Causes of Weight Gain

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

There's an article in the web that caught my attention: Weight Gain is also Due to Overeating. Of course, it is a fact and people know it. Overeating can cause weight gain. But overeating is not the only cause of weight gain. There are just many factors and overeating is just one of them.

So how do we gain weight?

1. overeating

and

2. no exercise

Overeating means you take extra calories that is otherwise needed for your body's nourishment. If those calories are not needed, they may turn into fats, thus, making us gain more weight. One should be careful with one's diet. My son, as early as 4, has been taught about balanced diet. He came from school one day and talked about balanced diet which the teacher taught them on that day. So i asked him what balanced diet meant. He said, Mommy, that means you eat a lot of vegetables and fruits and less sweets. That was sweet. It's good that as early as he is now, he knows that he must be careful with what eats.

We all want to lose weight and that is another fact. However, cutting on food intake is not the only solution. We must do exercise as well. We must choose that kind of exercise that can tone our muscles.

Why? because if we lose those fats, and we don't tone our muscles, we would end up having shaggy body. I have learned this when I was preparing for my wedding. I cut back on food, did an exercise that could make me sweat, and did Pilates that could tone down those shaggy flesh.

So how do we lose weight? We can do so by having a balanced diet and a regular exercise.

I'm Back

Well, this blog is back. I have bought a domain for this blog and it hasn't expired yet. So I thought of just going ahead with this blog. It would be a waste if I just let it expire without using it. So I'm thinking if I can do better with this blog... i.e. post more updates and earn more from doing some reviews, then might as well continue. So here starts another chapter.

Coach is on Clearance Sale

Monday, June 1, 2009

I have this update from shoppingnsales in Malaysia where they update which shop and brand go for sale. Coach is on sale from 30 May 2009 onwards. I may go there and see... not that I want to shop for coach bags. I am too broke to shop for any thing now. Just wanna look see look see.

Outlets participating are:

Coach Pavillion KL
Coach Suria KLCC
Coach The Gardens Midvalley City
Coach Satellite Building, KLIA.

I got the image from: handbagnevs.blogspot.com. It is available for 1,000RM.

If You Have a Round Face

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Like I do, your face is as wide as it is long and you will have fullness at your cheekbones. Your goal is to make your face appear narrower.

Hair Do's: wearing your hair down along the sides of your face, pulled back styles and parting your hair off centre will suit you. You can wear center part with long hair as long as your hair length falls below your chin.

Hair Don'ts: Your disaster style is rounded, chin length bob (or anything rounded for that matter).

Clothing: Avoid wearing anything round, necklines, collar points, etc. Use the length of a V-neck to sharpen your round face.

Beauty is Skin Deep - Part 2

Thursday, May 14, 2009

A lot of people think that way. I disagree. I may have blogged about being beautiful physically is important but it's not THE most important thing. Beauty is not skin deep. A real beauty has more attributes to her than the naked eye can see. There are just so many attributes that make a really beautiful woman. (this is actually a post I wrote when I just started my blog - just reposting it to remind myself)

• The way you treat others - do you treat others fairly well? Or do you go by status quo? Sometimes it is so easy to give respect to others who have a high-paying job, career people, well established people and we find it challenging to communicate well with lowly people. If, by all means, you treat people equally, no matter the race, social status, etc... then you are truly a beautiful woman.

• The way you exude confidence - there is a total difference between acting with confidence and acting with superiority complex. If you have self confidence, and you interact with people, it is very obvious. But when you have superiority complex, it is also obvious... which can turn people off. I know a lot of people that want to act confident but actually it's out of insecurities. There are two types of insecurity: feeling inferior and acting superior - to cover up insecurities. I've seen both. It's a total turn off. Not that I have enough confidence. I still lack a bit. But I'm working on it. (this is the purpose of this blog, actually).
• Your mannerisms - there are too many to list down on different mannerisms people use. I have read a book "I Know What You're Thinking" and from there, they listed down different hand gestures, body languages to reflect what they're thinking. I have observed people on the way they talk after reading this book. Sometimes it chuckles me and my husband to death when we talk after meeting people. But of course, one main point is: we become very conscious of the body languages we're signaling.
  
• Your body posture - when you slouch and talk it's very distracting.
• The way you dress up - men sometimes get distracted when you reveal too much. So if you want to have a good conversation with people even in opposite sex, please dress up properly and modestly.
• The way you put make up - (if you wear make up at all) we all strive to do a no-make up look. Lesser make up doesn't mean you will have a no-make up look. I have searched the internet about doing a no-make up look and guess what... to achieve a no-make up look, it takes more time and more make up to do so.
  
• Fear of the Lord - in Proverbs 31:30, it says "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain but the woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised."

image on the top right courtesy: dreamstime.com

image on the down left courtesy: inmagine.com

How to Protect your Hair

Sunday, April 19, 2009

We live in a tropical country where exposure to sun is unavoidable, no matter what. Our hair is usually the first thing that would be affected. We end up having a damaged hair due to the heat of the sun. But there's a way to minimize the damage.

We can take measures to protect our hair from the damaging heat of the sun or from any harmful habits. Here are ways I could come up with.

1. When going out, cover your hair with scarf. (I plead guilty because I don't do this)

2. Just run a hair brush/comb once when the hair is wet. And comb/brush again when the hair is dry. You will notice the difference here. Not only it protects your hair from falling off prematurely, it makes the hair shiny and smooth as well.

3. when drying your hair with towel, use one direction only. this will prevent split ends.

4. if you can avoid it, don't use hair dryer. I purposely gave my hair dryer away so I won't get tempted to use it often. The only glitch is that I have to wash my hair way before we go out... so I have time to dry my hair, the natural way. hair dryers can actually make your hair dry. so try to use it less.

Hair is women's crowning glory (of course nothing beats a good attitude). So we better take care of it as much as we can.

Bridal Dress

My husband's cousin is getting married next week. That's so soon already, hey? I think everybody is excited. Normal. Every wedding is special. And I believe this is not an exception.

The bride gets to be the center of attention on weddings. That's beyond saying. So I'm sure that every bride wants to wear the best bridal dress possible. I am not sure where she's buying her bridal dress but she says she's buying it off the rack.

Anyways, if you know someone getting married you might want to check out the best bridal prices there is. At BestBridalPrice.com, they sell all kinds of stuff wedding related. They don't only supply bridal gowns, the provide other things like bridesmaid dresses, flower girls dresses, etc. Check them out.

Susan Boyle - An Inspiration

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Here comes a talent. A real talent. And people notice her. It's about time that we take notice of a real talent and not just because of physical appearances... but real talent as well. People at first were very cynical. Who was she. Was she another she-boom buy? A Joke? But alas! She's more than that. A real inspiration she is. A wake up call to everybody that there's no age limit when it comes to reaching for your dream. I am pretty sure she will make it. She's going to reach her dreams... inspite of where she came from, inspite of her looks, and to top it all, inspite of her age. She's 47!

Check out this youtube link to see what I mean. Embedding is prohibited so I can't show you here. Here's the link though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg

Also, check out Britain's Got Talent 2009.

How To Apply Perfume

Monday, April 13, 2009

Believe it or not, there is a right and wrong way to apply perfume. And we thought that we can just spray it all over! Some people would spray the perfume, cologne, eu de toilette all over their bodies because they think they would exude the scent more if they do that.

The thing is, you need to have a spray point. If you do, even if you don't spray much, it does stay longer and exudes more scent. Where are the spray points?

1. at the hollow of your throat

2. behind your ears

3. wrist

4. behind your knee

By spraying on just the spray point, you will smell better, the scent lasts longer, and you can save more.

Speaking of perfumes... what is your favorite scent? I love Banana Republic, Classic. It's hard to find that perfume in Malaysia because it is US based. Usually Malaysia would sell UK based products. So when Peter went to the US last year, he bought me Banana Republic perfume in which I only got to use after weaning my baby off from nursing.

Another tip is that you must finish the perfume within the year after opening it. They lose essence after one year, even they're not expired yet... which reminds me to replenish mine. But how? I can only get Banana Republic in the US.

Maybe use another perfume. I am so into Jasmine scent now. There's Jasmine perfume available at Marks and Spencer's. And there's a new range of Jasmine products at The Body Shop. I so wanted to buy... but I was out of budget. After my China trip, I will save so I can buy those. For now, it's my natural scent I'm wearing... which hubby prefers.

British India Is On Sale!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

One of my favorite place to shop is at British India from where else... but Sunway Pyramid. I only buy clothes there when it is on sale. They have a very good quality clothes but the prices match the quality of the clothes as well... if you know what I mean.

When I and friend went to Sunway Pyramid, we checked out British India... and they have up to 70% off sale. Of course I went straight to the 70% off department. My friend actually didn't care about the sale and went straight to the normal price.

I got a top. But of course, I can't show you here. My camera's card reader is still missing that's why. Anyways... my hubby was dismayed I only bought one. He told me we're going there on Saturday. He wants to check it himself. He knows I have a very good control when it comes to shopping. So controlled I don't make sense. That's what he said. So he's going to take me there again and see what else I missed.