Weekend Wake Up Call

Had a tiring, busy, but fun weekend. We drove to New Jersey on Saturday to spend the day at my brother's place for his birthday. It was the perfect plan on a perfect HOT (80 degrees and Sunny!!) Saturday... Brought the entire family along, picked them up, and drove into the city to take the Holland Tunnel. Little did we know that we would be spending most of our day stuck in traffic. It was just awful to get stuck in traffic in Chinatown in the midst of the burning sun. There was traffic everywhere! The city was jam packed with cars, cabs, tourists, and people. A one hour and forty five minute drive took us almost 5 hours! It was that bad!! We were starving when we got to my brother's house. He started the grill so there was already plenty of burgers and hotdog ready to be eaten! hehehe. We spent Sunday with Myk's family and took then out to lunch for his Uncle's birthday. It was another pleasant day (Sunny and HOT) and we found ourselves stuck in traffic once again as we drove to Brooklyn. Despite the annoying traffic frustrations, It's always a good time with the family. You realize how much they're worth every minute and how important it is to always stay in touch. I'm blessed that we get along and we don't have any drama among us.

My brother took lots of pictures and I'm only going to post the one below with me in it because I looked so fat in most of them. LoL. It's true. It was a rude awakening for me to see my neck has disappeared in the pictures. My face became round and there''s no way to hide my double chin. And I looked pregnant! I wish I were so I can use it as an excuse to why I'm round. I've actually been asked if I'm pregnant many times... other people's nice way of saying "You're fat".

I'm not happy with my current weight. I've let this weight gain creep up on me without really doing anything about it except complain to Myk. I hate exercise. I hate diets. But I want to be healthy and slim when I go back to the Philippines. I mean I don't want to be too thin, just trim down. So, I promised myself that I will do my bestest to lose some pounds.

I've started counting my calorie intake today and did 20 minutes of yoga. If this failed, I might have to get liposuction. Doctor Beloooooooooooooooo! LoL.