I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand

Thoughts: How about coffee and crackers diet? Nah. Won't even work. I mean, who can really keep up with it? Just d#$n hard. Am pretty sure I can only do it for about a few days or make it a week...but longer than that? Impossible. Unless, I chain myself inside my room and have the door all locked from the outside. (A dialogue with self.)

Why is't food is all I see everywhere? This is so frustrating. Haha. (Drama princess.) Just, maybe I need to pray and ask for more discipline. Seems lost a bigger percent of it. Why, 2008 might be the year for big feed (at my body's expense!). Lame excuse.

Half of myself says, "yeah...eat more while you're young. Remember what Lolo Rich said? -- 'Enjoy festivities while you can. When you're old, you don't get to take pleasure in porking out anymore.' Makes sense."

The other half of myself questions, "how about your health?...your figure?". Also makes a lotta sense.

...then I'd pull myself to both directions from time to time but would usually end up getting dragged to the side where it's telling me to 'overindulge while supplies last'.

When you're old you can't eat everything everyone's enjoying anymore. Might put you at risk of lodging in a hospital room for weeks (or longer). When you're young, you can't eat everything that everyone's enjoying. Might cause you to become bigger ''horizontally'' and it will be harder to lose the pounds as you add age. Unless, you're one of those gifted with a rather dynamic metabolism. Errrrgg.

...but, Who cares? bwaha. When food is right there in front of you, all you do is gobble up and forget about the rest of the concerns. Just keep packing it away and regret a lil come Sunday. Well, you can sweat them out, anyway. Just up to you how you do it. Either deprive yourself of sumptuous food while everyone else is merrymaking; or you join them and just move around later. The latter choice sounds better to me. No more winking at banquets, then. Problem solved. *wink*

Sure you already have an inkling what are all the blabs about -- first taste to today's confessions on another chow down sequels. Such a vicious habit. Since before the past holidays, cravings never stopped. Til now when am suppose to start reducing my food intake and start trimming down the extra pounds gained. But for goodness sakes! I can't just sneer at those delish grubs. I just can't. Can you? *grins*

Icebergs stop over (Jan 6th)...*drum rolls*

Good thing am not into ice creams. Imagine how many calories I must shed had it been the case -- around 270 calories to burn after eating cookies and cream. Dunno but I don't really enjoy ice creams a lot. I would crave but I can't finish a cup. Good for me. I don't also like chocolates except the dark one with mint. *slobbering* Mom gave me some a few days ago. They're all done! bwahah

The Hungarian sausage was good. But, nothing beats Nenita's, though. Personal opinion of course. Whoever tastes Nenita, btw? The Crispy Boneless Bangus in Adobo sauce with Mango is also yumyum. At first, I was like..."what? Adobo sauce with Mango?" But, it's a must try.


Slammer Burgers Take Out (Jan 7th)

Yeah, crave for more.




Inside the box. Brilliant idea.




The burger tastes like 99% beef




Am estimating an average person can eat
3 SBs w/o fries




8 boxes of tiny burgers.
Not really tiny TINY.

It's just 200 something to buy 8 SBs. They also have fries but am trying to avoid it so, no fries for me. Like the idea that burgers are inside small boxes in stead of the reg plastic or foil wrappers. Easier to handle. Prices depend on what you want to include in your SB. This one is just cheeseburger.


Jan 8th at LukYuen

Mere luck, the food wasn't something that I enjoyed so...open and shut case, am not coming back there anymore. Just what happened to LY? Used to be one of my faves. But, I still luv their watermelon shake.


Dine in at Racks (Jan 9th)

Baby Back Slabs




Fish n Chips




Love their BBQ sauces.
You can actually buy them.

So, I need an answer now. Can you just walk away after having a look at the mouthwatering food displays? Toughie. My suggestion, whenever you have to leave the house, it's best to stuff yourself to the point that you can't eat even a light snack. Saves you from more calories to fry.

To discourage you more here's a

Calorie Table for Cheeseburgers

Cheeseburgers (1)	Calories
Cheeseburger w/o mayo	320
Cheeseburger w/o mayo (large)	610
McDonald's Cheeseburger	330
McDonald's 1/4 pounder with cheese	530
Burger King Cheeseburger	360
Burger King Whopper with cheese	850
Burger King Double Whopper w/ cheese	1,150
Wendy's Jr Cheeseburger	310
Wendy's Jr Cheeseburger Deluxe	350

From: Anne Collins

As if! None even helped to keep me away from food. Not even the fitness magazines I recently bought. hehe

Expect to read work out tips in my next post. *wink*

You could be a model. It's too bad you're not sexy.

...is the feasting over?

Goodness, have gained pounds around my waist and thighs. Might take time again before I lose these bulges. *sobs* Just look at this ... Grrr

There's a very simple solution to protruding lower abdomen, actually. So, for girls out there who have developed excesses around the midsection after the holidays, you might be interested to read what advice I am to share.

Simple. Buy a skip rope. It promises a burn rate of 1300 cal/hour. It is an effective cardio work out and is said to be one of the best ways there is to burn fat. Like jumping at a moderate speed (70 to 120 turns/min) for at least 15 mins can burn around 150 to 200 calories. It's better to start with a lil heavy jump rope, though. Then, eventually, you can use the light one just for maintenance.

They say, if you want to burn fat faster, you can combine jump rope with push up and squat. Or, with run-in-place and squat. Squat is important for girls to get rid of the unwanted fat on the inner thigh. Since, it's impossible to target a specific area where fats are concentrated, cardio work out is the best option. Jump rope is my best bet.

Of course, at first, you can only do about a few jumps or a few seconds jumping. That's just fine. You can do skip rope, squat and run-in-place alternately until your muscles have adjusted or when your stamina has improved. Just do this regularly or at least 3 times a week. But, if you want faster result, then, get serious with it.

Oh, you can also do, skip rope and hoola hoop. That's more like playing, right? There are still more alternatives to burn fat like badminton, walking, running, basketball, aerobic exercises, dancing, etc. You can even opt to go to a gym nearby. Anything, but, of course...all require discipline. So, if you don't have it, then there's no hope for you.

There's another aid that might help -- Spanx. It's more of hiding the bulges when you have to wear tight clothing. Am not sure but if it works like the waist trimmer (a rubberized something that is wrapped around the breadbasket)..maybe it might help. Waist trimmer belt heats midsection and is said to increase blood flow. Best to use when jogging or doing any physical workout.

(Maybe, you might want to try Xenical or Xando. There's another one, Zhen de Zhou.)

However, none of what I have suggested will work without discipline. So, it helps if you control your food intake. Choose healthy snacks and meals. Drink plenty of water and keep moving. Healthy lifestyle is the key to a fit body. *wink*

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"I have always been offended by the song that says, 'Everything is beautiful in its own way.' If everything is beautiful, then the word 'beautiful' has no meaning. If everything were purple, there would be no word 'purple' in the language because it would not distinguish one thing from another."

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