well right now i'm thinking about a suitable diet regime which suits me that i can follow until years to come.. i read somewhere, if u manage to follow the regime for two weeks, it'll become a habit. worth trying.. :D


basic guide lines (yg logik aku bleh follow):

- high protein breakfast, so u wont be freaking hungry by lunchtime

- eat small portions of frequent meals. important to eat something 2-3 hours before bedtime. but i guess must be careful what to eat. for me, 8pm is the limit time. try to eat light. and try to sleep early so u dun get hungry. if u do, drink plain water

- drink lots of water thru-out the day

- the same old things, avoid fried, processed food, avoid sugar, too much salt bla2.. well, simply put, never take too much of everything.

- dun put a concrete wall between u and food. u'll get more excited to climb the wall to reach out for the food. eat while thinking. huhu i'll try that one. my motto used to be: eat first, think later.

- well, what's more important than exercise??


daily eating habit:

breakfast - high protein: eggs, sausage, cheese, wholemeal bread, peanut butter, milk, yogurt.. err apo lagi?

lunch - err i'll need to maintain my current menu hehe. can't live without rice. tho i'll try to take less nasi, more green veggies, and grilled over fried, white meat over red meat, stuff like that. and no drink in between mouthfuls, just plain water after meal. maybe fruits before meal

tea time - 4 hours after lunch, grab 2 oatmeal cookies or biscuits, green tea

dinner - before 8pm: fruits(avoid orange fruits- mango, persimmon, papaya), prunes, skim milk, green tea, yogurt, sup sayur


exercise:
well, what can i say, this is the hardest part. the easiest way is sign up at a gym center. but i'm going to be quite broke this month and this few upcoming months. well, what with my various travel plans ahead. ehem back to the topic..
jogging at tasik perdana after work 3 times a week on mondays, tuesdays and friday. perhaps saturday morning as well at tasik permaisuri? err tho that sounds IMPOSSIBLE for me. well just a suggestion.

that is all.. i will try my hardest to follow these for this 2 weeks and see how. yoshhh gambare masu~~
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This post is copied straight out from Yahoo Shine: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/user-post-conquer-the-sugar-addict-within-you-451160/

Enjoy the read :)

It usually strikes around 10am and 4pm and then again in the evening. Perhaps it’s feelings of sluggishness or irritability, maybe the shakes set in or you feel like you are going to fall asleep at the wheel of the car. A boost is in order, so you turn to a mid-morning donut and coffee, late afternoon chips and soda, or a late night bowl of Haagan Daas Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream for relief. The logical side of your brain says “no don’t do it…grab the celery”, but the addict within you says “just go for it…it’ll make you feel better”.

In actuality, those little sugar (and caffeine) highs just set you up for a big fall a couple hours later. The introduction of refined sugar into your system elevates your blood sugar levels initially and you feel a surge in energy…temporary relief…but it’s false energy and short lived. It is followed by a crash a couple hours later when your blood sugar levels quickly plummet leaving you in need of another boost…thus the daily cyclical cravings many people experience for sugar and/or caffeine. It’s like a crazy roller coaster ride. Your blood sugar levels, rather than remaining constant and steady throughout the day, are continually skyrocketing and plummeting, leaving you with all kinds of unpleasant side effects. Treating these side effects becomes a necessity in order to function properly. After all, an addict needs their drug of choice.
It’s a pretty safe assumption to say that the majority of American people are addicted to both sugar and caffeine. But fear not…there is a solution. You can gain control of cravings without willpower or deprivation and permanently change your relationship with sugar.

Before we get into the steps to dealing with sugar cravings, let’s first talk about why sugar is so bad for you. It’s more than just rotten teeth and a big gut that we have to worry about here.
When I refer to this evil white stuff, I am also including any products made from white flour such as pasta, white rice and bread. These products are so highly processed that they lack the fiber and nutritional content of the original grain from which they were derived so they end up being metabolized in the body just like sugar.


Here are a few of the problems associated with the evil white stuff:

The Big Three: Cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Although the media has brought much attention to dietary fat as being the culprit in the development of these diseases, in reality, sugar is an even bigger problem. Cancer cells thrive on sugar!

Sugar and white flour products are devoid of nutrients (the processing strips them away)

Sugar and white flour products cause constipation (from lack of fiber). Just think of what happens when you mix flour with water. You end up with a sticky, gluey mess. Imagine this glop attempting to move through your digestive tract. It can’t. It clogs it all up and interferes with your body’s natural elimination abilities which leads to disease. If you aren’t having daily, sizeable bowel movements, you are constipated.

Sugar messes with your mind and emotions. Mood swings, brain fog, angry outbursts, depression and the like are all symptoms of excessive sugar intake.
Sugar impairs your sex life. People who consume a lot of sugar tend to have a low libido, have difficulty reaching orgasm and getting and maintaining an erection. (Not to mention the toll wild mood swings can take on a relationship in general. Just ask my husband and children what it was like to live with me while I was a sugar addict).

Sugar causes hypoglycemia, which is an under recognized condition that is a precursor to diabetes and can wreck havoc on your life.

Sugar affects how your skin looks. Premature aging, wrinkles and pimples are all by products of too much sugar.

The average American consumes 152 pounds of sugar each year. That is correct…152 pounds! One 20 ounce bottle of Coca Cola alone contains over 16 teaspoons of sugar. I cringe when I see kids guzzling down monster sized sodas at the movie theater. Sugar is completely addicting and it is everywhere! We all know the obvious places—cookies, cake, candy, ice cream, soda—but it is also found in just about every type of packaged food you can imagine—soups, salad dressings, meats and frozen foods.

So what to do? The first step to combating sugar cravings is to be aware of the negative implications that accompany sugar consumption. This awareness will provide you with the motivation necessary to instill better dietary habits. Now that you are armed with awareness, peruse the list below of ways to assist you in conquering the sugar addict within.


To Combat Sugar Cravings:

Drink more water. Many times sweet cravings are a sign of dehydration. Drinking a glass of water wakens your cells and gives you more energy.

Cut out caffeine. A gradual approach typically works best to avoid withdrawal symptoms such as massive headaches and grouchiness. Reduce your current intake by half, then in half again after a couple days, and continue until you have removed caffeine successfully from your daily routine. Replace the morning drug in a mug with an herbal tea, freshly squeezed juice or green smoothie.

Eat sweet vegetables and fruit. This helped me tremendously when I was cutting out sugar. My late afternoon snack became roasted sweet potatoes, beets and onions for quite some time!

Use gentler sweeteners. Use maple syrup, agave nectar, and raw honey.

Exercise daily. I can’t stress this enough. Exercise helps to balance blood sugar levels and reduces tension.

Get more sleep, rest, and relaxation. Go to bed earlier and practice de-stressing methods such as meditation, deep breathing, or gentle yoga stretches. When you are stressed out and tired, your body will want to reach for sugar.

Eliminate fat free and low fat foods. They are usually loaded up with sugar to compensate for the lack of flavor and fat.

Don’t allow yourself to get too hungry. You are more likely to reach for an unhealthy choice when you are starving. Frequent, smaller meals work well.

Eat a nutritious breakfast. It sets the tone for the day. Having protein, fat and fiber at your meal will release energy more steadily and slowly into your system, thus avoiding big swings in your blood sugar levels.

Add essential fatty acids to your daily diet such as flax seed, fish oil, and fish. Chromium is also a useful dietary supplement that is known to reduce sugar cravings.

Add spices: Coriander, cardamon, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves all naturally sweeten and flavor your food and reduce cravings.

Create a support system: Set a goal with a friend to cut out sugar and offer each other daily support and encouragement.

Slow down: Sweeten your life in non-food ways by connecting more with others. Talk with friends, touch others…hugs, massages…spend time in nature. When you are feeling happy and content you are less likely to crave sugar.

Most importantly, be accepting of yourself. Big changes don’t happen overnight. Take small steps and keep your end goal in mind. A happier, healthier, more energetic version of you is the prize at the end!

yo minna~~ gokigenyou.. (hehe mei-chan's style of greeting. not marimite mind you :P err mei-chan is from mei-chan no shitsuji. waaa kakkoii rihito-sama.. *love-love*)

at last aku da create blog kat blogspot nih.. ehe. seblom nih aku selalu update blog friendster and utk update sensitive posts, aku update kat blog lain. hehe privacy thingy. i guess later on this will be my official blog. theehee am planning to spend a LOT of time with this. yoshhh

well great thing about blogspot is it is a tool from google. well, what can i say, i looove google applications. hehe been using gdocs, gtalk, gmail to the fullest. haha i especially like gdocs. tho i might be outdated but no matter, i'm loving it. and u dun hv to worry ur post got lost because of bad connection, since google helps u to save every few seconds. well, when i'm posting sensitive posts, i usually type first in notepad and only after finished writing i copy and post it to my blog entry. pre-caution u can say.. because i would hate to write about something sensitive twice.. duhh

haha now it sounds like i'm promoting google when everybody already knows abt its lovable features.

hmm what makes me suddenly so rajin to create another blog when i already own 2? well, it's because i'm excited about this radio widget. i like listening to radio but way before, i gave up the idea of listening to online radio, since last time i tried (err 3 years ago??..) i hv to sign up and everything. so that's y i gave up that idea. better to listen to my own collection of mp3s. but today i start to listen to this radio widget from my friend's blog and hey, i dun hv to sign up. wahh so good. (haha am i an IT person or what. so shame.. haha) so here i go, with so much free time on hand, and a few things to say in my mind, here comes my first boring entry. kukuku

i guess that's all for the first entry. ja bye bye :3

p/s: oh dun be discouraged.. this won't be a japanese-wanna-be or anime blog. promise i'll label every entry. so be sure to expect a few varieties. hmm that reminds me of something i read in some forum. it's about a korean hating non-korean for using korean words so casually and widely without the care whether the word is correct or not. hm.. well what can i say.. hate all u want. bwahahaha i'll use whatever language however & whenever i want. stop me if u want. i'll decide to stop or not. hahaha tho i dun use korean words, it starts to get to me. i have the urge to use "aishh" when i got pissed off(actually been using it quite a few times). and "omo" when got a bit surprised. but haven't reach that level yet. i'm still japanese-addict. hahaha. uhh what a dragged p/s.. okay, so long~~