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Help:I need to lose this weight.

Before marriage, a woman can do as she pleases. She can eat anything, go to the gym or not ,but. She still maintains her size. Immediately,she has has first child, her priorities change ,she still looks good but by the time she has the second, third or fourth child,keeping fit is so hard. After my first child,I was still the same but after having my second daughter, I got so fat ,losing it was hard. With time,I did lose all the weight but just towards the end of last year,I began to add the weight again and well,its not worth it,believe me. Right now,I am,officially a size sixteen and I am fast desperate to lose this weight forever. Now,I originally love sweet things and when feeding my kids, I tend to also eat 'a little' with them and whenever I cook,I also feel obligated to eat also. All this are not helping me,why do my kids not also have weight? Maybe I should start running and playing with them. Why are my husband ,my sisters not also having weight? The worse is t...

Do you snore?

Snoring is defined as a coarse sound made by vibrations of the soft palate and other tissue in the mouth, nose & throat . It is caused by turbulence inside the airway during inspiration. The turbulence is caused by a partial blockage that may be located anywhere from the tip of the nose to the vocal chords. This is because our muscle tone is reduced during sleep and there may be insufficient muscle tone to prevent the airway tissue vibrating .Many people snore and it does not matter if the person is fat or slim. Every member of my family snores, though not much except my late father snored so much that we knew when he pretended to sleep. I ended up marrying a man who sometimes snored, it was not always a very quiet night.  It is often said that snoring is often the result of overindulgence in some of life's pleasures but this is not quite true.  The following are the causes of snoring  1.Overeating and/or Lack of Exercise 2.Alcohol and Sleeping Pills ...

FIRST AID:What to do when a child has a burn.

A skin burn occurs when the skin comes in contact with anything hot . We can save the lives of children and pre-teens around us if we know the right thing to do immediately a burn occurs. While we make arrangement to take them to the hospital some first aid treatment can help keep them alive. Here is fast first aid tip and prevention tips for burns at any age  from www.childrensDMC.org. DO 1. Remove clothing from the burned area of the skin. 2. Cool the burn with cool(not cold) tap water to stop further burning. 3.Apply a clean dry bandage to prevent infection. 4.Seek medical care for burns that blister or causes the skin to change its colour. DON'T 1. Use butter,toothpaste,ice ,ointment or olive oil on a burn. 2.Break the blisters. PREVENTION 1.Lower the hot water temperature in your home's hot water heater. 2.Keep pots handles towards the back of the stove. 3.Teach children the word "hot". 4.Keep iron,candles,matches,lighters, away from ...