Baby Steps Diet

This post was suppose to be posted yesterday but I accidentally hit the “x” button *pakshet* thinking I’ve saved it on my blog.

Ok, as of now I am 118 pounds. I want to go back to my pre-pregnancy (almost) weight which was 112. So, I have 6 lbs to lose! If successful I want to be at my first trimester weight which was 107 (yes, I lost weight on my 1st trimester!). It’s almost December and I don’t want to look like a FAT lady with bilbils everywhere. I don’t want to cringe looking at our holiday pictures.

So I’m planning to

1. Cut on my carbohydrates intake, which means no more rice in the evenings! See, I’m taking it slowly. NO matter how yummy the sud-an is i.e. humba swimming in mantika, I would have to say NO. Evening dinner should be light so no matter how hungry I am I’ll just munch on baby carrots (suprisingly yummy) and fruits. Will buy tilapia fillet and chicken breast and make a simple dish (Sprinkle breast/tilapia with lemon and salt seasoning and fry).

2. See, I don’t want to be overly ambitious, whatever I can’t eat for dinner I’m bringing it with me to the office as lunch. I don’t want to suffer too much! BIG lunch, light dinner. That will be my mantra.

3. No junk food snacking at the office/home, so I’m bringing over my baby carrots and fruits.

4. Take advantage of low calorie packaged meals (hello smartones, lean cuisine and healthy choice). This will be helpful during dinner and lunch. As long as it does not go over $1.50 each then I’m ok with that. Must look for good coupons!

5. Buy cold cuts i.e. smoked turkey, smoked ham, smoked oten and other delis to eat for breakfast. Whole wheat bread + deli meat + cheese + optional tomato /lettuce = 1 filling breakfast. They say breakfast is the most important meal so I’m testing this out.

Baby steps.. Baby steps..if all else fails, 3 weeks before Dec 17, I’m going on a crash diet *snickers*. Nyehehehe!

Target Horror

I’ve never been successful at Target because they are always out of stock with all the items that I want. Today, I decided to go since a) it’s saturday, stores are always well-stocked on saturday and b) there are so many good deals that I’d like to try.

So, I went my merry way and got all the items I needed and more, I chose a young cashier and then…… my story begins. First, she laid out all my coupons and grouped them per item, ask for the products that she has already finished scanning by the way for every coupon, she then proceeded to tell me that I can’t use 2 coupons per item and I argued that yes I can, I can use 1 target coupon and one manufacturer coupon. She then proceeded to tell me that I can only use one coupon for all like items (grrrrr!!!!), I said fine!  Now for a funny conversation:

Dumb cashier: You can’t use this coupon because this is not toiletry (coupon is $1 off any johnson toiletry)

Me: (In disbelief), isn’t soap toiletry???

Dum cashier: this says that it’s for big items

Me: No, it doesn’t it says ANY toiletry.

Dumb cashier: Ok fine, I’ll scan this it if doesn’t go then I can’t do anything.

The coupon scanned by the way! We then had an argument with a manager at that that I can’t use coupon on a free item because it’s already free, I have buy 1 candle get 1 refill free and I have 1.50 off refill Q. The also dumb manager supported her, gaaaahh! i can’t stand this so I argued a bit and finally gave up.

I then went to customer service and complained about them not accepting coupons, we discussed the coupon per ITEM again and she accepted them but she wouldn’t accept my candle coupon because I’m over my 8 coupons per transaction limit. If I had known that I would have split the transaction! I walk out of target upset, I’m planning to email corporate and get the REAL day.  I did save 20+ but the hassle is so not worth it!!!!

Misadventures of a first time mom 1

Testing wordpress app via iphone so pardon the mispellings and grammar, typing is not that easy!

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Much as we love being parents, Yiek and I can’t help but be frustrated with how hard it is to raise a toddler. Picture this, we were shopping at walmart and he saw instant mac & cheese, of course we can’t give that to him because a) it’s uncooked and b)it’s not yet paid. He gets frustrated and screams his heart out prompting a lot of customers to stare at us, some even had the “oh you are a bad mom for having an undisplined child” look. It gets worse when we are eating out. Like tonight was THE worst dinner ever, he wants to do the spooning himself and screams when can’t get food on his spoon, he picks a spicy dish and screams because he doesn’t like the feeling. We were told by the waiter to control him and that makes it a very very frustrating to be told like that. I picked Caleb up and we went back to the car, Yiek had dinner all by himself and I ate takeaway dinner at home. I felt like pulling my hair in frustration, how o how do we discipline this crazy toddler? We can’t shop properly and now we can’t even dine without me getting on the brink of madness. Oh lord when is this going end? I might just go crazy.

2nd Birthday Party

Party party!

I initially wanted to plan a BIG party for Caleb this December but after weighing it out, I’ve decided to be simple and have a Jollibee party instead. A personalized Jollibee party that is. It is soooo much cheaper than what I initially planned and I just find it impractical to spend Php 50,000 (my initial budget) for a kiddie party which I might add, he will not enjoy that much. I will do that instead on his 4th birthday where he will ohh and ahh with magicians and clowns.

I’m planning to hold it at Jollibee Mango a day before Georgia’s wedding (sorry sis no other date.) 12-2 PM slot (I hope it is still open!). Birthday Theme: Elmo with the Sesame Street Gang

Jollibee’s party package is overly simple so I’m planning to

1. have a personalized tarpaulin which will serve as the background for his cake and lootbags.
2. personalized lootbag or loot box that is. Contents of the box will be bought here (hello dollar store mwehehe!)
3. Cute personalized Elmo cake/cupcakes that I saw on a local multiply site.
3. scene setters like this one
4. 2D invitations
5. balloons centerpiece and other balloon eklat.
6. personalized Guestbook

The Mommy is so excited! Overly excited, now where is that party city coupon that I kept on getting? Silly mommy got a little overboard, the details is more expensivo than the jollibee party *slaps forehead*