Lifestyle Change Day 21: Weigh-in Week 3

Hello hello...

A lot of things happened to me today. I weighed myself early in the morning and found that I lost 1kg. Yay! I didn't achieve my goal of 5kgs for the month of April but 4kgs in 3 weeks is pretty awesome.

That afternoon my sister had just collected her digital weighing acale. Now my weighing scale at home is very old and obviously is not as accurate as a brand new digital one. When I hopped on the latter it showed that I had only lost 1.8 kgs. I was devastated. All that hard work for 3 weeks and I only lost 1.8kgs? I felt pissed and frustrated.

On top of that my phone suddenly acted out on me and I became very stressed out. The emotional eater in me kicked in. That night I ate 2 prathas instead of my usual 1 1/2, I didn't keep close tabs on my water and vegetable intake. I didn't want to care anymore!

It was only after dinner that I trully calmed down *bukan pura2 jak calm down* and sat down to think. Sure, I only lost that much but it's still a loss right? Losing that much weight totally beats gaining it. I have 2 choices now. Either I continue to work hard and lose weight (albeit, slowly) or I could give up and just eat all I want, totally wasting my hard effort the past 3 weeks. The choice is mine.

Another thing is that all of us (me, my sister and my mum) weight 2kgs more on the digital scale than our old scale. Could it be that my starting weight was actually 2kgs more than I thought and so I really did lose 4kgs anyway? If the old scale is consistently 2kgs 'wrongly less', I think I can still use it to check my progress. After all, I measured my starting weight using the old scale so I might as well continue to use it as reference right?

I didn't keep track of the time I ate today (I didn't want to care remember?) but check out my log for today anyways:


Food

Breakfast: 2 slices of white bread toast, 1 slice of Cheddar cheese, 1 mug of protein, 1 apple and black soyabean drink.

Brunch: 4 moutfulls of fried mee hoon with chicken, 1 serving of longan taufu dessert.

Lunch: 2 slices of toast drizzled with honey and 1 pcs Tiger biscuit.

Tea time: 1 mug of protein and black soyabean drink.

Dinner: 2 pcs of prathas with curry gravy.


Water intake: 1.8litres


Exercise

-15 minute walk, low intensity.

-Strength training using the Jorge Cruise programme.

This is all for now. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 20: Day Before Weigh-in

Hello hello...

I am so nervous about tomorrow's weigh-in. One part of me thinks that I would be able to achieve that 5kg weight loss goal. Another part of me doubts it a little bit. Although to be fair, I have only been on this lifestyle change for 3 weeks instead of the standard 4 weeks. It would be nice to achieve my goal in a shorter amount of time of course so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

As a part of a last day workout, I decided to do 2 exercise sessions today. Check out my log for today:


Food

10.00am: White bread toast.1 slice Cheddar cheese, 1 apple, protein powder + black soybean drink.

1.10pm: 1 portion rice, 1 roasted chicken drumstick, 1/2 serving of Kecipir veges.

2.45pm: 2 red bean glutinous rice dessert in rich milk gravy.

8.20pm: 1 portion of rice, 1 serving of roast chiken, 2 bites of leftover KFC Korean Crunch chicken, 1 serving of sauteed Kecipir.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

- Jogged for 25 minutes. Medium intensity. Increased distance today.

- Walked for 1 1/2 hours. Low intensity.

Stay tuned for my weigh-in results tomorrow. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 19: Eating Smart.

Hello there,

Just a little disclaimer before I start. I am in no way a dietition nor am I a nutritionist. What I am about to share with you is what works for me and I would like to share it with you. Who knows, it might work for you too.

So here is the story.

This afternoon my sister turned up with a KFC Family Feast set in tow. Once upon a time I would have felt upset because I wouldn't be able to resist and stuffed my face. Yeah, I don't have the willpower to say 'No' to a piece (or 3) of juicy, fried chicken drumstick. Nowadays I feel that I have found a smarter way to eat fastfood that works for me.

First of all I would make sure that I have a piece of fresh fruit or 1 serving of lightly sauteed vegetables (2 cups worth if raw, 1 cup's worth if cooked) before having fast food. It reduces my hunger considerably and ensures that I would only be able to eat a little bit of the fast food. For example, today I initially took a thigh and drumstick but after eating the long beans I had to switch the thigh with a smaller part which is the wing.

Another thing I would do is to order my favorite food ala carte whenever possible. If it is KFC, I'd pick the Hot and Spicy drumstick, not the Snack Plate. If I'm at Burger King, I'd have their fries only. If it is McDonalds, I'd take a McFlurry. You get my drift. That way I would be able to satiate my main cravings without getting distracted by other foods and be more likely to consume less calories.

Aside from that, I try my best to control my portions especially when I am having a set meal. For example, 2-3 teaspoons of whipped potatoes, 2 smaller pieces of fried chicken and a quarter or half of the fizzy drink.

Last but not least, drink loads of water. It will flush out toxins from all that processed food. If you have a good, safe detox tea then drink it.

That is all really. Hope that it helps you. Now let's have a look at my log for today:


Food

7.45am: 1 1/2 portion of instant oats, Anlene milk and 1 apple.

12.46pm: 2 pcs of KFC Korean Crunch chicken (drumstick and wing), 4 teaspoon of whipped potato, 4 teaspoon cole slaw, 1 serving of lightly sauteed long beans, 150ml Pepsi.

4.30pm: Protein powder + black soya drink.

7.30pm: 1 apple, 1 Colonel burger, 1/2 KFC Korean Crunch chicken thigh, 3 teaspoons whipped potato, 3 teaspoons of cole slaw.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

25 minutes walk. Low intensity.


Stay tuned for tomorrow. Cheers!

P/S: Just to put it out there that the 2 pieces of KFC chicken in my instagram (thigh and drumstick) was taken before I decided to switch the thigh for a wing part.

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 17: Blue With Veges

Hello hello,

All this while I have never ever been concerned on the serving size of vegetables. I thought that as long as I was eating a lot of them, it would be enough. Tonight I used a measuring cup to really get the correct serving size of cabbages.

Now correct me if I am wrong but a serving of vegetables is 2 cups if raw and 1 cup if cooked. Boy was I bamboozled when I saw how much cabbages 2 cups would yield. Let's just say after practically turning blue in the face trying to finish them, I will not even be looking at cabbages in a long, long while. The person/people who determined the serving size for veges must be bonkers.

Anyways, here is my log for day 17:


Food

7.45am: 1 portion of instant oats, Anlene milk, 1 apple.

10.00am: 3 cream crackers.

12.00pm: 3 fried chicken balls, 2 baked chicken bergedils, 1 sweet flour cake.

1.00pm: 2 portion fried rice, 1 fried chicken ball, 3 baked chicken bergedils.

3.30pm: 3 tiger biscuits, 2 cheese (cream) biscuits, 1 mug hazelnut coffee.

7.00pm: 1 serving of cabbages, 1 portion fried rice, 3 fried chicken balls.

9.45pm: 1 mug of hot Milo.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

-Strength training using Jorge Cruise programme. Low intensity.

-15 minutes walking. Low intensity.

See you tomorrow. Cheers!


Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 16: Sugar Rush

Hello all...

Today I can't seem to keep off sugary foods. I don't know if it's hormonal, triggered by a particular food or something else. I am really worried that today's slip up will hurt my progress.

This is my log for today:


Food

7.00am: 1 portion of instant oats, Anlene milk, 1 apple.

11.00am: 1 pkt instant noodles, 1 egg fried sunny side up.

1.00pm: 1 portion rice, 1 portion long beans, 2 pcs of fried chicken drummet.

4.30pm: 1 cream bun, 3 sugared flour pancakes, 1 mug of thick Milo drink.

7.45pm: 1 portion of rice, 1 portion of vegetable, 2 pcs of fried chicken drummet.

10.00pm: 1 mug of thick Milo drink.


Water intake: 2.4 litres.


Exercise

40 minutes walking. Low intensity.

Until tomorrow. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 15: I Will No Longer Be Afraid

Hello there,

I have always been the type that avoids confrontations. 2 days ago I went jogging and although I managed to push myself to meet my goal but somehow I still felt something missing. I didn't think that I had pushed myself enough. Yesterday's weight gain didn't help either.

I remember watching Extreme Makeover a few days ago. This 49 year old guy wanted to lose half his body weight by his 50th birthday which was in 1 year's time. The 1st thing the trainer did was made him run on the threadmill going faster and faster lasting a minute each time. The idea behind this was for him to face and completely let go of his fear that it it would all be too much for him, that he wouldn't be able to make it. The guy fell but kept going on. He eventually managed to stay running till the end by his 4th attempt.

The reason why I shared this story is that I realised that I have the same fear of failure. I challenge myself with something I was quite comfortable with, not something way beyond that. And so today I went jogging, determined to run faster and complete my run at an earlier time. I confronted my fear of not achieving my goals.

You know what? Not only did I run faster, I also reduced my recovery (brisk walking) time and managed to shave 2 minutes if not more off my usual running time. Just when I felt like I wanted to stop at 2 rounds (I started to feel tired earlier because of my increased speed), I would push myself to run the 3rd. Alhamdulillah, I made it and I am hungry for more. I will no longer be afraid to push my boundaries, insyaAllah.

By the way, this is my log for today:


Food

8.30am: 2 pcs of white bread toast both with peanut butter and drizzle of honey, 1 apple, 1 mug of hazelnut white coffee.

1.30pm: 1 portion of rice, 1 pc of fried chicken drummet, 1 portion of sauteed long beans, 1 portion of minced chicken with bombay onion and mushrooms, 1 1/2 portion of pudding with caramel sauce, 75ml of Tropicana Twister orange juice.

5.45pm: 2 pcs of Julie's cheese biscuits.

8.00pm: 1 portion of rice, 1/2 portion sauteed long beans, 1/2 portion minced chicken stir-fried with mushrooms and Bombay onion, 2 pcs fried chicken drummet.

11.30pm: 1 mug of milk.


Water intake: 2.4 litres.


Exercise

-8 Minutes in the Morning moves for strengtg training. Low intensity.
-17 minutes jogging and walking. Medium intensity.

Until the next post. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 14: Weight Gain!

Hello there,

I weighed myself today and horror of horrors, I gained weight! About 500gs but it still sucks. It can be really disheartening when this happens. Although looking back on my food diary this past week, I must say that I have had quite a bit of indulgences.

Oh well, no matter. Eventhough my worst fears have been realised, I will just have to try harder to meet my 5kg weight loss target this month. Even the contestants of the Biggest Loser face problems in the 2nd week. For all I know I could have gained muscles. Hehe.. Yes, that's me trying to make myself feel better.

Next I'd like to update you on how I am doing with eating 3 meals a day with no snacks (only fruit if I am hungry). Yesterday was not pleasant at all. I felt hungry all the time and I was on the verge of getting a headache during lunch hour that I just attacked a packet of potato chips. Got 5 handfulls in. Not good. Today I am doing much better. I would feel hungry about an hour before my main meal time is due but not crazy unbearable. Will update more in the future, insyaAllah.

I started doing strength training today using Jorge Cruise's 8 minutes In The Morning method. It uses one's own body as resistance. The moves look deceptively simple but when you actually do it, you can feel the muscles being exhausted. More updates on this in the future, insyaAllah.

Here is my food and exercise log for today:

8.30am: 1 1/2 portion of instant oats + Anlene milk, 1 banana.

1.30pm: 1 portion of stir-fried mixed veges (carrots + cabbage + mushrooms) with baked Dory fish flakes, 1 portion of fried rice, 1 mug of hazelnut white coffee.

3.30pm: 75ml of Tropicana Twister orange juice.

8.30pm: 1 1/2 portion of fried rice, 1 portion of roast chicken, 1/2 portion of creamy garlic mashed potatoes.


Water intake: 2.4 litres


Exercise

8 minutes resistance exercise program by Jorge Cruise.

Lifestyle Change Day 14: Weight Gain!

Hello there,

I weighed myself today and horror of horrors, I gained weight! About 500gs but it still sucks. It can be really disheartening when this happens. Although looking back on my food diary this past week, I must say that I have had quite a bit of indulgences.

Oh well, no matter. Eventhough my worst fears have been realised, I will just have to try harder to meet my 5kg weight loss target this month. Even the contestants of the Biggest Loser face problems in the 2nd week. For all I know I could have gained muscles. Hehe.. Yes, that's me trying to make myself feel better.

Next I'd like to update you on how I am doing with eating 3 meals a day with no snacks (only fruit if I am hungry). Yesterday was not pleasant at all. I felt hungry all the time and I was on the verge of getting a headache during lunch hour that I just attacked a packet of potato chips. Got 5 handfulls in. Not good. Today I am doing much better. I would feel hungry about an hour before my main meal time is due but not crazy unbearable. Will update more in the future, insyaAllah.

I started doing strength training today using Jorge Cruise's 8 minutes In The Morning method. It uses one's own body as resistance. The moves look deceptively simple but when you actually do it, you can feel the muscles being exhausted. More updates on this in the future, insyaAllah.

Here is my food and exercise log for today:


Food

8.30am: 1 1/2 portion of instant oats + Anlene milk, 1 banana.

1.30pm: 1 portion of stir-fried mixed veges (carrots + cabbage + mushrooms) with baked Dory fish flakes, 1 portion of fried rice, 1 mug of hazelnut white coffee.

3.30pm: 75ml of Tropicana Twister orange juice.

8.30pm: 1 1/2 portion of fried rice, 1 portion of roast chicken, 1/2 portion of creamy garlic mashed potatoes.


Water intake: 2.4 litres


Exercise

8 minutes resistance exercise program by Jorge Cruise.

See you tomorrow. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 13: Exceeding Expectations

Hello all..

I had the opportunity to jog at the Sports Complex today. I targeted to run 1 round without stopping and after completing that round I felt that I could go further so I just kept on running. I was entering my 3rd round when I decided to do 5 rounds without stopping.

Granted, I was going at a slow pace and I was in no way sweating as much as I do when I jog in front of my house on rocks and uneven ground. However, as someone who once led a sedentary life I must say that was pretty darned awesome. That's my best jogging performance yet on the track in terms of distance.

During my 4th round it started to drizzle. I felt like a marathon runner.*cue image of me running slow mo in the rain, hand raised in victory as I break the tape at the finish line* Lol. Who knows, maybe one day I will be running in a marathon. Good thing it didn't rain any heavier and stopped before I completed my last round.

I would like to let you in on a little secret though dear readers. Although I have accomplished something beyond my expectations, I feel that I would like to jog at a higher intensity next time just to see how far I can go. I will be honest, it was my fear of failure that had made me jog at a low intensity in order to fulfil that new target of 5 rounds. I knew that if I jogged harder, most probably I wouldn't be able to complete it and that would likely make me depressed and eat more. Next time however, I will not be afraid.

With that being said, this is my log for today:


Food

9.00am: 1 1/2 portion of oats + Anlene milk, 1 apple.

12.30pm: 5 handful of potato chips.

1.30pm: 1 Tangy Zinger Burger.

2.30pm: 1 mug of Hazelnut White Coffee.

5.45pm: 1 1/2 portion of fried mee hoon and 1 pc KFC Korean Crunch drumstick.

8.00pm: 1 portion of fried mee hoon and 1/2 a fried cheese sausage.

10.30pm: 1 mug hot Milo.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

Jogged 2km in 20 minutes. Low intensity.

See you tomorrow, InsyaAllah. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 12: Feast!

Hello hello...

Yesterday I was told to have 3 moderate meals a day with no snacks in between. If I need a snack, I should only have fruits.

Now looking at my food log the past week, you'd know that I eat 5-6 small meals a day. I felt apprehensive but decided to give it ago anyway. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised that after breakfast, I did not feel hungry until lunch time. Normally I would be a raging pirrahna within 2 hours of my last meal. However, it is still too early to draw any concrete conclusion from all this.

Today we have a guest in the house and so we decided to prepare a more elaborate meal. My mum made roast chicken whereas I prepared cole slaw and egg custard pudding with caramel sauce. It's a good thing that I am scheduled to jog tomorrow, that's all I can say.

To be honest, I feel nervouse about my weight-in the day after tomorrow. I feel like there has been quite a few indulgences this second week. I hope that I am still losing weight as I think that my portions are still smaller than in the past.

Okay, enough of that already. Here is my log for today:


Food

8.30am: 1 portion oat, 1 apple.

1.00pm: 1 1/2 portion wonton soup noodles + mushroom + dory fish slices, 1 banana.

3.30pm: 1 mug of hazelnut coffee, 1 egg tart.

6.30pm: 3 pcs of plain cream crakers.

8.45pm: 1/2 portion white rice, 1/4 medium sized potato (roasted), 3 cuts of roasted chicken, 1 portion of kangkung, 2 helpings of egg custard pudding with caramel sauce.


Water intake: 3 litres


Exercise

20 minutes walking, low intensity

Until tomorrow. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 11: New Improvements.

Hello there,

I was given feedback today on what to do starting tomorrow. I will be honest, I feel a bit unsure of these new instructions but I will give it a shot. Expect a bit of change to my food intake and habits.

Here is my log for today.

Food

9.30am: 150ml Lennox Calorie Limit Tea

10.00am: 2 slices of white bread toast (1 with peanut butter + light drizzle of honey, the other with 1 slice of Cheddar cheese).

1.00pm: 1/2 Sardine martabak + Dhal + curry gravy.

5.30pm: Remaining 1/2 of Sardine martabak.

8.15pm: 1 portion rice, 1 portion kangkung, 2 cuts of chicken curry, 1 large slice of homemade egg custard + 4 teaspoon of homemade caramel sauce.


Water intake: 6 litres.


Exercise

20 minutes jogging and walking at 600m-600m-600m intervals.1st set with light intensity, 2nd set with medium intensity, 3rd set with high intensity.

Thanks for reading. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 10: Positive Changes..

Hello hello...

I have happy news! Before starting this lifestyle change I could only (barely) fit into 2 pairs of jeans. I say barely because although I could button and zip them up, they cut painfully into my waist, leaving the undesired 'muffin top'. Guess what? Today I put one of the jeans on and it fits better! It no longer gives me a muffin top and it's even a wee bit loose around my thighs. Alhamdulillah, all my hard work is paying off. This really gives me motivation to go on with this lifestyle and continue to make even more positive changes along the way.

By the way, I am not saying the above to show off. I am merely sharing with you the fruits of my labor. I was initially hesitant to share these improvements. I was worried that I might jinx it somehow and gain weight again. Then I thought, "What the heck!" because it is what it is. Who knows, there might be some of you out there who could give me tips and tricks to improve on what I am doing so that I continue to lose weight. InsyaAllah. Amin.

By the way, today I had intant noodles, fried egg and KFC. I know, it's so far off from being healthy but I upped my intake of fruits and water to help flush it out insyaAllah. Hopefully it works. The scale will tell in 4 days time.

If you have anything to share or even constructive criticism don't hesitate to do so in the comments section below.

This is my log for today's food and exercise activity


Food

7.55am: 1 portion of instant oats + Anlene milk.

12.00pm: 1 pkt instant noodles + 1 fried egg (sunny side up), 1 1/2 mug juice (1 slice honeydew + 1 apple + 2 teaspoon of honey + 1 mug water) with pulp.

4.15pm: 1 apple.

5.45pm: 2 KFC Korean Crunch drumstick, 1 teaspoon of potato corn salad and 1/4 of a medium sized Coke.

10.30pm: 1/2 serving Nestum + Anlene milk + a pinch of Cinnamon powder.


Water intake: 3 litres


Exercise

40 minutes of walking around the living room.

See you in my next update. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 9: Soldiering On

Hello all,

Not much to say today, only that I still felt pain in my legs and I wan't able to enjoy my jogging session due to that discomfort.

Here is my entry for today.


Food

9.45am: 1 portion of instant oats + Anlene milk.

11.15.am: 2 slices of honeydew.

12.30pm: 1/2 a portion of rice, 1 fried cheese sausage, 1 portion of long beans sauteed with egg and 1/2 piece small fried fish.

5.30pm: 3 pcs of cream crackers, 1 mug tea with no milk + 1 level teaspoon of white sugar.

7.55pm: 1/2 portion of rice, 1 portion of long beans sauteed with egg, 1/2 piece of small fried fish, 1 fried cheese sausage, 1 piece of Cadbury chocolate.


Water intake: 3.6 litres


Exercise

8.37am: 1.8km running and walking at 600m-600m-600m intervals.


Stay tuned for my next entry. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 8: One And A Half

Hello there,

After my increase in running distance on day 7 I felt pain in my right knee and on the lower front part of both my legs. It is starting to feel a bit better so I really hope that it would not interfere with my next jogging session.

Also, I am thinking of starting to do.strenght training. I'll be honest I am a bit nervous because I haven't done it for a long, long while so I am not sure how it will turn out.

Here is my entry for day 8.


Food

10.30am: 2 slices of white bread toast + peanut butter + light drizzle of honey, 1 mug Anlene milk.

1.00pm: 1 1/2 portion of fried rice, 1 apple.

3.10pm: 1 1/2 slice of Cheddar cheese.

6.00pm: 3 pcs of cream crackers.

8.10pm: 1 buritto (made from 1 pratha + 1/2 portion of fried rice + 1 cut of chicken + homemade pickled onions), 1/2 pratha.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

30 minutes of walking (20 minutes while carrying Sophia, approx. between 8kg-9 kg)

Until the next entry. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 7: Racing With Myself

Hello dearies,

During my last jog session I noticed that I was breathing easier and that I was completing my laps about 5 minutes earlier. I decided that today I would increase my running distance but after yesterday's slide down the 'Diet Slippery Slip', I woke up still feeling guilty and not confident. It was quite an effort for me to lace up my running shoes as I was bombarded with self-doubt.

During my run I had to do a lot of pep talk to myself. Alhamdullilah, I managed to reach my jogging target. When I finished my final running lap I felt as if I had just won a marathon against myself and I felt like a million dollars. So what is the lesson here guys? The lesson is how we think can either cripple us or make us do amazing things. Let us all try our hardest to practice thinking positive as well as be encouraging, understanding and kind to ourselves for it is something that is so easy to overlook, but can really effect our lives.

Another good news is that although I was scared, I decided to weigh myself today and I lost 3.5kgs in the past 7 days! So happy! I am going to take this weight loss at face value. Meaning dear readers that I am not going to downplay it by saying that "Ah, it's just water weigh" and neither am I going to disillusion myself by saying "I think I lost 4kgs, it's just that I drank loads of water earlier/I am wearing clothes, that's why it's 3.5kg". My target weight loss for this month is 1.5kgs away. How exciting is that?

Anyways, this is my entry for today.


Food

8.00am: 1 mug of DCL Red Guara instant coffee.

10.00am: 1 portion of instant oats + Anlene milk + sprinkle of raisins.

12.45pm: Half a Sardine Martabak with curry and Dhal gravy.

3.30pm: 1 apple.

5.00pm: My remaining half of Sardine Martabak with curry and Dhal gravy.

7.30pm: Wonton noodle in soup with crab fillamen and prawn-flavoured balls.

8.10pm: 1 piece of Cadbury chocolate

11.45pm: 1 slice of Swiss roll.


Water intake: 3.6 litres.


Exercise

8.43am: Jogged 1.8km and walked 1.8km at 600m-600m-600m intervals.

Until tomorrow's entry. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 6: Cracking Under Pressure?

Hello all...

Today I didn't work out vigorously and I kept feeling hungry. I was okay until 2.00pm when I succumbed to a packet of corn chips and things started going downhill from there. You can check my food entry to see what I mean.

I feel worried. Why am I feeling this way? Is it hormones that are making me seemingly forever hungry? Or is it the "7-Day Itch" (or rather in this case, 6-Day Itch) where people would normally crack under the pressure of making changes in their diet?

I am trying not to let if affect me and move on. I am going to do better tomorrow, InsyaAllah. Mindset Phoebe, mindset!

So here is my entry for today:


Food

8.00am: 1 mug DCL Red Guara Coffee

8.40pm: 1 serving of instant oats + sprinkle of raisins + Anlene milk, 1 apple

12.45pm: 1 portion of rice, 2 cuts of stewed chicken and 1 fried egg (sunny side up).

2.00pm: 1 small pkt (4 servings) of Chachos (BBQ) and 1 slice of cheese cake.

5.00pm: 2 slices of orange Swiss roll.

8.00pm: 1 pct of instant noodles, 1 apple.

11.30pm: 2 slices of orange Swiss Roll.


Water intake: 3.6 litres.


Exercise

25 minutes of walking around the living room.

This is all for now. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 5: Excuses, Excuses...

Hello there,

Do you make excuses on why you can't work out? I do. The poor Weather Man's ears must be bleeding for so often do I make up excuses from his handiwork. It doesn't help that I always manage to wake up late on the days I plan to jog, which includes today.

Alhamdulillah, I have managed to drag my butt into a pair of tracks and jogged. I must admit though, that 60% of me hadn't wanted to do it. I needed just half a lame-brained reason not to (my strongest reason today was that it's already late and I haven't had my breakfast yet so I am at risk at dying from starvation) and I would have just sat down at the breakfast table to eat.

I really had to dig deep within me to turn that remaining 40% into 51% in order to actually do it. For one thing, I knew that I would feel terrible if I didn't jog and that it would haunt me the whole day leading me to binge on food to drown out my guilt. Secondly, I knew that I would feel so much better afterwards both physically and emotionally. Lastly it is my elder sister's birthday and we're definitely going to be doing some serious eating so I needed to burn some calories in 'advance'. *Just so you know, I am fully aware that there might not be such a thing as burning calories 'in advance' before having a big meal but that thought helped me to get off my butt and jog so, whatever*

Here is my entry for today.


Food

10.00am: 1 mug DCL Red Guara coffee.

10.30am: 2 white bread toast (1 with peanut butter + light drizzle of honey and the other with a slice of Cheddar cheese)

2.00pm: 1/2 portion of rice, 4 salad prawns, 2 big broccoli florets, 2 slices of sweet and sour fish, 1 glass of Pineapple juice with no sugar.

4.30pm: 1 slice of American Cheese Cake.

8.40pm: 1/2 portion of rice, 1 small slice of sweet and sour fish, 2 salad prawns, 1 portion of mix veges, 1 sunny side up egg (seasoned).

Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

9.38am: Ran 1.4km, walked 1.6km at 600m-400m-400m intervals.

Until the next post. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Day 4: Fear To Fail

Hello readers..
I don't know how many times I had wanted to start this lifestyle change but didn't because I couldn't face another failure. Even just last night I wondered how long this current attempt is going to last. A week? A month? Would this be the change that lasts a life time, the one that would finally help me lose weight and attain the healhy lifestyle that I crave?

I am telling you honestly dear readers, this fear can be crippling sometimes. I guess it's my personal demon. Everyday I need to pep myself and make me believe that I can make this work. That I can really do this and make this succeed no matter how many times I have failed. I have been trying to lose weight for 10 years. It's time the waiting stops don't you think?

This is my entry for today.

Food

7.45am: Oat + Anlene milk + sprinkle of raisins, Red Guara instant coffee.

10.30am: 5 pcs of plain cheese crackers.

12.30pm: Sardine bergedil sandwich made from 2 white bread toast + 3 sardine bergedils + homemade dressing (2 tsp mayo + strips of large red onion + seasoning + lemon juice + hot chilli sauce), Lipton tea with no milk + 1 teaspoon white sugar.

5.30pm: 1 apple.

7.30pm: 1 portion white rice, half portion of veges (bamboo shoots and cabbage), half a small fish (fried), 1 sardine bergedil.

11.00am: 1 mug of hot Milo.

Water intake: 3.6 litres


Exercise: 30 minutes of Poco-poco.

See you in my next entry. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 3: Everyday Is A New Start

Hello hello,

If you've read my blog before, you would know that this is not my 1st attempt in changing my lifestyle. One of the major mistakes that I did is letting the good and bad things I did in the previous days affect my current day in a negative manner. E.g. Thinking "I have already eaten a slice of chocolate cake yesterday. My diet is as good as ruined so I might as well eat 3 more slices". Or thinking "It's okay for me to not jog today because I've jogged 2 days ago. I still hv 4 more days to fulfull my 3 times a week quota".

Now I try to not cling to the previous days whether it's the good, the bad or the ugly except to learn from it. I ate chocolate cake last night. Fine. Today is another chance to make better choices. As for workouts, I do some form of exercise every day even if it is just walking around in my living room or dancing the Poco-Poco for half an hour. I don't want to see exercise equals to jogging at this point especially since I am just starting this change. I do try to run every other day though because my goal is to build up my stamina and be able to finally run in the 7K run this year. InsyaAllah, Amin.

That being said, this is my food and exercise entry for today:


Food

8.00am: 1 portion instant oats + Anlene milk + sprinkle of raisins, Lipton tea with no milk + 2 level teaspoons of white sugar.

11.30am: 5 pcs of plain cheese crackers.

3.00pm: 3 pcs of baked sardine cutlets (we Malaysians call them begerdil), 1 apple.

5.30pm: 1 buttermilk bun.

6.10pm: 1 peanut cake.

8.15pm: 1 portion of rice, 4 pcs of baked sardine cutlets, half portion of cooked spinach.


Water intake: 3 litres.


Exercise

10.40am: Walked for 20 minutes (10 minutes of that carrying Sophie who is between 8kg-9kg)

Until the next entry. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe..

Lifestyle Change Day 2: Long Day..

Hello there..

Today is day 2 of my lifestyle change. I'll be honest, it seems more like year 2 instead (time kinda moves slowly when you're not constantly munching on something salty or sweet). Alas! Change is never easy.

For the onemillionthreehundredandfiftyfivethousandth time, I wish that I have super high metabolism that enables me to eat what I want, when I want without gaining any weight. Oh, the chocolates and french fries I could eat...

Ahem, anyways this is my food and exercise entry for today.


Food

8.00am: 2 slices of white bread toast, peanut butter and light drizzle of honey, 1 mug of hot Milo.

11.20am: 1 slice of Cheddar cheese.

12.30pm: Chicken Rice (white rice, roasted chicken). I think I got the back part of the chicken.

3.30pm: 1pc lemon cream biscuit.

6.40pm: 1pkt of instant noodles, 1pkt intant milk tea + 3 teaspoons of Anlene milk powder, 1 small piece of chocolate cake.

11.00pm: 1 mug of thick Anlene milk + Milo.


Exercise

30 minutes of Poco-poco.

Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

Lifestyle Change Day 1: The First Step

Hello...

Today is the 1st day of my exercise and healthy eating project. Here is what I ate and the exercise I did:


Food

9.00am: Woke up late so I only drank a mug of Anlene Creamy Taste milk before jogging.

11.10am: 1 slice of white bread toast with peanut butter and light drizzle of honey. 1 slice of cheddar cheese (shared with Sophie).

12.45pm: 1 portion of rice, half portion veges (bamboo shoot with cabbage), chicken soup with 2 cuts of chicken.

4.15pm: 3 cream cracker biscuits and 1 peanut cake.

5.45pm: 1slice of Cheddar cheese (shared with Sophie), 1 mug of plain Milo.

7.45pm: 1 portion of rice, 1 boiled cheese sausage, 2 cuts of chicken, chicken soup.

9.00pm: 2 1/2 slices of chocolate cake.


Exercise

9.30am: Ran 1.4km and walked 1.6m.(600m-400m-400m interchanging laps)

So how do you think I've done so far? Give some constructive criticism kay. Cheers!

Love,
Phoebe

An Epiphany During The Thunder Storm

Hello all..
In my hometown the weather has been having PMS mood swings. During the day it was hot and humid whereas in the evenings there would be lightning storms. Believe me, it's bad. When the lightning strikes, it hurts the eyes to see it because it was so bright and the the ground shook as the thunder roared its wrath.

Yesterday the main electric fuse at my parents house kicked the power