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New Path to Healthier “Me”, Scattered Files

After weeks of dilly-dallying, I finally decided to embark a new journey – to trudge the path of living a healthier and fitter ‘me’. It means more fruits and veggies on my plate. Actually my long-term goal is to adapt a pure raw-food lifestyle. (I know, I posted about it earlier but I really didn’t try hard to stay on track.)

So last Saturday I shopped a small amount of fruits and vegetables. Then yesterday I had only salad for lunch and a big portion of sandwich in the evening. I realized that I have to keep my stomach full with fruits and vegetable during the day otherwise I will indulge in the evening. That’s what happened yesterday.

Today morning I am glad to start my day with coffee and followed later with watermelon, (hopefully) salad again for lunch and fruits in the evening.

Also, for the last one week I started to use stairs in the morning though I am taking it slowly. I live in the 9th floor and every morning I use the stairs when going down the building. Honestly my legs were paining in the first two days that I used the stairs but now my legs are okay.

Hopefully next week I will start climbing up the stairs even for two floors only. It is really more tiring to ascend.

I am setting my mind to achieve this goal on a gradual phase as long as I am consistent. I aim to lose 15 kilo.

On the other hand, I have not updated my blog for the last two weeks. I actually have written few blog posts but my files are scattered. I am currently using a laptop at home but the files are saved in the desktop computer. As I write in the office too during my lunch break, I ended up having some files again left in my office computer.

I am hoping that this weekend the internet connections for our desktop computers will be fixed so I will have one working desk and computer to use.

Experiment: The 30 Days Challenge

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Resolutions really do not work for me because I always fail. I read somewhere that one of the reasons to blame for not achieving any rate of success is the lack of motivation or purpose.

When your life is threatened to end because of an illness, you will definitely do anything that the doctor says in order to prolong your life. If the doctor advises you to change your diet (i.e. no more salty and high calorie foods), then you will definitely change your eating habits overnight, right?

You have a strong motivation which is to live longer. That your drive to change your habit instantly.

As for my case, I am caving in to Bo Sanchez’s 30-Days Challenge. I want to start a raw food diet. Well, I have tried it before for two weeks and I really felt good but it didn’t sustain longer. I have a list of excuses to back it up. LOL!

Anyway, I will start the 30 days challenge to gear me up and hopefully to adapt a healthier way of life for good.

My motivation? I know from the bottom of my heart that I am living an unhealthy lifestyle. That’s a given fact – no exercise, high consumption of fast foods, high level of stress from work, more processed foods in my daily diet and so on. Now that I have a son, I want to take care of my health hoping to live longer to see him growing up.

I just gave birth late last year and I am already in my early thirties. When I do my calculation, I will be in my fifties when he starts his college degree. So that’s my main motivation and hopefully strong enough to help me cling on my resolution.

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