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Lose More, Live More: The Wonders Of Fiber

Obviously I need to change my diet and incude more fiber on it. I am now taking C-lium 2-3 times a day and saying NO to foods high in cholesterol and taking care of my body more.

Now, why do I need more fiber and what is it with C-lium that made it to my diet?

Fiber acts as sponge to bad cholesterol and according to C-lium website, fiber also promotes healthy digestion. Aside from regularizing bowel movements it also help redue the risk of digestive track related diseases. Fiber being a sponge to bad cholesterol, helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

So what happens if you do not take enough fiber and ends up having fiber deficiency?

Not good eh? but before you start chewing anything with fiber, you have to know that not all fiber acts that way. There are two types of fiber, insoluble and soluble and only the soluble fiber. Only the soluble can helps you lower your bad cholesterol. And soluble fiber can be found in fruits and vegetables.

One of the best source of soluble fiber is Psyllium, in fact, there is 71 grams of soluble fiber for every 100 grams of Psyllium. And you know what? C-lium is made from 100% natural Psyllium fiber, making it your 100% natural best fiber source.

So yes, that’s the main reason why I am taking C-lium2-3 times daily…if you have been following me, you know how much my bad cholesterol is doing and how high my triglycerides are. My goal is to lower it in a span of one month and by end of August we will see how much C-lium does to my body 🙂 and I have my faith on C-lium!

But you might be curious to know how I was during the flood, I mean health wise..well f course, I was not able to exercise during that time but I always made sure that I take C-lium and eat less. Oh by the way, I found an effective way to eat less.. that is eating in a small bowl like this one:

and yes, even during the flood, when all you can is eat.. I use this magic bowl 🙂

How about you? How was your journey so far?

Or have you joined C-Lium Lose More Live More promo?

Lez gow na! Let’s Lose More and Live More!

Our “Habagat” Flood Experience

A few weeks ago, I have been wondering how I can clean my kitchen.. it’s a mess… mess as in splatters all over 🙁 I want to plan for a general cleaning.. but I just can’t find a time for it. Then, boom! comes the Habagat flood.. so yeah, I think of the flood as nature’s way of giving me the time I need to clean the house..3 years of accumulated trash..

It has been a week since the flood… now, our house is almost as clean as how I want it to be, expect for the other room, which was intended to be the stock room/play room/ evacuation room in case another flood happens. Few days before the flood happens, I already started putting away some of our things, placing it on the second floor, call it paranoia but I do not Ondoy to happened again where it washed out almost all our things (my wigs included.. so yeah the first one that went upstairs is my make up case case! haha).

almost two feet…

living in the 2nd floor for 3 days

When the water started to raise last Tuesday and started to enter the house, we’re almost good.. almost everything on the second the floor. The playhouse which was really big was left downstairs but on top of the table.. good thing the water was only knee deep inside, the playhouse was dry and safe.

The flood stayed for 3 days, the deepest was less than 2 feet inside the house but almost chest deep outside. It started to subside by Wednesday afternoon and Thursday noon the house was flood free while the main rood is still ankle deep. We started cleaning the house as soon as the flood subsides and with the help of cleaning materials I got from past projects (shout out to Capri pips!), cleaning was easy.

I cannot help but compare the recent flood to Ondoy.. damage wise, the recent flood was kinder..the flood was slow unlike 3 years ago where we just blinked an eye and the water is already waist deep (that’s inside the house, worse outside)..it did not took us by surprise.. so we were prepared and of course the fact that we already learned our lesson. In fact, we had so much food during the flood that we eat almost every hour.. from Tiger biscuits to Tipco juice to bread with Mayonnaise.. to pork ginilang and even pancake!

See? our pantry is full! Drinking water was never a problem because of our very own Waters Mineral Pot (produces alkaline water from tap water). I am glad my mom forced us to buy a unit (if you want to know more about it and how much, shoot me an email.. or maybe in the coming days I will feature this product..)

Of course even though we were prepared.. I still learned a lot from this flood:

I need to buy a super kalan so that we can cook food upstairs.. the Gasul and the stove is a bit hard to assemble and takes a lot of space.
That I need to clean up the terrace, which is not bigger than 4 meters square.. half of the terrace was occupied with 4 balikbayan boxes of Mega Blocs.. need to dispose some of the toys inside so I can put the Mega Blocs inside the room.
That I need to dispose a lot of things.. as in boxes of boxes of used clothes, old toys, stuff animals, shoes and a lot more! argh!
That I need boxes as storage for the toys, big boxes.. so that it wold not take too much space..
That I need to invest on board/bored games for the kids, instead another flood happened.
And that I need an internet plan for my phone! it is so haaard to be offline! I can’t miss a client’s email.. specially direct advertisers email!

Having said that.. I have to buy big boxes and subscribe to a data plan and maybe even buy a new smart phone for that (teehee hello there my benefactor, HTC One S? yes?!? haha)

There’s another typhoon coming and I need to stock on food and finish cleaning the other room.. as now na! But you know what, this cleaning and clearing up is taking too much of my time and emotion.. it was different back in Ondoy, I have two helpers and after the flood subsided, we went to my mom’s house and when we came back, everything was clear.. this time, I had to do everything.. at sa totoo lang, malapit na ako maloka! It’s the sorting out that’s making me insane.. imagine boxes of toys.. and the memories.. if I can only keep them all.

I decide to get a helper now… let’s see how it wil go.. and I hope this blog will never have a Maid from Hell section.. hahaha

Stay safe everyone! Ingat tayo kay Helen 🙂

Is Facebook For Kids?

A few months ago I posted a few things about what is right and wrong on child photography. What prompted me to write something like that is a photo I saw on my Facebook stream. A little girl, sleeping with her legs wide spread. There is nothing wrong with that? Maybe, but not for me.

Now, what prompted me to write about Kids and Online reputation is the fact that my two boys are now into social networking. But before that, let me just say that I was always against kids having their own Facebook account. Though it does not show that much, I am but a very conservative person and very traditional. I just don’t think social networking is for kids. But what can I do? Their friends are on Facebook, they communicate with their teachers on Facebook, they share photos and what not on Facebook. So with a heavy heart I created their Facebook account and set my rules:

Rule number 1, they can only open their Facebook account with my consent and that as much as possible no Facebooking on school days.

Rule number 2, I have full control over their Facebook account, their log in details and I will have to approve their FB friends and will delete anyone that we do not know.

Rule number 3, I will delete their Facebook account if I think I need to or when they are being hard headed.

It does not end with my rules, I also have to manage their online reputation. And when it comes to handling their reputation, I have a set of simple guidelines:

Ask mommy before you click.
Ask mommy before you post.
Ask mommy before you upload.
Ask mommy first before anything else.

It is hard not to worry about our kids safety and reputation whenever they sit in front of the computer but I think with our close supervision, internet and our kids can be really good friends.