Truth About My Weight

Hello! Today's Sunday. My mag-ama went out for a basketball game. John kasi would always play basketball kapag Sunday, sinama nya si Johann. Perfect time for me to blog! :)

I just want to share to you (if I have readers. lol.) some things about me and my weight.

When I was dalaga, I was thinner. Chubby, but thinner, compared now. My height is 5"1" and my weight before is from 115lbs to 118lbs. It even went down to 108lbs to 110lbs but average would be the first weight I mentioned. I fit a size Medium in most of the clothes. Large kapag masikip sa arms. Sa arms kasi talaga nagkakatalo. I have brusko arms so if Medium ang damit pero masikip sa arms, I change it to Large. So yeah, Medium to Large ako. Get the picture?

I really looked young, pretty and blooming then. Kasi comfortable ako sa everything. Clothes, face, tummy not showing etc. Now kasi, I feel bloated, fat, parang my clothes kept on shrinking on me na hindi na ako kasya sakanila. Haha!

When I got pregnant, I was not that fat. I gained weight but not too much, so I figured, mabilis babalik ang katawan ko. Johann was not that big din when I had him. First few months, I was a typical na nanganak. Still the same weight when I was pregnant. But as months passed, I gained and gained.

Preggy. 6-7 months na yata ako nyan. 

I am a stay-at-home mommy. Johann's malikot but I make it bawi sa food intake lagi. When I am depressed or stressed, I eat. When I am pagod, I eat. When I am happy, I still eat! Haha. No exercise.

Honestly, that is may be one reason why I seldom go out. I am so conscious of how I look and how I weigh. I get ill-tempered that I can't wear any nice clothes anymore 'coz hindi na kasya yung mga luma kong damit. I also seldom buy clothes that's why I have only a number to choose from. I am not kasi a type of person na would wear sexy clothes or fitted clothes kahit mataba. May iba kasi, mukhang suman sa damit if they wear uber fitted eh. No offense meant to those who wear clothes like that. It's just that it is not me. I am not comfortable with that eh.

I enrolled back to boxing and even gym. (Dati pala, kaya ako payat kasi, nagboboxing ako sa Elorde and nagggym ako sa Fitness First. Sarado na kasi Elorde sa SM Southmall kaya nakakatamad na sa malayo magboxing.) Anyway, I enrolled in a boxing gym located in Madrigal Business Park, Alabang. 4 months ako naka-enroll. Come 4th month, medyo tinatamad nako. Lost few pounds. But ever since I stopped, I gained again. I have been telling John, if I really want to lose weight, dapat consistent ang gym ko. Since I am not enrolled anymore, pano ako magwowork out? Sis in law ko kasi, payat na. Pero it took her more than 2 years din, bago na maintain yung figure. Kasi, hindi natatanggal gym nya. There would be times na she's lazy to go but atleast, anytime, she can come back. That's what I want. Pero siyempre, we're not that mayaman naman. So dapat, once enrolled, sulitin. Which I didn't.

Why am I gaining? It is because I am a rice person. Take note. I eat lunch and dinner. Twice lang ha? Pero since I eat rice, I keep on gaining weight. Usually pa kasi, 1 and half cup rice ako. Haha! If masarap ulam, hanggang 2 cups. lol. In between meals, I seldom eat. Pero if eat usually fatty food. Ice cream, chocolate, sweets, or junk food. Diba? Sino ba naman di tataba non?

However, there are people who I really idolize for their dedication in losing weight. They are Mommy Fleur, Mommy Cheryll, Tina de Guzman and Joanne Avila (friends of mine) and Marie Flores (also a friend). I have been observing them for almost 2-3 months now. They are losing weight. Kailangan talaga ang mind set. San ba nakakabili non? Pa-order nga ako.

I tend to be tamad talaga kasi at times. Pero as I said, I need my mind to be set in order for me to get back into my dalaga weight. Exercise, eat well and control.

Ate Che of Out of The Box Ideas, told me, I should reveal, make kwento and blog it so the whole world (lol. daming readers?) will witness this. Para mag-pursige ako magpapayat. I will start again tomorrow. Jogging, diet and control. No rice, no sweets etc.

Will update what and how I am doing about this project me, soon! :)

Current weight: 145lbs. Kapag busog, 148lbs. Haha! :D

S&R Member's Treat (First Timer)

I had a very tiring day. First, I slept late last night. Hindi na nga night eh, Wednesday na ng madaling araw, around 4am. Woke up 7-ish am, took a bath and fixed myself. I waited for my sis-in-law and mother-in-law to pick me up. And they did, around 8:50 am.

We arrived at S&R Alabang around 9:10 am. Parking was full already.

Near parking entrance

MIL and I decided to fall in line na while waiting for SIL to park the car. As expected, we were late! Haha. S&R opened 8am. By that time, madami nadin talagang tao. Mom called me before I left home, she mentioned that people are already piling up when she passed by S&R.

Mom: Kanina diba umalis ako mga 5:30am, andami nang tao dun.
Me: Oh? gaano kadami? 
Mom: Madami talaga! Grabe pala talaga mag-sale dun ano? Grabe talaga!
Me: Hehe, kaya nga eh. Alis dapat kami before 8am kaso wala pa sina ate. 

Yes! Mom was amazed on those people who fell in line as early as 5am.

We were at the end of the line. 

Did you see the photo above? Grabe no! I am amazed myself. Madami talagang nagti-tiyaga pumila for S&R's Member's Treat Sale. Sorry, I really just can't help myself to be OA sa pagpopost once in a while ng sale sa S&R and items I bought since yesterday, it is my first time kasi talaga to go to their sale. It was a tiring but fun experience! 

Me (left), Ate Jack (middle), and MIL (right)

We arrived there 9am diba? We actually entered S&R around 12nn na. We fell and waited in line for 3 hours.

MIL: Ang ti-tiyaga ng mga taong napila dito noh?
Me: Oo naman ma, sale yan eh! Shopping din yan! 

I was surprised though, that there were no stampede inside! Haha. Well, I was really expecting that the inside will be packed with people. Balyahan sa sikip ang ineexpect ko. Hindi pala. I realized na, there are a lot of people lang talaga outside, waiting for their turn to enter the premises plus waiting for push carts din. Per member kasi is only allowed to have 2 push carts. Since ayaw din magkagulo gulo siguro sa loob, other people should wait for push carts to be available. Kaya pinapipila ng maayos sa labas.

However, just few minutes before we have actually entered, they (S&R Management) announced something. They said, they will allow people, who don't really need push carts, to enter ahead of those who are in line na need ang push carts. However, they still need to follow their line. They can over take those peeps na need ang push carts, pero in line padin. Well, yung iba, naguluhan sa announcement na ito. They thought, pwede sila umalis sa line nila then pumila dun sa isa pang entrance at dun pumila.

Other customers were losing their patience already. They were telling the management that it is unfair to let those people go ahead. Ikaw daw ba, pipila ka ng mahaba, tapos sale, tapos ang bibilhin mo hand full of items only? They were sure na hindi. Even the foreigner behind us told the management din na, if they let those people go ahead of others, they will just take advantage and use other things as baskets, or try to check for push carts that are empty.

I was not really surprised. Kahit ako, naisip ko yun. Pwede naman gumawa ng paraan yung mga taong nauna, na hindi daw need ng push cart, na kuha nalang ng basket of some sort then yun ang gawin lalagyan ng mga bibilhin nila. And yes, totoo nga. We saw those people na nauna sa amin pulling a rubber bayong shaped trolly. They placed the things they're going to buy inside that rubber bayong shaped trolly na binebenta din ng S&R. Pero in the end, pag dating sa counter, hindi pala nila babayaran yung trolly. They just took advantage of the situation para makalamang sa mga nagpagod pumila. S&R Management was wrong to make that awful announcement.

Anyway... Going back to light kwento. I took a pic of S&R inside.

Madaming tao pero hindi sooo many. Hindi pa stampede. lol.

Hmm... we finished shopping around 3pm. Sulit naman. I didn't get to take photos of what my in-laws bought. Pero madami din silang binili na B1T1 and naka-sale.

Eh diba, I said nga on my previous post, I already went shopping yesterday, so konti nalang binili ko kanina. Too bad, some of the items I bought yesterday were on sale na kanina. Tipong P100 - P200 off. Sayang din yun. Oh wellz...

L to R: Zip All Purpose Cleaner, Lysol Toilet Cleaner ata yun (B1T1), Pampers, Colgate (4 boxes),
Ivory Bath Soap, Suave Bath Soap (B1T1), Heinz Ketchup, Hand Soap (B1T1) and Tortilla Chips.

Chocolate overload.

I decided to put the items in storage already. So the storage cabinet now looks like this. Hindi pa nagkasya yung iba. Nakatiwang-wang pa yung iba sa labas.

Hoarding? Hehe. 

Lesson Learned Today:

1. During Early Bird Sale, buy only items that are ON SALE or B1T1. (You can always go back on the sale day itself to check if the items you want to buy have marked down. In my case diba, I bought few items nung Early Bird Sale palang na hindi pa on sale talaga, it turned out, mag-mamark down cya sa mismong sale. Ayon, nanghinayang ako ng kaunti kanina.)

2. Wake up early on the first day sale. It is to avoid the scorching heat of the sun and the heat of siksikan. Well. Not really siksikan pero close to that nadin. The early bird gets the best new items. If you're late kasi, it's either, lamog na yung bagay or bugbog na kakadampot, or ubos na. 

3. As much as possible, bring water, fan, gadgets like phone or ipad or the like, chi-cha or food and folding chair. Pag pumila ka, uuhawin ka kakatayo. Maiinitan ka kasi the longer you're in line, the hotter it will be kasi tumatanghali or humahapon na. You'd probably get bored so gadgets will help you. Antagal mo sa pila, gugutumin ka at mapapagod ka din talaga kakatayo kaya mas okay if you bring folding chairs.

4. Don't bring with you mainiping company. Don't bring your kids, as much as possible. They'll get bored, tired and cranky. Believe me! We waited in line outside for 3 hours. Elderly and kids won't stay that long. Kawawa din kasi.

5. Bring a car! If it is sale and you're planning to buy a lot, please bring your car, your neighbor's jeep, or any transpo. Surely you'll need it. Not necessary though, pero most of the people I saw kanina, would need a transpo and not really commute.

6. As much as possible, if you're a hoarder of home products, food, etc., buy stuff that would last until September-ish kasi by Sept, may sale ulit sa S&R. Hehe. :)

I am really tired. Didn't get to sleep kaninang hapon paguwi kasi naglilikot si Johann. Plus now I am blogging. I just can't contain it that I needed to blog it agad-agad. Hehe. 

BTW, S&R is still on Sale up to March 17. Hurry now! There are a lot of items na ang bilis naubos! Hoarding na!! Hehe. :)

Nytie! 

S&R Membership Shopping, Alabang

West Gate Development, 

Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang-Zapote Road

Alabang, Muntinlupa City,

Philippines

Tel No.: 771 - 9999

Email: info@snrshopping.com

Hours of Operation: Monday - Sunday - 9AM - 9PM

Early Bird!

Mabuti na ang late kay sa absent!! Yez! I am an early bird pa sa lagay na ito!

S & R Membership Shopping had their early bird sale that started last week pa. Some products marked down already as early as last week, as preparation to the yearly March Member's Treat. S&R's Member's Treat will start tomorrow, March 13, 2013 and it will be up to March 17, 2013.

Since I really don't have enough patience on the idea, that we'll be shopping on the sale day itself without having a run through on the stuff we need to buy, we went na kanina sa early bird sale nila. Ayoko kasi mamili talaga nang marami na marami na ding tao sobra. Knowing S&R, dinudumog talaga nang tao. So kanina, we bought na some items na priority namin bilhin that are already on sale. Baka mag part 2 nalang bukas! Hehe.

I'll be sharing the stuff we bought later after this post. Will take photos! :)

Red Moon

It was reported earlier that tonight we'll have a "Red Moon". It is also called "The Total Lunar Eclipse". It is also said to be the longest lunar eclipse for a decade.. When I went outside awhile ago around 11:40pm, it was very cloudy. However, everytime the moon peaks, the darkness brightens up. Ang liwanag ng moon ngayon. Full moon pa!

I wanted to watch the moon while waiting for the Red Moon kaso the mosquitoes kept on biting me. I had to go inside and put alcohol on my legs and arms.. then put Off Lotion, (mejo nahuli lang) hehe.. But I will definitely go back outside in awhile.

In the reports, it said that it will be the longest right? It is because it will start 1:00am (June 16, 2011) and will end 7:00am na.. Plus a friend of mine, posted in my FB Wall;


Penumbral eclipse begins: 1:24 AM
Partial eclipse begins: 2:22 AM
Greatest eclipse: 4:12 AM
Partial eclipse ends: 6:02 AM
Penumbral eclipse ends: 7:00 AM
Thanks Mona!

Anyway, when I went outside kanina, I took some shots. Here are some of them..

Look how cloudy it was kanina? Well, let's see later if it would still be this cloudy. By the way, those shots were taken around 11:40pm June 15, 2011. The ring around the moon was kinda reddish nadin.

Later around 2am, I'll go outside and check the moon once again. I'll take photos and I'll post them here. I hope it's not too cloudy. Wish me luck! :)

Okay.. so when I went again outside around 3am, these are the pics I was able to capture.. :)

Look how reddish dark the surroundings during the Lunar Eclipse.. Creeping me out..

Ladies and Gentlemen.... The Red Moon.. :)

It's so amazing to witness this kind of eclipse. I was able to capture it pa! It's just so frustrating that I wasn't able to capture it using a better camera.. a DSLR cam is what I mean.. I've been wanting that for a long time.. However, I still thank my Sony Cybershot T300 for these amazing pictures! :)

Where you able to enjoy the Red Moon experience last night? :)

2011.. 2012..

Northeastern coastal city of Sendai,
the city in Miyagi prefecture (state)
closest to the quake's epicenter.
Source: (click here)

Hmm.. today (March 11, 2011) was a terrifying day. Earthquake with a magnitude of 8.4 to 8.9 hit Japan earlier today. The earthquake actually eradicated numbers of establishments and structures in Japan mainly in Sendai.

You'll see roads cracked and elevated, billboards fell, houses destroyed, etc. 

Terrifying mass destruction.. :(
Source: (click here)

After the earthquake, then came the tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan. If you'll just watch the videos in the news, you'll see how alarming it was. 

While watching the news, I remembered the movie 2012 because of what happened today. (segway) Is Nostradamus' predictions and prophecy true? Come to think of it, after everything that is happening here in our world, plus Libya war/crisis... this, in Japan.... Will these all come into one thing, END OF DAYS? 

Haay.. horrifying but true. I just pray and hope that we'll try our best to make a change, changing for the better.... changing for a brighter future ahead of us.

Anyway, a friend of mine in facebook, Camille, posted this: "A stark reminder that we're just guests on this planet." as her status. I totally agree with her. It is actually nature speaking for itself. Though we cannot really prevent these to happen, if we know for ourselves that we are not guilty in sabotaging Mother Earth, we die or not, because of these calamities, no need to regret a thing. :)