One July Morning
That July morning, when I woke up to a different day - when I saw darkness around me in many forms, was the lowest day of my life. The symptoms were painful. I got myself to a doctor, series of tests...all suggesting I had severe Type 2 diabetes, huge...
No Time for Exercise ? Try This
No time for exercise? Try this…!! Please follow my Facebookpage My blog is not about losing weight. It is about re-gaining health. I am a middle-aged woman, with a full-on life. I lost control for a while, gained huge amount of weight in a very short span, and got...
50 kgs Lost, My Friend Adrian Owens Story
We are now into our 3rd week of the '5 kilos in 8 weeks' challenge. By now, this is what must have happened: - Some are still on the journey, like myself - I have now lost another 2 kilos (6 more to go!) - Some have decided to take a 'break' (and that's okay...
Six Simple Steps to Dropping 4 sizes in 6 Months
For me it was never about dropping sizes, it was simply about regaining my health. But dropping sizes has sure helped! From size 21 to a size 12 in a short time sure brought a smile to my face! New Year resolutions and all -- I have had a few people...
Sabotager To Be or Not to Be
SEVEN weeks since my beautiful, angelic mother passed. Her death was sudden. So many things left unsaid, unanswered, unsorted. Too many regrets. She was meant to spend Christmas with us, and then celebrate my children's 16th birthday (next month) who...
Raga Olga D’silva’s book is titled Untold Lies but it might well be called Told Truths. Her storyoems are truthful to the core. A voice that deserves to be heard…whether in prose or poetry.
The best thing in life is “love” and yet there is “fear” always attached to it. That is the irony of life. And love. In these beautiful poems and stories or should I say “storyoems”, Raga Olga D’Silva brings out the beauty of these two emotions in a poignant and evocative manner, in words simply told. Perhaps a first of its kind, this collection is heart-warming.”