• ✔ cut down on my coffee intake and replace it with warm milk.
  • Coffee is allowable but only thrice a week (including tea)
  • I drink a lot of coffee whenever there is something important and tedious that I need to do, though. No regrets! at least I know that I have more control over my caffeine intake now than I used to.
• be mindful of the serving size - calorie counting
• exercise - start with 100 jumping jacks everyday (or do household chores. this will help me to learn domestic tasks and exercise at the same time)
• ✔ drink 8 glasses of water (optional: homemade lemon water)
• ✔ If yakult is available, drink one for each day
• eat oatmeal either for breakfast or for dinner to substitute for rice
• ✔ take my vitamins everyday
• make sure to eat fruits, vegetables, and fishes every week
  • Fruits - avocado, banana, mango, papaya, tomatoes
  • Vegetables - broccoli, lettuce, cabbage,
  • fish - tuna (chunks in water) or mackerel

What to Avoid?

• junk food (it's so hard to avoid you!)
• carbonated drinks
• ice cream
• eating at fast food chains (you as well!)
• physical inactivity (being a mouse or a couch potato)