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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 if the sugar in your blood is being utilized properly, it doesn’t convert into fat.
Plus lots more health benefits including: boosts energy level, improve heart health, antibacterial agent. And, a Harvard University study found that eating dark chocolate three times a month could prolong a person’s life by roughly one year.
Note: the above does not apply to normal chocolate.
And it just so happens that my all-time favourite type of chocolate is 75%+ dark chocolate. :)
Breakfast @ 8.30am
2 small slices of Chinese pancake.
Morning Tea @ 10am
2 small slices of Chinese pancake.
Coffee @ 11am
Cup of soy mocha. Have not had this soy mocha delicacy for months it was amazing!
Lunch @ 12pm
1 small slice of Chinese pancake (these were all actually supposed to be my breakfast, but I rushed out for work without finishing it haha).
Dinner @ 7pm
Bowl of fried rice. Pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
Snack @ 10pm
2 bite-sized blocks of 85% dark chocolate. 1 chocolate Oreo biscuit.
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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
29 minutes cardio: 12 minutes rowing (intervals) + 17 minutes step elliptical (intervals, level 5).
15 minutes weight training.
Lunch @ 2.30pm
2 pieces of bread sprinkled with parsley and rocksalt, drizzled with olive oil.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Half of a large Chinese pancake with vegetables (onions and carrots). 1 chocolate oreo biscuit.
Progress Update
Weight: +1-2 kg
Ouch. Factors: stress, lack of sleep, less water, less fruits (watermelon season is over!) :(
Although my inner thighs feel/look obviously thinner!
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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 and egg sandwich (two layers).
Lunch @ 12pm
2/3 Bacon and egg sandwich. Hot chocolate. Few bites of salad. Some lemon tart and lemon bread.
Dinner @ 7pm
Bowl of veges and laksa curry. Ham, cheese and egg sandwich (two layers).
Sat on a large exercise ball at work as my office chair, otherwise I was working while standing up.
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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 become decidedly unhealthy. Like anorexia and bulimia, it can wreak serious damage on the health of someone trapped in the obsession.
As I have mentioned before, allow yourself to cheat! I have so many “bad” days that I don’t feel like I’m on a conscious diet plan, but I’ve been getting lighter, fitter and happier. :)
Lunch @ 1pm
A lovely lunch with boss and colleague at a Chinese/Malaysian restaurant. Had soup, fish balls, noodles, eggplants, fish and other veges. Japanese green tea milk tea with pearls, half sugar.
Snack @ 3.30pm
Few bites of Whittaker’s dark chocolate and Toblerone.
Dinner @ 8.30-11pm
Finger foods at friend’s 21st. Probably the second 21st party I’ve been to out of the countless ones I’ve been invited to. Coldless, antisocial, lazy, I know. :P
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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 willpower throughout the day, eat fiber-rich foods at mealtimes—they make you feel fuller and take longer to digest.Breakfast @ 8.30am
Bread with low fat cheese.
Exercise @ 12pm
50 minutes yoga.
45 minutes kickboxing + 5 minutes warm down.
Lunch @ 2.30pm
2 pieces of bread with parsley and olive oil. Pot of jasmine green tea.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Bowl of red rice congee with vegetables and steak. Half of a Reeses chocolate peanut cup.
