Food journal recap

I have missed so many days that I hope I can even remember what I ate... so bear with me.. If you are not keen on keeping track of my food journal, then can I please encourage you to skip this post... this is mainly for my own discipline...  ^__^

Sat, Jan 29, 2011
Brunch : homemade pumpkin & parsnip soup
Lunch : leftovers chicken
Snack : 2 weight watchers cookies
Dinner : Stir fried noodles with lots of vege (I didnt even finish the noodles)

Sun, Jan 30,2011 --> this was a TERRIBLE DAY!
Breakfast : Dim Sum
Lunch : Pork broth- a superb chinese noodles, BUT I opted no noodles
Snack : Coffee and a muffin
Dinner :  6 course chinese meal.. (yee sang, roast chicken, bbq pork, prawns, vege, taufu, fish)
* I was already stuffed with the coffee and muffin and the pork broth AND the dumplings... so I ate a bit of everything and that was it... I honestly think I am still stuffed since then!


Mon, Jan 31, 2011 
* I was feeling guilty about all that I ate during the weekend, so I decided to fruit for the day.
Breakfast : yogurt drink + papaya
Snack : Coffee
Lunch : Fruits
Dinner : pumpkin & parsnip soup + bread

Tues, Feb 1, 2011
Breakfast : Bun + milk + papaya
Lunch : Udon noodles + chocolate cake (shared with a friend) --> had lunch with an old friend
Dinner : Bun + yogurt drink
Snack : Chinese watercress soup

Wed, Feb 2, 2011
Breakfast : Yogurt drink + banana
Lunch : Chinese egg noodles
Snack : cookies :-(
Dinner : Yee sang, prawns, vegetables, mushroom stew with chicken
Snack : cookies

Thurs, Feb 3, 2011
Breakfast : Yogurt drink + banana
Lunch : Soupy wanton
Snack : 2 pineapple tart
Dinner : Pork ribs, stir-fried vege + steam chicken + stir-fried chinese radish
Snack : Honeycomb (it is a type of chinese cookies)

Whew... finally catching up! I know... there are so many cookies... and not enough fruits in there... Coming home is really terrible... and because we live in a single story house, I dont have stairs to walk up and down!
*sigh* another hall of shame post no doubt...

I'm just not hungry...

I am now back home for the Chinese New Year holidays... for those who dont know what Chinese New Year is, well, it is basically when the Chinese celebrate their new year.. with fire crackers, family, and TRUCK LOADS of food! So I was a bit concerned about coming home to be faced with a barrage of cookies and snacks. And the other worse thing is, my parents cant comprehend the thought of not being hungry during meals times. But for someone who has been careful with her food intake and also just finished a somewhat mild version of a detox, your gut shrinks and the amount of food you used to take in is severely cut down. So, I am not as hungry as I was before. Peckish yes. Tempted to taste some of the cookies yes. But hungry... no.

I have also been feeling bloated - like my digestive track is blocked... sorry for the grossness. hahaha... you can stop reading now if you want!

But as I was saying, with the amount of fibre I am taking in and vege, one would assume that I should be the first one on the throne! But I am not. Someone pointed out that exercising can improve gut movement... ANOTHER reason for me to be getting more physical - which I havent much this past one week...

Anyway... I know I have a lot to catch up on. I havent updated my food blog, and also I havent really exercised much this week. AND.. most importantly I want to share my next verse to memorise. The first was Matt 6:33 about always seeking God and His righteousness before all things. :-)

But right now, mom is hollering from the kitchen...

Will be back soon!

Putting God first

(Friday, Jan 28, 2011)

Firstly, I missed yesterday... was a bit tied down in the office for a presentation so didnt have time to write. My bad... my toe is getting better. I am starting to walk back up and down the steps. So that is good...

Anyway, as I have mentioned, I am doing the Divine Diet which requires me to memorize bible passages to. So the first one which I have done is Matt 6 : 33 --> Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things will be added unto you.  It basically sums up the importance of always putting God first, which includes before our weight loss efforts. One of the readings also said that we shouldnt be a slave to the weighing scale which totally challenged my objective of having a weight loss tracker at the bottom of the page! I get the point in which the passage was trying to get at - we obsess with the amount of weight we are trying to get rid of and not the fact that we should be practicing positive and healthier habits which in turn will help to get rid of the weight. So, right now, I am still tossing if I should keep the tracker...

Anyway I need to catch up on my food journal:

Thursday:
Breakfast : cereal + milk + banana
Snack : watermelon juice
Lunch : Miso soup
Snack : Fruits + pineapple juice
Dinner : Miso soup + small bit of chicken
Snack : fruits

Friday:
Breakfast : Coffee + banana
Snack : pineapple + orange juice
Lunch : Salad
Snack : Salad (didnt finish it earlier)
Dinner : Chicken + vege (think I ate too much..)

Exercise:
Thursday & Friday
Up-down the 5 flights  -twice.

Sore toe

(Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011)

My toe has been hurting for a bit, but I have high tolerance for pain (relatively speaking) so I have been ignoring it till i could no longer. Turns out I have a toe infection so I need to lay off covered shoes till it heals.. and to make it worse, a groups of friend just confirmed plans to go to the park on Sat to exercise! But even so, I can still move up and down the stairs... just have to try not to place too much pressure on the the toes.. so today I am taking a break from the stairs till the numbing pain subsides...

Today is day 3 and I am already getting used to it... but because I am on antibiotics, I was encouraged  instructed to eat something a bit more solid. So that totally mucked my detox and my exercise. So am not in a happy bunny mode, will keep this short.

Breakfast :  milk + banana
Lunch : veges & skinless chicken
Snack : pineapple juice & papaya
Dinner : baked potato
Snack : guava + watermelon

A heavy burden

I havent actually told anyone about this blog or my efforts. Heck, even my own bf doesnt even know! I am not really sure why I havent told him, cos I tend him (almost) everything.

BUT... about 2 hours ago, I fessed to a friend of mine - not really an old friend, but just someone I felt I really wanted to share it with...

But seriously... I dont know why I am keeping this such a big secret... I have been reading about a lot of people on Blog to Lose and many of them write about their families and friends being really supportive so not sure why I am not sharing this with them. I guess another question to sleep on while I also ponder on the earlier 2 questions as well...

So, my food journal for yesterday...
Breakfast : Fruits + coffee
Snack : Peanuts - a kid in church offered me a few
Lunch : Salmon steak + Miso soup + vege.
Dessert : A few small spoons of choco pudding + a small piece of pancake (WHAT!? Weekends are off days lah)
Snack : Had some cookies - sampling chinese new year cookies before purchasing it... hehehe..
Dinner : Wasnt really hungry so had some crackers with salsa sauce + lite sour cream

Exercise... er... nothing *hangs head in shame*

Real Dum Dum!

So I did something dum dum on Friday when I left the office - I forgot my First Place devotion book, so needless to say I havent read my devotion for Sat and Sun! It is a bulky book lah... but then my handbag isnt small either... I can anything in there! Maybe a tank too... (instead of just the regular kitchen sink).

And... I also didnt blog yesterday... was kinda tied up with some work and also recovering from the night out.

As mentioned, I went dancing, and seriously, i have not danced like that in a long time! Although 10 years ago, I used to dance a lot more! But it was good exercise... but I did feel a bit conscious amongst all them twiggies dressed to the nines who were there to get noticed... skirts as tight and high as the moon, boobs almost spilling out from the boobs (you can tell some were def using some seriously massive push up bras!), make-up and hair only suited for the run-way! And I havent even mentioned their uberhigh heels!

And as usual, there I was (sometimes never change, even after 10 years!), a decent top, barely any make-up, some accessories to make up for the lack of flair in my clothes and make-up and FLATS! I do not dance in heels... heck I sometimes can barely even walk in mine... ok... that is a lie... I can walk, but I do not dance in them.

So, that is the work-out... BUT after a night of dancing (and drinking), you get a bit peckish... so we indulged in some terribly not healthy food - hokkein mee (stir fried noodles) at 4am! Went home and went straight to bed... *hangs head in shame!* Needless to say, I didnt wake up to walk... in fact I could feel all the weight I lost crawling back into my butt and thighs!

So... food journal 
Friday
Breakfast : Cereals + banana + milk
Snack : Coffee
Lunch : 2 vege & 1 piece of chicken
Snack : Banana
Dinner : Chicken sandwich

Saturday
Breakfast : Milk
Lunch : small portion of noodles with lean pork
Snack : Weight watcher's cookies with diet rootbeer
Dinner : wasnt really hungry, so had some digestive biscuits with cheese with a pot of chinese herbal tea that is meant to help with the bloated feeling I have been having for a while now.. (not sureif it really worked tho, still feeling gassy!)

Exercise journal
Friday - Dancing
Saturday - walked up my apartment with a bag of groceries... I gave up halfway and took the lift... (ppl, it was 8 flights lah..., BUT I vow to be able to go up all the way by February!)

PS... I am starting a new lable - Hall of Shame... why? To document my excuses so I can see what my pitfall is!