As many of my friends know me, I was a fatty, chubby, loves-to- eat person, person to call where to eat (claiming it for my Friend Mich), little did they know that I have been AGAIN and AGAIN challenging myself to lose weight.

Last February 2014, if my memory serves me right, I have decided to lose some pounds I had been carrying for years. Indeed, I was able to get rid of them by doing exercises at the gym, eating the right foods (I had a diet delivery then) and taking meal replacements. I lost 6lbs for a month, from 150lbs to 144lbs. Then I ate again and again and again and the pounds I lose easily came back that in 2015, I gained 10lbs and my weight shoot up to 154lbs. It was December 2015 when I decided to try a diet delivery service through Yummy Diet. Since December is mostly the special month of every year for employees who are getting their 13th month pay, I purchased a month or 4-week delivery service. The service started on the first week of January 2016 up to its 4th week. My diet is not easy, there are foods that I am not usually eating but then I was able to manage to lose 6 or 7lbs for the whole month. Then, since I have no more money to purchase another delivery, I went back eating the same old oily-but-cheap foods. And I gained weight again. My Yo-Yo diet is so frustrating. People around me are saying, “Ayan ka na naman Tin.” which I fully understood. Because of what they saw in me for the past two years.

It was in June 2016 when I convinced myself to give losing weight a try and boy it was never easy. I had to change what I eat and what I do. I enrolled in a gym near my workplace and buy foods from Healthy Options and Rustan’s. Spell s-p- e-n- d-i- n-g- m-o- n-e- y. My starting weight was 68.5kg and was taken last June 13, 2016 in the College’s clinic. I was so big that I still don’t consider myself big, because I always say, “Masarap ang kumain.”

The turning point why I decided to push this hard was, I wanted to be healthy when my boyfriend decides to propose a wedding. Yes. I am readying myself when the time comes. But that’s not the only reason why, my Friend Kat who is currently based in Singapore became my fitspiration, why? Simply because, way back in college, she was bigger than me, and now she is waaaaaaaay to smaller now from my weight when we were studying.

On the 2nd week of my journey, I decided to participate in the weightloss challenge in the gym where I do exercises. From 68.5kg, as of August 25, I am 61.72kgs. losing 7 kilograms may be a small number, but little by little, my body is getting used to little foods I eat and exercises I do.

To give you proof, here is the front photos for the past few weeks with corresponding dates:

I am getting rid off the fats around me, and now I am around 60kgs. I am hoping to lose more so that on my birthday this year, my weight would hopefully be down to 50kgs.

I hope in anyway, I was able to inspire everyone through my weight loss journey.

Happy reading!