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 crazy back pains and today it’s my legs.
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 risk of obesity and may surprisingly carry an even greater risk of obesity than drinking regular, full-calorie and -sugar drinks.
Breakfast @ 8.30am
Cheese bread with low fat cheese.
Lunch @ 2pm
Bowl of white rice with Thai green curry pork and vegetables. Yummms.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Half bowl of vegetarian soup. Piece of cheese bread with low fat cheese. Celery and dried tofu. Marinated egg.
Snack @ 8-10.30pm
~30 BBQ crackers. Ouch. All Simon Collier’s fault for coming shopping with me at the supermarket and not stopping me.
Wagged gym this morning because owwwch did my arms and abs hurt from yesterday’s pilates! :(
I think my appetite is going up oops. Time to be more conscious once again.
Diet Tip of the Day
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 workout! However, if your workout is longer than an hour, then you may need to replenish with carbohydrates and electrolytes in addition to fluids during the workout (a sports drink would work).
Careful, energy/sports drinks can ruin diets!
Breakfast @ 8.30am
1 pork bun. 1/2 red bean bun.
Gym @ 12pm
1 hour pilates. !@£$%^ never knew this class would be so hard. No energy to do the kickboxing class right after it.
Lunch @ 1.30pm
5 pieces of sushi and a large potato hash brown thing. Hot green tea. I have the best lunches by myself.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Bowl of thick rice noodles with celery and dried tofu, plus pork pieces.
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 boost metabolism for up to 39 hours after you finish your last rep.
Interval training has yielded similar benefits. For optimal results, do a total-body weight-training workout three days a week, resting at least a day between sessions, and do intervals on at least two of the off days.
Lunch @ 12pm
Rice and vegetables, with a vegetarian samosa. Watermelon.
Afternoon Tea @ 4pm
Shared a fruit shaved ice with sister. We only ate half the bowl though. Drank some wintermelon tea too.
Dinner @ 6pm
Noodles with vegetables and small pork pieces (maybe?). Some pumpkin seeds, took forever to crack the shells!
Snack @ 8pm
15g pack of baked rock salt bagel chips (very little saturated fat and sugar).
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 chicken breast, steamed broccoli, and brown rice. Too much chow will keep you up at night: To break down all that food, your gut has to churn like a cement truck.
Breakfast @ 8.30am
Cheese bread with cranberry cheese. Cup of passionfruit tea.
Swimming @ 12pm
1 hour swimming + spa + sauna at five-star Pullman hotel (previously Hyatt). Went with boss. The most luxurious lecture break for a uni student.
Drink @ 2pm
300mL Sprite Zero (3 cal). Doctor sister says that if you wish to have soft drinks, Sprite Zero is the best choice.
Dinner @ 7.30pm
Bowl of rice with vegetables and pork mince.
Snack @ 9.30pm
5 yogurt raisins.
