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I love apple juice. Not the instant powdered apple juice/iced tea, or the local apple juice products. I like the ready-to-drink type in 1L-cartons or big 2L-jugs (err.. plastic containers). It’s an expensive luxury since the ones I want are the imported ones. I really hate the local ones like Twister. C2 Apple Green Tea is passable but I wouldn’t drink it all the time.

But Apple Juice like those from Mott’s, Berri, Treehouse (I think) or Welch… I love those. Especially Berri! It’s my favorite, but it’s a little bit pricier than the rest. If there are the other brands, I’ll get those instead.

Anyways, I was reading about other special health benefits of Apple Juice, and aside from it’s … well… healthy, there’s this something that you can do to clean out your colon using apple juice. This colon-cleansing regimen for 3 days seems to really work, according to the comments. It would be better to use organic apple juice or freshly squeezed (is that the right term?) apple juice right from your juicer. I really want to try this out. I’ll do this on my long vacation.

There are, of course, colon cleanse products too, but I’ll try this apple juice regimen first. I’m not too keen on prune juice, but I’ll definitely check it out.

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I visited the doctor yesterday because since I’m resigning soon, I should try and make use of the benefits that I’ve been paying for the last 2 years. I’ve only used it twice. So I went yesterday because there was something bothering me although I’ve been having it for a few years now. It’s just that it’s more abnormal lately.

The doctor said that it’s most likely a hormonal imbalance in my body, but I should see a sonologist and have some tests done to find out if there’s something else wrong with me. She also said that I should start dieting. She mentioned that dieting doesn’t mean taking diet supplements but I’m thinking that I should do that as well, since I AM already trying to eat healthy and exercise now and then. The dietitian from the 14-day challenge also told me that I shouldn’t do the replace-2-meals-with-cereals program for more than two weeks, but I can eat one meal of cereals. So I was thinking of doing that and take supplements as well. I just haven’t bought some yet.

I don’t want to go to the sonologist. I don’t want to. I won’t go. :<

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Our company has been striving to promote wellness to its employees. Recently, in partnership with Nestle Fitness, they launched the 14-day Challenge. The first 100 registrants will receive 3 boxes of these cereals and 14 250-ml packs of low fat milk. The “Losers” will get a t-shirt and another box of cereals.

Well, it was free, so I joined. I went to work early, 4 hours before my shift, because I wanted to get the freebies that would be amounting to P700+.

All you had to do was to replace 2 of your meals with the cereals and the other meal has to be a well-balanced meal. I didn’t strictly follow this though. Because sometimes work got me so stressed and hungry and I just HAD to eat something substantial. Maybe in the 14 days of this program, I only really followed it for a week.

Nonetheless, I still lost some pounds!

It sure is a quick weight loss program, but the dietitian said that it’s really just for 2 weeks and it would not be healthy to actually continue it forever. What I can do is replace just ONE meal with cereals, and try to eat a balanced meal for the other two. Well… I’m trying.

Here’s the shirt that I won:

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I’m a little worried about today. Today is the Corregidor trip. I received a confirmation email and they said I just needed to print that out. Thank God I’ve got a printer now. That would’ve been a problem. I also received an email asking for the names of the members of my party or their manifesto purposes. I think it’s like if the ship sinks and we drown, they’ll know who were on the ship. I replied through email and I never got a receipt confirmation for that. I called 2 days ago and the girl said she’ll take care of it. I still didn’t get a confirmation after that. I’ll go to war with them if this becomes a problem.

Another thing I’m worried about is my headache. I’ve had this headache since yesterday at work and I’ve already gone home and slept and woken up but I still have my headache. I feel like I need some energizing. I was looking around if there were safe energizer supplements and guess what I found? There’s this supplement called Stimerex ES that gives an energy boost AND burns fat. I don’t know how they intend to make it work since I couldn’t bother reading everything since it’s almost 5am and I should get going soon instead of blogging, but I think that is an awesome thing that I should check out.

Anyways, my friend said it’s a ferry, not a ship.

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I bought some bars of soap and it came with this eRAse solution for scars, wrinkles, dark spots, pimples etc. Since my elbows are dark because I used to lean on them a lot while reading, I tried it on my elbows. To be honest, I only read the “Directions for Use” so it surprised me when my elbows started peeling after a couple of days of using it.

Apparently, the “eRAse solution provides faster peeling action followed by regeneration of new tissues of the ageing skin. It improves skin’s texture thus reduce dryness and fine lines. Already with sunscreen protection.”

I don’t think I’ll be putting it on my face though. I don’t want to be peeling all over unless I’ll be staying home for days. I’ll stick with acne face cream for acne and moisturizer for lines, thank you.

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So… I’ve gone to the gym like …. 8 times.

So far the routine I’ve developed is 15-30 minutes on the treadmills (depending on how tired I am) with speed 5-6 and then 10 minutes on that other thingie elliptical step thing? I don’t know what it’s called. After I get myself sweaty, I go do the weights for the upper body first and then the lower body. So far I’m doing 20 reps for various weights just so i’m slightly uncomfortable since I’m not body building.

For the ab crunches, I do more, but I feel like I’m cramping on that one. I do up to 40 reps on that. I know I should keep a notebook or something, but when I’m there I know the weights that I work on. And I did have a good teacher in weight training so I’m managing somehow. I think I’m getting stronger again and less tired.

Well, after the weights, I lie in the sauna. Depending on how comfortable I get or how pressed for time I am, or how talkative another person is in there, I stay in it for 20-45 minutes. I know I’m crazy, but I do drink a lot of liquids afterwards. Average is really just about 30 minutes.

For food, I eat veggies as much as possible. and Grain-y food for snacks. Or whatever is available, really. Sorry I probably don’t meet most gymmers’ or health buffs’ expectations.

Umm.. I’ll look for a small notebook, I guess. Man, I suddenly miss Ms Caces, the terror PE teacher of UP Diliman. I bet she’s still alive.

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I was miraculously at the kitchen today washing my noodle bowl and I noticed our 3-step water filter system. It’s kind of like rusty and it’s not white anymore. I think our water filters need to be replaced already … but of course, no one in this household cares at all.

Well… everyone who knows me I don’t mind eating expired food as long as they’re not moldy and it still tastes right to my taste buds. It’s not exactly the same with water for me though. I want to know where it’s coming from, and that it’s clear, and that there are no floating little things. I don’t want to drink amoeba juice. I wouldn’t drink water from a public toilet tap, that’s for sure.

Hmm… this over 1 year expired asian salad dressing is still good!

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It’s been about a month and a half since I started my no-rice-in-the-mornings diet and so far I’ve only broken it twice. And it was only last week that I did.

I don’t really feel any effects yet, just that I know I’m not overstuffed before I go to sleep. I know I was thinking last time to maybe take something like a supplement or diet pills but I keep being lazy to get some. I could ask my Pop but I always forget.

Well, the people I’ve consulted said that it will be slow since I’m still eating rice in the evenings and for “lunch” but hopefully, I’ll be able to cut it down more. In fact, I’m thinking of not taking rice in the evenings now, before going to work.

We’ll see how it goes~

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Yesterday morning when I woke up, it was raining. Actually, the night before, it was already raining hard. Pop told me to start putting up my things just in case it floods. I raised my noodle stash, and some other stuff. I put Taba and Teacup on the top bunk as well. Usually when it floods here inside the house, maximum would only be 6 inches deep, so I wasn’t bothered. When the water started coming in, it was just coming in slowly. And then it was rising more and more… and it was rising fast. I told myself that I didn’t want to step in that murky water, but I had to.

The half-foot deep of murky water became a foot. And then more. And then it was knee-deep. Mama was able to save my clothes. I wasn’t able to save my shoes. They were already floating about. I tried to save some of the lower drawers, boxes, whatever I can save. I dumped them all on my bed. Some stuff were falling off the side, and when I knelt on my bed, it sank. My bed was floating already. I quickly got off. I’d rather it float than have it soaked.

The power went out as well. We were just using candles, and my UPS was still able to power up my router and modem. My netbook still had some life to it. Tried to go online for a bit to read up on what was happening to my side of the world. And if my colleagues were able to go to work. With chest-deep water and higher, some opted not to risk their lives just to go to work. It was just not be worth it. Even if I try to get a life insurance quote to wade through the waters to go to work, I’ll probably not go too, if I had work last night. Good thing it was still my rest day.

But now I’ve got to get some rest. I’ve got to sleep. I’ve got work tonight. It’s not raining much anymore. I’ll go to work. There’s no such thing as severe weather condition as a reason for not coming to work.

I know I’m lucky that the water has receded at my place. In some areas the water is still high, and people are stranded inside their very homes. For now, I’m good. For the others, I’m hoping for everyone’s safety.

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With people recently getting engaged (Momon and Ros, high school classmates) and clothes quarterlife crisis, I’m starting to think of dieting seriously. I know, I know! I’ve said this at least a hundred times… but this time I’m doing it! So far, I’ve been into it for 2 weeks already. There’s no noticeable change yet. I’m going to take this slow.

What am I doing?

I’m starting with breakfast which is actually my dinner.

I’m not going to eat rice anymore in the mornings when I get home. I usually feel so hungry after work that I could eat 2 cups of rice, depending on how good the food for breakfast is. I overeat until I’m satisfied. So, I’m switching to healthy sandwiches for breakfast. Well, just 1 sandwich. Two slices of whole wheat or multi-grain bread. Tuna or Egg spread (I know, the mayo -_-), and if available, other meat like bacon or whatever’s there on the table. AND! Lettuce, Cucumber, and Tomato.

I don’t really like bread, and I’m not into sandwiches because I get full easily. So instead of eating a mountain of rice, I just eat a sandwich, I’m limited to that and I won’t want to eat another sandwich unlike with what I sometimes do with rice. If for some reason I still feel hungry, I just eat a couple of more slices of cucumber and/or tomatoes and/or some lettuce.

I’ll start with breakfast! I also walk more now. I’ve got such a sedentary lifestyle that when I went out with Lori last time and played a few games in the arcade, my arm went sore. I’m thinking of incorporating maybe some weight loss supplements in this breakfast diet, so when I wake up, I can do the exit dance. I don’t want to take them after dinner because I don’t want anything funny happening to me at work.

We’ll see how long this will last!

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