Apa? Gorilla?

After the birth of my first child in 2005 I had gained 8kg and was feeling very frumpy. Note that my anak dara weight was 48kg and pre-pregnancy weight was 51kg ;P. After the 2 months confinement, di tempat kerja ramai yang komen bahawa saya sudah gemoks. Owh sungguh tak best. It didn't help at all that through out roughly one year of breastfeeding I was quite top heavy. My nephew (anak cousin) yg berumur 3/4(?) tahun pada masa tu juga telah komen, "eee..macam gorilla la". Owh sungguh sadis!



I knew that the reason I had put on weight was because of a very poor diet and lack of exercise. Mana taknya, sepanjang pantang, snek kegemaranku adalah biskut kering Hup Seng cicah Milo. Bukan sekeping dua, dalam 5 keping sekali makan. Bukan makan sehari sekali, malah 3 atau empat kali sehari apabila perut terasa lapar dan takkan nak makan nasik lagi? Another favourite snack was toast (gardenia white bread) sapu nutella. Easy-strider yang dibeli kononnya kerana nak low impact exercise telah menjadi gajah putih dan tempat buat sangkut baju lagi menyemak.

There were times when I felt quite down because the centre of my other half's universe was no longer on me, but now on his little precious daughter. When once his eyes would sparkle at the sight of me, he would then come home from work and make a bee line for the baby. With a quick peck on the cheek for me, his eyes never left the baby. And I didn't blame him of course, I knew that it was natural and that in order for me to feel good about myself I had to get back in shape and look good.

Since most of the extra weight was gained during pregnancy and post-pregnancy, maka kerana itu saya telah berazam untuk memastikan bahawa saya menjaga makan dan kesihatan sepenuhnya apabila mengandung kali kedua. And that was what I did...