first day

my first day of the 2-day per week diet. i didnt have any solid food today. i felt ok but there is craving for something to eat. it will be normal diet tomorrow.

welcome back

my last post was march 30, 2008. wow, that was a long, long time ago.

i am wondering what to write, now that i am back on my blog. maybe it's too soon to write anything with substance for now.

diet again? in 2007, i went on a lemonade diet. it was actually a detox but you lose some weight in the process so people call it a diet. i am planning on starting a new diet tomorrow. again, like in 2007, my starting weight is again 220lbs. i hope to lose 3lbs a week and hopefully lose close to 20lbs before christmas. so lets see.

my diet will be a mix of the 2-day diet per week and blood type diet. perhaps i will add the calorie counting diet if i feel like it. so wish me luck. starts Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010.

Neo Explore X1

I attended the press launch of the Neo Explore X1 last Friday at the Bonifacion High Street. Good attendance from the press. Afterwards, we went to Fully Booked (still at BHS) and went through the Neo Explore exhibits.

I came back again on Saturday night. Fully Booked was full of people. The Neo exhibit still attracts a lot of kids. Actually, parents who are trying out the X1 to see if it's a worthwhile buy for their kids. I saw at least 2 parents asking for the exhibitors where to buy. Lucky this 'Portable' store. He might have sold a lot over the weekend. All the parents who are eager to buy were sent there.

10th day

finally, 10th day. It has been a pleasant experience. i got a new confidence in myself having survived the 9 days. I feel a lot lighter now and feel healthier. I weighed in at 220lbs when i started on Aug 18. Now, Aug . 27, i weigh 204 lbs. 16lbs in 10 days....not bad. My blood pressure is down to 110 over 80. I have a sever sleep disorder (sleep apnea) but with this diet, my wife told me my sleeping has improved (i.e. snoring went milder).

Also, I was able to quit smoking for 10 days. No alcohol either.

the night of day 5

nothing different happened today except that last night, i dreamt about breaking my diet by picking up and eating a handful of rice. other than that, it's quite normal lemonade diet day. i increased my salt water intake to about 1.5 liters now. Wow, that was really hard to take. i can feel my stomach getting full while drinking. I might go back to 1 liter tomorrow.

excretion is still the same. liquid form. i had to go twice or 3x in the morning. i usually get thirsty and having a dried mouth and stomach. also, the detox happens everywhere. bad breath comes out too. that's why i have my toothbrush and my listerine handy all the time.

one good thing is that, after 5 days of not taking my 'hypertension' maintenance my blood pressure is still at its normal level which is 120 over 90. if not for the diet, it should have been 150 over 110 3 days ago.

3rd night still on lemonade

i finally made it the whole of 3 days. But not without craving for tasting anything different. The lemonade was great but it's the only thing i've tasted in 3 days. Plus, again, i had lunch with my family in the food court. My son having spare ribs and my son ordering her favorite sbarro cheese pizza. My wife had a simple fried chicken but just mentioning all of those gets me hungry. Why do i torture myself?

As usual, i don't feel hunger at all. But psychologically craving for anything. Just tonight, at home, our ulam was sinigang na bangus using guava. wow, sarap. plus durian fruit for desert. there are grapes, mango and mangosteen all over. I just had to watch my wife and son eat it while i take my laxative tea.

I drank salt water again this morning. 1 liter. I was suppose to 'go' after drinking it but i never did. Well, i'm so used to drinking 1 liter every morning. the difference is, this time, it had 2 teaspoonful of salt. so it's a bit harder to swallow. before i can drink 1 liter in one go. this time, i had to do it in 3 to 4 gulps.

The hard part, at least today, about this diet is that it is so hard to excrete something that is not there. Because i haven't eaten for 3 days, when i am suppose to excrete my bowel only a brown liquid comes out. And i feel like 'going' every hour. Consistently there's a brown liquid that comes out. I am thinking, these are toxins coming out. Hopefully, they are. My urine is quite normal, a little bit clearer than normal because of so much liquid i have been drinking.

Another good thing about this diet is that it somehow helps keep my blood pressure at a normal level. i haven't taken my Micardis plus 40mg maintenance. It is needed to keep my blood pressure in check. I have to take it everyday. Once a day. Since i started the diet, i intentionally stopped taking my maintenance capsule just to check. By now, after 3 days, my blood pressure should have been 140 over 100, at least. Upon checking this morning, my blood pressure was still 120 over 90. this might cure my hypertension. Let's see if it holds for another couple of days.

my manila bulletin press release aug 12, 2007