As usual, during summertime, the celebrity magazines like People, Us Weekly, Ok, Self, Shape, etc…are always loaded with weight loss info, celebrities’ successful diet story, summer bikini bodies and etc. I love reading those types of magazines.
It’s weird, isn’t it? Why are lot of people so curious to know about celebrities lives?

After I looked at a few magazines and flipped around a few pages, I found nothing and my husband and I stepped away. A really nice lady in magazine stand wished us a nice and safe trip. She also said “happy mother’s day” to me (Our flight was right on mother’s day). Later she said “Almost” smiling and pointing my tummy with her eyes.

After a few minutes I realized why she said “almost.” What did it mean? I asked my husband if he could give me his opinion. I wore a loose top at the time. Plus I felt like my tummy was bloated before the flight. Apparently I forgot to suck my tummy in. Apparently she thought that I was pregnant. My husband laughed so hard. And from that time he keeps teasing me “almost.”
I asked my husband if I was fat and looked pregnant and he said “almost.”

Well that’s my story. Am I offended?, No! That’s a call to arms for me. It makes me realize that I need to do something with my weight or at the very least the way I dress. I indeed looked pregnant.

There’s another similar story. But not quite, because it turn out ugly at the end.

I have a friend in the office who a few other coworkers and I noticed looks different. A few months ago she stopped smoking in the office after lunch (she used to do it al the time). She started wearing a lot of baby dolls and flats. Her body looked more full than usual.

Here I am while other people don’t have a bravery to ask, dumb me! Big mouth! Thinking that honesty is best, I came up to her and told her “hey please forgive me if I’m wrong ok” and then leaned toward her and whispered right in her ear, asked:

“Are you pregnant?”

I thought she would smile at me and answer my question BUT she was so mad at me. She raised her voice and yelled at me. She asked why everybody asked her the same question. Was she so fat that people thought she’ was pregnant?. Again she told me women didn’t asked such sensitive questions even though someone was 6 or 9 months pregnant That’s a NO NO. Well, I don’t know. I thought I could ask someone politely and honestly. I’m just curious and there’s no intention to hurt anyone. I mean it.

I’m still in shock from that answer. I think the culture is different here in the United States. In Asia we can just ask any question to anyone. But over here in the U.S. the same question might very well be taboo.

Within two years? Geez!!.. why is it so difficult to maintain weight? Why why why body! Why do you need to change?

There’s something you really need to understand and watch really carefully once you’ve lost the weight. It’s the maintenance part. The big mistake a lot of people run into after dropping the weight is going back to their old habit. We always take things for granted. We forget the struggling so easily. Even though we don’t do it right away, a few extra calories over time add up.

That includes me. I always said to myself, I can eat this and that because I’m still skinny now. But I don’t realize (maybe I realize but try to ignore it) weight is always accumulating over time. It can take three months, six or even a year.

Last month I traveled home to see my parents overseas. We saw bunch of pictures of me from five years ago when I left them and some pictures from two or a year ago. Since we hadn’t seen each other for about 5 and one-half years, it was really shocking for them to see how much I have changed.

My dad told me “You are gaining weight, that is, you are fat.“ I know he didn’t have an intention to hurt me, that’s just the way he says things because he knows me. My dad is the only person I know who can say things really honest in front of you no matter whether it hurts or not.

But he has a point though. It depends on who, how, when and where you use “honest words.” Some people need harsh words and others don’t. I’m a stubborn person. I need strong words to finally make me a move.

Unlike my husband who always says things in his sweetest voice and smiles “almost” honey; “you are not fat, just borderline” because he doesn’t want to hurt me. But that doesn’t impact me much. If he said that, for me, that means I’m still Okay.

My dad’s words indeed struck with me. “I’m fat.“ I need to do something before it’s too late, I thought to myself.

And that is how my new passage begins…………………… to try another try  (“My Dear Body” June 1, 2010)

Everyday we hear the news about how bad the economy will be in the coming year. We don’t know what the year 2009 will be like. One thing we have to understand is that worry won’t change anything one bit. Let’s take a positive thing out of the negative. Be an optimist and believe that everything will be better. Despite the economic crisis, this is actually the best time to lose weight. Cut all the unnecessary spending, cut eating out and cook at home more.

One of my biggest New Year’s Resolutions is still LOSING WEIGHT

I want to loose 20 pounds before our 5th anniversary on July 7th. (This time I’m very serious – starting on January 1st, 2009-)
How :

• Remove all junk food, sweets from refrigerator.

• Remove all junk food, sweets from my drawer in the office (I love to keep bunch of snacks in my drawer. When I’m bored I run to my drawer and satisfy myself with all kinds of chocolates, chips, cookies, peanuts and etc. I’m bad! bad! bad!)

• Eat breakfast regularly – control portions.

• Bring variety of cut out fruits to work. When I’m hungry or bored, fruit will be my solution.

• Reduce meal portions.

• Drink green tea 2 cups/day – morning and mid-afternoon

• Cook my own lunch (in this way I can control and pick the healthiest food I can eat)

• Have dinner before 7pm-control portions.

• Exercise 5 days a week – 30 minutes to 1 hour.

• Go to bed before 12am.

• Drink Plenty of water.

Okay…that’s my goal. No more excuses!

What’s your new year’s resolution? We would all like to hear.

My weight has been stable for about 3 years. I want to achieve my desired goal of weighing 100lbs but it seems so hard. The reason why I want to loose 15 pounds is because I’m not that tall. I’m only 4″11 and I think 100lbs is the best weight for my small frame. What do ya’ll think?

I need to stay motivated and get back on track.  2 months ago I joined the Nutrisystem diet plan and I quit because I was too stingy.  But now I have joined Nutrisystem again. This time I ordered the dinner meal only.

Dinner is the most difficult and weakest part. Since my husband and I work full time, I don’t have time to cook (lazy is the right word) for our dinner so we always dine out.  Or buy dinner and eat it home.  Most of the time the food that we eat is not healthy food.

That’s the main reason why I decided to join the Nutrisystem diet plan again and order just the dinner meal only. Most of their dinners have calorie counts between 220-360. I hope that’ll help me.

Anybody have experience struggling to lose the last few pounds?