Three weeks ago, I decided to skip rice for a week, to test my mental capabilities. I just thought that, we always use the saying 'if you put your mind into anything, nothing is impossible'. So I made up my mind and test it out on my food choices. For a week, I skipped white rice and depend mostly on my momma's home cooked ulams, still eating my occasional junk food.
When I was successful, but realized that Im a fat feelingerang frog, (nagkita kasi kami ng friends ko at may pikchur kami ng maganda kong frenny, payat nya! antaba ko)I decide to extend the challenge and shifted to greens, grains, and rootcrops. I still ignore white rice, but there was 1 time I have to give in. 2 mouthfuls, I already feel full. Di ako nag eexaggerate, I felt my body adjusting. So yun nga, the 2nd week, I only ate lettuce, pulled chicken, corn, iklok paminsan and spiced potatoes. May variety naman, kaso parang break up lang, naumay ako mamsh. Kaya mga after 3 months na lang siguro kami mag babalikan ng patatas at iklok..but! Naalala ko buy 1 kilo, 1 kilo free nga pala nabili kong pataas. So may isang kilo pa ako. taena. Kelangan kong kainin yon. Maliban sa mashed potato na salt, pepper, oregano lang. Ano pa bang pwede kong gawin sa patatas? Fried Patatas siguro..
Sunod kong kakainin, tokwa, siguro ttry ko na lang mag brown rice, chaka okra, and more fruits na din. Dahil hindi ako fruit person, more on veggie person ako eh. And bread. Bread is life yaknow. I feel incomplete pag walang tanapay o biskwit o pastries. basta. Nakakataba.
Regardless, ano mang kainin ko. Ang point ko lang talaga, eh maliban sa nagbabawas ako ng timbang, napatunayan ko na totoo talaga yung if you put your mind into something, kahit feeling mo imposible, kaya mong gawin. Naniniwala ako before na di ako mabubuhay ng walang rice. Pero ngayon, naisip ko, kaya ko naman. My body is already well adjusted to cleaner food choices. Nung una, I reward myself with fastfood or kung anong craving kong alam kong junk. Pero today, I feel not obligated anymore, it feels like adventure na to try different food na alam kong madaling i breakdown ng katawan ko. I actually feel lighter! Mas mahirap pa tanggalin ang sweets kesa carbs. But I will get there. Slowly but surely.
Usually, pag nakikita ng officemates ko yung baon ko, sinasabi nila niloloko ko lang sarili ko, mapagpanggap, or grabe daw ako magdiet, pinaparusahan ko daw sarili ko. They even put a bet na kakain din ako ng kanin eventually. What other people can't understand, is that I'm trying to form a habit, na nagsimula sa experiment ko for my mental health. Alam ko naman na people will not always understand anything na ka-weirduhan ng iba. But who cares? hahaa. I still choose to eat what I want din naman. I just changed my food preferences.
From now on, I will not tell myself that I have to lose weight because people think I am fat! Pero I feel fat! hahaha. Eto yung never ending battle ko with myself. I am actually not that easily affected by other people's opinion, pag sarili ko na yung nagpressure sakin, ako din yung nabbwisit sa sarili ko.
So anong point ko dito talaga? What I wanna say is!diet-ing is not really depriving yourself the food you really like to eat. It's just your way of telling your body to eat this, because this is healthier. Wala namang mawawala sayo kung di ka kakain ng kinakain ng iba. Minsan mas nakakasama pa yung peer pressure pagdating sa pagkain. You eat what they eat, kasi nakikisama ka. That's very us Filipinos. We should all be considerae, no, respectful of others choices. No one forced you to eat double rice and pancit canton. No one forced me to eat patatas buong week. We all have different choices in life, if your friend likes to try and change his/her lifestyle, if it's good for them, suportahan mo, wag kang nega na magiimpose ng mga paniniwala mo. That's not helping the morale of the person.
Hindi ako bv, nagsasabi lang ako ng opinyon ko. At sana may mapulot yung magbabasa neto. :p Kakaloka eh. Note: I don't feel bullied. hahaha. I just want to share.
Tonight, I ate chicken mcdo. Because I was craving for it! hahaha. The irony of life.
Tomorrow, we'll burn the calories. hahaha. The cycle of life.
Amen!
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