Having many wonderful discussions and sharing sessions after posting to my stories about coming to terms with my fatter body and “un-suck-in-able tummy”. Thanks everyone for reaching out and being candid with your thoughts! Some additional points arising from fulfilling discussions: ✨ “Beautiful bodies” have been different through different periods. The appeal of hyper fit, non-jiggly, no rolls on bodies is a pretty new beauty standard that emerged in just the past few decades and evolved to what is considered “beautiful and healthy” today. ✨ Maintaining health is risk management and in risk management what we’re doing is understanding the probability of something going wrong and the negative consequences if it does go wrong. Weight is one indicator and aspect that increases your risk of certain health conditions. That said if you are avoiding the risk of such diseases, you have to evaluate if what you’re doing when you’re trying to manage your weight is actually advantageous to your overall health or not and if it ends up increasing your risk of other health issues that end up affecting your quality of life anyway! ✨ It’s not how much you do, but what CAN you do now to improve your situation. Going hard and heavy just because it is the “right way” but you end up dreading it to the point you stop and develop negative emotions towards say exercise or food is actually harmful to your overall goal of living a good life. Focus only on the outcome, keep challenging if conventional “right ways” help or prevent you from getting where you need to. Even getting your heart pumping a little harder than usual, more often than before is progress. Less haste, more speed. I moved and made progress faster (without as much suffering) when I wasn’t rushing to a destination for emotional reasons. ✨Everyone is different. Everyone has different priorities to fix and get healthier. Everyone can test different hypotheses on what works for them. Something that works for me, might not work for you. As we test things, our bodies might change. That’s okay. Thanks for all the perspectives, friends! #BodyNeutrality #BodyPositivity #Health #AGoodLife

In today’s episode of Beauty Investigations with Carrie 🧐, I figure out what da feckety feck has been causing my recurring cheek and hairline outbreaks. At first I thought it was maybe just a passing thing, but when for the 1038364th time the blemishes reappeared at both temples of my face and at a two very particular locations on my left cheek, I figured it must be due to my pillow. So I changed my sheets, still happened. Ruled that hypothesis out. Turns out, after a few more hypotheses and experiments, the culprit was my bloody hair products. Before CB, I had bought a set of shampoo and conditioner from Bed Head and started using them instead of my usual BEYOND set from @thefaceshop_sg. I’ve switched back of course to my tried and tested BEYOND shampoo with no harmful additives that can clog skin, and been diligently masking the past 2 days with this Mitomo Sake Japan Facial to repair the damage. I’m so glad I bought these masks from Tokyu Hands. (Sadly, they’re closing down.) Everything is going back to normal. You can see some photos of my skin condition now and where the blemishes are becoming less obvious. My left side still quite rabak lah, but the right side is recovering well. So Detective Carrie is almost closing this case. 🕵️‍♀️ Moral of the story: Check your hair products for silicone and additives that may cause clogged skin and if you’re looking for one that works, you can try BEYOND Professional Defense. I’ve already repurchased like so many bottles of this since I first tried it. Don’t know what possessed me to change my shampoo and conditioner. #PrimpWithCarrie #BeautyInvestigationsWithCarrie #Beauty #Haircare #SkinProblems #CareFreeAtHome

重訓只能健身，不能健臉😭😭 如果你跟吉米一樣，是個痘痘人，那該怎麼辦呢？讓我們來看哪些食物會促進痘痘吧！ 文獻中被認為 👉乳製品通過增加血漿胰島素樣生長因子 IGF-1 的水平，導致粉刺產生及增加皮下脂肪堆積的產生。 👉高升糖食物會快速推高胰島素，進而推高胰島素樣生長因子 IGF-1 ，也是導致跟乳製品一樣的結果。 👉巧克力所含可可脂，其中包含油酸和硬脂酸等脂肪，會影響毛囊上皮角質化，進而導致粉刺形成。 👉西方飲食泛指高油飲食，因含有大量w-6脂肪酸，容易導致身體慢性發炎，加劇青春痘的生長。 👉最後最難過的就是乳清蛋白，因為他就是標準乳製品😢 ✅順帶一提，茶與咖啡所含咖啡因網傳認為會增加青春痘，但文獻並無支持證據。不過糖或牛奶，是會增加青春產生，建議喝美式及無糖茶最佳。 那滿臉痘痘的健人們怎麼辦？ 👉乳清可以改成植物系乳清 👉牛奶跟有優格可以用無糖優若乳取代 就可以一邊增肌一邊預防痘痘啦💪 請各位不用標記滿臉痘痘的健人們，放心我不會叫你們做這種出賣朋友的事情，截圖給他們就好🤪🤪 文獻參考 1. Claudel, J.P., et al., Acne and nutrition: hypotheses, myths and facts. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 2018. 32(10): p. 1631-1637. 2. Fiedler, F., et al., Acne and Nutrition: A Systematic Review. Acta Derm Venereol, 2017. 97(1): p. 7-9. #吉米健身營養 #青春痘 #粉刺 #牛奶 #科學化健身 #乳製品 #乳清 #巧克力 #痘痘 #高GI #健身營養 #acne #acnetreatment #milk #chocolate #highgi #wheyprotein #nutrition