All I wanted for Christmas was earphones to wear while running. After buying skull candy earphones and the bluetooth headphones, I was discouraged by brands that either slipped out of my ear or irritated them because of the size and shape. So my husband bought me the ironman Yurbuds earphones for Christmas. It was a bit weird placing them in my ear and while it felt like it was snug enough to stay in my ear, alas, I became frustrated…
My difficult is no longer difficult…
May 21, 2013May 20, 2013 For the first time in 8 years, I stopped posting regularly on my website. I’ve been busy with work, consumed with activities, exhausted with child-rearing and mildly depressed with my life operations. Periodically I get down. At the end of a demanding day, instead of working or writing until midnight, I choose to sleep early knowing that I have to wake up the next day and ‘exist’ again. I don’t see this low tide as a negative…
Top 10 Diet Tips
May 20, 2013Here are my TOP 10 Diet Tips! 1) Anything processed is probably not good for you. Processed foods are foods created in a factory somewhere. They are usually stored in boxes with some fancy and colorful label enticing you to buy it. Usually foods in boxes and bags have a high calorie content, and is most likely to contain a lot of saturated fat, salt and sugar. 2) Drink lots of water! I usually carry a water bottle everywhere I…
Mommy Fitness: 15 Ab Exercises
May 9, 2013After 3 kids in 3 years I get “how to tighten up the belly area” question often. Here’s my tips: I always work my transverse abdominal (deepest core muscle), internal/external obliques, lower back and rectus abdominals (the muscles you see) during each core training session. Here are my favorite exercises! I usually choose 3-4 exercises and train 20-30 reps for 3-4 sets with short 30 second breaks a minimum of twice a week! 1. Planks 2. Planks with feet on…
Clean Eating: Mango Salsa
May 9, 2013I love salsa! You can eat it with a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g! You can eat it with your eggs, fish, chicken…since I had an excess amount of tomatoes from a BBQ on Saturday (and since my husband bought the really big bag of tortilla chips from Costco) I decided to make salsa for the first time! I usually buy it, but I knew it was easy to make but am usually not inspired until I have the ingredients. I had a lot…