Obesity

This has been around over the Internet since early this year - but I just thought I’d put it on the blog considering the amount of traffic I get from people interested in fat loss. The image below shows a body scan (if I’m not mistaken, it is a MRI slice), of two women weighing 113kg and 54kg - so no clothes to hide and pretend that everything is fine.

I don’t intend for today’s blog post to deliver facts on weight loss or to explain the dangers of being overweight - so I’m not going to say much except to leave you with a few things to think about at the end of the post. I hope that this would be a wake up call to many if you think you can ‘get off the hook’ by not taking care of your health or ignoring weight gain. [click to continue...]

On Sunday, while having a conversation with a friend of mine, she casually mentioned to me that her husband is actually very, very healthy. Her reason was that he eats regularly and goes to the toilet often - yes.. that really is what she said, and she was proud of him - it showed in the way she spoke and in her facial expression - so she wasn’t kidding.

Of course, she chose not to take into account the fact that he’s easily 20 - 30 kg overweight, eats too much sugar, and lives a sedentary lifestyle. It was at that point I realized how disillusioned some people can be and overlook the obvious. I don’t blame her for this - it’s not her fault she just doesn’t realise those to be a problem.

I, however, personally think he’s a walking time-bomb, and it’s just a matter of time before something lights his fuse. More alarming is that I realised that somewhere out there… there are also many of you who MAY think that as long as you ’seem’ to have some healthy habits in place, you can totally ignore everything else and be irresponsible about your health.

Some common examples are those who are blessed with a fast metabolism and don’t gain weight as easily, whose daily diet consists of foods shockingly high in fat (especially saturated fat and trans fat) - some people can’t live a single day without their daily burger or pizza. And they let this ’slip away’ simply because it doesn’t show a toll on their physiques - hence, they’re still healthy right? Or if you are significantly overweight… but still think ‘that’s okay’…

Well this prompted me to look up a research I knew existed from way back in 2007 (and I found the article that talks about it) as I wanted you guys to read it. So, I’ll let the article do the rest: [click to continue...]

I’d like to tell you about my friend, K.

You see, K used to be in his ideal weight. But just lately, he has been gaining weight rather quickly - all this without much change to his food intake. The only one thing that stands out about his lifestyle at the moment is that he is on his last year at college, and currently in the midst of a very stressful IT internship.

K is also someone who takes any job given to him very seriously (which is a good thing), but he likes to bring work back home, work overtime (even if he doesn’t get paid for it), and worry himself about everything else at work.

Just last week, he told me he needs new pants cos his existing ones are getting tighter.

Here are some of his other habits: [click to continue...]

It has been awhile since I last caught an episode of the Biggest Loser Asia. In fact, just earlier this week, I happen to catch the latest episode playing on Hallmark, but barely 10 minutes into the show, and I switched over to the Asian Food Channel instead. Why? Frankly… it sickens me.

Yes, this is a huge statement I’m making considering I was really excited about the show late 2009. I even had the privilege to be part of a guerilla-marketing stunt held last year in Kuala Lumpur (which I got paid handsomely for), I attended the media launch event, and invited to another event for a chance to interview Dave and Kristy (which I could not attend at the last moment).

So what changed?

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