Losing weight is one never ending battle for most people. For me, i have a love hate relationship with my weight. Due to my very curvy body type, even a one pound gain will be noticeable to everyone. Hence i have developed a win win situation for myself and my appetite (Notice that these are separate :)
Firstly, i do not pick and choose what i eat. I just eat whatever i want. But the trick is in the portion that i take. If i fancy a chocolate bar, then i will eat it. But eating half the bar makes a whole load of difference in your weight gain. I eat half and the other half i pass it to my siblings or keep it in the fridge.
The same thing goes for my lunch and dinner. I use a salad plate to eat my lunch or dinner. Choosing a big plate or a small plate makes the world of a difference to the portion you take. When you eat in a big round dinner plate, it looks like you're not eating much but in actual fact, you're eating a full sized meal. Try transferring the food from the dinner plate to the snack plate. On the snack plate, it looks as if you're trying to feed two people. That automatically makes you feel like a glutton so you just eat half from whats on your snack plate.
I love the idea of exercising but hate the idea of getting up and going to the gym. So i thought it through, went to California Fitness in Mid Valley and i cancelled my gym membership, and instead, bought a resistance band and a stability ball as my tools to workout. Its not that i'm trying to create a gym in my house, but having gears next to you when you feel lazy as hell do spur you to move your butt, even if its just for a little while. Sometimes i put it in the hall, just to remind myself that i've not done it yet.
Cardio is excellent to pump up your heart beat and get your adrenaline pumping. It also stimulates your blood flow and fat burns easier that way. Therefore it is advisable to dance your heart away until you can barely breathe, gulp your bottle of water and use the resistance band as your strength training. Believe me, it works !
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Why is everything measured according to how you look?
I recently opened an online lingerie business called Beaudacia.com with my best friend. And on the day we decided to collect the stock from our partner Nic, he informed us that we were gonna meet our first potential customer, if we wanted to. We were both so excited to know it that we literally ignored the way we looked. We were both wearing basic t-shirts, capri pants and our faces were void of makeup. And, our hair were rolled up like some kind of mashed threads looking no where as neat as we wanted it to be.
But we decided to brave the situation and meet her as we didn't want to feel as if it mattered too much. It wasn't us that we were selling, but the lingerie that we carry rite? I wasn't that bothered about it. But when we reached the restaurant, two really hot chinese chicks were waiting for us. Their hair were all styled up, looking like they came out from a french magazine. I just wished at that time the floor would freakin open up and swallow both of us whole. It was so embarrasing. I tried to put on a brave front and act very businesslike but it just didn't work out. Guess why?
We were selling women's lingerie. But at the end of the day, if we do not look like a sex goddess with sex appeal, how are we gonna sell stuff that screams "I AM SEXY". 70% of the time, people purchase from whomever they feel most comfortable and confident. What makes us better than the competitor if we're both carrying the same stuff? How does one customer choose who to buy from?
I learnt then that first impression makes a lasting one. Discounts do play a big part, but at the end of the day, if i look good enough to eat, and carry myself well, most of my customers will be glad to have a supplier that they can be proud of associating themselves with. I know it sounds really mean but sadly it is true. People do judge a book by its cover, for the first few times at least. And that also depends on whether the relationship is personal or business. If its business, they do not give two hoots about how nice you are inside, it matters more about how you look on the outside.
But we decided to brave the situation and meet her as we didn't want to feel as if it mattered too much. It wasn't us that we were selling, but the lingerie that we carry rite? I wasn't that bothered about it. But when we reached the restaurant, two really hot chinese chicks were waiting for us. Their hair were all styled up, looking like they came out from a french magazine. I just wished at that time the floor would freakin open up and swallow both of us whole. It was so embarrasing. I tried to put on a brave front and act very businesslike but it just didn't work out. Guess why?
We were selling women's lingerie. But at the end of the day, if we do not look like a sex goddess with sex appeal, how are we gonna sell stuff that screams "I AM SEXY". 70% of the time, people purchase from whomever they feel most comfortable and confident. What makes us better than the competitor if we're both carrying the same stuff? How does one customer choose who to buy from?
I learnt then that first impression makes a lasting one. Discounts do play a big part, but at the end of the day, if i look good enough to eat, and carry myself well, most of my customers will be glad to have a supplier that they can be proud of associating themselves with. I know it sounds really mean but sadly it is true. People do judge a book by its cover, for the first few times at least. And that also depends on whether the relationship is personal or business. If its business, they do not give two hoots about how nice you are inside, it matters more about how you look on the outside.
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