How to control your weight after child birth?

• Putting on weight after child birth is inevitable. Many new moms try to manage their weight by reducing their food intake and going to the gym. Here are a few tips on weight management for new moms.
• In any normal delivary there is a blood loss of 300 to 350 ml of blood. When the blood loss is above 5oo ml it is termed as post-partum haemorrhage. After the mother needs to make up for the lost haemoglobin. As the haemoglobin carries oxygen to various parts of the body it is necessary to make up the loss to avoid changes in your hair, skin , immunity and feeling of tiredness. Further as you will be breast feeding the child you will need additional doses of calcium, proteins and vitamins.
• Consume frequent meals - 5 to 6 mini meals instesd of 3 main meals. For instance, if you have brwakfast at 8 am and lunch at 1 pm bring in a mini meal at about 11.30 am. It could be even a big glass of milk shake or a plate of fruits or a bowl or soup.
• Reduce intake of coffee to 2 cups a day expecially if you are breast feeding as caffeine in coffee is not good for the healthy growth of the child. Drink more glasses of water. Add fruits, fruit juices and milk shakes in your diet expecially of apples and bananas as they would provide the required calcium. Drink whole milk instead of skimmed milk as they have the requisite proteins minus the fat.
• With the enthusiasm to lose weight most women totally cut down fats. You need to differentiate between bad and good fat. Avoid salty chips and deep fried items like vadas, papads etc. but do consume natural fats like home made ghee, nuts, paneer etc in small quantities.
• Lactating mothers need to consume good quantity of milk, curd and lassi to compenste their protein requirements.
• With a view to reduce weight do not skip food. Instead substitute with healthier ones like jaggery for sugar, water melon juice for coffee or cola, brown rice for polished rice. Use flours of ragi, bajra, jowar as they provide sufficient energy.
• Lactating mothers need to include vegetables like spinach, bitter gourd, ladies finger, methi, peas, beans, etc in their diet which sontain lot of fibre as they impuove digestion, reduce sugar and a basic food content for after pregnancy women.
• Mothers who have undergone ceaserean surgery should keep away from exercise for atleast 6 months. In case of normal deliveries the women can start excercise after 40 days of delivary.
• Brisk walking for 20 to 30 minutes is enough for a beginner. Take care not to strain your leg muscles too much. Increase the time gradually.
• Post pregnancy yoga is the best way to improve your posture. It will also regularise your breathing pattern and improve your concentration.
• Dancing or working out with music secretes happy hormones in the body. Post delivary some women undergo depression. This can surely help them to come out of it.

How to get accustomed to your study destination abroad?

• While studying abroad may spell lot of excitement, it is not so easy to get zccustomed to the new culture and environment. Here are certain do's and dont's for students pursuing education abroad.
• Do not try to copy a foreign accent. In this attempt you become a hilarious figure to the foreigners and become embarassing to yourself. Be proud of your English and nationality. Be confident that your English skills are far better than theirs.
• Don't convert every dollar or pound you spent into rupees, as this will make you feel sad and embarassed.
• Don't cry hoarse if your hall advisor have left a box of condoms in your bathroom with an advice to have safer sex. Do not judge a person on the ground that he had sex with the oppoxite sex or with the same sex as they come from a dijjerent culture as compared to that of yours.
• Don't get sexually involved with your boy friend or girl friend at college as be firm that nothing could you against your culture and ethics.
• Further don't get into alcohol and drugs as they are bad for your heslth and if by chance something goes wrong with the college administration or law you will be sacked and deported back.
• Don't take the law ot the country of your study for granted as this could land you in trouble.
• Don't call your parents very often as your phone bills will rise sky rocketing and you will never come out of your home sickness.
• Don't make your parents stay with yofu for an entire month as the entire point of staying alone for studying abroad will be lost.
• Don't just be only with the Indians and Pakistanis. Make friendship with local students and interact eith themn At the end of the day you will realise that they are nothing different from what you are.
• Don't bring in huge luggage as your college room may be small or you may be required to empty the college room during christmas.
• Don't be under the impression that you have to dress to kill. The deess code in the colleges is simple.
• Be very careful indealing on the internet. Even copying a sentence as it is from any site is considered to be a crime.
• If you have to travel even from the country side to the nearest city in ciuntries likeAuctralia you may need to walk down to the station, wait for and change trains as they are che cheapest mode of public transport.
• Don't over burden yourself with lot of courses in the first semester, Start slowly. Get a feel of the curriculum and get a higher GPA score.
• Don't rush back to your country saying that you are noot able to adjust to the new environment. Give sufficient time to settle yourself.
• Live in a student budget managing your affairs in little money.
• Opt for a part time on campus fob as the visa rules do not permit foreign students to take up off campus jobs in the US. This will help you to realise the pleasure of hard earned money and increase your respect for labour. Further with this you will be able to apply for a Social Security Number ehich is a very useful one.
• Exercise regularly while in US to avoid putting up weight.
  

How to deal with Fibromyalgia?

• Muscle catches and pains are common among people of all age groups. But when it is persistent and hinders day to day activities it becomes a cause of worry. Fibromyalgia effects 30% of the population.
• Fibromyalgia is mostly found in women. Among men only those who are engaged in excessive physical activities are affected by it. People among the age group of 20-35 years are most affected by it.
• The symptoms are feeling tired even after a good night sleep, frequent head aches, feeling of numbness in the hands and feet, aches and pains all over the body particularly on the upper back between the shoulder blades and the neck.
• Accidents, child birth, stress, faulty sleeping habits, overstraining of the muscles of the body over a period of time or the deficiency of serotomin in the central nervous system are the main causes of fibromyalgia.
• Various treatments like oral muscle relaxant pills, pain releiving oinments, physiotherapy, heat or vibration treatment are administered to the patient suffering from fibromyalgia depending upon its severity.
• Since fibromyalgia has no permanent cure and only the symptoms can be treated, here are some ways to cope with it.
• Try effective yoga instead of going to the gym.
• Swimming can be tried which relaxes the mind and the muscles and energises the body.
• If you feel lazy or tired after waking up massage your body with scented oils and have a hot water bath to refresh yourself.
  

How to reduce dark circles under your eyes?

• Apply a mixture of almond oil and honey under your eyes in the night before you sleeP. This will help in lightening the skin.
• Another remedy is placing tea bags in the effected area while taking a nap.
• Late night outings can cause dark rings around the eyes. Make sure that you get enough sleep and drink enough water.
• Applying peeled and grated potatoes under the eyes 3 times a week also helps in reducing the dark circles.
• Dip cotton buds in rose water or cucumber juice and place them on the eyes for 30 minutes daily.
• If you spend lot of time outdoors ensure that you apply ample sun screen to avoid the dark circles worsen further.
  

How to select plants for your Garden Pond?

The garden ponds can be made more attractive by making a proper selection of the plants that grow around them. There are different varities of water plants thst can be selected depending upon the ecology and the environment of the garden pond.

• It is advisable to see various photographs of various garden ponds to get an idea.
• Decide your choice of plants that you would like to grow. It could even be like the country side with large trees and plants having coloured flowers.
• You can also consider marginsl plants which grow tall and are only partly submerged in water. A few examples are Yellow Flag Iris, Flowering Rush and Pickerel Weed which bloom during summer and look very attractive.
• It is essential to plant oxygenerator plants in the pond. These plants are generaly submerged in water. They release oxygen and absorb the nitrous waste thereby helping to maintain good water condition for the fishes in the garden pond. The most popular plants are Anacharis, Eurasian Water Milfoil, Hornwort and Willow Moss.
• Also plant floating plants whose roots just dangle in the water. These plants are useful as breeding locations for the fishes in the garden pond and also do not allow the water to overheaat. Some of these kinds of plants are Water Lettuce, Duckweed, Golden Club and Water Hyacinth.
• Consider planting bulbs like Water Lillies and Lotuses. Their leaves provide shade and shelter to the fishes in the garden pond. They bloom in summer and the coloured fowers provide a beautiful scenery.
• Take care of these plants just as we take care of the terestrial plants. They may also prunning, thinning and fertilizing.
  

How does Exercise benefit us?

• Regular exercise helps you to improve posture, stamina and energy.
• Regular exercise helps you to combat depression and stress.
• Regular exercise helps you to reduce the risk of disease.
• Regular exercise helps you to lower blood pressure.
• Regular exercise helps you to reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol and increase good (HDL) cholesterol levels.
• Regular exercise helps you to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
• Regular exercise helps you to loose weight.
• Regular exercise helps you to de-stress and improve quality of sleep.
• Regular exercise helps to improve your balance and flexibility.
• Regular exercise helps you to improve immunity level.
• Regular exercise helps you to reduce the risk of disease and illness by 20 to 50%.
  

Bay Area Wrapper Husalah is being reported as dead.

• Reports have come out that Husalah was killed in prison. As the reports are still unconfirmed the fans of the artist Husalah are worried about his health.
• As the death of Husalah is still unconfirmed it still remains a mystery as to why some one will spreas rumours as regards his death.
  

Cap and Trade Central to Climate change Bill.

• The main provisions of the Cap and Trade bill is that it set limits on the green house gas emissions, the main cause of global warming.
• It also aims to reduce the air pollution levels to 17% by 2020 and more than 80% by 2050 as compared to 2005 levels.
• The bill aims to create a system to buy and sell emission permits that permits the beared to emit carbon dioxide or other green house gases into the atmosphere. Power generation plants and factories would need to apply for emission permits or they would need to offset their emissions by other measures such as planting of trees etc.
• With a view to obtain the votes of the Congress the government is planning to issue the permits free initialy and subsequently they may be sold at auctions.
• The Cash and Trade Bill also requires the states to generate their own electricity requirements through renewable sources, mainly wind and solar energy to be given more priority.
• The White House and The House of Democratic Leaders call this a jobs bill as t his would create new investments in solar and wind energy and projects with less emissions . The opposition leaders opine that the bill would reduce jobs as energy prices would shoot up. The manufacturers feel that the indutries may shift to China or India where energy can be produced at cheaper prices using coal.
• According to govt eources the bill would increase the cost an American famly by$200 where as according to others the bill would increase the cost of living of an American household by$3000 a year.
  

Sania Mirza makes a winning start at Wimbledon.

• Saina Mirza of India beat her rival Anna-Lena Goen-feld of Germany (6-2, 2-6, 6-2) in the first round in 1hr41min.
• Saina Mirza's strokes with plwnty of unforced error paved a way for her rival to win the second set.
• She regained her composure and rebounded to win her rival Goenfeld in the final set.
• Sania Mirza will now play the 28th seed with Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
  

Saina Nehwal shines at Super Series

• Saina Nehwal exults world No. 3 chinese Lin Wang (12-21, 21-18, 21-9) at the Indonesian Open to win her maiden Super Series badminton title, the first by an Indian in Djakarta on Sunday.
• Super Series is the highest category event in badminton. Saina Nehwal's win could propel her to a world ranking of No.6, the highest ever for an Indian woman.
  
• India's last mafor title was P.Gopi Chand's All-England Triumph in 2001. Gopi Chand now coaches Saina.
• The only Indian to be ranked world No.1 was Prakash Padukone in 1980.
  

Pakistan is new World T20 champs

• Shahid Afridi bowled 4 overs for 20 runs and then slammed 54 as Pakistan loosing finalists in 2007 won the World T20 series with 8 wickets and 8 balls to spare.
• The captain's knock of 64 not out by Sangakkara helped SriLanka to recover from 70/6 to a fighting 138 . Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews 35 not out added 68 runs from 43 balls.
  
• Abdul Razzaq back in the Pakistan team after 2 years in ICL claimed 3 early wickets to leave SriLanka reeling.
  

Tips to acheive good luck, career improvement, fame, recogmition, enhanced wealth, beauty and harmony using Feng Shui.

• We must have experienced that some places we feel good and comfortable where as at other places we are uncomfortable and want to leave that place immediately. Why is it so? According to Feng Shui this is because of the environment surrounding the place including the plants, furniture and their proper placement. Further in a proper environment there is a possitive flow of energy which has a lot of say on our life.
• According to Feng Shui it is possible to sustain good luck by recharging or reengineering the space we live in. This can be simply achieved by rearranging the furniture, refurbishing or repainting or by replacing the main door.
• According to Feng Shui placing a painting of fish or furniture of blue colour at the northern corner of the living room would help to achieve good luck and career inprovement.
• According to Feng Shui placing bright lights or decorative objects in red on the southern wall would bring in fame and recognition.
  
• Avoid mirrors that reflect your cot in the bed room.
• Do not keep any shelves above the direction of your head in the bed room.
• Cover sharp corners and edges which point towards your cot.
• Do not arrange the cot in line with the door's meridian.
• Avoid plants with sharp and pointed leaves.
• Never sit with your back to the front door.
• Keep healthy plants in the east and south east sectors of your living room to enhance wealth.
• Keep the foyer and the area near the main door well lit and clean. Do not keep any furniture there.
• Keep the toilet lid shut after use.
• Besides enhancing beauty to yoour home the above mentioned Feng Shui tips will help to bring harmony to your home.
  

How to handle loss of things in life?

• All of us have lost something or other at some part of our life. It could be a person, a relationship or a tangible thing. When we lose some of our beloved ones we feel as if we have lost some part of our body. We find it difficult to accept and suffer from denial, anger, loneliness and depression.
• The main issue is How to handle the loss ot things in life when your whole world and life is shattered. The grieving process could be a solution.
• Share the grief of loss of things with your family members and your near and dear ones.
• Talk about the grief of loss of things with persons who are caring and concerned for you. Seekung for help to handle the loss of things in life is not a weakness. It can help you to come out of the denial, loneliness, depression and insomnia.
• Accept the fact that nothing is permanent in life and hence the grief of loss of things in life will also vanish with the passage of time.
  

How to free yourself from anger?

• Holding on to the past is the primary cause of anger. Shift your focus to the future, not one filled with desires and expectations but to a future in which you envisage that everything would go on well.
• In any interaction, choose to be peaceful, proactively involved yet detached. This will help you to control your anger.
• Stop hurting yourself as that is what you do when you become upset or angry about any thing. Talk and self-councel yourself to besome free of emotional self harm.
• Consciously find an activity like meditation, sports etc where you can spend your time and energy possitively. This will stop youfuelling the tree of anger.
• To avoid anger be away from people who moan, complain and whine.
• Let your body relax even though your thoughts keep wandering. Focus on the spaces between before, after or beyond thoughts. Find the stillness and peace there. Keep saying to yourself that I notice many thoughts and feelings wandering in my mnd. I turn them away and slowly they disappear and stillness and peace fills those spaces. This is a very good exercise for anger management.
  

Anti smoking body painting event

• A person at a body painting event which is part of a government sponsored anti-smoking campaign in Seoul on sunday
  

Heavenly Galena

GALENA, Ill. -- For 20,000 years, things have been, shall we say, looking "up" around here.

The shearing glaciers of the last ice age plowed their way across much of the Midwest -- but missed northwestern Illinois. The result: hills and valleys and bluffs that challenge our notion of the Prairie State.

Much later, those high hills were mined for metals -- in 1826 Galena was named for the technical term for lead sulfide. The little village's economy has ebbed and flowed over the years but these days, the sky's the limit as a tourist destination.

UP, UP AND AWAY: This coming weekend, the main attraction here will be the Great Galena Balloon Race, a gathering of 20 or so afficionados of those giant flying vessels that evoke Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.

Started eight years ago as a benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the balloon events are staged at the upscale Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa, a 6,800-acre golf-focused spread centered by a 225-acre fishing lake.

During most of the year, the Galena On The Fly company offers individual hot air balloon flights, launched from the Eagle Ridge grounds. Aboard the piloted flights, couples have become engaged, been married or renewed their vows.

Hu Xi let the pet costumes out.

• Hu Xi withg her pet dogs outfits designed by her in Beijing started designing and making clothes for pets in 2000.
• Hu Xi claims to own China's first pet clothing studio with designs outfits like wedding dresses, superhero costumes and police uniforms for pets.
  

Sunbathing makes you smarter.

• Higher levels of vitamin D ,sythesized in the skin after being exposed to the sun and found in oily fish, are associated with increased brain power among middle-aged men, according to a new British study.
• The link between increased vitamin D and faster information processing was more significant in men aged 60 years old , although the biological reasons for this remain unclear.
• Men with higher levels of vitamin D performed consistenly better in a simple and sensitive neuropsychological test that asses an individual's attention and speed of information processing .