Day 1 to Day 10 of Diet Plan

The first few days of the diet were quite successful.

I managed to reduce a 1 kg weight off my body.

May 18

~ Lunch:
Salmon & Veg

~ Fruits:
Few pieces of cut guava & apple

~ Dessert:
Meiji Low Fat Yogurt

~ Midnight snack:
2 bowls of porridge.

(X - eating after 8pm is so wrong, because most food esp. those of high carbohydrates that could not be digested due to lower active metabolism at night, & will cause a turn to fats stored in body.)

May 19

~ Breakfast:
Chicken dice & beansprout

~ Lunch:
Salmon & veg

~ Snack:
Regular pack of french fries without sauce to go along

~ Dessert:
Meiji Low Fat Yogurt

~ Fruits:
Guava

~ Midnight:
Chicken dice & vegetables

May 20

~ Breakfast & Lunch:
Duck meat & egg

~ Dessert:
Yogurt

~ Fruits:
Sugar Pear, apple, guava

~ Dinner:
Carrot Pork Rib Soup

~ Snack:
Hershey Dark Chocolate

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Why Dark Chocolate?

As you can see I snacked on dark chocolate which is a better choice than normal chocolates, as some substance in dark chocolate is good for weight loss, however all food have to be taken in moderation, not over.

Dark Chocolate is healthy chocolate. It's the best medical news in ages. Studies in two prestigious scientific journals say dark chocolate -- but not white chocolate or milk chocolate -- is good for you.

Dark Chocolate Lowers Blood Pressure

Dark chocolate -- not white chocolate -- lowers high blood pressure, say Dirk Taubert, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Cologne, Germany. Their report appears in the Aug. 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

But that's no license to go on a chocolate binge. Eating more dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure -- if you've reached a certain age and have mild high blood pressure, say the researchers. But you have to balance the extra calories by eating less of other things.

Antioxidants in Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate -- but not milk chocolate or dark chocolate eaten with milk -- is a potent antioxidant, report Mauro Serafini, PhD, of Italy's National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Rome, and colleagues. Their report appears in the Aug. 28 issue of Nature.

Antioxidants gobble up free radicals, destructive molecules that are implicated in heart disease and other ailments.

"Our findings indicate that milk may interfere with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate ... and may therefore negate the potential health benefits that can be derived from eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate."

Translation: Say "Dark, please," when ordering at the chocolate counter. Don't even think of washing it down with milk. And if health is your excuse for eating chocolate, remember the word "moderate" as you nibble.

The Studies

Taubert's team signed up six men and seven women aged 55-64. All had just been diagnosed with mild high blood pressure -- on average, systolic blood pressure (the top number) of 153 and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) of 84.

Every day for two weeks, they ate a 100-gram candy bar and were asked to balance its 480 calories by not eating other foods similar in nutrients and calories. Half the patients got dark chocolate and half got white chocolate.

Those who ate dark chocolate had a significant drop in blood pressure (by an average of 5 points for systolic and an average of 2 points for diastolic blood pressure). Those who ate white chocolate did not.

In the second study, Serafini's team signed up seven healthy women and five healthy men aged 25-35. On different days they each ate 100 grams of dark chocolate by itself, 100 grams of dark chocolate with a small glass of whole milk, or 200 grams of milk chocolate.

An hour later, those who ate dark chocolate alone had the most total antioxidants in their blood. And they had higher levels of epicatechin, a particularly healthy compound found in chocolate. The milk chocolate eaters had the lowest epicatechin levels of all.

--Source from WebMD

Why French fries?

As for french fries, it is definitely not a good pick to be added in a diet, just that I craved too much for it, hence taken a small pack without any sauce.

Calories from French Fries Mac is app. 248 calories.

For my weight 48kg,
female,
age between 18-29 with a
moderate activity job (teacher, nurse, waitress, outdoor sales person),
engaging in light physical activities (walking slowly, light cleaning, sitting & playing with children)

I need 1814 kcal per day.

If I really love that packet of fries, then I guess I've to cut down my hunger for other food.

Why no sauce for food during Diet?

Sauces of any kind is a killer for diet slimming. Most sauce such as satay sauce, caramel, mayonnaise, chilli or tomato contains high sugar content, hence not suitable to be consumed during weight loss program of any sort.

Best to go plain. :)

My fruits & fav. meiji low fat yogurt


















Salmon with Veg (boiled broccoli & carrot)


















I must say I succeeded in following the diet plan, however not strictly as I tend to shift my diversion into snacking, especially deep fried food.

Initially I was quite well-controlled & took my food such as wholegrain bread & milk in the morning as breakfast, & salmon fish & boiled veg. for dinner. As each day passes, I find myself eating more & more, then subccumbed to my over-craving for food, my determination dies down few days after.

So, you catch me no more with jotting down today & tomorrow's menu.

I find it difficult to overcome the will-power of craving for food, especially in my 20's age range, where food is heavenly.

So, I opened up to a world of indulgence.

After which, writing this post today makes me feel guilty & sinful.

Desiring for Celeb's hot bods is still a tad far from my current achievement.

Beauty Never Gives Up!

I will Strive again!

ps: I am currently weighing the same as I first started.

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Sidenote:

One of my friend who weighs app. 1xx kg just sms me that she had successfully lost 4 kgs. She started around the same time as I am.

(For my info, she stick solely to eating no later than 8pm, consumed at least 1.5 litres of plain water, and there was no exercising.)

I must say: Congratulations!!!!!!

Even thou' I didn't make it to reduce any fats. I'm glad to know that someone who actually follows strictly to my diet plan succeeded.

I may not be a role model but definitely MY PLAN WORKS!

WOW!