Aba lo & behold it’s my 1st week of South Beach Diet‘s Phase 1. I’m halfway through!

Ohh the Craving
The first 2 days were the toughest. I was really craving rice. Each time I see a pastry I want to stuff it in my mouth. But now I only miss certain breads & also pasta, even potatoes & carrots, but not rice. Nakakapagtaka nga e.

I haven’t yet baked or cooked any meal since I started, so it could be that the real temptation is yet to come. Maybe this weekend as it’s a bank holiday on Monday & I’ll be cooking some recipes I copied from the sassylawyer. Also we’re having our 4th(!!) barbie this Sunday we’re inviting some friends who just came back from hols in Pinas. While a neighbour said she’s booking us too for some halo-halo. Goodness, pag di ako natukso ewan ko na lang. When we went to Southbank last Sunday, it was so hot the family each had ice cream except for me. I felt really bad. My boy kept coming over to me asking me to lick the sides of the cones as his hands were getting dirty, it was sheer torture!

The Mistakes
First mistake I made because I was too eager to start on my SBD was just download a few facts & guides from the net. I didn’t “internalise” the foods to avoid section. Since I’m on a no-dairy diet (hayfever) I downed a carton of soya milk in 3 days. Later re-reading the printouts, of course, I realised I am Stupid.

Late as it is I still got an SBD book from ebay. Am reading it.

Little Triumphs
We went to a birthday party (there’s one nearly every weekend!) & I stayed away from all the foods to avoid. I wasn’t even tempted with the beautifully laid-out dessert table. I was more curious about the recipe of the host’s refrigerated cake. Luckily they had veg salad & steamed salmon, so I happily attacked those. The other guests were quick to detect that I am on a diet. Obvious ba?

Is it working?
In terms of weight loss I cannot verify it, though one new pair of trousers I wore on Monday was noticeably loose fitting. I haven’t weighed myself, what’s the point? It’s just been a week.

But I do feel better, stuffy nose & all. So let’s see where SBD leads me. If I’m ultra-successful, I might post a before & after picture in the next few months. Charing!

When we were just dating, I complained a lot to hubby that he’s always staring at the girl (sometimes girls) across us from the jeepney, from the street, from the restaurant, etc. etc. It used to bother me so much.

One time I told him off again (always away from the perpetrators) & said I feel disrespected when he looks at other women in my company. What he said shut me up, at least for a while. He said he never tells me what I can & cannot do and he never complained when I ogle men when he’s with me. I probably looked shocked (to hear the truth & that he notices pala) because he said it was okay, that he understands as I don’t engage in flirting anyway. It was akin to window shopping because you see something you “appreciate”. So like the mature twenty-something that I were in those days, I said fine as long as we understand each other he is not to look at other women when I’m around!

These days when we a sexy woman passes I check my hubby now & again. Sometimes I ask him a trick question like “she’s got nice shoes, ‘no?” He’s learnt so his answer will invariably be similar to “whose shoes?“

Do your men ogle? Do you ogle? Are you bothered?

I’m nearly 31 & sometimes I hate to admit it, but I look at men in their 20′s and I can only shake my head. So many men, but I have let the time pass – naughty!

We attended a Pinoy neighbour’s 7th birthday party. He’s a nice kid & his sister is even nicer. They’re always gentle with my toddler so I’m happy to get off my son’s back & leave him in their care.

The boys started to tease the girls by invading the sister’s room, where the nice-smelling girls were grooming each other. The boys on the other hand were all sweaty & when I checked their room I got out immediately. The smell was too overwhelming, magkasamang pawis at init. Anyway, the girls took pogiBoy & he was only too happy to “guard” their door against the invading forces. They played for hours.

On the way home, hubby told me that when he checked on pogiBoy, the birthday boy told him “Tito, kakampi namin si pogiBoy, spy sya sa girls kasi may special powers sya!” Powers? They call him “Super Laway“. Kawawa naman anak ko. He was dribbling excessively that his chest was so wet, forming an “S” (like superman’s) on his shirt.

Tawa kami ng tawa. Mga bata talaga… At least di sila nandiri & my son loved being part of the game. I loved it, too.

When we were in Colchester Zoo for my son’s 3rd birthday, we saw a rhino take a leak. The people started taking pictures. Then we noticed a second rhino walk towards the unending stream of wee. My first thought was he’s going to start humping the female offender. Instead what he did next was even more shocking.

hey this is my first photo here!

My son insists it’s milk… I told hubby it’s probably like draft beer.

Kaninang umaga nasilipan ko yung cute na officemate ko. Nasanay yata na tatlo lang sila dito sa opisina. ABA e ginagawa palang dressing room yung meeting room?! May appointment ako for 9am, ni-request nung consultant na gagamit daw sya ng projector, so ich-check ko sana kung ok pa ang set-up sa meeting room.

Pagbukas ko nung pinto ng meeting room, may narinig na kong kaluskos. Akala ko naman kasi e “normal” na tao lang yung nandun. Bakit ko naman kasi iisiping may semi-naked bod duon? Hehe Kita ko boxer shorts nya, kumikinang na puti. Siempre labas ako agad. Sya naman nagkakandarapang magtago sa likod ng isang pillar, inaalis nya kasi yung isang leg ng jeans nya so nagkakandirit sya — let me laugh — haha

Kikindatan ko sana pagpasok nya sa office namin. In fairness, pwede syang pumasok ng naka-boxer shorts lang at di pangit tingnan ha!

The friend whose father just died, gave birth to a boy last night. While we didn’t know yet, hubby casually said that life as you grow older is a plus or minus. True.

Then I called him to tell of the news & when he said he’s going to call our friend, I told him not to as she’s very tired. He goes “why?”…

Yup he’s a plus or minus example too.

I was at the bus stop at 6am this morning. A woman in a tight vest arrived & sat in front of me. Her cleavage was on show but then I thought it was too dark.

I looked again & to my horror, – and yes, disgust, I realised she’s got chest hair! And they’re like a man’s! Very curly & dense. Oh come on! Wax woman, wax! I can’t imagine being faced with that this afternoon in a super-packed, boiling hot Tube.

In the employee lounge of a posh office in Regents Street, two hunks were hunched over lunch. One spoke in a really manly voice and told his buddy that he brought the DVDs the other was asking for. They got excited and were soon exchanging stories and episodes of this Anime.

I thought wow, they’re also into Anime! I looked over and saw the DVD cover for — Powerpuff Girls!