Losing Weight: Replacing Food and Increasing Physical Activities

You would have noticed by now the lack of post. I was busy with my current projects: job hunting and weight reduction.

My office colleagues/friends and I have  started jogging at around 3pm in the afternoon. It take us around an hour to finish the exercise, which includes changing clothes.

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For the food, we can't just stop eating rice. Two years ago, I increased my food intake to catch up with my workload that seems to drain my energy. With not much work to do, the food diets no longer applies and I am starting to gain unwanted weights. To address the issue, we started buying brown rice. Currently, I feel full even in the morning. Maybe we will continue eating brown rice for now and have earlier dinnertime than usual.

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There are no secret formula on my diet and exercise routine. We ran the uneven road of the office compound. The place offers shade that is good coverage to avoid the sun. We just have to increase our sunblock application because of the sun radiation.

This is the usual scenery when we jog around the compound. Find the photo familiar? I have posted it here before and this is the road that leads to where we use to have classes during my masters.


Do you have any diet right now?

Sleeping Eight Hours A Day

Since December last year, we focused on new habits. One of them is turning off the light when sleeping and the most important of all, sleeping early {around eight in the evening and around nine thirty for a late evening}. I added some new steps on this like drinking at least one glass of water before heading to bed.

Lately however, it is very difficult to sleep. I noticed this when things gets excited at the office. Like news on my job prospects and other things that I have to do for the transition in case my applications passes through the search committee.

One culprit that I also consider is the trip to Cebu on a weekend. It left my body clock in chaos and currently adjusting back to normal schedule.

Another issue I guess is the eating habits. We have been eating rice at dinner and I am gaining weight. It has been stressing me out.

Do you eat rice? I hope it is brown rice because between white rice and brown rice, the latter is the nutritious one. An article says brown rice has more fiber and nutrients and minerals such as selenium that lowers the risk of colon cancer. And of course, the fibers helps in the digestion and keeps you trim and healthy. Provided though that you keep also a healthy lifestyle : no smoking, occasional drinking and lot of sleep & exercise.

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