SBD Thoughts and June Entrecard Round-up

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Wow! June’s come and gone. Today’s the first of July, my birthday month! I shared plans for a giveaway contest, but I haven’t finalized it yet. Di bale, there are 31 days in July, enough time to plan, launch, and execute (I hope!).

That’s a screen capture of May’s EC top droppers on this blog. When I checked my stats page today, I see that the top ten has changed a bit. Never the less, I welcome them/you all to my space under the moon, and THANK YOU for your visits, your clicks, and most especially, your comments. 🙂

I’ve been thinking about doing the South Beach Diet again. This time around though, I’d be getting the services of The Sexy Chef. They’ll prepare all your meals for the day and deliver them to your doorstop. Everyday for two weeks. The only catch is that it costs 875 pesos a day (~USD19). Not. Cheap. I think that having someone else prepare it for me for the first two weeks may be a big help. Plus, having the food already there will definitely keep me from eating anything else. The cost will also be an everyday reminder that I have to take this seriously.

But 12k is not easy money. So I really have to think about this well. All I have to do is give them my name and the delivery address, then pay in full on the first delivery. Hmm.

I did SBD many many years ago. I had the Metro magazine that featured the diet when it was popular back then, had my aunt help me draw up a meal plan for two weeks, then I tried my best to stick with it. I prepared my own food for the most part! It was a success, I really did lose weight. But then I started to work at NCO where there were free meals, and my schedules changed. I forgot all about it and my weight doubled since.

The truth is, the problem is that I don’t have the discipline to stick to an exercise plan. And having someone else prepare my SBD meals for me will not cure that. I am hoping that the boyfriend will be the force behind it. He’s not exactly the best example, but with the money we’ll spend on the food, he’s bound to breathe down my neck everyday to be sure I exercise too for maximum effect. Lol 🙂

Or I could always just prepare the food myself, or have Alfred make them para dalawa kami. But I don’t have the info anymore. I even bought the book second-hand last year only to be claimed by Ondoy. I’ll check out the magazine stand for back issues of Metro, there’s an ABS-CBN Publishing kiosk in the office, maybe they have it. Kaya lang, would they still carry a 2004/2005 issue? Good luck na lang. I’ll try that, draw up a plan and see if that’s more doable. Right now though, I can already say that going the Sexy Chef way sounds easier. 🙂

Alfred, who also needs to lose weight, should see a sleep apnea specialist soon. I told him to bring home the booklet from their HMO so I can checkout what his options are. I’m willing to go with him or to call clinics for him so we can have an idea on what needs to be done and how much it might cost. Frankly, it’s not the snoring that bothers me (and everyone else who hears him), it’s the fact that he sounds like he stops breathing! As in! When his parents go out of town, his mom would ask me to call him from time to time, or to have him sleepover here. She’s seriously afraid that he might not wake up.

Kung bakit kasi there’s no listing for sleep apnea specialists here (none that I know of), or maybe they’re not that accessible. They should advertise their services like this southpark dentist, or like the Belo Medical Group, or something. Otherwise, the only time we really hear about them, or studies about sleeping and snoring and apnea, is when someone dies of so-called bangungot.

Hay. Maybe we should just both audition for the Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition. 🙂