I wish I could look like Angelina Jolie. Perfect hair, very good skin, great body....just perfect that it's too good to be true. Just wondering how they do it. Is it genes? Lifestyle? Science?
After two pregnancies I wasn't exactly expecting to go back to my "original" self. After Amber, I had a hard time coping with falling hair, eyebags and stretchmarks. Then came Ina and the imperfections increased ... some things were just not the same anymore. Wrinkles, varicose veins, cellulite, Jello-like tummy, more stretchmarks and the list just goes on and on.
At 34, I am becoming more conscious of the way I look. Call me vain but I like myself more when I feel good and confident about the way I look. I am a relatively low-maintenance lady but my sister and mother think otherwise. Okay, okay I do admit to being addicted to body scrubs, to waxing and to some other things but I do this instead of drowning myself with envy at all those hot mamas. I made a promise to myself to take care of myself more especially when I'm not getting any younger. I do watch what I eat. I must admit when I feel bloated, I do the after-six diet and with this I make it a point to at least hit the gym thrice a week. I also tried yoga for wellness. I wasn't exactly born with good skin so I have to at least make an effort to improve it. I don't have a perfect figure because I'm more on the skinny side so having a bulging tummy with a bony figure isn't really pleasing to the eye. If this puts me under the vain category then I'm guilty as charged.
Being a fulltime mommy is not an excuse to being a fulltime "losyang." It's not an excuse to having no time or money to take care of one's self. I do my exercising in our building's gym and if I want to hit two birds with one stone, I jog while my girls are enjoying the playground at nearby Salcedo Park. I do my own body scrubbing from a tube that I bought in a local supermarket and I get to do this anytime without even leaving the house. I must admit I plan to do something about my undereye bags but for now I just have to make do with my Avon eye cream. I do need my rebonding every six months but I'm thinking of buying a weekly hair treatment cream instead. If only there's a cheaper alternative as effective as diamond peel...hmmm.
These things take a lot of effort and patience and a little... money? My husband's not complaining so I'm happy. He is the supportive type when it comes to this...if I say something like this, " Hon, can I have a rebond next month?" The reply is always "Okay." If that is not being supportive than I don't know what is.... and then he'll say, "Let's check the budget first." Tsk,tsk. I can delay these things but I still get it anyway and again Patience pays. I may never look like Angelina but I can still try to look good and feel good at the same time. I do this for myself and not to please anyone but I also feel good when my husband looks at me admiringly and when my little Amber tells me that she likes my shirt or my hair. You can never put a price to that.
After two pregnancies I wasn't exactly expecting to go back to my "original" self. After Amber, I had a hard time coping with falling hair, eyebags and stretchmarks. Then came Ina and the imperfections increased ... some things were just not the same anymore. Wrinkles, varicose veins, cellulite, Jello-like tummy, more stretchmarks and the list just goes on and on.
At 34, I am becoming more conscious of the way I look. Call me vain but I like myself more when I feel good and confident about the way I look. I am a relatively low-maintenance lady but my sister and mother think otherwise. Okay, okay I do admit to being addicted to body scrubs, to waxing and to some other things but I do this instead of drowning myself with envy at all those hot mamas. I made a promise to myself to take care of myself more especially when I'm not getting any younger. I do watch what I eat. I must admit when I feel bloated, I do the after-six diet and with this I make it a point to at least hit the gym thrice a week. I also tried yoga for wellness. I wasn't exactly born with good skin so I have to at least make an effort to improve it. I don't have a perfect figure because I'm more on the skinny side so having a bulging tummy with a bony figure isn't really pleasing to the eye. If this puts me under the vain category then I'm guilty as charged.
Being a fulltime mommy is not an excuse to being a fulltime "losyang." It's not an excuse to having no time or money to take care of one's self. I do my exercising in our building's gym and if I want to hit two birds with one stone, I jog while my girls are enjoying the playground at nearby Salcedo Park. I do my own body scrubbing from a tube that I bought in a local supermarket and I get to do this anytime without even leaving the house. I must admit I plan to do something about my undereye bags but for now I just have to make do with my Avon eye cream. I do need my rebonding every six months but I'm thinking of buying a weekly hair treatment cream instead. If only there's a cheaper alternative as effective as diamond peel...hmmm.
These things take a lot of effort and patience and a little... money? My husband's not complaining so I'm happy. He is the supportive type when it comes to this...if I say something like this, " Hon, can I have a rebond next month?" The reply is always "Okay." If that is not being supportive than I don't know what is.... and then he'll say, "Let's check the budget first." Tsk,tsk. I can delay these things but I still get it anyway and again Patience pays. I may never look like Angelina but I can still try to look good and feel good at the same time. I do this for myself and not to please anyone but I also feel good when my husband looks at me admiringly and when my little Amber tells me that she likes my shirt or my hair. You can never put a price to that.
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