Lemon Diet (Edited) - Day 4

A Saturday morning is the starting of  challenges of diet. How much we think about control, it will really go out of the track. Weekend outings are not avoidable. There are major editions in my lunch and dinner today.

Daily routine - 3 to 5 glasses of lemon water.

Jer was so noisy and requesting for a dim sum breakfast, that really raise my appetite, I hope it didn't spoil my Saturday meals plan. 

Finally I brought him to pack some dim sum for his breakfast, while I am still having mine. The dim sum's "enchanted fragrance" made me felt a little dizzy at once. Haha!

Breakfast - Cornflakes with some almonds in soya milk. 

Back to the reality, I gotta follow my menu as much as possible and unexpectedly,the cornflakes combination  with soya was really delicious!

On another version, I may burst my calories if I am having Jer's version of breakfast- chu cheong fun with prawn, steamed pork rib and fish balls. Phew......

Lunch - Eat out at Fish valley, Semenyih. Had bites of steamed fish, spinach soup, omelette with mushroom and few squid rings.

Tips: Squid ring
Good - Low in saturated fat and sodium, good source of zinc, vitamin B12 etc.
Bad - High in cholesterol. 

I love to eat squid all the time, hence I always have cholesterol issue last time. However, since diet, this is the first time I am having it. 

As per original plan, lunch should be omelette with grated cheese, banana and strawberries.

Snack - Frozen dragon fruits and green apple with lemon juice.

Dinner - Went out for dinner with family, browsed around the hawkers stalls and finally found the best choices of food.

White chicken breast, tauge and teh kosong ice. 

Ordered teh kosong ice, simply because I was missing the teh's texture hehe, it's tasteless anyway, not as good as it looks.

The original dinner should be prawn in salsa, salad and apple.

Tips:
- Chicken breast is the best part of the chicken with lowest calorie and fat, highest in protein, see link: http://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/chicken-the-preferred-protein-for-your-health-and-budget/the-nutritional-value-of-chicken/
- You will be able to check out the nutrients comparison for the chicken parts.

- Always remember not to eat the chicken skin as it's fattening, I am already have this habit of not eating chicken skin in recent years except sometimes for fried chicken which it's crunchiness is irresistible.

As I was monitoring my diet with My FitnessPal, I've got an idea on sharing the teh's calories info, which you may be interested:

teh tarik - 140cal
teh tarik kurang manis - 83cal
teh ice - 130cal
teh O - 83cal
teh O ice - 130cal
teh O ice limau - 140cal
teh O kosong - 0cal
*teh kosong limau (no milk & sugar) - 0cal
(*could not find this in FitnessPal, hence I checked and created it)
teh C - 175cal
tec C kosong - 80cal
teh halia - 74cal
teh halia with milk - 120cal

Now, I am enjoying my Saturday night again......listening to my new favorite song from IU (My old story).

Good night!

Happy happy, 1 day gone......

Yesterday was a very happy day until I felt that time past without notice.

Happy brunch - went out with petpetkia, very happy that she came and we went to Full House  for a good brunch. 

Had pumpkin soup, chicken chop and iced lemon tea

It was a heavy brunch, stomach was feeling full although after walking for groceries shopping.

Happy tea time at my house - Royale raisin ice cream for us. I like waffle chips to eat with it.

The ice cream just melted so fast, as fast as the happy time past.

As usual, we chit chat, talked about trips, diet, beauty, pin up party and did facial together.

With winks of eyes, it's time to fetch jer. So she left. Went to mamak with jer and had teh O ais limau.

Happy dinner - I realised I still have a pumpkin, why not make some soup? hehe, then I cooked dinner ala ala the brunch menu.

Pumpkin soup, Teriyaki chicken breast+mashed potatoes+grilled mixed fungis

Tasty, stuffed, satisfied! :) The part that I was happiest was cooking and preparation for few hours burned 500cal. Bravo!

Complimented dinner with a cup of lemon water, I have completed my lemon drinks day, hehe. No coffee today. 

I am interested into lose weight in 7 days with lemon diet. Check this out: http://www.venusbuzz.com/archives/18885/lose-weight-in-7-days-with-lemon-diet/. The diet menu looks quite simple. :)

After relaxed for a while, I felt so tired. It was a happy busy day!

The day was started with great singing!

The morning bell was ringing, ringing and ringing.....

Come on, today is Saturday, I should be lounging and lounging on the bed. But I can't, because my darling Jer was singing by the bed:" Mummy, it's time to wake up~~~". He sang well, so I couldn't have reason to push him away.

I feel happy for Saturday, usually I eat a lot. As if I am eating buffet but it's not. It's just a very good mood Saturday.

Morning, I went out for breakfast, met a "long lost friend". I mean this curry kampar noodles with assorted balls, bean curd skin etc. :P Yes!! Delicious! What was not missing is always my kopi.

At late noon, I made mixed fruits salad (pineapple + grapes + grapefruits), tasted like an appetizer that stimulated my taste bud for a big meal.

But then, I felt a little bit tired during noon and took a noon nap.

During evening, we went for groceries nearby. This very nice bouquet of greens attracted me.

We had dinner at the Full House cafe, Giant Cheras. I think I need so much of fluid during my diet, so I had soup, roasted milk tea and mushroom soup. 

The main was pan grilled dory with veggies & mashed potatoes. Dinner was great!

I like the ambiance in this restaurant, it gives me relax feeling. This is the kind of stuff that I'd love to have if I have an English house. hehe.

Supper was dragon fruits. A super food for vitaming C and fiber.

Well, last time I rarely eat fruits. Diet is bringing me good eating habit I think.

Now, the Saturday night has just begin, continue to enjoy my alone time. :)

Tasty+Sweet Friday

It was a tasty and sweet Friday. For meals, I spent more times on the preparation and cooking than the real eating. I thought cooking burns calories too.

Discussion on tasty, healthier meals becomes one of my favorite activities, especially sharing thoughts with petpetkia. Can this be a hobby?

Yesterday was another good day that I ate well, cooked well.

Brunch - Home baked chicken wings and greens salad + fresh tomatoes juice

This is kind of asian spicy chicken wing, I love it! But I ate 2pcs as it's quite high in calories.

During tea break, I brought Jer to a new cafe as I promised him an ice cream for his full marks in spelling. Kids most favorite dessert, ice cream!! As for myself, I had watermelon smoothie with aloe vera, soothing......

At night, I cooked as usual, of course I exclude the main carbs, no rice for myself.

White radish chicken soup with carrots, stir fried french beans with prawns and onion omelette. Yum yum!

I am invited to a pin up girls themed party recently. Oh gosh, a pin up girl is sexy and flirty, to my own impression. How am I going to dress up in that feel? There's no such gen in me haha, perhaps a pin up girl chef is possible. We 'll see.......:)

TGIF!

I have a dinner date tonight, so...I better start off my breakfast with something light, something nutricious, something I like......

Boiled bak choy+carrots, dragon fruit+blueberries, orange+carrot juice

The day seems long as I only see "hungry" in my eyes, hehe wipe it off! wink it away! Let's do some walk, jog exercise. Listening to "I'll be your strength" by Simone Egeriis. When listening to this song, I thought of petpetkia, haha thanks friend for your encouragements! Let's keep this up for a longer while...

Following my heart and low carb goal, I ate some steam wholemeal bread + iced black coffee. Stole some bites from the Canai (banana+ice cream) from Jer. The Canai looks yummy, tastes YES!!

As expected, I hit the goal! Haha, the fattening goal~ without further notes, from my dinner at Dome Pavilion (sharing basis), no doubt it's the best meal of the day, which cost me almost 850cal. 

TGIF!!