Day 14 :)

Today is Day 14 of my Lose-Weight-Mission.

So far so good

Hopefully there will be fairly significant results by the time I get to Day 25 or so.

This is going to be a slow and steady journey. Not expecting nor aiming for drastic weight loss which is likely to be temporary anyway. And I definitely don’t want to look pale and haggard at the end of this because that would really defeat the purpose of losing weight. The skinny druggie look is so not what I want even if some people might find that appealing (you know, in the starved-supermodel way).

Anyway, my ThinPrep Pap Smear came back all cleared! Wheeeeeee! Normal results finally!! Very expensive to do so many tests ok!! *relieved*

I am having a massive craving for Japanese food right now. I want juicy sticks of yakitori and lots of delish sushi. But right now I can only THINK about them. Eating them would spell disaster.

Control is key!

Run.Ran.Running

I bought my first pair of Asics a couple of days ago Congratulations to me!

It is the first step to committing myself to regular runs. Afterall, the shoes are incredibly expensive (to me at least, I normally spend <$100 on workout shoes seeing how mine tend to wear out faster due to frequent usage) and they are *ahem* ‘REAL’ running shoes. Or so people who run claim.

The goal is to run 2 or 3 times a week, not more than an hour each time.  I’ll be satisfied if I can keep to that for the next few months. Perhaps in time to come, I will be able to run more without hurting my knees.

I googled and found a pic of my new shoes! Nice?

It’s time …

I have decided that it is time I get 100% serious about losing weight.

The amount of weight that I have gained over the last 2yrs is just obscene. And “working out regularly” and “eating healthy” are no longer good enough. Such vague dieting concepts may be effective for most people, but sadly they ain’t good enough in my case.

It is time to focus and enforce even more discipline and put in place a more defined plan.

I have to do this.

I need to do this.

I will do it.

Time for a break again!

Today is a gym-free and Let’s-All-Relax-And-Pamper-Ourselves Day!

3 new Kit Kat flavours!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apple Vinegar

Sports Drink

Ume Soda

Touched by a Bus Ride

This morning I took a 10E to work and a number of stops before the bus reached Raffles Place, it started to get cranky. The driver had trouble getting the bus to move whenever we stop at a red light. I think most drivers would ‘declare’ a break-down after several attempts, but this driver didn’t. He restarted the engine many many times, dragging the bus slowly along the crowded roads and tried his best to prevent the bus from stalling. I believe he wanted to make it to Raffles Place before telling the passengers that the engine has broken down seeing how 90% or more of the passengers belonged to the Raffles Place crowd.

Usually I feel a tinge of annoyance when the bus screws up, but this morning I didn’t. On the contrary, I was very touched that the driver tried his damn best to get us as close to Raffles Place as possible. Despite his best efforts, the bus finally died when we were on the bridge just past Esplanade.

Fortunately, it wasn’t that far a walk to get to work for most people, so I think most of the passengers weren’t too annoyed. The driver was apologizing to everyone of us as he refunded us for that trip and issued a ticket for a free trip next time round.  I thought it was excellent service on his part, and it was particularly commendable in my opinion that he did the best he could to get us as far as he could, rather than giving up after a few attempts. If he didn’t try so hard, I think some of us would have ended up  taking a cab to work, or be very late for work should we opt to wait for the next bus (which is likely to be packed by that time!).

Excellent service in Singapore is rare. And it makes my day to experience such awesome service when shit happens.

Happy mid week everyone