Posts Tagged ‘diet’

I’m Heavy(er)

Oct 3, 2008 Daily Blurbs

I refuse to take diet pills to lose weight. Starting this weekend I am hitting the gym. I am actually afraid to go alone, but I am not going to be. My whole family is coming with me to start being healthy. I’ve noticed that I get tired so easily for the past month. I need to get of my arse and be active again.

I used to dance. It keeps me in shape, but eversince I stopped, I have no physical outlet. I am stuck in my computer chair, working, playing, working, playing. I’d rather spend money going to the gym than pay for medications later in life.

A change in my family’s diet is definitely needed. My parents are not getting any younger and our health won’t get better if we just sit around doing nothing. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I’ll have more energy.

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Be Beach Body Ready

Jan 20, 2008 Buzz

Summer here in the Philippines is just a few months away, and if I want to wear a swimsuit, I need to work on my daily routine and beat the heat with a beach body figure. Now, when I say beach body, it doesn’t mean “skinny”. I like to be in the middle, not so thin and not fat.

Here are a few things I need to work on:

  1. My Cardio: Which basically means I need to go out and jog, or ride a bike, and use the stairs more.
  2. Weight Training: Nah, I don’t think I can do this without any fitness equipment available at home.
  3. Eat 5-6 meals per day: The technique is eating more frequently, speeds up your metabolism. It reduces hunger and cravings.
  4. More protein, less carbs: Moderate intake of protein helps you lose fat faster. I am currently eating less rice than usual.

Well, I hope I’d be able to reach my goal in time for summer. :)

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Lose Weight

Mar 5, 2007 Daily Blurbs

I’ve received this same question from different persons, so I decided to answer it and share it with all of you.

How did you lose weight?
Just so everyone knows I’ve been all sizes: skinny, chubby, fat, fatter, normal. What’s normal anyway? There was a time when I decided to remove rice from my diet. Where I’m from, rice is one of the staple foods. You can’t have breakfast, lunch or dinner without it. I survived a year without rice. Truly, it helped shed off all the unwanted pounds. I successfully trimmed down to a normalish size. I could wear anything I want and buy really cheap clothes because cheap clothes usually come in small sizes. Yep, from buying large-sized clothes, I could then fit into small-sized ones.

But I went back into eating rice and at that time I was going through some personal issues and I was experiencing slight depression. I found comfort in food and I didn’t care about how I looked. I gained weight, but I still looked normal. I became a medium-fitting person. I was OK with that. I could still fit into most of my clothes and my favorite Levi’s jeans.

After that depressing period, I started to work as a technical support agent for a computer company. Life was good. I wasn’t depressed anymore. I gained new friends. I was still happy fitting into medium clothes. After 8 months in tech support, I was transferred to the Sales department, where I was tasked to sell lousy computers. Not that all their units are lemons, but the fact the buyers are too cheap and they didn’t want to buy the best ones.

The scheduling was dreadful! We didn’t have the freedom to choose a good schedule. I became sleep deprived and I found energy in food. I was still medium-sized, but there came the worst schedule, where we are only allowed to eat lunch at the last hour of our shift. Imagine that! My immediate superior then decided to order McDonald’s everyday and allowed us to eat on our workstation. I didn’t realize that I gained weight until I received a comment from my previous supervisor that I look fuller. Mind you, his comment was blunter. I just smiled and went on my way.

When I got home, I looked for my favorite jeans. To my horrification, I couldn’t close the button. I started getting those “fat comments” since then. Not just from work, but from everyone. I’ve learned to get used to hearing those things that I think I became immune.

There was a time when I experienced severe lower back pains. I went to see a doctor and she told me that my back was strained due to my weight. Everyone knows how hard it is to lose weight. I then decided to quit my job because I wanted to free myself from sleep deprivation and from eating the wrong food.

I didn’t lose the weight after that. I even believe I gained some more. My uncle would always point out how big my arms were. He told me that I should think about losing weight because I am too young to be this big. Yes, I wore extra-large clothes. It was frustrating, but I didn’t let it define who I am.

I took another course and started school last June. Life was starting to look better. Then there came the sembreak. I didn’t realize that I gained more until I received comments from my classmates. I noticed it, too. My uniform seemed snugger.

I just continued to be the way I am until I finally decided to really make myself healthy. I wanted to make 2007 a good year for me, so I did what I’ve always known how to do.

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