Blogger: Shirley Leong

Going to gym has been my routine since two years ago, not only wanted to shred off some “extra meat”, it’s a good channel to distress after a long hassled day.

I definitely look greater than before I started my exercise regime, feeling proud of the results by looking back the photos 3 years ago. Nevertheless, my knowledge on fitness is limited and my body condition became stagnant for a long period when reaching certain level.

Three months back, have forgotten what was the drive that made D, J and myself engaged our trainer, P.K. kicked off the weekly fitness training. P.K. is our personal friend, who has the qualification as fitness instructor as well as years experience in Taekwondo teaching.

D, J and I have different focus on our training agenda, one thing for sure is we all want to look better than right now. I can see my body muscle is being toned. Those hanging fat is gradually turned into proper muscle shape. I am liking it… nowadays I always stand in front of the mirror naked to check out which parts of my body need more work. Unfortunately, there are still lots of work to be done, arm, thigh, abdomen… just need lots of “fixing”.

Especially reaching the 30’s make myself more conscious not only on body shape, and also in general health. I eat less junk, less fried food, more skincare, more exercise… just try to delay the effect of aging.

Fitness becomes my choice of fundamental effort to retain youthness in life. I feel awesome to be fitting in a pretty clothes; I feel young to be able running more than 30 mins without gasping; I feel fruitful when finishing a session of training; I feel lively when my body in sweat; I feel stronger to hold the heavier dumbbell each time; I feel motivated to breakthrough my limitations; I want to feel more…

Picking up a recent photo 3 months later, I am confident I will have a broader smile.

Blogger: Reiko

I still remember when I was still a kid, I do not really like to take breakfast. Reason why I do not like to take breakfast is because I prefer to sleep more, rather than wasting 15 minutes to take my breakfast. But I’ve changed my mind during secondary school life when I started to have badly gastric. Now, I rather wake up 15 minutes earlier to take my breakfast.

Breakfast is typically the first meal of the day, preceding lunch or dinner and is eaten in the morning. The English word derives from the idea of breaking the involuntary fast of sleep, thus signifying the first meal eaten after awakening. Traditionally breakfast is a large meal eaten before work and designed to carry people through a large part of the day. The erosion of breakfast has been an ongoing trend in the West since at least the early 20th century, coinciding with later waking times than when most Westerners had agricultural occupations. Today hampered by busy morning schedules, much neglect breakfast or skip it entirely. This trend now exists in industrialized nations worldwide, where it is accompanied frequently by replacing local breakfast traditions with modern Western-style foods, often packaged or pre-made.

Many nutritionists claim breakfast is a very important meal, pointing to studies that have shown that people who eat breakfast tend to weigh less. Studies have shown a negative correlation between children and adolescents who usually have breakfast and these children and adolescents being overweight, despite the fact that these people generally consumed more daily calories than those who skip this meal. In addition to the nutritional claims, there is concern that students who do not eat breakfast perform worse in school. Research has indicated that eating a meal before noon, consisting of standard breakfast-style a food is positively correlated with improved functioning of school-aged children.

There is still skepticism of this mantra however. Some people say that nutrition lists are using correlation fallacy when equating breakfast with good health or good school performance. Some studies have indicated that people who go without breakfast as a diet may eat foods with higher energy concentrations, which ends up being less healthy. Along the same line of thinking, it has been suggested that children who do not eat breakfast may not do so because their bodies rebel against any morning activity, including breakfast and early classes. Another hypothesis about breakfast is that it interrupts the body’s cycle between SNS activity and PSNS activity. According to this line of thought, meals are naturally taken after activity involved in hunting, gathering, or preparing the food needed and deviation from this gives the bodies stresses it has not evolved to handle. The first meal of the day ends the nightly burning of fat activity and thus ends the intense detoxification your body goes through at night.

Blogger: Patricia Goh

My name is Patricia Goh Geok Gin. I’m 25 years old. I work as a teacher. Teaching can be stressful. In spite of this, i always have positive thinking because i believe good health starts in the mind. If we feel exhausted and have negative thinking, we can easily fall sick. Good health is very important to be productive in our work.

Most of us know that we need to exercise to be healthy. Actually need to have a proper frame of mind to be healthy too. Positive mental attitude is a must. Let me share my experience as a teacher. I started to work as a temporary teacher when i was 20 years old. I used to complain all the time that i had to scold the students whenever i entered the classes. As i learnt from experience, complaining is not the solution. We need to find positive ways to curb discipline problems. Understanding the students is one of the ways.

When i was in university, i was forced to join aerobic classes (one of the extra-curricular activities). I chose choir but was forced to join aerobic classes instead. Initially, i wasn’t happy because i hated dancing. Gradually, i found that aerobic classes are exciting and fun. Before i attended aerobic classes, i used to have gastritis problems, but after joining this aerobic classes, i don’t have to eat gastritis pills as often as i used to.

I always try not to mention a negative thing. I always tell myself “i want to be a good teacher”. I also avoid complaining because if i do so, it will be stressful. Everytime i start to feel exausted, i will listen to music and talk to friends.

I want to think positive and seeing myself already in possession of my goal that is to teach the young generation to be succesful in their lives. I don’t like to be with people who have negative thinking. If i have to, i will advise them to think positive all the time. Want to stay young and energetic like me?Just have positive thinking everytime!Life is too short to frown. Live life to the fullest!