Exercise itself is detoxing. It clears your body system through perspiration and makes you feel awesomely good! Next, it is the diet. Eating fruits and vegetables, not only nourish your body but cleans it too!

I would start my day with museli with yoghurt, which is wholegrain & full of healthy nuts. Museli are uncooked rolled oats, which provide sufficient proteins and fibre in your diet! Yoghurt contains probiotics which have beneficial bacteria that aid digestion, promotes ‘good’ bacteria and reduce ‘bad’ bacteria in the digestive system.

A hearty breakfast would kickstart your day, rather than sloughing and feeling tired after every meals! Always remember, you are what you eat!

People often contemplate to get out of their comfort zone. Getting excuses like, I have no time, I feel sick, I am tired and all! Simply, just because you’re lazy. That’s it. Life is always unpredictable, we will never know what happens tomorrow. The passing of Steve Jobs wasn’t sudden, all along he had been strong in fighting his illness. I’m proud of this brave wise man! Don’t wait till your body tells you what’s wrong, by then it’s too late. Just like an old saying, “Prevention is better than cure”. Keeping yourself in the pink of health is always a bonus.

I always believe strongly that the enjoyment of food shall never be deprived. Reward yourself occasionally with your favourite food. You can’t be enjoying fried chicken everyday, and still enjoy the same way as an indulgence. Don’t get guilty of a fat-food day, compensate it by working out. Exercise brings you the gratifying satisfaction.

Life is good!

To start a healthy lifestyle, the hardest thing was to change.This includes your everyday habits, the choices of food and to include an exercise regime! The adoption of good food into your diet requires a time frame; those buds need some time to switch! A good gauge would be the living food and dead food comparison! Imagine yourself in the crossroad, choosing a route that would lead you to live and die. Applying this to food, it’s what you choose to put in your mouth that causes you to live longer or to die faster.

Make your choice.

Looking at all those old photos, 2 years back. I felt myself gorging my body with bad food and took my body for granted. I’m undernourished, over fat and overweight. This is the saddest thing to do. Everyone wants to enjoy life, but eating bad food doesn’t make you ‘enjoy’ more. Having more knowledge for health and wellness helped me to change the way I think and feel. Love your body, and it would then work the way you want it too. Good food is all about making choices. Decide what your body need, not want.

Joining a fitness club had turned my life around. I made exercise my best friend. Having the same goal, my gym buds have been the pillar of my consistency. (You know who you are & I love you!) It is vitally important to find GOOD gyming buds, they make you or break you! Positive peer influence will make you stronger, but negative ones only make you weaker or stagnant.

Before:

NOW!

I’m glad I’m walking towards it, you should too!

I’m happier!

Let just talk about keeping fit and exercising! It’s my all-time-favourite topic. Personally, I’m not born with stick-thin genes; I can’t gobble up bags of chips and maintain my size. I need to work them out. Most stick-thin people don’t work out, they are usually unhealthy and have problems with bulging tummies. It’s really hard not to get fat on tummy if you’re eating supper & unhealthy snacks! That’s the area people pile their pounds on first.

Staying healthy is not just about looking good, but to stay stronger. Being consistent is key, but many a times we give up halfway either we lose weight, or we did not. And the cycles go on. This is not an easy journey, its lifelong habit. We eat every day, don’t we? This applies for exercise! Don’t you realise that people who do not exercise, often complain about their figure the most. Then why are you not moving your butts? If not, don’t complain. I have been encouraging and stringing the people around me to walk towards a healthy lifestyle and exercise. But who am I to control them? It’s unless they themselves want it too!

The truth is harsh, if you’re not exercising you get fat. Even celebrities work hard for their body! You think they were born slim? NO! Joanne Peh work out 6 days a week! Jeanette Aw skips everyday and jog! Beauty is hard work, and nothing comes easy. Motivation is what get you started, but habit is what keeps you going. Make exercise your habit now! If you can’t run, jog. If you can’t jog, walk.  Beauty don’t wait! Go for it!