Confessions of a City Slicker

Mee went for a little adventure the other night and did a disappearing act from my apartment. She had us all worried as we searched every corner of the apartment for her but to no avail.

See that little “cage” in the background? That was an added structure to our apartment where we can conveniently hang our laundry. It is hinged to a balcony inside.

Sometimes Mee will jump onto the balcony but we will always put her down on the floor again, for fear that she will fall through the grills. Although cats are said to always land of their feet, it’s still a six floor drop. I don’t want to bet on that kind of survival rate.

That day, she somehow managed to squeeze through the holes at the side of the cage and jump onto that narrow piece of metal that the blue pole is tied to and made it to the outside balcony.

We really feared for the worse that whole time she went missing. We were sure she didn’t fall through the grills because there is an awning directly below the cage so we would have heard her fall. Still I went down to search the grounds below with a flashlight. I really expected to find a dead body then.

But upon looking up at that time, my heart suddenly dropped to my feet. Mee was walking precariously along the outside balcony! Seeing me with the flashlight, at one point she seemed to be ready to make a leap.

That had me running back up to the apartment. To my relief, she shot back inside the minute I opened the back door, her eyes wide and round, wild with confusion. She calmed down after a treat of kitty biscuits.

Now I know how parents who have lost their kids in the shopping malls feel.

These days, when Mee comes to visit, we keep the door that leads to the laundry area closed. She will ask us to let us play there sometimes, but we keep a close supervision of her to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.

Since I’ve gotten such good results with Herbalife, Coach thinks that it’s time I start selling my story.

Here’s the before and after pic.

The before pic was taken just a few weeks before I started the Herbalife program. Yeah, I know, it’s sexy huh? But just ignore Santa there for a while and check me out. Notice that ugly roll of fat on my stomach and how big my arms were. Check out my face. Ish, I was so chubby. Bleck!

The after pic was taken in early November. What a big difference. Flat stomach, no more flabby arms and I have gotten reacquainted with my chin. It’s a great feeling when cleansing my face and feeling the hollow spot where my chin and neck meet, where previously, there was nothing but flesh there.

In total I’ve lost 6kgs, 8 inches off my waist and thighs. After looking over my figures I find that all the weight loss has come off my body fat instead of muscles. In fact, I have not lost but gained muscles. Of course, I could do with more muscles but I’m gonna take it slow because I don’t wanna end up with big arms and thighs, even if they are all muscles and not fat. I just want them toned but retain that soft, feminine form, not looking like a potential contender for American Gladiators, thank you very much. So yeah, you won’t see me piling on the weights at Body Pump class.

Physically, I’ve never felt better. Despite only eating one solid meal a day and replacing the other two with the shakes, I still manage to get a good workout at the gym at the end of the day. There were no feelings of fatigue or dizziness. Best of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been so regular in my meetings with Indah Water in my life!

So, OK, here’s my story.

All my life, I was the fat kid that nobody wanted to talk to. I couldn’t find clothes that fit and those that do, are the old fashioned auntie clothes more suited for my mother. I didn’t have much of a life because I feel insecure socializing with people who look hotter than me. Therefore, I keep myself at home. I had low self esteem and feel miserable all the time.

Sob! Sob! :’(

LOL ok, ok, enough of the drama. The reason I started with Herbalife was simpler than that.

I knew I was a little overweight but can’t seem to get it under control. But most of all, I had a lot of problems keeping up a regular meeting with Indah Water. This led to other problems like severe acne and it was hitting me where it hurts the most – my wallet.

I don’t know how many thousands I must have spent on expensive facials and products to get the acne under control. One day, my beautician told me something that changed my perspective. I already have good products and treatments, but they were all treating the problem on the outside. There were severe issues on the inside that I have to address, like my clogged plumbing.

Of course, she had a solution for that, but I didn’t buy into it at that time. I met Coach when Herbalife set up a booth at my gym. She invited me for a meeting the following day and the rest, shall we say is history. What I really liked about the program is that I’m not really spending extra each month to buy the shakes. I’m merely transferring the money that I would have used anyway to buy those unhealthy meals to buy something else that is more nutritious.

I saw results the first day on the program. Within a week, I had cleaned up my internal system. In less than a month, I didn’t need to go for expensive facials anymore. In two months, my pants were starting to feel lose and a few months later, I started buying M size instead of L size clothes.

Of course, the whole process wasn’t exactly a walk in the park. There were the cravings. Of course there were. There will be days when all I could do was think about what I will eat for dinner. I dealt with that by being more lenient on myself during the weekends when sometimes I will replace just one meal instead of two and indulge myself.

There were times when the cravings got so bad, so I gave in. Nothing wrong with that, as long as I know how to pick myself up and get back on the road again after that.

So, there’s my story. To the people who want to get started with Herbalife, I would definitely highly recommend it, but like I said earlier, you have to want to get the results bad enough. Otherwise, you’ll just give up, no matter what kind of program you take up.