(Disclaimer: the following touches upon the difficulties of my personal relationship and journey with food, weight, and body image. If you have a history of disordered habits and find any of the above triggering, I recommend you skip this post.) Hello, old friend. It’s been a while since you reared your ugly head. I’m sorry, I…
Health & Wellness
Modern-day Musings: Career, Ambition and Personal Happiness
What is it about modern-day life that makes you feel like you’re playing a constant game of catch-up? Sometimes I feel like I’ve only just closed the book on one challenge before I start thinking about how to conquer what’s next. It seems as though the satisfaction gleaned from achieving something, however great, is always fleeting –…
Weighing in on the WHO
Bacon lovers worldwide shook in their boots last week, as the World Health Organization revealed some “shocking” findings on the correlation between processed meat consumption and colorectal cancer. The cancer research arm of the WHO, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans”, effectively casting it off to join the ranks…
Ramadan Tips 101: Staying Hydrated
While I previously wrote about some of my top tips for fasting in Ramadan , there is one quite important aspect which I ceased to touch on that is particularly pertinent during an extremely hot and humid summer: hydration. Not only does the hot weather make it more difficult – but the long summer days…
Making Time
So there really is no two ways about it. I’ve been a bad, bad blogger and I know it. In the past I’ve cited my (new-ish and technically first real job) as an excuse. The long hours and challenging workload keep me busy, it’s sometimes hard to fit in some of the things I really…