{ Weight Gain and Pimples }

Today was the first time in like 3 weeks dat I woke up not feeling like death. Idk if it’s becos my REM cycle’s messed up, or if my body is stressed over all the abrupt changes in my life over the past weeks. But hopefully today marks a return to normalcy… somewhat…

Anyways, the thing I dun like abt not sleeping right is the health implications. Being relatively young, I currently only rlly feel dis on a superficial level, as I fixate on two indicators of so: weight gain and pimples.

For the weight gain part, I honestly can’t rlly blame it on the sleep. I mean, it’s (Hari) Raya season rite now 😁

Can’t just say no to my Malay food dats so good but so unhealthy. My mom and relatives always cook up some gd shit dis time of the year.

^ Sambal goreng is like, the best dish ever created by mankind. And almost all the houses have it, lol. Oso, I can’t just not eat the kuih after dat, can I? 😼

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Thankfully, I only gained a lil over 1kg after eating so much. There is still some small room b4 I hit the “overweight” classification. Shld probably work on widening dis room the next couple of days…

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As for the pimples…. yea I think dat one’s more to do wif the improper sleep 🫩

Ok but honestly it’s oso my own doing, as I dun immediately wash my face when I get home at the end of the day. A bad habit I shld be working on actly. Considering dat my skin is oready not naturally the greatest.

Thankfully, it’s oso not terrible. I never rlly had severe acne or anything like dat b4. Only once did I have a bad break out, but dat was when I was experimenting on my face wif different products, before discovering and sticking to my current Hado Labo stuff. Gaining thru losing, I guess…

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Dat being said, it sucks to wake up and feel a new red bump emerging from ur face, dat decides to live there rent-free for the next couple of days…. or maybe even weeks…

So it’s something I gotta work on proactively.

My recent catalyst for being more responsible in dis regard is thru watching skincare influencers. More specifically there’s dis lady @krystallee22. She’s an advocate of natural beauty and wellness and stuff like dat. She oso looks rlly healthy so I assume she noes wat she’s talking abt.

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While I dun rlly digest everything she says, it is enough to motivate me for my nighttime shower, as well as go to bed on time after dat to get sufficient sleep. It’s dis false belief dat I cld eventually look as naturally pretty as her one day… which I choose to hold on to ✊.

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And while I noe I’ll probably never achieve glass skin (or egg skin (?), according to her…), I think optimizing whatever I do have is good enough. Most of us are born to just be mid anyways…

Better diet -> better sleep -> better skin ☺️. Hmmm…..

28.03.2026