Author: Swati Sani

This is what I found out today:

Optimal heart rate for maximum calorie burning

220 – (your age) *.70 = your heart rate which should be maintained for maximum calorie burning while you exercise.

Talking your heart rate above the optimum will burn glucose (will keep heart fit but wont burn fat) and keeping it below.. well the less said the better 🙂

I realised over past one month, I changed my walking path and instead of loosing weight I ended up gaining a KG. Reason – the new walking route had more traffic and I had to walk slower but longer… Then to make up for that I jogged in the ground – that burnt the glucose – my stamina increased but fat.. fat did not go away – perhaps some more of it got accumulated thanks to my allergies (that made me eat more to feel better) and the wedding I attended followed by Id.

So from today onwards, I am on to a new exercise regime.. Will see the changes and record it in this journal after a month.

18 Feb 2003 06:48:11 – 14MNVT5 to houston – resetting communication – public key encryption engaged – successful ignition

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18 Feb 2003 11:14:41 – 14MNVT5 to houston – all systems stable and functional
18 Feb 2003 11:19:18 – 14MNVT5 to houston – request docking co-ordinates

Confirm Position :

18 Feb 2003 11:24:20 – 14MNVT5 to houston – at adilabad 190 kms and counting.

Reach vicinity, will guide you in manual mode
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18 Feb 2003 13:50:30 – 14MNVT5 to houston – – 70 kms and counting.
18 Feb 2003 13:55:13 – 14MNVT5 to houston – ETA 1515 to 1530
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18 Feb 2003 15:05:30 Just got a call – walking down to get Sid Carter home
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18 Feb 2003 15:50:38 : Sid approaching
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God knows how he manged it BUT Sid Carter has lost his helmet and intends to do Hyderabad-Nagpur run tommorow without one.

Anyone in Hyderabad reading this please lend him a helmet as he was unable to buy one, today being Sunday.

Everyone else – just SMS him and tell him not to drive without a helmet

This. Same model in Titan – Surprisingly www.titanworld.com does not have the model i got 🙁

14th Feb 2003 06:11:41 – 14MNVT5 to Houston – Succesful ignition

14th Feb 2003 10:09:10 – 14MNVT5 to Houston – Status report – On Course. All systems stable and functional.

Keep watching this space for further updates

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14th Feb 2003 13:56:01 – 14MNVT5 to Houston – Status report – 140Kms to go and counting – Taking lunch break
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14th Feb 2003 16:55:18 – 14MNVT5 to Houston – Successfully docked with space station 1. Clearing communication. Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂
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North Indian weddings are fun but are very tiresome for the bridal couple. I was talking to one of my sis-in-laws who got married an year and a half back about some ritual (as to she must be remembering it how/why its done) and she replied, i dunno, i was too tired and sleepy so I just did what i was told 🙂

My cousin who got married breathed a sigh of relief yesterday morning and finally said to me at 5 AM. Didi, give me something to eat I am hungry like hell and i cant sleep – he was supposed to be sleeping with his wife, the wife slept thru the two hours they had together 😀

Came back today, tired and then got more tired roasting Liver over coal – this year I took over what Tarique use to do every Bakr Id- he has a sore throat and fever.

My allergies are in control -touch wood – and I am breathing through my nose without the nasal drops for past 36 hours boy! that feels good!!

Changed the look of my LJ to go with my new userpic
Am still in the process of changing the linked pages, hopefully it will get completed before we leave for Delhi on Saturday.

Aasim got a crew cut today.. he looks older with shorter hair.. Both father and son talked about getting a complete shave on the head but then sense prevailed and they decided against it.

Spaced Out

It is here
Life’s end and the begining of a journey which can never be told.
I am scared, not terrified
I am sad, not sorrowful
I will face it.
I will die knowing that there will be those to come and those to go.
I will die in hope
I will die in courage.
I will die knowing I have made my mark.

-Geetanjali Chitnis

I read this poem over and over again

Kids really grow fast… Met Anjali three years back- always treated her like a kid…
Feels good to read such mature thoughts from her. I am happy for you, Atul and Shubha.

Which OS are You?

Now I only have one grouse with the maker of this quiz, he did not anticipate women taking it
How does he presume I will not look perfect by just brushing and bathing (unlike what an unshaven men will do if he just brushes and bathes)

The days are extremely hectic – have been shopping for cousins wedding, got four dresses instead of the original two planned (and the budget overshot twofolds). Mom gave me a thick Payal and a silver bracelet to go with the silver grey dress which I intend to wear on the engagement day.

Cook has not turned up since Sunday and I have been making atleast one meal a day also giving aasim an additonal one hour. That leaves me tired and with no time to do the less important things in the priority list… Hope things get back to normal soon – Only if the cook turns up tomorrow, things will fall in place.

Gosh! how dependent we get on helpers 🙁

A kid who never threw a tantrum behaving in such a manner can be very very worry-some.

My first reaction was that of amusement when i saw him with chopped hair, but Tarique felt angry… and then I too was angry. He got scolded – I felt he did it because I denied him the new binoculars fearing he will break them and gave him the old ones.

Second time it happened yesterday, I talked with him gently – he told me he was feeling very bad so he did it… I had denied him the Cartoon TV He had been watching too (3-4 hrs) much of it. I told him to do something creative, make a greeting card or something – which he made and made very well.

Today again, he wet his shorts while skating – I had asked Dinesh to stay back instead of going skating with aasim, since there was work for him in the office.

I see a pattern – wonder if its my own figment of imagination, but I feel its his way of defiance, his way of rebelling, or a kind of tantrum.

On asking, he does not say that he did all that because he was denied something. If it was that, it would be easy for me to explain to him… now i dont know how to handle

But to begin with, both of us have started spending much more time with Aasim. Lets hope it helps.

In school, all his teachers always tell me that he is a very well behaved child, very mature and obedient. But they also tell me (and we feel it too) that he lacks self confidence.

As the child grows, bringing him up becomes more and more challenging, and so involving, The ways Aasim is, i wonder what will happen when he steps in to his teens!