November 2007

My Cheat Day

by Yin Teing on November 29, 2007

in Indulgences,Personal

I would say that my cheat day is normally Wednesday. This is because every Wednesday, our cleaning lady will make a few jugs of milk tea and coffee. She’s good at making the drinks. Needless to say, I’m always the first to arrive with my cups- I will take about a cup of coffee and [...]

How often do you weight yourself to check against weight loss/gain? Do the reading at the scales felt like judgement day? If your weight had gone down, that means you have been ‘good’. But if there is no change or worse, the pounds had gone up, it means you’ve been a failure…. There is a [...]

Food Diary 27 Nov 07

by Yin Teing on November 27, 2007

in Personal

Today is Wednesday night. So far, have been quite consistent, except today I can’t resist and took a ghee ball. Morning before reaching office: 1 packet of 3-in-1 Nescafe Breakfast 2 slices of Gardenia Breakthru bread with egg sandwich (with butter) ate a bit of fruits like rambutans, papayas (few small cubes of it only) [...]

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It’s not entirely your fault if you are overweight and have problem keeping it off. Eating the wrong type of food will trigger your cravings and hunger pangs. And most of the time, you do not realise it. Once, there was a woman who was was overweight all her life. When she was 40years old, [...]

Cancer and Exercise- Wendy Chioji’s story

by Yin Teing on November 25, 2007

in Cancer,Exercising

Today, I read a very motivational real life story in the Runner’s World (Nov07) magazine. It’s about a news anchorwoman from Orlando by the name of Wendy Chioji. Wendy initially felt a lump on her left breast 2 weeks before she was about to compete for the 2001 Boston Marathon. A year ago, she just [...]

Starting over again…

by Yin Teing on November 24, 2007

in Diets,Personal

Months ago I went on the no starch and no sugar intake. Well, there’s only an exception that I’ve made which is in the 3-in-1 coffee that I must have everyday. Else, during that time, all my food literally had no processed sugar, white flour, rice, glutton or starch. This is because those stuff are [...]

Project ‘Tummy’ Part 6- Recovery Plan

by Yin Teing on November 18, 2007

in Indulgences,Personal

Continuation from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5…. Yesterday, I feasted myself with good food- went for a Chinese 10 course dinner, and earlier the day, my friend brought me a delicious nasi lemak breakfast followed by a good lunch. In the 10 course dinner, the last course is the dessert- [...]

A number of studies done had linked free radicals towards development of cancerous cells and tumor growth. The higher the levels of free radicals in our body, there comes an increased risk of getting cancer, least the normal cell mutates. Recently, while buying my favourite drink, tea with evaporated milk, I chanced upon a roadshow [...]

Continuation from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4… Have to be honest and admit that everything was going on fine till…. I discovered that a newly opened restaurant new my office serves the most awesome tea with evaporated milk. It’s literally my favourite drink which I could not refuse. Nearby cafe and even [...]