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I don't know how accurate my scale is but I was shocked to find out that I'm now 123.2 lb. On February 23, 2021, I went to the doctor's to get some bloodwork done and they weighed me at 133.8 lb. I found out I had really high cholesterol 2 days after that doctor's visit and started fixing my diet right away. I'm eating less meat, more vegetables and fruit, less processed food like white bread, chips and sweets and substituting meat with beans and legumes, whenever I can. I also added fish to my diet more regularly.

About a couple of weeks after starting this diet, I lost about 3 or 4 pounds. I felt better, more limber and was breathing better too. I knew I was heading in the right direction. Because of my busy life, I can't fit in a work out yet but I hopefully will start being able to soon.

As per usual, every one weighs less in the morning so my current weight at 123.2 lb today is before eating breakfast. My goal was to weigh 120 lb by July and I think I'm going to reach that goal within the next month or so if I'm able to keep this healthy diet up. To be clear, this is a lifestyle change for me. Before, I was eating really unhealthy. I would eat fried chicken at least once every week, ate French fries like they're staple food and ate instant noodles and chips regularly. I was eating like a hormonal teenager all the time. It was bound to affect my health. I'm in my late 30s now and putting myself in check.

I do give myself a free day every once in a while. Thus far, within the last 6 weeks, I've eaten a greasy burger with garlic fries once, 1 bag of Asian instant noodles once and allowed myself to enjoy a mochi from my bokksu box a few times. 


My starting and current weight:
Feb 23, 2021: 133.80000197 lb (scale at doctor's office)
Today on April 5, 2021: 123.2 lb (scale at home)

Importantly, the doctor's office said I need to exercise regularly so that is the one thing I have not been able to do but have to start doing this month. What can I say, doctor's orders!

Yesterday, on Christmas night, I watched Wonder Woman 1984 from HBO Max. Since we were already subscribers for HBO, it allowed us to watch HBO Max without an extra fee. To find out that I could watch the new Wonder Woman movie and not had to pay more than we already have been for our monthly subscriptions was a gift!

I looked for my Wonder Woman leggings (from Forever 21 before they closed many of their shops) that I have been hoarding in my closet and wore them while watching it. It was awesome! I was in the best mood. I liked the movie and I'm so glad that I watched the movie without reading reviews online because that would've affected my first initial organic reaction to the movie. 

Without giving details about this movie, I'll tell you that I still liked this movie, even though the first one is still better. However, I'd watch this one over and over again and it would still make me happy!

Related Super Hero Fan Gear:

Since the holidays are coming up and the weather is getting colder and cloudier, it's a good time to do another face treatment. 

I generally try to stay away from the sun when I either do an intense treatment on my face to remove my syringomas or do a skin peel and the less sunny weather helps to prevent damage to your face. 

My next treatment will either be a TCA peel or Wart & Mole Vanish. I really have some noticeable syringomas right now and really want to do the Wart & Mole Vanish treatment soon but I also don't want people to be disgusted with my face if I have to have a zoom meeting over the holidays. I definitely cannot do both. That is too much for the skin. I would usually try to do an intense treatment only a couple of times a year, spaced at least 4 - 5 months from each other.

Let's hope I can do it before the 2020 year is over.

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While sheltering in place, I've been spending more time on my skin care. I'm making sure I put moisturizer at night, trying to remove moles on my face and body and recently, worrying about my tech neck. Tech neck is a term to describe the premature wrinkles on your neck from excessive use of your smartphone or computer. I have a few of them. They are typically horizontal on your neck. Have you checked your neck lately for them? 
(Picture of a wrinkle-free neck)

Typically, most women worry about looking young and focusing on their face but how your neck looks is something that also contributes to how you look to others. The more lines you have, the older you may look. I have noticed that my lines are getting deeper so I'm starting to research about them and finding remedies at home to help minimize the wrinkles.

As part of my skincare routine, I'm making sure I'm putting moisturizer on my neck now after I've applied it to my face. I would rub my wrinkles in a circular motion, hoping that would help. I'm also going to be more conscious about how I hold my phone or how I'm positioning my laptop. I am probably going to stop working on my computer with the laptop on my lap and instead use a table while I'm using it. I'm currently lying down on my stomach in bed while using this laptop to avoid looking down and worsening my tech neck. 

A few neck creams you can find on the internet: 
ACTIVSCIENCE Neck Firming Cream, Anti Aging Moisturizer for Neck & Décolleté, Double Chin Reducer, Skin Tightening Cream 2 fl oz.


bareMinerals Ageless Genius: Firming & Wrinkle Smoothing Neck Cream, 1.7 Ounce, Multi (098132473885)

My older son is really into Minecraft so I decided to surprise him with Minecraft themed decorations for his birthday party. A few of the things that I did myself included creating a centerpiece using a cardboard box and a plastic green tablecloth and drew Creeper's face on it with a permanent black pen. I also placed a green square cake that I baked on top of this centerpiece.


For party favors, I created a pretend TNT dynamite using 2 chalks and wrapped them with red wrapping paper and a TNT white label. See the video on how I created this DIY TNT party favor step-by-step, below the image.



I also baked cupcakes using green cupcake wrappers so that matched the color of the green Creeper centerpiece. I also frosted half of the cupcakes with green frosting and the other half with chocolate frosting. You can't see it in the very top picture but there were Happy Birthday mylar balloons and they were all square-shaped. We got those mylar balloons at the Dollar Tree store and thankfully, they had square-shaped balloons! The Minecraft napkins were bought from our local Party City store but you can also find them on their website and on Amazon too.

It was really fun putting this Minecraft theme birthday party together. I didn't go over the top with a Minecraft Happy Birthday signage but I see that they do have those on Amazon if you were interested in finding those.

Other Minecraft decoration ideas: