Diet Day 1.
Like I have mentioned, I am going on the South Beach Diet and phase 1 starts today. The first meal of the morning has already proved to be a hard issue to settle. Where on earth in Singapore sells food without carbohydrates in the morning? Nothing noodle, nothing bread, nothing rice etc etc etc. Where to find? In the end I had 2 half-boiled eggs with a teaspoon of dark soya sauce and pepper, and a big cup of soya drink. That was 9am. At 10:30am my stomach was crying for food already.
The South Beach Diet food list to the rescue! It says that I am REQUIRED to have mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, to prevent me from overeating during meals. Only certain food are allowed. Like nuts. I can either have 30 pistachio nuts or 15 dry, roasted almond or, 8 Macadamia nuts and so on. Just that teeny little amount. And a pack of those things aren’t cheap alright! I just found out that my office pantry has a new tin of the yummiest chocolate waffle biscuits. I am so sad.
And lunch was a bowl of pathetic fish soup without rice. Went to Raffles’ “IOC VIPs Stay Here So You Cannot Drive In” City to stock up on my yearly supply of Laneige skin care as well as a pack of Fancl’s Perfect Slim tablets. Spent $200 on these objects of vanity and I am feeling the strain of my newly acquired rosey card already.
AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!! My colleague who introduced the South Beach Diet to me just strolled into the office with a box of the famous brownies he baked! He even has the cheek to tell me that the diet starts TOMORROW! WTF WTF WTF! HELP! SAAAAAVVEEEE MEEEEEE!!!! I am seriously going crazy.
More later. *eyeing the box of brownies*
Update @ 7:49pm:
Day 1 of South Beach Diet: FAILED!
I became slightly delirious during dinner time. I couldn’t stop thinking about rice and pasta and everything else. I gave in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ate half a small bowl of rice with sliced pork soup. I should stay off the processed meat ball but I was too hungry the whole day to care now. -_- Crash diets won’t work for me. Sobs. I became really nutty ok! I was raving like a lunatic. I guess I will cut out the carbohydrates in stages rather than a whack it thing. I couldn’t work the whole day, was too hungry to think and do anything sensible.
Time to reflect on myself. Haiz. Sorry Ragdoll, wo bu ke yi bu chi fan! You don’t give in and eat your black pepper crab ah!
furball
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 1:56 pm Uhr
Hey buck up!
I juz ate a bowl of DIY salad juz now. Romaine Lettuce, onions, button mushrooms, chedder cheese, lite dressing & a teeenyy bit of croutons. Im with u! Dun feel so bad!!
barffie
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 2:04 pm Uhr
YAY! Yummy yummy! Salad is niccceeeee… Where you buy all of your supplies? I need a cheap source. Damn!
milktea
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 2:26 pm Uhr
hurhurhur.
how about eggs and cheese and ham for breakfast? minus the bread of course. i struggle with diet too that’s why I gave up on it a long long time ago.
furball
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 5:41 pm Uhr
supermarkets loh!! carrefour suntec sells really nice crunchy romaine lettuce for onli $2.50. can make 2 small salads.
then one onion can make 3-4 salads.. depend how much u use.. i use alot tho :p
bell pepper same as onions.. last 3-4 salad. choose yellow or red.. more vits than the green ones.
actually not expensive lah… cheaper than eating outside.
curious george
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 10:19 pm Uhr
look at the time now and you know what? I’m snacking on potato chips now!! I give up on dieting liao lor..
rave
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 10:40 pm Uhr
GOSH!
dun crash diet or take pills la…
u noe it. takes time to slim down one la…
only eat at meal times, and cut down on carbo lor!
my mum said i’m thinner now. HAHAHAHA surely grow fat again this week… :’(
caleb
Monday, 4. July 2005 um 11:26 pm Uhr
you sure you don’t want to try out my ‘Prisoner of Zelda’ diet?
Jaschocolate
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 12:19 am Uhr
I saw a book about dieting on honey before.. but not sure will it worked or not.. It is to just drink honey mixed in flower tea for 3 days.. Nothing else.. And the honey must be 100% one..
furball
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 1:41 am Uhr
eh…… i ate it liaoz.
pepper crabs not fatty what!!! no carbo!
Jane Doe
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 10:25 am Uhr
i was told once.. ppl with Blood type O have to have their Carbs.. else they can’t pull thru the day…
wat’s ur blood type ?
barffie
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 11:37 am Uhr
curious george: I understand the PAIN! THE PAIN!
rave: This is the first time I tried no-carb diet. Walan wuay. Nearly dieded last night.
cowboy: NO! I DON”T WANT YOUR DIET!!! I DUN”T WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE LIVING DEAD!
jaschocolate: Thanks for your recommendation but I think I will probably die of delirium if I don’t get solid food.
Furball: WALAU!!!! PEPPER CRABS??!!!
Jane Doe: I am type A leh. -_-
Lancerlord
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 12:15 pm Uhr
You’re featured in Digital Life’s Blog Of The Week today.
barffie
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 12:27 pm Uhr
WHAT?! WHAT WHAT WHAT?!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rave
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 5:49 pm Uhr
ahhahahaha
yar… used to ur POTOTOs and PASTAs~~~
hard to manage without carbo… but cut down slowly la… can one…
barffie
Tuesday, 5. July 2005 um 9:15 pm Uhr
Bo bian lor. I waaant my pototossssssss!
Jane
Friday, 27. January 2006 um 2:09 pm Uhr
I found a website that sells muffins and brownies and cookies that are extremely low carb (1-2) and taste exactly like something you good get fresh from bakery. The muffins are limited to topping the blueberries on top so I think dry out abit in baking, but the muffins themselves are wonderful. Soft, moist, tasty. You really can’t tell the difference and I buy their toppings to go things and my favorite things are low carb ice cream in between a couple cookies for an ice cream sandwich, a brownie with lc ice cream on it and one of their ice cream toppings or the muffins with their blueberry syrup (heat the muffin up like they tell you and put that on top with some whipped topping). I am telling you this place is the best. I wouldn’t brag on them so much but they always take time to give suggestions when I crave something and I have lost 100lbs. now. You know those low carb mashed potatoes? The ones made with cauliflower…they suggested I leave out salt and put in some parmesan, add alot of butter and pepper and they are so much better now. If you don’t like parmesan they suggested using 1/2 milk and 1/2 chicken broth to give it a more covering flavor over the cauliflower(cauliflower isn’t my favorite thing, but I like them now and even fry them in patties with an egg mixed in for like a hashbrown). OH yeah I almost forgot the website is thisnthatstuff.net