Tien's Machine Challenge

weight:- 92.2kg
body fat:- 30.9%
water:- 50.6TBW
muscle mass:- 65.1kg
metabolic age:- 52
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

Tien's Machine Challenge

Tien's Machine Challenge still update:-

weight:- 97.9kg
body fat:- 30.4%
water:- 50.9TBW
muscle mass:- 64.6kg
metabolic age:- 51
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

very sian

Due to the lack of discipline that make me show little results in slimming down, I've decided to suspend this diary for the moment. Among other reasons of being very angry and disappointed with someone.

In whichever case, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Tien and Jennifer from Food#03 and KK who's a regular there for been ever so supportive. I am not giving it up totally but doing at a much slower pace. I prefer a more subtle and reserved approach because I had had enough of certain ridicule or even to say temptations to break my promise.

One of these days when I'm free and less negative mindstate in the head, I might consider to carry on with this. There are no guarantees as everyone else around me knows that I never fulfill my promise when come to getting fit and slimming down.

Meantime, take care.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-48 03.03.09

here it goes again:-

breakfast:- 2 yucky walnet biscuit

yamizi's slimming challenge day-47 02.03.09

another mundane day...:-

breakfast:- 1 bottle of honey drink, some white rice, vegie curry, mock char siew, crisp cracker, mock fish

lunch:- 1 packet of chicken rice that comes with an egg and some roasted pork

late dinner:- 2 packets of Myojo instant chicken mee with an egg and ikan bilis, 2 packets of Yeo's chrysanthenum tea

I believe I will stop these entries soon and restart some time later. Really very mad with someone and this anger has incensed to the extend of explosion.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-46 01.03.09

the mundane meal...:-

past midnight:- 1 bottle of mum-made chrysanthenum tea

breakfast:- 1 packet of white fried carrot cake

dinner:- 2 bowls of rice, mum-made yong tou hu with meatballs, fishballs, chicken nuggets, roasted pork, steamed fish, 1 bottle of mum-made chrysanthenum tea

snack:- blinjah (typo?) crackers , 2 bottles of yakult


I have to be honest that I'm losing the heat and drive in maintaining the vegie meal...

yamizi's slimming challenge day-45 28.02.09

Another day of meat:-

breakfast:- 1 packet of wanton mee

lunch(?):- 1 can of Podka Apple Tea

dinner:- 2 plates of don't-know-what-yellowish-but-tasty fried rice, 3 cups of a type of drink that taste like apple, some type of black colour chicken that taste sweet and sour, some you tiao with fish filling, some other fried stuffs which can't be bothered to type

supper:- 2 bottles of mum-made chrysanthenum tea, 2 packets of Myojo instant chicken mee with an egg and ikan bilis

yamizi's slimming challenge day-44 27.02.09

It's a bad start after pass midnight! A late supper with Neo (self declared 最佳损友)!

past midnight:- 1 plate of hokkien prawn mee, 1 big glass of sugar cane juice, sharing BBQ stingray and some fried prawn stuff

(P/S: Tonight's Tien's Machine Challenge I think I sure die)

breakfast:- 1 bottle of honey drink, some rice with curry, mock char siew and fish and some crispy thing

late lunch:- 1 x chicken cutlet set from Rasa Sayang at Ang Mo Kio S-11, 1 glass of lemon tea

(P/S: I'm out to break Tien's machine!!!)

Dinner:- some white rice, don't-know-mom-bought-from-where roasted chickn, 1 mug of freshly squeezed orange juice

drink:- 1 can of Sprite, 1 can of Podka Apple Tea

Tien's Machine Challenge:-

weight:- 98.9kg
body fat:- 30.4%
water:- 50.9TBW
muscle mass:- 65.3kg
metabolic age:- 51
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

Drop in total body weight, body fat, metabolic age but increase in water retention. Tien believes that my drop in weight is due to the fact that I usually wear jeans to take the weight but this time round I wore a 3/4 khaki pants.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-43 26.02.09

Here it goes:-


breakfast:- 1 packet of carrot cake

lunch:- 1 small box of salad and 1 box of brown rice from Food#03

snack:- some type of garlic bread snack

dinner:- 1 cup of Carl's Jr vanilia milkshake

yamizi's slimming challenge day-42 25.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- 1 mug of soy milk from the market, 1 packet of vegetarian bee hoon with some stuff which was not yummy

lunch:- 1 small box of salad and 1/2 box of brown rice from Food#03 (ate half 'cos was made to do some work at ad hoc and by the time I came back the rice turned cold and I didn't feel like heating it up)

snack (abt 3pm):- 1 plate of roasted chicken rice

snack (abt 5pm):- 2 x pineapple biscuit from Mr Bean (finally some pineapple thingy!!!)

snack (8.45pm):- 2 slices of pandan cake

dinner:- 1 x small pot mee, 1 x Podka Mango Tea

yamizi's slimming challenge day-41 24.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- some satay fish cracker snack that turned out to be sweet rather than spicy

brunch:- some white rice with minced meat, fried egg with chai por, some curry chicken

late dinner:- creamy mushroom pasta with salad and a brownie from Food#03


I think I have to suggest to Tien that I would like something to go without garlic and onions...hmm...

yamizi's slimming challenge day-40 23.02.09

Started from quite an early breakfast:-

past midnight:- 1 packet of not-so-sweet Yeo's chrysanthenum tea

breakfast:- 1 box of brown rice with assorted vegies from Food#03, 1/3 mug of Nitrisoy soy milk, 1 1/2 mug of HL strawberry milk

lunch:- 2 small boxes of salad and 1 box of pasta from Food#03

snack:- 1 bowl of dried minced meat, fishball, dumpling mee

dinner:- some white rice with mom's stewed chicken wing with mushroom and soy sauce, 1 mug of freshly squeezed orange juice

supper:- 1 block of chocolate chip ice cream (die!), 1 bottle of yakult

yamizi's slimming challenge day-39 22.02.09

Another screw up day:-

breakfast:- 1 packet of wanton mee

brunch:- 1 cup of soy milk, 1 don't-know-what ball inside with mashed peanuts

lunch:- 1 nasi lemak meal with otah, ikan bilis & nuts, fried egg and chicken wings

dinner:- 2 packets of myojyo chicken flavour with egg, ikan bilis, 2 bottles of yakult, 2 mugs of nutrisoy soy milk


Myojyo mee is a thing I have to kick off. I remember about 2 weeks back, a doctor told me that I just need adjust my lifestyle back to my NS' one, I will lose weight. I told my doctor I wear my uniform and running around with heavy loads like monkey almost every single day when I was in the army. She smiled and replied, you can do it now too.

Really, words are cheap and talks are free.

However, the doctor did ask me am I happy with the slimming diet I'm going through now. She said it's important not to do things that you don't like. She got me trapped. Seriously, I don't find myself enjoy eatig vegies. But it has been some time and seriously, even when I am taking meat now, there's really a rejecting thing going on in my head. I'm getting screwed myself.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-38 21.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- 1 packet of carrot cake, 1 bottle of mom-brewed chrysanthenum tea

snack:- 1 can of fruit tree orange with pulp

brunch:- 1 cup of soy milk, 1 fried butterfly, a few bites of curry puff

lunch:- 1 plate of chicken rice that came with 2 fried chicken wings with some egg tofu

dinner:- some white rice, steamed chicken, 老黄瓜 (what's it call in English?) soup, chai sim with mushrooms and lean meat

snack:- 2 slices of don't-know-what pizza, some kind of fries that came to be cheesy, 1 pint of Strongbow (very sweet!), 1/2 pint of Heineken

drink:- 1 glass of don't-know-what gin with soda

yamizi's slimming challenge day-37 20.02.09

A very bad day:-

past midnight:- 1 mug of freshly squeezed orange juice

breakfast 1:- 1 block of mango and chocolate ice cream each

breakfast 2:- fried rice with spicy diced chicken and curry, 1 cup of teh-o

lunch:- 1 small box of salad and 1 box of brown rice from Food#03

dinner:- 1 plate of roasted chicken rice with extra rice

supper:- 1 glass of smoothie and crepes with curry from Food#03


Tien's machine challenge:-

weight:- 100.3kg
body fat:- 31.4%
water:- 50.2TBW
muscle mass:- 65.3kg
metabolic age:- 52
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

I put on nearly 2kg on the whole. My muscle mass increase 900 grams. But I still feel that it's bad. It's the 37th day and I'm so far from my target. Blame it on the instant mee, the chicken rice and whatnot, end of the day, the blame's on me. 'cos I'm the one who chose to eat them. I should really follow the 'rejections' that kept coming up in my mind. Keeping these unhealthy food now is very important.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-36 19.02.09

another eat-a-lot day:-

breakfast:- 1 small box of salad from Food#03

brunch:- 1 bowl of minced meat porridge (cantonese style), some har kau (prawn dumplings?), some siew mai (meat dumplings?), some char siew sor (roasted meat wrapped in crisp?), 1 cup of chilled soy milk

lunch:- 1 box of brown rice set from Food#03

snack: 2 nougats

dinner:- 1 plate of steamed chicken rice (not nice)


Not in good mood today. Anyway, realise there is an increase appetite. Although I still eat meat, however, everything when I eat meat, the mind is having some form of rejection going on.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-35 18.02.09

It's MEEEEEEEEEEE:-

past midnight:- 2 packets of myogyo instant mee with egg and ikan bilis, 1 mug of Marigold almond soy milk

breakfast:- 1 packet of wanton mee, 1 pair of dough stick, 1 mug of 'market' soy milk

lunch:- 1 big box of salad, sandwich, potata in salsa sauce from Food#03

snack:- some pineapple tarts

dinner:- 1 x ton toro ramen from Aji-sen, 2 fried tofu, a few sips of iced green tea

supper:- 1 small bowl of longevity noodles with shredded fried egg, 1 packet of not-so-sweet Yeo's chrysanthenum tea


Not in good mood...I like the saltiness of the ton toro ramen...but the rejection of taking meat is still happening in the head...

yamizi's slimming challenge day-34 17.02.09

Still hungry!:-

past midnight:- some diced rock melon

breakfast:- 1 packet of not-so-nice-to-eat vegetarian bee hoon that comes with mock char siew and some crispy thing, 1 mug of soy milk

snack:- some peanut biscuit and peanut nogurt from Macau (courtesy of colleague's wife who just came back from Macau)

lunch:- 1 box of fried rice and 1 box of pasta from Food#03

snack:- a few sips of hot Milo

yamizi's slimming challenge day-33 16.02.09

I was very hungry. Don't know what happen to me:-

breakfast:- 1 bowl of minced meat noodles

lunch 1:- 1 x big box of salad with sauces from Food#03

lunch 2:- 1 x small box of salad from Food#03

lunch 3:- 1 packet of roasted chicken rice

dinner:- 1 set of small bowl noodle (something like minced meat noodles with addition of other ingredient)

snack that I ate random throughout the day:- pineapple cookie made by a colleague

And I still feel hungry after that.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-32 15.02.09

Breaks further!:-

breakfast:- 1 bowl of minced/lean pork porridge (cantonese style) with an egg, 1 cup of teh-o

brunch:- 1 x MacDonald's hotcake with sausage meal and 1 medium size iced milo

snack:- a glass of smoothie from Food#03

dinner:- white rice, roasted herbal chicken (the other half of it from yesterday's), stir-fry vegies with mushrooms and lean meat, 1 packet of Yeo's not-so-sweet chrysanthenum, 1/2 salted duck egg

yamizi's slimming challenge day-31 14.02.09

Breaks!:-

breakfast:- chinese style fried carrot cake, 1 bottle of chilled mom-made chrysanthenum drink

lunch:- white rice, some steamed fish, luo han zhai (some kind of assorted vegie dish), roasted herbal chicken (courtesy of my bro), a slice of chocolate cake, 1 salted duck egg

dinner:- tempeh burger with cheese filling and smoothie from Food#03

yamizi's slimming challenge day-30 13.02.09

Here it goes!:-

breakfast:- 1 set of nasi lemak that comes with ikan bilis, coconut milk rice, fried chicken wing, otah, fried egg

late lunch (1500 hrs):- 1 plate of roasted chicken rice

dinner:- 3 x yakult, 1 steamed corn with Snowflake margarine spread, 2 x yam paste buns, 3 bottles of chilled mom-made chrysanthenum (not drinking all of them at one shot)

supper: a type of eggplant meal with salad at Food#03



Tien's machine challenge:-

weight:- 98.6kg
body fat:- 31.1%
water:- 50.4TBW
muscle mass:- 64.4kg
metabolic age:- 52
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

Less 200 grams! =P

I think could have been more, if not for the roasted chicken rice and that I didn't swim today.

Grr...

yamizi's slimming challenge day-29 12.02.09

Here it goes, catching a flu and not feeling excited over meat:-

breakfast:- 4 x lotus seed paste buns

lunch:- half box of fried rice and salad each from Food#03, 1 big pear (this was where I sort of losing my appetite)

snack (1700hrs very hungy): 1 x pineapple pie and 3 sotong balls from Old Chang Kee

snack (1930hrs): 1 small cup of smoothie from Food#03

dinner: some white rice with mock salted fish, char siew, curry chup chai, 1 bottle of honey drink

snack: some blinja (don't know correct spelling or not) crackers

yamizi's slimming challenge day-28 11.02.09

I stayed at Food#03 yesterday passed midnight, therefore still took something from there!:-

pass midnight:- some Bengawan solo pineapple tarts, 1 green apple, 1 chilled banana

breakfast:- some salad from Food#03 sparringly, 1 x fried rice with spicy diced chicken and curry chup chai, 1 x iced teh-o

lunch:- 1 box of salad from Food#03 (the sandwich got mouldy =~)

late snack (about 1615hr):- 1 x pork rib and roasted pork rice (experiment)

late dinner:- 1 x very yummy pizza from Food#03

supper: 1 mug of freshly squeezed orange, 1 mug of Nutrisoy soy milk

I was very hungry before having my late snack. I took it as an experiment, something like the chicken rice and the MacChicken from the previous night. I finished the late snack but throughout the whole meal, my mind just have this negative thoughts and feelings about eating such item, it's not a rejection per se, but I don't feel good eating it. I believe I will stay out of meals like these for some time. Even till now, I feel disgusted about it.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-27 10.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- 1 big bowl of onion soup from Food#03, 4 x lotus paste buns

lunch:- 1 x pasta from Food#03

snack:- 1 x salad from Food#03

dinner:- literally only a few mouth of chicken rice and only ate the chicken meat, a few bites of MacChicken

yamizi's slimming challenge day-26 09.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- white rice with vegetarian curry chup chai, fish, crisps, hushbrown, honey drink

lunch:- 1 box of pasta (sort of black/green in colour), 1 box of salad from Food#03, 1 can of F&N blackcurrent with aloe vera

ver late dinner:- 2 packets of myojyo instant chicken flavour mee with egg and ikan bilis, 1 packet of Yeo's not-so-sweet chrysanthenum, 2 mugs of HL strawberry milk

yamizi's slimming challenge day-25 08.02.09

Not a good one as well!

breakfast:- 1 packet of prawn noodles

lunch:- 1 x chicken cutlet set from Ang Mo Kio Central S11 Rasa Sayang

dinner:- a small reunion dinner at my own abode with steamed chicken, duck soup with sichuan vegetables, steamed fish, vegetables, etc with concoction of Kickapoo and Marinda's orange squash

supper:- some leftover chicken and duck meat

yamizi's slimming challenge day-24 07.02.09

Here it goes:

3am:- 1 glass of bundung (thanks to Neo)

breakfast:- 1 packet of wanton noodles

lunch:- 1 x Yoshinoya beef and salmon set meal with soy milk

snack:- 1 x strawberry smoothie and 1 x wild berry smoothie from The Coffee Nation

dinner:- extended family big steamboat-cum-a-lot-to-eat dinner


Haha!!! It was a feast!

yamizi's slimming challenge day-23 06.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- 2 slices of banana cake from Bengawan Solo, 2 bottles of Yakult

lunch:- 1 box of salad from Food#03, 2 apples

snack:- 4 calcium biscuit with chocolate

workout:- swam 20 laps!!!!!!! but only manage to do 2 proper chin ups

very late dinner: 1 set of curry rice from Food#03 (and I tell you it's really very nice), 1 pizza (that stretched pass midnight)


Tien's machine challenge:-

weight:- 98.8kg
body fat:- 31.2%
water:- 50.3TBW
muscle mass:- 64.4kg
metabolic age:- 52
bone density:- 3.5kg
visceral fat: 15

From now on, I will record down all stats that had been taken from Tien's machine and hence I name it Tien's machine challenge! It's quite fun as in, I will do tarot and numerology readings for other people and before Tien close shop, he will do my reading. I have lost 800 grams and I'm proud of myself to have gone swimming =P

yamizi's slimming challenge day-22 05.02.09

Not a good day:-

breakfast:- 1 piece of something-like-pancake but had it cold from Food#03, 3 slices of banana cake from Bengawan Solo (my mom likes it), 1 packet of Yeo's not so sweet chrysanthenum

lunch:- 1 box of salad and (I think is) mushroom cream pasta from Food#03

snack (DIE):- a few of each: otah, grilled chicken wings, fish cake, satay (courtesy of the colleague who just got promoted)

dinner:- some bread that comes with this soup that taste like tomato soup with raw mushrooms in it, 1 dragon fruit, 1 pear and date drink, all from Food#03

supper (haha):- 1 small plate of fried egg with tomato (my favourite nowadays), 2 bottles of yakult

yamizi's slimming challenge day-21 04.02.09

I have wishfully hoped that I could follow through a strict vegetarian or raw diet regime for a month. It had not happened because I think I find it difficult for me to adjust. The maximum I could go was 2 days? So what I am doing now, instead of changing diet completely, I substitute at least 1 meal a day to vegetarian/raw diet. I do hope I can do like at least 10 days of strict vegetarian/raw diet. I was told that I could tell a lot of difference. I do hope eventually I can be a vegetarian or say, eating very minimal meat kind of person.

Here it goes for Day 21:-

breakfast:- 1 plate of assorted fried rice that has egg and some meat with curry chup chai, 1 piece of fried luncheon meat, 1 cup of teh-o

lunch:- 1 box of fried rice, 1 box of salad with sour sauce (is it the right term? it looks like mayo though) from Food#03

snack:- 1 piece of handmade almond chocolate cookie (the colleague who offered me this, who is quite pretty, told me that guys need not slim down, how wrong can she be! =P)

dinner:- 1 plate of steamed chicken rice with roasted pork


I find that so far my dieting is an interesting journey. It has somehow coupled with spirituality. I got to know this guy from K at Food#03. K is a buddhist and he has been sharing how he adapt into vegetarian and has been giving me tips on how to make varieties like adding honey to coffee, to make things more tasty. It is afterall, the taste that we are going after. K mentioned that if I put too much pressure into telling myself to avoid taking meat, I will find it more difficult. This is because when we reject something, we are simply putting energy into it and allowing that thing to grow into a stronger desire.

I think I have slowly moved out of that phase. Most of the grilled chicken set were taken under this sort of mind set. It's like I want to reward myself for staying put as vegetarian for a few days. But knowing that it seems to be a big contributor in fats, cholesterol and what-have-you, I still consume it! Day 21's dinner is a little different. It sort of become more mindful. There was less struggle in consuming it but more guilt after I had my first bite on it. So I think this mindfulness is an interesting thing that is running in the mind.

However, K did tell me it's okay that I give myself a nice treat once in a while. Don't torture myself overboard. I like his emphasis on 大自在. 大自在, is a buddihst term that means the Great Liberation. It's interesting to see eating and spirituality combine. Okay la, it's a bit tad of scary too.

Afterall, I have to buck up a bit more. This is because I have a bet with Snoopy that by the time he comes back from Thailand, I would have lost 15kg. That means I have to be around 85kg when he's back. I think he's coming back sometime in June or July. Wait, what have we bet on? Hmm.

Tien, the boss and chef at Food#03 has been very encouraging also. I like that special weighing machine that he has. I am very concerned with the metabolic age thingy. I don't really mind what it means but to see I'm 50 years old is damn sad can?

Haha.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-20 03.02.09

Today not so good too:-

past midnight:- 1 can of Marinda orange squash! (I've been drinking this although I prefer F&N's...)

breakfast 1:- 1 lotus seed paste bun, 2 don't-know-what-berry biscuits

breakfast 2:- white rice with tofu, chup chai, honey-glazed chicken wing with curry on them, 1 cup of teh-o

lunch:- 1 box of Food#03's salad with 2 types of sour sauces, 1 apple, 1 pear!

snack:- 6 don't-know-what-berry biscuits

dinner:- 2 packets of Myojo chicken flavour instant mee made dry with egg, ketchup, oyster sauce, ikan bilis

yamizi's slimming challenge day-19 02.02.09

I think only lunch is impressive...:-

breakfast:- 1 plate of assorted fried rice that has egg and some meat with curry chup chai, 1 piece of fried luncheon meat,1 cup of teh-o

lunch:- Food#03's something-like-tomato pasta (which is very tasty), 1 small portion of Food#03's assorted salad

snack 1:- 2 pieces of don't-know-what-berry biscuit

dinner:- white rice with roasted chicken, chai sim with lean meat

snack 2:- some left over roasted chicken meat, 1 packet of Yeo's not-so-sweet chrysanthenum

snack 3:- 2 blocks of chocolate chip ice cream!

before midnight:- 1 can of Marinda orange sqaush

yamizi's slimming challenge day-18 01.02.09

Here it goes:-

breakfast:- 1 packet of dried prawn mee that comes with lean meat

lunch:- vegetarian buffet with assorted dishes and fried rice (ate quite a lot 'cos curry is to my taste)

snack:- 1/2 of mandarin orange and some slices of a big pear and a glass of don't-know-what drink from Food#03

snack:- 1 packet of Yeo's lemon barley drink, some pineapple tarts and dried crackers

late night dinner (way pass supper time!):- a type of assorted fried rice from Food#03, a can of Marinda orange squash!!!

=P

yamizi's slimming challenge day-17 31.01.09

Here it goes:-

past midnight:- 1 bottle of Yakult, 1 Banana

breakfast:- white rice with vegetarian char siew, crisps, fish, curry chup chai, 1 bottle of honey drink

lunch:- vegetarian bee hoon, curry, mock chicken liver (??), yu sheng

snack:- 5 x fried sotong balls (lol), 1 1/4 mug of HL strawberry milk

dinner:- 1 x Food#03's salad, 2 slices of fried egg, 4 x fried sotong balls (I don't know how come so many balls), 1 piece of lean meat in a chup chai that my mom had cooked

supper: 1 x Food#03's salad

yamizi's slimming challenge day-16 30.01.09

Here it goes:

breakfast:- white rice with vegetarian mock fish, some crisp, spring roll, curry chup chai, 1 bottle of honey drink

brunch:- 1 can of A&W Root Beer, 1 cup of iced teh-o, 1 serving of fan choi

lunch:- 1 bottle of honey drink, 1 packet of roasted pork with char siew rice plus an egg

'dinner':- 2 cups of peppermint tea

I didn't have my dinner because after the lunch, I felt nausea and no appetite for the whole evening.

I took the special weighing machine at Food#03 again. Surprisingly, after my days of junk-eating, my weight now is 99.5kg! I had lost 300 grams! My muscle mass is now 65.8kg as compared to 65.9kg. Fat percentage from last week's 30.9% to 30.3%. Metabolic age also dropped from last week's 52 to 50.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-15 29.01.09

Probably the madness still ongoing:-

past midnight:- meat floss rolls and 1 can of Marinda Orange Squash

breakfast:- white rice with mock fish, char siew, vegetarian springroll and vegetarian curry, 1 bottle of honey drink

lunch:- white rice with spicy diced chicken, honey glazed chicken wing, tofu, 1 can of Yeo's not so sweet Chrysanthenum drink

snack:- 2 ferrero rocher chocolate, 2 don't-know-what-berry biscuits

late dinner:- 2 packets of Myojo chicken flavour instant mee, 5 fried sotong ball, 1 can of Marinda orange squash, 2 bottles of Yakult

yamizi's slimming challenge day-14 28.01.09

So far...

breakfast:- 1 big pear and plenty of water

lunch:- 1 bowl of minced meat noodles, 1 pear

snack:- 1 7-11 Orange-like flavour sandwich, 1 apple, 3 x Ferrero Rocher

dinner(outside):- 1 grilled chicken set

snack:- some stewed tau kua, tau pok and chicken, 1 can of Marinda Orange Squash


And yes, all efforts would have made to waste so far. Today just let go. Anyway, while I was having my noodles, I was very disgusted with that wooden round disposable chopsticks that we usually see at foodcourt. Don't you find that chopsticks is so smelly? In fact I find it a stench. I literally put the chopsticks aside and ate my noodles with only a spoon. I am so disgusted when I see so many people eating with that chopsticks.

The next time when I eat out, it will really depends on the type of apparatus available for me.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-13 27.01.09

Pineapple tarts became my breakfast and had my favourite Ajisen Ton Toro Ramen as lunch. But I'm dragged to think that I am going to start near-raw the next day when my mom isn't helping by making stewed chicken pot for the dinner next day.

Sighs.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-12 26.01.09

Another day of so-called eating a lot that includes some KFC stuff and a slice of pizza. You may not believe it, I really don't like KFC stuff. I would rather prefer eating Long John's Silver but apparently my family prefer over KFC instead.

Argh~

What a year to start my new year.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-11 25.01.09

It's the new year's eve last night and of course I had ate a lot! But my alot also not say a lot, it's consider as my usual portion. But it's different nowadays when I want to make a difference. Anyway, may the year of Ox be a smooth sailing year to everyone =)

yamizi's slimming challenge day-10 24.01.09

Hell unleashed and where temptation for food is beginning to flood me!:-

late breakfast:- 1 set of Yoshinoya terrayaki chicken and salmon rice set and a cup of soy milk

lunch:- 1 packet of steamed chicken rice (I cannot give up steamed chicken!)

late dinner:- 2 packets of Myojyo instant noodles with an egg and ikan bilis, 1 packet of Yeo's not so sweet chrysanthemum tea

misc:- 1 cup of grass jelly drink, plenty cups of Chinese tea, 1 glass of nutty shake (I'm not sure is it the correct name for it) from Food#03, 1 piece of pineapple tart (and you would have guessed it correctly 'cos it doesn't taste very nice, I cannot give up pineapple tarts too)

Tonight is the reunion dinner...it will be hell lots of food one lah! =P

yamizi's slimming challenge day-9 23.01.09

This is what I have eaten so far and I had taken meat!:-

past midnight:- 1 bottle of Yakult original and orange flavour

breakfast:- prawn rolls (same as the previous day) and 2 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread spread with Snow margarine

lunch:- white rice, some stir-fried beancurd with egg-fillings, spicy diced chicken, honey-glazed chicken wings, 1 cup of teh-o

snacking:- prawn rolls again!!!

late night dinner at Food#03:- chup chai pasta, salad, a kind of tomato and don't-know-what soup with bread

My weight is 99.8kg!!! It has shoot up again. Tien and I were wondering why. Probably it will be more sitable to go more intense after Chinese New Year! Anyway the chup chai pasta really very nice. I like that sour-sour type of taste. It's very appetitizing.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-8 22.01.09

Here we go for my daily checklist!:-

past midnight:- 1 packet of Yeo's low sugar chrsanthenum drink late

breakfast:- 1 mug of milo, 4 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread with Snow margarine

lunch:- 1 small container of salad from Food#03, 1 apple

snacks:- few pieces of prawn roll (the Chinese New Year delicacies)

dinner: 1 big bowl of sliced fish soup that comes with Si Chuan Cai and tomatoes, 1 small container of salad from Food#03, a kind of red-coloured soup from Food#03 which I only drank like 6 teaspoons, many raw lettuce leaves

I find my mom very cute. She tried that red-coloured soup and in fact she drank more than I did! She told me she didn't like the taste but don't want to waste it. So every spoon she drank, she quickly ate some vegetables or Si Chuan Cai to do away the taste that the both of us are not used to it. Heh.

yamizi's slimming challenge day-7 21.01.09

So far so good!:-

breakfast:- 1 mug of milo and 4 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread spread with Snow margarine

lunch:- 1 box of yu-sheng-look-alike salad that came with sauces from Food#03, 2 small chilled bananas, 1 pear and 1 apple

snack: 1 x Old Chang Kee pineapple pie

dinner: 1 plate of Food#03 Creamy Mushroom Pasta and 1 glass of pear-date-drink (???)

Chilled bananas taste nice but I believe they made my tummy tumble.

Successfully avoid meat today =P

yamizi's slimming challenge day-6 20.01.09

Yes! I took meat today!!!:-
breakfast: vegetarian vermicilli with mock fish and goose, teh-o

lunch:- 1 cup of freshly squeezed sugarcane juice with sour plum

early dinner:- 1 bowl of prawn mee soup that comes with lean meat and lard!!!

dinner??:- some steamed fish (very sweet and nice), mushrooms, raw and cooked lettuce, lean meat, a boiled egg

misc:- 2 cups of peppermint tea

The adventure of eating prawn mee was interesting. I passed by the stall during lunch time. At that time, I did think of wanting to eat the prawn mee but I passed it. It was when I passed by there again in the afternoon, then I ate it. I was quite hungry as I only had a drink for lunch. In my mind, I was cancelling out roast pork rice, chicken rice, mee hoon kuay, etc. Sounds very high carbo. So I went for prawn mee soup. And yes the lards were nice =P

The main issue I felt was don't be too harsh to my body. Tomorrow should be able to undertake it properly...

yamizi's slimming challenge day-5 19.01.09

Let me recall what I had eaten!:-

breakfast:- vegetarian fried noodles with hashbrown and springroll l

unch:- 1 mug of milo and 5 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread spread with Snow margarine

late dinner (due to overtime at work!):- some lettuce that mix with 2 slices of fried egg and some ketchup with it, 1 apple, 1 I-don't-know-what's-it-call-in-English-fruit

misc:- 2 bottles of mom brewed chrysanthenum

yamizi's slimming challenge day-4 18.01.09

Let's see how sinful am I:-

breakfast: 1 mug of soya bean drink and 1 packet of carrot cake snack: 3 pieces of eclair (I ain't sure is it the correct spelling) l

unch: 1 steamed chicken rice set meal that comes with many stalks of chai sim and some achar and 1 glass of (sponsored!) fresh watermelon juice

late dinner: home cooked rice, chai sim with lean meat, sliced fish soup with meat ball, slices of bbq chicken, 1 packet of yeo's low sugar chrysanthenum

Tien and I were so busy today, I didn't get to get the meals from him for the next 2 days. Never mind, try my own way of avoiding meat and eating green!

yamizi's slimming challenge day-3 17.01.09

I forgot to update about my weight. I took my weight last night, I weigh 99 kg now. I am not sure is it really that I have lost 2 kg in just 2 days or somehow I lose some weight along the way. Anyway, I think today's diet is not going to impressive.

pass midnight:- 1 packet of Yeo's low-sugar chrysanthenum tea

breakfast:- 1 packet of wan tan mee and 1 packet of Yeo's low-sugar chrysanthenum tea snack (=P):- 1 block of chocolate chip ice cream l

unch:- 1 set of grilled chicken set that comes with rice, mixed vegetables, vegetable soup, fried egg and a chicken drum stick snack:- 1 x chilled sugar cane drink with lime

dinner:- home cooked rice, cauliflower with lean meat, fried egg, some stewed chicken and a mug of freshly squeezed orange juice that mix with a bottle of Yakult original flavour

snack:- 2 bottles of Yakult, an apple and 1 block of chocolate ice cream (not eating all at the same time)

Ah...I know many of you is going to laugh at me. I am laughing at myself too. I had wanted to go for a swim earlier but is feeling feverish from then till now.

yamizi's near-raw diet challenge day-2 16.01.09

Notice the change of title? After careful consideration that since I am not having my near-raw diet daily or might even give up near-raw diet, therefore the change of the title. The primary aim for this dieting is to lose weight anyway.

I think I may have this psychological blockage about eating raw vegetables. After some verification, I did manage to consume some of the raw food but green ones. I even felt a little nausea when I was having my salad for lunch and I assure you that it's neither the taste or smell. The mind just triggered like that.

Anyway this is what I had eaten on day 2:-

Breakfast:- 1 mug of milo, 2 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread spread with Snow margarine snacks:- 4 pieces of almond cookies and 2 pieces of pineapple tarts (homemade by my colleague)

Lunch:- 1 box of Pumpkin Rice, 1 box of salad with salsa sauce all from Food#03

snacks:- 3 pieces of chocolate given by my colleague, 1 pineapple pie from Old Chang Kee

Dinner:- 2 chilled bananas

snacks:- 1 bitter-lemon from Food#03

yamizi's near-raw diet challenge day-1 15.01.2009

Good evening! Today is the first day of my diet challenge. And it really has proven to be a challenge for me so far! I had actually took the pictures of the food with my colleague's camera phone, however, he didn't email me the pictures! So forget it lah.

As mention, I will attempt this near-raw diet on my working days. Therefore, on non-working days, I will resume my default non-vegetarian dietary, however, will be moderate, if not would have waste the effort! I will track down the type of workout I do if I do happen to do them.

The first concern for this diet challenge is my mom. Little did I expect I had to take so many boxes home last night. I was anticipating that my mom would jump at me for taking quite some spaces in the fridge but she didn't. From her expression, I guessed that she was sort of half encouraging me and half bewildered. Because I am not exactly a person who eat green.

Another challenge is the stare from my colleagues. All of them were stunned at first glance of me eating the greens but all of them said actually the food looks delicious.

A bit of information about my current status. My height is 173 cm and my weight is 101 kg or more. From tomorrow onwards, I will monitor my weight on everyday Friday. And see how it drops. My ideal weight is about 70 kg. But I had never hit that. My 'lightest' weight was about 75 kg. To me, I am happy if I can hit back 80 kg.

Anyway, this is what I had consumed:

Pass midnight (I reached home late last night):- 1 mug of freshly squeeze orange juice

Breakfast:- 1 mug of milo (2 spoons of milo and 2 teaspoons of sugar), 5 slices of Gardenia wholemeal bread spread with Snow margarine

Lunch:- 1 Tien's Sandwich, 1 lunchbox of salad with the cauliflower as the main theme (box 1), 1 lunchbox of salad diced kiwi fruit, orange, tomato (box 2), 1 mug of warm water

Dinner:- 1 small bowl of pumpkin soup

Now (=P):- 1 mug of drink that has pear and dates Plain water now-and-then

The mug that I had mentioned is about 1.5 the capacity of an average cup. I couldn't finish box 2. I realise the eating lunch with 1 mug of warm water filled me up easily. I got to say that the sauces made the salads more tasty to me. I like that bacon-looking thing in box 1. Not sure what is that, got to ask Tien tomorrow. I think for tomorrow, I will bring only the Pumpkin Rice and 1 box 2. That should be suffice, since at night I will drop by to Food#03 again.

I do find that it would probably take some time for me to get used to raw vegetable's taste. I may consider using fruits to replace some of the meals. That's a bit like juicing is it?

My mom tried a bit of pumpkin soup and she likes it. But she doesn't appreciate the drink with the pear and dates. Oh, she likes that bacon-looking thing too.