Losing Weight Only to Gain It Back Again

If you read my weight loss update post in October, you would know that I was down to 143 lbs. This was an achievement for me because it was 11 lbs…

How to Respond to Comments About Your Weight

I am no stranger to comments like “Uy tumaba ka! (Oh, you gained weight!)“ from relatives and friends. As many of you know, I had successfully shed around 40 lbs last…

Don’t Keep Waiting to Go to the Gym

It’s the Fall semester of my junior year and I have vowed to yet again work on my weight loss. Just to fill you in on what you’ve missed in…

Why I Decided to Lose Weight and How I Did It

Like many other girls, I’ve struggled with my body image since I was very young. The picture on the left shows me at age eleven. As I look at the…