out with it!

since i'm off the wonder pill now, i'm outing it.

it's ZYTRIM and i took it in 10mg tablets, every morning [when i didn't forget], with or with-out breakfast.  i took it intermittently for about 5 months. Was it effective?  yes, for my purpose, it was.  Let me tell you about my relationship with ZYTRIM.


i was tired of yo-yo dieting.  i finally accepted that i will always love food and that i can't live with out rice, ever. and at that time i had no desire to do anything physical.  i just wanted to lose weight.  being asthmatic and possibly diabetic i was afraid to take pills.  Zytrim was my first.  It was recommended by my diet-pill-aficionado sister and was approved by my pulmonologist.


from the start i knew i was not going to be taking it forever.  i just wanted leverage.  something to jumpstart my 'self-reclamation' project.  and it served the purpose perfectly.  without dieting and exercise i lost 14 lbs. and i was not even taking it religiously, there were weeks when i had to stop because i was on other medications.

and i ate anything anytime.  one thing i noticed in the first month i was taking it was that i did not crave anything, i only ate when i was hungry, had no desire to continue eating when i was full, and i had to drink plenty water, i was always thirsty.

in the first two weeks i also experienced light-headedness and mild head-aches.  all these scary side-effects, which they stated in the pamphlet that comes with the 28-pill box, were gone after the first 2 weeks, just as it said.


so why did i stop?  cause it was getting too expensive already, around P65 per tablet, and i was not losing anymore weight on it.i didn't gain back the weight i lost too, which is very good.


i'm now doing Pilates, i plan to add some walking into my physical activities and am also taking CARNIPURE now.  i will write about it when i've taken it for at least a week already.


p.s.  i also stopped taking my nightly BIOFIT Tea routine.  i just couldn't take the daily rumbly and queasy tummy anymore.

breakfast of champions

i recently ordered a big container of yogurt which is homemade by a friend.  she assured me that it was the real deal and not the kind you get in supermarkets.  i've been keeping a box of fitnesse and fruit cereals waiting for the time i mustered the courage to open it.

i used to be a non-breakfast person.  i hated mornings and so i used to push myself off to work with nothing but coffee.  marrriage made me wake-up extra early [atleast when the hubby is around] to sit down to a full pinoy breakfast: longganisa, 2 fried eggs, and rice.  im afraid that if my husband was based in davao, i'll be double my size now.  [the thought just gave me the jitters]. =O

check out the roasted almonds, my motivation for eating healthy.  i bought them at Robinson's supermarket.  i had my first healthy serving yesterday.  unfortunately, i finished up the almonds last night. =P

under renovation

i've been bad at posting my progress, i know.  sorry for being consumed by Mafia Wars!  well, actually, i'm not sorry at all.  it has kept me from midnight snacking,  i was too busy clicking away, he he.

anyways, like many people who love food too much i gave in to the christmas temptations.  what's worse though is after christmas, i hosted 2 birthday dinners, and just recently, attended a friend's yummy wedding buffet.  so yes, i feasted on everything, relying too much on my wonder pill.

the good news is that i only gained 5 pounds over the past two months and am happy to report that i lost them all about two weeks ago, with no effort.  good thing the pill still worked.

i've been toying with the idea of working out since i noticed that all the pill did was help me maintain my current weight.  past and present users all agreed with me that the pill worked best in the first two weeks of taking it.  so my original plan was accomplished.  true enough, i got the boost i needed and wanted.  it was time to move on to other strategies to reclaim myself.  for around a week now, i've been wonder pill-free.

spurred by the work-out, my friend Mimi started, i seriously began to motivate myself to adding gym-time into my mainly sedentary life. but i really didn't want to go back to the aero or weights classes anymore  you know, the been-there-done-that  feeling which easily erased what little motivation i had.  but about 2 weeks ago, a horrifying experience [i might have the courage to write about it next time] made me drop everything i was doing and drag my sister with me to a fitness center whose fan page i came across with the day before.  after a little interview with the receptionist, i signed up for a 12-session one-on-one Pilates Class.

and i swear, Pilates did not only give me a way to burn calories, it just might be the key to fulfill three of my most fervent wishes - to lose the perpetual slouch of  my back, acquire balance, and move with grace.

Now i feel good about myself [even if the Kangga pouch is still there].  i'm beginning to want to dress better.   i now care enough to powder my nose, put on lip gloss and sometimes even add color to my lids.  i'm even trying to decide between a rebond or a celophane. that from someone who just two weeks ago didn't even keep a comb in her bag.  what joy to finally get glimpse of my old self!

i now declare myself officially under renovation.