Dieting ... a journey to a better Health

Dieting ... a journey to a better Health

by Pilosopong Balot

2020.04.16

Current Weight: 68kg

Started this app called MyFitnessPal which is powered by Under Armour. Foudn this one reading a Blog of a Heart Attack Survivor, his journey from being a obese and to capturing his health back and now living a much healthier. He also recommended a book about reversing diseases, How Not to DIE by Dr. Michael Greger. That book is really scary and eye opener i think. 

Since was having and issue with my bowel movement. i keep on searching for answeres on how to prevent nad have natural movement without the use of any poop inducer like Senna or Prune Juice.

Started to learn about the Whole-Plant Based Diet(WPBD) and been trying for 5 days now. The Results are astounding. I've been moving bowel on a daily basis now and have no problem releasing as well as compared to like 6-7days ago which is my last constipation episode.

So what's with the WPBD? Well, I've been eating vegetables most of my stay here in Japan. Primarily due to my High Bad Cholesterol Level. I think it was like 2-3 years ago when i decided to stop eating pack lunch at work and start to cook my own food. i did finally lowered my Bad Cholesterol at almost normal level. But since learning about it. I started to go back again to my old habits of eating meat and junk food, though in a much controlled manner, But still i brought it back. 

So what's with the WPBD again? Since learning about this. I've been listing food that falls to this category. Taking photos of what is available at our local supermarket and what are applicable to my needs. Prior to this. i already bought some ingredients before like flax seeds and Chia seeds and eating Taro and Raddish for my Constipation issue. what i did change now is my rice. I changed to brown rice.  So what is WPBD again? it is all vegetable diet and does not include processed ones. You can put them but the lesser the better. 

My food is still simple right now and adding addtional vegetable i can eat due to being cautious of having another constipation attack. below are the ones i am eating now.

for Salad, i have , steamed cabbage, cucumber and tomato, i added flavored egg (Ajitsuke Tamago),a ramen egg lately started doing them this week, i still have one in the ref and plan to make more while reusing my marinade concoction. for dressing, i still use the Sesame Seed Dressing since i still have it in the Ref. Planning to move on with mustard sauce  and balsamic vinegar for a more natural ingredients later. 

for Lunch and Dinner i have 2 variants for now

1. Spinach(50g) and Eggplant(50g) and onions in Coconut Milk with Brown Rice(100g)

2. Vegetable Sinigang with Taro Root(50g) and Raddish(50g) spiced with Onions and Cayenne with Brown Rice

Next i will be introducing Hearts of Palm or Ubod. i will be doing Lumpiang Ubod without the Wrapper. Will be making sauce with it so i will be adding sugar, just enough to taste. 

For Snacks, mainly to prevent me from acidity, i am eating 75 grams of Roasted peanuts in the duration of the day. 

I am drinking frequently. a bottled Green Tea from Coca Cola since i am battling urinary track infection as well, maybe due to the anti-constipation medicine i took a month back. Maximum of 2 Liters per day.

I am listing and planning all of my meal using the MyFitnessPal App. I find the Browser edition more user friendly. but nontheless they are the same and synced to one another as long as you login.

So after 5 days of tracking my intake and exercise. I already lost atleast 1kg. This is making me excited and it is really promising and thinking i can now, after a long time of aiming for a 65kg weight, it is now achievable! Well if and only if i keep this focus on this Diet. Well i think there is no turning back. I am getting result both on my Bowel movement and weight and i dont feel acidic lately. Come and join me again, I will update you after 2 weeks on my weight and additioanal vegetable and fruits that works for me. Till next time! Ciao!


Link for WPBD
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/plant-based-diet-guide

and the blog I was following  check him out.
https://lerner.net/

Starting Over at 40

Starting Over at ioh
by Pilosopong Balot.


This blog was certainly forgotten afte I became employed and busy with work back when i was in Singapore. I found it again when a post I did back sprouted on my feed in Facebook. Was thinking to get back into this and share some life stories- since i started journaling daily with my OneNote. I might as well update this, the good and the struggles and well anything basking under the sun. hoping this will continue forever from now on.

This year started with a happy memory. I got married, yeah that's before I celebrated my 40th Birthday. My family went to Japan and really enjoyed their stay here. But I wish there were snow, but what they just experienced was just plain Cold and Rainy Days. Something I was not hoping. But nonetheless, really glad they were able to go and experienced Japan.

The COVID19,  or Novel Corona Virus 2019, a yet to be named virus back then  was starting to get a foot hold in the Japan. I was really scared with it and really anxious since me and my family rode buses filed with Chinese Tourist. We still don't know the extent and the severity of the virus but we were all preapred with mask and alcohol with us. My younger brother started to feel bad after our Disney trip. He started vomiting in the bus on our way back from Disney. That really scared me! But fortunately, later on he became better after taking some medicines. They were able to get back in the Philippines without a hitch. I am so happy things went well and all were safe and back.

On the other hand, I started to have runny nose and a bad cough the day i fetched them to the airport. That too made me anxious and really scared if I contracted the "New Unknown Virus". Since I have fever for 2 days. I  decided to visit the clinic  just to be sure. I had a flu test at it came negative for the flu. I was given some medicines for the Colds(it might be just a common cold that i got and being restless for some weeks now and became vulnerable and contracted one.

It was a first in the 4 years of living in Japan that I had consulted a doctor for my colds. well I seldom have one and always i rely on my immune system to fight back the virus. But since i was worried that it will turned out to be the "New Virus". I did go to the Doctor just to make sure. Oh well the meds are working i guess. the fever came down the next day and the coughing started to subside as well. Still felt bad  and decided to take a day off so not to spread the virus with my colleagues... and then another problem came...

Suddenly, I had constipation. a type that is so bad I need to cry when ever I tried pushed it out. hahahha. Honestly, it was so bad that I became worried . I had an episode before back in SG and felt so bad about a doctor that gave me a medicine that made it worse. Back then I am not sure what triggered it. But speculating maybe due to Antacids I was having before. Moving forward, those times flashed back and since I was having the constipation for 2 days, I decided to consult another doctor for advice and medicine. I don't want this to grow to a point it would be painful everytime I need to go.

And so I went to the hospital and  the Doctor and told me that the cough medicine that I took a week ago causes it,  just what I thought so too. The timing made it clear. And she gave  me some poop softener and poop inducer to help with. Had it for a few days and things went normal ... but after the medicine effect lasted, the problem came back. Looks like the cough medicine's constipation effect was still in effect. Went to do some crazy experiment. Drink wine to make the medicine effect subside. It went to work at first but still the condition came back after the medicine effect subsided...

Moving forward to today... April 16,2020. After so many readings and findings. I stumble to a blog that talked about reversing diseases like Heart issues thru Whole Food Plant Based Diet. I was on a Starch Resistant Diet, it was effective but still i need to.... つづく

Misintepreted Misnomer

     There are times that you get pissed off even you know you can control the outcome of a situation. I was to take an urgent leave today(tonight's work shed) but failed to be permitted. I should resolved to just having an MC tonight, but that's not me at all, forcing situation and doing things unprofessionally. Being turned down was really not a good idea to start the day( or end it up in my case as i was working night shift) and is stressful. Hahaha. But then again, I get my 2 cent and think things through

      In this gloomy day, I wish i could relax a bit. But i am supposed to really be relaxing celebrating with my bunch of friends later tonight. Well, this is how maturity kicks in. I feel down and suddenly feel everything should be OK. It is Just another day. I can still see my friends for a short time but I really need to go to work on time. Well work is important and I should show to my colleagues how I handle situations, by not getting pissed but instead be professional and give in to the tides. Hahaha. Though i feel being cheated because I can really take a leave but was not granted. I guess I need to be patient to the likes of this situation. Its not Philippines anymore so the wind is so different now.

        So this might be the case of a work- life balance. Hahaha. C'est la Vie.

I am coming Home

I am coming Home

     I lose count on how many times did i come and go in Changi Airport. I really cant figure that out. The many times i go theere since i went here last November. Not one of them is my flight. Ive been to Terminal 1,2 ,3 and Budget Terminal, but all of them is just to fetch somebody. But wait no more... here I am, with my  two feet, on my way back to the Land where i was Born. Funny, i really miss home, so much :)
      So after  days of confirming that i am clear to travel back and forth. I did book and buy my ticket last night and all is SET!. So excited that i can't sleep. lol

Ticket Check!

IPA Check!

 

Move and Shoot some ISA!

    Just stashed a cheap Shooter and Nav Controller for the PS3! Sweet! But I am flying. better play this one when i get back next week :) Crave will wait!

Let's Move and Shoot!

Chain of Memories: Walking the Walk of Life

Chain of Memories: Walking the Walk of Life

     Yes, "I did it again", as the song implies, what ever you wish not to do something you always end up the opposite. Well walking another 3 hours or so, in the middle of the night without anything but a map is not pointless after all. I really miss the old long walks or climbs i did back in my mountaineering years. Climbing mountains without any guide, after work, in the middle of the night just lighted by whatever means of light we have. Ma it be the Moon light, which is actually full moon last night. Or a human contraption like headlights to make the night going. You won't make this night pass without letting yourself realized life is not about always on track. But also going beyond your line of sight and seeing obstacles as mere decoration to the life you will enjoy eventually(Sound really so Optimistic eh.)
     I just finished meeting and drinking beer with Charlie, an old friend of mine. It was a long night. I usually not good drinking beer or i should say i never really loved the beer taste but only the beer experience. Invitation like this from an old pal should not be missed. Its like growing beard but you should always remember what scissors or shaver is meant to be(do that makes sense, well it should be written since i really am growing beard right now)
     Really had a great time. Charlie is one of my best buds way back in HS. we usually go to their house on our half day school whether its Fridays or when it was moved to Wednesday. A typical all boys adventure with stuff from Movies, Anime, Building Paper Plane Dynamics or just eating out and playing whatever cards was within our sleeves, sometimes we study... hehehe. The pain of being in a Science School really needs a good break, and spending it in Charlie's house makes every pain an ease. Well i really wish to bring those memories back, Its really hard to track down people. Kevin the Hunyango, Alviz the Asymptote, Darwin the Great, Donnel Jose anak ni Rizal, Me and Charlie with occasionally present Jansen. They all end up in UP and me didn't made it Through. So the course of history is really meant to be away from all of them, a sad truth. But nonetheless, my life function well but really there so many things i can relate with the world Charlie was into.
     The night is into its climax and the beer in getting into my nerves. We drink in Beer Market, a new place in Clarke Quay. IT was a nice place for a good conversation or just being with your group and play anything with freedom(without violence). We are heading for the Bus but i am too presuming that i am right with this bus in mind. Say bye to Charlie and boarded the assumed right Bus.Confident as i make my to the land of the lost hahaha.
     I realized i am going the wrong way when it turns the other way. I was reaching my brother to my phone but to no avail. It was passed 1 am and i don't want to take a CAB. It may seem i am stubborn. But knowing i have a mini Map on an old phone my Kuya gave me. So i know i am not lost after all.
     10 minutes pass 1 am, here I am at Clementi Commonwelth Ave West. All i have i an incomplete map from the app in Kuya's phone. Go back where the bus came from... time starts now. Clementi Sta... Dover Sta... Buona Vista Sta... Commmonwealth Sta... Queenstown. Yeah hell yeah, I am hanging on it. Before Queen Sta. I took left via Queensway all straight to Holland road toFerrer Road to Bukit Timah to Thompson  Rd to Balliester Rd to Jalan Bahagia to our block. Though not accurate that mini map app(OVI map) did one thing right, taking me back home. hahaha.

at Ferrer Rd, A new Station! I hope they have water there :)

Mcdonalds and the rest of its Inviting Gang

      I am a Mcdo Kid, So when i am hungry... you might see me eating out in one of the Mcdo store anywhere near at my point of hunger(BTW, don't watch Food Inc. documentary. It was a really nasty how food in food chain was produce... hahaha, just wish my tummy to handle the issues). So I came across 4 McDo 24 hour chain along my walk. It was really inviting me to stop over and have my sleeping rest while dining in. Hahaha. Did took a pic at Ferrer Road just before Bukit Timah Rd. :) My head might be spinning but I am no Hungry. Yeah I am still thinking about my diet and the discipline i need to put on in. I lost maybe 2 kilos this month(I really need that weighing scale), and i need to lose more in the coming month to hit my target. Actually just want to put out my tummy tucked in, it's been there since college and i am curiously checking and doing something about it while i am at large, not working, Hehehe. And also, I need to save every penny in my pocket, that's why I am walking like crazy right now. So no eating or anything if not hungry!

A pose with Mcdonald's. I'm Lovin' It!

Ooops I did it again!

     One thing for sure, I need to urinate. walking that lng with Beer in your system will really makes you feel urinating. Yeah i keep it for more than 2 hours before deciding and finding something to "lubricate". Well i did it months before when i crazily decided to walk from Bugis to Toa Payoh in February. Too bad for the plants, they are always the victim of this ill mannered tourist. But i have no choice, i know ill get UTI keeping it that long. So when the opportunity strikes, the Mouse steals the Cheese! Yeah i conquered another dark alley!

PANINI Stickers

    I was in Thompson Road just before Balliester Rd. I came Across at 7-11. My head was dizzy and i said that i need to buy water or anything to drink or i might blocked out. So water water water water... oooh they have POCARI SWEAT, and it's on sale, so i grab two and immediately payed. Waiting for the cashier to finish i came across this NBA Sticker box, the NBA logo got me carried away to look more. It was a PANINI Sticker! This sticker brand really brings back memories. I once been a sticker collector. Exactly, i was in my first grader Kuya gave me(or did i get it from Him) a sticker album. It was a Thundercats Album, oh I love Thundercats, They are my first superheroes...or i should say Supercats. Then i completed it and bought another one, The Mask(A futuristic vehicles which tranforms into a killing machines)... But the latter went to its ill fated journey... the Thrash bag. I was stubborn and hard headed when back when. So as a penalty i later saw my collection shredded in painful manner. I really pity myself and how my Dad just threw something i treasure in my early child life. This is making me teary as i went teary walking reminiscing that fact. I really am not that kid who just ask for money so i could buy stuff. I almost give my tummy a tummy-ache just to get those. i usually do not eat in our recess just to compensate the need of my collection. It was tough, i started trading and selling too at that young age just to fill the gaps in my collection. Well enough of that, now i jusr wish to get hold of this stuff again so i can rest my case... hahaha. sentimental it seems, but life with this simple things thus make life complete most of the time. So hunting for one! The art of collecting. This is exciting!

Yes, this Sticker maker is still alive!

I wish i have a Phone with a good Map Apps.

    I stop wishing for those flashy phone since i lost all back in 2009. Leeting go is not an easy task until you came across  a life changing situation. But walking with anomalies on the map listed on your phone. Well I wish i have one, but nonetheless, it did something right... yes again, bringing me back home :)

I miss the mountains, I miss the long Climbs, I miss the long walk

    One of the best thing that happened to me is when i joined a Mountaineering Group. The love for nature, people and basically the love for long walk and conversation was really sufficed by this "wish I did it when I was younger" hobby. Cannot count how many did i ever climb. You will lost count when you are loving what you do. I miss those weekly climbs. Straight from work, we will assemble and populate the unsuspected Bus Shuttle! We are just loud and so excited every weekends that came. :)

Baguio I miss You

Baguio I miss You

      Baguio is to me my second Home, Though its not the best place to be for crowded

Another Reality Check... Minus the Red Ballpen

Another Reality Check... minus the red ballpen

     Its been 5 months, 28 days, 7 hours and 58 minutes since i landed in Singapore. and It's been 6 months, 10 days, 8 hours and 13 minutes since i left my last work in the Philippines. And So?
     Yup, i am still a BUM. Though I am now expecting a work to commence a month from now, but still I'll be a BUM for another month. hahaha!
     I never came to that WORSE Scenario, yes this is not yet the worse, Knet's 9 months still the worse record i suppose. But i guess for many this long will be BIG. Many wonder how i keep my cool despite this. My only answer, I dream not to fail :) Nonetheless However long it took me, i still knocked one down :)