Tummy Grumbles

Friday: I love lap cheong

2009-05-29T21:13:00.001+08:00

New cereal today! Tried Kellogg's Special K. Quite frankly, I think Sanitarium was better.

Cereal, Kellogg's Special K, Red Berries, 30 Grams [116 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Total - 220 calories

Mom made her dry curry again. I prefer the gravylicious one she usually makes hehe.

Rice, white, 1/2 Cup [121 cal]
Curry, chicken, 1/2 Cup [218 cal]
Total - 339 calories

Stopped by the supermarket at around 5 or so today before heading off to badminton. Was feeling rather peckish, so I indulged and got me some potato salad. Tasted a tiny bit funky, but it hit the spot. I love my carbs.

Potato salad, 1 Cup [358 cal]
Total - 358 calories

Ah, fried rice. Don't usually fancy it, but today mom threw in some lap cheong (a.k.a chinese sausage), which livened up the flavour immensely. Ingredients and calorie breakdown below.

Fried rice, 1 Serving [487 cal]:

Rice, white, 1/2 Cup [121 cal]
Egg, scrambled, 1 Piece [92 cal]
Beans, french, chopped, 1/4 Cup [57 cal]
Corn, whole kernel, canned, 1/4 Cup [45 cal]
Sausage, chicken, chopped, 1/2 Piece [50 cal]
Lap cheong, chopped, 1/2 Piece [122 cal]

Juice, orange, 1 Cup [110 cal]
Total - 597 calories

A pretty good day today; bought a new sports shirt for badminton and had people remarking on how I lost a lot of weight. So I'm a happy camper. ^_^

Overall calories consumed - 1,513 cal
Exercise & calories burned - Badminton (60 mins), 472 cal
Calories under budget - 932 (out of 1,973) cal

Summary: Saturday (23rd May) to Thursday (28th May)

2009-05-28T23:47:00.007+08:00

OK, so I've been awfully lazy of late. Too busy enjoying my life whilst wondering why my weight loss seems to have slowed down to a nigh non-existent crawl. Seems this is plateau number 2 (with the first being a month or two back). I suppose it's not been too surprising; looking back at my weekly log, one can clearly see a big difference in my calorie intake a few months ago and this month.

Moreover, I've been missing a lot of breakfast lately because I sleep late and wake up late as well. I need to get my body clock back on track.

I'm still under my weekly budget, but nowhere near where I was before during my best weeks. Gotta start getting back my discipline if I wanna see faster weight loss.

In any case, here's a quick breakdown of the past week or so. A quick note on labels: Starting with this post, I've decided to lessen the footer clutter by only adding new labels to a post if there are new foods I mention.

Saturday:

Cereal, Sanitarium, Triple Berry, 1 Cup [215 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Total - 319 calories

Sunday:
I had a modest breakfast before heading off to the wilds of Temburong, and before we set off down the river in our longboats, had a little brunch as well.

Jacob's Cream Crackers, 2 Pieces [87 cal]
Tuna salad, 2 Tablespoons [48 cal]
Juice, orange, 1 Cup [134 cal]
Kelupis, 1/2 Piece [134 cal]
Tea, unsweetened, 1 Cup [2 cal]
Total - 406 calories

Monday:
Had some huevos rancheros which, in this case, was a combo of fried eggs, olives, tomatoes, green and red pepper, mushrooms and a tortilla (See calorie breakdown below).

Huevos rancheros, 1 Serving [372 cal]:

Eggs, fried, 2 Pieces [180 cal]
Tomatoes, diced, 1/2 Cup [25 cal]
Bell peppers, red & green, 1/2 Cup [19 cal]
Mushrooms, diced, 2 Pieces [4 cal]
Tortilla, flour, 7" to 8", 1 Piece [144 cal]

Cappucino, iced, w/whipped cream, 1 Cup [111 cal]
Total - 484 calories

Tuesday: None.

Wednesday: None.

Thursday: None.

Saturday:

It's around that time of year for ba chang (a.k.a. zongzi in Mandarin), a savoury (sometimes sweet) dumpling made of glutinous rice that is eaten during a Chinese festival.

Ba chang, pork & mushroom, 1 Piece [276 cal]
Coffee, canned, 1 Can [105 cal]
Total - 381 calories

Sunday:
After returning from the hike, we had a hearty lunch at base camp.

Rice, white, 1/2 Cup [121 cal]
Curry, chicken, 1/2 Cup [218 cal]
Vegetables, mixed, stir-fried, 1/2 Cup [40 cal]
Shrimp, sweet & sour sauce, 1/4 Cup [120 cal]
Tea, iced, 1 Cup [151 cal]
Watermelon, diced, 1/2 Cup [20 cal]
Total - 670 calories

NB: The watermelon wasn't really diced, but slices are hard to measure so I estimated the amount as if they had been diced.

Monday: None.
NB: Technically speaking, I'd had breakfast at brunchtime, so I was still full and skipped lunch.

Tuesday:

Kai-lan, 1 Cup [19 cal]
Beef, w/ potatoes, 1/2 Cup [152 cal]
Total - 171 calories

Wednesday:

Cauliflower, cooked, 1 Cup [29 cal]
Chicken, stew, w/ peanuts, 1/2 Cup [266 cal]
Total - 295 calories

Thursday:

Pasta, w/ pesto sauce, 2 Cups [540 cal]
Total - 540 calories

Saturday: None.

Sunday: None

Monday:

Coke, 1 Cup [100 cal]
Juice, orange, 1 Cup [134 cal]
Tea, Yeo's, Winter Melon, 1 Packet [70 cal]
"Teh C Special", 1 Cup [200 cal]
Noodles, w/ chicken & gravy, 2 Cups [608 cal]
Total - 1,113 calories

NB: "Teh C Special" is a special blend of tea with evaporated milk and gula melaka, which is a type of molasses made from palm sugar.

Tuesday:

Chocolate, Hello Panda, 5 Pieces [101 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Watermelon, diced, 1 Cup [40 cal]
Chocolate, miniatures, 1 Piece [45 cal]
Total - 290 calories

Wednesday:

Watermelon, diced, 1 Cup [40 cal]
Jacob's Cream Crackers, 3 Pieces [130 cal]
Juice, orange, 1/2 Cup [67 cal]
Total - 237 calories

Thursday:

Cookies, coconut, 6 Pieces [150 cal]
Ba chang, w/ pork and mushroom, 1 Piece [276 cal]
Total - 426 calories

Saturday:
Ate out and had a dish made of chicken stir-fried in a honey-based sauce. With rice, of course.

Dish, rice w/honey chicken, 1 Serving [400 cal]
Peaches, canned, 1/2 Cup [97 cal]
Jelly, 2 Tablespoons [112 cal]
Total - 609 calories

Sunday:

Tea, chai, 1 Cup [140 cal]
Bread, naan, 1 Piece [200 cal]
Egg, fried, 1 Piece [90 cal]
Total - 430 calories

Monday:

Noodles, w/ shrimp, 1/4 Cup [68 cal]
Rice, white, 1/2 Cup [121 cal]
Spinach, stir-fried, 1/2 Cup [20 cal]
Chocolate, Hello Panda, 6 Pieces [122 cal]
Total - 330 calories

Tuesday:

Omelette, w/ sausage, 5 Tablespoons [118 cal]
Cabbage, cooked and shredded, 1 Cup [34 cal]
Total - 253 calories

Wednesday:

Veat, Veaty Bites, Pandan Chicken, 5 Pieces [150 cal]
Beans, french, chopped, 1/2 cup [114 cal]
Cabbage, cooked and shredded, 1/2 Cup [17 cal]
Bread, pita, 6", 1/2 Piece [82 cal]
Hummus, 2 Tablespoons [46 cal]
Total: 410 calories

Thursday:

Ba chang, w/ pork and mushroom, [552 cal]
Sandwich, peanut butter & jam, [398 cal]
Total - 950 calories

Saturday:

Overall calories consumed - 1,309 cal
Calories under budget - 664 (out of 1,973) cal

Sunday:

Overall calories consumed - 1,507 cal
Exercise & calories burned - Hiking (60 mins), 551 cal
Calories under budget - 1,017 (out of 1,973) cal

Monday:

Overall calories consumed - 1,926 cal
Calories under budget - 47 (out of 1,973) cal

Tuesday:

Overall calories consumed - 7,14 cal
Calories under budget - 1,259 (out of 1,973) cal

Wednesday:

Overall calories consumed - 942 cal
Exercise & calories burned - Badminton (1 hr 30 mins), 708 cal
Calories under budget - 1,739 (out of 1,973) cal

Thursday:

Overall calories consumed - 1,916 cal
Calories under budget - 57 (out of 1,973) cal

Lazy already??

2009-05-26T23:36:00.000+08:00

Yep, you read it. I'm getting lazy already haha. It does get a little tedious inputting food everyday. I told myself I'd put up a week's worth of posts to see how it works out.

So far, I wonder if there's much point to keeping this blog up?

Friday: Croissants are lovely

2009-05-22T22:08:00.005+08:00

My new computer's been keeping me up, so I had a late night. Woke up at 11am today, so no breakfast. Again.

Went out to lunch with a friend and ordered the restaurant's "Mushroom Chicken" with rice. I'm not too sure what I was expecting; it was basically a chicken and mushroom stew with a soy-based sauce. Not too bad, but I think my mom could do a lot better.

Stew, chicken w/ mushroom, 1/2 Cup [149 cal]
Rice, white, 2/3 Cup [161 cal]
Total - 310 calories

Had tuna salad again. I think tuna salad is a childhood comfort food for me. I remember going swimming with my cousins as a kid, and once we got out of the pool all tired and hungry, my mom and aunt would bring out the bread and tuna and we'd stuff ourselves with sandwiches. Good times.

Sandwich, tuna salad, 1 Piece [347 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Total - 451 calories

Headed to Supasave to stock up on deodorant (you do not want to be around me without deodorant on a sunny day). I also bought some dinner in the form of a croissant sandwich. It had corned chicken (as opposed to beef), tomato and cucumber slices, bits of cheese, lettuce, and low fat mayonnaise. It tasted surprisingly good. The croissant was especially tasty. I gotta try it again another time.

Croissant, chicken & vege, w/cheese & low fat mayo, 1 Piece [474 cal]
Juice, orange, 1 Cup [110 cal]
Total - 584 calories

Mom's friend sent over some fruit from New Zealand. I can't remember the last time I tasted persimmon and kiwi...

Persimmon, fresh, 1/4 Piece [8 cal]
Kiwi, fresh, 1/2 Piece [28 cal]
Total - 36 calories

And finally, after weeks, I get to play badminton again. Felt so good to sweat haha. Today was a good day; my net calories consumption came out to only 773 calories! I live for badminton days.

Overall calories consumed - 1,382 cal
Exercise & calories burned - Badminton (1 hr 30 mins), 609 cal
Calories under budget - 1,201 (out of 1,973) cal

Thursday: Haha, "horlo"!

2009-05-20T23:42:00.000+08:00

Uneventful day, and for some reason, not very hungry at all this morning. I guess it's because I don't wake up early enough to be hungry by 9am.

Jacob's Weetameal, 5 Pieces, [86 cal]
Juice, orange (unsweetened), 1 Cup [134 cal]
Total - 220 calories

Was busy playing with the nephew, so I sorta picked at my food when it came to lunch haha. Nice beef today. Not too sure what vegetable I had today. Forgot to ask. I'll just say bok choy until someone corrects me.

Rice, white, 1 Cup [121 cal]
Bok choy, stir-fried, 2/3 Cup [13 cal]
Beef, ground, soy sauce, 3 Ounces [230 cal]
Total - 287 calories

Visited one of my lecturers in campus today. One of the great things about her is that she's always offering tidbits when we barge in on her. Chocolates, candy, snacks, etc. Today she had those Lexus Cracker things.

Lexus Crackers, cheese filling, 2 Pieces [105 cal]
Chocolate, dark [135 cal]
Total - 240 calories

Mom tried her hand at making a dry curry. I used to dislike curry, but recently gained an inexplicable liking for it.

Rice, white, 1/2 Cup [121 cal]
Curry, chicken, 1/2 Cup [218 cal]
Broccoli, boiled, 1/2 Cup [27 cal]
Total - 366 calories

Went out for supper with a few friends. Amidst the talk of Twitter and Thai girls, I managed to scarf down some mee mamak, which is a spicy eggy noodle dish. Also drank a glass of "horlo" which is a combination of horlicks and milo.

Mee mamak, 1 Serving [400 cal]
Horlo, 1 Cup [122 cal]
Total - 522 calories

Snacks will be the death of me.

Overall calories consumed - 1,636 cal
Calories under budget - 337 (out of 1,973) cal

Wednesday: The other extreme

2009-05-20T23:07:00.000+08:00

Skipped breakfast today. Was too busy jamming away at Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Bad monkey!

Spaghetti day! Oddly enough, although I used to love spaghetti, my tastes have slowly moved away from it to other kinds of pasta, such as lasagna. And I still love pizza.

Spaghetti, beef sauce, 1 Cup [260 cal]
Total - 260 calories

Dinner was pretty simple; had leftover spaghetti sauce with some fried mee hoon (rice vermicelli). I don't really like mee hoon but I thought it'd be OK for a change.

Mee hoon, 1 Cup [272 cal]
Sauce, spaghetti, 1/2 Cup [60 cal]
Total - 332 calories

Everyone says that late night snacks are bad for you, but I've read an article here and there which claims that there is no scientific proof that eating late at night contributes to weight gain. Sounds like justification to me. But a couple biscuits can't hurt, right?

Jacob's Weetameal, 5 Pieces [86 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1/2 Cup [52 cal]
Total - 138 calories

For some reason, I managed to not eat very much today. I suppose it has to do with the arrival of my new Dell PC today. Too busy cleaning up my room and setting up the machine to bother with food. ^_^

Overall calories consumed - 730 cal
Calories under budget - 1,243 (out of 1,973) cal

Tuesday: Late again

2009-05-19T23:41:00.000+08:00

Sorry, Internet again. Though now that I'm on my new PC, the Internet's been oddly better.

I love Weetameal. Tasty and good for you. Dad hadn't bought any for a while so I'm catching up haha.

Jacob's Weetameal, 5 Pieces [86 cal]
Devondale Point One [104 cal]
Total - 190 calories

Homemade meatballs are gorgeous. Had them with Ikea's Swedish Meatball sauce. Yum. Oh, and beans are oddly higher in calories than I anticipated...

Meatballs, beef, 4 Pieces [ 222 cal]
Potatoes, sliced, 4 Pieces [108 cal]
Spinach, stir-fried, 1/2 Cup [20 cal]
Beans, french, 1/2 cup [114 cal]
Total - 464 calories

Aunt sent over some homemade kelupis today. They're basically glutinous rice with shrimp wrapped in a large leaf and steamed or barbecued (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). I've always loved the things, but I can't say they're too good for me. Couldn't resist having two though.

Kelupis, 2 Pieces [270 cal]
Total - 270 calories

Pretty filling dinner, though with nothing too unhealthy. That is, if you don't count the sambal prawns.

Rice, white, 1/2 cup [121 cal]
Prawns, sambal, 1/2 Cup [149 cal]
Lettuce, stir-fried, 1 Cup [10 cal]
Cauliflower, boiled, 1 Cup [29 cal]
Soup, cream of corn, 1 Cup [90 cal]
Total - 398 calories

Went to Charmy, that "Snow Ice" place. Was my first time, and I must say, it's pretty good. They proudly boast that "no matter how much you eat Snow Ice, you'll never gain a single pound." Hmm, I'd rather not test that. I had a "Nutty", which has toppings of peanuts and peanut butter. I also had this very good toast dish called "Lasagna Toast", which was quite good. Thick piece of bread stuffed with lasagna sauce and topped with melted cheese. Might have that again next time.

Sundae, "Nutty", 1 Serving [200 cal]
Dish, "Lasagna Toast", 1 Serving [392 cal]
Total - 862 calories

Gosh, two snacks in one day. I need badminton soon. It's all I can do to keep under my DCB. I love food too much!

Overall calories consumed - 1,913 cal
Exercise & calories burned - DDR (45 mins), 354 cal
Calories under budget - 414 (out of 1,973) cal

Monday: My mom is a jedi

2009-05-18T22:17:00.008+08:00

What follows is a conversation between my mom and me with literal (sorta) translations from Hakka. Pardon the lousy romanization. It sounds a lot funnier in Chinese.

Mom: Ngi oi yim barley mau? [You want drink barley or not?]
Me: Moi. [Don't want.]
Mom: Oi! [Want!]

Talk about a Jedi mind trick.

I was also playing "Nothing Else Matters" on Guitar Hero: Metallica, and she commented about how she likes that song because my brother used to listen to it continually.

Ah, one of my childhood breakfasts today. Scrambled eggs (with ketchup) on wholemeal bread. Well, it wasn't always wholemeal, but my family switched to it years ago.

Bread, wholemeal, 1 slice [66 cal]
Eggs, scrambled, 6 Tablespoons [137 cal]
Ketchup, 1 Tablespoon [15 cal]
Total - 218 calories

Pizza day! Man, pizza is SO not good for you. Each slice is loaded with calories. The only problem is-- I love pizza.

Pizza, pepperoni, 1 Slice [298 cal]
Pizza, meat & vegetable, 1 Slice [332 cal]
Total - 630 calories

Whoever decided to put together chocolate and peanut butter in the heavenly combination of Reese's is a freakin' genius. Oh, and here's another Jacob's variety that's pretty good: Weetameal.

Chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, 1 Piece [109 cal]
Jacob's Weetameal Crackers, 7 Pieces [120 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1/2 Cup [52 cal]
Total - 281 calories

Tonight was another big affair. Great uncle from L.A. visited, so we ate out and had a lot of rich restaurant food. I tasted from every dish, so it was quite a challenge keeping the calorie level down. Even those damn appetizer peanuts were tempting.

Peanuts, salted, 20 Pieces [117 cal]
Rice, white, 1 Cup [242 cal]
Beef, stir-fried, 1 1/2 Ounces [120 cal]
Asparagus, spears, 5 Pieces [16 cal]
Kai-lan, 1/2 Cup [10 cal]
Spinach, stir-fried, 1/2 Cup [20 cal]
Prawns, buttermilk, 4 Pieces [260 cal]
Tofu, Japanese, 3 Pieces [91 cal]
Fish, sea bass, 2 Ounces [70 cal]
Papaya, fresh, 2 Ounces [15 cal]
Tea, black, 1 Cup [0 cal]
Total - 961 calories

Even cutting down and merely taking a tiny portion from each dish, it added up to quite a lot. Really cut it close today. I can't wait for badminton to start up again. I'll have to settle for some DDR here and there to stave off the fat.

Overall calories consumed - 2,091 cal
Exercise & calories burned - DDR (30 mins), 236 cal
Calories under budget - 118 (out of 1,973) cal

Sunday: Tuna on a rainy day

2009-05-17T20:36:00.001+08:00

I tend to wake up pretty early for church. So it was about 7:45am this morning when I had breakfast. Had tuna salad, which is a simple blend of canned tuna and mayo, with salt and pepper to taste. I dunno how my mom does it; it always tastes better than when I make it. Was sorta in a hurry, so didn't scarf down that much; only had half a sandwich, i.e. tuna salad smeared on one slice of bread then folded in half.

Sandwich, tuna salad, 1/2 Piece [174 cal]
Juice, orange, 1 Cup [134 cal]
Total - 308 calories

Went to Golden Leaf in Batu Bersurat for lunch. Love that place. Great Chinese food (though not exactly Muslim-friendly). Didn't have any pork this time though. Their fish curry is pretty flavoursome and I ended up eating more rice than I expected.

Curry, fish, 1 Serving [256 cal]
Rice, white, 1 Cup [242 cal]
Tea, herbal, 1 Cup [100 cal]
Total - 598 calories

After I heard my brother's success with eating smaller meals more often to lose weight, I followed suit, and I can honestly say it's working pretty well so far. The drawback is that every couple hours I get hungry, so at about 5:30pm I had some cereal.

Cereal, Sanitarium, Triple Berry, 1 Cup [215 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Total - 319 calories

Is it just me, or do the past few days seem to be full of tasty dinners? Tonight was a bacon-n-egg sandwich, with a few sticks of Veat thrown in. For the uninitiated, Veat is a brand of vegetarian soy-based meat substitutes. Doesn't sound very appetizing, but throw in varieties of "Veaty Bites" like "Pandan Chicken" and "Chicken Satay", and it starts sounding a little better. And add to that the fact that each serving is not all that high in calories, and you've got a winning product. Unfortunately, there is news of its discontinuation.

Anyway, just to make it easier, I'll list the ingredients for the sandwich instead of lumping it all together under one point.

Bacon, pan fried, medium-sized, 2 Pieces [87 cal]
Egg, 1 Piece [90 cal]
Bread, wholemeal, 2 Slices [ 133 cal]
Ketchup, 2 Tablespoons [29 cal]
Veat, Veaty Bites, Chicken Satay, 2 Sticks [110 cal]
Total - 449 calories

This week hasn't been all that great in terms of cutting down on the cals. Granted, I'm still under my overall daily budget, and lower than my weekly budget, so it's not a total loss.

Overall calories consumed - 1,674 cal
Calories under budget - 300 (out of 1,973) cal

Saturday: Better late than never

2009-05-16T23:51:00.000+08:00

Pardon the late post that was supposed to be up yesterday. Internet was on the fritz. Even now it's a little wonky, so excuse the dust.

For clarity's sake, 1 cup is equivalent to approximately 60g. Usually, 1/2 a cup comes to about 4 to 5 tablespoons or so, so that's a pretty reliable measurement. But it doesn't sound like much, does it?

I've also decided to add labels (as well as few extra details here and there) to each post. Every label will be a general food one, just to make it easier to navigate if you're looking for a particular food item and/or its calorie content.

For breakfast I tried a new cereal from Sanitarium's Light 'n' Tasty range. Tastes pretty good, for a "healthy" cereal. Ever since my family decided to make the switch to low-fat milk, my dad has been buying Devondale Point One, which is what I usually have with cereal.

Cereal, Sanitarium, Triple Berry, 1 Cup [215 cal]
Milk, Devondale, Point One, 1 Cup [104 cal]
Total - 319 calories

Ooh, mom cooked 2 types of vegetables today! Two of my favourites: spinach and baby kai-lan (also known as chinese broccoli or chinese kale). The best thing about veges is that you can stuff your face with most of them and not worry very much about calories. Case in point-- 1 cup of kai-lan is about 19 calories!

Mom also made a very nice chicken stew of sorts, with peanuts and potatoes. Didn't have too much of that, since peanuts are chock full of calories, though it is quite a good idea to have a handful of nuts once in a while. The food kind, I mean.

Kai-lan, 1 Cup [19 cal]
Spinach, 1 Cup [40 cal]
Stew, chicken, 1/2 cup [149 cal]
Total - 208 calories

Dinner was at Jollibee. Another night of caloric splurging. The two biggest guilty pleasures tonight were the Crispy Chicken Burger (with garlic mayo) and the "Creamy Kaya" which used to be called "Halo-Halo". I wonder why they changed its name...

Burger, chicken, 1 Serving [583 cal]
Coca-Cola, 1 Cup [103]
French fries, salted, 25 Pieces [168 cal]
Sundae, Creamy Kaya, 1 Serving [304 cal]
Total - 1,157 calories

Dinner's total calories shocked me. I'd almost forgotten how insanely fattening fast food can be. On the bright side, I only netted a paltry 208 calories for lunch, so my total was still slightly below budget.

Overall calories consumed - 1,684 cal
Calories under budget - 748 (out of 1,973) cal

Friday: Firsts

2009-05-15T22:53:00.014+08:00

My daily calorie budget changes depending on my current weight, and I've added my current daily budget to the sidebar on the right, just for some frame of reference. I also photoshopped some nifty meal banners (below!) for my posts. For each meal, I'll list the food items followed by the amount eaten and then the total calorie content.

I wonder if I'll be such a perfectionist after a month, or even a week of logging...

Oh, and another thing-- even though Lose It! has an extensive list of food items and their calorie content, it doesn't have every single piece of food on the planet. Many times, I guesstimate and pick the next best thing. Moreover, I tend to overcompensate and say I ate more of something than I actually did. Consequently, the calorie listings I get are never 100% accurate, but mostly serve as a guideline to my intake.

Today was a pretty nice day. Woke up at about 10:30am which pretty much negated breakfast, but since many articles seem to endorse eating breakfast as healthy and crucial to kick-starting the day (and most importantly your metabolism), I started with 2 Jacob's Cream Crackers and half a glass of orange juice. What? I wasn't really hungry.

Jacob's Cream Crackers, 2 Pieces [87 cal]
Juice, orange (no added sugar), 1/2 Cup [67 cal]
Total - 154 calories

Met some of the TESLers for one of our TESL luncheons at Excapade Sushi in Regent Square, Kiulap. Lady Zebra had been there before, so she set up the Facebook invite and gave directions to the rest of us. I love sushi, but I always used to overeat, so was pretty careful this time. I ordered the Tori Katsu Curry Rice meal which includes a breaded chicken chop, japanese curry gravy and a bowl of rice. I only ate a little of the rice. The rest came from the temaki wrap I had which I factored into the rice meal. And of course, no sushi meal is complete without idako and wakame.

Tori katsu curry rice, 1 Serving [678 cal]
Idako, 2 Ounces [93 cal]
Wakame, 5 Tablespoons [11 cal]
Soup, miso, 1 Bowl [35 cal]
Tea, green (unsweetened) [0 cal]
Total - 817 calories

Before dinner, my younger sister brought out a can of Hello Panda chocolate biscuits. Couldn't resist eating at least a few.

Hello Panda biscuits, chocolate, 6 Pieces [122 cal]
Total - 122 calories

Since my brother is home visiting from Thailand, we had a nice barbecue of sorts with one of those electric grill thingamajigs. Didn't have that much actually-- A couple of lean, medium-sized lamb chops and three chicken sausages. Oh, and I realized that Coke Light (a.k.a. Diet Coke) tastes pretty good and has no calories! That's not to say one should drink a lot of it as it does use a lot of artificial sweeteners. Some say it isn't good for you, and might backfire if you're dieting. Moderation is the key.

Lamb chop, lean, 4 Pieces [397 cal]
Sausage, chicken, 3 Pieces [301 cal]
Coca-Cola Light, 1 Cup [0 cal]
Total - 698 calories

Today was a pretty heavy day. Lotsa food, and I just managed to keep under my calorie budget, though I suspect I may have gone a little overboard. But it's not too bad, since I can easily make up for it on other days. The real drawback is that I'll reach my goal a little later, which kinda sucks now that I think about it. Oh, well! It's good to indulge a bit once in a while.

Overall calories consumed - 1,791 cal
Calories under budget - 289 (out of 1,973) cal

Beginnings

2009-05-14T10:58:00.000+08:00

At a friend's insistence, I've decided to start up a diet blog (or log) of sorts.

Now the term diet is kind of a misnomer, as I haven't "gone on a diet" in the modern misconceived sense. On February 22nd I discovered Lose It!, an iPhone app that, amongst other great functions, allows me to log my calorie intake. That started me on the road to losing weight.

My methods consist of calorie counting (made easy by the app) coupled with at least an hour and a half of badminton three times a week. As such, my starting weight was 85kg, and I am now 75kg. I don't really have an intended goal weight, but I use 65kg as more of a guideline. I intend to lose as much as healthily possible.

This blog is basically gonna be a record of my intake, interspersed (hopefully) with whatever little anecdotes I come up with.

Here goes nothing.