Back from camp!

I just got back from a 3 days 2 nights camp for the P6 student leaders. I enjoyed myself thoroughly because I didn't have to do much. The leaders planned and managed their own camp. I was just a facilitator. I could even watch my favorite 7pm and 9pm show while the kids had their activities. I taught them how to play the "Woo La La" game and it was hilarious! It's so much easier to lead the kids in games than to lead the adults in games.

Anyway, I had the opportunity to mingle around with the kids and talk to them casually. We had fun chatting and laughing together. It's amazing to know how fast time flies. There were lots of students that I had taught before and some that had never crossed my path at all. My greatest surprise was discovering that one of my TAF kids, during my first few years of teaching, had transformed into a beautiful, slim and fit girl. I was shocked and amazed. She told me she took about 1 year to shed off those fats. I was and still am, impressed by her determination and will power when she shared her secrets to success with me.

Here's her secret:
1. Eat very little for breakfast and have something simple for lunch.
2. Sometimes she skips dinner. (Not recommended)
3. Avoid all the fried and oily food but she rewards herself once a week.
4. Avoid all cold drinks because cold drinks slows down our metabolic rate.
5. Run on the treadmill for 38 minutes EVERYDAY. (Increase the duration week by week)

What is it that motivates her to be so determined?
1. Shame of being fat. (Ops! That's a negative motivator. I'm still thinking of ways to scrap away TAF Club entirely.)
2. Her mum wants her to exercise.
3. She had a crush on a boy who is slim and she wanted to be compatible to the boy. (Love does have a great impact on someone's life.)

So now that she had lost so much weight, what is it that kept her going on?
1. She felt good about herself. (I believe her new image has given her more confidence in herself.)

She told me that for the 1st and 2nd months after doing all these, she didn't feel much difference. However, slowly but surely, she realised that her stomach got smaller and she became lighter and slimmer as well. So she'll keep on with what she's doing.

As much as I don't quite agree with her eating patterns, I will try to drink lesser cold drinks, eat less oily and fried food and try to exercise more regularly to shed off my excess and non-essential fats. I will also drink lesser alcoholic drinks (especially beer) because they'll give me unnecessary fats and carbohydrates too. I AM MOTIVATED to live more healthily from now onwards! All thanks to this girl. She has shown with her life what it means by "all things are possible." And I am glad that she's a child of God because I know she'll always be in the good hands of our Father.

Although I was tired after the camp, I was glad that I went. A little sad that they won't be in our school again. I'll miss them.