13 years old girl transformation

D is my baby sister she is 13 years old who eats on daily basis from POPEYE`S or MacDonald's, with her are life is full of laughs she is just amazing. D and my other 2 sisters came to the walkathon that nutri-viva arranged earlier this week and at the end of the walkathon there was an exhibition for some health company`s, I insisted on her to go on a device that can calculate body fat, protein, excess weight etc.. Once she got her measurements printed she could not stop looking at the paper and she kept it with her for almost all the morning, the readings were bit high she needs to lose few kg. I saw sadness in her eyes she felt bad about herself for a while, suddenly she stopped and said I WANNA BE HEALTHY! We came back home she went for my father asked for money and asked my sister to take her to sultan center, she went and shopped for healthy fresh snacks, baby carrots, broccoli and more! Am amazed she even convinced my father to be healthy she comes back from school and she supervises her own lunch while it's cooking! And she does the same for my father as well! Few days ago I heard her talking about her exercise she started with 15 minute per day and she increase it 5 minute everyday! Is that so ADORABLE?! D !! I LUV YOU all the best my baby girl... Stay tuned I'll be posting more about her and her new lifestyle

A Healthy start for a Healthier Kuwait :)

Kuwait medical students association (KuMSA, Kuwait University) and Nutri Viva (Kuwait University) have joined forces to fight obesity in the first national anti-obesity walkathon. When?-20th of March, 2010 at 8:30 am sharp to 12 pm

Where? -Gulf road, Salmiya (start: The Scientific Center, end: Marina Cresent)

Why?- Start a healthy lifestyle- Raise awareness about lifestyle changes to prevent obesity- A chance to WIN VALUABLE PRIZES!

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I eat at moms milk bar! open 24 hours! ;D

Since am a nutrition student I know that breastfeeding is very very very helpful for the mom and for the baby!! And what I hear from my friends it's an amazing experience :) dear moms please don’t miss this wonderful gift from god! And stop using those commercially processed milk products! You don’t know what you are missing, some women's would give away their life's just to have a baby, you have one please take good care of it!
I really don’t want to go into details because am not a mom yet and I will leave you with a wonderful inspiring experience for one of my friends! here you go with noura marafi and her amazing story :)

carbs cause weight gain ?! NOOOOO

Food Myths and Facts

Now days! Everyone is expert! When it comes to nutrition!! We hear a lot of funny stuff! And the bad thing that people believe it! Below i listed some of the common myths that people keep on saying! And Believing! :/

• Myth: Carbohydrates cause weight gain.
  

Fact: it does not cause weight GAIN. Only if it's contributed to excess calorie intake. A BALANCED DIET WOULD FIX THE problem

• Myth: brown sugar is healthier than regular table sugar.
  

Fact:
Sugar is sugar! Brown sugar just has a little molasses added to change the color and it doesn't add a significant amount of nutrients.

• Myth: Skipping meals can help lose weight!
  

Fact: NO, NO, AND NO. If you skip a meal, your body will think that you are in starvation mode and therefore slow down the metabolism to compensate and this will lead for over eating in the next meal which will lead to WEIGHT GAIN.

• Myth: Certain foods, like grapefruit or celery can burn fat and make you lose weight.
  

Fact: NO FOOD CAN BURN FAT. These kinds of food are low in calories and they might contain caffeine that might speed up the metabolism.

• Myth: Eating for 2 is necessary during pregnancy.
  

Fact: 200 kcal are needed only! A baked potato will be enough to be added to a pregnant woman HEALTHY diet.

• Myth: Avoid seafood to lower blood cholesterol.
  

Fact: dietary cholesterol found in seafood and other meats has little effect on blood cholesterol in most people. Saturated fats and Trans fatty acids are the most important factors that raise blood cholesterol. So what affects the blood cholesterol most is the packaged snack foods and deep-fried foods.

I wanted one thing only! But I ended up buying the whole super market!

Most of the people suffer from this! The only wanted to buy few things they end up with a big shopping bag! Here are some few tips to help you to avoid this from happing:
-Never shop hungry
-Always shop by the sides of the super market because on the sides we find the veggies, breads and dairy products. Once you go deep you will find the bad and unnecessary stuff!
-Always write down a list with what do you need to buy.
-Learn about food claims because not everything you read on the product is true!

And good luck ;)

Be positive!

For the past few days I was complaining about me being sick for my sisters " am sick, I think I have fever, bala3mee etwe3rnee -my throat hurts-, my nose hurts I want a new nose!" and I just kept saying this! Until today I realized that won't help! Complaining won't help! I need to be positive get out of bed and live a normal life! And it really worked! Convincing your body that you're ok will make you feel better!

The same thing goes for people who are on a diet I always hear people saying! Am fat I can't do it! Or I will start next Saturday! If you want to lose weight you can do it! And if you don’t want to! You just keep complaining.

Starting a healthy lifestyle do not need a fixed time to start it if you want to start do it now! There is nothing hard just BE POSTIVE and always remember eating right means a brighter life.