Did you know that about seventy five percent of women suffer occasional yeast infections and five percent experience the yeast infection at least four times in a year? Teenage girls in boarding schools are at a higher risk of vaginal infections because of the constant sharing of sanitary facilities. From my research I learnt that [...]
Sometimes in the middle of the day we tend to get hungry and all we need is a little pick me up, not a meal, just something to get us to the next meal. here are a few healthy snack ideas for that moment, they are low in calories and favor our waist lines, they [...]
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So last year I did a lot of experimentation on diets, some of which I shared and some just didn’t work for me. The good thing is that I pushed my body beyond expectations, and I got to discover how incredible the human anatomy is. Every time I completed a challenged I felt like [...]
I recently overheard an elderly woman decline to use a steam room in a gym because she feared it would make her 'thin'. I was quite amused at her remark, "hiyo itanimaliza". First of all, we were in a gym and majority of my fellow gym members aim to lose weight. So, if the steam [...]
WEEK 4 Weight loss I finally completed my 30 days and I feel amazing I have managed to lose a total of 5.8 Kgs (12.7 pounds). This was below my weight loss target expectation because at week 3, I got so busy sometimes I forgot to eat- it was like involuntary starvation mode. [...]
Simply because the headline says I was fat doesn’t mean I am not plus size anymore, I am just trying to work on my physical body. I am one of those ladies who don’t mind being called fat, I do not even like the sugar coating of plus size and curvy (which I both am) [...]
WEEK 2 My second week on the low carb challenge has been quite interesting. I have made a couple of adjustments and I am having an amazing time. I think I just might just start being one of those holier than thou people who preach clean eating, while constantly judging everyone they see taking [...]
So I have been trying to eat healthy since forever but to no avail since I am a slave to sugar; ice cream, caramel popcorn, chocolate, you name it, and I’ll be willing to devour it. I finally came to admit that I am a sweet tooth and I decided to challenge my addicted taste [...]
Water is life, am sure you have heard this phrase a lot of times. It is essential because about sixty percent of our body is made up of water. So how does water really help us lose weight? It prevents your body from retaining water weight Water weight is extra weight we gain [...]
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