July 11, 2005
What's wrong with me?
Heraaan deh aku lagi ketiban jin mooaaalleeezz.....mo ngapa2in maleezz...ngeblog males, blog walking males, masak males, nge-gym males, jalan2 males, hangout2 males, kerja apalagi....gag tau knapa....badan bawaannya lemeeezzzz banget neeh....
padahal aku barusan sig-up lagi 10 session ma Personal Trainerku, terpaksa deh aku cari alasan yang tepat buat mbrentiin sementara ma si Richard...untung dianya OK, katanya kalo udah fit baru balik lagi....
Yang jelas bikin aku tau aku gag fit tuuh soal makan, aku gag napsu makan sama sekali....mau breakfast aja sengaja banget aku paksa2in makan, pdhal kalo biasanya jam 9-an tuh pasti aku udah keroncongan banget, trus nyampe jam 3 perut juga masih gag ada tanda2 minta diisi...sampe nih otak capek mikirin apa yang enak yaa buat lunch, segala jenis makanan diputerin, dari italian, thai, japanese, vietnamese, chinese, sandwich, salad...lhaa kok smuanya gag ada yang napsuin pengen aku makan....akhirnya kadang2 cuma makan pisang or apple or beli jamba juice....tooh pusing kan???....
dah gitu dah gitu...yang anehnya lagi...aku dah telat 3 minggu neeh..cuma tiap minggu di test pake home pregnancy test hasilnya negatif.....naaah pusing kan?...
pas 2 minggu yang lalu aku telpon ke dokter kandunganku, assistennya bilang kalo alat2 itu lumayan akurat, jadi kalo negatif ya negatif...trus aku disuruh nunggu 1 minggu lagi....which is hari ini....dan still negatif...
makanya trus aku bikin appt nanti hari Rabu.....let's find out what's wrong with me...
apalagi ntar minggu depan aku ma Didi mo ke San Diego & ke Disneyland, Los Angeles (pertama2nya cuma mo vacation 4 hari, eh dasar lagi maleesss kerja jadi molor mpe 10 deh..cuek) ...makanya mesti make sure dulu boleh gag neh naek rides2 di Disneyland..abisnya kan ajrut2an gitu....
Tus hampir sebulan yang lalu hasil blood testku keluar, semuanya normal2 aja, cuma hasil mercurynya 15 (normalnya 0 - 14.99), jadi aku kelebihan .01 doang.....kata dokternya sih masih gag papa....cuma aku agak2 worry juga....kenapa juga ada mercury di blood kita yaaa...emang dibutuhin apa? well I don't know....
pasti gara2 makan sushi kebanyakan tuh beberapa bulan yang lalu....yaaah bingung deh mesti makan apa sekarang yaaa.....abis makan sayur juga bahaya pesticide, makan ikan bahaya mercury,
yaa udah deh..makan temen aja kali yaaaah....kkekekeekeee....
Posted by hamdani family at 01:31 PM | Comments (22)
June 24, 2005
Mo Sehat or Bangkrut???
Aku abis aja selesai baca buku 'Natural Cures they don't want you to know about' by Kevin Trudeau (dipinjemin dari Mary Ann - bossku). Waalaah abis baca buku itu jadi ngeri aja. Di buku itu ditulis, bahwa penyebab Obesity & segala macem penyakit2 di US (Cancer, Multiple Scleroris, Arthritis, Asthma, etc etc) itu gara2 semua yang kita masukin ke mulut ya makanan, minuman, obat2an itu toxic semua. Even tap water itu toxic soalnya dikasih chlorine, trus kemungkinan besar juga bisa terkontaminasi sama Lead (very2 toxic) yang dari pipa2nya. Damn never really tought about it! Info jelasnya bisa baca disini
Trus banyak hal2 yang disaranin sama dia sebaiknya kita lakuin:
- Stop taking nonprescription or presciption drugs.(Sipp!!)
- If you can't read or pronounce the food label - Dont' eat it. Definitely they won't be good for our body.(I'll try)
- Buy a shower filter: kita absorb more toxins by taking one shower than by drinking 6 glasses of water. Soalnya kalo hot shower kan produces steam & trus chemical di water tadi produces poisonus gas yang kita hirup/absorb ke kulit.(We are thinking about it)
- Only eat organic, kosher meat & poulty.(Lucky me, don't have problem with this)
- Don't eat anything comes out of a microwave oven. (hmmmm susah abis praktis sih)
- Don't eat in fast food restaurants (juaraang banget, sebulan blom tentu sekali)
- Don't eat hydrogenated oil (trans fat) - (Bbrp thn terakhir ini, kita always gak mo makan nih trans fat, pasti ada di cookies, chips, buat yang suka makan supermie- ituu tuuh minyak yang diplastik kecil itu....& margarine too...buaahaaya bgt!)
- Don't eat anything in a box/jar/package.(Impossible)
- Don't put anything in your skin if you can eat it. (Impossible)
- Don't drink tap water (assikk...udah 8 tahun aku always minum tap water)
- Don't eat farm raised fish.(Mo nyoba dikurangi deh)
- Don't eat pork. (No problemo)
- Don't eat shellfish. (Noooooooo!!!!)
- Don't eat white processed flour.(Dikurangin kali yaaa)
- Don't use antiperspirant or deodorants.(Hmmm....beli yang organic deh)
- Don't eat white processed sugar.(Not a sugar person..udah manis seeh....)
- Don't take medicine and antibiotics ever.(If I can bear the pain, I'll try)
- Don't eat/drink anything with words : Fat Free, Sugar Free, Diet, Low Fat, Low carb or net carb, because the added chemical & artificial sweetener.(No problemo)
- Dont't eat food bars, protein shakes.(No problemo)
- Stay away from hot tubs, steam room & swimming pools.(Jarang juga kok)
- Don't use sun block.(Huah??....bingung mode on)
- Don't consume aspartame (Nutrasweet) and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). (Dirumah sih no problem ma MSG, di resto2 pasti pake deh)
- Get an air purifier.(Yup, we always have this one, Didi alergi ma debu soalnya)
And the list just go on and on and on........
Buuaannyaak deh, wong dibilang dairy product (susu, keju, yogurt) yang nggak organic aja jangan dikonsumsi kok, soalnya pas di pasteurize and homogenized itu nutrisi2nya udah ilang semua.
Aku langsung ngasih tau hal2 itu ke Didi, dia mah emang orang yang nggak pernah percaya sama obat2an or chemical2 gitu. Kayaknya dia seumur2 gak pernah tuh minum antibiotik. Kalo demam2 or sakit, cuma dibawa tidur aja. Meanwhile, dulu sih aku begitu pusing dikit, pop in pill ke mulut, sampe di drawer di tempat kerjaku udah ada tuh pil2 buat pusing. Cuma 2 thn terkhir dah brenti sih.
Didi juga anti banget kalo aku naro lotion or deodorant...diomelin terus ma dia. Jadi kalo mau pake mesti kucing2an....sekarang keknya beli yang organic deh. Didi juga sebel kalo ber manicure/padicure-an ria...aku seh seneng kalo bermeni-pedi, soalnya keliatan eksekutip banget pan....palagi kalo miting2 disini...kalo my nails berantakan jadi gak pede....
Trus pas kita diskusiin soal tap water, langsung deh kita decided buat beli water filter. Yup the next day kita ke Costco & beli dah. From now on: NO MORE TAP WATER, at least kalo dirumah, soalnya kalo di resto2 kita kalo minum air putih pasti juga tap water, unless kita mau order bottle water, which is mahal...so balik lagi ke pertanyaan diatas, Mo Sehat or Bangkrut???
Dia nyaranin kita untuk nggak belanja groceries di supermarket2 besar, karena yaa itu, semua makanan2nya pasti banyak zat2 pengawet lah, zat pewarna, msg, dsbnya. Jadi katanya mendingan kalo blanja tuh ke farmers market or ke Organic supermarket (jadi semuanya natural; kalo buah2an/sayuran gak dikasih pesticide; ikan/seafood juga bukan yang farmed, mesti yang ditangkep langsung dari laut; poultry/beef yang grass feed).
Dulu sih pas kita tinggal di downtown, kita tinggalnya deket (5-6 blocks) dari Organic Supermarket Whole Foods, jadi kalo blanja groceries mingguan sering kesana. Cuma yaa gituu, harganya emang selangit banget, kalo di supermarket2 chinese spinach itu .99cents dapet 2 bunch, disini $1.49 cuma dapet 1 bunch, for the sake of organic.(Kalo blanja mingguan di supermarket2 chinese cuma abis $17-20, kalo disini sih bisa $45-an, padahal kita belinya sama cuma sayur & buah doang).Cuma emang keliatan sih kalo sayur yang dikasih pesticide or enggak, sayur2/buah yang kita beli dari WF itu awet banget compared ma yang kita beli dr tempat2 lain.
Hmmmm mungkin sekarang mesti balik blanja ke Whole Foods nih, cuma yaa balik lagi ke pertanyaan diatas...Mo Sehat or Bangkrut???
Emang kayaknya impossible ngikutin apa yang dibilang di buku itu & lagi tuh buku emang rada2 bias...jadi kesimpulannya: hal2 yang mungkin ya dijalanin, hal2 yang gak mungkin ya udah deh gak usah dijalanin or kali2 bisa dikurangin...gitu aja kali yaaa...abis kalo enggak mo makan apa coba kita...bete nggak sih???
Posted by hamdani family at 03:30 PM | Comments (8)
March 17, 2005
Getting better and better
Today I'm getting better and better, eventhough not totally 100% back to normal (I still have cough, stuffy nose & that sexy Bass voice). I started my antibiotic yesterday, which was good.
It all started last Tuesday, I had sore throat and a little bit of fever, which I took care of by taking over-the-counter cold medicine. I couldn't call in sick, so I had to drag myself to work for the rest of the week because we had deadline for the month end closing. The sad part, Didi got sick too because of me. He called in sick last Friday.
Then on the weekend my body fell apart. Everything seemed got worse. We just rested and stayed home on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. What a wasted weekend. We hate it!
We missed Novi’s invitation for Sunday afternoon snack (she made Siomay….bikin lagi doong say…:-0), and we missed Karlina-Alvin’s birthday dinner at Buca di Beppo.
Even after all those resting days, I still had my cold on Monday and finally I called in sick. I didn’t go to the doctor, and still hope just by resting I could get better. However, that was not the case, I couldn’t sleep because I was coughing pretty bad, and I decided to take sleeping pill.
Even when I came to work on Tuesday, I was not doing well at all, I could barely open eyes. Still couldn’t go to the doctor, because my doctor left early that day. It should had been me who left early doctor, not you! I asked him to give me prescription for antibiotic over the phone, but he wouldn’t do that. I begged him to give me 1 day supply, and finally he did. Well hopefully with stronger medication, I’d be a little better. I left work around 3 pm.
The next day (Wednesday) I was back again at work, I was still sick, and definitely I needed to see my doctor. So I left my office around 4.15 pm and be standby patients, which was suck. He didn’t see me until 6.45 pm. Aarrrghhh.
Basically what can I do now is just rest and take the medicines. And hopefully we’ll get better soon. We don't really have plan to do this weekend. Didi has to come to work for a few hours tomorrow, and I probably go to Indonesian Day Committe meeting at Wisma Indonesia.
Allright everybody, have a great weekend and stay dry! (base on our weather forecast it will be raining for a few days)
Posted by hamdani family at 04:59 PM | Comments (6)