Those were the options of my aunts when they visited the country two years ago. One bought diet pills. The other went through liposuction and also bought a bottle of diet pills from a well-known medical group here in the Philippines.

Although I am not really into such ways of losing weight, I have nothing against those who resort to any of them as I am targeting a certain weight lately for a very simple reason: I'd like to see the weighing scale read 100lbs flat. Period. Well, my way is the hardest way there can ever be tho'-- doin' cardio exercises, liftin' weights, doing abs. Ugh! Sometimes I curse during my work out, even asking myself, "what the hell am I doing? Punishing myself?!" I am half-way serious about it. Will I ever be really serious about it? We'll see in a few weeks... or months.

It is not that we are vain that we want to slim down or get rid of our excess fats (or for some, gain). Some do it because they want to feel good inside and out, and some don't because they don't feel that they need to (I would support you with that). For the nth time I will say, what matters is that we're happy in whatever state we're in or however heavy or light we weigh.

Let our hearts be the gauge of how good and light we feel within.

To each his own. I'm sure you know that.