Week 4-7 (24 April - 14 May 2012) - Cruise Phase PP+PV

Current weight - 64.5kg

Weight Loss - 2.4 kg

Great number after all the 'cheats' during the weekends! But hey, I can't give up now...I can't cheat now! My true weight is 56.7 (57kg) and I still have...let's see...around 8 more kilos to goooo....wuuuhuuuuuuu!! Ganbatte Adeshi san!  Lost 7.5kg so far :) in 2 months++!

What I would like to share is my frustration and happiness during this 4 weeks...yes I haven't been updating this blog weekly lately because sometimes I feel bad when the scale is showing some numbers that I hate to see...and since I have maintain the 64-65 kg range this few days..I think (and probably confident enuff to blog) this is the stable weight for this week onwards...

I am targeting 63kg next week : ) Wish me luck..I think I need to push more on the exercise part...Now...it's only a once a week jog and a couple of sit ups daily! I know I can do better...

I hope...I wish...and I try...to be 57kg by the time of my bday...24th June 2012...and that will be the BEST bday gift ever I have given myself..! Not everyday a young lady turns 30 :) why not celebrate it with a weight loss that I would have never imagine doing it successfully!!

I love me..me..me.. :)

Week 3 (17 April 23 April) - Cruise Phase PP+PV

Current weight - 66.9kg

Weight Loss - 0.5 kg

Just 0.5kg?? I can do better than this!! But yes, again I admit that I have my bad and good days throughout the 3rd week...probably I ate too much yogurt...drank too much milk and stuff...but hey, it's Dukan diet, you can always make amend when you slipped your way through!! So I have learnt my lesson (maybe few) and at least I have lost 0.5kg...! If I have stick to the diet more careful, I might have lost 1kg instead! 

Next week will be a challenge..I am not putting any hope on losing any...I am happy if I can maintained this for next week as I have a beach holiday getaway!! Being on holiday...I can imagine how hard it is to maintain a diet programme...so...dear me, please do understand!

Since it's a month anniversary for my Dukan programme :) Let's recap my starting weight vs current weight....roaaarr...

Day 1 (27 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 72kg

Weight Loss - 0 kg

I started on 27th March....and weighted 72kg... :)

And now....drumrollll

Current weight - 66.9kg

Weight Loss -  5.1kg

In 1 month...I have lost 5.1kg!! pretty amazing don't u think?  So let's start now now now people!

Anybody interested in this diet can always drop me a comment and I will try my best to help (ok, now I sounded like a consultant....)

Take care people...

Love yourself!

Week 2 (10 April 16 April) - Cruise Phase PP+PV

Current weight - 67.4kg

Weight Loss - 0.9 kg

So I am moving to 2nd week of Cruise Phase...it was a lil' bit easier this week as maybe my body has already give up on the fact that it might get carb or sugar...lol...it just give up! I ate vege + chic with more ease!!!  Once the veggie is in the menu, the diet gets more easier!!   And not to mention, I have 'cheated' a few days in Week 2...let's check the list of crimes that I did :

Crimes

1- I did not alternate PP & PV..instead i go with PV for 3-4 days (no weight loss!)

2- I get back on track and do PP for 2 days (weight actually reduced to 67.1kg on Saturday!!)

3- After 67.1kg on Saturday, and I was at my hometown I ate Sate for dinner (loads of sugar i assume) and in the morning I had a dinner bun for bfast as I was so hungry..no other alternative stuff to eat (theres only fried meehun-nono) and I was having period pain and needed to eat before I take my meds

So that's the cheat!! And now I am on day 2 or PP again to get the numbers reduced back as this week target is 66kg....today weighted at 67.4kg and I really really hope that by next Monday I am 66kg!!

Wish me ALL the luck in the world!!

Week 1 (3rd April 9 April) - Cruise Phase PP+PV

Some useful facts copied from some other blog before I start my ranting!


Once you finished the Attack Phase the next goal is to achieve your target weight. This is done while on the Cruise Phase – an alternating rhythm of pure protein days and vegetable & protein days.

A healthy weight loss is about two pounds per week. It can seem slow after a successful attack phase, however this speed is better for long term results – for example your skin has time to shrink not leaving empty flabs behind.

Cruise Phase Rhythms

• 5PP + 5PV
  The original rhythm alternating every five days. However as five days is a long time it is considered to be tougher to follow and requires higher motivation.
• 1PP + 1PV
  Dr. Dukan now prefers the one day rhythm, as it often has similar effects to the 5/5 one, while it is easier on the dieter.
• 2PP + 5PV
  This rhythm is better for people who are older, and/or weaker and don’t have many pounds to lose. The weight loss will be slower using this method though than the other two above.

Vegetable and Protein days

Allowed vegetables include:

• Artichoke
• Asparagus
• Aubergine
• Broccoli
• Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussel sprouts
• Celery
• Chicory
• Courgette
• Cucumber
• Fennel
• French beans
• Leeks
• Mushrooms
• Onion
• Peppers
• Pumpkin
• Radish
• Salad leaves
• Sorrel
• Soya beans
• Spinach
• Swede
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes
• Turnip

Allowed in moderation are carrots and beetroot.

Cruise Phase Diet Rules

You can now increase the oat bran intake to 2 tablespoons per day.

Another suggested change is increasing from 20 minutes of exercise to 30 minutes of brisk walking per day.

Just because you are allowed vegetables do not eliminate protein produce from a PV day. After all it is called Protein & Vegetables not Pure Vegetables for a reason.


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So, during Cruise Phase..I must say...I have cheated a few time (not with carb..no)...I did not follow the PP & PV stricly but instead I have ended up with more PV days then PP days!!  Veggies is really my thing!  so my status as of now is below...not too bad..1kg a week is quite good...but for Week 2 i should increase the exercise and stay with PP and PV days subsequently....as I need to weight at least 67.3 by next Monday! Wish me luck... :)

Current weight - 68.3kg

Weight Loss - 0.9 kg

Day 7 (2 April 2012) Attack Phase PP - Last Day!

Current weight - 69.4kg

Weight Loss - 0.8 kg

This is why I am in LURVE with this diet...1 day u fall...u can always fix it back with pure protein :D So tomorrow is cruiseee and I am ready with my veggies full in my fridge!!!

Bfast

0 fat, 0 sugar, gluten free, low carb chocolate bar

Lunch

Chicken pan seared

Dinner

Chicken pan seared

Snack
none

Cruiseeee..here I come!

Day 6 (1 April 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 70.2kg

Weight Loss 0 kg

I had a toe accident yesterday..so my toe is really aching :( I can't do much exercise (reasoning :p) and I can feel I can't lose anything today...It's a Plateau..I figure the yogurt might be the cause of this since it has bits of fruits inside!

Bfast

Oats

Lunch

Grilled Chicken Breat @ Marche The Curve - very healthy

Dinner

Chicken Breast again

Snack
none

I hope tomorrow will be a better day...I hope can get back to the 6 series before I can start Cruise Phase on Tuesday :)

Day 5 (31 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 70.2kg

Weight Loss + 0.5 kg

Yikes!!!! what happend..i think it's the black pepper sauce at Kenny and the steak...huhuhu..but today I have to eat out as well!

Bfast

Yogurt

Lunch

Chicken Soup (eating out - high oil and sodium :()

Dinner

1 chicken fillet - home cooked
nibbles at proteins that I can found on the pizza topping at Ben's

Snack
1 yogurt

I don't think I can lose anything today :(

Day 4 (30 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 69.6kg

Weight Loss - 0.1 kg

Only 0.1 kg lost :( sigh...

Bfast

Yogurt
Oat

Lunch

Kenny Rogers Black Pepper chicken roast - I regret having this!!

Dinner

lean beef steak

Snack
1 yogurt

No exercise and I felt guilty eating out...tomorrow another eating out with fren at Ben's Bangsar Village!

Day 3 (29 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 69.7kg

Weight Loss - 0.5 kg

Wow..again another 0.5 lost - Alhamdulillah...i weight in when I woke up and it was 70.1 (only 0.1 kg lost!) but before I left for work..I weight in again a few times...and it shows 69.7 k9...so another day to come...with higher motivation!

Bfast

Omelette - 1 egg

Lunch

Chicken Tandoori

Dinner

Chicken Soup

Snack
2 yogurt - 0 fat, 1% sugar

For exercise I climb up 8 flight of stairs and again I felt like fainting ;(


I must say day 3 is very challenging for me and I have to take 2 yogurst (1 in the mid morning and 1 in the mid afternoon) to compensate for my headache - lack of sugar + migraine...0.5 kg is not bad at all...but tomorrow I try to ease down on the yogurt since I have friend coming for lunch at the office...eating out...scaryyy!

Day 2 (28 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 71kg

Weight Loss - 1 kg

Wooohoooo...seriously, I can't believe it...1 kg in a day! Yay...I am so happy and feel so motivated to continue - even with slight dizziness...

Bfast

Oat with milk

Lunch

Chicken baked in lemon

Dinner

Baked Chicken again

I do a 15 mins exercise and felt like fainting :P

So off to Day 3...

OKAY..I KNOW THIS IS AWKWARD....

After almost a year + I have abandoned this blog...and my sincere apologies to the blog itself...and also to my dear reader (as if I have any!)...It has been the time of my life that I can't really find any space to actually write or spend some time posting something (yeah right...it's sheer laziness!)

But then..I figure that what I am going to do today onwards will mark the day that I change my life? No no no people, I am not pregnant-not yet, so hold your funny speculation aside.

So what it is all about? Well, after a casual chat with my friend Shikin (no, she is not a doctor nor a dietitian), she decided that she wanted to try this Dukan Diet and according to her, Kate

Middleton swears by it...Kate Middleton? Ok, I am totally in! LOL..how easy & shallow me..if Kate is doing MLM..I must have been convinced to join MLM as well...mmm...NO!

Ok, so...today is my first day of Dukan Diet, basically it has 4 phases...1st phase is the attack phase and it's a PP diet for 7 days for me (Pure Protein)...sounds easy right cause you can eat chicken meat and stuff...but I can imagine how my body will cry for carbs (those fluffy bread..croissants..stop stop stop!)

So I am now making this blog as my progress for the weight loss...and I want to make this public to put a pressure on myself knowing that there are people watching and following me with this diet :D

So here it goes, first for the target weight and how to achieve, I go to this site http://www.dukandiet.co.uk. You guys can try it out to, but well...the whole diet plan is paid (the diagram below is free though...just check your TRUE WEIGHT via their webby...being a cheapskate i opt for other free resources online - just google for diet plan meal & recipes (you will find a lot of diet diary for Dukan's Diet)

My target is actually 55kg (but in my mind I imagine myself being as slim as Kristen Stewart in Breaking Dawn...oh Bella oh Bella :P), but according to this..my true weight is 56.7kg (sounds pretty cool to me) AND by 20/07/2012 I will be in that weight??? Sounds so impossible...but I shall give it a try for now ;)

Day 1 (27 March 2012) Attack Phase PP

Current weight - 72kg

Weight Loss - 0 kg

Bfast

Omelette (very plain..Black pepper & salt & milk...no olive oil...yucks)

Lunch

Chicken baked in Aluminium Foil & 1 bottle of Pepsi Max 0 Cal (drink throughout the day+ green tea)

(I have it marinated in basil, rosemary, coriander, black pepper, paprika, lemon and salt and oh..mustard :D)

Dinner

Baked Chicken again

Just to share the list of 72 foods that is allowed during Attack Phase, salt is ok but in moderation, tips - if you eat a lot of salty food, make sure you drink enough green tea..why? Sodium will cause water retention thus making you fat...so green tea...wink wink...will reduce the sodium content in the body...so less water retention! wuhuuuu....

72 Protein Foods List - These are 72 Foods safe to eat in unlimited quantities on every phase of the diet.

Meat and Offal
Beef Steak
Filet of beef
Sirloin Steak
Roast Beef
Rump Steak
Tongue
Bresaola (air dried beef)
Veal escalope
Kidney
Calf's liver
Veal Chop
Cooked ham slices (no fat, no rind)
Cooked chicken and turkey slices (no fat, no rind)
Fat reduced bacon
Game - Venison, pheasant, partridge, grouse
Rabbit/Hare ----> Please do not eat this..else I will banned you for life :P

Fish
Dab/Lemon sole
Dover sole
Fish roe - Cod, Salmon, Herring, Mullet
Cod
Grey Mullet
Hake
Halibut
Haddock
Monkfish
Mackerel
Plaice
Pollock/Coley
Rainbow Trout/Salmon Trout
Salmon
Sardines
Red Mullet
Sea Bass
Skate
Sea bream
Smoked Salmon
Swordfish
Tuna
Whiting
Turbot

Seafood
Clams
Cockles
Calamari/Squid
Crayfish
Lobster
Dublin Bay prawns
Mediterranean prawns/ Gambas
Mussels
Oysters
Scallops
Whelks
Prawns
Seafood sticks - surimi
Shrimp
Poultry
Chicken livers
Chicken
Guinea Fowl
Ostrich
Poussin
Pigeon
Quail
Turkey

Eggs
Hen's eggs
Quail's eggs

New Layout

And I hope to get new ideas and inspirations to blog..as now I feel so stress with things that happening around me...

Before it's too late...I would like to wish Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri...Maaf Zahir & Batin....

It's my bday...Mishu and Messi :D

The Day...

Dear Reader (as if I have a lot!!),

It has been quite some time since I've last updated my blog. Things are not going smooth for me...it started smooth..with lots of luck..but then it turns to a series of unfortunate event (again?) The wording seems a bit dramatic, but I love the movie (Series of Unfortunate events) and insist to use the word whenever I have more than 1 problem... :)

It's 8:58am in the morning...my working hours starts from 9-6pm daily..so I still have 2 mins to waste my time and do unnecessary things in life that I like to do...one of it will be what I am doing now...blogging :D How I wish every word I typed here cost 10 cent...and by the time I finished writing one...I earn as much as I earn now..with less effort and a happy mind!

Ok..I am not going to whine any further...My deary colleague (she's been my team lead for several projects and now my head of business unit) organized a FIFA kick off partay...read : alcohol, beers, pizza, buffalo wings...NOT!
Just a cake...seriously..I am not joking :) the reason is actually have a get together session between the team members and enjoying the world cup fever. (Can I get a medical leave for this...I wonder)

To cut it short...there is this writing competition for kids like us organized by her, so feeling so stressed out, I've decided to continue the story....and so it goes like this :

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This is the story of how I came to lift the World Cup. It started out as a perfectly normal day. I got rudely awakened by my alarm at 7am, dressed,brushed my teeth and went down for breakfast. It was at breakfast that I got the first surprise of the day.
There is people dressed in black like ninjas standing in my kitchen. I was shocked! I don't know what to do...I wanted to scream...nothing came out from me.
One of the ninja grabbed me and took me to the living room. He ask me something but I couldn't understand as it was in Italian...or Spanish..what the heck, they almost sounded the same! To my surprised, there he was, tied to a chair in my living room...Christiano Ronaldo! Next to him...is 3 of his team members (I can't recall the name as I watched football very seldom).

Now I get it! They were kidnapped because tomorrow is the WC final...Portugal vs Italy. The ninjas has put a bet on the Italians...millions and millions of dollar. I've read in the news that there were dirty money behind WC and it might be related to the Italians...and now I am in the news itself! My brain is thinking hard on how to escape and save these poor people...something strucked in my brain...It is a perfect plan. Nothing is more perfect than this...I can call this the achievement of a lifetime...the all time bravery award...and anything that rhymes...

There is 1 thing that these Ninjas doesn't know, and so does everybody! I secretly have...

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Now the story are getting more awkward and I can't seem to find a short way to finish it :)
So I leave it to your imagination.

Till then :) got tonnes of work to do!
Ciao...

True Story...

Trust me...it really happens in one of the Private college in KL :)

There is a student...quiet...look so depressed...looks like he's going to kill himself anytime....

The teacher gave him test paper for him to answer...upon completing, he submitted...

It's time for the teacher to review the students answers...to her surprise, the answers provided by this psychotic student makes her feel disturbed...I can't recall all as this student always answer - I don't know or I don't care on all the questions...but this 1 question really have an impact to my memory :

(it's business English communication test)
What would you say if you want to stop your lecturer from talking so you can express your own opinion?
- first, kill lecturer...then don't forget to bring lecturer's head to the principal office :-S

And that boy is not the fun type..he barely speaks...he sits at the corner...no friends can be seen anytime anywhere....

If you are in her shoes, would you feel terrified?? The teacher of course lodge a report o the principal with the test paper as a proof...

Wise man say....lalalaala

This morning...wise man gave me home cook pasta :) yummyy...

tasted it a bit and boy..it tasted good! this will be my lunch then since I am still full with subway bfast!

Mr Wise Man, thanks for the pasta and also the banana cake!

Wonder when will we ever can have a karaoke session like the good ol time...

A tiring WEEK...

And I only Manage to post this picture...one of my sister's fridge magnet collection...more to come..

And yesterday...marks the day!

What about it? finally...finally...my sister asked 'hey budak2 (referring to me & donat), now sudah April..ape cerita ni? takde prepare2 utk wedding pun!'

hihihihi...as usual my PA will answer that for me...and as usual I will giggle - sometimes when I'm in shock mode, I will giggle...I don't know why...weird! so...ok..wedding preparation, hmmm...how to start? I must say...I have prepared...but only on the photographer :P I have booked him for the entire month of December - I might have outdoor session, pre wedding, post wedding, during the wedding, interrim wedding, next to the tong sampah shoot, behind a bus shoot, on top of the flagpole shoot, on top of the roof shoot, under the bridge shoot, inside mcd shoot... :P so I booked him for the entire month! He shot our tunang2 event and I must say I like his work compared to the famous name outside - it's just a brand people! and some people, they shoot great pictures, yes..nice pictures but it's only due the array of lens that they own...! I prefer a friend to shoot me rather than some new stranger that i hi-ed and rub shoulder with just to get good price and the sake of being friend with self proclaimed professional photographer :)

and if you ask me what will be my criteria for a photographer - I have only 1 simple answer...he's using Canon and at least 5D MK II or the 1D MK III and above range! why Canon? I really like the tone that came out of it..no offense but if you asked a Nikon user..they will say the colour is weak and Nikon is bright and bold...and I will definitely ask them back - is that the real colour of the object? verry red..or yellow...and of course..followed by silence...no offense people..this is a free country...I can write whatever I want (even if I know there are a few restrictions as well...duh) and check out 5D MK II skin tone colour...it's mouth watering and flattering to the eyes!

and why a canon with the word MK MK MK...not MK Land for sure! :) it's full frame camera! what is a full frame camera? the sensor is way much bigger than the apsc (correct ah?) sensor - 35mm...and for me MK (pronounce as mark)...marks the success of a person...---rich brats who don't pay for their own camera is not counted here...sorry ---
full frame camera really really have a huge difference in the image that it produce...and I loooove love it! with a price tag of at least 9k...I think I'll pass for now...even there is a burning desire for it...but still no inferno..i am still safe..but husaini..please don't lend me your camera or else I will hate mine :)

so that's about camera...ooops...I think I wanted to write about my wedding prep...and now...I'm talking about camera....ok ok...back to wedding...truth is :

1- I hate wedding with more than 300 people...200 is a nice figure...
2- I hate people that I don't even know attending my wedding...
3- I hate uninvited people coming to my wedding
4- I hate open wedding, I wanted a close reception where everybody will enjoy the after party together (not just datang makan please)
5- I hate tradition...seriously...don't you all think it's wasting time and money for it? And I think 99% of weddings out there is more or less a traditional wedding...I don't think 1% of the rebel can ruined or end a tradition...
6- I hate henna (can I just not wear it?) and again it's tradition...people will talk behind your back if you don't put these on...and talking behind people's back is also tradition..don't forget that! LOL
7- I hate opinions...I only want it when I ask ok? especially from someone I don't even know...
8- And hey, what's the thing with sponsoring the hantaran (gifts) and adding up more hantaran than it should be?? This part..I think it's absurd!
DO NOT RUINED OTHER PEOPLE'S HANTARAN JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT WHERE IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T MATCH THE REST....OR COST ONLY A DIME! you had your time..so get over with it..move on!

Owh...this has gone way too long...and I must stop at once or else I will fall asleep only by typing my own blog :P

final word..I don't think I will be posting my prep stuff over in my blog..cos thinking about it makes me tired...and I just wish for a small and sweet wedding...surprised?..but that's me..I would try to avoid big scale wedding if I can even if I have all the money in the world!

It's not the event, it's the people that makes it meaningful....

Pica above was shot early in the morning = swollen eye :P

GLEE-FULL WEEKEND

Weekend is just around the corner...as any other working class people's attitude, I feel so happy and humming joyful tunes! to sum it up...I call it a glee-full day...because I am doing my work..at the same time...singing inside my head....lalalalala

Had McD breakfast..again! I fell in love with the taste of the burger-they called it sausage but I don't see any resemblance...hmmm...

I feel like singing...but no sign of claims yet..sigh...what will be my weekend project this time? :)

Should I go...
Should I do...
Should I visit...
Should I eat...
Should I just...
Should I?

BIRD'S CROSSING

I've always heard that chicken makes the worst road-crosser and so do cats...
Even those dogs that really have no idea on how to cross a road, I will assume that it has been friends with cats for way too long already....

Do you ever wonder why is it called Zebra crossing? Is there any zebra crossing the road..and using their crossing? Or is it only Zebra is allowed to cross the road using Zebra's crossing...?(that might explain why cars didn't slow down when a homo-sapien crossing the street?)
Why don't they just name it..B&W crosser...or anything else? And what's the translation to it? Lintasan Kuda Belang in Malay???

My story is actually not related at all to the Zebra crossing...

It's about a little bird crossing the street :) Yes..a bird...a common bird (it's too common, I don't give a damn about the species name...LOL...poor species!) Why does a bird cross the street where it can fly? Ask the bird, I dunno the answer..but the incident happen at Bukit Damansara area...when our car is taking the left turn to Hartamas..and suddenly...this Bird came out from the bush...and crossing the street..yes walking...and it was so fast..it seems like it was a fast forward of something..the feet is so blurry due to the speed! and the bird's face...pricelesss...like nothing happen! so damn cool...

And the bird's managed to cross the street safely without being knocked by us! Phew...I was screaming in the car..when I saw the bird running to cross the street...Fly..fly..fly u silly...fly...faster...LOL...

I'm laughing my heart out! Both of us...until tears came out and goosebumps all over!!!
OMG..hilarious..I know it might not sound like it...but trust me..if you were in my position..you'll feel the same!!!