Sustainable and healthy, not diet, lifestyle

No point wasting time with a prologue, here are a few really simple things I found that work and are really easy to practice. In fact I am documenting these for my own reference:
- Increase veg/fruit intake: Reduce (note it is reduce not remove) eating meals based predominantly around carbohydrates (cereals, toast, sandwiches, rice, pasta) to those based on fruit or vegetables. Example reduce 1 chappati put more veg on the plate and so on.
- Watch the dinner, time of dinner as well: Finish as early as possible and keep simple carbohydrates to minimum i.e. no to minimum rice etc. Reduce night meal portion increase morning meals, breakfast = big. Do more stuff like that.
- Related to the point above, watch intake of simple carbohydrates: Read this link and make your own list of food items http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate#Nutrition
- H2O: Drink water. Even very mild levels of dehydration will slow the metabolism and can result in over eating by confusing signals of thirst with hunger

Simple stuff to start doing today and feel better and healthy

Ek Udaan

Had missed this movie when it came (and subsequently disappeared as well) in the theaters but about two months back sat down with Ashwini to finally watch this. And I was blown away by the movie. Would rate it as must watch, cannot miss. I had read about this movie but my resolve to not miss it came when I heard Amit Trivedi and gang play a few songs in last year's Mood-I.

The story line is about this boy who is expelled from school and returns home to an extremely abusive father and an innocent younger half brother. The acting is really good, Ronit Roy as the tyrant father and Aayan as the younger half brother really do a good job. The music of this movie is such a high. The lyrics, music and the filming of the songs standout. The climax “run” of the movie with Aazaadiyan playing in the background leaves you at the edge of your seat. Another song ‘Naav’ also stands out with its lyrics and music.

Passion & Warfare

Read an article about a very senior person at Intel, this person is from Israel and one thing caught my eye:

Quote:
"...in Israel, we are very accustomed to have heated discussions on everything.

Here in Israel, people interpret this as, “We care, and therefore we express our opinion openly.” And when we debate, it’s not because we want to offend anybody but simply because we care."

I found this insight very valuable and believe this difference comes not only in cultural differences between countries but exists even at an individual level. Heated debates shouldn't be the norm but they are an important form of expression which may convey care and passion...isn't it?