Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Can I take the TOP off?
Today went to Trader Joes, while waiting for the cashier to check out the stuff I got, all of a suddent she asked me, "can I take the Top off?"
I was like "huh??"
so she asked again, "can I take the top off?"
then she pointed at the 2 pineapple
ahh the TOP!
then I was wondering how's she gonna do that, was she gonna get a knife and chop the head off?
I answered her, "ok"
then she just quickly ripped the head off with her hands!
I was like "wow!" ( I've never seen this kind of sweet service from cashiers!)
other cashiers were like laughing and said, he didnt know they also provided this kind of service!
I told her, "it's a very good service"
she laughed...
I then asked her, "is there an extra charge on that?" (of course, I was joking)
she laughed and said , "no!"
It was a fun experience... little things happen in life.. interaction with strangers...
there are nice things happened once in a while, even if we dont know each other, we can still help people, lend our hands , influent people with our joy, and of course, share a good laugh!
I was like "huh??"
so she asked again, "can I take the top off?"
then she pointed at the 2 pineapple
ahh the TOP!
then I was wondering how's she gonna do that, was she gonna get a knife and chop the head off?
I answered her, "ok"
then she just quickly ripped the head off with her hands!
I was like "wow!" ( I've never seen this kind of sweet service from cashiers!)
other cashiers were like laughing and said, he didnt know they also provided this kind of service!
I told her, "it's a very good service"
she laughed...
I then asked her, "is there an extra charge on that?" (of course, I was joking)
she laughed and said , "no!"
It was a fun experience... little things happen in life.. interaction with strangers...
there are nice things happened once in a while, even if we dont know each other, we can still help people, lend our hands , influent people with our joy, and of course, share a good laugh!
Nice/Comforting Seafood Soup w/ Noodles
1. Fresh fish
2. Shrimp
3. Crab
4. Lobster
5. Scallop
7. fish ball
8. meat ball
9. Thousand year egg (Pi Egg)
10. onion
11. garlic
12. carrots
13. cabbage
15. spinach
16. ginger
17. mirin
18. Shao Shin wine
19. sea salt
20. white pepper
21. noodle
22. Milk or soy milk
* boil water, add onion, ginger, garlic, carrots
* add mirin, wine, and all the sea foods, cabbage, pi egg, fish balls, meat balls
*cook noodle in another pot
*add cooked noodle into the pot, add salt/pepper, milk
2. Shrimp
3. Crab
4. Lobster
5. Scallop
7. fish ball
8. meat ball
9. Thousand year egg (Pi Egg)
10. onion
11. garlic
12. carrots
13. cabbage
15. spinach
16. ginger
17. mirin
18. Shao Shin wine
19. sea salt
20. white pepper
21. noodle
22. Milk or soy milk
* boil water, add onion, ginger, garlic, carrots
* add mirin, wine, and all the sea foods, cabbage, pi egg, fish balls, meat balls
*cook noodle in another pot
*add cooked noodle into the pot, add salt/pepper, milk
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Seaweeds Appertizer
It's a nice appertizer! Yeh, thats right, stimulate your Appetite!
1. Seaweed
2. Vinegar
3. Maple syrup
4. garlic
5. sesame oil
7. red pepper flake
mix 2,3,4 and microwave heat it up!
add sesame oil and seaweed
lastly add some red pepper if want spicy
mix well & wait for several minutes or put it in refrig. to serve it cold!
1. Seaweed
2. Vinegar
3. Maple syrup
4. garlic
5. sesame oil
7. red pepper flake
mix 2,3,4 and microwave heat it up!
add sesame oil and seaweed
lastly add some red pepper if want spicy
mix well & wait for several minutes or put it in refrig. to serve it cold!
Monday, April 23, 2007
April 23rd Today is YOUR BIRTHDAY!!
You, My Dearest friend, today is your birthday!
I've missed you so very much! It's been 4 years...
Never give up hope that I will meet you again .. talk to you again..
Never give up hope to keep looking for you and waiting for you...
I don not know how many more years I will have to wait..
I just want you to know that I never stop missing you...
Please promise me you will never let go! cuz you know I will never let go of you!
D. M you are always in my HEART!
Ps. If Anyone has tips on searching for lost-touched friends, PLEASE let me know! Thanks! (I only know first name, middle name, birthday, general location, but no last name!)
I've missed you so very much! It's been 4 years...
Never give up hope that I will meet you again .. talk to you again..
Never give up hope to keep looking for you and waiting for you...
I don not know how many more years I will have to wait..
I just want you to know that I never stop missing you...
Please promise me you will never let go! cuz you know I will never let go of you!
D. M you are always in my HEART!
Ps. If Anyone has tips on searching for lost-touched friends, PLEASE let me know! Thanks! (I only know first name, middle name, birthday, general location, but no last name!)
Saturday, April 21, 2007
This Pinky little bird suprises Me!
Today I saved a baby bird!
She lied right in front of my door, when I opened the door, I saw this little pink thing, and I picked her up, just really wanna save her!
I put her in a box under a lamp, just to keep her warm... but I dont know what to feed her.
I went to the garden, got some baby snail, tried to feed her, but it was hard to feed her!
she opened up her mouth, wanted to eat, but I dont know whether she can eat bugs!
I thought mother bird feeds baby bird bugs?
She lied right in front of my door, when I opened the door, I saw this little pink thing, and I picked her up, just really wanna save her!
I put her in a box under a lamp, just to keep her warm... but I dont know what to feed her.
I went to the garden, got some baby snail, tried to feed her, but it was hard to feed her!
she opened up her mouth, wanted to eat, but I dont know whether she can eat bugs!
I thought mother bird feeds baby bird bugs?
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Succeed Like a Workaholic
Amy Zucker calls herself a "serial workaholic." The president of Synergy Marketing Group, an Indianapolis-based public relations and marketing firm, Zucker regularly puts in long hours, takes few breaks and constantly thinks about the office. Zucker sees this as a commitment to her job and an indication of an innate strong work ethic and a quest for perfection that she has exhibited at every job she has held. "I do it for me," she says. "Only my best is good enough."
This level of job devotion is not for everyone and for many, working too much can have a detrimental effect on personal relationships. Zucker's current situation is unique. She runs her business with her husband and takes her dog to work, so she is able to spend time with her family in and out of the office. And her work ethic has paid off. Her business has grown to be one of Indianapolis's largest public relations agencies.
So do workaholics really get ahead? Yes and no, says Barry Zweibel, an executive/life coach based in Chicago. Zweibel works regularly with professionals who move up the ladder by putting in extra time and effort, but says he also sees the benefit of balance between work and personal time. For most people, sustaining a workaholic lifestyle long term is just not possible.
Zweibel counsels professionals to learn to do more in less time and urges his clients to increase their contributions, not their hours. Zweibel points to the "Parkinson's Law," which states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." Thus, if you have three days to work on a project, most people will use all three days to complete it. "It is part of the human condition to let things go longer than they need to," he says.
Zweibel says that professionals could be even more effective by learning to pick and choose when to unleash their inner workaholic. "I'm not suggesting that working hard is not the goal, but you need to take a laser approach." Putting in 110 percent on every task can be exhausting, but those who know how to prioritize and put in the extra effort on the projects that matter most gain extra attention from the boss.
If you want to have the success of a workaholic and still have your down time, Zweibel offers five strategies you can employ.
1. Put in the hours at the right time. "There is a benefit to being seen in an organization," says Zweibel. If you are working late or are in on the weekend, pass by your boss's office for some face time. Not only will you get kudos for the extra effort, but you might get the opportunity for valuable one-on-one time.
2. Pay attention to time stamps. If you are sending an assignment to your boss via e-mail after hours, the e-mail will indicate the extra time you are spending. Pay attention to when you are sending these messages -- they could demonstrate your commitment. However, Zweibel cautions against going too far. Sending messages at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night or at 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning could indicate that you are not able to manage your time well, and there is something to be said for being able to get the job done early. "You could make a better impression if you can do the same work in a shorter amount of time," Zweibel says.
3. Talk up your successes. Don't be afraid to be your own cheering section. Make sure your boss knows about your achievements and the extra time you put in. More importantly, have other people talk up your successes. There's nothing like a good word from another respected co-worker or client to make you look great.
4. Be the "go to" person in a crunch. You don't have to work every weekend, but make sure your boss knows that you are someone who is willing to go the extra mile when needed.
5. Strive for perfection, but know when to settle. One thing most workaholics have in common is the pursuit of perfection. This drive to be perfect brings about results, but can also wear you out. On the continuum between lousy work and perfect work, there is what Zweibel calls "merely excellent," which, he says, is "pretty damn good." He suggests you strive for greatness, but allow yourself to settle for "merely excellent" work most of the time and reserve absolute perfection for those really special projects.
This level of job devotion is not for everyone and for many, working too much can have a detrimental effect on personal relationships. Zucker's current situation is unique. She runs her business with her husband and takes her dog to work, so she is able to spend time with her family in and out of the office. And her work ethic has paid off. Her business has grown to be one of Indianapolis's largest public relations agencies.
So do workaholics really get ahead? Yes and no, says Barry Zweibel, an executive/life coach based in Chicago. Zweibel works regularly with professionals who move up the ladder by putting in extra time and effort, but says he also sees the benefit of balance between work and personal time. For most people, sustaining a workaholic lifestyle long term is just not possible.
Zweibel counsels professionals to learn to do more in less time and urges his clients to increase their contributions, not their hours. Zweibel points to the "Parkinson's Law," which states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." Thus, if you have three days to work on a project, most people will use all three days to complete it. "It is part of the human condition to let things go longer than they need to," he says.
Zweibel says that professionals could be even more effective by learning to pick and choose when to unleash their inner workaholic. "I'm not suggesting that working hard is not the goal, but you need to take a laser approach." Putting in 110 percent on every task can be exhausting, but those who know how to prioritize and put in the extra effort on the projects that matter most gain extra attention from the boss.
If you want to have the success of a workaholic and still have your down time, Zweibel offers five strategies you can employ.
1. Put in the hours at the right time. "There is a benefit to being seen in an organization," says Zweibel. If you are working late or are in on the weekend, pass by your boss's office for some face time. Not only will you get kudos for the extra effort, but you might get the opportunity for valuable one-on-one time.
2. Pay attention to time stamps. If you are sending an assignment to your boss via e-mail after hours, the e-mail will indicate the extra time you are spending. Pay attention to when you are sending these messages -- they could demonstrate your commitment. However, Zweibel cautions against going too far. Sending messages at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night or at 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning could indicate that you are not able to manage your time well, and there is something to be said for being able to get the job done early. "You could make a better impression if you can do the same work in a shorter amount of time," Zweibel says.
3. Talk up your successes. Don't be afraid to be your own cheering section. Make sure your boss knows about your achievements and the extra time you put in. More importantly, have other people talk up your successes. There's nothing like a good word from another respected co-worker or client to make you look great.
4. Be the "go to" person in a crunch. You don't have to work every weekend, but make sure your boss knows that you are someone who is willing to go the extra mile when needed.
5. Strive for perfection, but know when to settle. One thing most workaholics have in common is the pursuit of perfection. This drive to be perfect brings about results, but can also wear you out. On the continuum between lousy work and perfect work, there is what Zweibel calls "merely excellent," which, he says, is "pretty damn good." He suggests you strive for greatness, but allow yourself to settle for "merely excellent" work most of the time and reserve absolute perfection for those really special projects.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
DO NOT PRETEND THAT YOU ARE MATURE & KNOWS-ALL!!
不太熟的朋友 said...
父母親對自己的孩子總是有一種"他還小,不懂事"的感覺.以前不懂事總覺得父母管那麼多做什麼,但現在看到周圍的朋友對於他們的新生寶寶這麼的戰戰兢兢,這麼的呵護,一時之間豁達了. 人說天下沒有不是的父母並不是意味著父母永遠是對的,而是父母親永遠是用著他們覺得最妥當的方式去教導他們的下一代,當然這其中也包括了希望他們往後在人生的旅途上走的平穩,順遂.也許小孩有別的嗜好,有能力闖出一番事業但一定比不上成為醫生那麼的穩當,畢竟經濟再不景氣,醫生也不會沒工作,至少,他們是這麼想的.我想,這是沒有對與錯的.有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?我想,父母親希望他們的子女成為醫生不是沒有原因的. (待續) (getting sleepy)
4/18/2007
Below is MY OPINION... OH YES I AM MAD!!
當然這其中也包括了希望他們往後在人生的旅途上走的平穩,順遂.也許小孩有別的嗜好,有能力闖出一番事業但一定比不上成為醫生那麼的穩當,畢竟經濟再不景氣,醫生也不會沒工作,至少,他們是這麼想的.
HA, this is Exactly what my Mom told me!! In doctor's family, they believe NO OTHER JOBS can be as stable as being a DOCTOR!! Ok lets see, there are millions kind of jobs in this world, are they all starving to death?? NO!!
Are they poor? NO!! Many are richer than doctors!! HA , like in business families, they believe nothing is Better than doing business!! They look down on "doctors!" They can make millions of dollors just by selling houses!! A doctor has to sit there at the clinic for at least 12 hrs, just to earn the income thats a little bit above the AVEAGE!
Think about it! Have you ever taken econ class? Even if you never took it, thats fine, at least you can understand what I'm trying to say next..
In US, you go to college for at least 4, 5 years, and then wait and apply for med school, then for 4 years of med school, and then apply residency, if ur lucky, u got into one residency of your choice, you spend at least 3, 6, or 7 + years of training at the hospital..
Lets calculate it, it's like MINIMUM of 11 years!! If its not 11 years, it could go at least 18 years!!
Ok, within these 3-7 years of training, how much a resident is earning? um 30000-50000/year!! Um lets see how many hrs do a resident have to work per WEEK? Um 80-100hrs or MORE!!
Um lets see, how many hrs do REGULAR jobs work per week? 40 hrs/week!! How much do they make?
Of course it depends! BUT I'm sure with the crazy schedule and hrs they doctors have to work on, and with the amount of money they make , the ratio is definitely NOT as good as many other jobs'!!
Yeh you might argue that well after reidency , everything will be better... um maybe the salary will be more than a resident, but the LONG and Crazy hrs of working is still the same! Do regular people work/oncall all the time? NO!!
Do they have to get out of the bed they just lays on for a minute, just cuz a patient is sick? NO!!
DO they have serious sleep deprivation? Do they have chroic fatigue syndrome? Yeh maybe, but NOT as many as doctors!!
Do they start seeing their own health is declining in their 20s, 30s, 40s? NOO!!
But all these... doctors do have and it's not something that others can understand!
Patients get sick 24/7, they do not pick time (9-5) to get sick! just so you can finish the work between 9-5!
我想,這是沒有對與錯的.
有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?
我想,父母親希望他們的子女成為醫生不是沒有原因
I never said parents were wrong, but their generation had much LESS pressure and much less competition then ours! They think that if they could do it, we could too! They do not care if we'r under lots of pressure, if it's something that we truely wanted!
有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?
HA I BEG TO DIFFER!! HOW MANY psychologists are famous?? HUH? YOU wanna be famous? Why dont you become a movie star??
Maybe your world is toooo little..
you dont see a lot of people..
OF COURSE, there are MANY people that are outstanding in their field, whether or not its psychologist or other fields!
BUT the point is, it's NOT cuz they wanted to be famous, so they become so on so!!
HA again there are many people in their 20s, and they've started their own business, and yes they are making lots of money!!
Lets say, micro soft bill gates, Apple, DELL, GOOGLES, YAHOO, YOUTUBE, ect!! OH YEH THEY WERE ALL PRETTY YOUNG!!
Ok you might argue, hey we are not bill gates, we are not those genius high tech people!! BUT hey I believe they were just some orinary young dudes in college or just out of college, and cuz they created/researched/invested etc and cuz the OPPORTUNITY, they've all succeeded!! I'm sure the list will go on and on...
I just made that example (my friend's), NOT to tell people that he's superly rich! BUT hey of course he had to face many challenges and still have many to come in the future, who knows when his business is gonna collapse one day? Of course he had to work hard just so he had customers and business.. The point I was trying to make is, 1. his parents KNEW their son well!! hey he was a gangster in high school!! He hung out with "bad kids" all the time!! 2. he knew himself well, he knows what his talent is, he goes for it, he work HARD for him and his family!!
3. the money/bread he's making, yes making us envy, BUT he earned them, he deserved them!
4. he is not just ONE OF THE FEWs that actually makes it!! KEEP THAT IN MIND.
5. ANYONE of us can be like him, as long as we know who we really are, what we really want, what our interests are!!
The Q I'm asking you is, you think there's NO ROAD BLOCK and CHALLNEGE for doctors???
IS money the only thing you see in your eyes??
畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?
UNLESS you are a 100% lucky person in this world, you dont have to make your effort, no challenges, no road blocks, no fails...
Maybe you are just delusional, you see that becoming a doctor and being a doctor is easy as hell?!?!
Lastly, parents wishes are their perosonal wishes.. like some parents could not be doctors themselves, they wanted their kids to become one, but if they couldnt be one, is it the end of the world?? NO!
their wishes, as kids, we do respect them, but hopefully they can also learn to respect our own wishes... I believe everyone has their own wishes, and if a kid really wanna be a docotr, good for this kid! Best wishes.. but if a kid doesnt wanna be one, why force him/her?
LIFE is hard .. why make it tougher than it already is?
A family memeber hates hates hates medicine, his parents force force force him to become one, cuz he's a male,his father is a doctor, he's almost done with med school, he never stops hating it!! He never stop having fights and conflicts with parents!! his parents tolerate his CRAZY, VIOLENT, AND TOTAL OUT OF LINE CHARACTER!! JUST CUZ he's working on this path that his parents have set up for him!! Yeh his mom said, yeh as long as he's in this field, let him do whatever he wants, including BEATING UP his MOM, DAD, and sisters!!! YES PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY abusing his FAMILY!!
Yeh he's damn spoiled, he thinks he is THE GOD in this family, he can talk the LOUDEST, cuz in traditional chinese family, BOY is the HOPE of the WHOLE FAMILY!! OH if this Boy is a doctor, OMG, he is THE WHOLE FAMILY's PRIDES!! THE WHOLE FAMILY SHOULD BE PROUD OF him FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!!
HA, HOW PATHETICS!! LOL
DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEANT??
cuz their "simple wishes", this oridnary family became a Dysfunctional and BROKEN Family!
There's NO LOVE in this family.. ONLY HATES, FIGHTS, ATTACKS, yeh all the bad things you can think of!!
I'm tired of people's thoughtless comments..
父母親對自己的孩子總是有一種"他還小,不懂事"的感覺.以前不懂事總覺得父母管那麼多做什麼,但現在看到周圍的朋友對於他們的新生寶寶這麼的戰戰兢兢,這麼的呵護,一時之間豁達了. 人說天下沒有不是的父母並不是意味著父母永遠是對的,而是父母親永遠是用著他們覺得最妥當的方式去教導他們的下一代,當然這其中也包括了希望他們往後在人生的旅途上走的平穩,順遂.也許小孩有別的嗜好,有能力闖出一番事業但一定比不上成為醫生那麼的穩當,畢竟經濟再不景氣,醫生也不會沒工作,至少,他們是這麼想的.我想,這是沒有對與錯的.有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?我想,父母親希望他們的子女成為醫生不是沒有原因的. (待續) (getting sleepy)
4/18/2007
Below is MY OPINION... OH YES I AM MAD!!
當然這其中也包括了希望他們往後在人生的旅途上走的平穩,順遂.也許小孩有別的嗜好,有能力闖出一番事業但一定比不上成為醫生那麼的穩當,畢竟經濟再不景氣,醫生也不會沒工作,至少,他們是這麼想的.
HA, this is Exactly what my Mom told me!! In doctor's family, they believe NO OTHER JOBS can be as stable as being a DOCTOR!! Ok lets see, there are millions kind of jobs in this world, are they all starving to death?? NO!!
Are they poor? NO!! Many are richer than doctors!! HA , like in business families, they believe nothing is Better than doing business!! They look down on "doctors!" They can make millions of dollors just by selling houses!! A doctor has to sit there at the clinic for at least 12 hrs, just to earn the income thats a little bit above the AVEAGE!
Think about it! Have you ever taken econ class? Even if you never took it, thats fine, at least you can understand what I'm trying to say next..
In US, you go to college for at least 4, 5 years, and then wait and apply for med school, then for 4 years of med school, and then apply residency, if ur lucky, u got into one residency of your choice, you spend at least 3, 6, or 7 + years of training at the hospital..
Lets calculate it, it's like MINIMUM of 11 years!! If its not 11 years, it could go at least 18 years!!
Ok, within these 3-7 years of training, how much a resident is earning? um 30000-50000/year!! Um lets see how many hrs do a resident have to work per WEEK? Um 80-100hrs or MORE!!
Um lets see, how many hrs do REGULAR jobs work per week? 40 hrs/week!! How much do they make?
Of course it depends! BUT I'm sure with the crazy schedule and hrs they doctors have to work on, and with the amount of money they make , the ratio is definitely NOT as good as many other jobs'!!
Yeh you might argue that well after reidency , everything will be better... um maybe the salary will be more than a resident, but the LONG and Crazy hrs of working is still the same! Do regular people work/oncall all the time? NO!!
Do they have to get out of the bed they just lays on for a minute, just cuz a patient is sick? NO!!
DO they have serious sleep deprivation? Do they have chroic fatigue syndrome? Yeh maybe, but NOT as many as doctors!!
Do they start seeing their own health is declining in their 20s, 30s, 40s? NOO!!
But all these... doctors do have and it's not something that others can understand!
Patients get sick 24/7, they do not pick time (9-5) to get sick! just so you can finish the work between 9-5!
我想,這是沒有對與錯的.
有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?
我想,父母親希望他們的子女成為醫生不是沒有原因
I never said parents were wrong, but their generation had much LESS pressure and much less competition then ours! They think that if they could do it, we could too! They do not care if we'r under lots of pressure, if it's something that we truely wanted!
有幾個心理學家功成名就?有幾個20出頭出來闖事業的飛黃騰達?
HA I BEG TO DIFFER!! HOW MANY psychologists are famous?? HUH? YOU wanna be famous? Why dont you become a movie star??
Maybe your world is toooo little..
you dont see a lot of people..
OF COURSE, there are MANY people that are outstanding in their field, whether or not its psychologist or other fields!
BUT the point is, it's NOT cuz they wanted to be famous, so they become so on so!!
HA again there are many people in their 20s, and they've started their own business, and yes they are making lots of money!!
Lets say, micro soft bill gates, Apple, DELL, GOOGLES, YAHOO, YOUTUBE, ect!! OH YEH THEY WERE ALL PRETTY YOUNG!!
Ok you might argue, hey we are not bill gates, we are not those genius high tech people!! BUT hey I believe they were just some orinary young dudes in college or just out of college, and cuz they created/researched/invested etc and cuz the OPPORTUNITY, they've all succeeded!! I'm sure the list will go on and on...
I just made that example (my friend's), NOT to tell people that he's superly rich! BUT hey of course he had to face many challenges and still have many to come in the future, who knows when his business is gonna collapse one day? Of course he had to work hard just so he had customers and business.. The point I was trying to make is, 1. his parents KNEW their son well!! hey he was a gangster in high school!! He hung out with "bad kids" all the time!! 2. he knew himself well, he knows what his talent is, he goes for it, he work HARD for him and his family!!
3. the money/bread he's making, yes making us envy, BUT he earned them, he deserved them!
4. he is not just ONE OF THE FEWs that actually makes it!! KEEP THAT IN MIND.
5. ANYONE of us can be like him, as long as we know who we really are, what we really want, what our interests are!!
The Q I'm asking you is, you think there's NO ROAD BLOCK and CHALLNEGE for doctors???
IS money the only thing you see in your eyes??
畢竟是少數.然而這一個個成功者的背後是充滿了多少的挫折,多少的努力以及多少別人沒得到的運氣?
UNLESS you are a 100% lucky person in this world, you dont have to make your effort, no challenges, no road blocks, no fails...
Maybe you are just delusional, you see that becoming a doctor and being a doctor is easy as hell?!?!
Lastly, parents wishes are their perosonal wishes.. like some parents could not be doctors themselves, they wanted their kids to become one, but if they couldnt be one, is it the end of the world?? NO!
their wishes, as kids, we do respect them, but hopefully they can also learn to respect our own wishes... I believe everyone has their own wishes, and if a kid really wanna be a docotr, good for this kid! Best wishes.. but if a kid doesnt wanna be one, why force him/her?
LIFE is hard .. why make it tougher than it already is?
A family memeber hates hates hates medicine, his parents force force force him to become one, cuz he's a male,his father is a doctor, he's almost done with med school, he never stops hating it!! He never stop having fights and conflicts with parents!! his parents tolerate his CRAZY, VIOLENT, AND TOTAL OUT OF LINE CHARACTER!! JUST CUZ he's working on this path that his parents have set up for him!! Yeh his mom said, yeh as long as he's in this field, let him do whatever he wants, including BEATING UP his MOM, DAD, and sisters!!! YES PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY abusing his FAMILY!!
Yeh he's damn spoiled, he thinks he is THE GOD in this family, he can talk the LOUDEST, cuz in traditional chinese family, BOY is the HOPE of the WHOLE FAMILY!! OH if this Boy is a doctor, OMG, he is THE WHOLE FAMILY's PRIDES!! THE WHOLE FAMILY SHOULD BE PROUD OF him FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES!!
HA, HOW PATHETICS!! LOL
DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEANT??
cuz their "simple wishes", this oridnary family became a Dysfunctional and BROKEN Family!
There's NO LOVE in this family.. ONLY HATES, FIGHTS, ATTACKS, yeh all the bad things you can think of!!
I'm tired of people's thoughtless comments..
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Choose your own path, Make yourself HAPPY!!
This is what I saw from other blog...
父母的付出與出生的命運
昨天看到一個大學女生 她祖父是醫生 她爸也是醫生 從小就有家教教英文 還遊學學英文好幾次 從台大transfer 到UVA她父母要她來美國當醫生 可是她不想 她想讀心理學... 看到她卻看到我自己... 也是第三代的醫生她父母花了那麼多錢與心血栽培她成醫生... 當她父母知道的話會有什麼想法
Below is my opinon...
um first of all, why does she have to care how her parents or family feel?2nd, you went through all the hardship/trouble to become a doctor, is it really something that you truely want? Is it something that truely making you HAPPY?Please ask yourself.3rd, when you saw her situation, you thought about urself.. the 3rd generation of doctor in your family.Are you proud? I'm sure you are.Are you proud cuz you finally fulfil your parents' wishes? Are you proud for your parents or just yourself? 4th, Oh yeh our parents all have done their responsibilities and pay everything for us, just so we can study and become a doctor one day. We do appreciate that!However, I've seen many people, not just chinese, but also indians, middle easterners, they pursue this field MAINLY cuz their PARENTS!Yes parents are important, they've influent us ever since we were born. However, "WE" are the one should be fully responsible for our own life!Why wanna be a doctor if it's NOT your interest? Why wanna be a doctor if it's NOT gonna make you happy for the rest of your life?My college professor told me, ask yourself , what do you see youself in 50 years? What is it that you wanna do for the next 50 years of your life? Do you see yourself doing this job for 50 years? On the day of graduation, the chancellor told us, " Do what makes you happy, go for your intreast, and you will be happy cuz you are intereasted in it!"I'm sure they were right.. some simple words from people with wisdom and experiences..She can be happy if studying psychology is her intereast!Who we are to set a path for her? You may argue that her parents have the right! cuz her parents have done sooo much for her!YEH SO?It is her life! Not her parents lives! Can her parents work for her for the rest of her life? Can they live in HER LIFE for her for the rest of her life?The answer is: NO!Why those parents do not understand? Their children are intereast in something else, they might have other talents!A friend, he never liked to study, his family doesnt pressure him to pursue a higher education or get a master or PhD. Cuz they know their son, studying is not his talent!He started working in his early 20s, he created his own business, making a lot more money than a DOCTOR! He has bought million dolloar houses for him and his family, he has been driving many different expensive/luxury cars (Mercedes, BMW, etc!!)Instead of wasting money and time on studying, he chose his OWN path and he's right, he's making himself happy, he has provied BREADS for his whole family!Can we affor that now? No! Would you rather be unhappy for the rest of your life? Yes being a doctor can make a stable amount of money, but not be filthily rich! If it's not something that you truely wanted, if it's just a mean for you to make a good amount of money, Please do not be one, please choose other road! cuz obviously saving lives never was your top prioity.. or was it ever on your mind? cuz before that sacred "saving lives", there were your parents' wishes, MONEY$$$$$$$, good lives, high socitety status, etc...I'd rather support her and her decision, if it's her interest for now, let her pursue it, if later on, she found other interest, support her! Would her parents be disappointed? Oh yeh for sure! What if she became depressed and took her own life? I think, her parents would rather her being happy!
父母的付出與出生的命運
昨天看到一個大學女生 她祖父是醫生 她爸也是醫生 從小就有家教教英文 還遊學學英文好幾次 從台大transfer 到UVA她父母要她來美國當醫生 可是她不想 她想讀心理學... 看到她卻看到我自己... 也是第三代的醫生她父母花了那麼多錢與心血栽培她成醫生... 當她父母知道的話會有什麼想法
Below is my opinon...
um first of all, why does she have to care how her parents or family feel?2nd, you went through all the hardship/trouble to become a doctor, is it really something that you truely want? Is it something that truely making you HAPPY?Please ask yourself.3rd, when you saw her situation, you thought about urself.. the 3rd generation of doctor in your family.Are you proud? I'm sure you are.Are you proud cuz you finally fulfil your parents' wishes? Are you proud for your parents or just yourself? 4th, Oh yeh our parents all have done their responsibilities and pay everything for us, just so we can study and become a doctor one day. We do appreciate that!However, I've seen many people, not just chinese, but also indians, middle easterners, they pursue this field MAINLY cuz their PARENTS!Yes parents are important, they've influent us ever since we were born. However, "WE" are the one should be fully responsible for our own life!Why wanna be a doctor if it's NOT your interest? Why wanna be a doctor if it's NOT gonna make you happy for the rest of your life?My college professor told me, ask yourself , what do you see youself in 50 years? What is it that you wanna do for the next 50 years of your life? Do you see yourself doing this job for 50 years? On the day of graduation, the chancellor told us, " Do what makes you happy, go for your intreast, and you will be happy cuz you are intereasted in it!"I'm sure they were right.. some simple words from people with wisdom and experiences..She can be happy if studying psychology is her intereast!Who we are to set a path for her? You may argue that her parents have the right! cuz her parents have done sooo much for her!YEH SO?It is her life! Not her parents lives! Can her parents work for her for the rest of her life? Can they live in HER LIFE for her for the rest of her life?The answer is: NO!Why those parents do not understand? Their children are intereast in something else, they might have other talents!A friend, he never liked to study, his family doesnt pressure him to pursue a higher education or get a master or PhD. Cuz they know their son, studying is not his talent!He started working in his early 20s, he created his own business, making a lot more money than a DOCTOR! He has bought million dolloar houses for him and his family, he has been driving many different expensive/luxury cars (Mercedes, BMW, etc!!)Instead of wasting money and time on studying, he chose his OWN path and he's right, he's making himself happy, he has provied BREADS for his whole family!Can we affor that now? No! Would you rather be unhappy for the rest of your life? Yes being a doctor can make a stable amount of money, but not be filthily rich! If it's not something that you truely wanted, if it's just a mean for you to make a good amount of money, Please do not be one, please choose other road! cuz obviously saving lives never was your top prioity.. or was it ever on your mind? cuz before that sacred "saving lives", there were your parents' wishes, MONEY$$$$$$$, good lives, high socitety status, etc...I'd rather support her and her decision, if it's her interest for now, let her pursue it, if later on, she found other interest, support her! Would her parents be disappointed? Oh yeh for sure! What if she became depressed and took her own life? I think, her parents would rather her being happy!
Friday, April 13, 2007
THE ULTIMATE PAELLA
1. Lobster
2. Crab
3. Sea Scallop
4. Clam
5. Mussels
6. Shrimp
7. Squid
8. Fish (chilian seabass, tilapia
9. Organic chicken (prefer skin-on.. gets the brownish color and collagen!)
10. onion
11. garlic
12.Saffron
13. Organic pancheta
14. carrots
15. green peas
16. sea salt
17. Extra virgin olive oil
18. mini
19. rice wine/white wine
20.Japanese rice
21. Organic chicken stock
22. white pepper
23. paperika
24. lime
25. chili flakes
26. Tomato
27. cilantro/flat leave parsley
* Marinate scallop, shrimp, squid, fish in ( olive oil+sea salt+white pepper+black pepper+spanish pepperica+chili flakes+garlic+lime/lemon juice+mini+rice wine)
*Pancetta fried in olive oil
*Brown the chicken (marinated with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, paperika)
*Brown the marinated sea foods. Set them aside
*Add onion, garlic , carrots to the pan
*Stirs in the rice and saffron, mix well, add chicken stock+mini+rice wine/wine
*Put the chicken back to the rice mixture.. stires well...
*Place lobster, clam, mussels, crabs on top of the rice, drizzle olive oil on sea foods, sprinkle some sea salt and pepper
*Either put it in oven 350F or cover the pan and cook it on stove top, low fire and steam away!
*If the mussel and clams are opened up, fish them out.. let the sweet juices mixes with the rice!
*Add green peas.. cover up
*when the rice is about done, adds back the half-cooked seafoods, mix seafoods with rice
* place it in oven, just to brown the top a bit...
*Lastly, sprinkle choped tomato, cilantro, and flat leaves parsely on top of the rice/seafoods
*DONE & ENJOY!!
2. Crab
3. Sea Scallop
4. Clam
5. Mussels
6. Shrimp
7. Squid
8. Fish (chilian seabass, tilapia
9. Organic chicken (prefer skin-on.. gets the brownish color and collagen!)
10. onion
11. garlic
12.Saffron
13. Organic pancheta
14. carrots
15. green peas
16. sea salt
17. Extra virgin olive oil
18. mini
19. rice wine/white wine
20.Japanese rice
21. Organic chicken stock
22. white pepper
23. paperika
24. lime
25. chili flakes
26. Tomato
27. cilantro/flat leave parsley
* Marinate scallop, shrimp, squid, fish in ( olive oil+sea salt+white pepper+black pepper+spanish pepperica+chili flakes+garlic+lime/lemon juice+mini+rice wine)
*Pancetta fried in olive oil
*Brown the chicken (marinated with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, paperika)
*Brown the marinated sea foods. Set them aside
*Add onion, garlic , carrots to the pan
*Stirs in the rice and saffron, mix well, add chicken stock+mini+rice wine/wine
*Put the chicken back to the rice mixture.. stires well...
*Place lobster, clam, mussels, crabs on top of the rice, drizzle olive oil on sea foods, sprinkle some sea salt and pepper
*Either put it in oven 350F or cover the pan and cook it on stove top, low fire and steam away!
*If the mussel and clams are opened up, fish them out.. let the sweet juices mixes with the rice!
*Add green peas.. cover up
*when the rice is about done, adds back the half-cooked seafoods, mix seafoods with rice
* place it in oven, just to brown the top a bit...
*Lastly, sprinkle choped tomato, cilantro, and flat leaves parsely on top of the rice/seafoods
*DONE & ENJOY!!
TUNA POKE
1. Fresh Tuna (sashimi grade)
2. soy sauce
3. mirin
4. sasemi oil
5. sasemi seeds (roasted)
6. wasabi paste
7. white pepper
8. maple syrup (YEP , again I use it in my dishes, cuz I LOVE IT!)
9. Japanese dry fisk flake
10. Noni
11. Japanese mixure of dry fish flake, noni, sesami, etc. in a small glass bottle!
* cut tuna in cubes
* mix the sauces with tuna
* lastly, sprinkle 5, 9, 10, or 11 on top of it... looks quite pretty!
** Oh you will definitely love this dish, just like the one you get in Expensive japanese resturant!
** Serve it as appetizer or as au derv (place it on cookie/crackers)
2. soy sauce
3. mirin
4. sasemi oil
5. sasemi seeds (roasted)
6. wasabi paste
7. white pepper
8. maple syrup (YEP , again I use it in my dishes, cuz I LOVE IT!)
9. Japanese dry fisk flake
10. Noni
11. Japanese mixure of dry fish flake, noni, sesami, etc. in a small glass bottle!
* cut tuna in cubes
* mix the sauces with tuna
* lastly, sprinkle 5, 9, 10, or 11 on top of it... looks quite pretty!
** Oh you will definitely love this dish, just like the one you get in Expensive japanese resturant!
** Serve it as appetizer or as au derv (place it on cookie/crackers)
Roast Yogurt Chicken
1. Organic chicken (whole or parts)
2. Organic low fat yogurt
3. Saffron
4. curry powder
5. white pepper
6. maple syrup
7. sea salt
8. garlic power/onion powder
9. rice wine
* Saffron is VERY EXPENSIVE! but it gives a great yollowish color!
*marinate the chicken at least 24 hrs!
*1st, set boil 5 or bake 500F, bake till the skin is golden/crispy!
2nd, turn down the heat to about 350 or 375F, roast 1lb= 15 min, so for 3 lbs chicken, roast for about 45 min, let it rest in oven after that.. it's important to wait for a few min, take it out, rest the chicken or several min, let the juice stays in chicken, so when you taste the chicken, it will still be moist and juicy!
2. Organic low fat yogurt
3. Saffron
4. curry powder
5. white pepper
6. maple syrup
7. sea salt
8. garlic power/onion powder
9. rice wine
* Saffron is VERY EXPENSIVE! but it gives a great yollowish color!
*marinate the chicken at least 24 hrs!
*1st, set boil 5 or bake 500F, bake till the skin is golden/crispy!
2nd, turn down the heat to about 350 or 375F, roast 1lb= 15 min, so for 3 lbs chicken, roast for about 45 min, let it rest in oven after that.. it's important to wait for a few min, take it out, rest the chicken or several min, let the juice stays in chicken, so when you taste the chicken, it will still be moist and juicy!
Sweet/Spicy/Sour Pad Thai
1. Rice noodle
2. Thai red curry sauce or Pad Thai sauce
3. fish sauce
4. mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
5. rice wine
6. brown sugar
7. garlic
8. onion
9. chili hot pepper
10. white pepper
11. shrimp
12. eggs
13. tofu
14. cabbage
15. carrot
16. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Organic)
17. Lime juice (turn off the fire, adds freshly sweezed lime juice!)
* Basically I do not measure the ingredients I use while I cook, just free style, and lots of creativity and lots of imagination!! Oh Yeh use your imagination!
e.g. if you want extra spicy, add more chili pepper. if you want saltier, adds a bit more fish sauce, fish sauce is SALTY!
** put the rice noodle in hot boiled water, quickly fish them out, dont overcook it! After get them all out, quickly put them in ice cold water, prevents sticking together!
2. Thai red curry sauce or Pad Thai sauce
3. fish sauce
4. mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
5. rice wine
6. brown sugar
7. garlic
8. onion
9. chili hot pepper
10. white pepper
11. shrimp
12. eggs
13. tofu
14. cabbage
15. carrot
16. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Organic)
17. Lime juice (turn off the fire, adds freshly sweezed lime juice!)
* Basically I do not measure the ingredients I use while I cook, just free style, and lots of creativity and lots of imagination!! Oh Yeh use your imagination!
e.g. if you want extra spicy, add more chili pepper. if you want saltier, adds a bit more fish sauce, fish sauce is SALTY!
** put the rice noodle in hot boiled water, quickly fish them out, dont overcook it! After get them all out, quickly put them in ice cold water, prevents sticking together!
Oats goes NUTS & Berries!
1. Organic rolled oats
2. Oat bran
3. Almond
4. Walnut
5. Organic Flax seed
6. Organic dry cranberry
7. Organic dry blue berry
8. Organic dry raisin/cherry
9. Maple syrup
10. Honey
11. Pear juice
Mix 1,2,3,4,9,11.. spread them on a baking pan, set 350 or 300F , bake till they turn golden brown color.. do not forget to check and mix while baking.. dont burn it!
While it's still hot, add 5, 6, 7,8,10, mix them well.. let cool.. DONE!
* Add the final prouct with yogurt, apple, black berry, blue berry, raspberry, banana, etc. Just anything fresh and in season ! Taste GREAT and HEALTHY too!
* For breakfast, snacks, or whenever u feel hungry!
2. Oat bran
3. Almond
4. Walnut
5. Organic Flax seed
6. Organic dry cranberry
7. Organic dry blue berry
8. Organic dry raisin/cherry
9. Maple syrup
10. Honey
11. Pear juice
Mix 1,2,3,4,9,11.. spread them on a baking pan, set 350 or 300F , bake till they turn golden brown color.. do not forget to check and mix while baking.. dont burn it!
While it's still hot, add 5, 6, 7,8,10, mix them well.. let cool.. DONE!
* Add the final prouct with yogurt, apple, black berry, blue berry, raspberry, banana, etc. Just anything fresh and in season ! Taste GREAT and HEALTHY too!
* For breakfast, snacks, or whenever u feel hungry!
My Beef Short Ribs
1. Thin cut beef short ribs
2. Pear juice**
3. Soy sauce
4. mirin sauce
5. rice wine
6. white pepper
7. garlic
8. Maple syrup (100% pure)
* if want spicy, add hot pepper
** Pear juice makes this short ribs taste sooo good! No msg.. Only natural sweet taste!
2. Pear juice**
3. Soy sauce
4. mirin sauce
5. rice wine
6. white pepper
7. garlic
8. Maple syrup (100% pure)
* if want spicy, add hot pepper
** Pear juice makes this short ribs taste sooo good! No msg.. Only natural sweet taste!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Today's Massage!!
Got a nice massage this morning! I was really tired a few hrs later.. total muscle relaxation!
but now still tired and a little muscle aches!
but now still tired and a little muscle aches!
MY UCLA PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH STUDYING!
Dr. Mann was my FAVORITE UCLA Psychology professor!! She was definitely a great mentor to me! I'm so so proud of her! Her research finding has been spreading all over the news media! sooo excited for her!!
I conducted an independent research while at UCLA, she was my mentor and director!
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=7832
Date: April 3, 2007Contact: Stuart Wolpert ( swolpert@support.ucla.edu )Phone: 310-206-0511 Dieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers Report
Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association.
"You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then the weight comes back," said Traci Mann, UCLA associate professor of psychology and lead author of the study. "We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. Sustained weight loss was found only in a small minority of participants, while complete weight regain was found in the majority. Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people."
Mann and her co-authors conducted the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of diet studies, analyzing 31 long-term studies.
"What happens to people on diets in the long run?" Mann asked. "Would they have been better off to not go on a diet at all? We decided to dig up and analyze every study that followed people on diets for two to five years. We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. Their weight would be pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear from losing weight and gaining it all back."
People on diets typically lose 5 to 10 percent of their starting weight in the first six months, the researchers found. However, at least one-third to two-thirds of people on diets regain more weight than they lost within four or five years, and the true number may well be significantly higher, they said.
"Although the findings reported give a bleak picture of the effectiveness of diets, there are reasons why the actual effectiveness of diets is even worse," Mann said.
Mann said that certain factors biased the diet studies to make them appear more effective than they really were. For one, many participants self-reported their weight by phone or mail rather than having their weight measured on a scale by an impartial source. Also, the studies have very low follow-up rates — eight of the studies had follow-up rates lower than 50 percent, and those who responded may not have been representative of the entire group, since people who gain back large amounts of weight are generally unlikely to show up for follow-up tests, Mann said.
"Several studies indicate that dieting is actually a consistent predictor of future weight gain," said Janet Tomiyama, a UCLA graduate student of psychology and co-author of the study. One study found that both men and women who participated in formal weight-loss programs gained significantly more weight over a two-year period than those who had not participated in a weight-loss program, she said.
Another study, which examined a variety of lifestyle factors and their relationship to changes in weight in more than 19,000 healthy older men over a four-year period, found that "one of the best predictors of weight gain over the four years was having lost weight on a diet at some point during the years before the study started," Tomiyama said. In several studies, people in control groups who did not diet were not that much worse off — and in many cases were better off — than those who did diet, she said.
If dieting doesn't work, what does?
"Eating in moderation is a good idea for everybody, and so is regular exercise," Mann said. "That is not what we looked at in this study. Exercise may well be the key factor leading to sustained weight loss. Studies consistently find that people who reported the most exercise also had the most weight loss."
Diet studies of less than two years are too short to show whether dieters have regained the weight they lost, Mann said.
"Even when you follow dieters four years, they're still regaining weight," she said.
One study of dieting obese patients followed them for varying lengths of time. Among those who were followed for fewer than two years, 23 percent gained back more weight than they had lost, while of those who were followed for at least two years, 83 percent gained back more weight than they had lost, Mann said. One study found that 50 percent of dieters weighed more than 11 pounds over their starting weight five years after the diet, she said.
Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function. Mann and Tomiyama recommend that more research be conducted on the health effects of losing and gaining weight, noting that scientists do not fully understand how such weight cycling leads to adverse health effects.
Mann notes that her mother has tried different diets, and has not succeeded in keeping the weight off. "My mother has been on diets and says what we are saying is obvious," she said.
While the researchers analyzed 31 dieting studies, they have not evaluated specific diets.
Medicare raised the issue of whether obesity is an illness, deleting the words "Obesity is not considered an illness" from its coverage regulations in 2004. The move may open the door for Medicare to consider funding treatments for obesity, Mann noted.
"Diets are not effective in treating obesity," said Mann. "We are recommending that Medicare should not fund weight-loss programs as a treatment for obesity. The benefits of dieting are too small and the potential harm is too large for dieting to be recommended as a safe, effective treatment for obesity."
From 1980 to 2000, the percentage of Americans who were obese more than doubled, from 15 percent to 31 percent of the population, Mann noted.
A social psychologist, Mann, taught a UCLA graduate seminar on the psychology of eating four years ago. She and her students continued the research when the course ended. Mann's co-authors are Erika Westling, Ann-Marie Lew, Barbra Samuels and Jason Chatman.
"We asked what evidence is there that dieting works in the long term, and found that the evidence shows the opposite" Tomiyama said.
The research was partially supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.
In future research, Mann is interested in studying whether a combination of diet and exercise is more effective than exercise alone.
UCLA is California's largest university, with an enrollment of nearly 37,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The UCLA College of Letters and Science and the university's 11 professional schools feature renowned faculty and offer more than 300 degree programs and majors. UCLA is a national and international leader in the breadth and quality of its academic, research, health care, cultural, continuing education and athletic programs. Four alumni and five faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
-UCLA-
I conducted an independent research while at UCLA, she was my mentor and director!
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=7832
Date: April 3, 2007Contact: Stuart Wolpert ( swolpert@support.ucla.edu )Phone: 310-206-0511 Dieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers Report
Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association.
"You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then the weight comes back," said Traci Mann, UCLA associate professor of psychology and lead author of the study. "We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. Sustained weight loss was found only in a small minority of participants, while complete weight regain was found in the majority. Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people."
Mann and her co-authors conducted the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of diet studies, analyzing 31 long-term studies.
"What happens to people on diets in the long run?" Mann asked. "Would they have been better off to not go on a diet at all? We decided to dig up and analyze every study that followed people on diets for two to five years. We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. Their weight would be pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear from losing weight and gaining it all back."
People on diets typically lose 5 to 10 percent of their starting weight in the first six months, the researchers found. However, at least one-third to two-thirds of people on diets regain more weight than they lost within four or five years, and the true number may well be significantly higher, they said.
"Although the findings reported give a bleak picture of the effectiveness of diets, there are reasons why the actual effectiveness of diets is even worse," Mann said.
Mann said that certain factors biased the diet studies to make them appear more effective than they really were. For one, many participants self-reported their weight by phone or mail rather than having their weight measured on a scale by an impartial source. Also, the studies have very low follow-up rates — eight of the studies had follow-up rates lower than 50 percent, and those who responded may not have been representative of the entire group, since people who gain back large amounts of weight are generally unlikely to show up for follow-up tests, Mann said.
"Several studies indicate that dieting is actually a consistent predictor of future weight gain," said Janet Tomiyama, a UCLA graduate student of psychology and co-author of the study. One study found that both men and women who participated in formal weight-loss programs gained significantly more weight over a two-year period than those who had not participated in a weight-loss program, she said.
Another study, which examined a variety of lifestyle factors and their relationship to changes in weight in more than 19,000 healthy older men over a four-year period, found that "one of the best predictors of weight gain over the four years was having lost weight on a diet at some point during the years before the study started," Tomiyama said. In several studies, people in control groups who did not diet were not that much worse off — and in many cases were better off — than those who did diet, she said.
If dieting doesn't work, what does?
"Eating in moderation is a good idea for everybody, and so is regular exercise," Mann said. "That is not what we looked at in this study. Exercise may well be the key factor leading to sustained weight loss. Studies consistently find that people who reported the most exercise also had the most weight loss."
Diet studies of less than two years are too short to show whether dieters have regained the weight they lost, Mann said.
"Even when you follow dieters four years, they're still regaining weight," she said.
One study of dieting obese patients followed them for varying lengths of time. Among those who were followed for fewer than two years, 23 percent gained back more weight than they had lost, while of those who were followed for at least two years, 83 percent gained back more weight than they had lost, Mann said. One study found that 50 percent of dieters weighed more than 11 pounds over their starting weight five years after the diet, she said.
Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function. Mann and Tomiyama recommend that more research be conducted on the health effects of losing and gaining weight, noting that scientists do not fully understand how such weight cycling leads to adverse health effects.
Mann notes that her mother has tried different diets, and has not succeeded in keeping the weight off. "My mother has been on diets and says what we are saying is obvious," she said.
While the researchers analyzed 31 dieting studies, they have not evaluated specific diets.
Medicare raised the issue of whether obesity is an illness, deleting the words "Obesity is not considered an illness" from its coverage regulations in 2004. The move may open the door for Medicare to consider funding treatments for obesity, Mann noted.
"Diets are not effective in treating obesity," said Mann. "We are recommending that Medicare should not fund weight-loss programs as a treatment for obesity. The benefits of dieting are too small and the potential harm is too large for dieting to be recommended as a safe, effective treatment for obesity."
From 1980 to 2000, the percentage of Americans who were obese more than doubled, from 15 percent to 31 percent of the population, Mann noted.
A social psychologist, Mann, taught a UCLA graduate seminar on the psychology of eating four years ago. She and her students continued the research when the course ended. Mann's co-authors are Erika Westling, Ann-Marie Lew, Barbra Samuels and Jason Chatman.
"We asked what evidence is there that dieting works in the long term, and found that the evidence shows the opposite" Tomiyama said.
The research was partially supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.
In future research, Mann is interested in studying whether a combination of diet and exercise is more effective than exercise alone.
UCLA is California's largest university, with an enrollment of nearly 37,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The UCLA College of Letters and Science and the university's 11 professional schools feature renowned faculty and offer more than 300 degree programs and majors. UCLA is a national and international leader in the breadth and quality of its academic, research, health care, cultural, continuing education and athletic programs. Four alumni and five faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize.
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忘了有多久 再沒聽到你 對我說你最愛的故事我想了很久 我開始慌了 是不是我又做錯了甚麼
＊你哭著對我說 童話裡都是騙人的 我不可能是你的王子 也許你不會懂 從你說愛我以後 我的天空星星都亮了 ＃我願變成童話裡 你愛的那個天使 張開雙手變成翅膀守護你 你要相信 相信我們會像童話故事裡 幸福和快樂是結局
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May All of us find our TRUE LOVE and fulfil our DREAMS!!
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