This is a misconception most moms used to believe in…but hopefully, this be a history to just look back to. Because eating for two would me the baby inside is as big as you!
Imagine having a tiny little bundle inside of you. It may be needing sustenance but it will not be feeding on even half of what you took for the day. And at times that it was able to consume more than necessary, it then results to you being taken to the Caesarian Section. Some may be happy about this, but maybe because they were not aware that natural birthing can be more beneficial to the baby. A few weeks ago, I’ve overheard it being discussed in a television show, and rose myself from slumber. The birthing canal provides the baby with the natural antibiotics to diseases. The creator has created everything perfectly…and so has provided everything that is needed even without the benefits of technology.
And so next time you get pregnant…additional 300-700 calories is appropriate, depending on your number of weeks of gestation, and of your status. Again, dietary consultation is recommended. Remember, you’re not alone in this anymore. And that there is a greater responsibility now upon your shoulder…you’re to take care of your life not for you alone but for another being totally dependent on you. Your little angel=)
Every girl’s nightmare, having pimple on a Friday! I can’t believe it being all red with the whitish pigment very apparent, and will most probably erupt later tonight!!!
Cleanliness is definitely not amongst the factors for me to have this. Hormonal changes is a possibility since it’s the time of the month soon. My diet couldn’t have been the culprit as well since I am on low fat for the past few days. Maybe I can point my finger to the late nights of dragging myself to bed…
…still why today? Friday!
I guess my last resort will be using the wonders of concealers=) Thanks to the wonders of make-ups!!!
WHO NEEDS DIET COUNSELLING?
People are turning into health buffs and this “diet” thing is a commonly heard term nowadays. Yes, there are the fad diets you see from magazines…or some trends that have been passed along through friends and connections. Easy enough, you hear it and then you apply it.
But don’t you know that dieting deserves to be treated a little more seriously? Not everyone can go into “any” diet routine they believe to be applicable to them, or what they think will work out, or what worked out for another. Going into something that will change your daily eating pattern, and in so saying, your whole system…need professional guidance. Most especially those who are not in their best health and those that are at the “at-risk-age”.
Nutritionists-Dietitians were the ones who are knowledgeable to prescribe diets in accordance to the doctor’s prescription or after a complete assessment of a person’s medical history and present status. A person’s diet is individualized and so we cannot copy another’s success to your possible success. That instead of reaching your goal you might end up going into plateau or getting sick. You might perceive yourself to be healthy when all the while you have that silent blood pressure increase, and an unguided weight loss regimen may burden your heart causing heart attack.
Consulting a professional can be way too thrifty in comparison to hospital bills.
And so 95 years after, the Message have been heard all over the world. And we made it known once again by celebrating the ANNIVERSARY and proclaiming to the world that the once perceived as insignificant has flourished through God’s promise. No matter how small a country it came from, no matter how atrociously others spoke of it in the early times, God’s messenger stood firm to the promise of making it all possible. WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAN IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD! Nothing and no one can thwart what has been prophesized.
To all brethren…HAPPY 95th ANNIVERSARY!
Salvation is at arms reach, may we continue to embrace others to join us in the Promise Land.
Greeting to all members of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo) in the whole wide world..."HAPPY 95th ANNIVERSARY TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!"
Before starting with this, I prayed. I prayed for guidance to the words that will help me, and those who will read this, to understand and embrace the TRUTH.
The truth that THE END IS NEAR! And that there is a PATH God has paved for man to travel. Unfortunately, MOST have been blinded into following other paths…through tradition; through beliefs instilled by the previous generations. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO LOOK FOR THAT RIGHT PATH. Because God has given us free will to choose, but SEEK and LISTEN.
First, accept and believe that:
GOD is all powerful!
• God has the authority to let happen what He wants to happen! We just have to offer everything back to Him, and lay down our borrowed lives in His hands and let Him take control of it. BELIEVE IN HIM, and experience how loving He is.
GOD had EVERYTHING IMPORTANT written down for man to know about, in the BIBLE.
• Believe that He commanded that everything written shall be accomplished…and no one should add nor take away even a period or a comma from it. (Matt.5:18-19)(Deut. 12:32)
• Believe that He had written everything there is to know. Regardless of what others say that not everything that happened in the time of the apostles (or of Jesus or even before that) has been recorded…again, God has the authority to let happen what He wants to happen. If he wants it written down or not. He knows that THE BIBLE IS ENOUGH for man to find salvation.
• And because everything He says is true and final, believe that in the Bible He revealed WHO will be saved (Members of One Body-Col 3:15). It even includes WHERE it will start (Far east/Islands of the Sea-Isaiah 24:15), HOW to be saved (Flock/Church Of Christ-Acts 20:28 ) and WHEN will “the saving” happen (ENDS of the earth - Isaiah 43:5-6).
THERE IS HEAVEN AND HELL
• Be reminded that life on earth is way too short in comparison to FOREVER.
• Be reminded that HEAVEN is the “promised land” made for THE CHOSEN ONES.
• Be reminded that God did say that those who denied Him and His commandments will perish in the fires of hell.
JUDGEMENT DAY IS IN OUR DOORSTEP
• Accept that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that He is coming!
• Accept that the times are changing, and the world is wicked.
• Accept that the signs the Lord Jesus gave when He is near have come to pass and some can be observed now.
Give God a chance to talk to you. Give yourself a chance to hear His words and be saved. Seek and listen. Do not wait for tomorrow, do not believe the devil that “we still have a lot of time” (just as I once posted in my lifestyle blog’s ALL A LIE ), or that “it has long been said and predicted but until now it hasn’t come to the end”. TODAY I tell you, it is near. Observe around you and see the signs: the war, the famine, the calamities, the wickedness of man...it’s all around us already.
Do not be afraid to make a choice, to search for the truth. What if you are in that wrong choice just because you fear making a wrong decision? Then you will just stay being wrong when you can get hold of the right? If you really believe that there is a God, and that He loves you…you will then believe that He will not let you loose, just as our Lord Jesus preached that a shepherd will not let his sheep get lost. Have more faith than what you have now…and surrender to our God and feel the peace and the love that I feel because of Him.
Life is not meant to be easy, for us to look forward to that place where there is unending happiness…where there is perfection. But we are now here on earth, and living can be made easier. Just as it do mine. I feel that I am blessed. I am blessed, because no matter how many trials given me, no matter how cruel earthy life is, I am at peace (but not totally until we share the same faith). I accept each fate, and each day…because I know I am just passing by and that the next life is more important that this short one. Yes there are dreams and hopes, but I entrust them all to God. If He grants them, I am thankful; if not, I believe that God knows best and perceives that that certain wish will not be good for me. Still, my life goes on, and it’s not even made difficult for me. See it from my view, I am blessed. I have a family who cares and loves me so much, I have the daughter I asked her to be, we are all in good health, we were not poor, and I am not troubled for I am at peace…see? I am more than blessed.
I believe that God will take over from here, because before I wrote this letter I feared for what you will say. Or of what you will think of me. But now, I feel better knowing that somehow I reached out and there is hope that you will not let me down. That at least you will ponder on what I said. Even to the point of having me rescued from this wrong belief that I have, if you may. Whatever else, EXCEPT to do nothing. Just remember that I love you that’s why I am taking this chance to give you the greatest gift, life with you forever, with God our Father the One True God.
Everybody have their own limitations. That no matter how giving you are, or no matter how forgiving…there will come a time that you have nothing left to give. That you’ve had enough. What’s annoying is how those other people who just won’t stop with the asking, not until you’re all dried up. They abuse those who are good enough to stay by them and be patient with them.
Sad thing is…time will come that the words will finally come out. What we’re avoiding cannot be avoided anymore. And to the end you hurt others and you hurt yourself.
I now witness such scene enfolding before my eyes. I pity that someone who had tried for so long to help someone for the sake of a beloved. Years and years have passed…and still it goes on. Now that the person have reached the limit…not only is the recipient being hurt, more so the beloved.
We cannot blame people being aggravated to be fed up…and so know our place. Be reminded that there’s just one being that can forever be on our rescue…God the Almighty.
This is something that really makes me put up my hands…kids do have a lot of energy! My li’l Anya, for one, unbelievably can stay awake until the wee hours of the night. She hates sleeping. At 3, she avoids taking naps in the afternoon. She’ll be playing and playing all day if she can help it. Try as I might, even when she’s already tucked in bed and had her share of milk in her bottle, she just does not stop talking. She whispers to her all-time favorite Shoku (her doll), or kept singing songs, or makes her fingers walk at the railings of her toddler bed. Sometimes I get irritated, but often times I have to stop myself from smiling. I can’t let her see that I find it funny, right?
And even without naps, her energy just doesn’t wan…she can still go around jumping as we watch the sun sets. Can you believe that?! But mind you, she’s an adorable little thing…well, not really little because at age 3 (going 4 soon), she’s taller than those kids around the block aging 5-7…haha.
I just wish I still have that kind of energy…and not getting all sleepy at mid-afternoon.
There are a lot pf inspirational books and magazines one can find…but nothing more perfect for me than the “Pasugo” or “God’s Message”. Bible stories, inspirational sharing’s and the revelations of the teachings can be benefited from it. It is written in the sipliest of terms in English and Tagalog (Philippine language).
Thousands and thousands of individuals getting hold of one each month get to see the light that once been blocked by thunderstorms and rainclouds. Those feeling lost and alone felt founded. Those confused, lonely or shattered…guided to standing strong.
I may be miles away from you…or just a block away, but one word of interest from you and I’ll give my all to provide you with a copy. JUST LET ME KNOW…because this is more than just a free magazine, it’s a free ticket to finding the truth!
BUT it’s a must that we exercise! It’s one of the keys to good health, par to proper diet. And so, I have this exercise machine called fit & fold strider. It’s a little more difficult for a bicycle to manage but does well with me. Unfortunately, my dad who needs exercise more finds it too arduous thus not using it all together. This then led to thinking of buying a stationary bike. It’s a traditional machine used by most home-based exercisers. I believe it’ll be more appropriate for him as a starter. Since he’s starting to be a couch potato, tv watching most of the time, it won’t be too great a change for him to continue with that endeavor but this time adding movement, and losing calories!
I hope this idea can be put into motion the soonest possible time….
This idea came to mind because just this morning, my mom have increased level of blood pressure. From her usual 120/90, it went up to a high 160/90. It’s alarmingly unusual, and her newly founded business is the culprit to blame for this irregularity, and her previous operation due to a cyst in her uterus.
She is at risk to a heart problem, and a reminder is appropriate for she may be pushing herself too much being overly involved in the said business.
I don’t fear passing away…but I fear the passing away of love ones. Who doesn’t?! I just hope that I will be given the chance to fulfill their dreams for them and that in return to all their goodness give them everything they deserve!
My papa and mama are the best parents there is. Their love for us were so great I can’t begin to think of a way to surpass it.
Dear God Almighty,
Thank You for all the blessing You bestow upon me and my family.
Thank You for all the love You give me.
Thank You for who I am, for where I am, for what I am.
Most of all, thank You for having me as Your humble servant.
I am nothing without You.
And I offer everything back to You.
But please forgive me for all my sins and shortcomings.
Make me clean and pure to be worthy of You.
You are the One True God.
You who makes everything, You who can make anything possible.
And so I am here begging for Your grace today.
May you continue to grant me my wishes.
One is to live more days to be with my love ones.
Another is to guide me, and be a light to others, in Your Mighty Name.
May you make me have a clear thoughts as I share with others in my blogging,
And may you continue to help me have a clean heart to offer to another.
Last is to give me a chance to have my earthly needs and desires
until You grant me Your loving Presence in Heaven.
Amen.
And this same thought have actually been touched in church last Sunday. How it is written, as predicted by God himself, that the time for the earth to perish is in our doorstep; because the signs given by our Lord Jesus Christ when asked by the apostles as to His second coming has come to pass…and some being witnessed at present.
“You will hear wars and rumours of wars…” (Matt.24:6)
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places” (Matt. 24:7)
“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold” (Matt. 24:12)
It is both exciting and scary at the same time…but more often than not, people wants TIME-OUT! To prepare, to repent, to be a light to others and invite more to travel the right path.
I wish somehow I can reach your hearts and live the remaining days in contentment…like me!
I guess all Anya needs now are weekend strolls and activities to wear them all before she grows over it.
I love people…and I especially love those who are selflessly giving a part of them. That’s why this blogging really works out for me. It makes me happy to know a lot of people, and know them and who they really are through their thoughts.
This morning, 2 new friends made me smile being the firsts in my two blogs to leave me a comment…as I posted below.
Thanks to all of YOU who makes me appreciate life even more with your presence even just here in our common site; and thanks to all of YOU who encourages me to positively think that how ever bad the world is turning out to be, there are still a great many numbers of like you who are amongst the good!
Our blogs differ still. There’s the difference in way of sharing and the difference in way of helping. Right now, I have one that is recently in mind on how he, Ferdi, contributes to newbies like me. I am actually just been trying to decipher what PR means, and there he is…discussing it in his blog! He posted detailed information that made me understand how the links helps in our PR…really helpful! But the thing is…he’s sharing!=) Go check out his blog too!
Finally...i can receive comments here as well! I dont' know how it happend since my settings are as before, I just tried to set and reset then...VOILA! I'm as happy as can be=)
And thanks to ezpctips for trying it out for me...and was the first to post one here!!! It definitely brightened up my bright day=)
Maybe you'll be the next, ______?=)
And I know it’s not easy being so far away from your family. As much as I wanted to do the same for my li’l Anya and my family, I can’t begin to start with the procedures, because just thinking about it gives me separation anxiety already. The fact that she’s a mere 3 years old, at a stage with the greatest separation anxiety I believe, is reason enough to reconsider and wait a few more years. She’s just way too dependent on me, being her single available parent.
But because I’m lucky enough to still have a choice.
That’s how our loving God wants His children to be, united as one…as brothers and sisters. And that’s how it is in the Church of Christ (iglesia Ni Cristo). We are as one. Because Christ is the HEAD and we are the BODY. It’s hard enough to bend one brethren…how much more by10’s, 100’s…1000’s?! We have one belief, we have one goal.
And being one that we are, we are equal…so, there is no space for comparison, discussion, or one better than the other. We thus live in harmony with one another in this world with one goal of seeing each other again in our most awaited promised land, with the One True God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I love cooking…and it’s one of my dreams to have a magnificent granite kitchen. If only I have the means, I’ll definitely have our kitchen remodeled in no time. Or better yet, have my own kitchen…with a house (haha!)
I'm on the healthy side...and so prefers fish and white meat, but also have meat once a week. Do try my Trifty Quick-cook Chicken Terriaki , or my Not-so-common Beef Salpicao . Do you cook, too?
I was proved wrong when I thought that she cannot be left to play alone…because in that 1 whole week, she did play alone. Very cooperative into not whining like the other kids do when I am doing the household chores or even my blogging. She either is beside me playing with some of her toys (or anything actually) or in another area in the house where I can check on her every so often.
We always say that it depends on how you raise your kid, but apart from it…I know that it is also a pass-on attitude; that it may also be hereditary. That some kids are born wild, and some not. I remember my nurse brother who once were stationed in the nursery room, and he shared that some are naturally cry babies, and some meek. Maybe mine’s on the meek side=) How about yours?
Soon I’ll be retracing the tracks I’ve travelled a few years back. I intend to go back to being the jenie I was…and do the thing I’m good at. One of which is being a lecturer. I miss the lectures that I used to give out, and I believe there’s no harm in trying to achieve the goal I am setting now.
Thinking back, I know I am an effective counselor. But I’m not sure whether to go back to being a clinical-therapeutic dietitian. The road to my success depends on what God destines it to be…and so I lay it all down for Him to decide what’s best for me. I’ll just continue to search for the right way to success.
...and this relieves all stress! My trust in Him who makes all things possible.
I gained a few pounds, and so will have to alter my diet plan for the next few days. In addition, I also need to start on an exercise routine. It’s going to be a li’l tough, and extra effort and motivation is needed because as I’ve mentioned in my past posts(not here, but in my other blogs)the weather is irritatingly HOT. Extra movement produces another gallon of sweat that I seem to lose in liters while immobile.
It’s already suppose to be rainy season here, but the high temperature of 35 degrees and the bright sun of summer is still on. Both Lorraine and I are on the light shade (I believe myself to be even fairer actually), and so suggested that we both put on a tan for a change together. Perhaps apply large doses of tanning lotion for it to take effect, because believe it or not…the sunlight alone seems to have no effect on me. I am in fact planning to start indoor tanning, and try another friends advice, Immoral Dark Addictions (Hemp Blush Bronzer) tanning lotion. Lorraine’s getting pretty excited as I am. Hope she get to leave her Spa there in UK soon!
Together with the Acoustic Mind, we celebrated my birthday with fun and music. We had dinner overlooking Manila Bay enjoying the lite breeze and superb food (I still salivate just thinking about it!?!).
The happiness is the gift I treasured most. And it continued on at home as we shared coffee and chocolate cake before calling it a night.
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