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Eating Right, Feeling Right!

By Erica San Diego, Human Resources and Administration

Healthy eating doesn’t have to be complex, nor should you deprive yourself from food you really crave. It’s
somewhat more of feeling great, having more energy, and improving your body and health.

We asked a chosen few of MPT South employees who literally loss weight to share some tips and advice on how
you can be healthy and fit:

Ms. Leslie Ann C. Saulog, Community Relations Associate,
Communication and Stakeholder Management

Have you always been health conscious?

Honestly no, I’m not health conscious girl. I eat what I want
and I don’t exercise.

What made you become conscious?
It was last year, as I became aware and conscious of gaining
weight. An office colleague often tells me to go on diet,
though in my mind, I know I’m young and I still want to eat Ms. Arlette V. Capistrano, AVP, Communication and Stakeholder
what I want. Then one day, I decided to check my weight, Management
seeing the result made me conscious about my health. I feel
I’m no longer healthy. Adding to it, I tried to wear my favorite Have you always been health conscious?
clothes but I can’t wear them anymore. Proof that I am not fit
anymore. I would say my attention to my health was something I didn’t take
seriously. Sometimes I would be overly conscious, I would pick up on
What steps did you take to be healthy? exercise, watch what I eat, especially when clothes didn’t fit me
anymore, then I would relax and start “sinning” on food again.
First step is acceptance. I accepted to do something to What made you become conscious?
achieve my new health goal.
October 2017, was my turning point. I just turned 220 lbs, but results
Next is to search different diet styles that would fit in my of my APE were all good, except for the part where it showed that I
health goal. I tried and found out the 3-day boiled egg diet was borderline diabetic. My cousin and aunt died because of that
plan, with saltine crackers and water intakes, and then you ailment, it’s very expensive, and difficult to manage, my aunt due to
can eat whatever you want for the rest of the week not her diabetes, harbored cancer as well. so that was one alarm bell.
exceeding 1200 calories. I also combine it with an hour of The second, alarm bell was when the doctor said that if I maintain
cardio workout at gym or at home. being at 220lbs all good results in my APE will turn bad maybe even
worse if I keep on gaining weight.
To date, I’m currently on the 3rd phase of my Southbeach What steps did you take to be healthy?
Diet and found it very effective.
I did the KETOGENIC diet, you can read up on it
What are your indicators for success? https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ketogenic-diet-101

Healthy food intake, discipline, reading nutrition facts and Definition by Wikipedia the ketogenic diet is a high-fat (70%),
weight monitoring in my daily routine are my success adequate-protein (20%), low-carbohydrate (10%) diet that in
indicators. Proud to say from 130 lbs, I am currently 114 lbs. medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in
children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than
carbohydrates.
What tips or learnings can you share with others who
would also like to turn to a healthy lifestyle? This diet controls sugar, sugar is the number one bait for cancer and
diabetes.
Do not pressure yourself. A loss of 1 pound or two in a week is A person’s weight and 70% of the overall body is contributed by
an achievement in your health goals. Learning to value the what we eat, and 30% is exercise.
importance of having a healthy lifestyle, just focus on your
health goals and the positive outlook in life, be humble and What are your indicators for success?
stay low-key. Make it a habit, I know it will work.
I lost inches, lost a lot of kilos, better overall feeling. Clothes fit
better. Blood sugar low. Cholesterol levels low, no fatty liver.

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