Eat consciously
Conscious living is about being aware. One trick for being aware is to eat slowly and as you put the food in your mouth, picture where it comes from. For example, if you are eating an orange, pict ...
Conscious eating
In a recent issue of Body and Soul magazine, they speak about “conscious eating”. If you are not in touch with your feelings, if you are distracted during meals or eat to numb your feelings, you wil ...
Philips 598: The Phone For Weight-Conscious Women
Philips are releasing a cell phone targeted towards women.
What's intriguing about the phone is the feature set. The features include both a Body Mass Index calculator and a Basal Metabolic Rate feat ...
Eating Right at a Buffet
If you are at a buffet, then chances of over eating increases manifolds. Earlier, I used to take small portions and then kept on going back for more. This is probably because we feel that n ...
Independence Day Does Not Apply to Food!
I know, I know... you are excited about the 4th of July. You're telling yourself it's because of the family bonding time, the screaming and popping of the fireworks, but come on people, let's be hones ...
Crashes Are Interesting
Crashing your bicycle is painful. Aside from the physical pain, the deepest wounds associated with a severe bicycle crash may be the insecurity and fear of actually riding again. The scars resulting ...
Negative thoughts...those stealthy little buggers
A little scenario: You're perfectly happy and going about your business, maybe even delightfully surprised by the realization that you're all right and all's well with the world. Suddenly, in the mi ...
Vegetarian readers share tales of temptation
Strict vegetarians, sometimes vegetarians and unapologetic meat-eaters all responded to a story about a vegetarian who struggles with cravings for meat.
Some readers were haunted with dreams of fried ...
Laugh Away!
Laughter is great. It helps to get a light-hearted perspective to life and brightens up the day. Where pre-school children laugh up to 400 times a day, adults conserve their energy by limiting their ...
Bad Strategies For Stress Relief
We all try to relieve stress, either consciously or unconsciously. There are healthy ways to do this, and not so healthy ways. Attitude plays a major role. If you believe that everything in life is ...
