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        <title>Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by omniknight86</title>
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            <title>Web Designer Specialist</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5193386</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Name of Company:Digital Optimist&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Role:Web Design Specialist&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Remuneration:Depend On Experience &amp;amp;and Skill Set&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Requirements:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Responsibilities &lt;br /&gt;•	Responsible for performing graphic and web designs as assigned by the company&lt;br /&gt;•	Code and implement the company client website using the content management system (CMS) assigned &lt;br /&gt;•	Attend online conference organized by the company partner, to stay up to date with the latest technology update &lt;br /&gt;•	Troubleshooting for the clients upon request &lt;br /&gt;•	Report on progress using the company project management system&lt;br /&gt;•	Complete the assigned design, coding and implementation task within the assigned time frame &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Requirements&lt;br /&gt;•	Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field preferred &lt;br /&gt;•	Minimum 1 years of experience in web design, preferably with experience in coding website using content management system (CMS)&lt;br /&gt;•	Strong execution knowledge on HTML, CSS, Javascript and Liquid &lt;br /&gt;•	Experience in Shopify and Wix platform will be an added advantage &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: please send your resume to gracelim@d-optimist.com&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Job Enlistments</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:27:56 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Digi Fibre</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5193374</link>
            <description>Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone been using Digi Fibre ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start off with my own opinion, I been trying it for months and the service is kind of not stable  &lt;!--emo&amp;:(--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  Have 2 instance where it completely offline and took days to recover the connection, this trial is done in Penang  &lt;!--emo&amp;:ranting:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/ranting.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ranting.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mind to share your experience ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Telco Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:07:44 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Contact Card Should Include Skype</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4509749</link>
            <description>I Think The Forum Should At Include Skype As Part Of The Contact So Is Easier To Find And Contact Someone - ICQ and all, not too sure if still widely used</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Feedback and Helpdesk</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:42:27 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>FB Pixel, Google Conversion Tracking &amp;amp; JS</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4509741</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Requirements:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Facebook Pixel Implementation &amp;amp; Event Tracking Setup&lt;br /&gt;* Implementation of &amp;quot;Purchase&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Member Registration&amp;quot; event to be pass under Facebook Standard Event&lt;br /&gt;* Back end to send event record to Facebook when user made a purchase and group it under &amp;quot;Purchase&amp;quot; Facebook standard event, and when there is user register an account send event record to Facebook and group it under &amp;quot;Complete Registration&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;- Google Conversion Tracking implementation&lt;br /&gt;* Implementation of &amp;quot;Purchase&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Member Registration&amp;quot; event to be pass it to Google: &lt;a href='https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6095947?hl=en&amp;co=ADWORDS.IsAWNCustomer=false' target='_blank'&gt;https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6...NCustomer=false&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;- Web Analytic tracking (Similar to Google Analytic)&lt;br /&gt;* Approximately 25 web event&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Member Registration&lt;br /&gt;Category View&lt;br /&gt;Item View&lt;br /&gt;Add To Cart&lt;br /&gt;Social Media Share&lt;br /&gt;Trending&lt;br /&gt;Best Selling&lt;br /&gt;All Time Favorite&lt;br /&gt;Top Rated&lt;br /&gt;Chat With Us&lt;br /&gt;Login&lt;br /&gt;Shopping Cart&lt;br /&gt;Help Centre&lt;br /&gt;Contact Us&lt;br /&gt;TOS &amp;amp; Policy&lt;br /&gt;Product Categories View&lt;br /&gt;Search&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PM me with your contact detail with your price and when can you start work on this, only selected candidate will be notified  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Job Enlistments</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:36:46 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>MakanVenture: OpenRice’s weekly FREE food tasting</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2915622</link>
            <description>[attachmentid=3573395]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is MakanVenture?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MakanVenture is a weekly FREE food tasting event organized by OpenRice Malaysia. You are qualified to join the event as long as you have registered as an OpenRice member and written a food review on OpenRice website. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[attachmentid=3573448]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;How to join MakanVenture?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit our MakanVenture website to sign up for the latest MakanVenture event. Those who have written at least one food review on OpenRice Malaysia website will be invited to the food tasting event on a first come, first served basis.&lt;br /&gt;One registration is only valid for one MakanVenture. Remember to register again if you want to join a new event&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[attachmentid=3573449]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What do we do at MakanVenture?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OpenRice members get to try new and exciting foods at different restaurants in Klang Valley for FREE&amp;#33; &lt;br /&gt;Interested to be a part of the fun? Come and join us NOW&amp;#33; Click &lt;a href='http://my.openrice.com/info/makan/index.html?9' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to check our latest food tasting event.</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Food &amp;amp; Flavours</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:01:52 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>[WTS] Web Design</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2841156</link>
            <description>Want to have your own website or complete redesigned of your existing website??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think your website does not serve any purpose &amp;amp; want your website to work &lt;b&gt;harder&lt;/b&gt; for you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We build beautiful and useful website that bring value to your business  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With our years of experience in the industry, we bring our client to online world in a way that match with their business unique need. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Packages for business&lt;br /&gt;- Design that suit your brand identity and business need. &lt;br /&gt;- Web Hosting and dedicated domain name. &lt;br /&gt;- Security setup to protect your website from web threat. &lt;br /&gt;- Content Update Support with no extra charges. &lt;br /&gt;- Search Engine Optimization &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.1 Elective Feature (Choose up to 2 function, no extra charges)&lt;br /&gt;- E-commerce with payment collection capability, enable you to collect payment in your website. &lt;br /&gt;- Restaurant Booking system&lt;br /&gt;- Quotation Generation system&lt;br /&gt;- Inquiry form &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benefit of using our service:&lt;br /&gt;* Technical support 24/7&lt;br /&gt;* Content update with no extra charge&lt;br /&gt;* No bill shock, you pay net price for everything.&lt;br /&gt;* Marketing support and consultancy &lt;br /&gt;* 100% customization to suit your need and objective  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other relevant service&lt;br /&gt;- Facebook page creation and content management &lt;br /&gt;- Online advertising to drive &lt;b&gt;your business revenue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PM me with your requirement and contact detail for quotation, include your name, email address, phone number. We regret to inform that PM without the required details will not be entertained   &lt;!--emo&amp;B]--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
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            <category>Services Noticeboard</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:49:38 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Partner Contributor</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2580320</link>
            <description>Dear all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am currently looking for a partner contributor in a blog (Food and travel) while myself is an online marketing manager with vast experience in handling website to generate revenue, i do need help to write. Even though i have passion and experience in writing, generate content on regular basis can be difficult and tough especially when you are busy with personal stuff. This blog to be start is new and start from the zero, so don&amp;#39;t expect to monetize the blog in a short while but as we go along that is the plan to monetize it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who am i looking for ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Person who passion about writing especially food and travel&lt;br /&gt;- Person who can help in design the blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What i can offer in return ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- SEO by certified Google partner&lt;br /&gt;- Content writing like you do as well. &lt;br /&gt;- Other online marketing tool to promote the website&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically i handle the website promo and you handle the visual. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If any of you interested please PM me your Skype and i will add you to discuss in detail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Content Creators, Blogmasters &amp;amp; Webmasters</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:51:41 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Place to shop for original game CD</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1517887</link>
            <description>Hi all, i wanted to buy some original game CD but i am not sure which are the best location to shop for it. fearing that some shop might not be honest....anyone here had experience and probably want to share it here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please do share it here especially in Klang Valley areas...thank you &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
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            <category>Gamers Hideout</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:27:41 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Advertisement queries</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1333217</link>
            <description>I would like to know how much does it cost to advertise on the forum, please give a quotation as soon as possible thank you with the charges and how many days/ month of the ads, thank you &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
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            <category>Feedback and Helpdesk</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:19:46 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Car Scratches</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1267140</link>
            <description>In today world, we have so many youngster or people who have nothing to do but scratch the car of people particularly new cars. so this thread is opened so that fellow forum member can have a discussion as to what can be done to these scratches done by the people and what brand of these equipment should be used. Share it here, Thank You. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard waxing it can clear the car scratch mark, is it true enough?  &lt;!--emo&amp;:unsure:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>The Fast &amp;amp; The Furious</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:32:31 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Gender Ratio In University</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1266682</link>
            <description>I am currently doing an assignment which is to research regarding &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why are there more Female Students Compare To Male Student When Entering University?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone of you who are keen to share the opinion? and if there is any sources for it please share it here with me. Thank You  &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Education Essentials</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:58:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Brake with weird sound</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1233257</link>
            <description>My Viva Brake sound weird...as mention above it sound &amp;quot;Ngik Ngik&amp;quot; when you release the brake pedal after you had step on it. i wonder what happen? do i need to bring it to the service center to fix it? damn...it is still new car....already had many problem....last time is Steeling followed by clutch now is brake  &lt;!--emo&amp;:x--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/doh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='doh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; any advice please  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>The Fast &amp;amp; The Furious</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:01 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Kuala Lumpur LYN Charity Unit</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1196362</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Kuala Lumpur LYN Charity Unit&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Aim is Simple, to have an organized charity activities which are more concentrated in KL Areas while sometimes i do go for Selangor for Charity activities, this &amp;quot;Unit&amp;quot; or whatever name you like to called it will be organizing charity event in a monthly basis with some of the orphanage and old folks home with purpose of donation either in monetary form or other way whichever deemed suitable. The next activities will be on November and hopefully i can gather enough people to go with me on a monthly basis. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will update this once an activities had been scheduled  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; Thanks. For those who want to be part of this, please leave message here with MSN and contact number, for your own privacy please PM me if you do not wish your number to be public, thank you  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>LYN Charity Foundation</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:06:55 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Islamic Saving Account</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1183052</link>
            <description>Can anyone here please enlighten me with the difference between a saving account and a Islamic Saving account? thanks for the information  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; and which bank is best at Islamic Banking</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Finance, Business and Investment House</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:23:45 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New Lowyat Logo</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1143987</link>
            <description>realize that the new lowyat forum logo has this 1 malaysia there, just curious and wanted to know what is the reasons behind it....it makes lowyat look like government forum</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Feedback and Helpdesk</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:15:32 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New Proton Saga Or Perodua Viva?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1083096</link>
            <description>i am trap as to don&amp;#39;t know whether to buy Viva or Saga...can anyone here give me some real good advice  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>The Fast &amp;amp; The Furious</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:05:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Financial Management</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1076976</link>
            <description>i personally wanted to save money for my future so that i can saved money for a better future. the problem is that i do not know whether i should go for new car which can easily cost installment around rm500+ or should i go for used car which can be settled at around rm15k+ ? fellow forumer please do give me some advice on this, thanks  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Finance, Business and Investment House</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:22:50 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Study Break</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1063408</link>
            <description>Should college gives the students study break one week or more prior to the final week examination? in the case of Inti College, there are no study break available where the last day of class can be on friday and the final examination is on Saturday. There is no much time left, what you guys think about it? do other college have study break? share it here, here is the process of my request as a student representative with Inti College. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meeting with Inti management was a bit disappoint and yet in my expectation, i expect that the management will still be as defensive as before and still ignorant about the students demand. One of the biggest challenge was that as a student representative, i was asked by fellow class mate to go and fight for a study break one week prior the final examination. The college are not so keen in granting this request due to reasons such as in fear of losing the course attractiveness because the course might be prolong to about 1 month but however it gives us more time to prepared more about the exam, for my readers knowledge the last class for Inti fall on friday and exam can be on saturday&amp;#33; how can the college asked the students to prepare for exam in just one day time? What the management representative did was a joke, she call for a vote in the meeting but however there were only about 7 people in the hall and she expect that to represent the whole college views? that is just not good enought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Education Essentials</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:03:43 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Hong Kong</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1056405</link>
            <description>some friend of mine are going to Hong Kong at the end of this month, may i asked is it safe to travel to there now? any forumer have information on this  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; thanks</description>
            <author>omniknight86</author>
            <category>Travel &amp;amp; Living</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:27:19 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Healthy Way Of Losing Weight</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1054790</link>
            <description>The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, someone who has not exercised for years should not rush into running miles a day or pounding the treadmill. Not only will the struggle to do so leave you feeling disheartened and demotivated, you&amp;#39;re also far more likely to injure yourself and set your fitness levels back further.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same goes for people who suddenly start starving themselves. Diets that severely restrict calories or the types of food &amp;#39;allowed&amp;#39; can lead you to be deficient in the nutrients and vitamins that your body needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if you need to lose weight, what should you do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Energy needs and weight loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your body uses food for energy. It stores any excess energy as fat. This means if you eat more food than your body needs for daily activities and cell maintenance, you will gain weight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To lose weight, you need to get your body to use up these stores of fat. The most effective way to do this is to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * reduce the amount of calories you eat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * increase your levels of activity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why experts talk about weight loss in terms of diet and exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduce changes gradually&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small changes can make a big difference. One extra biscuit a week can lead you to gain 5lb a year – cut that biscuit out of your diet and you&amp;#39;ll lose the same amount.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are also more likely to stick to, say, swapping full-fat milk for semi-skimmed or making time for breakfast each morning than a diet that sets rules for all foods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You should think of weight loss in terms of permanently changing your eating habits. While weight-loss goals are usually set in term of weeks, the end game is to sustain these changes over months and years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Increase your activity levels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone who increases the amount they exercise, but maintains the same diet and calorie intake, will almost certainly lose weight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter if you hate gyms - even light exercise such as a short 20 minute walk will be beneficial if done most days of the week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every single time you exercise more than usual, you burn calories and fat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of ways to increase the amount of activity you do. Team sports, racket sports, aerobics classes, running, walking, swimming and cycling will all improve your fitness levels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Find something you enjoy that&amp;#39;s easy for you to do in terms of location and cost. You are then more likely to build it into your routine and continue to exercise, despite inevitably missing the odd session through holidays, family commitments, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Get out and about at the weekend. Leave your car on the drive and walk to the shops. Try to incorporate longer walks into outings to the park, coast or countryside and take a picnic so you are in control of what you are going to eat that day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Every extra step you take helps. Always use the stairs instead of the lift, or get off the bus a stop before the usual one and walk the rest of the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Use commercial breaks between TV-programmes to stand up and do exercise, or consider using an exercise bicycle in the living room while watching your favourite programme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reduce your calorie intake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;br /&gt;What is overweight?&lt;br /&gt;Doctors use BMI to assess weight.&lt;br /&gt;A BMI of 18.5-25 is healthy.&lt;br /&gt;If you have a BMI of more than 25 you are overweight.&lt;br /&gt;Over 30 is obese.&lt;br /&gt;Over 40 is morbidly obese.&lt;br /&gt;To calculate your BMI, you&amp;#39;ll need to know your weight in kilos and your height in metres, then follow the example below.&lt;br /&gt;1. Multiply your height by itself, eg 1.7x1.7= 2.89.&lt;br /&gt;2. Divide your weight (eg 80kg) by this figure.&lt;br /&gt;3. 80 ÷ 2.89= 27.7.&lt;br /&gt;27.7 is the BMI.&lt;br /&gt;If you are overweight, you can&amp;#39;t continue with your current eating habits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s not possible to reduce body fat while eating lots of food, cakes and sweets. This doesn&amp;#39;t mean you can never have any treats, but you need to learn how to limit these foods to small quantities - say, for special occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In terms of weight-loss, you can get your body to use up existing stores of fat by eating less and making healthier choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This doesn&amp;#39;t mean crash diet (anything less than 1500 calories), which usually ends up with you either getting weaker or giving up in desperation. Quick-fix diets can lead to a yo-yoing effect of drastic weight loss followed by weight gain, resulting in a vicious cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are no shortcuts to losing weight in a healthy and reasonable way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eating 300 to 500 calories less per day should lead to a loss of between one and two pounds per week. This is a realistic target. It may seem slow, but would add up to a weight loss of more than three stone in a year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fat contains the most amount of calories out of all the food types (protein, carbohydrates), so a good way to achieve this is to cut down on fatty foods and eat more wholegrain bread, fruit and vegetables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below are ways to reduce calorie intake without having to alter your diet significantly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Replace fizzy drinks and fruit cordials with water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Eat less lunch than usual. For example, make your own sandwich and limit the use of margarine/butter and full-fat mayonnaise (store-bought sandwiches often contain both).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Stop taking sugar in tea and coffee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Have smaller portions of the food you enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Avoid having a second helping at dinner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Cut out unhealthy treats such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and crisps between meals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    * Cut down on beer and alcohol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All these things will influence your health in a positive way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, don&amp;#39;t be tempted to skip breakfast – or any meal to lose weight. While skipping a meal will reduce your calorie intake for that hour, it will leave you much hungrier later on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not only are you likely to overeat to compensate, but you&amp;#39;ll often make bad choices to fill the gap: a cereal bar is not as healthy as a bowl of cereal or as filling, leading you to &amp;#39;need&amp;#39; something extra for lunch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Irregular eating habits also disrupt your body&amp;#39;s metabolism, which makes it harder to lose weight in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write down your plan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;br /&gt;Food diary&lt;br /&gt;If you&amp;#39;re not sure what&amp;#39;s wrong with your diet, try keeping a daily diary of everything you eat and drink.&lt;br /&gt;You can use a notebook or an online diary.&lt;br /&gt;At the end of the week, review your entries for problem areas.&lt;br /&gt;Look out for processed foods, alcohol, fast food, roasts, creamy sauces and fried foods.&lt;br /&gt;If your diet seems largely healthy, look at portion sizes.&lt;br /&gt;If you&amp;#39;re not sure what&amp;#39;s meant by &amp;#39;healthy diet&amp;#39;, read our series on nutrition.&lt;br /&gt;Once you&amp;#39;ve decided on what changes you&amp;#39;re going to make, write them down. For example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Week 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          o Exercise: one 20 minute walk every lunch hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          o Alcohol: none in the week, two small glasses of wine on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          o Food: no chocolate or biscuits in the week, choose healthy snacks such as fruit, trim all fat from meat, eat no fried or fast food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you start your plan, weigh yourself once a week before breakfast. Keep a record of this weight and see if a pattern develops.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be patient and persevere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It might take a week or two before you notice any changes, but they will steadily appear. After the first month you will be able to see the results and measure them in terms of looser fitting clothes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping your motivation up is one of the most difficult aspects of dieting. There will be days when healthy eating goes out the window and there will be weeks where you may not lose any weight – or put a little back on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is normal for everyone – dieters or not – so don&amp;#39;t let it undo your plans for a slimmer you. You&amp;#39;re not doing anything &amp;#39;wrong&amp;#39;, but you may need to look at your plan. Do you need to increase your activity levels? Make a few more changes to your diet? Put more effort into sticking to your current plan?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other side of this is to make sure you celebrate your goals. While there is joy enough in stepping on the scales and seeing them dip lower, be sure to mark long-term progress with a reward such as new clothes or a night off from housework.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrating is also a way to involve your nearest and dearest – it&amp;#39;s up to you whether you want their encouragement in the form of gentle reminders not to eat certain foods, but support from other people can get you through the bumpy patches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health benefits of weight loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Studies show that overweight women who lose between 10lb and 20lb halve their risk of developing diabetes. For men, the risk of heart problems reduces considerably.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Generally, we gain weight as we age. A few pounds over the years are not a problem, but people who gain more than 20lb compared to their weight as an 18-year-old will rapidly increase their risk of health problems due to that extra weight. In particular, women increase their risk of heart attack and double their risk of dying from cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may seem like these are problems to worry about in the future, but time flies by and tomorrow becomes today. By keeping your weight in the healthy range, you are less likely to be troubled by illnesses in your later years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the other ways of losing weight in a healthy way? share it here &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  since there are high number of ways to lose weight but some of it are unhealthy, hope this will help</description>
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            <category>Health &amp;amp; Fitness</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:49:52 +0800</pubDate>
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