I have been having coffee for breakfast, pasta for lunch, crackers for snack and salad for dinner, and yet, I still keep gaining weight. I am not about to give up as I am inspired by these weight loss stories I read online.

I wanted to keep this diet as part of my lifestyle, with the weekends as my window to eat something that is not crackers, pasta or salad. Sometimes I feel like that I can. But more often, I feel like I want to order everything that I see on the menu. I should just accept that gone are the days that I can simply eat whatever I want how much I want. Oh, age!

I had 3 chocolate mini-bars, 2 cups of coffee, 1 KFC snack box, 1 regular size frozen yogurt and 1 piece of hotdog for the entire day. I think eating those mini-bars defy my no-rice diet. I bet those mini foods were made to make you feel less guilty. Doesn’t matter as I had three, probably equivalent to more than just one big bar.

I still shy away from treadmills and ellipticals. I am too stubborn to do anything physical that isn’t part of what is necessary.

Thus, the bulge.

My face, arms and thighs. Ugh!

How was your Christmas? Mine felt like a pigging out contest!

I must congratulate myself for avoiding rice for the past two weeks. But believe me, I still gained the extra pounds for overeating pasta and cake. I guess since my stomach was so used to being heavy with rice consumption, I sort of always thought I was hungry since my stomach felt light. Or was it from being too tired shopping and carrying all those promotional products for give-aways, that I always wanted to eat after?

Whatever. It’s the holidays so I’m excused. I gave myself freedom to gain 5 pounds max while on vacation.

Is it just me or there’s so much food to eat everywhere?

Who can resist the cheesy pasta, creamy soup, yummy shrimps, juicy barbeque and all other sugar-filled desserts? Aargh! Maybe everytime I eat out on a party, I’d take appetite suppressants so I won’t feel any guilt.
Just like last night, the husband suddenly thought of ordering pizza and spicy chicken. I couldn’t resist eating! I imagine the extra pounds adding up on my waistline. Tsk, tsk.

And it isn’t Christmas yet!!! I’m pretty sure I’ll have carbo overload for the next couple of days. Yikes!

I have been busy looking more information about my research, treatments for Mesothelioma, that I forgot that I should be concerned with the family health too.

“Prevention is better than cure.”

This morning, BG’s school held their first Family Fitness Fun Run of the year. My daughter was too sleepy as the registration was at 7am. She was so used to getting up at 9am.

I actually had more fun during the 30-minute warm up session where a fitness instructor led the parents and kids. We stretched and danced in preparation for the run.

Daddy took this that’s why he wasn’t in the picture. I have no pictures of us while three of us were running together. I sure hope the teachers post the photos they took during the run.

We’ve been house hunting. Honestly, we are not decided yet whether we’d like a condo unit, a townhouse or a house and lot. In fact, we even thought we could just buy a lot then construct a house later on.

We checked this old but nice house located ideally near both my and hubby’s parents. The amenities in the area also meet our expectations. The only thing that bothered me is how old the house is. Healthwise, it scares me. Well, the house looks sturdy. I know old houses are built with full cement (not hollow as opposed to new ones). But it looked to me that anybody who will sleep in the attic will develop mesothelioma. So we crossed that one off our list.

Then we saw this medium-rise condo. I honestly fell in love with it. But still, husband suggested we still keep looking till it really feels right for both of us. Not a bad idea.