Two good reasons

For 2005, I'm determined to lose 10% of my weight for two good reasons.

First reason is my gynaecologist's advice - he said I need to lose weight to keep my hormones in balance so that I can get my ovaries to ovulate again, and thus regulate my menstrual cycles. It's the best thing I can do to ensure my polycystic ovarian syndrome is under control, as I was born with the syndrome. To help me, he even gave me a compact mini calories guide book that I can bring in my handbag!

Second reason is that this weight doesn't make me feel sexy, or good about myself. My favorite playwright, Oscar Wilde, once wrote, "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." I'm going to lose weight because I love myself, and I want to look good for myself - feeling sexy again. Mind you, feeling sexy is not about sex - it's about feeling great within. You feel beautiful when you feel good.

So I have been doing simple toning exercises regime for the past three weeks - I do aerobics, yoga, meditation, swimming and jogging. I take the stairs as much as I can and halved my carbohydrate intake and drink lots of water. Nothing life-altering :) And I sleep earlier on most weekdays - that way I will cut down the tendency for midnight snacking.

Three weeks on and I think they are beginning to show me some results, although not that significant as yet - I checked the weight, I lost 2 kgs. My favorite Zara skirt which barely fit me when I bought it last year for a job interview, now can fit me well and it feels loose at the waist. My favorite black MNG blouse is begining to
feel loose. It's like, I haven't gotten there yet, but I'm seeing the light at the other end of the tunnel.

The best news I heard today - Va Va Voom said I look like I lost some weight lately. I am beginning to feel good about myself now. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Please God, let me have the strength of will, perseverance and self-discipline to keep up with my exercise regime forever!