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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.
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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 fantastic way to work out – intensely.Breakfast @ 8.30am
Half a plain bun with egg and vegetables. Cup of homemade passionfruit tea. Seaweed-flavoured peanut slab.
Gym @ 10am
25 minutes cardio: 10 minutes rowing (was aiming for 15 but the machine was broken) + 15 minutes cross-trainer (aerobics mode, sort of like interval training).
15 minutes weight training.
Lunch @ 2pm
Potato and ham quiche.
Short black. My first non-mocha coffee experience. Ohh mah fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Will stick to green tea as the weight loss drink. Once in a life time is more than enough for that kind of ordeal. *shudders*
Dinner @ 7pm
Bowl of red rice congee with egg and vegetables. Half slice of red bean cake. Small bowl of mung bean soup.
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Diet Tip of the Day
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 congee with vegetables.
Lunch @ 1-3pm
Snack foods (lots of fried foods) during karaoke with friends. My best high school girl friends group. Long time no see!
Drink @ 3.30pm
Glass of coke… at a strip club. Haha I managed to drag my innocent girl friends into a strip club.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Half bowl of noodles and vegetables.
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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 @ 6.30pm
Bowl of noodles with vegetables. Small pot of raspberry yogurt. Watermelon and peach.
How was it a lovely day? When I weighed myself this morning it turns out I’m a whole kg lighter than yesterday. Although after lunch I did go back to the same weight as yesterday. Still happy though!
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Diet Tip of the Day
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 your stomach.Lunch @ 12pm
Watermelon. Bowl of plain congee with vegetables.
Dinner @ 6pm
Lantern Festival food again: Taiwanese sausage, salted chicken, takoyaki, … om nom nom.
I am honestly not skipping breakfasts. I’m just waking up late enough to miss out on it. :P
