I’ve always wanted to write about my experiences in Paris, Lisbon, and then Cebu. But I’ve been extremely busy for the past few weeks. I now have a bit of free time but I am currently experiencing a serious medical condition.
I hope you could at least offer a line of prayer for me, I desperately need it… Thank you my dear friends!
I am a bit sad that my trip in Europe is over. I arrived in Singapore on February 24th at night and a few hours later, I had to board a plane to Cebu for my friend’s wedding. Yes, I’m in Cebu right now, with Shaynna, my mother and sister. I will be adding more posts about my trip in Paris and Portugal later but as a quick update, I have not gained weight! In my case, it was the quantity and the price that worked like the “Best diet pills ever“.
While in Paris, since it was a personal short trip, I found it too hard to find something to eat because everything was so expensive. I didn’t want to enter restaurants that offer at least 20 Euros a meal! So I had to get used to just eating bread. Food in Portugal is cheaper and many dishes taste like some Filipino dishes, yet I didn’t want to order something because of the quantity. The servings are just way too large for me. I didn’t want to waste food and I had no idea how to say in Portuguese that I wanted to take my leftovers home. I still have a day before my friend’s wedding. I just hope that I haven’t gained weight yet.
Months ago, I went to one of the biggest book sale in Singapore. I came out with a lot of books, mostly novels, but there was one that caught my attention: a hard-bound book with the title “The 90 Seconds Fitness Solution”. I do want to have some sort of exercise routine but I’m too lazy to do it. Forgive me, but I can’t deny wanting to spend an hour watching anime than spending it doing cardio exercises. Wouldn’t it be better to have fat burners that work without spending too much time on it? If I can do it in 90 seconds, then why not? Maybe this is the one that would suit me.
I have started the 90-second exercises on the book and I think that these are keeping my weight at bay. To tell you the truth, after 2 weeks of doing the exercises, I couldn’t even do them in 90 seconds yet! I could not even last 60 seconds doing one of the exercises: a wall sit! For those who don’t want to spend too much time and effort on exercises, I think you should try this one out. Well of course, one has to cut back all those excessive calories intake. For instance, I have minimized eating something from McDonald’s or KFC. 
To ordinary (not-rich) Filipino families, heaps of rice and one dish is enough for a meal. Sometimes, we have instant noodles, dried fish and rice. Incomplete meal, I know. We were taught at school about the “go, grow, and glow” food groups. We did get enough veggies, thanks to my grandmother. But even in rural areas, having fruits is luxury sometimes. My parents are not that health-conscious as well, depending too much on processed food, not to mention, having soft drinks often. I would like to change all that. I suppose that I don’t need colon cleansers because I have a regular vowel movement. However, especially that I live alone here in Singapore, I don’t have any motivation to cook for myself. Now I’m trying to not to depend too much on fast food chains. I’d like to “train” myself to have fruits instead.
So, today is my birthday! However, this might be a sign of aging because I don’t feel excited at all. Instead, I feel so sick, thanks to the flu that I got a few days before I came back from the Philippines. I wanted to go to church and attend mass. I wanted to at least buy a cake. But I’ve got muscle pains all over and I’m still half-deaf. I wanted to do some work (yes, tasks from my current job) but my it feels like my nose is as big as my head. Got nothing else to do but lie down the whole morning and afternoon, take medications, but I still feel so sick. One birthday wish is to feel better tomorrow as I have heaps of task to face off!
Anyway, all ramblings aside, I thank God for giving me another birthday! And I thank God for everything that I’ve been through, for all the blessings He gave me. I look forward to more blessings and grace, so that I could become a better person, a better daughter, a better sister, a better friend, a better mother, the list goes on. God is good all the time so I know He has plans for me that I still need to experience. 
Thank you to those who have remembered and posted their greetings. Happy Birthday to me!
Being at home for Christmas vacation, I find my self reading phentermine reviews. I’m quite alarmed with the rate hunger is coming. Maybe because I’m with family that I always feel hungry. It’s so busy around here that I don’t have time to jog! And I was even planning to join the marathon on the 26th! And we have Christmas and New Year feast coming! Care to give me a tip on warding off holiday weight gain?
In about a week, I’ll be on my way home! I planned to do another round of detox before I go home but I had loads to do at work that I had to go there last Saturday. Eating just fruits could definitely make me dizzy, making me less capable of thinking clear. So I canceled the plan. But there’s a lot of holiday feasts ahead of me and I’m getting really worried to ward off extra calories! I have to at least maintain what I’ve accomplished so far. Everyone agrees that the best fat burner is exercise so I have to do it. But how can I motivate myself and my family?
When I browsed through the Facebook updates, I’ve noticed that there’s a fun run (at least 3kms) in my hometown on December 26th. It’s one of the alumni homecoming activities. My brother and I went to the same school and I have to convince him to run with me. I think most of my high school friends have no intention of joining. You see, I don’t want to be too kind to my brother because I don’t want him to treat me like how he treats my mother. It’s a long and painful story… but I gotta do it. It’s the best way for me to combat weight gain. Maybe I’ll be able to convince my mother also. It’s gotta be a fun Christmas vacation!
I have not even started running again, yet here I am, so full after the Christmas party with other Filipinos in the office. I think it is about time to try out a very safe, if not the best weight loss supplement. We held the party at a KBox and because of two generous colleagues, we did not have to pay anything! It would have cost 29.50SGD each person. Even if we had to pay for ourselves, the rate was not that bad. It was already a dinner buffet, with free flow non-alcoholic drinks. The main dishes were not that good but the desserts were. There were even about 5 flavors of ice cream! We started at around 7:30PM and ended at 11PM. The food though was served only until 10PM.
Of course, we had Kris Kringle so I got one on my wish list: a digital clock, finally!
I’ve changed my moisturizer and night cream about two months ago. The new ones are good at minimizing my acne scars but then the acne breakout in my chin is seriously getting worse! But why only in my chin! I’m pretty sure this is no longer hormonal acne as they are always there even when I’m done with my monthly period. This left me with one possible culprit: my food intake. If my memory serves me right, it started after I ate that Japanese pasta with tiny dried shrimp on it. Followed by chicken on almost every lunch, and that really delicious seafood pasta (with lots of shrimp) I ate a few days back. So starting tomorrow, I should strive to just eat those food that could most likely give me skin problems. I do have a very bad allergic reaction once to shrimp!
After dozens of rants about my struggle to establish an exercise regime, I’m ashamed to admit that I have accomplished nothing! Yes, I completed two rounds of detox diet, but I have stopped challenging myself physically. Just like many people, I’m very eager to do stuff when I’m just starting but later on, I find it too hard to convince myself that I have to do it unceasingly. How I wish a stationary bike is as cheap as a pull up station. Then I could enjoy watching anime or Korean drama while working up a sweat! I’ll be one year older soon… gotta start again. Not to mention that I might become a brides maid early next year! I hope this is motivation enough.
Due to the good news that I received in my last medical checkup, I am bent on undergoing detox once a month. All-natural, and it works like Lipofuze or other fat burners.
Before I tried it out, I weighed 57.5Kgs. After the 1-week program, I lost 2Kgs. Then I regained about 0.5Kg. Three weeks have passed, started the program again. Now, I am on my 6th day, I feel great, and I am now 54Kgs. I do hope I could go down to 52Kgs before I go home for Christmas vacation. Definitely, I would be eating a lot of meat and pastries! It would be really tough to submit myself to this program while on vacation but I will try. I’ll try to convince my mother and sister as well. They are way beyond their ideal weight.
I was above 55Kgs these past few months that I almost forgot how great it could make me feel to minimize those unnecessary bulges. This program has really helped me a lot. It even helped me get rid of my Coca-Cola addiction.
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of lipofuze reviews. No, still I want to do the natural way. And yes, I’m still struggling to lose weight. I even regained 0.5kg of the 2kgs that I lost after the detox program! But I’m looking for something that would help my mother and especially my sister. Both of them are really lazy, much lazier than I am. And both love to eat! I want to stop them from gaining more before it’s too late. My sister is just 25 years old, yet she’s bigger than me. They are one on top of my to-do list when I go home for Christmas vacation. Perhaps I would let them try that detox program but I doubt they could get through the first day. But I’ll still try. And another thing that I want to change is my family’s addiction to Coca-Cola! I got over it but they only try to limit intake when I’m their. Who knows how much they consume if I’m not around! It would be a busy Christmas vacation ahead. Wish me luck!
