WATCH OUT FELLOW MIGRANTS.

According to the ABS, the longer you stay in Australia, the fatter you become.

HELP OR HELPED?

I think this is an extremely well written post.

It's very close to the way I felt when in Japan.

Too tired to think right now.

I might elaborate.
Or I might not.

WHERE DOES MY TIME GO?

Recently I have been feeling like I'm always in a rush.

I don't have a super busy job.
I don't have a hobby that takes a lot of time.
I don't serve in church enough.
I don't volunteer/ do anything meaningful outside of work.
I don't have a family/children I need to take care of.

Where does my time go??

According to my bus ticket this week, I catch the 7.30am bus to work and the 5.02 bus back from work. I usually reach home at about 5.40.

That means 10 hours a day at work including commuting to work each day.
I set my alarm clock at 7. So I take 30 mins to get ready.
I spend about 1.5 hours a day preparing, cooking and cleaning up for dinner.
I like to have at least 8 hours (or more) of sleep a day.

I have bible study twice a week. That's approximately 3-4 hours each.
I play touch once a week. That takes one hour.
I try to go to the gym twice a week. That usually take about 2-3 hours.
I go to church.

There are 168 hours in a week.


Work + commuting = 10 x 5
Sleep= 8 x 7
Getting ready = .5 x 7
Cooking dinner = 1.5 x 7
Bible study = 3.5 x 2
Touch = 1
Gym = 2
Church = 2.5

Total = 132.5 hours

That leaves = 36 hours.

1.5 days. =(


Looks like I need to sleep less.
How do people work more hours than me and get more done than me.

Crazy.

AWESOME I THINK I NEED TIME AWAY FROM WORK TO LOVE, SLEEP, FACEBOOK AND EAT CHOCOLATE

Haha. I find this really funny.



Obviously I have limited vocabulary.

SONG OF THE MOMENT

Jason Derulo's 'In my head' has been stuck in my head (pun intended) this week.
I realised that the song lyrics aren't exactly what I want to be singing about.

Well, I found an alternative, Brian Joo. =) Been humming the song in 'semi korean' instead.





Also, I think he's way cuter.

TO DIET OR NOT TO DIET, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

I've been doing quite a bit of reading up on the different types of diets for work.

Google produced 17,400,000 results when I typed in the word 'diets'.
Wikipedia lists at least 50 types of diets.

It is pretty overwhelming the type of information you can get online.
Would you like to try the hay diet or the banana diet that caused a scarcity of bananas in Japanese supermarkets?

Do they work? And if they do, how do they work?

The matter of fact is that for most people, fad diets don't work.
Restriction has never worked for humanity simply because we rebel.

It goes as far back as Genesis, where God said to Adam

"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

And as we all know, Adam ate from that ONE tree which he was not allowed to eat from.

What more with diets like the Atkins, where you are not allowed to eat of an entire food group.

FAD DIETS JUST DON'T WORK.

So, we say eat well, everything in moderation, don't diet, bla bla bla.
That doesn't really help much with weight loss does it.

How do we eat well? What is moderation?

Well, here goes my take on how to 'eat well'. (Disclaimer: Please don't ask me if I do this).

1. Watch your dairy products.

Switch now.
If you have full fat milk, switch to skim/low fat.
It's not only good for weight loss but your heart will be thankful because of the reduced amount of saturated fat (really bad fats),



















Same goes with cheese, sour cream, cream, yoghurt, butter.
I know most people hate low fat cheese. Switch anyway, it'll just make you eat less cheese which will ultimately be good for weight loss.
A tip with the yoghurt is to go for 'diet yoghurt' rather than 'low-fat yoghurt' because of the sugar/calorie content.

I like Yoplait forme.

































2. Buy expensive snacks

Be it, the better brand or the smaller, portion controlled packets, which cost more.

That way you buy it less often and you savour it more.

For example with chips, I've been trying to buy the Red Rock Deli Chips (which cost 3.50 on sale) compared to Smith chips (2 for 4 dollars).



























They come in smaller packets, taste better, have less saturated fat, and calories. And you save fifty cents in the process of buying.

3. Fast food

I think I've written about this before.
Avoid it if you can.
































But if you must, chicken options are usually better than beef options. Diet soda is usually preferable for the reduced calories. And hot chips, the bane of my existence, share it with someone or stick to the small size chips.


4. Fruit/Vegetables

Make smoothies.
Salad.
Dips.
Juices.
Grate them.
Disguise them.
Blend them.

As long as you eat them. It doesn't matter how, where and when. Just eat them.

















I don't care what the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating says. Eating 5 potatoes a day doesn't count as 5 servings of vegetables.

5. Buy good proteins sources (meat/fish/tofu/nuts)

Yes, they'll be more expensive. I know.

But they're worth it. Same theory as the expensive snacks (see no 3). It will help with portion control and the difference in amount of fat is worth the extra 3 dollars.


And to end on a positive note, everything in moderation is the key to good health. =p

I FEEL

Strange.





















My feelings don't match my thoughts, my thoughts don't match my expressions.
I feel scarily out of place in my own comfort zone.
















It's as though I haven't allowed myself to...feel.
I've laughed without feeling happy and cried without actually being sad.
Maybe this is growing up. No time for feelings.






















Being of melancholic temperament, I have the propensity to think of the cup as half empty rather than half full.

























I''m too blessed to be sad.
Too lucky to be emo.






















I tell myself to snap out of it.

























And I will
Tomorrow I'll feel normal again. Tomorrow I'll feel like me again.




















But right now, I just feel....weird.

I KNOW SOMEDAY THAT IT'LL ALL TURN UP

I love Michael Buble. <3

NERD MOMENT

I found the perfect paper.
Someone's done my literature review for me. =)
Yippee! 88 pages of awesomeness.

Thank you Cochrane Collaboration (Glenny et al).


















And I heard happy news last night. =)
Congratulations on the plastic ring. =)))))