…like a thief in the night, robbing us of our youthful strength and vitality. Even though I knew about age-related declines, it didn’t really sink in until this happened… I first saw the cross-leg sit-to-stand test on social media last year. In my head, I thought, “I can do that.” But I tried it, itContinue reading “Aging Creeps Up on Us”
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What Are You Training For?
During one of my Tribe Training classes, our instructor asked us what we were training for – Hyrox? Redline? Prior to the pandemic, I would have said I was training to do better in my next Spartan race. These days, my answer is this: “I am just around the corner from turning half a century.Continue reading “What Are You Training For?”
The Battle Against Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition that I obsess about a lot because it runs in my family. If a parent or a sibling has osteoporosis, it significantly increases our risk of developing the condition. I have multiple family members with osteoporosis and two of them are directly linked to me. If that isn’t reason enough forContinue reading “The Battle Against Osteoporosis”
Beating the Post-Meal Snoozies
FMR started walking after meals some time toward the end of last year after watching a video on TikTok about the insulin spike. “It’s not an afternoon slump,” he explained to me. “It’s the insulin spike that makes you feel sleepy and walking after a meal helps you overcome it.” I remember learning about theContinue reading “Beating the Post-Meal Snoozies”
Best Practices
Recently, I made a commitment to myself to start building cognitive reserve in a bid to protect myself against age-related brain degradation. I know that if I attempt to make too many big changes to my routine, chances are, I will not maintain them. Since the goal is life-long change, I need to implement themContinue reading “Best Practices”
Hyperthyroidism: 9 Month Review
When I was first diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (22/5/24), I thought it would be a simple road to recovery. Just take my medication, my hormones would normalise, my hyperthyroid symptoms would go away, and life would be hunky dory. Well, it is now 9 going on to 10 months since I started treatment and the roadContinue reading “Hyperthyroidism: 9 Month Review”
Building Cognitive Reserve
Cognitive reserve is the ability of the brain to resist damage and maintain normal function despite aging, disease, or injury. It’s a theoretical concept that helps explain why some people are more resilient to brain changes than others. I’ve been thinking a lot more about this in recent times, especially after stumbling on an instagram story about 3Continue reading “Building Cognitive Reserve”
The Pitfalls of an Introvert
I saw an introvert quiz on Instagram recently (the questions at the end of this post). Whether it an accurate test of introversion, I can’t really comment, but it doesn’t look too different from the introversion/extroversion test on Psychology Today. As I usually do when I see a quiz, I started going through it inContinue reading “The Pitfalls of an Introvert”
Health Checks and Hyperthyroidism
I am now closer to 50 than I am to 40. Very soon, I might have to change this blog title to Fifty Fit and Fed. FMR has also been reminding me to get my yearly bloodwork done to make sure I haven’t developed any “old people” problems, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, orContinue reading “Health Checks and Hyperthyroidism”
Zone 2 Training is Not for Women
Some time back, I hopped onto the Zone 2 Training bandwagon because I was told it would improve my heart rate profile. Despite knowing that it’s not really bad to have a higher heart rate profile, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to lower it. Also, according to the research, training in Zone 2 will helpContinue reading “Zone 2 Training is Not for Women”
