Recently, added new vitamin supplements to my (albeit patchy) regime including a calcium-magnesium-zinc combination, and a chewable glucosamine tablet (mmm berry flavored) and discovered after about two or three weeks that my fingernails were remarkably strong, long and not flaking apart at the tips. These things never happen together, until now. I believe these circumstances to be correlated.
On top of that, I used a nail buffer which, in my opinion, is an excellent way to improve the nails aesthetically without exposing your body to an extra little helping of chemicals that could be inhaled or absorbed through the skin. I used to love nail polish as a kid, but over the years it started feeling uncomfortable when I put it on, like something wasn't quite right. So no more of that for me. I find the more natural look to be preferable as well. As long as you don't file them down so thin that they break or bend anyway, but that's why its good to start with healhy nails in the first place. WIN.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Travelling, Traveling
Been travelling. Just now I learned that while both "travelling" and "traveling" are acceptible spellings, the variation with only one "l" is American, while the other is used in Canada/Britain (and most other English-speaking countries). Just in case there was anyone else out there reading this besides me who didn't already know, there you go.
I was recently out east where I did a substantial amount of walking around. Around 6 hours per day, I would say, on average. I don't drive, and I didn't know where I wanted to go well enough to bike, so I walked everywhere. Eating-wise, it alternated between super healthy, forgetting to eat altogether and being understandably indulgent (it can't be a vacation for nothing). My budget for the trip was low, which meant that I would eat cheaply from fresh produce markets and prepare food where I was staying with friends and relatives. That, along with the numerous unavoidably necessary hot dogs, and not to mention the Midnight Poutine. Amazing. (Note: I kind of hate that I love hot dogs. But I do.)
What it all averaged out to was, when I arrived home, my roommate remarked that it looked as if I had lost about ten pounds. I haven't checked this on the scale, but I took my usual measurements in inches and it confirmed that I was down considerably, even smaller than I was after I had been sick for three weeks. Following this, I highly recommend the budget-travel & walking exercise and diet plan as a way to get into the right headspace and, after noticing an encouraging difference, getting onto the right track back home. Which is what I have been doing for the past week, and I've impressed myself so far. Keep going, team.
I was recently out east where I did a substantial amount of walking around. Around 6 hours per day, I would say, on average. I don't drive, and I didn't know where I wanted to go well enough to bike, so I walked everywhere. Eating-wise, it alternated between super healthy, forgetting to eat altogether and being understandably indulgent (it can't be a vacation for nothing). My budget for the trip was low, which meant that I would eat cheaply from fresh produce markets and prepare food where I was staying with friends and relatives. That, along with the numerous unavoidably necessary hot dogs, and not to mention the Midnight Poutine. Amazing. (Note: I kind of hate that I love hot dogs. But I do.)
What it all averaged out to was, when I arrived home, my roommate remarked that it looked as if I had lost about ten pounds. I haven't checked this on the scale, but I took my usual measurements in inches and it confirmed that I was down considerably, even smaller than I was after I had been sick for three weeks. Following this, I highly recommend the budget-travel & walking exercise and diet plan as a way to get into the right headspace and, after noticing an encouraging difference, getting onto the right track back home. Which is what I have been doing for the past week, and I've impressed myself so far. Keep going, team.
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