This information is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or health objectives. Since December last year, I’ve been having persistent elbow pain that refuses to resolve itself. It initially present as classicContinue reading “Hyperthyroidism and Joint Pain?”
Category Archives: health
Aging Creeps Up on Us
…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”
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”
