Yesterday was the final day of my lemon diet. It's the rules breaking day as I went out for almost half day. The only rule that I was doing was drinking glasses of lemon water. Brunch - Ma Po Tofu rice + ginseng chrysanthemum tea
I thought I could finally eat something very satisfying. The Ma Po tofu rice looked ok but it tasted mutton. Or should I say the gravy may contain mutton broth I guess. I was born a "non mutton eater", so it's not for me. Totally spoilt my feasting mood! Only ate few bites if it. Had a walk in the mall, came to a kopitiam. The food here is much nicer than the restaurant before. Ate half bowl of the prawn mee hoon, 1pc of kueh talam ubi and a cup of cham O ice.
Prawn mee hoon was quite good, kueh was like "factory made". Dinner - mixed vegetables soup with fishballs and chicken meats.
Added some flavors, it tasted spicy, like a clear tom yam soup. Yummy! This is the end of my lemon diet.. Although I did not follow the menu exactly but it does bring good news! Bye bye to 1 kg....I am going food rock N roll today!
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).
Why am I saying today is a tummy full house day? Coz it never feel hungry today, not a second. hehe.
Morning was bright, morning was beautiful. :) I met petpetkia for breakfast, had a "good looking" claypot lou shu fun + teh C ais. Taste was OK.
Noon we went for a walk, yamcha at Espressolab Jalan Ampang, the iced caramel machiatto was good, not too sweet. Caffeine was what I needed since I only slept 3 hours last night.
And I forgot my lunch! So I gotta get some snacks, fast food is not for me, but I did picked up some "fast food", few pieces of sushi. It was unexpectedly yummy!
Last night my mood got stirred up and down. I thought today the cloudy day will continue. Luckily, I have a friend, a friend with a pan. haha, just kidding. I am still enjoying the day. Enjoyed the chatting and laughing.
For dinner, I even gave myself day end bonus.
Home cooked bak kut teh + rice, very important with the chili padi & garlic, yeah!
Enjoying the night, relaxing and listening to one of my favorite KDrama songs.
Along my diet journey, my diet diary have recorded "low & rise", which simply means I do feel hopeless sometimes when the diet plan seemed did not work well. But the little disappointment is eventually replaced with the hearty meals. Mood is motivated and rising again. So I have been repeating to myself that everyday is a new day! Let's start it again! :) Today I had some meals that are simple but it is sufficient for my boss (my tummy) :P Brunch - Red & Green Cabbage Salad with hard boiled egg white & cherry tomatoes. I like to sprinkle my salad with chili flakes.
Tea Break - I pampered myself with popcorn chicken, breaded prawn balls (sharing basis) and a cup of hazelnut coffee. Non-stop eating, haha!
Dinner - Simply delicious aglio olio with chicken sausage and a glass of red (Merlot 2011). This may not be the perfect pairing but I enjoyed it!
Having said that, I am missing the lounging time with the gang again...... I guess I am starting to dream again......
I think I have started to go on diet plan days ago, may be a week? or more than that...... Well, I am happy that my diet is still under control except some weekend eating bonanza :) I always pay more attention on Monday's diet menu as I believe a good starting on Monday will make the whole week beautiful. This morning, I had my own home sweet home breakfast. Butter oatmeal breads, some refreshing cucumbers and tomatoes slices with grilled mushroom + onion. Paired with a cup of 0% fat yogurt drink.
Too much? Not really, I was preparing myself for a walk. Hehe. A walk was to groceries shopping in this sense, and shopping was done within 2 hours with my groceries kaki in NSK. I must say that seeing colors in the morning will brighten the day. Mood was good too.
During lunch, I had chance to taste this delicious typical Thai style spicy fish lettuce wrap with noodles, prepared by Aunt Chen, how lucky! I was told that the name of it in Thai is "miao badu". Own recipe chili sauce + fish + noodles + fresh parsley, wrapped with super fresh lettuce.
Wow! After eating, the freshness and fish's taste was lingering in my mouth, I am gonna miss it! Dinner is always my hopeful meal with highest calories. I wrap up the night with all of my favorite dishes. Stir fried mixed veggies, tofu soup with mixed ingredients and sardine in tomatoes.
Today, I watched the movie "Sex and the City 2" as recommended by petpetkia, it is a good movie, in my favorite list now. :). Just can't resist to it's scenes of luxury, fashion, travel, friendship....the story line is good too.
It started with my favorite song "Empire State of Mind" by JayZ & Alicia Keys, totally attracted me from the beginning.
It is then the hotel in the girls' trip in this movie that made me "wow"! Love it so much! Then, I went to search for it and came to know that the shoot was taken place in Morocco. Then hotel name is Taj Palace Marrakech, superb hotel that I would want to put in the "to go" list.
Abu Dhabi; Morocco... I'll travel to you in my dream...... Tosbeheena ‘ala khair تصبح/ تصبحين على خير Good night!
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.
Today is Sunday, my tummy's holiday! No guilty feeling but had bonus meals, yeah!! Breakfast - Bonus session has started, I made cheese oatmeal bread, some blueberries, added a piece of kit kat chocolate + yogurt drink. O chocolate?! I am definitely not chocolate fancy, this is like the 2nd time of this year.
Lunch - Another round of Father's day meal at Semenyih Fish Valley Restaurant, rueful but delicious.
I ate some bites of steamed fish, marmite chicken, rice, my favorite seafood clear tomyam soup, green dragon vegetables, coconut juice. Wow, spicy + fresh cold coconut juice were just perfect match! Snack time was movie time. Went to watch Maleficent, a good movie! I specially like Angelina Jolie's make-over and style, evil looking fairy with kind heart. Special highlight is the movie themed song - Once Upon a Dream, like it! The movie is worth the ticket, worth my tummy's quota for the popcorn + hot Nescafe. Hehe
It was suppose to be a fattening dinner, but I tried to reduced the fattening level :P, made the boiled lettuce as main dish, ate some kungfu mee hoon, ended up with a cup of chrysanthemum ginseng tea.
I feel very satisfy today, think I am quite well prepared for further fighting tomorrow. Ganbate! by Ms Nice Little
