Mastercleanse Days 9 & 10

I'm now officially a graduate of the 10 day mastercleanse. =D Yipee!  But that doesn't mean i will not be doing it again.  I actually intend to do it periodically as it definitely is a good way to purge impurities from my body.


i'm glad i did this and i'm also glad that is finally over.  i can now take on the next challenge of maintaining my current weight.  for record purposes, here is an update:


Day 1 - November 28 - 165.8 lbs.
       2 - November 29 - 162.4 lbs.     -3.4 lbs.
       3 - November 30 - 160.4 lbs.     - 2 lbs.
       4 - December 1   - 161.2 lbs.     + 0.8 lbs.
       5 - December 2   - 159.8 lbs.     - 1.4 lbs.
       6 - December 3   - 158.4 lbs.     - 1.4 lbs.
       7 - December 4   - 157.8 lbs.     - 0.6 lbs.
       8 - December 5   - 158.2 lbs.     + 0.4 lbs.
       9 - December 6   - 157.2 lbs.      - 1 lbs.
       10 - December 7 -  156 lbs.        - 1.2 lbs


this means i lost 9.8 lbs. in 10 days!


November 29 - Starting narrowest waist measurement - 36 inches
                         1 inch above belly button measurement - 38 inches


November 30 - Narrowest - 35 inches, no change in the belly


December 3 - Narrowest - 34 inches, belly 36.5


this means i lost 2 inches around the waist and 1.5 inches in the belly area.


i've read that after the mastercleanse you more or less gain back half of what you lost.  so if it's true, it will put me at 160 lbs.  i hope not.  i was and still am hoping i can stay in the 150's this time.


i have yet to update my salt water flush experience [it was ugly] and my observations, opinions on how to do the mastercleanse in a better way.  i will do it in the coming days.


for now, i think i will just bask in my achievement. =D  finally, i won a major battle! against cravings, the urge to munch and the desire to binge, which did not feel like a battle most of the time. ;)


i wonder what tomorrow will bring.

i got noticed

somebody finally noticed that i've lost a bit of weight.  maybe because i wore something not so loose and figure friendly and not to mention dark-colored. =P

of course i was happy.  it was confirmation that it wasn't just my imagination, playing tricks on me.  nor was i imagining that my 3 pairs of jeans have become really loose, i don't like wearing them anymore.

so brown rice did its work, the zytrim, at 15mg a day dosage helped a lot too, and so did the twice weekly pilates sessions. and maybe consciously saying no to empty sugars, stopping eating when i am short of feeling full helped too.

so yay! i'm kinda doing cartwheels in my head right this minute. =D

laziness and a black ruffled blouse

i'm a lazy blogger,  yes i am.  and a lazy dieter, lazy gym-goer, lazy dresser. lazy, period.

but mind you, i have been everything but lazy in the weight-loss department this past week or two [or since my last post to be exact].  my visit to the pedia [where i started weighing myself] 2 weeks ago confirmed my worst fears.  i gained weight, 5 pounds to be exact.  i thought i could get away with my pill-popping and erratic work-out schedule, who was i kidding???

so as of 2 weeks ago, the scale read 171 lbs.  My next visit to the pedia [for maxie's  flu vaccine] is on July 6 and that's this tuesday already.  i hope to be atleast back to 169 lbs.  i've been faithful to my no white rice promise, and i've also been very conscious of my food intake.  and i've been consistent with my twice-a-week pilates sessions [the moves are getting more and more challenging!].  i'm still trying to see how i can fit in gym-time into my new role as a mom of a pre-schooler.  if that's not going to be possible, i think i'll force myself to do some walking in a park, atleast twice a week too.  and then maybe some video work-outs while maxie is taking his noontime naps.  woohoo!  am i on a roll or what. he he, that's just wishful thinking for now.

but i do have some good news. =D  i bought a blouse online last May.  i tried it on the minute i got it.  it went past my shoulders and my chest, but it felt like i was going to burst at the seams.  so i hung it in my closet, thinking it would just end up in the charity bag, like all my 'illusionada' buys of the past.  well guess what, i tried it on this morning and was happy to be able to breathe comfortably in it.  i wore it to work today. =D  that's something major, if i may say so myself. =D

here's me, wearing the blouse, and Maxie  who was busy watching barney [but posed for mama, anyway =D].

  i'm still BIG,i know.  but at least not as big as i was a month ago, he he.  here's to seeing the scales tip in my favor next week!

going over the top

oh yes!  i can scrap out project number 2 from my list of things to do.  i just bought 7 tops in less than 20 minutes this morning, while waiting for my rush i.d. pictures to be processed.  i've been planning to get my self some decent looking clothes but kept putting it off for fear of disappointment and frustration.

for those who are physique-cally challenged like me, you will get my apprehension.  so, nevermind if i made a huge hole in my already hole-ly pocket.  do you ever have 'its-not-my-day' days?  you know, those days when you try on more than a dozen shirts and blouses and nothing fits right or looks good even if you manage to get them past your shoulders or your chest?  i've got plenty of days like that.  so imagine the exhilaration i had when each and every single thing i put on looked good to me.  well, i'm still far from the figure i so long to have but atleast i will look a bit nice most of the time now.  i'll not have to wear the hubby's shirts anymore, thanks be!

i'm feeling gooooood.

i now spend a few minutes to prep my face before going out, i make sure to run a comb through my hair every now and then  and now i can stand tall and proud because my undies feel great and my outies look feminine and comfy at the same time.

now, i must get my lazy butt back to the center and renew my pilates program.  yipee!

starting from under

i think i tried on more than a dozen brassieres yesterday.  i finally had the courage to go on 'the-perfect-bra-for-me' hunt. my self-renovation project made me make 360 degree turn at how i dressed up.  before, i kept buying the cheap, shapeless clothes, including my undies.  now i realized that i can motivate myself even more if i dressed better.  so i decided to start from under.

i knew it was gonna take some time and effort so i braced myself for a lot of disappointments.  and yes a string of bras, many of which were either ill-fitting or did not even go past my shoulders made me want to explore going bra-less for once.

my first stop was triumph which was the most reasonably priced among the tried and tested ones.  alas, after many attempts i sadly shook my head at the oh-so-helpful saleslady.  they had everything else but my size, an 85c.

looking past ridiculously-priced maidenform, i checked out jockey.  i ended up buying plenty panties but still no bra for me.  even their sportsbra collection couldn't put up with my over-sized pair [please don't think i'm bragging.  if i could, i'd give away half of each bosom.  that's 4 years of back pain talking.

i was about to call it a disappointing day when i espied three buxom women chatting with the wacoal saleslady.  when i was young and vain, i made sure i had atleast a set of wacoal undies, i loved the fit and the girly lace they came in.  they were pricey but they were worth it.

this time though i checked out their t-shirt bra collection which were plain, no frills, no lace.  i happily discovered that there were no extra pads nor underwires.  i flipped it and gasped at the P1Kplus price.  but i was tempted to try it on.  maidenform costs twice as much, and their items don't even look half as good [the ones on display anyway].  so i went ahead and tried it on.  it couldn't have fit me more perfectly.  the best thing was it stayed put and didn't ride up my chest no matter how much i twisted and turned.

the wacoal lady confirmed that it was their bestselling style, she tipped me on how to launder it to make them last long.  so i finally discovered the secret of those chubby mommies who looked yummy instead of flabby.  thanks to my new wacoals, i no longer have to pull at my sides to adjust the fit every now and then.  its so comfy and soft but with a firm hold at the same time.

now on to my next project.  find the right fitting tops. tips on where to find them, anyone?

inches lost so far

laugh if you must but i just have to write and post about my latest motivation to continue my strategy.  the first time i had the courage to measure myself was about a month or two ago.  i wanted to know the extent of my gain in inches.

back when i was single and at my fittest [ i can't say thinnest or even slimmest as i've never been thin or slim] i measured 36-27-36.  at that time i already despaired at my BIG waistline.  i managed to make it smaller for a while, 25 inches, but then i was starving myself so i stopped.  i accepted my genetic fate and kept it at 27 inches.

i don't remember measuring myself ever again after giving birth to Guela.

i have a tape measure hanging in the wall of my bathroom and when i measured myself the first time i was not surprised to read 42-36-42.  yuck, but that is the truth.  a whopping 6 inches gain on the chest and the hips and a disgusting 9 inches on the tummy region. Gawd, i wanted to puke there and then.

this morning after waking up and washing my mouth, i measured myself again.  40-33-41.  not bad, not baaad at all. yipee!

now, what do i do with my kangga pouch?  the joeys have long transferred to their new abode.  the pouch is empty but has still remained a pouch. how do i get rid of it?

the most delightful thing

an unexpected reason for rejoicing happened today.  i never knew that ill-fitting clothes could make me smile uncontrollably.

although most of my colleagues at work are family members: my sister, brother, brother-in-law, sis-in-law-to-be, we decided that to look more professional and more credible as school adminstrators, we had to wear respectable uniforms to work.  so we surfed the net, browsed through magazines, and even copied an actual blouse to come up with un-uniformly uniforms.  the designs we came up with were so chic that we couldn't wait for them to arrive, so we could start wearing nice clothes without having to worry about not knowing what to wear every time we reported for work.

our uniforms arrived today.  we were measured just a few weeks ago and boy was i surprised to see that my set of 3 blouses and 2 pairs of pants were all too big for me.  i couldn't believe what i saw in the mirror.  and i rechecked with the dressmaker if there was a mistake somewhere.  she checked the measurements she took of me against the finished uniforms.  each piece had the correct size, in all areas.  it meant only one thing.  i lost weight!

hurrah!  i lost 2 and a half inches around the waist and an inch or two everywhere else.  i happily gave back the uniforms to the dressmaker for readjustments.  i didn't care that i would be the only one not in uniform tomorrow.  this is totally worth the wait.  i'm looking forward to losing more weight soon!