I had a very busy day today... Woke up at 4am (slept at 1:30am - a little improvement there huh? I woke my hubby so we could go to the market. I am so craving for kinunot and laing that I cajoled my hubby into squeezing me in his very tight schedule today (Commercial shoot at 8am and Reunion with his gradeschool mates) - Reason why we had to go to the market at 5am.
Going to the market will entail walking so that will be a nice form of excersise on my part. We hunted for the ingredients for Kinunot and it was a joy that I got to but everything needed for that dish. I was dissapointed though because we were not able to wait for the laing vendor. Tanghali na! We tried to wait for her though by walking around, scoring some romaine lettuce, bell peppers, tiger prawns, baby shrimp, malacapas, oh, and bread. We got famished during the pasyal in the palengke so we decided to eat right there. there's a quaint store of breakfast in the market and we ordered fresh lumpia. Not your gourmet kind but it was good enough to fill our hungry tummies.
I weighed in before we went to the market and it was still 130lbs. :( it will move down I'm not worried.
Upon reaching home, I did some other errands - physical thigh again and started to prep the ingredients for kinunot. This dish is rich in coconut fat! Will it make me heavier?
When finally the smell of coconut and fish declared done, my children and I feasted on the said dish... mine was not a feast though but a sampler.
I decided to hitch a ride to Meadows gate with my daughter, Almon and walk briskly to our home. I think it is around 6 kilometers. I'm so tired and pretty that as I write this, I can feel my body is telling me to hit the sheets... My eyes are dropping already. That is a good thing I guess.
So, here are the things that entered my tummy today.
Breakfast:
Fresh lumpia
A sip of C2 apple
Lunch:
Kinunot
half a cup of steamed rice
PM Snack:
Banana que
Dinner:
Rice
Kinunot (again, yummy)
baby shrimps with coconut
a teaspoon of luscious fudgey and moist chocolate cake from Urbe
A bite of nanna's crinkle cookie
As soon as I post this, I'm gonna hit the sack as I can no longer stay awake tonight.
Summary for the day:
food - could do better tomorrow
Sleep: improving
Physical activity: long enough and I would do that again :)
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Day 2: Let's Get Physical!
Weighed myself in the morning and still 130 pounds but I am very hopeful that there will be subtractions the following days. Though the sleep is not so friendly with me as I was able to doze off around 3 and half hours again... Must be the illy coffee I was drinking for 3 straight days.
The hardest is always the first time... again... being able to pull myself to jog for 45 straight minutes is no joke; it was hard. I wasn't even breaking a sweat but I was already breathing like a thirsty dog. The first few minutes was so gruelling thing that I wanted to stop - tried to think of ways to lose the pounds without having to move; crash diet, starvation, ionamin (uso pa ba yun, or is it still an over the counter drug?) Would I be able to do away with exercise to reach my 115 goal?
Probably but I might have to end up like Karen Carpenter; the part where she died of a heart attack due to yoyo dieting. Then I thought of heart blockage... I imagined how my heart looked inside of me or like, in 3 years time. I saw a pale pink wrapper of a deep red almost purple thing in the midle of my chest. So, that's 'taba' clad heart! At the 20 minute mark I was starting to enjoy the jog; the panting stabilizing not like during the first 5 minutes. I was waiting for my skin to break a profuse sweat but it seemed like oil just came out of my pores! Too much 'tabang lamig' I guess.
I noticed how my arms started to store fat 3 years in progress. I was situated in the coldest part of my office so I guess the temparature had a hand in the 'fatness'. Well, plus the fact that when I started doing office work my life became sedentary.
To encourage myself, I was able to lose a lot of weight after birth - the diet was evil ! The dieting got out of hand that I saw myself forever fat but I tipped the scale at 98 pounds, inay! BUt now, moe than the appearance, I would like to be able to be healthy. As they say, health is wealth. I'm so looking forward to losing a pound :) for starters... Hard but achievable.
Breakfast:
half a cup of fried rice (mean)
1 Tbsp. baby shrimps with coconut milk and kalamansi
AM Snack:
1 pandesal with a tsp of peanutbutter
Green tea
Lunch:
romaine lettuce, cucumber, carrots with strawberry vinaigrette
Paksiw na bisugo
half cup of rice
PM Snack:
Banana que
Green tea
Dinner:
Pinangat na takalitok with talinum leaves and okra
Tomorrow we'll go to Imus market and I hope to procure the laing pouch and fresh baby shrimps so I can cook it in coconut milk. Dangerously delish but it will be a challenge for me not to indulge ;)
Summary for the day:
sleep - hope to do 6 hours tonight
food - could have eliminated the snacks (Lord, help me on this)body movement - very satisfactory for a start! hey, that's 45 minutes :)
The hardest is always the first time... again... being able to pull myself to jog for 45 straight minutes is no joke; it was hard. I wasn't even breaking a sweat but I was already breathing like a thirsty dog. The first few minutes was so gruelling thing that I wanted to stop - tried to think of ways to lose the pounds without having to move; crash diet, starvation, ionamin (uso pa ba yun, or is it still an over the counter drug?) Would I be able to do away with exercise to reach my 115 goal?
Probably but I might have to end up like Karen Carpenter; the part where she died of a heart attack due to yoyo dieting. Then I thought of heart blockage... I imagined how my heart looked inside of me or like, in 3 years time. I saw a pale pink wrapper of a deep red almost purple thing in the midle of my chest. So, that's 'taba' clad heart! At the 20 minute mark I was starting to enjoy the jog; the panting stabilizing not like during the first 5 minutes. I was waiting for my skin to break a profuse sweat but it seemed like oil just came out of my pores! Too much 'tabang lamig' I guess.
I noticed how my arms started to store fat 3 years in progress. I was situated in the coldest part of my office so I guess the temparature had a hand in the 'fatness'. Well, plus the fact that when I started doing office work my life became sedentary.
To encourage myself, I was able to lose a lot of weight after birth - the diet was evil ! The dieting got out of hand that I saw myself forever fat but I tipped the scale at 98 pounds, inay! BUt now, moe than the appearance, I would like to be able to be healthy. As they say, health is wealth. I'm so looking forward to losing a pound :) for starters... Hard but achievable.
Breakfast:
half a cup of fried rice (mean)
1 Tbsp. baby shrimps with coconut milk and kalamansi
AM Snack:
1 pandesal with a tsp of peanutbutter
Green tea
Lunch:
romaine lettuce, cucumber, carrots with strawberry vinaigrette
Paksiw na bisugo
half cup of rice
PM Snack:
Banana que
Green tea
Dinner:
Pinangat na takalitok with talinum leaves and okra
Tomorrow we'll go to Imus market and I hope to procure the laing pouch and fresh baby shrimps so I can cook it in coconut milk. Dangerously delish but it will be a challenge for me not to indulge ;)
Summary for the day:
sleep - hope to do 6 hours tonight
food - could have eliminated the snacks (Lord, help me on this)body movement - very satisfactory for a start! hey, that's 45 minutes :)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Day 1: The Journey to 115 Officially Begins at 130 Lbs
I could not believe that I am inching my way to 115 pounds - To lose a measely 15 pounds!?! It seems very easy but when your lifestyle is kinda sedentary, oh boy, it is like next to impossible. But armed with determination, I am willing to faithfully lose those ugly baggage in 15 weeks without having to crash my diet.
Sleep eluded me again last night until 4:30am... Hubby did not come home last night ergo wife restless :( This is a booboo for my first day. I was gifted with 3 and a half hours glorious sleep so I could last another day.
Breakfast:
Half a cup of white rice
canned tuna heated with Talinum paniculatum (This will serve as my lunch too for lack of energy to prepare)
AM Snack:
Quaker Granola Bar
Japanese Green tea
Lunch:
3/4 cup of rice
Talinum paniculatum with canned tuna
A very small bite of stewed chicken ('ta leng's baon)
A full tablespoon of 'kinunot na tulingan' (Ate Liza's baon)
PM Snack:
Sugarless brewed coffee (illy-thanks to Aries) with 1 tsp creamer
Dinner: (Around 4:40pm)
Fresh vegetarian lumpia from ATC foodcourt
4 slices of fresh pineapple which I munched on until 7:30pm
I was trying to veer away from the in-between meals but my system is shaking. Probably I so got used to eat plenty... I should be able to reduce the amount of intake of my snacks and eventually remove it... I'm keeping my hopes up on that. The struggle is the work load I have. It makes me use my brains without having to move at all! How pitiful. That elusive body movement should be part of my system again like breathing. Since my whole body was sluggish from lack of sleep, I wasn't able to do any jogging or walking. Oh. yeah. I walked around the mall for a few minutes to purchase my weighing scale and a bottle of olive oil but that did not even made my heart beat faster; but maybe I could count that in.
Allow me to zero in on the Talinum paniculatum... common name: fameflower; jewels of opar was introduced to me by my officemate, ate Liza. I was so amazed because I thought this Talinum was just an ornamental hedge plant in the garden. I always pass by on our way home, afront yard lushing with this amazing talinum. I will still have to look for its nutritive value but, hey, it's very yummy; it can be eaten raw too! I've asked my son to plant some in our yard and hopefully it will grow to supply my almost vegan diet ;)
So, in summary for day 1, Sleep - very poor; Food intake - okay; Body movement - could do better tomorrow.
Sleep eluded me again last night until 4:30am... Hubby did not come home last night ergo wife restless :( This is a booboo for my first day. I was gifted with 3 and a half hours glorious sleep so I could last another day.
Breakfast:
Half a cup of white rice
canned tuna heated with Talinum paniculatum (This will serve as my lunch too for lack of energy to prepare)
AM Snack:
Quaker Granola Bar
Japanese Green tea
Lunch:
3/4 cup of rice
Talinum paniculatum with canned tuna
A very small bite of stewed chicken ('ta leng's baon)
A full tablespoon of 'kinunot na tulingan' (Ate Liza's baon)
PM Snack:
Sugarless brewed coffee (illy-thanks to Aries) with 1 tsp creamer
Dinner: (Around 4:40pm)
Fresh vegetarian lumpia from ATC foodcourt
4 slices of fresh pineapple which I munched on until 7:30pm
I was trying to veer away from the in-between meals but my system is shaking. Probably I so got used to eat plenty... I should be able to reduce the amount of intake of my snacks and eventually remove it... I'm keeping my hopes up on that. The struggle is the work load I have. It makes me use my brains without having to move at all! How pitiful. That elusive body movement should be part of my system again like breathing. Since my whole body was sluggish from lack of sleep, I wasn't able to do any jogging or walking. Oh. yeah. I walked around the mall for a few minutes to purchase my weighing scale and a bottle of olive oil but that did not even made my heart beat faster; but maybe I could count that in.
So, in summary for day 1, Sleep - very poor; Food intake - okay; Body movement - could do better tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Setting The Goal
My Journey to 115 actually means journey to my desired weight which is 115 pounds until the last week of November. That will be 15 weeks in the process.
It is my desire (and I guess, most of the overweight women my age -39) to be able to fit in their most fashionable outfit in their closet. I must admit, I haven't thrown any of my 'classic' coats that I could barely button up. I should have maintained my healthy weight 4 years ago that I really worked hard to acheive. Oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. It's time for me to wipe it up and pour a new one in the glass! Time really flew, food really flowed and body movement really slowed down. My bad cholesterol is up a notch the last time I had my annual executive check up. It really alarmed me because the doctor said more of the food intake, it is my genetics... Huh? did I hear him right? Oh well, I guess I will have to start battling with that genetics. Nothing beats a good exercise coupled with a sensible diet. I should be able to tailor it to my lifestyle and work pattern of course. Since I work in an office, meaning sitting down a lot, I should be able to compensate for that. My hubby, Mon keeeps on reminding me to shape up (whenever he would see the thunder thighs) - jog at least once a day but I don't know why I kept on making excuses to elude that thing - moving. I am just comfortable in sitting or lying down the bed after a long day in the office.
I don't even want to look at the weighing scale in the doctors office when they ask me to weigh in - it horrifies me... truth hurts, so they say.
My goal is not to only weigh 115 lbs but to be healthy and amazing by the end of November. So, what I'm going to account here are the following so that I may be able to record to review my struggles and victories in my journey:
a. my weight in the morning
b. food intake in a day
c. movement in a day
d. hours of sleep a day.
Things for my journey:
1. Weigh scale - the horror!
2. Good running shoes and exercise outfit - oh, this one I have since the hubby is pushing me to get on with it for the longest time.
3. A gallon of olive oil
4. encouraging family
5. undaunted desire to reach 115 lbs in November.
True, I will face daily challenges like the hunger pangs in between meals, 'blessings' poured out by loving church members who bring those fattening blessings just when your tummy will look for food, and the sugar rush that my mind will look for in a day. Of course, there's the fast food challenge and the upcoming travel out of the country convention in October (with free flowing food) and the Saigon vacation in November. Big ones!!!
The word bawi should not exist in my mind during this journey. I should be able to refrain from gobbling up more than the sensible portion and reason out 'I'll burn this off later.' Body movement and food portion should be my in thing this moment until I reach 115.
I pray that I would be able to this one. I hope the good Lord would strengthen me in this journey I am gong to take.
'I can do everything through Him who gives me strength'
My body is the Holy temple and I should be able to take care of it for His glory while I am here on earth doing His commands. So, I should be able to eat sensibly - not doing the deprivation thing, and move a lot so that the sensible eating will be turned to energy and not be stored. I am excited to start the journey... my children are all excited too. Let the journey begin!
It is my desire (and I guess, most of the overweight women my age -39) to be able to fit in their most fashionable outfit in their closet. I must admit, I haven't thrown any of my 'classic' coats that I could barely button up. I should have maintained my healthy weight 4 years ago that I really worked hard to acheive. Oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. It's time for me to wipe it up and pour a new one in the glass! Time really flew, food really flowed and body movement really slowed down. My bad cholesterol is up a notch the last time I had my annual executive check up. It really alarmed me because the doctor said more of the food intake, it is my genetics... Huh? did I hear him right? Oh well, I guess I will have to start battling with that genetics. Nothing beats a good exercise coupled with a sensible diet. I should be able to tailor it to my lifestyle and work pattern of course. Since I work in an office, meaning sitting down a lot, I should be able to compensate for that. My hubby, Mon keeeps on reminding me to shape up (whenever he would see the thunder thighs) - jog at least once a day but I don't know why I kept on making excuses to elude that thing - moving. I am just comfortable in sitting or lying down the bed after a long day in the office.
I don't even want to look at the weighing scale in the doctors office when they ask me to weigh in - it horrifies me... truth hurts, so they say.
My goal is not to only weigh 115 lbs but to be healthy and amazing by the end of November. So, what I'm going to account here are the following so that I may be able to record to review my struggles and victories in my journey:
a. my weight in the morning
b. food intake in a day
c. movement in a day
d. hours of sleep a day.
Things for my journey:
1. Weigh scale - the horror!
2. Good running shoes and exercise outfit - oh, this one I have since the hubby is pushing me to get on with it for the longest time.
3. A gallon of olive oil
4. encouraging family
5. undaunted desire to reach 115 lbs in November.
True, I will face daily challenges like the hunger pangs in between meals, 'blessings' poured out by loving church members who bring those fattening blessings just when your tummy will look for food, and the sugar rush that my mind will look for in a day. Of course, there's the fast food challenge and the upcoming travel out of the country convention in October (with free flowing food) and the Saigon vacation in November. Big ones!!!
The word bawi should not exist in my mind during this journey. I should be able to refrain from gobbling up more than the sensible portion and reason out 'I'll burn this off later.' Body movement and food portion should be my in thing this moment until I reach 115.
I pray that I would be able to this one. I hope the good Lord would strengthen me in this journey I am gong to take.
'I can do everything through Him who gives me strength'
My body is the Holy temple and I should be able to take care of it for His glory while I am here on earth doing His commands. So, I should be able to eat sensibly - not doing the deprivation thing, and move a lot so that the sensible eating will be turned to energy and not be stored. I am excited to start the journey... my children are all excited too. Let the journey begin!
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