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FitFlopping the Pounds Away

I once swore I would never buy a pair of FitFlops (then again I said that about Havaianas and Crocs) but for some reason, the other day when I was browsing around Solenad, I went into ResToeRun and fell in love with this cutie patootey pair.

One of the claims that FitFlops makes is that it gives you a workout while you walk. So, is it true? Honestly, I don’t know! Hehe. I haven’t felt the difference really, but it’s cushion-y feel is definitely uber comfortable. When I go walking with my boys, I do sweat a lot and fee my legs working, but I’m not sure if it’s the slipper itself or in what way it contributes. I’ll give it about a month and see what I can say about them then :)

But one thing is clear: they’re cute, right!!! :)

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The PsychMazing Race!

April 24, 2012 No comments

Pardon me for a super random post :) Let me take some time off from my weight loss posts to share about one of the fun things I was able to do these past few weeks.

During our departmental workshop, my friend T and I were in charge of planning and attending to our team building game. We decided to do a second run of the PsychMazing Race, a game we did last year. Obviously it was an off-shoot of the popular television show Amazing Race, modified to suit our  facilities and time for the game. It was so much fun. This year we added the element of holding on to your team boards. One of my colleagues joked that we should have gotten a little garden dwende or dwarf, just like those on the real show (yeah, I should have gotten one of those garden gnomes for sale in my nearby botanical store!) but the board was good enough. It was soooo funny how the PsychMazing Race kinda ended up being like Survivor because the other teams resorted to being cunning and sneaky in order to win! But then again, it was a team building exercise, right? And so no one really won, and no one lost teehee :) Fun Fun Fun.

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Don’t Ya Miss Me?

April 22, 2012 No comments

If meat could talk, it would probably ask me this. I swear. Teehee. I’m a few days shy of two months since my transition to vegetarianism (minus the four meals I had before totally committing to my new lifestyle) and many times since then, I have been asked “don’t you miss it?”.

Hmmm….

I never really thought very much of it, but during an overnight workshop with my colleagues of about 7 years now and I finally found an answer to that question. Do I miss meat? NO. I do miss, however, the texture of eating meat. That realization came to me during dinner when my friends were having big hot bowls of beef sinigang. It’s not that my dinner was not yummy, but as I chewed on vegemeat, I realized it really has a different texture to meat. But the flavor, I don’t really miss at all.

It was really nice to have a colleague who is also a vegetarian with me at the workshop. I got to talk a lot to her about alternatives for meat and how to expand my diet, which perhaps will change the whole “I-miss-the-texture-of-food” feeling. Let’s see what I can cook up from now :)

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I Wanna Climb!

April 21, 2012 No comments

I did swear off climbing (or trekking should I say) a mountain ever again. My trip to Mt. Arayat several years ago was such a traumatic experience I’m not sure I want to do it again. No amount of cute gear and even one of those nice dakine backpacks will entice me. Or at least I said. Now that I am a healthier and stronger me because of the weight loss and the yoga, I’m kinda thinking I may explore that again. Perhaps not yet a mountain, but I sure want to try wall climbing. Let’s go?

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Giving CarbTrim a Try

April 21, 2012 No comments

This came in the mail for me today. Several boxes, in fact :) As I have said many times over in this blog, I’m such a cheapskate I rarely buy stuff to try unless I’m sure it will work. Once I know it’s worth it, however, I don’t mind spending. Hehe.  And  so I’m really grateful for the package that was sent so at least I can try this :) Let’s see what happens. Will let you know how this works out for me.

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I’m an Inspiration, Not a Nutritionist :)

April 21, 2012 No comments

I love blogging in this site. I really do. I love being able to inspire people to try on becoming a healthier person. I appreciate the letters sent my way and knowing I make a difference. I want to offer a disclaimer, though :) I am not a nutritionist. I really don’t know what works or does not work, or how it works for that matter.

I’ve been asked whether South Beach diet is good or whether a juice cleanse helps.
All I know is that it works for me. Whatever I share here are just my ideas and experiences but I don’t have any scientific knowledge about things. Other questions include does arginmax work? Is a raw diet healthy? What is the difference between vegan and vegetarian? I am just offering my opinion based on what I know or experience but I am not an expert :) I may talk about products at times and I may share how it was for me, but I am not categorically endorsing them or saying it will work for you :) I leave it up to you to try and explore.

Again, I am an inspiration, not a nutritionist :) One thing I hope I inspire you to explore (besides green juices) is a vegetarian lifestyle :) As for the nutritional value of vegetarianism, I don’t really know yet because I am still exploring, but on an emotional and physical level, I must say it feels quite great :)

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Stepping Up the Game

April 15, 2012 No comments

My weight loss journey has been on again off again lately. Well, to be fair, I have not gained any weight. I just mean the determination and focus of weight loss has become a little bit sporadic. While I still am careful about the way I eat, I haven’t been given this site the attention it deserves. I also haven’t been “journalling” about the battle against the bulge as much as I used to. I guess it’s because interests have shifted and real life is getting in the way.

Well, things should change soon. Since I have decided to take a yoga teacher training course this August, I want to work on losing at least 15 pounds by then. Well, at least off of the top of my head that’s what I’d like to do. And so to get there, I plan to keep up with my vegetarian diet and to do a juice cleanse mid May. In terms of writing about the weight loss, I hope to blog more consistently. Maybe a blog makeover will inspire me to do so, what do you think? :) I think having a brand new look to this site will motivate me to write again. I just don’t have time to do it. I need a good website creator‘s help! Any recommendations???

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Take Me Back to The Farm…

April 12, 2012 No comments

It’s been about a month and a half since I had the pleasure of spending a wonderful weekend at The Farm at San Benito. It was a weekend filled with a whole lot of yoga on the mat and in the AntiGravity Yoga hammock, good food, wonderful conversations, amazing friends, and me time….how lucky can a girl get???

What started out as a day trip ended up being such a soul-filling long weekend :) What’s more, being there gave me a chance to take the time to get back in touch with the very core of me.

As I said, my trip there started out as simply a day trip for an AntiGravity Yoga class, but it ended up being much more than that. I got to stay over and found myself in an unintentional detox weekend :) It was then that I began my transition to vegetarianism. I  never really imagined myself going down this path, like I’ve said many times, but it has been a month and a half now and it looks like this is really what I want for myself. continue reading…

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Going Nuts for Coconuts — Coconut Water, That Is.

In the past few months, sports buffs, yoga enthusiasts, and gym rats have quickly gone nuts for coconuts. Coconut water, that is. It is one of the latest and fastest fads in the health beverage industry and even celebrities have been seen touting little packs of coconut water. Dubbed as the world’s best sports drink, coconut water has quickly become a popular alternative to other juices, energy drinks and bottled beverages not just for athletes, but even the average health conscious individual.

Coconut water comes from young coconuts, and should not be mistaken for its more mature and richer counterpart, coconut milk, which is often used for cooking food like curry and for baking. Lucky for us in the Philippines and other Asian countries, we can easily access this fresh from our market but in places like the US, it is available in tetra pak.

So why go nuts for coconuts? continue reading…

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Breaking in the New Mat!

March 31, 2012 No comments

Last night the balikbayan box my sister sent a couple of weeks ago finally arrived and at loooong last, the new mats I have been waiting for arrived! Yeeeey! Although I have a wonderful Jade mat for my regular practice, I was looking forward to the extra one because I needed a spare so I can wash the Jade (which has been sopping wet lately with all the ashtanga and jivamukti classes I’ve been doing!).

Lookit, sooo cute :)

It’s quite similar to my first mat, the Gaiam one that came with a yoga block. The material is much lighter than the Jade so it’s definitely not as long lasting for the kind of practitioner that I am but I am really looking forward to this afternoon’s yoga class so I can break in this new mat. Yoga love :)

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