no effect whatsoever … :(
it’s almost 3am and i’m still wide awake … 
i think it’s the grande caramel coffee jelly frappucino that i had about 3 hours ago that’s working itself into my blood stream and won’t let me go to sleep just yet. hmmm … i am usually immune to caffeine, i can take two shots of espresso with no (adverse) effect whatsoever … well, the 3rd shot is a different story altogether! 
it’s actually ironic … i just read a Reader’s Digest article: Sexy, Slim and Smart (The Power of Sleep) and you would think that will be a great motivation for me to sleep the soonest and the longest possible time … i guess, like double-shot espresso, i am also immune to claims of easy weight loss — like i can just sleep and out comes a sexy, slim and a smart me?! okay, i am being simplistic and overtly cynical … but i think i have a right to be … i did try a lot of (fad) diets and have exercised my butt off (literally!) several times with no effect whatsoever! … hmmm, fine, i wasn’t very consistent and like a normal, impatient 30-something GenXr, i want to see results … fast … and lack of the visible results in about a week or two is enough to make me stop and try another one — thus my short-lived bowling career, my sporadic badminton games, my once-a-week-and-getting-less-and-less frequent boxing workout and my just-started-hopefully-ill-stick-to-it swimming! haha! my life revolves around great-start-good-while-it-lasted-hopefully-ill-stick-to-it activities! … don’t get me wrong … i love it … i love doing all of them (though they can be a tad expensive) … i have always been a disciple of losing weight by doing (and learning) a skill … i am not a big fan of just sweating it out in the gym — i do go once in a while but i get the kick out of actually doing something i.e. more than just running stationary in a treadmill or lifting weights! oh well, enough said about my apparent lack of discipline and my perennial weight loss efforts and my elusive weight loss goals! i’ll do it one of these days and i am not promising to myself and i am not writing up a three-month plan anymore … i will just do it, have fun with it and if i do lose weight in the process, then well and good! hmmm, actually, i will be trying out Herbalife … so it’s not entirely unplanned after all … we’ll see … er, we’ll post my after pics! hehehehe i guess last night will be the last of my grande caramel coffee jelly frappucinos … and oh yeah, gotta sleep!
