Category: Health
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My journey of recovery and the process
The only person on whom we can experiment is ourselves. Even when we want others to change, the closest person we can work on changing is ourselves. I have not had a lot of Monday blues in my life. I liked going to office. But last four months were different. I had so many days…
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345/365 Some Quarantine Thoughts
I have been in Quarantine at home since Monday last week. A little over a week and I tested positive again on Sunday Probably will test in a few days. Don’t have a lot of symptoms and just some throat infection. Not even any major cough. I did not write last few days not because…
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344/365 How did I contract Covid?
I think this is the first time I contracted Covid. At least that is what I believe. I have not tested before as did not have any symptoms. I have had allergy and that could have been covid, but who knows. Since we all became aware of Covid and the lock down and everything that…
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343/365 And I test positive for Covid
I had not contracted Covid since it came. Or at least that is what I believe. I have not had any symptoms, nor did I have to test. But finally the day came. On Monday I woke up with a Stuffy nose and watery eyes. I have my allergies and I thought this was the…
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324/365 I have started Counting my calorie intake
A few days back I was at an event and had been meeting friends after quite a long time. This was probably the first large function I attended. It was an event called Keralafest. It was organized by all the Malayali groups in the bay area. The idea was meeting friends and eating lots of food.…
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282/365 When I walk past smokers now
I have not smoked for two years now. I used to be a heavy smoker and I have also quit a number of times. I have also written about it before but wanted to talk about how it feels when I walk past smokers today. Quitting smoking for two years is good and feels good, but the…
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254/365 I need a diet that I will love
We all have a tastebud when it is about food… Not all of that is said to be healthy… I am on an exploration to have a healthy diet with only things I love… This for me is pure Kerala food… it is not easy…. fired items and rice items… is there a way to…
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251/365 Oh! Shit! I have gained 10 pounds
6 months after writing about health and exercise and losing weight… I have gained may be 7 pounds…. I am not just sad… I also feel stupid…. But what has been gained has been gained… Now the need is to reflect and think why that happened… It is not rocket science… The reason is that…
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233/365 When a childhood fear came true
As a child I used to have conjunctivitis quiet often… it is also called pink eye… You get it in one eye and you know you will get it next in the other eye. So when you get it what you do is just sit home… No TV.. No books… Nothing… and wait for it…
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227/365 Getup and Dance
I don’t mean to say when you are in a party.. I mean to say everyday get up in the morning and Dance. I assure you it feels good but there are some challenges. First let me tell you how I arrived at that idea. I walk regularly and that has been my form of…
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