I have been battling weight gain for years already. And if I saved all the money I spent on those food supplements I can already afford a liposuction. Geez, had I known I just did it way back! ( At the back of mind I’m scared of the thought of it hahahaha!)
During my high school days, I never had a problem with my figure. Maybe because I was active then. I was a volleyball varsity player and a member of the barangay dance troupe so all my muscles and fats were like, stretched and burned to the highest level! Oh I so missed those days. Sigh.
And then, college came. I met San Mig. And sisig. And crispy pata. Eveything fatty. No more volleyball games coz my freak boyfriend then wouldn’t allow me to wear shorts. ( Stupid diba? ) And I was stupidier for following him, I know! Anyway, I was also boarding a dorm way back so my breakfast, lunch and dinner composed of fastfoods like cheeseburger & fries, pizza & pasta and chips & soda. Not to mention the almost-nightly bar-hopping. You know, things you do when you have all the independence. And then started my weight problems. I would constantly resort to crash diets.
My crash diet would mean, Marlboro lights & iced tea, or if I’m in the mood to munch, crackers & iced tea. I used to do that if we have a night out and an outfit won’t fit me. It was so tedious.
I wasn’t that big though, my problem is that my thighs are so big they would call it “pata”. And then I gave birth to my eldest. I breastfed him for 8 months and I lost all the weight I gained since college. It seemed like my body was that of a 6th grader.
Well as they say some good things never last. When I took oral contraceptive, I started to gain weight again. And I was already freakin’ out coz I was starting to look “losyang” at a young age of 20! OMG. But mom said it’s in the genes so I just let it be. I would lose, I would gain. That’s just it. I told myself I need to get pregnant again coz I know that i would lose weight when I breastfeed. and I swear, I’m gonna maintain it, I swear.
April 2005, I lost weight without effort. How? I contracted pneumonitis (pre-cursor to pneumonia) and I was hospitalized for 2 weeks. I had to stop smoking then and I stayed away from smokers. I think I lost about 10 kgs then. But then again some good things never last, i gained weight again.
Until June 2006, I chanced upon a book, Dr. Robert Atkin’s Diet. I bought the book and followed everything that’s in there by heart. No carbs, no sugar. I did it for 3 long months and I was successful. So successful that they were already asking what i am doing to lose that amount of weight. I was so proud. I can already wear tank tops without blazers, short shorts. I already bought a whole wardrobe yata of new clothes.
Downfall? I got pregnant. And I gained weight again. Arrggh! Can you feel the struggle? And so my life was again back to fastfoods and sodas and chips and i became as big as Dabiana. Ewww! Anyway, I’ll breastfeed the baby, I said. and I’m gonna lose all of these.
So I gave birth. The weight loss was not that much and I was wondering. Lola said, ” Iba-iba ang pagbubuntis”. And all I could say was, OMG. And so I can no longer control it. And I was doomed to be fat forever.
But my husband is not giving up on me. He would give me money whenever I see something on TV for weight loss. Enough on the chinese-slimming-ekek, I’ll try the commercial supplements this time. I tried this green capsule which is being endorsed by Ploning. It was to be taken 3x a day. It’s a fat-burner and you have to take it after meal and it works best before 4pm. I can feel the change naman. Only, since I work on a graveyard shift, taking it before 4pm is not applicable because I am asleep from 6am to 4pm. Although “it works best” on my days-off coz you will really sweat to the max. And all my abdominal fats has loosen so I need extra work-out on that. Anyway, not the weight loss that I desire so i tried another. I bought Orlistat. And it’s working fine with me. it’s taken before breakfast and once a day only. So it suits my lifestyle and body clock. And I can feel that I’m losin’ weight already. Yay!
With all the money and the effort that I’ve given out, I deserve a result, a better result. Lord help me.