My Sugar Free Sweet Life

Nowadays, running has become not only the sport of choice but also the most preferred fitness program of people who want to life a healthy lifestyle. Although it looks easy, runners also face tough challenges while training for a race. Tight hamstrings, lower back pains, and inflamed iliotibial (IT) bands are common problems among runners. Believe it or not, a relaxing yoga workout can help runners strengthen their bodies and prepare themselves for a race.

Are you rooting for Jessica Sanchez on American Idol Season 11? I do and it's not because she's has Filipino blood but because she definitely is the best. Now that she's in the Top 3, more and more Filipinos are getting excited to see her win.

Here's her recent rendition of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." You can see in Steven Tyler's face that he was very satisfied with her version.

Unilab Active Health is inviting everyone to take part in their advocacy of living a healthy and active lifestyle by joining Run United 2, the second leg of the 2012 Run United. The race will happen on June 17, 2012 at the Mall of Asia.

I have a new glucometer, yey! Again, it's a gift from my sister. (She also gave me the old blood sugar monitor that I've been using since 2008.) Now, I'm using the Accu Chek Softclix. It generally has the same features as my old glucometer except that I find the controls of my old one more user-friendly.

Took me two pricks before I got enough blood.  Ahh, the hassles of breaking in a new glucometer!

My mother-in-law just arrived from her trip to Guimaras Island. Of course, she brought home Guimaras mangoes for us to enjoy. Guimaras mangoes are known to be the sweetest in the world. Reportedly, Guimaras mangoes are served at the White House and the Buckingham Palace. Such is the island's pride of their mangoes that they hold an annual Manggahan Festival (Mango Festival) to showcase their mango products.

My husband and I often go on massage dates. He prefers to have a Thai massage because it doesn't use massage oils while I like the Swedish massage more. Last weekend, however, I chose to also have a Thai massage because I felt my body needed stretching. I still have a sprained ankle and I knew a little stretching will help relieve the pain.

Since my mom was away for the weekend, I was tasked to check on my dad in their place in Greenwoods Executive Village. Since we were already there, my husband and I decided to try Sawasdee Thai Massage which was just 2 blocks away from my parents' place. My brothers have already tried their services and highly recommended the place. We were not disappointed

Photo courtesy of Sawasdee Thai Massage. (Find them on Facebook!)

One of the recent comments I received in this blog was this question: "What has drug addiction got to do with diabetes?"

I posted about drug addiction rehab centers in the Philippines about a year ago and I was overwhelmed by the traffic and the response the post has been getting. Apparently, there is little information on the Internet about drug rehabilitation centers in the web and, because of my work as a health website editor, I had access to such a list. I thought of sharing it in this blog so people can have access to the contact details of these centers and I received a lot of messages thanking me for writing about it.