Friday, December 12, 2008
BEST BIRTHDAY EVER
My birthday is on Dec 10th , every year it has been always a special day for me !! This year is the best among all the b'days i have celebrated .. My dh surprised me with his friends by getting me a big chocolate cake mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yummmmmmmmyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!! after the cake cutting , when it was 12 a.m in India , my dh brought in a Casio keyboard !!!!!! Recently i got an interest in playing the keyboard ,and also learnt to play some rhymes with the guidance of prakash anna . I was asking him to get me a small keyboard just for practising , but when he has bought me this i was really really surprised!! On wednesday ( dec 10th in USA ) after he went to office i searched and learnt to play one of his fav cine song - suttrum vizhi chudarae from Ghajini movie . He was really happy !!! Dec 10th was pradosham so i fasted on that day and we went to temple in the evening and had darshan of Lord shiva , and the whole abhishekam . Touchwood , Lalitha was too a good girl and she allowed us to have a great day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
HRUDHAYA KAMALAM
This one of my favourite kolam , i used to try hard to do this right in my childhood days . But somehow i will miss the perfection . dont know why , but today i felt like practising it again , for my surprise it came out well in the first try itself .Thought of sharing it with you all !!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
COFFEE AND ACIDITY !!
I am a coffee lover , ya i used to drink 2 cups of coffee a day compulsorily , even more if i get a chance ! There were days when I used to drink 5-6 cups of coffee a day , My mom makes the best coffees in the world ! As soon as I enter my mom's house from college i used to drink a coffee and then only i used to speak a word to my mom . But after marraige i have changed a lot !! My dh doesn't drink coffee so i too stopped drinking coffee . Again after i got pregnant i avoided coffee as someone said it is not good for the baby . But after her birth , i couldnt control my craving . After her 1st birthday i again avoided coffee , wanted to stop drinking coffee completely . Nowadays i am having coffee very occasionally like once in a week or even once in a month !! Today i came across this mail , which reveals the effects of drinking coffee . Just have a look at it -
I've been questioned about this particular subject overand over so it's time to talk about it.
It's coffee.
Now, I know you coffee drinkers LOVE your coffee. I didtoo--I drank it for about 30 years. As much as 8 cups aday...and I enjoyed every single drop.
Coffee has become BIG business.
You can't walk down a street, in a mall or through anairport without smelling that familiar roasty, toasty smell.
Millions of people can't even fathom being able tofunction without that first-thing-in-the-morning cup ofcoffee.
I know I used to be in a sulky cloud until I took thosefirst few sips. Then the cloud would lift and I would cometo life.
People ask me every day (with their fingers crossed) ifdrinking coffee is OK with their stomach issues.
As much as I'd like to be able to say yes, the answer isno.
Here's why.
============pH of coffee============
Coffee is by far one of THE most unhealthy, acidic liquidsyou can drink. It ranks just below soda in terms ofharmfulness to your body.
Coffee has a pH of 5 -- meaning HIGHLY acidic. (Pure acidis 0, neutral is 7 and pure alkaline is 14.)
Coffee is slightly MORE acidic than acid rain, which has apH of 5.2, to give you some perspective on what you'reputting into your precious vessel.
===================Acidity in the body===================
Our bodies are meant to have a slightly alkaline pH(around 7.365), so you can see what coffee does for youthere.
Being in a state of acidity (called acidosis) causes pain,disease and inflammation throughout your body.
When you're acidic, your body cannot heal properly. Itcan't use vitamins and minerals, no matter how manysupplements you chug, and it ends up expending its ownminerals (including calcium from your bones and teeth) toneutralize the acid in your blood.
That's why the U.S. has one of the highest rates ofosteoporosis. We're not lacking calcium--we're too acidic.And coffee is a big, BIG reason.
And tumors of all kinds (including cancer) thrive in anacid environment...but they cannot survive in an alkalineenvironment. This has been proven time and again in labsaround the world.
====================The caffeine concern====================
Coffee is also loaded with caffeine (I'll address decaf ina minute), which is an addictive drug that leads to bothphysical and psychological dependence.
It stimulates the central nervous system much likesnorting cocaine, and can lead to high blood pressure,birth defects, kidney failure, diabetes, gastric ulcerspancreatic cancer, restlessness and stomach upset.
============================== =====What happens after you drink coffee===================================
It takes one cup of coffee 24 hours to pass through thekidneys and the urinary tract. 24 hours!
Drinking more than one cup in 24 hours stresses yourkidneys like little else in the process of filtering all ofthat acid and dumping it into the urine.
If you're someone who drinks coffee all day long, I hateto say it, but you're setting yourself up to be a dialysiscandidate at some point.
Drinking coffee with a meal, even a correctly combined,highly alkaline meal, makes the meal acidic and causes poordigestion (and LOTS of heartburn).
Plus your poorly digested meal doesn't pass through theintestines very well either.. (Can you say constipation?And maybe diverticulitis down the road as a result?)
================Decaf? So what?================
If you're a decaf drinker, don't be fooled into thinkingyou're safe. Decaffeinated coffee is no better.
You might not have the caffeine concern, but the acidityis still exactly the same.
And highly caustic chemical solvents are often used in thedecaffeinating process. Even though the coffee industryassures people that the chance of remaining solvent in thecoffee is miniscule if any, it's still a processed productand there is still a risk.
==================So what to do now?==================
The ideal way to go would be to swear off coffeealtogether.
I did, and I've never regretted it for a minute.
But I do realize it's difficult, so at least strive to cutdown to one cup a day, then wean yourself off if possible.
Definitely avoid drinking coffee with meals.
And try to not add cream or sugar--they both make thecoffee even more acidic.
Try substituting herbal teas--they come in a wide range offlavors and are delicious. Celestial Seasonings andTraditional Medicinals are both good brands.
Good luck getting over the coffee kick--believe me, thereis life after coffee, and your body says thank you when yougive it up for good.
I've been questioned about this particular subject overand over so it's time to talk about it.
It's coffee.
Now, I know you coffee drinkers LOVE your coffee. I didtoo--I drank it for about 30 years. As much as 8 cups aday...and I enjoyed every single drop.
Coffee has become BIG business.
You can't walk down a street, in a mall or through anairport without smelling that familiar roasty, toasty smell.
Millions of people can't even fathom being able tofunction without that first-thing-in-the-morning cup ofcoffee.
I know I used to be in a sulky cloud until I took thosefirst few sips. Then the cloud would lift and I would cometo life.
People ask me every day (with their fingers crossed) ifdrinking coffee is OK with their stomach issues.
As much as I'd like to be able to say yes, the answer isno.
Here's why.
============pH of coffee============
Coffee is by far one of THE most unhealthy, acidic liquidsyou can drink. It ranks just below soda in terms ofharmfulness to your body.
Coffee has a pH of 5 -- meaning HIGHLY acidic. (Pure acidis 0, neutral is 7 and pure alkaline is 14.)
Coffee is slightly MORE acidic than acid rain, which has apH of 5.2, to give you some perspective on what you'reputting into your precious vessel.
===================Acidity in the body===================
Our bodies are meant to have a slightly alkaline pH(around 7.365), so you can see what coffee does for youthere.
Being in a state of acidity (called acidosis) causes pain,disease and inflammation throughout your body.
When you're acidic, your body cannot heal properly. Itcan't use vitamins and minerals, no matter how manysupplements you chug, and it ends up expending its ownminerals (including calcium from your bones and teeth) toneutralize the acid in your blood.
That's why the U.S. has one of the highest rates ofosteoporosis. We're not lacking calcium--we're too acidic.And coffee is a big, BIG reason.
And tumors of all kinds (including cancer) thrive in anacid environment...but they cannot survive in an alkalineenvironment. This has been proven time and again in labsaround the world.
====================The caffeine concern====================
Coffee is also loaded with caffeine (I'll address decaf ina minute), which is an addictive drug that leads to bothphysical and psychological dependence.
It stimulates the central nervous system much likesnorting cocaine, and can lead to high blood pressure,birth defects, kidney failure, diabetes, gastric ulcerspancreatic cancer, restlessness and stomach upset.
============================== =====What happens after you drink coffee===================================
It takes one cup of coffee 24 hours to pass through thekidneys and the urinary tract. 24 hours!
Drinking more than one cup in 24 hours stresses yourkidneys like little else in the process of filtering all ofthat acid and dumping it into the urine.
If you're someone who drinks coffee all day long, I hateto say it, but you're setting yourself up to be a dialysiscandidate at some point.
Drinking coffee with a meal, even a correctly combined,highly alkaline meal, makes the meal acidic and causes poordigestion (and LOTS of heartburn).
Plus your poorly digested meal doesn't pass through theintestines very well either.. (Can you say constipation?And maybe diverticulitis down the road as a result?)
================Decaf? So what?================
If you're a decaf drinker, don't be fooled into thinkingyou're safe. Decaffeinated coffee is no better.
You might not have the caffeine concern, but the acidityis still exactly the same.
And highly caustic chemical solvents are often used in thedecaffeinating process. Even though the coffee industryassures people that the chance of remaining solvent in thecoffee is miniscule if any, it's still a processed productand there is still a risk.
==================So what to do now?==================
The ideal way to go would be to swear off coffeealtogether.
I did, and I've never regretted it for a minute.
But I do realize it's difficult, so at least strive to cutdown to one cup a day, then wean yourself off if possible.
Definitely avoid drinking coffee with meals.
And try to not add cream or sugar--they both make thecoffee even more acidic.
Try substituting herbal teas--they come in a wide range offlavors and are delicious. Celestial Seasonings andTraditional Medicinals are both good brands.
Good luck getting over the coffee kick--believe me, thereis life after coffee, and your body says thank you when yougive it up for good.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
MEHENDI DESIGN
After my marraige , i didnt put mehendi for a long time , after nearly 2 1/2 years , i got a mehendi cone for this diwali , but due to loads of work i was unable to put it the day b4 diwali . My husband was constantly asking me " When are you going to put mehendi ? " " Arent you going to put this today ? " . So i put on mehendi yesterday night . It took one hour for me to finish it . I was watching the election results and Obama's speech and was applying mehendi . After that for nearly 3 hrs i was constantly applying lemon juice and sugar water to it , and dont know wheni slept ... When i woke up in the morning it was nearly 8 , and i took all the mehendi off . Thank God it had got the red colour I wished !! I was very happy , I showed it to ji with happiness and proud !!!
Friday, October 17, 2008
A Funny incident
Wednesday evening , we went for shopping to kohl's . There ji was holding lalitha in his hands , she asusual picked up his eye-glasses . Just to tell that what she did was wrong ji put her down and tried to warn her . You know what she did - She put her hands on her forehead and said UPSET and went away from us . We couldn't restrain from laughing . Happy that she was not crying and making a scene and she has started to tell us what and how she feels . I am really proud that i am teaching my baby to let out her feelings !!!
Now my baby knew numbers 1-5 , identifies nearly 10-15 animals , fruits , veges , and makes some animal sounds and knows many parts of the body !!! Cheers to motherhood !!
Now my baby knew numbers 1-5 , identifies nearly 10-15 animals , fruits , veges , and makes some animal sounds and knows many parts of the body !!! Cheers to motherhood !!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Motivating Girl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was selected as the most motivating Girl of the month through the Fitness club in IHM community !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Monday, August 4, 2008
LOST SOME WEIGHT
Hi guys , I was busy with my kid and was unable to write blog as frequently as I used to do b4. Here again , I have lost some 12 pounds by regular exercise and perfect eating . Yeah I came down from 142 to 130 pounds . I have even lost some hip sizes which I thought will never able to reduce . I wish to continue this atleast for a couple of months so that I may reach my ideal weight of 120 pounds . So 10 more pounds to go............. Will wait and see.
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