Dinners are actually much easier to settle compared to breakfasts. Somehow, one always feels much fuller by the time it comes to dinner and the options are really much more varied.
Since I began this "not so strict" low carb diet of mine, my dinner has varied from soups to just eating roasted chicken.
For dinner today, I had:
1. 2 slices of salmon cooked in maple syrup
2. French beans with sliced honey ham
I believe that was pretty nutritious and healthy. The "tiredness" that I experience during the 1st week of the diet is also gone. Perhaps my body has sort of gotten use to it.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Low Carb Diet - Day 14
Yesterday was the 2nd week since the start of my low carb diet plan. Yes! 14 days has passed since I started on my first diet ever and I am glad that I have even made it thus far. The wife was actually quite surprised that I have stuck so long with it.
Breakfast:
4 x Fishballs
Duck Meat with a tiny bit of kway teow (flat white noodles)
Milk Tea
Lunch:
Pork rib soup and bits of pork
Ice Lemon Tea
Rum and Raisin Ice-Cream (1 Scoop)
Dinner:
Skipped dinner as I wasn't hungry
Yes, so I did eat some carb in the morning and it wasn't too right to be eating ice-cream and milk tea. But I guess a little will not do any harm. Anyway, after 2 weeks on the low carb diet, I can fit comfortably into my work pants again! This is amazing as I can now even put 1 finger through the waist line. In the past, it used to be so tight that I could hardly breath. Ha.. guess there is still a lot more for me to learn about eating right and exercising right.
Breakfast:
4 x Fishballs
Duck Meat with a tiny bit of kway teow (flat white noodles)
Milk Tea
Lunch:
Pork rib soup and bits of pork
Ice Lemon Tea
Rum and Raisin Ice-Cream (1 Scoop)
Dinner:
Skipped dinner as I wasn't hungry
Yes, so I did eat some carb in the morning and it wasn't too right to be eating ice-cream and milk tea. But I guess a little will not do any harm. Anyway, after 2 weeks on the low carb diet, I can fit comfortably into my work pants again! This is amazing as I can now even put 1 finger through the waist line. In the past, it used to be so tight that I could hardly breath. Ha.. guess there is still a lot more for me to learn about eating right and exercising right.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Low Carb Diet Breakfast Ideas
After being on a low carb diet for 13 days, I realised that the most difficult meal to plan for is really breakfast. Well at least in Asia, lots of our breakfast food contains lots of carbohydrates. This range from noodles, bread, porridge to cereals. I guess people in other countries starting on a low carb diet will also find it equally frustrating to find a breakfast option that is truly low or no carb.
Eggs
On the first few days of my induction phase for the Atkins Diet, I really ate just half boiled eggs for breakfast every day. Two half boiled eggs just with a little dark soy sauce together with black coffee. However, after eating that for 3 days in a row, I really got tired of it.
Muesli Bar
My next option was really to try out some muesli bars which I had with my black coffee. This muesli bars were generally nut and fruit bars. For example, almond and apricot. Yeah, I shouldn't be eating fruits if I am strictly on the Atkins diet induction phase but there were just so little options and I could not help myself. But the bars contained around less than 20 carbs each (including fibre) so I guess it is pretty alright. That was actually my breakfast for most days.
Caved in Today
Today's breakfast was a wholemeal bun. This is really a no-no but there was little option for me as the wife bought it from a cafe and we headed out for a picnic. So I had black coffee (without sugar) and a really dry brown bun. The rest of the day was really carbo free (i.e. no rice, noodles , etc). So I hoped that I did make up for it in some way or another. If it helped, I did some housework today so that ought to have burnt off the bun that I ate.
Eggs
On the first few days of my induction phase for the Atkins Diet, I really ate just half boiled eggs for breakfast every day. Two half boiled eggs just with a little dark soy sauce together with black coffee. However, after eating that for 3 days in a row, I really got tired of it.
Muesli Bar
My next option was really to try out some muesli bars which I had with my black coffee. This muesli bars were generally nut and fruit bars. For example, almond and apricot. Yeah, I shouldn't be eating fruits if I am strictly on the Atkins diet induction phase but there were just so little options and I could not help myself. But the bars contained around less than 20 carbs each (including fibre) so I guess it is pretty alright. That was actually my breakfast for most days.
Caved in Today
Today's breakfast was a wholemeal bun. This is really a no-no but there was little option for me as the wife bought it from a cafe and we headed out for a picnic. So I had black coffee (without sugar) and a really dry brown bun. The rest of the day was really carbo free (i.e. no rice, noodles , etc). So I hoped that I did make up for it in some way or another. If it helped, I did some housework today so that ought to have burnt off the bun that I ate.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Start of Low Carb Diet
After hearing so much about low carbohydrates dieting, I finally decided to take the plunge and try out this dieting plan. Well, it was really sort of a mixture between reading about Atkins Diet on-and-off and hearing about my friends who have lost some weight by eating less carbs.
The Decision to Diet
First of all, I must clarify that I am not a huge guy and neither am I overweight. But over the years, as I got older and led a more sedentary lifestyle (i.e. sitting in office the whole day), I got a pot belly. I used to have a 6 pack but this was now lost behind all the fats. My waist size had also balloned to 32 inches in one year. And after buying new work pants, I soon realised that I was having trouble fitting into it barely a few months after buying them.
This is really the first time that I have tried any form of dieting and I hope to chronicle my success and failures here. The decision to go on a diet was really a deep desire down within me to look better for myself, for my wife and just for health's sake. I never thought that I would ever do any dieting in my ENTIRE life.
However, frequent comments by friends who have not seen me for some time seemed to suggests that I have put on lots of weight. One friend even commented that I looked like a fat, balding uncle. But this did not get me on my diet plan just yet. What brought me here was that I basically was talking to certain friends at separate occasions and they brought up the topic of diet and eating low or no carbs. It intrigued me that a diet plan could actually work by eating anything I wanted except carbs. I decided to give it a shot since I decided that I was sort of tired of looking fat. I was 73kg (I am guessing) when I made that decision. Don't own any weighing scales so I can't really know if I am losing weight or not.
This is 2nd week of my low carb diet (or Day 12 to be exact). And my wife has said that my tummy looks flatter already. In fact, my work pants and jeans are no longer as tight as they were one week ago! I am truly amazed. I have actually stumbled a few times in my diet plan (by actually consuming some carbs). But I hoped I made up for it subsequently.
Induction Phase
The Atkins Diet called for an induction phase and that was where I took things pretty seriously for the first few days. But I did screw up here and there and didn't eat as properly as I should have. Throughout the start of my diet, I have not done any exercise. So mine is really a pure diet plan to lose weight.
Hope I succeed!
The Decision to Diet
First of all, I must clarify that I am not a huge guy and neither am I overweight. But over the years, as I got older and led a more sedentary lifestyle (i.e. sitting in office the whole day), I got a pot belly. I used to have a 6 pack but this was now lost behind all the fats. My waist size had also balloned to 32 inches in one year. And after buying new work pants, I soon realised that I was having trouble fitting into it barely a few months after buying them.
This is really the first time that I have tried any form of dieting and I hope to chronicle my success and failures here. The decision to go on a diet was really a deep desire down within me to look better for myself, for my wife and just for health's sake. I never thought that I would ever do any dieting in my ENTIRE life.
However, frequent comments by friends who have not seen me for some time seemed to suggests that I have put on lots of weight. One friend even commented that I looked like a fat, balding uncle. But this did not get me on my diet plan just yet. What brought me here was that I basically was talking to certain friends at separate occasions and they brought up the topic of diet and eating low or no carbs. It intrigued me that a diet plan could actually work by eating anything I wanted except carbs. I decided to give it a shot since I decided that I was sort of tired of looking fat. I was 73kg (I am guessing) when I made that decision. Don't own any weighing scales so I can't really know if I am losing weight or not.
This is 2nd week of my low carb diet (or Day 12 to be exact). And my wife has said that my tummy looks flatter already. In fact, my work pants and jeans are no longer as tight as they were one week ago! I am truly amazed. I have actually stumbled a few times in my diet plan (by actually consuming some carbs). But I hoped I made up for it subsequently.
Induction Phase
The Atkins Diet called for an induction phase and that was where I took things pretty seriously for the first few days. But I did screw up here and there and didn't eat as properly as I should have. Throughout the start of my diet, I have not done any exercise. So mine is really a pure diet plan to lose weight.
Hope I succeed!
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