no breakfast, since i went straigh to the pool after i woke up.
had one 580 cc of lemon drink = about 200 calories.
lunch: healthy portion of rice and sweet potatoes with boiled green beans, half a piece of pork, and half a piece of salted fish. (at this point i was still planning to maintain my stance of no junk food.)
one apple
then i caved....considering how i was going to start studying, i needed...energy. so biked to the 7-11 and bought a 900 cc green tea and (spur of the moment thing, i swear) one of those yogurt drinks because at the back of the green tea carton they teach you how to make your own yummy drink! duoduo green tea is good.) and i also bought a small pack of *gasp! cheetoes.
dinner: fish and rice with sweet potatoes.
snack of strawberry and chocolate wafer.
the end.
i have to say, im not that guilty anymore about indulging a bit on right-portioned snacks, since talking to an "expert" on health and exercise last night has enlightened me to the fact that i need to increase my workout frequency and time duration ( which i have been doing), and im not eating any more than i used to. so. as long as i keep working it, im bound to lose a bit of weight, right? right.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
todays menu
breakfast: mayo spread sandwich (one third spoonful of mayo spread and two pieces of toast)
in between: latte with one pack of sugar
lunch: rice box, 700 cc of oolong tea, half sugar
in between: nothing! oh wait, three bites of dried fish snack. dangit! and it was before the gym too! but it helped, cuz i was getting hungry. hunger during workouts are never good.
dinner: one third soft guava, a bowl of salted green beans (yum!) three pieces of toast with some bits of braised pork, and one small can of black beans and sesame seed congee.
though ive told myself to start quitting tea with lunch, its so hard! its become staple for me. besides, it replenishes the water i lose through out the morning. so. i think i will keep having tea not necessarily everyday, but not rejecting it either. :)
breakfast: mayo spread sandwich (one third spoonful of mayo spread and two pieces of toast)
in between: latte with one pack of sugar
lunch: rice box, 700 cc of oolong tea, half sugar
in between: nothing! oh wait, three bites of dried fish snack. dangit! and it was before the gym too! but it helped, cuz i was getting hungry. hunger during workouts are never good.
dinner: one third soft guava, a bowl of salted green beans (yum!) three pieces of toast with some bits of braised pork, and one small can of black beans and sesame seed congee.
though ive told myself to start quitting tea with lunch, its so hard! its become staple for me. besides, it replenishes the water i lose through out the morning. so. i think i will keep having tea not necessarily everyday, but not rejecting it either. :)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
food diary take 4
todays menu
breakfast: a bowl of apple and oatmeal.
lunch: one ricebox and a 700cc lemon green tea.
later on, an afternoon cafe mocha with a bit too much hersheys chocolate. but it was inevitable....
dinner: three small sweet potatoes with fish. twas yum.
the most successful meal here was dinner. not too much, yet very healthy. besides, ill be sleeping in three hours, so not much food is needed. just enough to curb the post swimming hunger. yay!
breakfast: a bowl of apple and oatmeal.
lunch: one ricebox and a 700cc lemon green tea.
later on, an afternoon cafe mocha with a bit too much hersheys chocolate. but it was inevitable....
dinner: three small sweet potatoes with fish. twas yum.
the most successful meal here was dinner. not too much, yet very healthy. besides, ill be sleeping in three hours, so not much food is needed. just enough to curb the post swimming hunger. yay!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
cutting straight to it...
todays menu...
breakfast: an apple and two bananas
desparately needed the caffiene: hot latte half sugar, then 5 cashew nuts to keep me energized as well. one thing about eating fruit for breakfast is that you get hungry at the most inconvenient time: eleven o clock. this is most annoying as i normally ignore the smie hunger. thenas time drags on to eleven thirty, im starving. so its either i wait painfully till lunch, which time can be tres volatile depending on the amount of customers , or i gobble something yummy but cant resist its yumminess so i take more portions than intended. its a lose-lose situation. i would eat oatmeal and apple for breakfast (it lasts way longer and is way healthier than bread) but it takes too much time to do about.
lunch: vegetables only and one baby portion of spaghetti.4 bites.
couple cashews again before i head to the pool.
dinner: this was a disaster. rice with taiwanese style braised pork (mum put sugar in it too!! no wonder it was irresistible) and alot of veggies. however, the veggies do not offset the rice with pork. sigh. and after swimming i had an apple (doesnt justify anything...)
and now, at 9 pm i am having a 700 cc iced green tea. half sugar.
overall, my menu today was not so satisfactory. trying to keep them non meal foods to the minimum. and even if its for a hunger boost, should be more healthy like...apples. cashew has more oil.
well, tomorrows a new day :D
breakfast: an apple and two bananas
desparately needed the caffiene: hot latte half sugar, then 5 cashew nuts to keep me energized as well. one thing about eating fruit for breakfast is that you get hungry at the most inconvenient time: eleven o clock. this is most annoying as i normally ignore the smie hunger. thenas time drags on to eleven thirty, im starving. so its either i wait painfully till lunch, which time can be tres volatile depending on the amount of customers , or i gobble something yummy but cant resist its yumminess so i take more portions than intended. its a lose-lose situation. i would eat oatmeal and apple for breakfast (it lasts way longer and is way healthier than bread) but it takes too much time to do about.
lunch: vegetables only and one baby portion of spaghetti.4 bites.
couple cashews again before i head to the pool.
dinner: this was a disaster. rice with taiwanese style braised pork (mum put sugar in it too!! no wonder it was irresistible) and alot of veggies. however, the veggies do not offset the rice with pork. sigh. and after swimming i had an apple (doesnt justify anything...)
and now, at 9 pm i am having a 700 cc iced green tea. half sugar.
overall, my menu today was not so satisfactory. trying to keep them non meal foods to the minimum. and even if its for a hunger boost, should be more healthy like...apples. cashew has more oil.
well, tomorrows a new day :D
Monday, August 18, 2008
food diary continues...
today was supposed to be get-off-work-right-on-time day, but alas, i went and stayed till 7: 22pm. but why? cuz i was working on this comic strip to promote our fantabulous EZ Cafe. its really cute! and working on projects that you like is, well, addicting. so managed to at least put them in order and such. (great thanks to lisas bday gift for me, i can now do anything and everything!!) ill post it up if i remember :P
anyways, moving on...to todays menu:
you will slowly realize that i actually eat alot of the same stuff everyday. its boring. oh wells.
breakfast: apple sandwich
in between this period, i had this urge to get a latte. since its so convenient, right?? well, i beat it down, after thinking about all the damage the 150 cc of WHOLE FAT milk can do to me (and this food diary).
lunch: half a rice box and two slices of cheese pizza. i have to explain. the cheese pizza is a new selection on our menu. so of COURSE i had to "experiment" and "test" the product. its a winner. YUM!
oh yeah, then yummy 20 nt drink.
dinner:the rest of my cold lunch box. three bites of lao po bing.
(i was really struggling with myself about dinner, since i was thinking, after working out, itd be late, so shouldnt really eat rice and all that, and should just eat fruit. but then i HATE wasting food. so thats that.)
todays menu was a bit weird. since i ate high calorie and unecessary food in adequate portions. however i still dont like it. i would prefer eating just more veggies and rice. sigh. will work on it.
anyways, moving on...to todays menu:
you will slowly realize that i actually eat alot of the same stuff everyday. its boring. oh wells.
breakfast: apple sandwich
in between this period, i had this urge to get a latte. since its so convenient, right?? well, i beat it down, after thinking about all the damage the 150 cc of WHOLE FAT milk can do to me (and this food diary).
lunch: half a rice box and two slices of cheese pizza. i have to explain. the cheese pizza is a new selection on our menu. so of COURSE i had to "experiment" and "test" the product. its a winner. YUM!
oh yeah, then yummy 20 nt drink.
dinner:the rest of my cold lunch box. three bites of lao po bing.
(i was really struggling with myself about dinner, since i was thinking, after working out, itd be late, so shouldnt really eat rice and all that, and should just eat fruit. but then i HATE wasting food. so thats that.)
todays menu was a bit weird. since i ate high calorie and unecessary food in adequate portions. however i still dont like it. i would prefer eating just more veggies and rice. sigh. will work on it.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
there are...
priorities, and then there are priorities. theres this management thing i heard about that teaches people to categorize things into important and urgent, important but not urgent, not important but urgent, and not important and not urgent (but then why would it be listed?)anyway, its supposed to make you manage your time better. i have to say, it does help. but when you are ambivalent about what needs to be important or urgent, you cant take that first step into penning down something in any category, cuz youre still wondering. thats how i am. sometimes i think it is really hard to finalize what needs to be done first. for example, talking to parents. either a phone call or eating a meal with them. its not urgent, but its important. so whenever there is time. actually if it could become a regular thing, you should always sit down and hang out with your folks or talk to them. so there are these kind of things that are important but not urgent. reading, learning about the world, exercising, meditating (chi gong), these are things that build up. so you take it baby step at a time. which is also why it is so easy to skip. you always think, ill do it tomorrow. tomorrow might be the day you need it the most and you wouldnt even know it.
this is the hardest one to achieve. there are so many things i want to do, so that while im thinking about whether or not to do them, i waste away my time. at least its good that i know that now...sigh.
this is the hardest one to achieve. there are so many things i want to do, so that while im thinking about whether or not to do them, i waste away my time. at least its good that i know that now...sigh.
theres this thing i forgot to mention...
about the food diary. so apparently it seems to also have to work with adequate exercise (duh) and...yeah. regular habits.
lets see what was on today's menu:
breakfast: an apple sandwich (two slices of toast and one apple. this has got to be the best and healthiest of jelly sandwiches. couple years ago my brother (who is always telling me im fat) told me one of the ways to lose weight was eat fruit with bread/toast. i scorned the idea then and still bought butter spread and jam. now i totally get it. it tastes great, its fresh, and calorie wise, no guilt (other than sugar au natural ). slice the apple in flat pieces and there you have your "apple spread" goes well with mango, banana, and sweet kiwi too! (but apples me fave :P)
lunch: a rice box. yes, indeed, guilty as charged. but couldnt help it. i was working tres hard this morning. talked nonstop for two hours repeating myself with intro of the language center. so i deserved this soul food. haha. taiwanese soul food. and, then there was the yummy 15 nt drink. again. no guilt there :P
hey guess what? no in between snacks today!
dinner: adequate portion of rice with onions stir fried with canned tuna (yum!) and lightly stir fried cabbage with garlic.
two finger bananas, 10 wasabi coated cashews (i had to force meself to stop at 10) annnd maybe if i get the munchies later tonight, an apple!
so i have discovered, when you live on a students budget (or any kind of money saving budget actually) you get more creative and healthy with food!! apples and toast? my kinda breakfast for at least one year. and apples are cheap and fresh too! one for 10 nt. ill have two please! its been a while since ive started eating fruit everyday. and it feels better. to know that you are putting natural stuff into your body, better than before, anyway, when i didnt eat fruit everyday. so i recommend a fruit a day. minimum.
another incentive to really get serious and lose some jiggly tummy is that ive made a bet with this friend. he is trying to gain weight at the moment for a reason too long to explain. but bottom line is, he has to get back to regular weight eventually. actually, in 6 months. SO. since hes still putting on weight, i have the head start. so i should win, right?!?!?
its on!
ps. having weight loss buddy/ies is cool :D
lets see what was on today's menu:
breakfast: an apple sandwich (two slices of toast and one apple. this has got to be the best and healthiest of jelly sandwiches. couple years ago my brother (who is always telling me im fat) told me one of the ways to lose weight was eat fruit with bread/toast. i scorned the idea then and still bought butter spread and jam. now i totally get it. it tastes great, its fresh, and calorie wise, no guilt (other than sugar au natural ). slice the apple in flat pieces and there you have your "apple spread" goes well with mango, banana, and sweet kiwi too! (but apples me fave :P)
lunch: a rice box. yes, indeed, guilty as charged. but couldnt help it. i was working tres hard this morning. talked nonstop for two hours repeating myself with intro of the language center. so i deserved this soul food. haha. taiwanese soul food. and, then there was the yummy 15 nt drink. again. no guilt there :P
hey guess what? no in between snacks today!
dinner: adequate portion of rice with onions stir fried with canned tuna (yum!) and lightly stir fried cabbage with garlic.
two finger bananas, 10 wasabi coated cashews (i had to force meself to stop at 10) annnd maybe if i get the munchies later tonight, an apple!
so i have discovered, when you live on a students budget (or any kind of money saving budget actually) you get more creative and healthy with food!! apples and toast? my kinda breakfast for at least one year. and apples are cheap and fresh too! one for 10 nt. ill have two please! its been a while since ive started eating fruit everyday. and it feels better. to know that you are putting natural stuff into your body, better than before, anyway, when i didnt eat fruit everyday. so i recommend a fruit a day. minimum.
another incentive to really get serious and lose some jiggly tummy is that ive made a bet with this friend. he is trying to gain weight at the moment for a reason too long to explain. but bottom line is, he has to get back to regular weight eventually. actually, in 6 months. SO. since hes still putting on weight, i have the head start. so i should win, right?!?!?
its on!
ps. having weight loss buddy/ies is cool :D
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