SHUR WIN!

Today I woke up feeling a lot better thanks to extra strong strepsils. It's good that i feel 80% better because this week is going to be hell. Not because of work or something. I'm just really motivated to lose just a little weight for saturday's beach trip (FINALLY!). Anyway today has been perfect so far! Had oatmeal for breakfast, chicken breast salad for lunch, banana cupcake made with splenda for dessert and lots of water, and jogging/pushups/situps later when I get home. Weird, can't believe I'm motivated... Not that I'm complaining. I had the easiest time today refusing to order a FREE triple cheeseburger. Yes I was tempted but it's not like I was drooling or anything. Looking at that picture... maybe a little... (this sucks)

For those who bet against me, don't worry so much. Today's sudden spike of motivation is my little cover up for the weekend. Since i was recuperating (love that word) from my illness which limited me from jogging the whole week, I HAD to answer to my tantalizing (nice word too) cravings last weekend. It's a psychological medicine so sush. My weekend could be best explained by the following: Uncle Moe's Shawarma - damn fine way to have bad breath. Inihaw na liempo - SOLIDO. Doube smores cookie creamwhich - heaven. I'll show the pictures so you can feel what I felt. (^_^)

Man oh man I do not regret any moment of it! I may have gained a few more pounds and screwed myself all over again but HEY! How can you say no to that!!! MAIN POINT IS, I am very much focused today and tomorrow and probably until the bet ends so for those who doubted, too bad so sad!!! Don't worry guys, when I get the wagers by Dec. 19, we can all have dinner somewhere, my treat. NOT! Bwahahahahaha... You guys say goodbye to your money as early as now. Or better yet, give up and pay me half. Bwahahahahha...

TODAY (Sorry for the lack of creativity)

So sorry for the delay! The host has been under maintenance for the longest time! ( ok I'm lying... forgive me host) Truth is i just got lost in words. Sometimes you're brain just stops working and all the creative juice dries up. Right now I'm making this entry coz as usual I'm bored and secondly I'm hoping this acts like a sparkplug to my brain...

*SPrrrr
*SPArrrrrrrr
*SPAAAARKKKK!!!!!!

There you go! I feel a part of it coming back (^_^). So let me start by saying I got sick. I had a very tiring weekend but it sure heck was fun and worth every little second of it! I speak for John and Sarte too. **Wink wink** On the downside though, i did push myself to the limit and ended up getting sick. Tried to go to work last Wed but my body just wasn't cooperating. I ended up calling in sick yesterday too (and NO it's not to watch ADMU-DLSU finals: well maybe it was 20% of the reason. OK 50%) But SERIOUSLY I was sick. 'Nuff said.

Instead of being weak from being sick, and having my illness as an advantage for my financially "deadly" wagers, I FEEL like it was more of a disadvantage. It's like a step down from my goals. Since i had toncilitis, i wasn't able to eat that much for the past two days but TODAY, my oh my it's a different story. There's something about today that just made me snap. Today i lost the battle again. I'll use bullet points to describe my failure:

• Office mates asking if I'm ok na and saying "Pumayat ka na" (temporary happiness)
• lunch time, my lunch group wanted to eat liempo again... I COULD'NT HELP IT!!!!!
• merienda, (i just had it now btw), i ate balut and penoy. Balut as ugly duckling as it looks tastes soo good. On the other hand WTF is penoy????
• 9pm shawarma rice, chicken kebab, ox brain, keema, and "All-my-tea" dinner plan

I'm still drooling for shawarma rice... shawarma rice with lots of veggies and sauce... I CAN'T WAIT! I'll take a pic of it later and repost it here.

DEMMIT! I honestly feel like i've already lost a few pounds but it's making me lose my focus. I got a month and a half to go and it's too early for me to celebrate. I may be on track but i am very much on that thin line between chubby and "just right". I gota to be stronger. I have to hold on. Have to hide my money somewhere so i stop buying food. I just have to....

Next weekend I plan to head to the beach with some friendly friends... figured to make it a short term goal. A "for-the-meantime" motivation. I'll worry again after that. I don't want to be a fat-ass dugong bouncing off the shore.

The Break Up

Crispy pata, Lapid's chicharon, Liempo, Triple Decker Cheeseburger, Shawarma rice, Coke light... just like Adrianne, Stigmatized and Wherever you will go... What's the resemblance? They're all CALLING!!! Get it? The Calling? .... (X_X)

Pardon the corniness but the "Thin Routine" is really hurting me bad. For the past 4 days i have been very "disciplined" with eating and running and honest to goodness my friends, i think I'm actually doing it. (sucks for those who bet) There have been nothing but oatmeal, water, brown organic rice, tofu, banana, and around 31/2 hours of jogging so far. Well i did have one bottle of beer yesterday coz i can't refuse my boss but other than that, i had NOTHING. I swear this thing's killing me... makes me wonder if all the wagers i made can compensate the sacrifice i'm doing...

Last night while eating, or may i say "drinking" soup, my oh soo nice sister bought a plastic of chicharon and left it on the table. Contrary to what you think, i did hold it and stare at it but I didn't give in. This was the scenario:

Lapid's Chicharon: Hey baby, come! come!, lets do it!
Burns: Umm... errr...
Lapid's Chicharon: C'mon now... you know you want me...
Burns: Umm... err... I'm sorry. It's just not gona work out....
Lapid's Chicharon: But why? I though i was your favorite??? :'C
Burns: It's not you... It's me...
Lapid's Chicharon: At least take one?
Burns: WIND WALK!
Lapid's Chicharon: WOAH! OMGZOR Where where where??

-------END-------

I copied the "It's not you" line from my friend John Policarpio by the way. Moving on from my schitzo moment, another temptation came my way. In the freezer, there's a super loaded rocky road and god darnnit! I love ice cream. That one hurt me bad. The freezer was like a trap, where a kung fu midget will suddenly pop out and kick me in the balls. I still can't get over it.... Hope that ice cream burns in hell...

Oh man... Breaking up with FOOD, REAL scrumptuous and hefty food that is, is REALLY hard. It drains the living life out of me and eats me inside... I'm looking forward to running again though...

*Btw my I started out 165lbs.

SHOW ME THE $$$

BET: From 165lbs (based on medical so I'm not cheating), i have to lose 15lbs
by Dec 19, 2008.

John Policarpio - 2k
Silver Surfer - P500
Bayunca - 1k
Emgay - $50
Mom - P500
Pia - undisclosed
Dunkin Donut - P50
John Harold Chua - P500
TOTAL ---------> P4600

"Motiva... tio... tio... FOOD!"

Last weekend, I worked out like hell. I was sweating all over the place, losing weight and burning calories. I played badminton, basketball, went jogging for 2 solid hours and *****SNAP*****
Yeah yeah it was all a dream... more like a fantasy... My weekend can be best described with 1 word, SCRUMPTUOUSLYHEFTY. That self-made word speaks for itself. Days go by after i gave myself a problem - "Thin Routine". Instead of becoming something that could inspire me to go and move my sleazy butt, i ended up casting a curse upon myself, a burden. Now i feel bad every time i eat. BUT it's not stopping me from eating. See what boredom does? It makes you crazy and you end up screwing yourself. I screwed me big time.

So i ask myself, what happend to optimism? I just can't seem to get motivated enough to freaking follow my own checklist and there are a lot of factors stopping me from being active - bad weather stops me from jogging, traffic drains the living life out of me, etc etc. WHAT TO DO??

Maybe i can...
1. throw up every time after eating? (too desperate)
2. keep a video copy of two girls one cup on my phone and watch it to lose appetite? (too much..)
3. place a pic of mark nelson's abs on my cubicle? (too gay...)
4. get money for sacrficing food... PURFECT!!!!!

That's it! As much as i would regret it in the long term I would look for someone who wants to make a bet. Honesty system works? I guess for this bet, actions will speak louder than words. I am currently at the 165lbs range and assumingly someone takes my bet, losing weight says it all. Today is September 16, given 3 months before christmas comes, (gawd all the yummiest food in the world...) I should be able to lose around what? 10 pounds maybe? Hopefully...

Before I get myself into more trouble, i should probably shut up now eh? Boredom bites back hard. But since I already said it, and my word is as strong as a Wooly Mammoth, I WILL look for someone to bet with. Any takers?

Thin Routine update: from a +20 something % last week, I'm guessing I'm -15% right now. (X_X)

"Stress and Thin Routine Update"

Yesterday was very stressful. I was loaded with work the whole day... i literally had to run around everywhere. I mean, the whole week i bum and chill here at the office then BAM!!! It's like my boss got possessed by a stress ghost and decided to trip on me... it's not that I'm lazy to work, i just work really fast so i end up having free time. Lots of free time. So for all you my fellow bored and stressed people, i found a stress reduction kit and it's here on the right side. Try it out... :-)

MOVING ON.. back to THIN ROUTINE... still not much luck.
Yesterday i proudly didn't eat much. (coz i was too busy with work) Still, no 9 glasses of water, no oatmeal and no walking. I did get to follow one thing! I ate fruit for mirienda. I heard that banana is really healthy and is a favorite for the health conscious so.... i had BANANAQ. Wait a minute, i know it has LOTS of sugar on it but it's still counted as a fruit. Its banana with sugar, not sugar with banana so spare me. At night i had a phone-a-massage and that's about it. I can say I was a little successful yesterday. :)

I just had a realization... it's really amazing how easy it is to get rid of boredom through blogging. Now that i started writing, i barely have the time to write. Work has been hitting me from all angle. If i stop blogging.... maybe work will stop coming in too. I'm a genius.

BORED = BLOG
BLOG = WORK
then BORED = WORK

After a thorough computation for the bored blog work mathematical concept relationship, i come up with the conclusion that getting bored is hard work and working hard is boring. Being the genius that i am today, i will end this entry with a quote:

"i am, therefore i'm not" - Mr. Cashew Pistachio

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA get it?

first day jitters?

Ok, i admit. I got a little too carried away. That checklist was hella tough. I tried my best today
to resist my favorite thing in the world (FOOD) but to no avail. Yeah.. i'm the biggest pussy for the day but i won't give up that easily! You know what they say: i may have lost the battle, but i will win the war!

For breakfast, I didn't bring my baon to increase my chances of not eating but then my officemates invited me to the caf and oh lord... how can i resist the sweet smell of longsilog with fried rice... YES i gave in...

For lunch, i was able to hold it and decided to just drink coffee (is coffee bad?) HOWEVER, it turned out to be a very gloomy and cold afternoon so I ended up being very very sleepy. SO I ATE 2 packs of sour gummy worm! WAG NA KUMONTRA PLS? Di na nga naglunch eh...

Finally, after two hours of badass traffic due to the effin badass rain, i got badass hungree and ate a whole bunch for dinner. Well at least it was only fried fish. :-)

It's 8pm now, i just took a bath. End of day evaluation: Wasn't able to drink 9 glasses of water (only 1/2... and water's bad for my health), didn't go jogging (it was raining hard), and i got all the excuses in the world today so please spare me. Even superstar rookies choke on their first games... I'm staring at a toblerone right now... hmmmm.... yuuuummm.... do you know that chocolates actually make you smarter? oh what a coinsidence i have a report to make!! :-)

TIME TO GET SMART!!!!!!!! i guess i had 17.46% progress today with the "Thin Routine"... very good considering its my first day. The way i see things, the glass of water is 1/4 filled - not 3/4 empty!

I swear I'll do better tomorrow! Peace out fellow bored people! =p

What boredom does...

September 9, 2008

“THE THIN ROUTINE”

Today I start to live a healthy lifestyle. I know I said and tried this a million times before but today I will make it happen. I know it’s hard to lose weight, hell it’s even harder to walk the talk about doing all these bullshit but I guess I’ve had enough. To my complete lifestyle turnaround I made a list of the things I would like to do. I call this the “thin routine”. :-)

1. water only 9 glasses (no more juice or softdrinks... ouch!)

2. Walk everyday/ walk the dog

3. play basket or badminton

4. stop eating rice

5. light weight lifting, push-up, sit-up

6. one coke light per week

7. eat fruits (apple/banana)

8. oatmeal for breakfast and dinner

Geez… Just looking at it makes me doubt myself again. For some people this may seem like a breeze so let me explain how hard it is for me. I was consistently in the 140lbs zone when I was 17 (I’m 5’6 ½ by the way) and I am now around 165lbs and just turned 22. I don’t want to brag but I did have 6pack abs before and I totally and completely blew it away. I love liempo, I eat like 5 slabs in one sitting, I eat a whole box of pizza, and burgers just seem too irresistible (Damn 3 pound cheeseburger… yum!). I drink coke every god given day, sometimes I resort to iced tea or juice. Being young and active, I never really though I’d gain weight that much. So to cut the story short, my “baboy” lifestyle turned me into a 25lbs bigger Burns. Well I really don’t consider myself fat, maybe a little wide and chubby… ok I’m lying I’m fat and I don’t care if it’s something psychological but I do feel fat and I hate it. I easily get tired, I look like a pregnant woman after eating and I just can’t stand it anymore. This writing thing sucks so I’ll just place my picture:

FACE

Past ----------> Present

BODY

Past ----------> Present

Can you spot the difference?? Yeah yeah I know you don’t have to rub it in . Let me clear something though – I don’t care what other people think, I don’t care if my friends tease me – I’m doing this because I’m effin bored with my life and I would like some sort of challenge. Besides, it’s 3pm, I’m stuck in the office with nothing to do, might as well blog about something impossible. See! I just wasted 30 minutes.

Anyway going back, “The Thin Routine” is my master plan. (and YES it starts today)

but I ate liempo for lunch so it officially starts TOMORROW. Hopefully this works out

for me. By the time this routine kills me, I’m hoping I would turn out like that ----------->

Once again I am not doing this merely to waste time, I will be serious and REALLY do this as much as I can. I know I can. I believe I can. IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING...

... i think.

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