Weight!

You know, I've never ever been confronted about my weight with anyone in the US. Ever since I can remember, I was always considered thin.

Then I came to Singapore.

And then I found out how chubby I really am.

Then again, most of the girls here would be considered anorexic in the US (not meaning that they all are, because my good friend Sam surely isn't one of them).

People actually tell me to lose weight. People that don't know me well tell me to lose weight!

I'm like.......I've never been confronted with this before.

I will never forget one girl that I saw. She was a waitress at Swensen's, and seriously, I thought she looked like a malnurished African. Her legs were so far apart from each other that it was quite grotesque. 

I acknowledge that I wasn't as thin as I used to be, but:

1. Why are people who I'm not close to at all comfortable with telling me to lose weight or teasing me about it? The nerve!
2. It's my body, and I mostly eat healthy food! I ate like 10 lbs of grapes in the last two weeks (they're just really, really juicy and delicious). I've mostly had a diet consisting of chicken, fruit, yogurt, cereal and chocolate milk the last month, and it doesn't seem to help at all. 

I work out almost every day for 20 minutes to get my heart rate up, and yes, when I put my knees together, my thighs touch. [I can't believe there are girls that can touch their knees togethr without the thighs touching. Ridiculous.]

I'm usually a private person, but this needs to be said, for that one American who is thinking of coming to Singapore/Asia to work! 

My BMI is in a healthy range, than you. And I take multivitamins daily! Who cares if they're Flinestones??! :)

All in all, I'm considered chubby, and since I've held this weight for a long time now, I don't know what else to do other than get sick and stop eating. But I don't want to do this! I love food!!

I LOVE FOOD!

Dieting (eh?)

Is there anything new in my life? Not especially. I have been trying to trick someone - anyone – to come with me to check out this ice cream store near my place called Ice Cream Chefs. It doesn’t help that I am trying to lose a bit of weight. Don’t worry, I’m not starving myself. I am resuming what was my normal diet before entering college.

Call me slow, but I figured out why I usually overeat. And I think that this may be a big problem with a large portion of the population. Once you enter the workforce, you realize how much it costs you to earn money. So when we actually go and buy ourselves food with the money for which we have bled, sweat and cried, of course we are going to eat the entire thing!

So this is my take: start buying kid’s meals. Yes, I went to KFC and ordered crispy (no such thing as extra crispy in Singapore…boohoo…) but in a kid’s portion. Even though I am still a bit hungry, I realize that this is probably the best feeling ever. It’s always good to stop eating when you’re about 50% full. I read this fitness program yesterday that told me to always wait 6 hours in between breakfast (which you should take within an hour of waking up), lunch and dinner. Then I also read the box of the Special K about the Special K diet. It requires that you eat Special K (or the Special K bar or waffles) [you can add fruit if you wish] for two meals and then a normal third meal. Unfortunately, as tempted as I was, Giant (the equivalent of Wal-Mart in Sg) only carries the Red Berry and Fruit/Yogurt varieties. I am definitely one to go for the Original or Pecan Cinnamon (…this must be new or else I would have drooled all over the box by now).

Even so, Special K is ridiculously overpriced here because it is an imported good. EIGHT DOLLARS (ok, which is like 6 USD) is RIDICULOUS. Especially when you can buy most cereals for half the price. I usually buy the Singapore equivalent of Frosted Flakes called “Frosties,” and I was FLABBERGASTED when I saw the box of “Frosted Flakes” going for SG$10. Frosties go for about SG$4.50. REDIKEROUS!!

So back to dieting. Yeah, I eat about half portions now (or if you want, childsize portions). I realize that this may not suffice most people, but it’s better to take one meal over two occasions instead of one. Meaning, less food but more frequently is better than overloading your body three times a day. Let’s try to make it 5-6?

This diet I suspect (I did eat a LOT of ice cream last night though) will help me lose some of this unnecessary weight that I have accumulated due to my love for coconut milk broth noodle soup (laksa). Yes. It’s sad but very true.

By the way, I started a genetics blog, but it’s kinda for bio-majors, but you’re welcome to take a gander if you want.

Toodles and happy dieting.

I love mangoes.