@grecy095 For most people here in Singapore, it is the lack of sleep plus the lack of exercise that make them fat.

They have to eat more sweet things to make up for the lack of sleep.

In some cases taking a lot of sleep makes people fat. My doctor advised me to only sleep for 6-7 hours a day, not too long to avoid headache. If you will sleep more than the required, then you are lazy, lol. In some cases, being fat is associated to sleeping too long as some people sleep late at night, then they will sleep more than the required…[Read more]

@Grecy Garcia It is just not fatigue but a sick mind could lead to other ailments. It is therefore necessary that equal importance is given to a sick mind.

I agree, if you are not feeling well, how could you think? If you can’t think because your brain is tired, how can you able to perform. It works on tandem. It should be correlates to each other. They work as teamwork in order to be successful in getting your goal.

@peachpurple It will take years before one accepts mental illness as just another illness and discuss it as we would talk about having a cold.

I remember when I was a boy scout. I was asked by my scout master to recite scout’s oath and law. In the scout’s oath, it says “mentally awake and morally straight.” As a boy scout, I should be always ready to have always presence of mind so as to avoid any accident or to get away with any danger. However, when regards to our overall personality,…[Read more]

Taking a lot of sleep doesn’t make a person fat. According to my reading, people become fat because they have a quiet kind of living. They never have time to exercise, to do some works that they get perspired. People who don’t move everyday, meaning doing a lot of body’s effort like brisk walking, running and playing are possible to become obese.…[Read more]

@big-mom/

thanks for sharing.

You should turn this into a blog post, more people will read and share  online.

For my weight and height, I am considered Normal weight, I had checked the BMI calculator, yup I am OK as for now.

11 years ago, I weighed 60kg (132 lb) for a small built mom

That is overweight , I wouldn’t care what others think.

I had gastric pain very frequently until one day I couldn’t stand the pain.

The doctor told me that it wasn’t…[Read more]

I agree with you.

My hubby and I would share our health problems with friends and relatives.

However, many of those people we know do not share their health problems.

For example, my adult niece had a weird disease. She did not disclosed it until 2 years later but her family kept mum from us.

Every 6 months she would fall sick. She had to…[Read more]

Two and a half years ago, I had to have a hysterectomy because of issues and pain I was having from endometriosis that I was diagnosed with after having my children. Before my hysterectomy, I experienced hot flashes, mood swings, and other symptoms that I thought were menopause even though my doctor told me I was too young. So I was like okay.…[Read more]

@sunil I will search for that. However, I know I am obese for my height and age.

@peachpurple there are scenario that when the gall bladder is removed it makes you gain weight. I don’t know the explanation. I have friends who keeps gaining weight since the start of the removal. I will search on this one.

@kaka135 you lose weight because of…[Read more]