by Tipsie on June 9, 2009
Want to know your fitness level? You don’t need to join a gym and have a personal trainer tell you all about it. Get a rough gauge by using this fitness calculator. All you need to do is to fill in your weight and height in the cells and it will automatically do a calculation of your body mass index (BMI). Then it will tell you if you are over or under weight or just fit and whether you need more exercise! 
I did a quick check on mine and I definitely need to keep up with some level of exercise. Check yours now. Just download this Excel spreadsheet by clicking here.
Note: This great calculator is not developed by me. I happen to receive this from a forwarded email and am sharing it here. I would love to give credit to the creator of this body mass index calculator but I don’t know who it is…
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by Tipsie on April 28, 2009
Recently, I spotted some machines in shopping malls where you step on to it, slot in a couple of coins, and it will measure your weight and subsequently tell you how much water you should drink in a day based on your body weight.
Guess what? If you are interested to know, you don’t need to find that machine and pay the machine to tell you so. Find out for free here how much water your body needs according to your weight!
All you need to do is to download this wonderful water calculator, put in your body weight in the Excel spreadsheet and hit the Enter button on your keyboard. Your ideal daily water consumption will show up.
How accurate is this water consumption calculator as compared to the machines in the shopping malls? Well, I’ve tried the machine at the malls and also used this calculator based on the same weight, and the results are quite similar. So I would say it’s quite a good point of reference.
Now on to find out how much water your body needs to function properly….download it here!
P/S. Since this is another post I’m touching on water consumption, here’s a post you should read regarding the risk of drinking too much water in a short period of time. I thought it might be good to know.
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by Tipsie on April 22, 2009
Today is Earth Day. So in conjunction with Earth Day, here’s my small contribution to write about tips on living green and doing our part to save the environment. I hope we all live green not only on Earth Day but everyday after this. If you are already living green, do share more tips with the rest of us on how to do so effectively. If you are not, then it’s never too late to start in whatever little ways you can.
Below are several ideas on how you can lead your life the greener way and help to preserve the environment to be more sustainable for our future generation. Some of these green ways can be quite fun too, and if you can cultivate some of these in your lifestyle at home to include your children, all the better. Happy green living!
How to cut down on the use of paper
- At work, go paperless. Don’t print or photocopy things unneccessarily.
- If you really need to print, try to minimise the use of paper needed. For example, if you are printing a Powerpoint file that has 8 slides, instead of printing each slide on 1 page, opt to print 2 slides on 1 page, and print them double sided to make full use of the paper. That way, instead of using 8 sheets of paper, you will cut down to using just 2.
- Don’t just throw or shred away unwanted papers that have been used on just one side. You can use the blank side as paper for you to jot your notes. The idea is to make full use of it before you dispose of them. Reusing paper this way also helps to cut down on the use of a notepad or notebook which you need to purchase to write your meeting or work notes.
- Substitute using tissues with a reusable option like a hanky. I know in this time and age, no one really uses hankies, perhaps some guys still do. But it will save the use of a lot of tissues or paper towels this way.
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by Tipsie on April 16, 2009
Many people snore in their sleep. Whilst some people only snore when they are physically exhausted, others snore on a regular basis each time he or she goes to sleep. There are also those who snore mildly or quietly while others may be loud snorers and thus are disruptive sleep partners.
For those who snore regularly, do you know if you are just experiencing a non-medical threatening condition of snoring, or do you have a more serious sleep disorder that requires medical attention such as sleep apnea?
There is a difference between snoring and having a sleep disorder of sleep apnea. Whilst snoring is not a life threatening condition, sleep apnea could be potentially fatal if it is a serious case with no medical attention seeked.
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