby pharmacy to buy vitamins for Pristine. I know one of the ladies who work there and since it’s been a long time since I visited, she was asking if there’s baby #2 already and when I said no, we’ve been trying but nothing, lalala-lalala…the same storyI tell when I’m asked [...]

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Booty for Wife (and all the single ladies!)

April 4, 2010

Sorry – another exercise topic. This just in: Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training, a structured exercise program proven to be very effective with fat loss (that’s no candy coated ad – it’s true) launched a promotion to give butts a lift.  Who doesn’t like to have firmer, more shapely butt? I would be lying if [...]

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DOMS – pain, pain go away

April 3, 2010

If you’ve been training before, surely you have experienced DOMS or Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness, a day or two after you exercised. They are painful – sometimes, the kind of pain that makes you want to give up going to the gym forever! I had severe episode of DOMS early this week when I [...]

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Intermittent Fasting – the what, why and how

March 7, 2010

As I’m writing this post, I’m on my 22nd hour without food. The last meal I had was during dinner at 6 pm yesterday and my next meal will be at 6 pm today. So far, I am still alive, moving and my mind is as alert as ever. I’m at work, focus unchanged, if [...]

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How I got off from ‘dieting’

February 27, 2010

I hate the word “diet” because it always meant “restriction”, “restrain” and “hunger” for me. Every diet I’ve tried worked – for a few days/weeks at least! But after I’ve been bored with the routine and tired of all the restrain and restriction, where I end up always hungry, it kicks my butt back. Hard. [...]

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Never ignore simple back pains

February 16, 2010
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Hello. Remember me? The last time I blogged was last Friday before we moved and disconnected the internet. Now I’m back from being almost bedridden for two days after our move. What? Friends, it’s shameful to admit but I hurt my back last Friday – actually back pain started early last week but I ignored [...]

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Meltdown 2010 30-day fitness challenge report

February 6, 2010

Before the end of December 2009, I got an email from Dax Moy to join a fitness challenge and I did. I thought, what a perfect timing and great way to start the New Year. I signed up to something called Meltdown 2010 by London personal trainer, Dax Moy. The Meltdown 2010 program is a 30-day fat loss challenge [...]

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Insulin resistance is a bitch

January 30, 2010

My blood test results are back, following that horrible visit to the ob-gyne and it shows I have mild insulin resistance. From medicinenet.com: Insulin resistance (IR) is a condition in which the cells of the body become resistant to the effects of insulin, that is, the normal response to a given amount of insulin is [...]

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