grandmaree
Have been scared...........
Aug 31, 2009
We made it safely to the Philippines on July 17th. We had a great time in Los Angeles before heading here. I fit in every single ride at Universal Studios and Disneyland, and had no problems with my seatbelts on the planes!! Everything is so different here!! Culture shock is starting to fade a little after being here a month. We had our daughter enrolled in a private school here, but the standards in this country (as in all Asian countries, I think) are extremely high and I discovered how far behind American students are comparitively. We had to pull our daughter out of the school after she was diagnosed with severe stress gastritis which had continued for several weeks, and we will be homeschooling her using American curriculum. I no longer work, so I have plenty of time to do this, I know it is the best thing for her.I hadn't weighed myself since I was in Oklahoma in July, I haven't had access to scales yet, but I was really afraid that I had gained weight. All the Filipinos do is eat, it seems!! They have breakfast, then they have a break a couple of hours later, then they eat lunch, then they have another break around 3 p.m., then they eat dinner, and they usually have dessert. Anyway, I haven't denied myself much and I was afraid of what the scales would say. We had to take my husband to the dr. today and I took advantage of the scales in the office.....I have lost another 9 pounds since we left Oklahoma!! I still don't believe it....the scales MUST be wrong!! My husband says if I had gained weight he would see it in my face, and he says my face is thinner. Also, I hadn't seen his cousin's wife in about 3 weeks and the first thing she said was "you've lost weight!!" I told her there was no way I had lost weight!! That was before I weighed!! It seems I eat all the time....it doesn't seem possible that I have lost weight. Well, we are living in a 3 story townhouse and I climb up and down 40 steps several times a day, I'm sure that helps!! I am coming back to Oklahoma in a week and a half and will jump on the scales when I get there!! I eat more fresh fruits here than I have in my entire life.....fresh Philippine mango is the BEST!! I am discovering foods I have never had, nor would I have ever tried. Granted, I eat small amounts, but most of their foods are pretty healthy. They eat a lot of chicken and vegetables. I have discovered a soup that I dream about...it is called sinigang. It is a sour soup with pork and veggies.....OMG, you have GOT to try it sometime!!
I am going to try to be better about coming here again....we have just been so busy trying to get settled....and I have been afraid to come and admit that I had gained weight!!
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Blanchard, OK
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26.5
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Surgery
12/31/2008
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Oct 05, 2008
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