1200 calories/day -- Day 1

Breakfast:
-3 pcs Marie Biscuit (approx. 35 calories)

Lunch:
-1/4 cup rice
-Chicken adobo with potatoes (drumstick)
-1 Banana
-Pancit (tikim tikim)

Snack Part 1:
-1 serving Lychee jellies (120 calories)

Snack Part 2:
-biko and kakanin

Snack Part 3:
-variety of chips and choco biscuits c/o Glenn

Dinner:
-Large White Hat frozen yogurt (plain)

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Above is an example of how NOT to achieve your goals.

Mid-year Evaluation

Though mid-year was a month and a half ago, it's sad to realize that I haven't ticked that much items in my 2010 checklist. Early in the year, an officemate (Micah) shared to me this list of things to accomplish in 2010. It came from her Belle de Jour Power Planner and I just photocopied the checklist pages because I was and am poooorrr to get myself a copy.

To date, I've highlighted 17 out of 110 items.

Done:
23. Fall in love.
24. Buy one gadget I really covet. [A new laptop - Samsung N150 in pink]
34. Do something new with my hair. [Had it curled after New Year and had subtle red highlights about a month ago]
43. Vote.
46. Get drunk.
47. Let yourself go crazy for a night.
49. Sing your heart out with some friends.
50. Buy yourself new shoes.
55. Live in the moment. [Still is.]
63. Cook a meal for a special someone.
65. Talk to your stuffed animal. [I hope my duck speakers count.]
66. Cry your heart out.
71. Update your resume.
82. Swim in the beach. [Tampisaw in the beach, more like.]
86. Get a sexy new dress. [..which I've yet to wear.]
92. Know your weaknesses.
97. Go home early from work.

And I have 4.5 months left for the others. Here are some that I would like to prioritize:

17. Be more serious about my savings and finances.
37. Work out every other day for one month. [And then I can start wearing item (86) above]
39. Get lost and explore a new place.
44. Isolate yourself from the rest of the world for one day. [Any suggestions where?]

/study time now../

August na...

At wala palang naidulot na mabuti sa aking pisikal na katayuan ang blog na ito..

All In

Indeed, the new backpack did wonders. I went jogging/walking with Enz yesterday @ AAV, then stayed for hours at Cuenca Park and pigged out on junk goodies. Not enough to make me feel guilty. Not even 1/3 of Cheese Steak sandwich from Brothers Burger ruined my "reward" day. ^_^

2 pounds. I've forgotten the joy of dropping two, glorious pounds! (This is after last night's junk food session)

No time to waste, then. I learned a new gym routine (for free) today from a trainer and signed up for personal training for 10 sessions (not free). Let's see what a P6,270-investment will do..

2 days' worth

Healthy food = boring. Apparently not, if you're a creative health-conscious wannabe.

Yesterday's good eats: Enzo's Italian-style pasta, frozen yogurt, and lumpiang ubod. Now dieting is getting interesting..

I was supposed to jog around Merville with Enz last night, but that didn't happen sooo, I bought a pampaganang backback from R.O.X. before he picked me up. Perhaps spending more than a thousand bucks on a fitness gear would rid me of more excuses.

And alas, I went to the gym after work today! What. Up.

Gym session includes:
- 15 minutes on the Step Master
- 30 minutes on the elliptical
- some floor excercise

That's it for now. Will --hopefully-- go to the gym again tomorrow morning.

Making up for yesterday's brownies

Because it's the nasty time of the month and the pain made me slouch for hours after lunch, I was only able to jog 3 rounds (High Street) tonight. I need to go back to the gym ASAP. I'm not sure if jogging alone will work for me, having gained more than 10 lbs during my work-out-less, sitting-down-full, and food-abundant year in Watson Wyatt.

Ang sumpa ng office job. Must disprove that theory.

Today's meals were semi-healthy. I followed idol Kevin's advice on not eating rice:

Breakfast:
- fish (Bangus tail from my baon)
- coffee
- 3 Marie biscuits

Lunch:
- Smoked Bangus (sans tail)
- 4 pcs siomai (loaded with extenders, according to enzo. I did say "semi-healthy")

Snack:
- 1 banana (with an exceptionally large "girth." hehe)

Dinner:
- Crabstick n' Mangos sandwich from The Sandwich Guy. No Mayo, with lots of cucumber and green leaves. Bongga!

Thank God It's Thursday. Ngek.

Breakfast
- about 1/3 cup of rice
- a small serving of pork adobo
- hard-boiled egg

Lunch
- chopseuy, beybeh!
- half cup of rice
- pomelo
- 4 pcs siomai

Merienda
- 1 banana

Dinner
- Fillet-o-Fish

Ahuh, it's sorta okay... But I jogged around High Street for 4 rounds with Grace, James, Jam, Tiff, and Trisha. I brought my iPod this time and Jam was right, music increases stamina. You somewhat forget you're tired and if you find a certain song that is perfect for your jogging/breathing pace, man, you gotta put it on repeat! Young Jeezy's Put On (feat Kanye West), for some reason, kept me putting one foot after another, beat after beat.

So far that's all I have for the week. The last three days have no place in this blog. BLAH.