Do you have exercise bulimia? Inside the eating disorder that men don't talk about
Do you find yourself plagued with obsessive thoughts about whether you’ve burned off enough calories during your last workout? These are all symptoms of exercise bulimia, a condition that, while lesser known than eating disorders like anorexia, is more common in men than you’d think. Exercise bulimia is a psychological disorder in which a person feels compelled to compensate for eating (or, in some cases, binge-eating) through exercise. Someone with exercise bulimia might want to immediately hit the trails after a large lunch, or tack on an extra ten minutes to a workout if they opted for a side of fries over your usual broccoli.
Du'a (supplication) for rain and thunder
At the time of rain: اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبَاً نَافِعَا Transliteration: Allaahumma Sayyibann Naafi’aa ADVERTISEMENT
Meaning: “O Allaah, (bring) beneficial rain clouds.” After it has rained: مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَ رَحْمَتِهِ Transliteration: Mutirnaa bifaDlillaahi wa rahmatihi Meaning: “It has rained by the bounty of Allaah and His Mercy” ADVERTISEMENT
At the time of thunder: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةٌ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ Transliteration: SubHanalladhii yusabbiHur ra’du bi hamdihi wal malaa-ikatu min kheefatihi Meaning: “Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him.
Eating Poppy Seeds in Pregnancy, an Ill-Advised Habit
The advice to stop eating once labor kicks in has always seemed a bit draconian to me. Giving birth is hard work; why not munch if you’re hungry?
Now, in light of an incident that sounds like it’s cribbed from a Seinfeld episode, be advised to select your snack very carefully: a mom in western Pennsylvania recently lost custody of her newborn after the poppy seeds dotting her bagel yielded a positive drug test.
Feminist writer denounces reality star, transgenders as women
Germaine Greer, the second-wave feminist best known for her 1970 book The Female Eunuch, accused Caitlyn Jenner of “stealing the limelight” from the other women of the Kardashian clan in an appearance on BBC2’s Newsnight. During the interview, Greer said that “misogyny played a big part” in Glamourmagazine’s decision to award Jenner their woman of the year award. ADVERTISEMENT
She went on to defend previous statements in which she claimed that trans women were not “real women"
Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend Josie Harris, found dead in her car
The forty-year-old mother of three was found dead in her car by the police in Valencia, California on Monday, March 10, 2020, TMZ reports. According to TMZ, police are not treating the death as suspicious. osie Harris the former girlfriend, and mother of Floyd Mayweather's kids is dead. [Blast] Pulse Nigeria ADVERTISEMENT
It would be recalled that Mayweather served a two months jail term for assaulting Haris in 2010.
Foreign News: Appointment in Geneva
CAMEROUN For years, one of Africa’s busiest agitators was a dapper French Camerounese medical doctor named Felix-Roland Mou-mié. In 1955, at the age of 29, he privately wrote Vyacheslav Molotov: “If ever I succeed in taking power in my country, I assure you I will build a socialist republic.” But he indignantly denied that he was a Communist, described himself as no more than a pious Presbyterian. He was a familiar of the U.
Former Speaker Ghali Umar NaAbba passes away at 65
Born on September 27, 1958, the 65-year-old political stalwart had been grappling with a prolonged illness, eventually succumbing to its challenges. Na’Abba, a prominent figure in Nigerian politics, notably held the position of Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2003. His health struggles had previously led to his medical evacuation abroad for treatment, causing an extended period of absence from the country. However, he successfully battled back to health and returned to Nigeria, resuming his political engagements.
Gilmore Girls Review: A Disappointing Return to Stars Hollow
The revival of Gilmore Girls, a series of four feature-length episodes subtitled A Year in the Life, is one of those funny long-tail cases that would never have been possible before this exact moment. The show, in its run on the WB and (briefly) the CW, was popular by those networks’ standards but no one’s idea of a crossover hit. At its peak, it was the 110th-most-popular show on the air.
Historical Events on September 4
September 4 Calendar Events 1 - 200 of 209
422 St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 476 Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Western Roman Empire. 626 Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, when his father abdicates in his favour 925 Aethelstan crowned King of the Anglo Saxons by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Kingston upon Thames 1260 Battle at Montaperti, Tuscany, between rival factions the Guelphs and Ghibellines 1282 King of Aragon Pedro III annexes Sicily 1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile 1571 Catholic rebellion in Scotland Hudson Discovers Manhattan 1609 Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
History of the Wounded Knee Occupation
In February 1973, Stephanie Autumn of the Hopi tribe was a college student in California when a friend suggested she leave school and go get a different sort of education somewhere else: Wounded Knee, a hamlet in South Dakota which was about to be taken over by 200 American Indian movement (AIM) activists.
“He told me, ‘You have the rest of your life to get your degree, but this is an opportunity for you to learn who you are,’” Autumn recalls in a recent phone conversation.