April 2015 – HEALTH FREAK MOMMY

No Excuse Not To Exercise

Finally, my 2 dot com blogs have been revived! But I am not sure how long they can survive before they pass on again. Their lives are hanging on tenterhooks.

To ensure longevity of my blogs, I need to upgrade the Inode / space for my website by paying a hefty sum to the host. Still deciding if I should do it. Should I?

Anyway…

It was a very wet morning today. After sending the girls off to the transporter at 6:30am, it started to pour heavily. I could not go to the gym yet as it is only accessible at 7am. Thus, I went home and worked out on the trampoline instead. It’s been ages since i last worked out on my trampoline. I used to jump on it everyday years ago.

I used to run on the road 365 days in a year, come rain or shine, I kid you not. Those were my pre-ASC (Alycia, Sherilyn, Cassandra) days when I had a little free time on hand. I would start off my day at 5:30am by running outside the house for half an hour before heading to work! On some days when I could leave the office early, I would run for an hour at the park in the evening, making it a twice-daily exercise regimen. Yup, I was that fit and had an overflowing of stamina. When it rained, I ran with an umbrella and on other regular days, i ran holding a baton as protection against muggers. Later, hubs got me a pepper spray. I still keep one in my pocket every morning when I exercise, just as a safety precaution.

I took this photo this morning using the timer on my mobile phone. I took this picture just so to motivate YOU to start exercising today! And I learned something new today – setting the timer on my phone!

To keep myself entertained while I ran and jumped on the trampoline this morning, I watched BBC and CNN on TV.

To those of you who keep giving yourself excuses not to exercise, stop procrastinating. Start moving your butt today!! Don’t be discouraged if you feel like you’ve been battered all over on your first few days of exercise. Keep going. You’ll be surprised that your stamina keeps getting better and in no time, you’ll be as fit as a fiddle!

Remember, persistence pays off. In addition to getting toned arms, legs and abs, you’ll be able to eliminate that muffin top that you’ve been desperately trying to get rid of for years and get a hot bod when you exercise.

* Note reducing carbs and calories work hand in hand in a successful and safe weight loss journey. Remember to eat clean and eat well too.

Exercise needs not be the mundane running or swimming. You can do something fun like trampoline jumping (I love jumping in front of the TV and watch the news, thus killing 2 birds with one stone!), skipping rope, dancing, yoga and much more. On a tight budget and cannot afford the gym or yoga lessons? DIY by referring to YouTube! A trampoline does not cost a lot. The one you see here cost less than RM200. The benefits of exercise are aplenty. Try getting hooked on exercise and you will see and experience the benefits of exercise first hand yourself. So wait no further, give yourself a nudge on your butt and start moving!

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Mushroom Pasta and Grilled Chicken For Lunch

Lunch for Cass on one of the school days last week…

Mushroom pasta, grilled turmeric and kafir lime leaves chicken drumstick, hardboiled free-range chicken egg and half a cob of sweet corn. Smoothie of the day and her Izumio hydrogen water.

This Martha Stewart mushroom pasta recipe calls for white wine to prepare the mushroom sauce but I only have red wine at home. So I substituted white wine with Stone’s ginger wine! And I did not have enough whipping cream for the sauce, so I used fresh milk and cheese as substitute. Taste was still robust (I also used lots of garlic) and the girls truly enjoyed their pasta. Some mushroom pasta recipes include a raw egg on top of the noodles but I’ll definitely skip raw eggs for kids. So I made hard-boiled eggs.

The girls have requested for mushroom pasta for dinner again and I am going to dish this out again on Thursday. It’s easy peasy to prepare and I like it that I can prepare extra for several meals. This is absolutely the to-cook-meal for busy mothers 🙂

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Cass’ Yamaha Piano Lessons

Cass learning musical notes from flash cards that teacher K made. Cass is being taught musical notes based on do-re-mi rather than ABCs. Yesterday teacher K flashed the musical notes cards at an alarmingly fast speed, as part of the training in teaching her to do speed sight reading.

Cass managed to read the notes at a speed of 32 seconds for about 10 cards. That is considered slow. And she is to ramp up the speed by next week. So, here’s to more work for me in practising with Cass at home!

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Dinner – 24 April 2015

Dinner came very early today as Mandarin tuition class began at 5:45pm at home. At 4:45pm, I started to work in the kitchen. After an hour, this is what I churned out…

A big batch of pasta with beef and portobello mushroom bolognese sauce.

I used 2 big packs of antibiotic-free Australian minced beef, 2 big punnets of luschious portobello mushrooms, 1 whole garlic, loads of onions and 5 big juicy tomatoes. The tomatoes were pulsed for a few seconds with a little water in my Blendtec blender (my most helpful kitchen helper!).

Seasoning used – sea salt, garlic salt, dried rosemary, mixed Italian herbs, black pepper and a piece of rock gula melaka aka palm sugar (the tomatoes were a tad sour, thus the need to use palm sugar). This time, I skipped the bottled spaghetti sauce (am trying hard to avoid buying bottled sauces), yet the sauce was still irrefutably tasty! If the most persnickety girl says it’s tasty, it really is good!

What you see above can last us for 3 or even 4 meals:
1) Dinner for the girls, the Mandarin tutor and me today.
2) In the foreground, the pasta in the glass container is to be frozen. That will be lunch for Alycia and Cass next Friday (Friday is the only day that Alycia does not need to stay back in school and she comes home together with Cass)
3) The sauce in the glass container on the top left hand corner is extra sauce. I can use that for wraps, pizza, pasta or to be eaten with my raw alfalfa sprouts on a weekday for lunch.
4) The sauce sans noodles in the brown bowl is tonight’s dinner for yours truly. I ate only veggies with the beef and mushroom sauce. I don’t take carbs for dinner. I don’t fancy wheat noodles anyway. They’re empty calories and only make you full and fat. Sad but true. So if you want to get rid of that muffin top, ditch the wheat noodles first ok?

On most nights when the Mandarin tutor comes to our house, she gets home-cooked dinner on-the-house from me! She comes in the late evening and by the time the class is over, it will be 9:30pm. Even if she does not get a proper meal from me, I will get her some buns, which she can eat while she teaches the girls. Some of you may shoot me for spoiling the teacher but I spoil people selectively, i.e. only those who will not go overboard and take advantage of me will get that privilege. Only people who truly deserve perks get them from me. I believe that if she is happy teaching the kids, she will put in her all in teaching the kids. Oh, by the way, Alycia and Cass eat their meals during tuition too, BUT only occasionally and only if easy-to-eat meals are cooked. I want to create a very relaxed and conducive learning and teaching environment for both the girls and their teacher so that everyone is happy. The kids love their tutor and I think the tutor loves teaching them too 😀

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Health Freak Mommy Listed as Top 20 Must-Read Health & Fitness Blogs!!

Hey, hey, hey, you know what?! I just discovered last night that my blog, www.healthfreakmommy.com has been listed as Top 20 Must-Read Health & Fitness Blogs / Websites 2015 !! I had to blink my eyes and rub them to ensure that I ain’t seeing the wrong blog. It was already 11ish pm and I was feeling really bushed from a hectic (which day ain’t hectic for me?!) and bad day. I had an argument with the eldest girl just a moment before this surprise discovery, over an overnight school trip for prefects but I don’t want to delve into the details. She reads my blogs and then always queries me on why I expose her secrets!! So I better end here. Anyway, my awful day ended in a sweet note with my discovery! 😀

Just click on the link above to read on. The post is dated 15 January 2015.

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Hungry? Order Food Online from Foodpanda Malaysia!

Do you often find yourself too tired after a long day’s work and that the last thing you want to do is to cook? This is actually a common problem among many busy people and they often find using a food delivery option much better than going out. If you want to order pizza, you can use home delivery option, but what if you want to order food from a local restaurant or get a bubble drink and need to check menus and prices before ordering? Fret not for there is a solution for you now! You can now order any food or beverage of your choice online and have them delivered to your doorstep at the click of a mouse without leaving the comforts of your home, thanks to Foodpanda Malaysia!

What is Foodpanda?
Foodpanda is one of the top online food delivery networks available not only in Malaysia, but from the entire world. They were launched in Malaysia on 26 March 2012. You can easily check out various restaurants listed there, check their menus, prices and order online in a matter of time. You can search restaurants in your area and can filter them according to your choice. Foodpanda is operational in many countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, India, Vietnam and many more. Currently they have tie-ups with more than 600 restaurants in Malaysia.

Foodpanda cover 7 geographical areas right now which are as follows:
1. Kuala Lumpur
2. Petaling Jaya
3. Sunway – Subang Jaya – Puchong
4. Cyberjaya – Putrajaya
5. Melaka
6. Penang
7. Shah Alam – Klang

You will need to select the area and then enter the delivery area, after which you will see a list of all restaurants in that area. You can easily filter restaurants using ‘Cuisine Type’ filter at the right side of page. After you see the restaurant of your choice, you can check out interactive menu of that restaurant. Here you can add items to your order. On the right side you will see expected delivery time, total order value, delivery fee, etc.

You can then use ‘Order Now’ button where you will need to enter contact information and contact number. You will received a confirmation SMS to confirm the order. Easy peasy, isn’t it?

Foodpanda provides a wide range of restaurants and cuisines options. Delivery rates are fixed and depend on area. You can also choose ‘Cash on Delivery’ option.

To get discounts on your order, you can check out Foodpanda latest vouchers at Savingmart.my, which is one of the top deals websites in Malaysia.

Foodpanda is also available on app. You can easily download it on your phone to help you to order on the go. Use Foodpanda Voucher APPME15 to get RM15 off on your first order at Foodpanda.

So from now on, if you are hungry and in absolutely no mood to cook or go out, give Foodpanda a try and enjoy the best dishes of your choice delivered to your doorstep!

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Of Exams and Results – IQ or EQ Is More Important?

As the girls grow, I tend to be less uptight in their exam results. I used to have a hangup and obsession with test results, placing emphasis especially on Alycia as I know that she can be groomed to excel. Lately, I have learned to let go. I don’t revise with her anymore. She prefers to do exam revisions herself in the confines of her own bedroom. I only guide the two younger ones. Not getting an A does not upset me that much anymore, especially if I know that they have worked hard. But it’s a different reaction from me if they do not bother to study or shows a lackadaisical attitude academically and then produce crap to me after the exam! Yes, I can be a tiger mum too!

On Sunday, Alycia suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to inform me of something!

Alycia – mummy, would you believe it if I told you that I got no. 1 in class?

Me – really? Where’s your report card?

Alycia – my friends from xxx class (the top elite class) told me that their teacher told them that I am no. 1 and that I will join them in after-school tuition soon. My Science teacher also hinted something to me.

Me – OH!!

So I’ll see ** tap fingers on table **

Getting first in class is not everything, as with getting straight As. I think having a high score in emotional quotient (EQ) is much much more important for a person to achieve happiness and success in life, agree? I think Alycia has lots to learn in building her EQ.

Yesterday when receiving Cass from the school van, she was holding a bunch of test papers. The moment she alighted from the van, Cass excitedly told me that she scored 100% in her Math test! In fact, she scored As in all her test papers! Though thoroughly overjoyed over her achievement, I know that this is only her very first test and that her tests will only get harder in the exams to come. Furthermore, I know that Cass still needs LOTS and LOTS of drilling in her Chinese language to be able to survive in a Chinese school.

Anyway, I shall seize the pleasures of the moment and enjoy my daughters’ mini achievements and celebrate with them… with rewards for them of course 🙂

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Hydrogen Water Facts

My dear friend who introduced me to Izumio Hydrogen Water attended a seminar on hydrogen water in Singapore and later in KL a few days ago. She has jotted down notes from the seminar and shared them with me. Now, let me share with you the goodness of hydrogen water.

Hydrogen Facts

1. Even when a heart stops beating, Hydrogen gas can be administered in patients to resuscitate them or via Hydrogen through an IV drip.

2. Hydrogen water is used in Japan now in sterile treatments, for example, to increase probability of pregnancies.

3. Hydrogen water suppresses obesity, lowers body fat, glucose, insulin and triglycerides.

4. Hydrogen water suppresses accumulation of fat in liver.

5. Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease patients to consume 5 packets Izumio per day.

6. To lower cholesterol, one can drink 2 packets Izumio per day

7. People who consume a high fat diet should consume Hydrogen water to increase their life span.

8. For hormonal regulation, Hydrogen increases the good hormones while decreasing unfavourable hormones.

9. The negative thing about Hydrogen is that it allows one to drink more alcohol as it clears up a hangover instantly.

10. Hydrogen allows one to work longer hours because the body’s immunity is strengthened so you do not fall sick and can work longer hours (which could be a bad thing).

11. There is absolutely No Side Effects drinking Izumio Hydrogen water AT ALL. You could drink a whole box in a day and there will only be good reactions and zero bad side effects.

12. Conventional medicine or drugs work on a specific organ, to a specific operation towards one direction with some adverse effects
but Hydrogen works in most organs, with multi functions, with no adverse effects only good efficacy.

13. Hydrogen water in plastic/PET bottles actually have no hydrogen in the water as Hydrogen escapes plastic.

14. Hydrogen water in aluminium cans contain only 10% of hydrogen compared to Izumio as it is packed in a 4 layer aluminium non-permeable material allowing Hydrogen not to escape. The internal lining of the Aluminium is a food grade material that does not give contact between the Hydrogen water and the Aluminium.

15. Izumio Hydrogen Water has been declared safe to drink by the FDA, NASA and the strict Japanese Authorities, plus the authorities of countries where Izumio is available.

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Video Of Sherilyn Doing A Handstand

Kids, do not attempt this stunt at home without adult supervision!!

Finally Sherilyn did the handstand stunt that she’s always wanted to do in her choreographed hip hop dance. After practising this stunt on end on Saturday, she finally got it!

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Fool-Proof Way Of Tenderizing Beef Steaks Naturally, Anyone?

And so this is the black pepper steak that I pan-fried last night. It was my first time pay-frying beef steaks. I had done my homework by googling on ways of tenderizing the meat (with salt for half hour) and how long to pan-fry on each side. I even used a timer to time the 2 minutes frying on each side and pounded the steak with the back of my kitchen chopper but… why was my steak still a tad tough? It was juicy and tasty and there was still a tinge of pink in the middle but the meat just ain’t tender. WHY???!

I covered my non-stick wok with the glass lid with steam hole that comes with it when frying my steak. Could this be the reason why the steak ain’t tender enough? Does covering the wok during cooking cause a higher temperature and I should then shorten the cooking time to only 1.5 minutes on each side of the steak? Did I make a mistake by covering the wok during cooking?

Why can’t the meat be tender and juicy like those expensive steaks from hotels and restaurants? Could it be that they use meat tenderizer? But I don’t like adulterating my food with food additives and chemicals. I read that citrus juice like lemon and orange and even papaya and pineapple can tenderize the meat but wouldn’t you think that the steak would taste kooky with a tinge of fruittiness in it?

Despite the steak having a tough texture (not rubbery texture), the kids loved it nonetheless. They commented that it would be nicer if the meat was more tender.

I still have 6 more slices of steaks in the freezer and I ain’t going to fry them until I find a fool-proof way to produce really nice, tender and juicy beef steaks. Does anyone have their juicy and tender steak secrets to share with me? Pretty please? :)))

Sherilyn’s big bowl of rice covered with dishes (and she topped up more four-angle beans and meat later. She also ate 1 hard-boiled egg but that’s not in the picture). After dinner, she chowed down a bowl of ice-cream with strawberries. She eats SO much it shocks me and I wonder where all the calories go to coz she is still so slim! Jealous!!

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Dinner – 15 April 2015 (Exam Week)

I spent the entire afternoon today helping Cass revise for her Math test tomorrow. Have you ever tried teaching a language that is so foreign to you to another person who is still very shallow in the language? Like blind leading the blind? Dang it, the feeling is indescribable. Very very frustrating and head-banging-on-the-wall kinda feeling. And you just wished you had studied the language when you were younger. We relied heavily online on Line Dictionary (previously known as NCiku) to do the translation from Chinese to English – word for word, so that I could explain the test paper (that I downloaded from another school’s website) to her.

Cass’ Math is pretty good, only if it is in English, where she understands and knows how to read the questions fully. She used to score 100% for her Math in pre-school. Currently, Cass only knows how to read 20-30% of the Chinese words in the test papers, so… she stands a 50-50 chance of getting a borderline pass! Teaching her Chinese is like attending online classes myself. After her exam, I will send her to Baobei (gotta fork out another RM400+ per month just on Baobei!!) for intensive lessons on Chinese word recognition.

Despite a very hectic day, I still managed to squeeze out some time to prepare the girls’ favorite food – seafood noodles.

Soupy meehoon with anchovies, giant prawns, squids, pork balls and tofu fishcake. Flavor enhanced naturally with chopped scallions, pepper and fried garlic oil.

I like my meehoon with dark sauce, soy sauce, garlic oil and chopped scallions.

There is extra noodles and soup for tomorrow’s lunch, so one chore is done for tomorrow!

Dinner tomorrow will be pan-fried steak – my first time frying steak and I have just done a quick googling on how to tenderize steak naturally. Wish me luck. I wish the steak will turn out juicy and not rubbery. I will prepare another simple one-pot dish for the 3 fussy ones, juuuuust in case the steak turns out to be a failure, ha!

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HFM’s Version of Thai-Style Grilled Fish

My love for kafir lime leaves was recently renewed when I bought at small punnet from a supermarket near my place. As I do not use a lot of it it my dishes, I have more than enough to use these leaves everyday, in most of my dishes. The unused leaves are now kept in a container in the freezer.

I have never tried grilling fish using kafir lime leaves. Neither have I googled for recipes of fish using lime leaves. I am just too busy to google for everything. Most of my dishes are cooked without referring to any recipe or measurements. They are ‘simply whack’ dishes requiring some common sense and most times (9 out of 10), my estimation on how much and what ingredients to use has been unerring, to produce a dish with just the taste that I wanted it to be! 😀

My first try with grilling fish with kafir lime leaves was saba fish (mackeral). I rubbed the fish with turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, pepper and cut up a handful of lime leaves. The fish was marinated for about 7 hours.

I grilled the fish for 10 minutes on each side at 180C for 1st 10 minutes (fish covered with aluminum foil) and 160C for last 10 minutes (foil unwrapped to expose fish). I have experimented many times with the timing and finally, I got it right with this timing and method. This way, the flesh will still be moist.

I threw in some sliced garlic onto the fish in the final 10 minutes. Be careful not to grill sliced garlic too long in the oven as it browns and gets burnt pretty quickly.

The outcome was a delightfully aromatic fish (I love everything Thai!) with a hint of Thai flavor. The flesh was moist and not dry. I was sold. And so this is how kafir lime leaves earned a spot in my refrigerator! It is way cheaper than other herbs like basil, thyme and rosemary. And the smell is Thai heavenly! I should have squeezed in some lime juice and cut up some raw onions too to make it taste more Thai.

Tip: for busy mothers or fathers, you can marinate a big portion of fish, chicken or pork on your rest days with whatever herbs, spices and condiments that you fancy. Store them in individual ziplock bags or plastic bags. Thaw them in the morning before leaving the house and when you are back in the evening, just crank up the oven or toaster to grill your meat. You spend less than an hour marinating and organizing your meat once a week and you will have fresh, yummy and hot home-cooked meals everyday!

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iprice Coupons – Asia’s Best Website for Discount, Coupon and Voucher Code

I was googling for discount codes to shop for a sports watch for myself when I stumbled upon iprice.my, one of Asia’s best websites for discount, coupon and voucher codes. iprice offers online coupon codes and best deal for web stores such as Zalora, Lazada, Air Asia, Jacob Time, Expedia, Qoo10, Food Panda, FoxySales and many more. This website has a very user-friendly layout, thus browsing for stuff is a breeze.

You see the red Casio watch? So swag eh? And it’s affordable. Mother’s Day is around the corner. I might as well drop a hint to the man then! 😉

In case you have not heard of what a Coupon Code does, here’s an explanation from iprice:

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Among the cool factors about iprice is that it offers a wide range of products that cater and meet the needs of everyone – from Home & living, electronics, beauty & health to shoes, bags, sports & outdoors.

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Symptoms of A Body Detox

About a week after I started taking Izumio hydrogen water and Super Lutein, I started to have rashes on my right arm. The rashes first erupted with an itch, followed by a layer of bumpy rash on the surface of the skin. I knew that the rashes are one of the symptoms of a body detox, where the body will eliminate toxins from within.

Initially, I could not understand why the rashes appeared only on my right arm – not left arm and not anywhere else. Then it suddenly dawned on me that only my right arm is problematic! I had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) on my right hand when Alycia was only 2 months old. The CTS went away a few months later (coincidentally) when I was taking antibiotics for severe bronchitis. But the CTS has now appeared in another form – hand numbness with pins and needles. Every single morning. It is so bad that on some mornings, I could not even lift my arm up. See how intelligent the products work. They will heal the part of the body that requires repairing. Though I still have pins and needles on my right arm now, they are not as intense as it used to be. I am curious to know how long I need to consume the products before my hand is totally healed.

Cass displayed more extreme detox symptoms. A week after taking Izumio hydrogen water (3 packs a day), she experienced leg pain, headache, mild body aches, watery stools and sore throat. The symptoms lasted for about 3 days. Then I began to see positive reactions in her urine leakage problem. Within a week of taking Izumio, she could be diaper-free at home – all the time during her waking hours! Previously, she was on diapers / sanitary pads all the time. However, she still needs to wear diapers when she is in school and when we are out. I will gradually move to the 2nd Hurdle and 3rd Hurdle set out in our Target Chart where we will have to work on getting her to hold her pee when she exerts energy to do strenuous activities and simple things like coughing and sneezing. Cass told me just now that she wanted to try to wear just a panty when we next go out for lunch / dinner. That’s my girl – ambitious and determined!

My right arm with bumpy patches of rashes. They broke out yesterday. The rashes are drying up now.

Symptoms Of A Whole Body Detox
When you begin to detoxify, the cells in your body start to eliminate toxic substances. However, before they make their final exit, the toxins are released into the bloodstream then carried through the circulatory system and this may result in other physical symptoms. Some of these symptoms include body aches and pains, cravings or withdrawal, nausea or vomiting, clogged sinuses, constipation or diarrhea, coughing, fever, flu or cold-type symptoms, bad breath, gas, headaches and stomach aches. Toxins are often eliminated through the skin as well and this can result in acne, rashes, or other skin issues. All of these symptoms do not occur for everyone, but it is at least good to know what to expect ahead of time or what others sometimes experience during a whole body detox.

Irritability and Moodiness
A whole body detox can cause excessive irritability and moodiness. It is actually the toxins in the body that cause this problem in the first place. Detox symptoms are simply manifestations of the body’s self-cleansing and self-healing process to get rid of toxins. When you begin the detox, all the toxins get pulled out of your system so the irritability and moodiness can become much worse before they get better, though it will only be for a short period of time.

View it like cleaning a house. In the process of cleaning, everything becomes more messy and cluttered than before you started cleaning. But in order to enjoy a clean house you have to deal with the messiness in the cleaning process. Likewise, in order to help with irritability and moodiness, you have to get past the beginning phase of the whole body detox.

Fatigue
Fatigue is another common symptom of a whole body detox. This includes having a lack or even loss of energy. The severity of this symptom depends on what your lifestyle is like before the detox and how quickly you make the change into the detox. If you more gradually start a detox and prepare your body ahead of time, you will not be as negatively affected by symptoms.

Other Physical Symptoms
When you begin to detoxify, the cells in your body start to eliminate toxic substances. However, before they make their final exit, the toxins are released into the bloodstream then carried through the circulatory system and this may result in other physical symptoms. Some of these symptoms include:
body aches and pains,
cravings or withdrawal
nausea or vomiting,
clogged sinuses,
constipation or diarrhea,
coughing,
fever,
flu or cold-type symptoms,
bad breath,
gas,
headaches
stomach aches.
Toxins are often eliminated through the skin as well and this can result in acne, rashes, or other skin issues.

All of these symptoms do not occur for everyone, but it is at least good to know what to expect ahead of time or what others sometimes experience during a whole body detox.

For more reading on Izumio and Super Lutein, please click on the following link:

Izumio Hydrogen Water and Super Lutein

Izumio and Incontinence

Super Lutein

Day 18 On Izumio For Incontinence

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Babytots@Play Creative Play & Learn Centre

Kids love listening to music and experts say it might even help their cognitive development. Now there’s evidence that it may make little ones healthier as well!

According to music therapists, certain tones, rhythms, and vibrations can help treat various medical and behavioral problems. Songs with soothing melody and steady rhythm can also calm a colicky or teething baby.

For kids who have trouble following directions, try turning directions into rhythmic, catchy and sing-songy tunes. Rhythm is perceived differently by the brain, so kids are more attentive when you say things musically.

If you are finding a playschool for your little one around the Klang Valley, you may want to consider Babytots@play.

Babytots@play offer fun & educational music and movement classes for babies, toddlers’ children for age group of 6 months to 4+ years old. The programs are structured into Baby Boost ( 6months to 18 months old ), Happy Tots ( 18months – 30 months old ) & Boogies Tots ( 2 half to 4 years old ). You & your child will participate in the magical world of songs & melody while having lots of fun together.

Early exposure to music is known to stimulate the brain development in babies & preschool aged children. At Babytots@play, they will move, dance and sing along to interactive music & songs. Both new & familiar music will encourage vocabulary growth & interaction. In each play class, the kids will explore an array of different musical instruments. The programs have been carefully designed to enhance the motor & sensory skills together with all kinds of sensory props. For older kids, they interact with each other with role playing & dancing activities, which indirectly helps them to be more social & prepare them for preschool. On top of that, for every theme, there is an interesting Art & Craft session to compliment the theme.

At Babytots@play, parents accompany their babies and toddlers on sensory journeys filled with all kinds of sensory prop, while older kids interact with each other amidst role-playing and dancing activities conducted by a team of experienced educators.

Class Overview
Parents & Children Participate in Music Class Together
1 to 2 Hour Class Sessions (Including Discovery Play After Each Lesson)
Classes Meet Once A Week, About Four Times Per Month

Class outline
45-minute Baby Boost class (for children aged 6 – 18 months)
Helps develop child’s responsiveness via singing and soothing techniques accompanied by cheerful music

1-hour Happy Tots class (for children aged 18 – 30 months)
Encourages social interaction with dances, songs, and musical instruments
Activities also include puppets, finger play, and other sensory crafts

2-hour Boogie Tots class (for children aged 2.5 – 4+ years)
Music, movement, and crafts activities built around various themes.
Group games to improve social skills

For Baby Boost and Happy Tots classes, children must be accompanied by one 1 adult

Multi-sensory Play

Music & Movement

Speech Development

Bonding

Confidence

Creativity

Friendship

Babytots@play Creative Play and Learn Centres are found at the following locations:

1) Bandar Botanic (HQ)
40-1, Jalan Mahogani 1/KS7, 41200 Klang. (above Mydin)
Contact: 017-2106112 (Erin Goh)

2) Kemuning Utama
2-1, Jalan Kemuning Prima D33/D, 40400 Shah Alam. (nearby Giant)
Contact: 012-3529800 (Anna Yang)

3) Setia Alam
13-2-1, Jalan Setia Prima (R) U13/R, Setia Alam Seksyen U13, 40170 Shah Alam. (Beside AM Bank)
Contact: 017-3397633 (Erin Goh / Sharon Soh)

4) Bukit Jalil
10-1-M, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 15/155B, Aked Esplanad, 57000 Bukit Jalill, Kuala Lumpur(Opposite 99 Speadmart)
Contact: 019-6917221 (Sathyah)

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Cassandra Turns 7 Today!

This morning while Cass was dressing up for school, I asked her what cake she wanted us to get for her, to which I got this reply…

“I don’t want any birthday cake. I only want to get healed. What is more important than being healed from incontinence right? Think of how much money you can save on diapers mummy!”

For a moment, I thought I was hearing my own words! Sometimes it’s amazing to see how matured Cass is for her age. What she had gone through since birth and what she is going through now has moulded Cass into a very determined person with high levels of maturity.

In school, in one of those moments when her friends just want to poke fun of her in diapers, she will say this “don’t laugh. What if you have this problem and people laugh at you? If you laugh some more, I will tell teacher!!”, to which this will always shut her friends’ mouths. Despite this issue, she still has many friends because of her amiability and forgiving nature. No one has shunned her out. Her class teacher has even chosen weaker students to sit next to her, so that she can help them. She is also a team leader, overseeing 7 kids in her class. Cass loves school more than anything else. She loves her friends, her teachers and everything about her school… except Mondays. I am so proud of her!

On Cass’ 7th birthday, I pray that God will hear our prayers. Last Sunday, during Easter Sunday at church, I saw Cass praying. For once, I saw her praying so fervently — with hands clasped, eyes closed and lips moving. I really hope that Cass’ wish of being 100% healed from incontinence will come true.

Yesterday, Cass attended her first swimming lesson after a half-year hiatus. The previous swimming teacher (male) was a tad impatient and we saw no progress in her. She had a phobia whenever she had to turn her head up to breathe while swimming, thus, always swallowed water.

The new teacher (female) is extremely patient and good with kids. Cass and I love her, though her charges cost way more than the previous teacher.

At the end of the swimming lesson, Cass was given some marbles. She will earn more marbles if her performance is good for that session. The marbles can be used to redeem gifts from her teacher in future. Cass is so motivated now!

Happy birthday baby girl. Mummy and daddy love you to the moon and back and over and over again!!

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