Growing Old

It's been ages since I've posted anything here. There's really just two reasons for that. One, I'm too busy and too lazy to post anything new. This really doesn't sound good because that would mean, I've been too busy or worse, too lazy for almost half a year. LOL. Another reason would be because sometimes I have so many things that I want to blog that when I'm in front of my laptop, I get so confused that I end up not blogging anymore. LOL again.

Tonight though is different. I had to write this down because most of the things that I wanted to blog is about this topic. It's about growing old. I am now at an age where most of my friends are married and have kids, most have a very good and successful career and unfortunately, some have family members who are either sick, recovering from an illness or have passed away.

Before, things were easy. In college, it would be what dress to wear at a friend's debut party. Then it came to choosing what wedding gift or baby shower gift (whichever came first ... lol). But now, it's down to what words of comfort to say to a friend whose mom or dad, brother or sister, aunt or uncle, granmom or granddad is sick, or getting tested for a heart disease or even the big C. And not only that, I myself am getting scared as my parents now are getting older and are now more fragile.

It's really hard being away from family. I know we can't always be physically there everyday, but you just can't help but wonder how they are feeling. Are they ok? Are they taking their vitamins? Do they have any feelings of discomfort? Are they telling me that they have any of these? These sort of things... In the end, praying is the best that I could offer.

I always pray that they stay healthy, safe and is living a comfortable life. I thank God for always hearing my prayers and hope that He would continue to grant my requests.

So to all my friends and to all the readers of this blog, I do wish that your family be always safe and healthy.


* Photo taken from Google images

Weight Loss Update

Ok, I made this long post about my plans (and Em's) on losing weight but I haven't really made any updates about it.

Well, so far, after a week since I started my weight loss program (I started on the 28th of July), I lost 2 lbs. Then the week following that, I got sick and lost another 2 lbs. Unfortunately, I had to eat "well" so I can regain my strength because I was so weak after having gastroenteritis. I may have lost a couple of pounds because of this but I never want to experience that again! I prefer to eat veggies and oatmeal rather than go through that again. So anyway, now that I'm back to eating normal, I could follow my usual diet. I just need to look for healthy recipes for tuna, eggs and fish.

I know I said that I should have reached my target weight last Monday (01 Sep) but for obvious reasons, I would have to extend my deadline before October just in time for my friends' wedding on the 4th and 25th.

Wish me luck!

According to Statistics

It was a miracle I was able to get up early this morning after staying up late last night. I was hooked on the tube watching a documentary about obese women. In our country alone, they said that the number of overweight women has increased significantly. It's really not hard to understand why this is happening. If you would only look around, I am sure that there is only a small radius between a fast-food chain or a restaurant from one another. This does not help the fact that we love to eat. Everybody does. It is just that in our culture, we are not used to eating lunch and dinner (and sometimes even in breakfast) if there's no rice. And to add, exercise is also not that popular especially those people who are busy with work and family. Going to the gym is just a fad for some people. Some are just in it because it's the in thing or because it's summer time (need to look good in a bikini or trunks) that's why they head to the gym. This is probably why there are now a lot of diet pills like Anoretix, Xenical and fat burners like Miracleburn out in the market.

It is our lifestyle and eating habits that should change and not the kind of diet pills to take. I just hope that next year, these statistics would give better results.