47.5

I never thought that I would ever get my weight back down to 47.5kg.

Over the last two years, I put on 4kg?? My weight crept up on me, slowly but surely, from 47kg to 48kg to 49kg. And then I hit the magic 50. I kept telling myself that once I hit 50kg, I would curb my eating and start doing something, exercising if need be. Last resort, of course. But easier said than done. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, not to mention the tummy! I love food! I live to eat! Being in Singapore, it's hard to stay away from food. There is food everywhere! On every corner, every street, at any time of the day or night! My favourite foods - chicken rice, char kway teow, noodles, carbs. My uniform was straining at the seams to hold me in. I think I hit my heaviest at 52.

Then about a month ago, I started to lose my appetite. I could get by with just a meal a day. There were times when I didn't even eat anything for 24hours. I was just not hungry. I also wasn't sleeping well. Was it stress? Or was it because I was missing my makan-kaki, E? The weight started to drop. My cheekbones were a little bit more pronounced. My double chin was now a "half double"? I looked better in pictures. But my buddha-belly was still the same :( Round and wobbly.

Unfortunately, my appetite is back now and so is my weight. I'm hovering between 48 and 49. But I'm glad I managed to see 47.5 on my scales before the year ended. I feel a little better about myself.

So here's to 2009 and a new resolution : To keep my weight under the magic number 50!