Monette's Memoir: What's your motivation?

I'm gonna tell you an inspiring story. My elementary classmate and my long time friend ever, Jianicka, who is currently working in Australia called me yesterday. Honestly, I really had a great time talking with her. One reason is I miss her s0oo much (O walang iyakan ah, peace!) and the other reason is I was inspired as she tells me the story of her dieting. Believe it or not, she lost 24 Kilos! It's not a joke okay, it's 24 Kilos!! Hirap nun!!

This friend of mine is very content and happy of who she is. Though she receives pressure from her family sometimes or from her friends (isa na ko dun, hehe) to lose weight for healthy reasons and for aesthetic purpose as well. She doesn't mind it. She's a great cook (I miss her pasta!) that's why she loves eating scrumptious meals, chocolates and just everything she likes. Hayy, we give Jianicka advice to slow down and have some diet coz she's getting bigger and bigger as time passes by. Her dad bought her expensive equipment to help her lose weight. It helped in a way but not much. She even tried medicines and herbal life. It also helped but again, not that much. Until she went to Australia and the rest is history.

I was talking to her with a smile on my face. I kept asking her, "ilang kilos ulit?" Then she answeed me with pride (I can feel it), "24 kilos." I laughed and congratulated her! She also said, "sabi nga ni mama, dito lang pala ko papayat." Hehehe

As we talked continously, I asked the things that she did. She said, "Natural way ako. Usually, heavy breakfast then light ang lunch and dinner. Madalas prutas tsaka umiinom ako ng tea, green tea." Jianicka is also into sports these days, she's playing Squash and at the same time experienced Scuba Diving. That's definitely a WOW for Joy!!

Again, I congratulated her for achieving her goal. She told me, "Monette, iba talaga may motivation." That statement of Jianicka was added to my learning memory bank. I must be that motivated enough in order to achieve a certain goal. Thanks Jianicka for that great learning.