i saw this and i laughed

i saw this on my sister's youtube account..it was a video of their christmas celebration.

this video consists primarily of my very robust (and heavy) two year old niece, Dominique. she is an active ball of energy and i do not know how the parents (my brother and sis-in-law) can lift her without breaking their back..





there was a time,we were worried that Dominique was underweight. that sure aint a problem now. she sure has my side of the family's genes.

i hope she will not end up too big though because i worry for her health.

i love her so much. can u tell?

why im not giving up

last week,i took a few days off work so Adrian and i could go to our city house to clear it ready to have it rented..i was physically exhausted moving furnitures, packing cartons and moving stuff. that was my exercise for 5 days when i was off the gym.

sadly, it has taken a toll on my energy to go back to the gym. but on tuesday night this week, i came back to the gym, filled with remorse, cholesterol and a few pounds heavier (im sure! because i felt like i was carrying another person when i was on the crosstrainer).

this week, in one of our shopping trips for food,we popped by a store which sells clothes. i was curious if i went back up one more size.

i took a size 16 dress that i like. voila! it was loose.

so i wore this size 14 version of it.


and guess what i found;-)

do not mind the jeans and shoes..i didnt bother to take it off because i was just measuring myself..

imagine this dress with heels on.

i was quite astonished,and amazed. i was expecting to have climbed up or stayed on my size 16 size,but obviously, i was one size down now.

i am so happy, i will continue. and bloody hell, my skin never felt this good without make-up. (if u look at my very haggard face, that is after 8 hours of long slogging work in the hospital,but my skin is clear as ever) ;-)

goes to show how my circulation has improved so well.

see you in the gym,folks!


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PS. i am in no way stating i am skinny now,haha, but a size 14 compared to the size 22 that i was on September 26 2010, is no mean feat.. i congratulate myself;-)

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so you,out there, who missed your gym a few days because you were tired, or were busy or just felt blah. get the courage to get back there as soon as your body and mind is healed. you'll find out that your body has been loyal even if you abandoned it for a few days. no need to give up. who says we can't rest?

do i have to?

its now 20 past 7 pm. i just sat down from chopping and marinating my beef for the beef with broccoli dinner, were having tonight.

filled the washing machine with my whites for work and cleared up the kitchen after all the chopping and mixing.

sat down and realised the time. it's gym time.

i wish i could sit around longer. i wish i dont have to go to the gym.

but then i realised i wanted to eat the lovely meal waiting for me tonight.

i want to continue enjoy eating the food i love.

so yes, grudgingly, i will walk up the stairs to change in my gym clothes, get out to the windy chilly night and drive off to the gym in the dark.

but i know, after an hour and a half, i'd feel much much better,and much happier for having given up 1 hour and half of my 'facebook time' to equalize the food i am jus about to enjoy tonight.


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do u get moments like these too? like me, i argue and weigh with my own self why i don't want to, but why i had to go to the gym.

everytime i argue this is not about the weight, but this is about living healthier, then i actually listen to my reason more.

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i am glad my 'good' self seems to be winning the past few months.

sige na! gym nata!

you can tell..

if a woman has not much going on in her life if all that she posts in her blog are vanity photos of herself:


and somehow thats true.

there is really not much going on.

except:

a) work --although the stuff are interesting for a read, but because of confidentiality clauses i am not allowed to write about it. and keeping the story as unindentifiable is not as interesting because the names are part of the fun.

b) adrian and chelo saga- yes, anymore on this blog is puke-inducing.

c) healthy lifestyle- thus the vanity photos. which brings back to the main gist of this blog.


here are some photos which i hope you'll excuse because this blog will be my gauge on how far i've come with losing the poundage..


the photos before the pub night:

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and on Saturday night recently, i went to a colleague's leaving party and a birthday of one of our colleagues who also was her housemate. it was a fun night, but sadly i wasnt able to take photos in the party. i was busy making new friends and acquaintances.

so i came home at 2 am, Adrian also just came home from his night out with his buddies in the library centre. he said i looked nice, which prompted me to take photos of myself.

i was barefoot, so i grabbed the shoes nearest me:

ok, not yet ready here..

Adrian said, "you wore different shoes when u came in..wear them in the photos"..he is learning how to direct me, bless.

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oh the vanity.

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my healthy lifestyle is indeed keeping up because i watch these photos and it reminds me to keep going. it inspires me that the hardwork i am putting in are getting results.

happy 5th month, healthy lifestyle (feb 27). here's to more months/years of living healthy (ier) ;-)

pub night

one thing about living in Norfolk, is that the pubs here are not only un-chained (not part of a big chain,lol) -- most are family run which gives that personal feel of the place.

apart from great ales, the pubs here in Norfolk are gastronomic adventures in itself. they have proper restaurant chefs.

Adrian and i thought of having to taste as many pubs in the county of Norfolk as much as we can while we live here.


a week ago, i wasnt feeling well. so Adrian asked me to go across the house and have fish and chips.

sadly, we went late so they ran out of fish and chips (which is very popular on a friday night) so we had something else.

i tried a swig of Adrian's ale

it was awful (for my taste.. Adrian swears its a good ale)

i love it when he is happy

british pub

adrian's garlic mushroom starter

my duck spring roll

steak and ale mushroom pie and a plateful of veggies

my fave from the local pub: their prawn green curry.

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i am looking forward to getting a good sweep of all pubs in this side of West Norfolk.. i have a year or two to do that.