Water help lose the excess pounds...

There was a time I tried everything,

from crash diets...doing exercise...taking slimming pills of all sorts...to almost not eating at all.

All in the name of a beautiful body...not necessarily healthy.

And all came as a weak solution to solve my weight problems. I am still...looking the same as I was before..only more tired...more hungry...and more frustrated.

Then after giving birth to my 2nd babay, my brother in law told me, he heard from a colleague, that what he does right after waking up...before doing anything else at all, he drinks at least 3 glasses of tap water everyday, not to include the 8 to 10 glasses a day required by health professionals around the world...this helps him move...unconstipated, and to cleanse his body from all the toxins and bad food and drinks he takes in...no diet at all!

I tried...not really thinking of trimming down, but just to follow. Nothing to lose, I've tried after all, for countless times.

Well, 3 months after, on my regular check up to the doctor when we are being weighed in on a regular basis, I was told I lost 5.5 kils, I used to be 69 kilos, now am tipping the scale at 63.5 kg...

Not sure if it is because of the water therapy...or the wonderful results of breastfeeding...or the countless sleepless nights....

Or even a combination of all the above.

All i know is, I did lose weight, and am still looking forward to losing more.

Just wanted to share here, It might also work for you as it did for me...

Good luck!

What I can do today...

I love Saturdays!!!

Much, much more than Sundays...

Saturdays give me the feel of a two whole day to do what I can't other days of the week.

I remember planning to cut grass on my little garden, arrange the flowers...talk to them!

Yes, I actually talk to them...

I was told when I was a little girl by my late grandmother Eta, that talking to plants would make it healthier, give sprouts faster...that plants actually understand us humans...

Lol! I was sooooo innocent then...But, it's true! Plants do get better color and are healthier...because when we talk...we exhale carbon dioxide right? Which they use for food, and in return, plants expel oxygen which we use to breathe...Indeed, plants and humans live a mutually harmonious relationship... and are beneficial to each other.

I also planned to go to the market, buy some real food...like fresh fish, fruits and veggies

things we haven't bought yet yesterday at the grocery...canned and frozen ones...and be able to ask my hubby to prepare my favorite "Chicken Sisig" served on a hotplate...yumm!

I can play with my two kids...catch up on quality bonding time...

Not to worry on other routine things mothers usually do...moms usually have this impression of not having much time to do all things needed to be done...I can't explain this...

I can watch a movie with my family...

should our budget permit a spur of the moment decision...let me check first, just to make sure!

I can clean the house!

Like really to the truest sense of it...a thorough, every nook and cranny thing "cleaning". I usually breeze up on tidying things at home or else, upon my Inspector Moms' quick visit...i might get a list of reminders I heard of since I was a little kid, LOLoudest!

Well...oh well, I can go think of a thousand things more to do today...or maybe tomorrow,

I just remembered, I needed to sleep first!

How Did I Have Real Friends...Near and Far?

Just yesterday, I started to blog again.

Starting from scratch and not being able to write for almost 3 years, left me dumb on all the w's...what, when, where, who. And yes a small little detail, which is most important is H for HOW?

I tried and tried but to no avail...I realized I'm no computer whiz at all. And so I dialed a friend who from the start gave me tips...ending up with a whole script of what to do's. and as if his patience hasn't run out of me yet...ended up doing all that he told me from the start. Gee, thanks Wil!

Mind you, Wil is from another side of Earth.

And so I realized, how did I earn REAL friends who help out, stick-it-out after all these years not to mention the distance, we haven't seen each other for 4 years now give and take.

And more so, I realized he isn't the only one who's dear to me...keeping in touch through all the modern technology has to offer, yahoo mail, face book, friendster, sms, and even long distance cellphone calls which are quite expensive to name a few...both family and long time friends.

How indeed?

I found out, it's just simple! It's just to C - A - R - E.

This being acronym for:

C - ommunicate. Don't stop keeping in touch. It need not be expensive but should be consistent.

A - ssure. Give your friend the assurance that you are and always there, at their beck and call as they are also when you need them.

R - each-out. Don't wait for them to ask help. Offer to give a piece of yourself sincerely.

E- mpathize. There is some kind of bond with long time friends that you just know...when that person needs some pat in the back, or a tap...or simple flying hugs and kisses for a hard day's work. Even if it were just words you read across the screen, the gesture and emotions fly across the distance...and you feel good.

Here' s to Friendship, Cheers!

How to last a job for more than five months....

I have been working for at least ten years now after I graduated from college 1994.

From then on, I've been into 8 jobs. Twice as Customer associate, twice as Hotel Department Secretary, as a University Professor, as a Food Chain Marketing Manager, as a Guess? Retail Store Manager, and now as Marketing Manager with the premier and only aquasports facility in Mindanao...

Not only that, I got a Master in Business Administration degree ( almost), 2 vocational courses (Professional Caregiver and Call Center Agent), volunteered to the Davao Autism Center as Editor-in-chief for it's school newsletter, worked OJT as a caregiver with a local cooperative hospital, and earned an english proficiency certificate.

Don't stop counting yet...I also got married, had my first and only daughter Grae...built our bamboo house...went scuba-diving for the first time...


I have often been joked upon by former co-employees,by my relatives...and friends, that I am a jack of all trades...master of none. My mother, a retired AVP for Operations for a broadcasting company here in Davao City, Philippines would tell me...to stop...and be at ease, she had a say on it, she retired by the way with a 50 years of Service and Loyalty Awarded to her...but I'd just laugh and say...Iwill...in time.

Ive been into high salaries, good benefits, prestigious company's, challenging and odd jobs...'till now.

It's no joke...all in ten years.

I am about to have my first year anniversary with my present employer...and I feel great and good still. I still feel as excited as I did when I first walked in Wind and Wave Davao. And I realized these are the few things I found worthwile.

First, I enjoy it. I am not restricted in the four corners of an office, I go out and see sunshine...the blue sea...trees...birds...feel the wind...and sand. ( Did I mention,I met Nemo too?)

Second, I am with real people. From the Boat crew to the Board of Directors...all real, they laugh and cry....get mad...pig-out on food, drink beer, get sick...get well...

Third, I have time for myself. To explore, discover...express my views and be heard. To have mistakes...and a chance to correct them...this way I learn.

So now I realize, for me to last for more than five months...I just need to be myself...it's more than just doing the career...what's important is to shine!