Mio Ting

It was in March 2009 when I attended CV5 (Core Value Training Module 5) in Kuching that brought Mio Ting to my attention. I met Mio Ting in March 2006 when she and I were class mates in CV2 and I never had paid any attention to her body because probably I was so concerned about mine! To me, she has always been slim. So I was surprised when my friends started asking me, "Have you seen Mio Ting? She has lost so much weight!" I was like "Eh?" It was then I started paying attention to Mio Ting during the next few days while attending class.

The only difference I had observed was that she was now sporting short hair. Then the second thing I observed was that she was more mindful about the food she was eating compared to all of us eating the food provided during meals which sometimes can be deemed "unhealthy". At that point I had not asked her anything and acted "normal" although I was curious.

Mio Ting - Before

It was a couple of months later where I decided to check out her Facebook profile and sure enough there were before and after pictures of her, of her own adventures in weight loss. A side view showed she had a tummy, her cheeks were fuller and she looked bigger. And in the next photo, 6 weeks later, she had lost 8kg, her tummy was flat, her cheeks were no longer puffy and she looked really slim. It was not an "unhealthy" slim either.

I thought, whatever she's doing... I wonder if I could do it too?

Fast forward to July 2009 where I met Lee, her husband who is one of the instructors for CV. I remember that day I sat with Lee outside Villa 6 of Empire Hotel expressing my discontentment over something (too detailed to get into it here) and he asked me, "What were one of your proudest moments in your life?" And for some reason, the first thing I answered was, "When I lost 10kg a long time ago." 

Mio Ting - After

He looked at me and he said, "Even though you're not admitting it, I think one of the keys to your happiness is you losing weight." I could only hold back my tears. How I dream of being smaller! He said, "I went on the same programme as Mio Ting, my weight now is what I used to be when I was 18 years old." And he did look a lot slimmer, younger and more energetic. I thought to myself, now is the time to take action.

Still in doubt, I waited for CV Grad Cambodia that July to see if I could catch up with Mio Ting over her success and also just to clear up some doubts I had. That chance was granted to me where I ended up filling in the form, signing my name on the bottom, took the "before" pictures and looked forward to having my blood test taken when I get home after the trip.

I paid the fee (there's no such thing as a free lunch!), submitted my blood test results and await what the food plan will be in order for me to begin this adventure. 

Mio Ting will be my consultant. She will give her full support as I embark on this programme. I also have support from home coming from my Mum who said "I will knock you over the head if you don't follow this one!" Right Mum... you got me there!

Thanks Mio Ting for helping me get started. Where is that food plan? I await patiently while dreaming what it would be like to fit into one my favourite skirts again...

Mio Ting - An Inspiration!