my diet

so. i quit phys-ed in grade 10, and starting gaining weight. not too much, but not as tiny as i was before. i did take part in tennis, badminton and track. which. i was not so good in. but tried.

in 4th year uni, i started workin' at a restaurant. i had to be up most of the time. meaning, i was standing for long hours. not as much as when i worked at hmv music store, but. this also included running around. by the 2nd summer, i was pretty toned and slimmed down, having worked at the bar for 12/13 hours a day.

now, this is in my china blog because my diet has also changed since i got here. for one thing, i anticipated a big change in my diet. i thought i would not eat eggs or chicken. well, in the first morning that i was in beijing, i had egg. i also had mutton for the first time. yeah, and now i'm eating tofu and eggplant (food that my mother prepares totally differently, and not to my taste.)

didn't each much meat since i came. usually, well, all the time, my mother made meat. whenever she made a vegetarian dish,.. i went off to go find my ration somewhere else. since i knew that i'm not home, aware that my diet must change, i surprising have no strong inclination for meat. it's challenging to cook anyway. another factor in my change in diet.

after the first 2 months in china, i realized that i was slowly gaining some weight again. after the first unsuccessful running initative, i started to run. now i'm running about 1.6 km every other morning. it started off with 1.2 km (3 laps) but now it's 4 laps. i tried to do 2 km to make it even, but it was too much for my legs. i really enjoy it now, and am pretty motivated to do it.

it's nice to wake up, know i have to run, and run out. sometimes i think it's good that way at 5:30am in the morning. at that time, you're so groggy that you probably don't realize that you're up. you're just moving your weight. hahaha.. it's so true.

what is strange here is.. that when i'm up that early, there are about 3 people in the vicinity who are up also. i started to get up that early to avoid the students who get up at 6am. even though there are no students for the summer term at this campus, i like to keep the habit.

yes, so people have told me i lost weight. it's okay. i'm eating and exercising now, so it's not bad. i'm average, as usual. maybe just a little toner.

oh yeah, and i can see my blog online now, for some reason.