MEComposing

The irony of it all is that I am 140 lbs. at 5'4" in my 30s. I just consumed 800 ml. of Coffee Crumble Ice Cream to cap a grand dinner of crabs, crispy beef ribs and seafood rice at Zamboanga Restaurant. I think I have been averaging three Starbucks frappes and two 800 ml. ice cream every week for the past month. I blame the heat and PMS and lethargy, but really, those are just excuses.

The irony is, I actually want to live healthy, and be a healthier weight, and really look sexy again (not just feel it). I don't have any plans of going vegetarian, but I actually LONG to eat healthier foods. I actually desire to delight in better food. I actually hope i'd go into ecstasies when am eating veggies... after all, I am also a little tired of meat. Maybe it's age talking, my palate is changing.

So allow me the hypocrisy. Allow me to delude myself. Who knows, I may just succeed this time.

I want to lose 15 lbs. by July. That means I should at least lose five pounds every month. Strategies and means that I intend to use to help me acheieve this include:

1) No more ice cream purchases from my/our own purse. And if i'd eat ice cream somewhere else, I can only eat as much as 1 cup of it.

2) Iced treats will have to be ice candy from real fruits. Much cheaper and healthier. Or i'll just drink ice water to cool down.

3) I will sleep less. I will wake up at 8 AM everyday, regardless of what time I slept. I can make use of that time for more internet time. Or more work time.

4) I will make sure I spend M-W-F working. For real.

5) I will capitalize on the heat and my son's swimming lessons to also burn more calories.

6) Initial target: 1 hour on the treadmill per week (it's not much but it's more achievable)

7) I will cook two dinners per week, at least.

8) I shall allow myself only two occasions of second servings per week. I can pile food on my plate but I just can't have second servings most times.

9) At least one afternoon per week, I will bring my son to the nearby park and subject myself to running after him.

10) Certainly, more fruits and vegetables and water and milk. At least two fruits a day, even if they're only bananas. (great thing it's summer and the season for so many wonderful fruits)

11) I will implement the FIVE TREATS LIMIT PER WEEK on myself.

12) I will use a LUHO JAR where I can have hubs or myself put the equivalent amount of money for my usual treats and cravings and food whims, which I can then spend on other things except personal food (so I can use them for groceries if I want to).

13) I will MOVE TILL I SWEAT for at least twenty minutes each day (so that would mean I either exercise or dance) on top of whatever treadmill time I put in. Running after my son also not included.



I am being realistic. I know it's harder for me to get going because i've been such a sloth for so long. And I really don't want to be as skinny as I was before. But now I have two really important reasons to push myself to lose the excess weight:

1) I want to get pregnant again.

2) I want to wear sexy bathing suits when we go to Boracay in July.

3) I have got to beat this PMS sh!t.


There...maybe I can sleep now!!!