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!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
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.
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 wasencouraged 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
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
Breakfast : milk + banana
Lunch : veges & skinless chicken
Snack : pineapple juice & papaya
Dinner : baked potato
Snack : guava + watermelon
Flushing the gut
(Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011)
Every once in a while, I believe it is good to give them pipes a good clean... So, this week, I am starting my detox again. I do this periodically for 1-2 days sometimes, but if you want to see good proper results, it is best to do it between 5-7 days. It was after my first round of detox a few years back when I realised I COULD master my eating habits! It was only a question of IF i wanted to.
When I did my first detox, it was very strict. I followed the diet, ate the supplements, did the juicing and I saw positive ressults.
So, yesterday was my first day... I will go into my menu in a bit, but call it Divine Intervention again, cos last night as I was uploading the previous post, David Chatwin from BTL encouraged me and shared his blog with me. I read about his "cleanse system" which is another name for detox. So again, I felt this warmth feeling that I am where I am suppose to be and God in his quiet awesome manner was encouraging me along the way.
So basically, the rules are:
1. No sugar & salt
2. No carbs
3. LOADS of water
4. LOADS of fruits & vege
5. No meat
So, this was what I ate:
Breakfast : Cereals + milk + banana (the only carbs I allow myself)
Snack : orange & apple juice
Lunch : Vege soup
Snack : papaya
Dinner : Vege soup
Snack : fruit juice
Exercise:
Up and down 5 flights twice...
1 day down... 4 more to go!
Every once in a while, I believe it is good to give them pipes a good clean... So, this week, I am starting my detox again. I do this periodically for 1-2 days sometimes, but if you want to see good proper results, it is best to do it between 5-7 days. It was after my first round of detox a few years back when I realised I COULD master my eating habits! It was only a question of IF i wanted to.
When I did my first detox, it was very strict. I followed the diet, ate the supplements, did the juicing and I saw positive ressults.
So, yesterday was my first day... I will go into my menu in a bit, but call it Divine Intervention again, cos last night as I was uploading the previous post, David Chatwin from BTL encouraged me and shared his blog with me. I read about his "cleanse system" which is another name for detox. So again, I felt this warmth feeling that I am where I am suppose to be and God in his quiet awesome manner was encouraging me along the way.
So basically, the rules are:
1. No sugar & salt
2. No carbs
3. LOADS of water
4. LOADS of fruits & vege
5. No meat
So, this was what I ate:
Breakfast : Cereals + milk + banana (the only carbs I allow myself)
Snack : orange & apple juice
Lunch : Vege soup
Snack : papaya
Dinner : Vege soup
Snack : fruit juice
Exercise:
Up and down 5 flights twice...
1 day down... 4 more to go!
Catching up
My net at home has been acting up and lieu of Chinese New Year and me enjoying what little moments of peace I have before the workload starts after it, I have been bumming and really not been thinking much about thinking... hahaha...
Anyway, that explains the silence - but I have been blogging, cos will be uploading them shortly in batches....
Anyway, that explains the silence - but I have been blogging, cos will be uploading them shortly in batches....
Monday, January 24, 2011
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*
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*
Soul Searching
As part of my commitment to losing weight, I have been reading a lot about weight loss tips, healthy recipes and how those successful achieved their goal as well as simple exercises I can do whenever. So, during the course of my reading, I came across this site, which eventually led me to another site which raised 2 interesting questions for me.
- Why the heck are you doing this?
- What are you afraid of?
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