My Weight Loss Journal

I've decided to dedicate a new blog focusing on my weight loss.  So far, my past attempts have come up short.  First, I'm lazy.  Second, I'm lacking motivation. Third, I like...let me change that...I LOVE food!

I think that for me to succeed, I need to write down my progress and how I am feeling during days when I am about to fall off the wagon, again.  So what I'm going to do are as follows:

• Eat breakfast
• Portion control
• Be consistent with exercise
• Watch my calorie intake
• Most of all, think positive!

I am the kind of person who wants to see results fast, that why I was tempted to use the aid of weight loss pills.  But since I am also trying to...., I will have to do this the healthy way, meaning slowly but surely.

My goal is to get back to 110 lbs by the end of the year. So...here I go --> My Weight Loss Journal

I'm back!!!!!

I totally forgot I have this blog. Well, I've been reading my old posts and it brought back memories that I have seemed to have forgotten.

I decided to come back and do this blogging thing again.

Tim's B-day

Yesterday we went to one of our new friend's birthday party. This was the second time I have been to their house. The first time was just a get-together to play cards. We'll so happened that you have to expect to play cards every time you were invited to come over. And I totally forgot my zip lock bag with my quarters. So I had to ask my dear Pineapple to give me some money. He gave me $20 and I lost all of it. Although that was my first time to play "Pares-pares" I learned it within that night so next time I have to come play cards with them I am ready to fight! LOL! And take note I was feeling a little tipsy already coz of the margarita they were serving. I have one here and there but in the end I lost all my money. We had fun though. The husbands were busy watching the pay-per-view UFC fight. Except Tim who played cards with us girls. Tim is married to Marina. And I met Marina through Jona who I have met on WOF and whom I have referred to the current job she has in our company. Besides Marina, I have also met Gracie, Alma, Ate Encar and two new Pinays who I first met at the birthday party.

Before this birthday party happened, which for sure will not be invited to coz we have only met once before, by coincidence Marina & Tim went to the same bar that my Pineapple & I went to on New Year's Eve. I saw her there and we all sat together the whole night. We played a few rounds of pool and had quite a few shot of Jagerbomb, besides the few cocktail drinks we had before that. So that was when they invited us to come to Tim's birthday. Thanks to Friendster Marina & I got to swap cellphone numbers and we got to text each other during Charger games coz our hubby are both San Diego Charger fans so we get to watch it with them and we get to exchange thoughts about the game.

Ok, I am out of stories...until my next update! Oh yeah, ang taba ko sa pictures and I feel horrible dahil I am ballooning.

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The Price is Right

On Dec.24th "The Price Is Right" will air it's Christmas Special. We went there Nov.29th for my Pineapple's birthday and we were in the audience. Were not called as a studio contestant but for sure we will be seen on TV in the background coz most of the ones who were called to "Come On Down!" were, if not in front of us, beside us.



We were all surprised at how small the stage is. Plus They interview every single studio audience. With that they will then choose who will be the contestant. We wanted to get on the next taping right after that one we went to but we had to run and see "The American Gladiators". But when we got there we ended up deciding to start driving home so we will not get there so late since I had to work the next day. It was really fun though.

Ozzy Osbourne

We were supposed to watch Ozzy Osbourne in concert way back in November but he got sick so they had to reschedule the date. We were able to see him and it was awesome! My Pineapple said that you have to see Ozzy in concert even for once in your life coz he is one of the legends. Plus when I thought about it he is old now and the opportunity to see him while he is still alive is great. We went there with my mom-in-law, sis-in-law and daughter and one of our niece. So there were 3 generations who loves Ozzy! I took a video and some pictures before he came out.


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Christmas Party

We had our company Christmas Party last Dec. 6th. Almost everyone in the company came and we had fun. Since I work in the front office, my supervisor asked me to help our HR person with some of the party stuff. So they assigned me to be the one getting the gifts from our co-workers who wanted to participate in the white elephant game. That's a fun game...it goes on forever. It was also the night our bonuses were given to us. As of now I almost spent all my bonus money on gifts. Hopefully those gifts I ordered online will get here in time for Christmas.

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I'm back!

I finally got my butt off the couch and drag myself to type something here. A lot have happened since I last updated my blog. We finally moved to our own place. We have unpacked all our boxes and bought some more stuff for our home. I am now driving alone...and taking the freeway to and from work. I am sure almost everyone have heared what happened here in So.Cal. Multiple brush fires have caused so much damage and evacuated thousands of families, including us, from their homes. We were kind of close to the Witch Creek fire coz it had reached the area just 5 minutes drive north of our apartment. We were driving home from our short weekend in Vegas and we saw dark smoke by the other side of the mountains so we tuned in to the news radio and found out that a fire in the LA area had started and it has started burning a lot of multi-millions homes. Then we heared on the local news that San Diego has 2 wild fires too. When we were approaching where I-15 splits and turns into CA-163 (?) we saw smoke engulfing the 15. And traffic was at a stop. The wind was so strong that day and it only got even stronger after that. So when we got home, the next day my husband had to evacuate me and drive me down to my in-laws, which is closer to my work. And he had to go back to our place coz his work is near there. They had to close down their company Monday so he had to go back to our place to grab some of our stuff in case the fire gets really close to our apartment. So he stayed down at my in-laws with me Monday night but after that he stayed up here in our apartment the entire week.

Now that it's over, driving around the neighborhood, knowing that the fire had gone through there is kind of weird. I have never experienced something like that before. Most of my emergency experiences are coz of typhoons, floods or earthquake...but not firestorms. It is kind of eerie to me. We went to the Charger game Sunday after everyone had left the stadium which was used as an evacuation center and when they showed the video of what San Diegans had gone through that week it got to me. I got weepy and felt emotional. It was the first time I felt like I belong here...that I am a San Diegan and that San Diego is my home. It's sad that I had to realize that in that manner but I feel happy that I finally felt like I am home.

OK! On to something different. Halloween has just passed and soon Thanksgiving is coming. Then my Pineapple's birthday. I still haven't figured out what to buy him for his birthday. I am just way bad with gifts. I know he would say he likes some stuff. But he would also say he doesn't really want it...that it's just a waste of money. So I am kind of lost.

Both our work has been real good. Pineapple's company had finally moved locations. And they all got a raise. I, also got quite a nice raise. So a big help to us financially. We are still trying to figure out our budget and still trying our best to always keep our home clean ( which never really happen except during the weekend...or Sunday). But all in all, it is all good. I feel like this year has been really really been the best for us.

P.S.
I almost forgot the most important milestone for us...we celebrated our 1st year anniversary last September. We went to a Japanese Restaurant for an early dinner. Since our anniversary fell on a Sunday we had to go out after the Charger football game was finished. LOL!



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I'm back posting...an update!

I've been planning to write something here for a couple of months now but I've been so tired from work and then weekends are pretty hectic too. So once my butt touches our bed my body would just fall down and go straight to sleep. We've been VERY busy coz of upcoming move. Me & my Pineapple will be moving to an apartment in the northern part of San Diego. His company will be moving there so we will be moving a month before the company moves so I will have plenty of practice driving on the freeway going to my work. It's probably going to be a 45 minute drive for me since I am a new driver here in the US. I have never driven in a highway before. The most I have done is the 50 mph streets here in CV. I'm still practicing getting comfortable with higher speeds. I failed my first behind-the-wheel test so I have to take it again. The clock is kind of ticking for me coz I have only 2 months left to get used to driving fast & switching lanes. Coz when I turn my head to the left or right to check my blind spots, my hand kinda goes with my head...it turns also. So of course, the vehicle turns also which is very dangerous. But my Pineapple have said that my driving is getting more & more smoother. Going fast, like 50 mph, makes my knees shake a bit. I think that as long as I don't need to change lanes I am fine. But I do need to turn left or right somewhere. LOL! I do hope my company will also move to where we are moving. Or at least, somewhere closer.

So far so good when it comes to my work. I still have a month to go before my 90 days probationary period is over. And then hopefully I will get a salary increase. I am still learning a lot of things at work. Coz it seems like my position has a lot of responsibilities. I am a bit stressed out right now coz the company is kind of down in it's finances. So of course, I will be getting calls from our vendors wanting their money. I do hope I will handle talking to them pretty well and it will go smoothly. Hope they'll understand our current situation.

And lastly, we are buying stuff here and there for our new apartment. We have bought a lot actually. But we are wise to go look for sale items. We have a rule on our spending spree...we only buy stuff if it's on sale. We have scour the swap meet, gone through the aisles of different stores. I think we have most of the things needed in the kitchen & bathroom. We even bought a sofa & loveseat! We are all set. All we need to do is fill up the boxes we have by our bed and we will be ready to go.

We will for sure be taking pictures of our new pad. We have found a good apartment community so we are very happy & excited to move. Plus we can't wait to use the A/C. Summer here is getting warmer & warmer. So until next time...maybe three weeks from now I will be back posting

San Diego State Fair 2007

My first time to go to the fair. And there's two things I have heard about it, that there's a lot of food on a stick & also weird food. We ate some deep-fried rattlesnake & potatoes. I saw signs for deep fried snicker bars. There's even a Crispy Cream Chicken Sandwich, deep-fried Twinkies, deep fried pickles, hotdog on a stick, pickle on a stick, meatball on a stick, sausage on a stick, deep fried coca-cola, and much more. It was a fun day but I was so tired that both my heel were hurting so much as I walk. And my left knee started hurting! LOL I even saw a Johnny Cash & a SD Chargers Jersey onesie. Sooo cute! I saw some farm animals like those sheep that are so cute. There are those with big horn, miniature sheep, and the usual sheep...even saw a black sheep. It was my first time to see a sheep so I was amazed. I am used to seeing goats & cows so it's not that exciting to me.

Me & my niece went on some rides...I went with her on the giant slide, where you use a sack and slide. Then we went on the Crazy Mouse ride, and then this horror house ride which was lame, and then another roller coaster. And she went on the spinning rides with her mom coz I will certainly puke if I ride those kind of things. Although I rode the hang glide thing with her which got me dizzy even if it was fun. My neck just seemed messed up that's why I couldn't go on some ride where my neck is not relaxed. We arrived at the fair around 1 p.m. and we left around 10 p.m. So of course, now we are all sore from walking too much.

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