March 2011
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Day 72: still hurting D:
Breakfast @ 8.30am Cup of Chinese green tea. Lunch @ 12pm Small Japanese lunchbox set with miso soup, rice, pork cutlet, sashimi and salad. Dinner @ 7.30pm Bowl of rice with pork, marinated egg, chestnuts, vegetables. BBQ chilli rice crackers. Cup of Chinese green tea. No Exercise I might have worked out too hard from the 2hr pilates + kickboxing because all through yesterday I was having...
Mar 22nd
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Day 70: new challenge
Diet Tip of the Day Top 10 Deceptively Unhealthy Foods: Wrap Sandwiches These sandwiches can trick you into thinking you’re being healthier because the bread is thinner, but in reality, they are often made in a size that’s large enough for two people. Try this instead: Have a sandwich on whole-grain or whole-wheat bread. Fill it with lean meats and plenty of fresh veggies. ...
Mar 20th
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Day 67: chocolate is coming back on the menu
Diet Tip of the Day Healthy Chocolate and Weight Loss: Fiber in cocoa is linked to decreased weight. Fiber helps block some fat absorption as well as a feeling of fullness. Cocoa’s flavonoid content can relieve inflammation (chronic inflammation is associated with low leptin levels, which increases appetite). They also increase insulin sensitivity and proper glucose metabolism, meaning...
Mar 17th
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Day 66: uh oh
Diet Tip of the Day Foods that make you feel good: Eggs Get cracking in the morning to nibble less all day. Protein not only works to curb appetite but also encourages you to expend more energy, so you end up snacking less and burning more calories, researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands found. Breakfast @ 8.30am Quarter of a large Chinese pancake. Pineapples. Gym @ 10am ...
Mar 16th
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Day 65: sleep deprived
Breakfast @ 8.30am Piece of cheese bread with fruits and nuts cheese. Lunch @ 11.30am Bowl of pumpkin and feta cheese salad. Gym @ 1pm 40 minutes kickboxing. 15 minutes stretching. Afternoon Tea @ 2pm Bowl of fruit salad. Dinner @ 7.30pm Bowl of rice, 2 lamb cutlets, vegetables and marinated egg. Snack @ 9pm BBQ rice rackers and 3 chocolate Oreo biscuits. Arrghh fat. Feeling hungrier...
Mar 15th
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Day 64: wagged...
Diet Tip of the Day Can Drinking Diet Soda Help Me Lose Weight? The average 12-ounce can of cola delivers 150 calories, almost all of them from sugar. No study to date has ever shown diet soda to be especially useful in helping people prevent or shed unwanted pounds. In fact, there is a growing body of research that seems to suggest that high diet soda consumption is associated with a higher...
Mar 14th
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Day 63: hardcore!
Diet Tip of the Day Eating for Your Best Workout: During Exercise If your workout lasts less than an hour, no food or sports drink is necessary—plain old water is sufficient. In fact, if your workouts are not longer than an hour and weight-loss or maintenance is one of your goals, consuming calories during your workout will likely counter (and may even exceed) your calorie burn during the...
Mar 13th
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Day 62: lack of progress?
Fitness Tip of the Day 9 Fitness Rules You Should Break: According to a recent University of Southern Maine study, 30 minutes of weight training burns as many calories as running at a blazing six-minute-per-mile pace for the same amount of time. (And it has the bonus of building more muscle tone than running.) What’s more, unlike aerobic exercise, lifting weights has been shown to...
Mar 12th
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Day 60: my heart goes out to Japan and China
Diet Tip of the Day 10 Important Things to Remember When Trying to Lose Weight: Say no to crash and fad diets It has long been proven that crash and fad diets do not work. They only give you short term weight loss, sometimes at the cost your health. With these diets, you mainly lose water weight and not body fat. Crash and fad diets are temporary solutions. Breakfast @ 8.30am Ham, cheese...
Mar 10th
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Day 59: best uni break
Diet Tip of the Day Nutrition Rules You Don’t Need To Follow: The no-food-right-before-bed rule was meant for the nighttime nosher who mindlessly wolfs down a bag of Oreos while watching CSI: Miami. If you get home long after dark, a late dinner is perfectly fine. A calorie is a calorie, no matter what time you eat it. But do keep your evening meal light—along the lines of a...
Mar 8th
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Day 58: feeling tired
Breakfast @ 8.30am 1 piece of bread, with cranberry cheese. Gym @ 10am 28 minutes cardio: 13 minutes rowing (intervals) + 15 minutes cross-trainer (aerobics mode, level 2). 15 minutes weight training. Was going to do more but was feeling nauseous. I think lack of sleep and small breakfast. Lunch @ 1pm Bowl of pumpkin and feta cheese salad. Coffee @ 2pm Mochaccino. Yay haven’t had it...
Mar 7th
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Day 55: a 21st!
Diet Tip of the Day Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Eating: Orthorexia boils down to someone who is very, very concerned with eating what they consider the perfect diet. But healthy eating can turn rigid and confining, wiping out whole categories of food one by one—first anything with additives, perhaps, then maybe nonorganic produce, and then another and another. It can ...
Mar 4th
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Day 54: stressful
Fitness Tip of the Day 10 Signs You’re Exercising Too Much: Fat gain If you’ve lost weight but noticed an increase in body fat, you could be in the later stages of exercise overload. The body responds to prolonged stress by elevating levels of stress hormones, including cortisol, Stenstrup says. Over time this will lead to increased storage of adipose tissue, as well as...
Mar 3rd
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Day 53: end of the first week
Breakfast @ 8.30am Bread with low fat cheese. Lunch @ 1pm Half of an egg, cheese and ham sandwich. Afternoon Tea @ 3.30pm Other half of the sandwich. Dinner @ 7pm Plate of rice, noodles, veges and pork. Pumpkin seeds (healthy snack that takes a long time to crack the shells so won’t over-eat).
Mar 2nd
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Day 52: a happy loner
Diet Tip of the Day 4 Diet Plan Rules It’s OK to Ignore: Eat five small meals a day The “graze, don’t gorge” philosophy is based on the premise that having frequent small meals keeps your blood sugar steady, your metabolism ramped up, and your appetite in check. But more frequent noshing means more opportunities to overeat. To keep hunger pangs from overriding your ...
Mar 1st
February 2011
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Day 51: the short black experience
Fitness Tip of the Day 11 Tactics to Get More from Your Gym Sessions: Cut your sessions to 45 minutes Your gym sessions should not go for longer than 45 minutes. Any long than this and your body starts to produce a chemical that can actually hamper your progress. But that is not the only reason. If you cut your session times down you will be forced to fit more in and work harder. This is a...
Feb 28th
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Day 50: to be a fightaa!
Diet Tip of the Day Gluten: Friend Or Foe? If a person goes on a gluten-free diet, giving up all pasta, packaged foods, cereal, desserts, bread and thickening agents such as gravy, and opts instead to consume more fruits, vegetables, lean meats, fish and low-fat dairy products, then, yes, weight loss could result. But if someone just substitutes gluten-free versions of typical gluten-heavy...
Feb 27th
japonidollsblog asked: Hello!
Your diet tips are great!!
I will be using them from now.
I just started a chicken diet for five days now and I lost two pounds.
Do you think it really work?
Feb 27th
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Day 49: last day before uni
Diet Tip of the Day Know Your Daily Liquid Calorie Intake: Milk Researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville found that having three servings of low-fat dairy per day can lead to weight loss of 10 percent or more. Dairy contains calcium and the amino acid leucine, which together promote fat burning. And a study of overweight women at Northern Illinois University found that soy...
Feb 26th
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Day 48: success
Weight Loss Tip of the Day 15 Easy Ways to Born More Fat: Drink Cold Water German researchers found that drinking 6 cups of cold water a day (that’s 48 ounces) can raise resting metabolism by about 50 calories daily—enough to shed 5 pounds in a year, with essentially zero additional effort. The increase may come from the work it takes to heat the water to body temperature. Lunch @...
Feb 25th
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Day 47: reunion!
Diet Tip of the Day 7 Flat-Belly Food Tricks: Keep the Skin On Speaking of fiber, a lot of it’s in the peel, whether it’s potatoes, apples, or pears. Even oranges: Don’t eat the whole peel, but keep the pith, that white, stringy stuff—it’s packed with heart-healthy compounds called flavonoids. Breakfast @ 8am Small pot of yogurt. Watermelon. Small bowl of plain...
Feb 24th
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Day 46: a lovely day
Fitness Tip of the Day How Often Do You Need to Change Your Workout to Get Results? By switching different exercise variables, you can avoid hitting a strength plateau without having to continuously add more weight and time to your workouts. Try changing two to four variables each week: weight, sets, reps, rest times. Lunch @ 11am Bowl of plain congee with kumara and vegetables. Dinner @...
Feb 23rd
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Day 45: meetings
Diet/Fitness Tip of the Day How To Take Protein Shakes After Workout: Drink a protein shake within one hour after working out. There is a window of time where the body reaps the most benefit from nutrition post-workout. Ideally, drinking a shake 15 to 30 minutes after a workout allows the body to take up the nutrients at a quicker rate to allow repair and recovery. Lunch @ 11am Half bowl...
Feb 22nd
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Day 44: sore legs
Weight Loss Tip of the Day Exercising But Still Gaining Weight: Stress and Weight Gain Stress can lead to mindless eating, like snacking on chips or cookies without thinking about how many you’re actually consuming. Or stress can contribute to excessive production of the hormone cortisol by the adrenal glands. When that happens, the body starts to store more calories as fuel and slow...
Feb 21st
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Day 42: Lantern Festival revisit
Diet Tip of the Day Foods That Can Burn Fat: Beans Beans are a low-glycemic food filled with fiber to keep you feel satisfied for longer and thus promote a reduction in your intake of calories. These two characteristics can result in a decrease in body fat. Willett recommends consuming legumes one to three times per day. Beans are also high in protein, which slows their transit time through...
Feb 19th
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Day 41: Lantern Festival!
Fitness Tip of the Day Free Weights vs Exercise Machines: Which is Better? If you are trying to lose weight, get fit or sculpt some part of your body you will be much better off using free weights. When you use free weights you get an increased range of motion. This range of motion means that you will be working more muscles at once and as such you will get a more intense workout. ...
Feb 18th
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Day 40: sitting on my bum
Weight Loss Tip of the Day 11 Real Weight Loss Tips for Women Struggling to Lose Weight: Be patient Weight loss takes time. For many women it can be several months before the results start to show. The problem is that so many women give up before they hit the “results period” and as such never get to see the benefits of all their hard work. Be patient with your self and with your weight...
Feb 17th
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Day 39: cramps
Weight Loss Tip of the Day Where Do You Lose Weight First? There is very little you can do to influence specific subcutaneous fat distribution. Exercise should always be a part of any fat loss program - but vigorously exercising a specific body part will not have any influence on local fat in that area. Neither will high-repetition (e.g. 20-30 reps) weight training lead to greater fat loss. ...
Feb 16th
aliceandlife asked: oh my goodness, that was so enlightening! I can't believe that I didn't know you could do that - thanks so much! :)

guess I won't be making the switch anymore hehe... hope you're doing well! :)
Feb 16th
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Day 38: procrastinating
Fitness Tip of the Day 11 Tactics to Get More from Your Gym Sessions: Use heavy weights Whoever it was that first said that light weights tone your muscles was a fool. Light weights don’t do much at all to be honest. If you want to tone up and lose weight then you need to use heavy weights. Don’t worry, you won’t get bulky. All you will do is burn calories faster and make a lot more...
Feb 15th
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Day 36: it's Valentines
It’s Valentines! Need I say much? 7-9 course grand Japanese dinner. Life is gooood.
Feb 13th
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Day 35: snack attack
Diet Tip of the Day How to Lose Weight for Good, Your Ultimate Guide: The myth of fat-free Fat free meals are, 90% of the time, bad for your waist line. Fat does not make you fat. Some fats are good for you. Fat free foods are generally packed full of sugar – and sugar makes you fat. Next time you buy something that is fat free and claims to be good for your weight loss take a look at the...
Feb 12th
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Day 34: bad luck
Diet Tip of the Day Stop Stress Eating: Fending off a snack attack can be as simple as asking, Am I hungry? When a craving doesn’t come from hunger, food will never satisfy it. To prevent binging, eat before you feel signals such as irritability, light-headedness or headaches. I am terribly guilty of this… Breakfast @ 10.30am Burger King Chicken Grabba meal, shared fries and...
Feb 11th
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Day 33: got back to it
Diet Tip of the Day Top 10 Belly-Bloating Foods to Avoid: Bulky Raw Foods A half-cup serving of cooked carrots delivers the same nutrition as one cup raw, but it takes up less room in your GI tract. Eat only cooked vegetables, smaller portions of unsweetened dried fruit, and canned fruits in natural juice. This will allow you to meet your nutrient needs without expanding your GI tract with...
Feb 10th
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Day 32: So I thought...
Diet Tip of the Day Negative Calorie Foods: Lose Weight By Eating: What is a negative calorie food? Negative calorie foods are natural foods that have a net effect of weight loss when you eat them. The reason they are called negative is because they take more energy to digest than are contained in the food itself What are some negative calorie foods? Asparagus, Fennel, Broccoli, Leek, Cabbage,...
Feb 9th
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Day 31: relax yee-yah!
Diet Tip of the Day How to Super Charge Your Morning Walk and Burn More Fat: Drink a black coffee before you leave If you want to burn more fat on your morning walk you should drink a cup of black coffee. Isn’t that great news? The bad news – you aren’t allowed to have any milk or sugar. Just coffee and water. Add anything else and you won’t get the benefit. Brunch @ 11am Corned beef and...
Feb 8th
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Day 30: at last!
Motivation Tip of the Day How to Not be Intimidated at the Gym: Realize that nobody cares People are not staring at your huge butt. People are not looking to see what brand sneakers you have on. People are not critiquing your workout. The truth of the matter is that everyone there is as self conscious as you! When you are worrying about what THEY are thinking they are sitting there worrying...
Feb 7th
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Day 28: last day of torture!
Breakfast @ 8am Pork bun. Lunch @ 11.30am Calzone (ham and vegetables) and Japanese Lime green tea. Afternoon Tea @ 3pm Bowl of carrots and spare ribs soup. Cracker. Dinner @ 6pm Red rice with vegetables. Slice of peach. Cracker. The last annoying essay assignment of my summer school. All these influx of essay load has taken the time away from exercising. :( I could only try to walk more...
Feb 6th
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Day 27: last rest day
Fitness Tip of the Day The Ultimate Weight Loss Guide: Aerobic Exercise: Which one should you do? Let’s say, for example, that the activity that burns the most calories is something you absolutely hate doing. It might burn the most calories, but that won’t do much for you when you quit doing it because you can’t stand that activity. Pick the activity you are going to be most...
Feb 5th
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Day 26: tired
Fitness Tip of the Day Butt Exercises: False Myths That a lot of reps burn fat and sculpt butt muscles. The truth is that low reps and increased intensity are what gets results. Lunch @ 12pm 2/3 of a Japanese rice dish with vegetables and beef. 1 BBQ Chinese bread. Shared a bowl of fruit shaved ice with boyfriend. So amazingly yum! :9 Dinner @ 6.30pm Watermelon. Bowl of vegetarian fried...
Feb 4th
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Day 25: a treat
Weight Loss Tip of the Day Can You Lose Weight While You Sleep? When you haven’t had a lot of sleep, your body reacts much the same as if you haven’t eaten enough; your leptin levels fall as your ghrelin levels shoot up. This triggers hunger, which, in turn, triggers overeating and that, of course, leads to weight gain. These hormonal changes also seem to signal the body to put...
Feb 3rd
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Day 23: money, money, money
Breakfast @ 8am Cup of milo and half of a large Chinese pancake. Wii @ 5.30pm 15 minutes Just Dance. Not as fun as not as tiring as Just Dance 2. :( Dinner @ 6pm Honey melon. Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner. :o Very filling but still a lot lesser portion than before (yay my natural appetite has decreased). I love red pocket money hehe. Snack @ 9.30pm Few raw almonds and raisins. They...
Feb 1st
January 2011
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Day 22: stress levels 3-storey high
Fitness Tip of the Day How to Make the Most of Your Time on the Elliptical: Toning your thighs Pay attention to your feet. Pressing more with your heels will work your hamstrings and booty more, while pressing more with your toes will tone your quads on the front of your thighs. Pedaling backward on the machine is great way to tone your backside — hamstrings and glutes. Tone your glutes...
Jan 31st
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Day 21: procrastinating
Breakfast @ 11am Watermelon. Lunch @ 1pm Bowl of rice with vegetables and pork. Dinner @ 6pm Watermelon. Bowl of noodles soup with vegetables and meat balls. Snack @ 9pm ~10 raw almonds and raisins. It’s going to be a loooooooong night. 649/3000 words essay.
Jan 30th
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Day 20: busy
Diet Tip of the Day Weight Loss Plan for the Non Calorie Counter: Instead of measuring each bite - Try enjoying each bite Instead of measuring your meals, try a more measured approach to eating. It takes your brain 12 to 15 minutes to receive the signal that your stomach is at max capacity, so wait for it. If you pause between bites, chances are you’ll get that signal before...
Jan 29th
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Day 19: lazy
Weight Loss Tip of the Day The Sneaky Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight: Fat-free foods These sound ideal, but they’re major diet traps. When foods that are supposed to have fat in them are made fat free, like cookies or ice cream, they’re also taste free. To make up for the lack of flavor, manufacturers add things like sugar, salt and starch, which are terrible for your...
Jan 28th
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Day 18: oh the pain
Weight Loss Tip of the Day How To Burn Fat Easy: Increase Metabolism Add green tea to your diet. Green tea contains a substance called epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, which may increase your metabolism and improve fat burning. Steep 1 tsp. of green tea leaves, or one teabag, in 8 oz. of boiling water for three to five minutes. Drink at least three cups per day. But obviously, not...
Jan 27th
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Day 17: skeptical
Weight Loss Tip of the Day 25 Ways to Cut 500 Calories a Day: Tap your foot Your skinnier friends are probably fidgeters, who burn up to 350 calories a day just by tapping their feet or being restless. Walk around while you’re on the phone, or tap out a tune with your hands or feet (in the privacy of your own office, of course). Breakfast @ 6am 100g soy yogurt. Breakfast @ 7.30am Half of...
Jan 26th
undirectedmusings-deactivated20 asked: this is kinda cheating, but drinking diet coke/coke zero when you're feeling peckish sorta works.
Jan 26th
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Day 16: risk of overeating
Weight Loss Tip of the Day Dr. Oz’s 10 Commandments for Weight Loss: Thou Shall Not Wear Pants That Stretch When you wear stretchy clothes, it’s difficult to tell if you are gaining weight because you gain weight without realizing it. When you wear clothes that fit with a set size you let clothes be your gauge. They alert your body if something is getting a little tight so you...
Jan 25th