My dear friend, Meeya, passed on to me this baby bump tag.  These were her very words:

I would like to tag: Weng (whom I know have the most gorgeous preggy pics)

What can I say?  She’s right!  Hahaha!  Kidding. :P  Thank you, Mee, for giving me an excuse to post my preggy pics.

These pics were taken at The Picture Company (Podium Branch) when I was 8 months pregnant with Abby.  It was a time when thoughts of hopping on ellipticals were farthest from my mind.  These are pretty daring preggy pics.  Are you ready?  Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

My favorite…

Hubby and Me…

Photo Collage (My favorite are my 2 solos.  Hee hee!)…

There.  I hope I didn’t make you gag.  :P  Hahaha!

I am tagging Feng, Rachel and Joy.  Share your “glowing” preggy pics, girls! 

That’s what I always tell myself!  The key to a healthy life is exercise.  Unfortunately for most of us, it is quite a struggle.  Take the pic above for example?  Why aren’t my shoes on my feet?  Because I decided it’s more fun to just lounge around on a picnic mat than take a leisurely walk by the lake. :P  Hee hee.  But this pic was taken in February.  I’m a changed person now.  Honest! :D  For the last 3 weeks, I’ve been religiously popping my workout video on the dvd player and have been successfully hitting the play button.  Oh, I don’t just watch the video, silly.  I actually go along with it!  :P  Some people are constatly searching for a  diet pill that works.  Well, not me.  For one, I am quite sensitive to certain medicines.  And besides, exercise is a lot of fun.  I probably won’t be swimsuit worthy this summer, but next year, you bet I will be. ;)  You know what else motivates me?  The fact that we’re planning to come home in December.  I certainly don’t want people telling me I got so healthy in the US!  I’ve had just about enough of that.  Really.

I had a snail mail project in my personal blog in celebration of its 3rd “blogoverssary”.  Everyone who partied with me will receive cards, which I painstakingly decorated myself.  I tried my best to come up with at least 2 personalized blank cards for each of the recipients and another two pieces with a common design for all of them for a total of 4 cards.  On a separate card, I wrote a personal note.  I used my Papermate pens, of course. :)  Tomorrow, hopefully, I’ll be setting the snail free.  I’m so excited!

How much time do you spend in front of the computer?  Me?  A LOT. :D  I’ve got three active blogs keeping my hands full. I regularly update all three, specially my working blogs Cafe Munchkin and this one, which get at the very least, two updates a day. :D  And then, there are the SPs (sponsored posts) which are keeping me both busy and happy.  Hee hee.  I know, I know, some of you find these SPs a wee bit annoying.  I used to get annoyed too, you know.  That was when I was still on the other side of the fence. 

I also talk to my Mom everyday, sometimes twice a day even, via YM (Thank you Yahoo Messenger!).  Then, I check and reply to emails and chat with family and friends.  I don’t even have time anymore to go to my Friendster and Facebook accounts. 

Do the above make me an addict of sorts?  Yes?  Perhaps.  I can’t resist the call of my LT (laptop) and DT (desktop).  :P  It’s that bad really.  But don’t bring me to the computer counterpart of drug rehab just yet.  Everything is still under control.  Promise.

I have a confession to make.  There was a time that I was eating in sin. :D  Not too long ago, our pantry had more than 50 cans of soda (Does the fact that their diet sodas make them less sinful?) and I even have proof to show for it…

See?  There’s a dozen soda in each box so we had more like 72 cans.  Hee hee.  Again, all diet! :P  I love sweets, too.  In fact, the highlight of every meal, for me, is dessert.

I just adore cookies, cakes, brownies, ice cream, chocolates, etc.  Should I have simply said I love sugar?  Hee hee.

And what household doesn’t have chips?

My favorites are the orange ones…Cheetos and Doritos.  Hubby has his own favorites, too.

What did I say again in the beginning of this post?  There was a time I WAS eating in sin.  WAS.  That’s all in the past now.  Since January, I’ve stopped eating pork and beef.  Since February, I haven’t been drinking soda, including diet soda.  And since two weeks ago, I haven’t been eating sweets.  The funny thing is, I don’t really miss the so-called bad food at all!  Still, just thinking about all the times I munched on these stuff makes me want to go for a colon cleanse.  It’ll probably do me a lot of good to have all those toxins flushed out of my system.  Any thoughts on this?  My Mom has done it before.  Maybe I should, too. 

So what if I’m in my early 30s?!  I still want to play with real toys.  Hee hee.  Hubby got me a Wii Fit on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend.  To be honest, I thought I didn’t want one at first.  But after I viewed the promotional dvd that hubby got from Circuit City a few weeks ago, I got very interested  and gladly gave in. ;)  No more playing hard to get!  Hee hee.  I can’t believe how this new game was easily sold out in most stores.  Good thing we were able to snag one at good ‘ol trusty Wal-Mart.

From the very first game, I was hooked.  There’s aerobics, strength training, balance games and yoga.  My instant favorites are Hula-Hoop, Step and Tae Bo.  If you’re into strength training and yoga, you can work with a virtual trainer, too!  I chose a male trainer and why not, hubby chose a female for himself?! :D  And believe me, they can tell if you’re working or not.  One time, I tried to do strength training and ambitiously chose to do push-ups.  I was never good at push-ups.  So with both my hands gripping each side of the balance board, I attempted to do push-ups…and failed miserably.  I had to let go of the balance board and sat down on the floor.  My virtual trainor actually said, “Hello?  Are you still there?”  I kid you not!  That really cracked me up!

I’m amazed at how a “toy” can measure one’s BMI (body mass index) and weight accurately.  It also determines one’s center of balance (COB).  I’m happy to announce that at my last body test on the Wii Fit, my Wii Fit age is 24.  How’s that, huh?  Hee hee.

This toy will work well with people who have a hard time getting their butts off the couch.  It’s a lot of fun and it will really get you moving.  If you want to get fit and needs something to start with at least, this will do you a lot of good.  It will keep you off the weight loss pills.  Promise.