Shazmin the weight loss guru

Ok, so everyone wants to know how I lost 10 kg, but no one seems to realise that it took me almost a year to slowly and quietly do it, and the one person (cough!) I really have to thank, isn't actually a person, but the mutt, Bugly.

Bugly made me walk him twice a day, EVERY DAY. Considering I've been sedentary on the point of catatonia, the result of our daily endeavours were quick to be seen. Once I started seeing a looser waistband, I felt increasingly motivated to watch what I ate, and consciously stayed away from the evil Big Apple Donuts!!! (evilevilevil!!!)

I stopped licking my kids' plates clean. I've stopped buying junk food. I drink more water. I eat more salad and meat. As much as it kills Daniel and I, we've stopped going to Devi's Corner and Raju's every Saturday morning.

I've stopped adding sugar to things; I might add the occasional Equal, but only if it's handy and I'm up for it.

Do I consider this a diet? Not really - I wanted to heal my chronic foot pain. Losing the weight did that. Do I consider it a sacrifice? No, because I have other vices I will not give up that I enjoy more than food. Have I stopped eating carbs? No, I'll have the odd cake, croissant, toast and nasi kandar, but not in the heaping mounds of yore. Do I lapse? All the time, but I've stopped beating myself up over it. Tomorrow is another day. Do I feel good? YES.

I feel good because I have more energy. I can buy clothes off the rack again (yaaayayayaaaay!). I feel good cause I'm looking good! Damn! Peeeeweeeet! LOL

If you've been trying to desperately lose some weight, take this advice: be mentally positive. Be strong. Visualise the healthy, trim You. Eat better. Get off your arse. Be mentally strong. Have a sense of humour and good luck!

Xox, Shaz- who went from sz 20 to 14 in less than a year. Slowly does it lah!

It's been a fun, hectic week!

My God, last week was a NIGHTMARE - my favourite maid proved to be a 'talam dua muka' so we had to sack her (trust me, it's a looooong story and I just don't want to go there), and I was just embarking on a new career at RedFM, so yes, last week was FRANTIC. This week, however, was a breeze and lots of fun in the mornings on the Red Breakfast with fellow host, Will Quah, who's been absolutely lovely and welcoming, as has the rest of the team at RedFM. Thank you, guys.

I haven't updated this blog for ages, sorry about that. Not much happened when I was at home raising the kids (for 2 months - haha); it was just the usual tedious everyday stuff you all probably know and love, so there's no need to bore you with the gory details of attempted potty training, toddler tantrums, nocturnal wanderings around the house and refusals to eat. In a way, I'm kind of glad to be back at work, but I'll miss the chaos as well as the leisurely strolls down the supermarket aisles (sp?) in the morning and my solitary coffee mornings at Starbucks where I can actually READ the paper in peace.

I've GOT to tell you about my mad scramble getting to work et al, but as you know, at the mo, I've got a pair of rowdy kids tearing up the sofa to make a fort! I'll see you all later!

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Sorry, dah lama sepi tanpa berita...but, finally, I'm baaaaaack!

My God! What a weekend I had! We had to sack the maid and I was shitting bricks the whole weekend agonizing over how we'd all cope what with me going back to work and all....

Yes, you heard right. My days as a bonbon eating tai tai are OVER.

It was fun while it lasted (till the maid buat hal and I had to do some actual parenting - haha!), but now I gotta go out there and make some money coz...coz...mama always needs a new pair of shoes...? (smirk)

So, if you want to catch the latest (aherm!) mix on red fm, catch Will and I, bright and early, starting Nov 5th, on 104.9 in the Klang Valley. Other valleys, check out the Red website for details!

Love yaaaaaas!

ps: I've lost 10 kg since August! Yaaaay me!

hi all!

Sorry lah for the long absence....been busy with Hari Raya and organizing Milo and Sophie's party.
Just dropping a line here to say....I'm still ALIVE!

Take care and have a great week!

(got to run, Milo's not wearing nappies at the mo...I'm on standby...)

Errr, saudari pengacara....atau...puan?....by the way, are you PREGNANT?????

Hooooooh yoh, I tell you. Amir Muhammad was right; politicians DO say the darnest things.

This morning I was at The Equatorial Hotel KL, to emcee the AI Grand Prix 2007 media press conference and launch. The whole thing was going splendidly, when out of the blue, our Minister of Tourism, turns around, looks at me (in the middle of his speech) and asks me point blank if I was pregnant.

What the-???!

There I was, standing leftish to the podium, calculating the timing of the various VIP speeches yet to come and wondering if I'd have time enough later to go to Marks And Spencer's after this gig, when this gem of a question hit me in the face from out of the blue. Like a two ton truck.

Needless to say, it was the last thing I expected. Usually at these things, the press asks questions of the VIPs and ignores the emcee, not the VIP asking the emcee on her marital and fertility status!

Anyway, it's bloody funny now, but at the time I was so shocked I just nodded and gave him the thumbs up.

Thanks for thinking out loud how fat I am, dude. You rock.

What the faa.....????

Ok, while I'm actually supposed to be out walking the dog I'm supposedly supposed to get rid of (believe me, this deserves a post of its own), I choose now instead to update my blog, which incidently I've done this very morning. I tell you, either I'm an overflowing well of literary greatness or a latent procrastinator, you choose. Daniel would pick the latter, but he knows me only too well.

I was pretty gobsmacked when I read today's paper. PM suggested we keep our kids in school till 4pm to keep them out of harm's way, either from gejala kuning, perverts, murder, loneliness, boredom, juvenile delinquency and what have you. Now, unlike a few people I know, my immediate reaction was..."Bloody hell! How many people I know (with normal jobs) get back from the office at 4pm???!!!" Gila kaa?! Are you, like, for real?

Anyway, I'm sure we all have our comments and whatever on this issue, but the long and short of it is, at least for me - I think people (and here I should really use the singular, except I don't wanna go to jail or whatever) should live in the REAL WORLD, not the la la land of the gomen sector, before making dumbass suggestions to the rakyat - who, in all probability, work from 8am - 7pm.

That said, Bugly needs a walk and a wazz desperately.

A busy woman's schedule

Check this out: my schedule this week...

Monday - Send Milo to school. Get haircut. Buy food at store.
Tuesday - Take Milo to ENT specialist at Pantai Hospital. Order his birthday cake for next week's class party. Buy food at store.
Wednesday - Send Milo to school/ he has full dress rehearsals for Oct concert. Take Sophie for her MMR shots at Pantai Hospital. Buy food at store.
Thursay - Send Milo to school. Get pedicure and manicure (my feet look frightful!!!). Meet with my company secretary to discuss company issues. Buy food at store.
Friday - Send Milo to school. Go back home to meet my possible future manager/writing partner to discuss writing and tv project and other things. Maybe buy food at store later if hubby calls and doesn't want to go out for dinner tonight.

See....I have some sort of routine going on. I know the 'buy food at store' thing could be done in bulk at the beginning of the week, but I can't get organized enough to know what to cook on any given day, plus it gives me something to do lah. Of course, the 'go online and see what other bloggers are up' to is a given lah. For a good laugh, check out 5xmom punya blog. She's like the female version of Unkerr Richard (sorry Lillian!!!)!