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-cancer</category><category>Yoga</category><category>bad ads</category><category>Thin ain't Fit</category><category>Myths</category><category>recipe</category><category>off-topic</category><category>whole milk vs skim milk</category><category>Great Gym in India</category><category>eating</category><category>gyms</category><category>Baba Ramdev</category><category>Walmart and Indian Farmer</category><category>Wow Woman</category><category>trans fats</category><category>carbohydrates</category><category>health</category><title>Wholesome Options</title><description /><link>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>178</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/DWaX" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/dwax" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-7997774335876481122</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-24T09:02:07.038-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">off-topic</category><title>Gone but Coming Back !!</title><atom:summary>


Why I love to blog about Health and Fitness ? 

I learn everyday -from all who come here.

I talk about what matters to me .
I strike friendships.
I take part in great Conversations .
I affirm faith in myself .
I pick myself up when I fall down..
I get things off the chest..
Find motivation to keep fighting fit .
I feed off the energy which my readers and friends give me. 
And hope I give them</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/8VpM6CYuxZU/gone-but-coming-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0q5_Ihem7IM/T0fCUuP6DEI/AAAAAAAAA4k/0BmDBrg-j0w/s72-c/keep_calm_and_carry_on_reconciling_poster-p228497644029046976vsu7_325.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/8VpM6CYuxZU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/gone-but-coming-back.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-6440920854177399690</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-21T00:10:40.004-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kids</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eating</category><title>Let kids know Hunger .</title><atom:summary>



I have seen many parents telling kids ok if you don't want to eat  
khaana,have some Maggie at-least ! Why are moms so scared of letting 
their kids go hungry ?Meal times with kids can be tussle time with moms.One thing that has worked for me is not to obsess over meal times .

If the kid is not showing interest in food :

he may have already eaten (check the cookie jar and chocolate bar )
he</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/hflr0I4y7d4/let-kids-know-hunger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bf-ubSjp8fQ/TzueXT2I4aI/AAAAAAAAA4U/kMOSKDb5NeE/s72-c/c-a.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/hflr0I4y7d4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/let-kids-know-hunger.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-81580229748169003</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-18T03:16:55.394-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Home-gym</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gyms</category><title>A very Basic Home -Gym.</title><atom:summary>



Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible !



Being committed to Fitness as a Lifestyle thing means making no room for excuses .Which means making room for a home gym .It does not need a lot of space or even money. Only a willingness to get strong.I started with a couple of dumbells in circa 2006 . And I have moved up in life .
Nothing </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/cuJkL5T-Rp8/very-basic-home-gym.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ww7f-4YHwqo/Tz-GoOQb6lI/AAAAAAAAA4c/onVmfGBeKdQ/s72-c/DSC00026.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/cuJkL5T-Rp8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/very-basic-home-gym.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-409344288993301984</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-15T02:50:14.631-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sleep</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recovery</category><title>One solution to get smarter,fitter ,happier .</title><atom:summary>

Just get some Sleep.No jokes .
That is how important Sleep is.

Ironically in times of Stress ,people take recourse to complicated strategies to de- stress.I think they should take a warm bath, a good massage if possible,have a very light meal and just Sleep. Switch off the cell, the Tee vee ,the net even the call bell.

In the whole continuum of food ,nutrition,rest ; if we can prioritise only</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/yobj80XsOQc/one-solution-to-get-smarterfitter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smstC8e1Y_w/TzuEi3GCZdI/AAAAAAAAA38/hMucy8WBrr8/s72-c/sleep.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/yobj80XsOQc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/one-solution-to-get-smarterfitter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-875826828049748893</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-15T03:03:31.321-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sleep</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Recovery</category><title>Recovery.</title><atom:summary>



When Sleep does not happen : nothing much else happens. 





Marley gives a lesson on how to catch the zzzzz.!



Workout without Recovery Time is like serenading  injury and adrenal fatigue.

I am amazed at the number of people I see, for whom sleeplessness is a way of life .They do not feel anything amiss too.But the real danger is when heavy workouts are piled on a sleep deprived body.Now</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/nHgBN8JKSAA/recovery.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WjvfmB14FH8/TzelTjyNJ6I/AAAAAAAAA30/z58L8p44p-g/s72-c/ajgar+008.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/nHgBN8JKSAA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/recovery.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-6559540772551298239</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-05T03:19:30.885-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nutrition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Orthorexia</category><title>The Imbecilorexia on Orthorexia.</title><atom:summary>




Sundays when Spring is in the air are my favourite days.There is nowhere to rush to. As there are no schoolbuses to catch ,it is also the one day when I can fit in a morning outdoor workout .



The early morning sun slants off the leaves and glistens in the dew -laden grass.Crisp wintery air a garden not yet over-run with packs of kids.I do bear crawls,tyre flips and climb stairs with a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/PKJghtXcbIg/imbecilorexia-on-orthorexia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-26nHVjMyUGk/Ty5Sg_bCAmI/AAAAAAAAA3M/2v1o2Zhvjs0/s72-c/food+027.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/PKJghtXcbIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/imbecilorexia-on-orthorexia.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-7508873834645494953</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-02T03:11:10.564-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nutrition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rhymes</category><title>A Lesson Relearnt .</title><atom:summary>



quickmeme


A day full of:




Obtuse Rules,Fat Reports.

Terse mails, Confusing Clarifications,

Excel Worksheets in Infinite Permutations.

Flowing like the flooded Amazon.


Eyes Burning ,Caffeine Yearning.

Wired,Tired ,Glucose Fired 

brain  bawling :Pick Me Up

Tummy yowling : Again ! WhaT THE f#*k !

All rules tumble

As Grey Matter jumbles

Bring on the Salt,let's be sweet .

Past </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/qFDsW2zWWx0/lesson-relearnt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AZIz_Iniy7k/TypsvQuM2VI/AAAAAAAAA28/kLfBfluvucg/s72-c/gutbrain.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/qFDsW2zWWx0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/02/lesson-relearnt.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-2622869111366203980</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-26T02:52:48.559-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strength-training</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Beauty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fitness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thin ain't Fit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">philosophy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Body Image</category><title>Is Fitness the pursuit of Thinness?</title><atom:summary>








Health and Beauty come in all Shapes and sizes ! 

The entry point for this debate being the Sonam Kapoor Confession at a book -launch about her desire to be even more thinner.Her refreshing candour also highlights the fact that the
 desire to look good-which is  also to say -thin enough -is the prime 
motive behind women taking up diets and/or workout regimens. 

Right out I agree that </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/A-EEpRWAPAA/is-fitness-pursuit-of-thinness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ye30AHCKOrc/Tx_r5aHxIyI/AAAAAAAAA2c/0m9-AMCgT5w/s72-c/stargaze11.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/A-EEpRWAPAA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-fitness-pursuit-of-thinness.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-3435767038147739973</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-22T21:09:12.558-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Suriani</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book review.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lathika George</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipe</category><title>A Cookbook to fall in love with : The Suriani Kitchen .</title><atom:summary>



 

I had no idea what Suriani was.I saw this one on a corner shelf - and just fell in love with the cover photo.Although my naani's kitchen was in the hindi heartland, there were elements of nostalgia I connected to - the brass pots,the achar barnis,the wicker baskets,the glass lamps and the bhatti chulhas on which curries were slow cooked.It brought back memories mixed with flavours that are</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/a8ywqYVhe8I/cookbook-to-fall-in-love-with-suriani.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N0jS3onf5sY/TxwGGFNXsiI/AAAAAAAAA2U/GTuJipg2pkU/s72-c/kerala..jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/a8ywqYVhe8I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/cookbook-to-fall-in-love-with-suriani.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-7030986843542262546</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-21T17:50:54.980-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dieting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fat-loss</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fad diets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weight-loss</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book review.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wellness</category><title>Confessions Of A Serial Dieter : Book Review.</title><atom:summary>



 


An alternative name for Kalli Purie's Book could have been : "All the things you should never ever do to lose Weight .


This books tells how she went from  103 kgs to 59 kgs in three years flat.If you are looking for a book that will help you decide which is the best Diet /best Workout for weight-loss then this is not it.If however you are/ have been fat and want to hear stories of  all </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/YQJtLTHn5HA/confessions-of-serial-dieter-book.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_K0YR14msM/Txq5JHk5spI/AAAAAAAAA2M/BcSlFFzX4nM/s72-c/3055_Resize_Confessions-Kalli-Purie_Page_1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/YQJtLTHn5HA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/confessions-of-serial-dieter-book.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-4776503782239601700</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-14T03:41:42.714-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">off-topic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contradictions and Malaise in India</category><title>Jiving Jarawas and the Endless Circle of Malaise.</title><atom:summary>


New Internationalist.


 Somedays I want to run away and live in a remote forest hut- eat fermented rice in the morning and drink toddy in the evening.Only there are hardly any forests left and even where they are - the dwellers can not be safe from sick city-slickers.We buy more ,consume more ,feel smug in our safe,selfish islands of prosperity. But all around us our greed is turning against </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/vaTJIKDNq8A/jiving-jarawas-and-endless-circle-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EcSKLzkw-bc/TxFn9tD0OgI/AAAAAAAAA2E/g7U3lEfIS1w/s72-c/pics_bbw377.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/vaTJIKDNq8A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/jiving-jarawas-and-endless-circle-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-7669895701283474379</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T02:19:18.078-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Interview</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Great Gym in India</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Raj Ganpath</category><title>Raj Ganpath : A Talk.</title><atom:summary>



Wholesome has nattered happily about the fitness entrepreneur Raj Ganpath . Now is the time to meet the man ! So without much ado and though a snap of his gym is still awaited -and I find pic-less posts a bit bereft :P ; I will let the young man speak his mind .Get more of him at harder,better,faster,stronger -blog.


Q :From California to
 Chennai - from Desk Jockey to Gym Jock - from </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/k7IpNjWbuKU/raj-ganpath-talk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/k7IpNjWbuKU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/raj-ganpath-talk.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-950288547153820827</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-10T01:52:47.863-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">core-exercises</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">back-pain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">herniated disc and exercise</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Injury-prevention</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">abs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strength exercises for bad back</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corrective Exercise</category><title>Exercises for (healing) a Hernaited Disc .</title><atom:summary>
Kalpna Shenoy  put up a very relevant question :" How can I Strength Train with a Herniated Disc ? Or indeed do any Exercises with a herniated disc ?"
First of all what is a Herniated disc ? What causes it ?

The discs are tough cushions between the vertebrae . When uneven pressure as by years of poor posture,forward slouching,prolonged sitting ,hunching,bad rounded back bending and yes - </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/QWuUYmM4iko/exercises-for-hernaited-disc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qAX3jk6jZ6I/TwrQe0Bv6GI/AAAAAAAAA1k/nNp85PkqGqc/s72-c/stretched-disc.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/QWuUYmM4iko" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/exercises-for-hernaited-disc.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-2586737988060305392</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-03T02:33:18.805-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strength-training</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fitness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Starting</category><title>Stronger You in 2012.</title><atom:summary>





We sweat so much over our Financial plans. So that we get the highest returns on Investment.Is there a foolproof way to maximize returns on time spent in getting fit ? Especially with New Year ?

Yes ! by putting some Strength Training ka tadka in your fitness routine !It revvs up the metabolism ,adds muscle and bone strength and will make ageing a lot pleasant.

There is a lot of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/83dixbUN67o/stronger-you-in-2012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Pfm54xBeA0/TwLWfQu8TEI/AAAAAAAAA1c/1iD4y-pCQxw/s72-c/start_over.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/83dixbUN67o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2012/01/stronger-you-in-2012.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-6961015147863185017</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-22T04:20:20.008-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Moderation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Random thoughts</category><title>How not to be Moderate .</title><atom:summary>



lululemon

 I am not good at Moderation.  

I am good at going all out for things - till I lose steam and flop down with exhaustion.In many areas of my life I still battle with achieving the Moderation / 
Indulgence set point.
Internet usage for example .Or reading .I 
frequently get so taken up with a book that I forget Housework.Worst 
is, sometimes I use my Hobbies/Interests as a pretext </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/Nl7SdLnc654/how-not-to-be-moderate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gAdQxpmh8Lk/TvMcqRR9pRI/AAAAAAAAA04/LOR1YzwZeOk/s72-c/lovenote49.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/Nl7SdLnc654" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-not-to-be-moderate.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-8775537463521106306</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-19T22:32:44.159-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Walmart and Indian Farmer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Michael Pollan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Potato Glut and Big Retail</category><title>Farm Glut and the FDI Gorilla .</title><atom:summary>


The recent Potato Glut in Punjab has again got the FDI supporters telling us  sagely - if Walmart was here this would not have happened. This when Punjab is the most advanced State in terms of Agrobusiness. Bharti -Walmart and Pepsi have been  firmly ensconced for some time there now . Of course they must have lifted all the potatoes their godowns could hold but there  is more and the carrying</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/IIuXFmSHGlY/big-retail-helps-us-to-deal-with-corn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DwDbh-jWFyw/Tu4nq6hbNmI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/ZSI3SLClCp0/s72-c/corn-300x226.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/IIuXFmSHGlY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-retail-helps-us-to-deal-with-corn.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-1669592038146254607</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-18T07:31:12.088-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Free Range Eggs in the Backyard</category><title>Zen Hens !</title><atom:summary>




 

The abysmal quality of Industrial eggs as available in the market led me to experiment with Backyard hen-keeping.Living as I am in a relatively smaller town with a modicum of open space around the house this has been an interesting affair. Of course they do not lay eggs all year round -but they do get relatively prolific in winters. And few as the eggs are , the quality is something worth</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/qyvfxyf2xyM/zen-hens.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9cLfp_QzMeA/Tu4APZGgB_I/AAAAAAAAAzg/IiuFVH38ih8/s72-c/garden+072.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/qyvfxyf2xyM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/zen-hens.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-5302113664869938548</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-15T02:24:26.561-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gulit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fitness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">exercise</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wholeness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Random thoughts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wellness</category><title>Random Thoughts on Getting some Exercise .</title><atom:summary>



 
Lack of Movement makes me Stodgy and Dull in mind and spirit. This winter I have been falling off the wagon a bit more than usual and I ain't loving it. Mornings are not the same without exercise. As Ghalib said :




"तुम न आए तो क्या सहर न हुई
हाँ मगर चैन से बसर  न हुई ..."





 "It wasn't as if  there was no morning (in your absence). But truly there was nothing soothing  (चैन )"

On to</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/iADk4TXtdBA/random-thoughts-on-getting-some.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EpFDQnNI9UI/TunGIw-sj3I/AAAAAAAAAzY/iqgxzsbtGpc/s72-c/AVN_LIGHTWORKOUT_151131f.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/iADk4TXtdBA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/random-thoughts-on-getting-some.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-2200374100345020496</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-10T08:55:19.198-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Walmart and Indian Farmer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real food</category><title>Walmart and Saving the Indian Farmer Fairytale.</title><atom:summary>



 

The lovers of Free Market and Walmart say that bringing in Walmart and letting it build economies of scale by edging out domestic ,rapacious middlemen and using cold chain infrastructure of its own to transfer vegetables from distant farms to stores in say New Delhi will be the ultimate win-win situation for the farmer as well as the consumer.I have a few questions on this sunny </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/r2jUOOxBUBc/walmart-and-saving-indian-farmer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CzgkvtYC_Eg/TuOKYtw3ViI/AAAAAAAAAzI/suBcnKjE9LY/s72-c/walmart03049.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/r2jUOOxBUBc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/walmart-and-saving-indian-farmer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-6690846508479398762</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-05T21:19:28.154-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gulit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">exercise</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Motivation</category><title>Is Exercise Healthy ?</title><atom:summary>





Sunday,Monday ,Tuesday : have not exercised for three days now. Sometimes my body just needs to slow down and take a break . Time was when I would trudge on regardless -but now I think that taking a couple of days off helps me get on the wagon again with real enthusiasm.And enthusiasm is a better motivator than Guilt. You can do Healthy stuff in unhealthy ways when you do not listen to your</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/c90jbc1C1JE/is-exercise-healthy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HsyCp-E4uBw/Tt2hq7Egs1I/AAAAAAAAAzA/LFD6zos681k/s72-c/guilt.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/c90jbc1C1JE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/12/is-exercise-healthy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-3347893245761160217</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-01T21:47:37.562-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nutrition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eating</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wholeness</category><title>It  ain't  Real  Food when ....</title><atom:summary>


Real = Asli. Right ? 

Well , it does seem that all of us know what Real Food is.We know it is healthy ,fresh ,organic ,whole and tasty. But then every once in a while ,when I see a wide variety of  " healthy foods" being lauded ; I do a double take and wonder are we really on the same page wrt to Real Foods ? Or do we need to take  a closer look ?




That's why  I decided to draw up the "It </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/s9oMSU0Njhs/it-aint-real-food-when.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0wBopZRARhg/TtTEzCI7qwI/AAAAAAAAAyw/FgjFw87EHnM/s72-c/McCain+Aloo+Tikki.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/s9oMSU0Njhs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/11/it-aint-real-food-when.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-2971429616691013686</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-22T03:34:00.807-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Positivity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mind-body</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wow Woman</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wellness</category><title>Wow Woman ! - Sangeeta Khanna .</title><atom:summary>




Sangeeta Khannna  a shy,reserved homemaker ,who whips up cool, exotic and healthy recipes on her blog , decided to ride a bicycle for 600 kms from Kullu to Leh at age 41. Now for this alone one would applaud her. But her story is all the more remarkable, for she has ridden the odds that would have overwhelmed anyone else.She has scaled a Mount Everest of personal grief - she lost her </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/UJ54-XcNaqM/wow-woman-sangeeta-khanna.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OihMJ70C2VA/TsuGf_OqZ-I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/Vfu7Tk7Uof0/s72-c/DSC02654.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/UJ54-XcNaqM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/11/wow-woman-sangeeta-khanna.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-8407780310332251834</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-17T04:11:50.193-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sugar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cravings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nutrition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">whole milk vs skim milk</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">saturated fats</category><title>How drinking whole milk will help you to get rid of sugar cravings .</title><atom:summary>


milk vendors in Amritsar.




I grew up in rural Haryana/Punjab  which is the ultimate doodh-ghee land.

Milk was the ultimate health drink then and its quality was determined by its creaminess . By the thickness of the malai layer you could lift off when cooled.If anyone had told those sturdy Jats to drink skim milk they would probably have got a mouthful of choice expletives thrown at </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/FMMG7uzprqY/how-drinking-whole-milk-will-help-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1YDjTpLcMf8/TsT2850hbiI/AAAAAAAAAx4/w_KZkfw0q-k/s72-c/aplus3.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/FMMG7uzprqY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-drinking-whole-milk-will-help-you.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-295566388594694220</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-16T22:10:46.405-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insulin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sugar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">type II diabetes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Prevention</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">carbohydrates</category><title>Six Thoughts on Diabetes Day .</title><atom:summary>










McDonalds celebrates World Diabetes Day in India




November is the Diabetes Awareness Month. 14 th November is World Diabetes Day.14th November is also Children's Day.My daughter is going to have a class party with pastry,cola and chips galore.The Government has lighted up all the Monuments like the Taj and the Victoria Memorial in Blue Light to mark the Diabetes pandemic.How is this</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/lTePRXUgjZk/six-thoughts-on-diabetes-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6335766033_180207d261_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/lTePRXUgjZk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/11/six-thoughts-on-diabetes-day.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250909620201127895.post-6871341428484801929</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-22T03:03:10.161-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cravings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PMS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nutrition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hormones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipe</category><title>PMS Craving Cure .</title><atom:summary>

Just when I think I have got everything nicely going ,I get off the rails.
And add some PMS to the mix - a recipe for disaster .Chocolate . Sweets . Fat .Lots of it . All together.
I have two life savers.They satisfy and don't lie to my hormones and mess them up further .




Full Fat Yoghurt + Banana + Walnuts + Sprinkle of cinnamon and organic Vanilla powder .





No fancy recipe this .Just </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~3/xOAKUZHqFuI/pms-craving-cure.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (varsha)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rG4SVytV58/Tr-eIBCPJUI/AAAAAAAAAxo/pZeSVJKw5ZM/s72-c/yoghurt.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/DWaX/~4/xOAKUZHqFuI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://wholesomeoptions.blogspot.com/2011/11/pms-craving-cure.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

