My Diary

Accept myself as I am. I rock! I will travel, read, enjoy and be happy! I will not fret, I will not be anxious, I will not crib and I will not procrastinate! It’s gonna be a great great year! It’s gonna be a FIT year! I will enjoy every moment that will be! & Visit the SUNSCREEN SONG to remember ALL IS WELL! Sunscreen Song by Baz Luhrmanngoes like this: Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97. Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience... I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and h...

Most of us take fitness for granted, we feel it is important to take a gym membership, it is important to take resolutions to walk, run, skip the rope etc. but to have health incorporated in our lifestyles is often overlooked. While staying with my parents for the past month, I realized that sooner or later we are all going to be old and will be lucky, if, by that age we don’t have diabetes, heart ailments etc. My parents have both. Now, since genes play a part in the inheritance of diseases….hahahaha, it becomes utmost important that HEALTH IS ON THE AGENDA MOST TIMES. Make it a priority and a ‘way of life’. I had been very fit some 4 years back, and had worked very hard to lose weight and had managed to keep it that way. As a result even after my daughter was born I was back to my original weight within few months. But as time passed I conveniently forgot all about this fitness talk. When my weight started piling up I found a great excuse in ‘ there’s hardly any time for workout’. ...

While trying to help my daughter with her lung infection, I started giving her chicken soup daily. Now as a kid, I remember I used to hate the word, mainly because it was nowhere near how chicken actually tasted, this watery broth was a rough deal, gulped down majorly due to my mom’s angry eyes fixed on me, making sure I lick that last drop. For my daughter, I developed my own recipe after reading somewhere that chicken, onion and garlic are awesome together. So my concoction might help you to dole out yummier soup RECIPE: 2 pieces of chicken- about 3 inch pc each 1 badi elaichi (black cardamom) Half tsp whole black peppers- crushed coarsely 1 stick of cinnamon- one inch 2 onions large and chopped 8-9 garlic pods 1 tsp oil Salt to taste Heat the pressure cooker, put the oil, add badi elaichi, crushed whole peppers, cinnamon. While the aroma comes out of the wonderful khadaa masala, put the garlic, lightly sauté all for half a minute and then put onion. After the onion is sli...