Designer of Me

Byebye late-night snacking

2012-01-18T15:08:00.001+08:00

Been doing grrrreat these past two weeks and seeing a steady loss on the scale. I feel and look better, my clothes feel a tad bit loser, even my face is a little less bloated than it has been around Christmas and new years. All that FOOD! I'm so relieved that I've gained back my exercise routine and healthy eating habits. I eat 3 meals a day, and I snack a lot less in the afternoon and I've cut back on late-night snacks altogether. In the afternoon now I usually have hot ginger tea, hot chocolate, and/or some raisins. And I try to eat only when I'm hungry. Sounds simple but it works!!

Plus I'm blogging more regularly now, that definitely helps keep me in-check. I've rejoined the Healthy You Challenge @ Scale Junkie's so there's a lot of support there :) Even just knowing that there are many others with me along the way helps.

Chinese New Year is coming up this Sunday and we're off this whole next week on vacay. Nine days to be exact, including two weekends. I have a girlfriend who's visiting from Japan and she'll be staying over at my place. I'll try to bring her places (without so much food) and hopefully it'll be an active week and maybe a few more pounds/kilos lost by the end of this month.

My weight as of 1/18/2012: 69.05 kg

I have a tiny bruise on my big right toe from too much running in badminton LOL. It's gonna be there for months until my nails grow out completely.

Well at least you know those are my feet heh.

New bag! (Another new thing)

2012-01-11T19:00:00.006+08:00

I got myself a new shoulder bag today! The color is ‘mocha’ and it’s made by a relatively new French designer. I like it ‘cause I can wear it two ways, on my shoulder or across my body, and it’s a dark enough color so I can use it when I’m out n about, or in the rain, etc. I am going many new places with it this year J (Like Europe in August!)

I’ve been eating a lot healthier in the past few days and I am SO relieved that my weight has gone down a little.

I'm the type of person that needs VOLUME to get and stay full. I CANNOT eat like a bird and convince myself that I'm not hungry when I really AM. So I try to eat a lot of healthy stuff and in a ‘healthy’ order, which means I have the filling and less fattening stuff first and the calorie-loaded and more fattening stuff last.

If a regular meal for me consisted of rice, veggies, soup, and meat, I would eat it in this order:
soup -> veggies -> rice -> meat.
And it'd help me get fuller without the guilt, and on good days, I'd leave behind a few bites of the higher-calorie stuff, instead of the other way around.

I’m also exercising more, since my 2012 resolutions (also here) are to:

Workout at least 3 times a week, every week
Get to 58 kg and maintain a toned body shape
Blog at least once a week

I’m going to play badminton tonight, so that would be my 2^nd workout so far this week. Not bad for a Wednesday eh?

Down 2.6 kg since last week!

Weight as of 1/11/2012: 70.10 kg

New scale new beginning! (Happy 2012!)

2012-01-03T15:39:00.021+08:00

I've been putting off weighing myself for the past few weeks, and this morning when I finally did weigh myself, things got a little ugly. I gained 5 kg in the past two weeks just from eating out with friends who were back in Taipei for Christmas/new years. Ohhhh NO.

My girl G suggested that I put a scale in the house, and after thinking it through I finally got one during my lunch break today. Voila.

Its packaging

It's so tiny! and pink

It's called Body Scale Petit, and I got it in pink hoping it would cheer me up a little every time I have to face the grim reality of my body weight.

(Hopefully the number will become less 'grim' though).

I've decided to start weighing myself regularly again, but I haven't figured out how often yet. Any ideas?

So this is what I weigh as of today, after lunch.
Weight as of 1/3/2012: 72.70 kg

Gaaaaaa!

I did, however, make it to the gym today. I did a 10-min warmup and a 50-min latin dance class that wasn't as intense a workout as I had hoped. Maybe I'll stick to the treadmill or Elliptical on most days, we'll see.

It's always hard to start again. Because it feels like I've done so much and then I'm back in square one. But I guess I won't give myself too much of a hard time and just GET WITH IT. Here's to a great new year and lots of happy things!!

HERE GOES!

Getting back into my healthy routine

2011-11-14T19:22:00.004+08:00

I'm going to make myself more accountable by reporting weekly on the good (and/or bad) stuff I do for myself. (And last week was mostly GOOD!)

This is what I did last week, 11/6~11/12:

# of Workouts: 3
# of Massages: 3

I'm adding massages to the count since I've been going regularly starting September and I feel that oil massages have been helping with not only releasing tension, but also shaping my lower body. My lower body has been my trouble zone ever since I started putting on weight in my teenage years, and it seems that no matter how much exercise I do or how many calories I cut back, excess fat around my hips and thighs are always the last to go. I'm not exactly sure how or why oil massages work, but I'm going to stick to them for at least a few more months and see how that goes.

On my way to the gym at 6 a.m. on Sat

Workout-wise I haven't been very good with for the past 6 months or so, and I literally live 2 minutes away from my gym so I really have no excuse. Last week though, I did get to exercise 3 times and one of which was my weekly badminton + jump rope workout at 6 a.m. on Saturday.

Early morning badminton always makes me feel AWESOME afterwards, so I'll definitely stick to that, and try to work my gym workouts into other days of the week.

Here's to another great week!!

Updated version of me. In Taipei

2011-11-02T15:27:00.017+08:00

I'm back. In a different city, with a different job, different surroundings and different people around me. I moved back from Tokyo in March this year to be with my family, and to take care of some things that I've been putting off for some years now. It's not easy to go through changes, but I'd say I'm adjusting quite well.

A LOT has changed but what's important is that I am HEALTHY and that I still have the ability to make myself HAPPY. I still do the things I like, the things that make me 'me.' And I figured writing/blogging was one of them. It is when I write and read that I feel like I am closer to my true self. And it so happened that when I was blogging in 2009-2010 I was also my fittest.

And yes I am still trying to be(come) healthy and fit and make the right (or better) choices every day.

I joined a new gym in June, called Being Sports at Q Square (right by Taipei station). I'm trying to get back into a consistent workout routine, so do let me know if you're looking for a gym buddy! (see my Wanted notice here)