NO SHORTCUTS HERE

A lot of people tell me that I'm so lucky because I'm so thin.

 It makes me uncomfortable because 

I am not thin, 

I am fit 

and

 I am not lucky because 

I work hard for it. 

There are no shortcuts here. 

I have no magical pill that keeps me thin, I have no cook who makes me special meals, and I am not blessed with a very fast metabolism. I am just an example of someone who knows that the key to staying fit is to exercise and eat right.

I am 5'5" and was never considered big but I reached 140 lbs at one point in my life - for a small-framed, Asian woman, this is big. 

Last year, I was on my way to hitting 140 again, I was already 7 pounds shy from that number and I resolved that I will do something about it.

I have no disease-life-changing story to tell that prompted me to change my ways, it's only a decision I made that one way to enjoy life to the fullest is to be fit and healthy.

Photo credit: Dondi Narciso, Boracay 2010