Looking Young – Just My Thoughts
I am now in my forties and have noticed a few and yet significant changes in my body.
Particularly, that my body does not respond as quickly to the “old and tested technique” of losing weight. Somehow I have noticed, losing weight is not as easy to do anymore.
Let me clarify.
A few years back I went through a serious rough patch in my life, which caused me to loose a lot of weight. I was very much stressed and I could not seem to keep a healthy weight. My weight loss was so drastic that my face simply disappeared into this anorexic drawn sorry state.
I tried to supplement with milk when I couldn’t eat and unfortunately that did not afford me the pounds I wanted so dearly. Instead what I did to my body (or in this case what I couldn’t do) …breakouts, falling hair, eye bags and skinny looking walking skeleton of a thing… ha-ha yes, that’s me…
It was hideous but it taught me to prioritize my health and to get back to a healthy lifestyle of the land of the living. Slowly I changed my life day after day…week after week … until today…about six marvelous years later. I am somewhat back!
Somewhat? I have officially gained back the weight I have lost plus an additional seven pounds! Ha! My cheeks are back!
So I said to myself …”napasarap yata” time to loose at least five pounds so I could fit into my trousers. Not that easy! At the peak of my “skinniness” I averaged a 45-minute daily regimen on Pilates. I knew its either I had to eat more and exercise less to gain weight.
Or better yet exercise less and maintain my eating habits. I chose the latter. I lessened my workout to twice a week and in ten months have successfully and steadily gained at least a pound a month. (Some months were two pounds!) Am quite surprised a lot of my friends have not noticed! I attribute that to Pilates.
It still managed to create that lean sculpted and yet womanly look which I wanted to achieve. I knew what I wanted. A lean yet feminine looking me! I wanted to preserve some of my fats because I saw that without them I looked horribly and unbelievably wretched beyond my years!
According to Nicolas Perricone MD, we should be careful when dieting. The face when it goes “never goes back to its original state”. How scary! Imagine this…you could have a taut body but the face drooping like- a hush puppy! Hahaha.
