Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Count Thy Calories

As I have previously mentioned, I'm going to Bantayan Island this Holy Week. I am tirelessly counting the number of days until my feet feels the grainy sand of the island. So to get ready, I decided to buy a swimsuit. Last time I bought one was 2 years ago. And it was this blue Bayo two-piece suit that I really love. Friday last week, my friends and I went to Landmark to try on a couple of swimsuits I saw before. It was fun picking the right color and the right style. I decided to try on a black and white halter tankini. And it was sad. Suddenly, the thought of going to Bantayan is depressing and the thought of me wearing a two-piece suit is absolutely terrifying. It's not that I'm conservative or anything. I just think I could stand to lose more pounds. I'm not overweight. I'm 5'2 and 126 lbs. I'm still under the normal range for my height, still have the right BMI and so on. So to get "bikini-ready" by April (I know, it's cutting it pretty close) I decided to create an account on caloriecount.com. All you need to do is enter the food you ate for that day and it will count the calories you've had, thus the name caloriecount. I was really excited. Then I remembered what I ate for breakfast. Half-rice, scrambled egg, and tuyo. Oh Shit! I forgot that these so called sites about calorie counting is mostly based on foods found in the US. I mean, how can you actually count the calorie content of Dinuguan or even Munggo? Gosh, so now all I can eat are food generally found everywhere. Goodluck sa 'kin diba?

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