"Say NO to Cigarette Challege" in 3 weeks time.Can I do this?

He's my best friend, he's my lover and he is also my silent killer. I've been in this love hate relationship with Mr.C for the past 7 years.He helped me through my toughest times, and he was there to celebrate those times when I was flying over the moon..Never was a day I can do without Mr.C in my pocket or hidden in my purse. I tried to give him up countless times over the years yet he always finds the way to make me crawl back in his arms again and yes, after each relapse I am more and more addicted to him!

I dunno what has gotten into me this time,maybe cause my 25th birthday is coming up in 3 weeks or maybe I have been through too much this past few months that I just think that it is just time to change. I am trying to lead a healthier life style after all, I exercise, I eat well, I take my daily supplements but at the end of the day I smoke my way through a box of cigarette everyday~sigh~..

Today was my first attempt to go cold turkey as I finish my last bud last night (I always keep stock before finishing a box).I thought it was gonna be easy and I have no idea how wrong I was till I was scavenging the whole room to look for any cigarette by 2pm!Man,,,I was cranky and felt so tired so end up sleeping till around 4pm. Had to go to class by 5pm so I resisted the urge and I lasted till 7pm where I miserably failed my mission and finally bought another box.duh!

Am I in love or is it a mind trick?

The thing that worries me the most about quitting smoking is that I might put on weight. Yeah, easy for you non-smokers to say "If you don't wanna put on weight,don't eat. Chew gum or drink water to suppress the hunger or to prevent munching." News flash folks, smoking is a terrible addiction especially when the body is so used with the chemical content that it have been supplied for years,the brain basically tells the body that it needs those toxic in order to function properly.TE QUIERO?

Example, you are so used to eating bread everyday for the past years and years but not because you are forced but because you simply loves it.

Then one fine day, you just want to change that habit and eat noodles instead. How do you feel?Yes, you are equally full as if you are having bread but are you satisfied?Don't something inside of you just say "Yes this noodles is yummy,but it'll be better to have bread instead." Before you know it,you're munching a loaf of bread just for the taste of it ;p

GO COLD TURKEY OR OPT FOR THE NICOTINE GUM/PATCHES??

I need help I know, maybe I just need more motivations to make sure this will be my final successful attempt to quit. I was thinking about going to the pharmacy and check out those nicotine gum and nicotine patches. I don't know how effective those things are to curb the urge but I guess there's no harm in trying. But for now, I will try to reduce my intake to maybe half ( I do smoke about a pack a day so it wont be hard to actually count how much I've smoke.lol ). If anyone of you guys that might have tried any remedies or those nicotine gum/patches, do let me know how effective it is and perhaps maybe you could suggest any brands?

Until then, I am keeping my fingers cross and my will to fight this addiction strong. Hopefully tomorrow is gonna be easier than today ;)

The road to the perfect physique..

Just like some other female out there, I am not lucky enough to be born with the right height nor the perfect body. The only thing that I have been struggling all my life is trying to manage my weight. The mirror is my best friend who sometimes show me a bit of love and kind of a b***h some other times. I rely on diet where I strictly forbid myself from any fast food, cut down any sugary sweet drinks and my friends call me a vegetarian for eating tones of vegetables on every meals ( I need the large portion of vege on every meal to curb the hunger from lack of carb in my diet). Years of constricting myself to just certain types of food yet all I do is just maintain my weight (which is still considered as healthy as I am 5f 3'' and 132lb). But I still need to shed off that extra 10lb!

Well, it all started 5months ago where I was at a point of life where everythg just don't seem to go my way. The only thing that I can take control of at that point is my body.I started out by taking baby steps with first do a lap or two in the swimming pool everyday (a lot of rest in between at first just to catch my breath ;p). Then increase it to 5laps within 15-20 minutes and about 2-3min rest between laps.And after swimming session, I would do some weight training. At first, I dont have the strength to pump heavy iron at that point so I just start by lifting around 2lb dumbell for 30min every otherday.


As swimming gets a little too mundane after a month or so, I bought myself a pair of running shoes and believe you me running is the best exercise to burn those unwanted orange peel effect on your behind!I still remember the first time I started.I could not ran more than 5minutes and starts power walking for the rest of the 1.5km track and it seems forever it took me to finish lol.. Than I started to pickup pace and after 2months, I can do 3km within less than 30mins with minimum rest ( 2-3mins ).An by now, my weight training have done me nothing but wonders.I do not rely so much on the scale to see my progress as to me, weight can be affected by so many variables. So i took the measuring tape instead to measure my progress. At this point, hips 99cm, waist 74cm and arms 31.5cm at normal condition and 32cm flexed.

Running is a great cardio but after awhile, it does get lonely to be running alone. I tried to do the next best cardio exercise I know where I can sweat and still have fun doing it. Badminton! Boy,this game is my all time favourite sport since I cant even remember.!So every few days, I called up a bunch of friends and we have a great game for a couple of hours every session and trust me, competitive sports can be a really good cardio (the information on how much calories you can burn during any exercise/activities you are doing are abundant online.Eg,you can try by looking it up at http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist.htm). As for my weight training, by now I am lifting a 20lb dumbell for my upper body workout =). My current measurement is : hips 94cm, waist 72cm and arms 30cm at normal condition and 32cm flexed.

I know, I know, you must be think "OMG this girl still got along way to go and she's giving advice?".hahah..I am no expert but all I am saying is that you can change how you look. You have the power to either just beat yourself up yet do nothing bout your weight or you can start to get off your butt and literally do something about it. No doubt that sometimes it can be quite frustrating when you have work your ass off at the gym yet you see no changes. We need some professional advice every now and thn and if money is your concern (cause it is for me) you can get the professional yet free advice online at http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/index.html. There, they have all the plan set up for you to pick either you want to lose weight, build muscle, training for each body part, forum and so much more! Bodybuilding.com is like a bible for my training =).

So there you go girls and boys, thats my story of how I try to take control of my body. I am still a project in progress and maybe we can try to achieve our goals together!! You can post me any comments, or even share your own story. Looking at other people's success stories can be quite a motivation for me too ;)

Melilea Oxy Intensive Cream

Been 3months since I officially no longer hold the title "student". No more late night studying, nomore cramping in front of the pc finishing assignments, paper projects, thessis, blah blah...The past 6 months of life was literally hell on earth (for me atleast..;p) with the final exams, completing several projects for a perfectionist supervisor and not forgetting MULTIPLE relationship breakups lol..swore I was gonna celebrate this freedom to the fullest~!

Starting with watching tv till midnight, than I stayed up till around 2 or 3am. From there, my sleeping habits just turn upside down.By now, I can longer sleep until right after 6am..But what does this irregular sleeping habits do to me other than the awesome eyebags that makes my eyes looks like they had professional touch for a smokey eye shadow effects? Yeah,the owhsofamous favourite cousin of skin problems.THE PIMPLES!

I have a combination skin, and I thank god my skin can be considered as quite "manageble" except for one or two baby pimples every now and then, a little bit uneven skin tone here and there. But just recently with the irregular sleeping habits (and I did become a little bit forgetful to put on my night cream and all), and with some help from the imbalance hormone, my face was so dry and starts to look like the ufo's landing spot!! Mommy and daddy pimples got hitched and they produced babies like nobody's business..~sigh~

Getting annoyed by this problem, I rummaged through my trusty facial cream basket (I had so many facial products over the years that I just cant seem to throw out so I piled everythg in a basket;p) and found this Melilea Oxy Intensive Cream (no.5) . I remembered mommy gave me this product to give it a try last few months and yet I never put it on before. So i thought, "Yeah,what the hell. What worst could happen anyway?". So, that night, I washed my face and apply a thin layer of the Melilea Oxy Intensive Cream (no.5) and the next morning, surprise2!! The red inflammations are gone.Pimples seems like it got shrunk to half the size it was the night before and the dry spots on my face were vanished!

The cream can also be applied at night and during day time but it's moisture effect on the skin stays out the whole day even after washing my face in the morning. I dont have any idea what kind of chemical they put in this product so I googled it (obviously..) and another surprise,it's organic! Melilea's product comes from organic resources and the ingredients in the products are derived from natural plant based extract.

I cant say that this product may be for everyone but if you got a dry,normal/combination skin you might want to give this product a try. And as for those with sensitive skin, you might want to get the sample tube before opting for the whole bottle or the entire product of Melilea Botanical Skin Care Series.Good luck;)