Two Thousand and Thirteen

Another year has come and gone, and… yes, I do realize how late this post is! What can I say? Things got so busy around here with family visiting, family celebrating, and family arguing!

In other words, another successful New Year’s celebration! Congratulations to us all who made it through another End of the World!

So now it’s 2013. Looking back at last year’s resolution, I’d dare say I completed last year’s mission! I managed to lose 10 pounds and kept it off even after the new year’s celebration!

I have to admit though, I didn’t really take it that seriously! There was an entire month where I rested to prepare for my Oh No! Manga debut, and I made a cosplay sword for my cosplayer, Tracy for the very first time. It was worth it though, as it was one of the highlights of my year! However, that is still no excuse and I will definitely “take it more seriously this time”!

I’ve also cosplayed for the first time during the debut of my latest series, Crystal Shadows! I’m sure I don’t fair well compared to the professional cosplayers out there, but hey, I finally did it! And in the process of manga making, I’ve met so many new friends like Enjelia, Jeff, Jayron, Jaden Kaiba, Ray, Matchang, Mazjojo, Misaki-taichou, Pochaco, SWTRD, just to name a few! Who knew an introvert like me could meet so many amazing people in one short year?

2012 was a fantastic year… I’m sure it had a lot of downs to go with it, but I distinctly remember forgetting about them.

This year, I want to grow more… spiritually speaking. And I made a promise to myself to be a lot happier, no matter what happens. And so, I will be filling my journal this year of all the little things that make me happy.

I hope I can stick to that resolution, as it would be a lovely present for my grandkids in the future. Then again, I’m not planning on having any kids, so maybe my nieces and nephews instead. Your aunt’s incredibly sappy today, I’m sorry my kiddies! Please don’t disown me!

Here’s to another amazing year!

Nutritional Diary 2012.08.27

It has been a full eight months since I pledged to become much healthier this year.

So far, a lot of things have stood in my way… that includes the officially launching of my very own series from Oh No! Manga and making a life-size version of Rei’s sword for my cosplayer.

With all that going on, you can probably guess why I haven’t been updating my nutritional diary. I mean, for goodness sake, I didn’t do my walks for a whole month! And with habagat, I wasn’t exactly keen to go outside either.

I dreaded having to step on the scale. I would be happy if I was able to maintain that five pound weight loss.

I couldn’t believe what I saw… I had lost 10 pounds since the beginning of the year. Ten Pounds!!! I still can’t believe it! I thought my pants were much looser than before but I didn’t think it would be 10 pounds less of me!

I think I may have overcome my proverbial wall. Now that I’m back to my old schedule of walking 3 times a week, maybe I’ll be able to lose even more and get to 20 pounds by the end of the year.

But I wonder if that’s possible with me working on a new webmanga? Guess I’ll just have to keep working hard on choosing my food and drinks as well as maintaining my exercise routine!

Nutritional Diary 2012.06.21

My poor, un-updated blog… I’m so sorry I’ve been ignoring you, but most of my updates had a lot to do with my artworks, so I’ve been busy in kurohiko.com lately.

Not only is Mist starting again, but I’m planning a lot of independent comics for the upcoming Winter Komikon as well. It will be a miracle if I could finish just one book actually. Plus, my publications with Oh No! Manga have been cooking up something very interesting for July’s Event. I’m not completely sure with the details yet, but feel free to check out my site or Facebook Page for updates.

Now with all that going on, you’d think I’ll be too busy working to keep up with my exercise and diet. Well, you’re right. I have not been walking as many times as I’d like, since I’m now down to once a week instead of my usual 2-3. I’m also staying up late because I need to get these pages done, so that means coffee and a lot of junk food. In other words, someone’s been a very bad girl.

It was depressing to think about, so I didn’t really go near the scale for quite some time. But I had to get myself motivated again so I weighed myself a few minutes ago…

I couldn’t believe it.

Although I let myself do whatever I wanted for the past month, I still maintained a 5 pound weight-loss compared to the beginning of the year. That’s 3 pounds less than my last update.

I couldn’t believe it!!!

Ah, that motivates me so much now! And I weighed myself at night, instead of the usual morning (because you weigh less the minute you wake up).

But I wonder, is this because I’ve been stressing out so much lately? I know stress is supposed to make you lose weight, but it was always the exact opposite for me before. Maybe it’s because I’ve been eating a lot less junk food and replacing them with fruit.

I need to stop putting my pants in the dryer though… they shrink every time, and it makes me feel like I’m not losing anything at all!

Oh well, back to working… or maybe it’s time for some sleep now. They’re saying there’s another typhoon coming up, but now that my UPS is fixed, I’m not too worried about the PC dying on me while I work~