October 21, 2005

My Fat Cells and Winter

I finally packed up my summer clothes and prepared the heavy winter outfits. The weather here is just becoming chilly and whenever I go out, I can see people wearing leather jackets once again. This to me is a signal that I need to say TTFN ( tata for now) to my very casual slippers, sleeveless and the rest of my sunnier clothes. Incidentally, I also noticed that I am gaining weight. I've been eating lots of junk food recently because I was too lazy to cook and wash the dishes. I felt that my hands were getting dry from the very hot water I tend to use when washing. This is not good news. The weather doesn't help at all. I feel lethargic and lazy going out when I know that my face will be feeling the chill of winter. I couldn't even go to yoga class since I did not want to walk and freeze!

I decided to do a plan just so I wouldn't allow my fat cells to sleep and be stored as another adipose tissue. I needed to exercise more! Tennis was not an option since it started to rain the past days. Then I decided to go and continue my gym sessions but I got bored doing the same routine.While I was in the gym,I realized that the solution to my plan was actually right in front of me ---> Indoor Swimming! Yes, I have been trying to relieve my summer doing a couple of lapse in the heated pool for a week now. Then I go straight to the sauna just to feel the heat that I miss the most. (I'm such an island girl!)

I think I have found a way to awaken my fat cells in this sleepy winter months ahead. Now I just hope these little cheeky cells will cooperate and work its way out. Well, I guess that means I should start cooking again and stop eating all the junkies. Alright, I'm going back to my brocollis this weekend.

Have a good one y'all!

Posted by duke at 10/21/2005 01:08:00 AM

18 Comments:

Jeruen said...: Hehe, lumalamig na rin pala diyan sa Istanbul (?). Here in Buffalo, matagal ng malamig. It averages around 8 degrees Celsius during the day, pero wala pa namang snow.

Speaking of missing the heat, ganun din dito. Nakakatawa nga, kasi when I was still in Manila, inis na inis ako sa init. Pero dito naman, na-mi-miss ko ang init. Humans are really hard-to-satisfy creatures.

By the way, hope you don't mind me linking your blog?

LIW; 10/21/2005 03:28:00 AM
Anonymous said...: cold weather can really make you lazy. when it's too cold in the morning, you just want to lay in bed and sleep more. it's hard to rise up and go to work.; 10/21/2005 07:12:00 AM
Dr. Emer said...: Indoor swimming in a heated pool and sauna afterwards? Yes, I think that ought to kick those fat cells out of commission. Remember, the golden rule: the calories you burn will not transform into fat.; 10/21/2005 08:16:00 AM
Anonymous said...: hey girlfriend, you just gave me some good tips - have to continue my yoga, or some walking/jogging, eating the right foodand the word of today is just "burn" - - - or else my adipose tissues start piling over - dieva kadiri!; 10/21/2005 03:44:00 PM
Analyse said...: so what about hamam? have you tried it already?

hmmm, you sure will burn those fats out with that itinerary. time to stay in bed longer nga...; 10/21/2005 03:46:00 PM
Anonymous said...: I think swimming is one of the best exercises because you never sweat! How cold does it usually get in Turkey? Brrrr!
-Kala; 10/21/2005 07:02:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Ok, forget I said 'take me there' dahil I hate winter months. The best winter ata is in HK pero malamig pa din.

Pero masarap mag BBQ sa Deep Water Bay.

Have great weekend Princess.; 10/21/2005 08:36:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Here in Riyadh, the weather is still good but it is getting there in few more days. Kanina meron ng sand storm. That means winter is coming.

Siguro dapat mag tae-bo ka o kaya shadow boxing. Maganda pang burn ng fat ito at pwede sa loob ng bahay mo.

Good luck sa cooking mo.; 10/22/2005 12:54:00 AM
duke said...: LIW - Yes. It's becoming colder everyday over here!
Pareho tayo. Sa Pinas, pag sobrang init mega complain ako pero ngayon, I would do anything to have warm weather!

p.s.
I like teh city where you live right now---> Buffalo. For some reason, it's one of the cities that John Grisham uses in his books!:D

sure, go ahead and link me up.:D; 10/23/2005 12:04:00 PM
duke said...: evi- you bet. When the weather is cold, my body need extra time to adapt and wake up!

doc E - That's exactly what I've been thinking. I need to burn more calories so they won't transform into fats.I also love the after effect of swimming (and doing sports or exercise). They mek me feel happy :D

Mr. Pogi- yeah! body warmthis the beast source of heat!; 10/23/2005 12:07:00 PM
duke said...: jhaya- exactly! it's scary to see unwanted bulges here and there, right? go stretch yourself.

Namastei...

ana- in the place where I go for my swim and sauna, they also have hamam. I've been pbserving what they do for the past days (para naman di ako mashadong matakot pag ginawa ko). After a lot of prepping up and research, I've decided to do the hamam on husband's day off this week para sabay kami ( kahit separate yung hamam place).

BTW, I saw a glimpse of what tehy do. The lather you up in soap! As in parang cocoon of soap! lol; 10/23/2005 12:12:00 PM
duke said...: sha- when are you coming back to greece? don't you miss the marché in Nice? :D

hey kala!
swimming is really good. I sleep like a baby after!
It gets pretty cold over here as in 0 to -5 , I think. The worst was in 2003, according to my friends. It was almost -20! yay!; 10/23/2005 12:16:00 PM
duke said...: K- hahahaha. Winter there in HK is like fall over here! Funny thing is you will see a lot of the people over there wearing full winter battle gear (lol).
I've never experience doing BBQ in Deep Water!!!!

myepinoy- thanks for the tips. I do my taebo when I go out with friends dancing! Parang taebo na rin ;); 10/23/2005 12:19:00 PM
nixda said...: guten tag duke! i thought u've got nice weather here, same misery pla tayo hehe. 'just love winter kung may schnee. autumn is worst ... macht mich krank (sick)
really want to visit there, paradies para sa mga aleman diyan. ang mga turkisch dito ay parang chinisch sa pinas.
cud i link u up? danke; 10/23/2005 03:59:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Fat? You're not fat! Not even nearly chubby -- you'd have to pile on as many pounds as a kid in kindergarten weighs in order to be considered mildly pudgy. I bet even your fingers aren't fat! That's why you always feel cold -- you have no blubber to heat up your (not fat) body. :); 10/23/2005 09:44:00 PM
duke said...: guten tag, Neng! yes the weatehr here becomes really cold during the winter months ( or so I heard). OO nga, ang daming Turks din dyan sa Deutschland. dami din akong na-encounter na turk who can speak German dito.
Sure link link away...tschüß!; 10/24/2005 01:52:00 PM
duke said...: helllo gigi!

I guess I "feel" fat.Funny how you reminded me of the word pudgy. I used to be a pudgy little miss :D
I get scared when I feel lethargic and heavy especially during winter. I don't want to look like a snowball!; 10/24/2005 01:56:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi, Duke!

Malamig na rin pala dyan. Dito rin. Pero I still wear my summer clothes. Pero nag-jajacket na rin.

I'm gaining weight na rin...kain nang kain ng chocolates.

Do you have plans to go to the public bath still? Curious talaga ako doon. :-); 10/24/2005 11:10:00 PM

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