Do Skinny friends make U sad?

My friend sms me " U make me sad " ...lol....
No it's not what you think, I didn't "do" anything or say anything bad to her.

She claims seeing me in my skin tight blouse makes her want to kill herself ....lol.... makes her feel bad for being slightly plump. To be honest she's not FAT, just a few kgs off that's all. And she looks OK. She's not a size 2 or 0 she's more of a size 12.

Was wondering would she be happier if she hang around people who are bigger or heavier? Is looking like the people you hang out with that important to your emotional being? Could one be literally happier when you don't have people around you to remind you that you 'probably should lose a few kgs' ?? You know there are studies that said it matters! Plump people would escape the stigma & unhappiness that comes with the excess weight!
On the other hand, skinnier people could stand as a reminder to people who are over weight, to "do something" about it. 

That's a good thing right? What's better than eating healthier ? 

Do you have an addictive personality that makes you FAT ?

I noticed I had always had an addictive personality. It's a lucky thing that the first time I tried alcohol, at age 13 (took a sip of my dad's beer during new year's eve reunion dinner), I almost puked. Other wise, I might have picked up a lifelong habit.

Then there's the cheese cake phase at 16. It got so bad, that even in the middle of my O levels exams, I was thinking; "Hmmm.... a piece of cheese cake now, could take the pain of this dumb stupid exam questions away!"

At 18, I was totally into pasta. I swear I could replace rice,porridge & noodles with pasta. Since that, when ever there's a new food in town, I would be tempted to try. Of course there are some misses, like all the different versions of bubble tea- that was totally lost on me. But things like latte, flat white & what nots, I lap it up like a hungry puppy.

Well that explains my weight gain & ultimately my weight loss journey which started off this blog. Yesterday at work, a colleague passed me some chips dipped/coated with salted egg & I knew I was hooked! Today I intend to go to the super market after work to get my own supplies. It's a constant battle. My strategy these days is: when ever I indulge in something new & sinful, I go for an extra yoga class, or walk an extra hour at night. No choice ! 

Worse come to worse I'll pop a "go-to" fat burner, that always work. In case you are curious, that's garbaslim. Very effective

Is it a must to Exercise ?

My girl friends have been trying to get me to exercise MORE!

The craze started last year when one of them joined a gym downtown.

So why should we exercise??? Is it a "MUST" ??? I don't do much, just a little yoga, that's all. That's enough right ?

 
Anyway her gym instructor mentioned something interesting that we don't hear much of - autophagy.

Meaning when we exercise junk gets cleared from our cells. The thing about muscles, it’s really: “use it or lose it.” 

The astronauts were found to lose muscle at an alarming rate until NASA figured out how they could exercise in space.  Exercise improves circulation thus reduces all disease, improve your appearance and delay signs of aging.  It improves your strength and stamina, which gives you a better quality of life. Basically, you will look better and feel better.

Well, we all need motivation, not everyone has friends like mine:) You can write them down & place it where you sees it daily- on the fridge door maybe. Things like :You want a hotter body, you want both guys & girls staring at you, you want to be able to buy clothes off the rack. Or you just want to be able to move around even after you hit 70 …lol…

Well Just Do it OK?? But do start slow and work up gradually.  Consistency is key, and getting support makes a difference. For me, I'll stick to my yoga...haha....

 

 

Do you read nutrition labels when buying food ?

Do you read nutrition labels when buying food ?

A recent study says people who read nutrition labels are slimmer.
I go like ...REALLY?????
The problem is, most of what's written is in Greek....lol.... that's probably because I hardly understand what they say in those labels!
Most are in technical terms the percentages the scientific names etc... gives me a headache anyway. So how?

Take everything in moderation perhaps?

 

 

Would you get a tattoo ?

We were having coffee at Starbucks when we spotted a girl sitting opposite us with a tattoo like this.

Looks really sweet & nice. We started wondering why none of us have any tattoos before. Perhaps we can't take the pain? Is it really painful? Well why don't at least one of us try it ....lol... Hmm... we started googling for nice designs at once.

For pet lovers, this would be so cute !!!

Then we came across this:

Wow!!! we agree it'll be perfect for us! So are we going to do it? Within a few seconds we go nay.... lol.... No, we can't take the pain! Can we take pain-killers? Maybe they can numb us?
Hmmm.... we'll see ...lol..

What you think of match making ? Would you consider it?

A very good friend has been single for so long, it's worrying. She's cute ,soft spoken, hardworking & shy. Ya that's the thing, too shy. When people at work ask her out, she'll give the excuse of "we shouldn't mix work with personal affairs". But since when do anyone follow that rule right? Well she does.

As friends, we try to set her up with people we know. But we always thought the guys we know are not good enough for her. Are we being too protective? Maybe we are.

Then someone suggest she try professional matchmaking. Truth is ,these days the stigma that: "match making is only for the desperate" has long been debunked. Now people have no time for small talk anymore, so match making makes sense. Plus these agencies can actually screen out jerks as they do background checks on all potential suitors. Probably better than us friends. Just look at the frequency of our own 'break-ups' with our ex-boyfriends, show that our judgement on guys are not as good as we had hope for ...lol...

Well we kinda stage an intervention via whatsapp naturally, & we finally came to a conclusion. Another friend from our group will join her in joining a matchmaking agency. Since this other girl has just gotten out of a 2 yr old relationship & is totally not trusting her own taste in men anyway ....lol....

What happened next was a shock to us. There were so many match making agencies to choose from. Which only means it's more common than we think. It's probably the trend now. Well that's like 2 months back. And to date, both of them had gone out on about 2 dates each. Will update on their progress once I interrogate them ....lol....

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Is that stupid wink!

Well if you have read my last post, you would know that we recently get to know a guy Brian (friend of another colleague). Since that night out 2 months ago (where he caused me to choked on my drink which was so embarrassing ) , he has been dating a female colleague Nadia. We have not seen him,since then.

So last Sunday, Nadia thought it might be a good idea that we meet up again as a group. Maybe it's an effort to 'publicly' announced their dating status. We do that all the time. When ever we meet someone new, we do introduce them to the group after a while, it's the norm & it's fun. We've not been out with Nadia since she started dating & I kinda miss her, she's fun to be with. So as per normal we meet for drinks, at a new place this time. Apparently a place both of them frequent on their dates. What happened next was totally unexpected. Me & another girl were the first to arrive, Nadia & Brian came last.

As soon as Brian saw me, he immediately wink at me! Oh please .... I know what's that wink for, he's still laughing at me for choking the last time, when he attempt to speak to me. I don't know what came over me, I stick my tongue out at him! For my own defense, I do not usually do things like that, I'm not childish, in fact I'm far from that. But this guy really gets on my nerves. Anyway, we all laughed, remembering what happened the last time. Tension eased!

Monday came, Nadia was all emo, something is wrong. I ask her if everything is ok, she said yes. We were not convinced. Later Sally went lunch with her & she confess, she quarreled with Brian over that wink he gave me ! WOW !!!! She had ask him why did he wink at me.

A normal man would say something like :'' Just want to make fun of her choking the last time, it's funny .... etc, it's nothing ....." NO... he didn't said that. What he said was: "She's very cute. "
Then Nadia fuming go: "what's so cute ?" (seriously I could understand why she's angry, I would have reacted the same way.)
And Brian instead of pacifying her, went " Why do you have to go crazy over nothing? What's with you? It's just a wink, I wink all the time !!!!!"
Nadia : " what ???? you wink at girls all the time??? "
Brian: " I give up! " and with that he left her & went home. Did not text her after.

After lunch Sally told me, I felt so bad. Immediately went to apologize to Nadia, before it gets any worse. She told me, she's cool, it's not my fault. She just can't take his attitude. Well I hope he apologize fast, Nadia is a great gal !!!!
And I don't want anything to happen because of me!