Lossing weight

I`m really trying to get back to my usual routine here in Japan like eating less rice, enough amount of meat, more fruits and vegetables and exercise regularly. I don`t know if biking for 5 minutes to school will count as a work out but I can`t do my regular exercise because I have knee injury.

Last Monday, I have an accident with my bike. It step on a stone and I lose balance. The accident was not serious but I have this big big bruise. So I have a nice excuse not to do work out. Yehey!

my 4 days old bruise

How did I gain 4 pounds in 6 days

Two week ago I went home to the Philippines to celebrate our first wedding anniversary with my husband. We went to Tagaytay to chill and relax. We stayed at Taal Vista Hotel for two nights. The hotel was cozy and view of the volcano was amazing.

Since I was not in the Philippines for a year now I really missed the food. I eat as much as I can.

me enjoying my meal



Bulalo from Gerry`s Grill tagaytay



fried rice

Grilled puist served at Gerry`s grill-Tagaytay

my ever favorite burger steak from Jollibee

also a favorite, Jolli Spaghetti

Chop suey

Chinese food from a restaurant in MOA

Above were just few of the foods I indulge during my stay in the Philippine. When I got back to Sapporo, I was surprised my scale went up to 4 pounds more. Now I need to shed those extra weight. My target is to retain my weight before I went home. Loss weight! loss weight! loss weight! AJA!

Beauty secrets you can prepare at home

Sometimes reading beauty tips are just so irresistible for women like me. I`ve read from shine some of the beauty secrets around the world. I would like to try some of the beauty advice, I`m very curious. I like to try the milk, rice and sea weeds.

I gain weight!

It is common to Filipino student who study here in Japan to gain extra pounds. I was not exempted of course and since I arrived here during the cold season, I gain weight. I just love eating and eating until I notice I gain extra pounds almost above my required BMI.

Free bento (lunch box) served during a conference I attended in Hakodate City, Japan.

Starting last April, I try to shed those extra pound. Tried eating less rice, do some exercise at least 3 times a week and eat more healthy foods. I was successful and after 5 months I lost 8 pounds. In September my scales read 42.5 kg, just within my target.

I went home in the Philippines for a 6 days visit. I missed Filipino foods and I missed it so much that I ate a lot. I lost track of my diet and who can resist bulalo, kare-kare, dinuguan, sinigang and more?

When I got back to Japan one of the first thing I did was to step on my scale and to my great astonishment I gain 4 big pounds. OMG!

Japanese food challenge2

Last year during our Bonenkai (year end party) I was challenge to eat some part of horse meat and of course as tradition in Japan it was raw.

My second challenge was to eat fugu (globefish or puffer fish). My sensei told me that to be able to serve this delicious delicacy you need a special licence from Japan`s Health Ministry. Globe fish or butete is famous poison fish in the Philippines and killed many families. I was a bit scared but I trust Japan`s people.

Since I can`t read kanji, my sensei explained the photo above. Those are the parts of the globefish that will be serve to us in different ways of cooking.

First served was saki (Japanese wine). It was special in a sense that the fish tail was burned and added to the wine, they said that it adds aroma and flavor. Unfortunately, I don`t drink wine so I can`t compare the taste.

Next was the skin covering the upper part of the fish, it was boiled and mix with special sauce (I think vinegar and soy sauce with green onions).

Then we have the raw meat of the fish. It was sliced very thinly and as you can see there is completely no blood.

Then the fried jaw served with grilled sweet potato, fried bell pepper and a slice of lemon.

And finally the nabe, here all the remaining part of the fish were served raw and will be cooked with other ingredients as soup.

Cooking basket, pretty interesting!

There is a magnetic conducting plate inside to conduct heat from the heating plate to boil the water.

The ingredients, notice the fish meat.

Almost cooked, yummy!

It was my first time to eat raw fish the Japanese way and I love it. Of all, I love sashimi (raw fish) the most, it doesn`t taste like fish at all. It taste like raw squid but more delicious.

Till the next food trip.