I know it’s going to be tough to resume my No Rice Diet plan, but I seriously have to go on a diet since there’s 2 wedding events coming up that I need to attend. I certainly don’t want to look fat and old in the pictures, besides Nathan is going to turn 3 in a matter of months and I so don’t have any excuse why I’m still fat.

It was back in 2003 when I first tried the No Rice Diet. I read about it in the local paper, in the lifestyle section of Philippine Star. Pardon me for not being able to remember the author, that would be entirely impossible given that it’s been 7 years. The only thing I remember about the article is that the author mentioned the Happy Cow theory (let’s talk about that in a different post), and that her doctor recommended she try this diet plan. She was told not to eat rice for two weeks. On top of that great ordeal, she was also told not to eat any sweets. Oh yeah that’s why the word diet’s first three letters spells d-i-e! Well, going back to the story, the author then decided to purchase sugar substitute and have her cook bake her goodies using sugar substitute instead. After 2 weeks the author lost 10 lbs. Read more…