Day 19 - hibernate

The air for this morning was BAD! The PSI for today went as high as 400! 

After I woke up and had my usual yoghurt, I was busy trying to purchase mask and air purifier online. They were all sold out! The Husband and I took leave today, wanted to bring Zac outdoor. In the end, we spent half a day at home and only went shopping (at least it's indoor!)

Lunch : fish with xiao bai cai. 

After a few phone calls, I was lucky to purchase an air purifier through a friend. When it was delivered in the evening, we quickly set it up and purified the air in our sleeping room. Zac will sleep with us during this period. 

Dinner : sliced chicken breast meat with stir fry spinach. 

I wanted to eat the spinach as salad, somehow it wasn't as tasty as I thought. So I decided to do a quick stir fry. It tasted so much better!

Let's hide in the room after dinner!

Day 18 - golf at batam

It was a hazy day and we wondered if we should still head to Batam for golf. When we reached tanah merah after my yoghurt with mangoes, we saw there were a few other folks who were going to play golf as well. 

When we arrived batam, the air quality was better than Singapore. So we got to the club quickly and started playing in no time. I brought along Meiji crackers in case I got hungry half way through. 

The haze started coming after the first 9 holes, we were neither hungry or tired, so decided to finish up the last 9 holes quickly. Luckily, the haze got worse after we finished our game. It was a record for us, we finished in 4 hours. 

I was quite impressed that I wasn't hungry since I had my breakfast at 6am. I only ate my lunch 1ish Singapore time. 

Lunch : I prepared beef with cauliflower the night before and heated the food up before we left the house. Placed my lunch in the thermal and it was still warm when I are it. 

This was taken before I placed it in the thermal. 

 

When we returned to Singapore, the haze was worse than Batam! 

Dinner : craved for soupy stuff. And so I made seafood with xiao bai cai and shitake mushroom soup. It was spicy!

Been a tiring day! Time to sleep early tonight!!

Day 17 - hives

Morning : yoghurt with yummy mangoes..

Lunch : I brought my lunch home as I had hives attacked in the morning. I was scratching so badly that I told myself I needed anti histamine! So once I got home at 1pm, I heated up my lunchbox. 

Did I tell you that I love seafood? More seafood for lunch! I reckoned I had seafood consecutively for 3 days already!  What would my life be if I cannot take seafood? 

Dinner : more seafood! Here's pan seared seafood with salsa. It was so yummy! Good for a hazy and humid day!

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Day 16 - hazy

It was a hazy day in Singapore! The burnt smell was unbearable.. Had to hide indoor!

Here's the quick update. 

Breakfast : yoghurt with mangoes

Lunch : I deviated today! Argh! I had to attend a business lunch today :( so in order not to deviate too much, I suggested lunch at sushi tei. There were so much yummy sushi and Japanese food but all I could order was sashimi salad. I requested to change all salmon to tuna and no dressing! My boss must be wondering what's wrong with me :)

I was too embarrassed to take a pic of my lunch but I thought, lets do it discreetly. Here'a my 1/4 eaten lunch. 

I had to eat the raw fish and squid with some wasabi, else it's really hard to place it in my mouth! :)

Dinner : more seafood! I made myself fish with zucchini. It taste much better than my naked salad I had for lunch!

And a can of coke light to end my day! 

Day 15 - my third week

This morning, I woke up early to weigh myself and took my weekly measurement. Nothing beats looking at my measurement and more weight loss on a Monday morning. It helped to keep my Monday blues away! :)

During week 2, I didn't have as much weight loss as week 1. This week was only 1kg. But I do see inch loss from my body measurement! More to come! I am 6kg away from my goal..

After seeing my happy results, I had my yoghurt and made my way to work. 

Came lunch, tadaaaaaa....

More seafood with cauliflower and celery. This time, I marinated my seafood with mustard powder, black pepper, salt and some chilli powder. The taste turn out very yummy! I should try mustard powder on my chicken breast meat next. 

Today, we have such bad haze from our neighbor, Sumatra, due to deforestation! The PSI went up to 140 in the early evening. I didn't want to stay too long in the kitchen smelling the haze from the tiny window gap, I decided to make salad! 

Pan fry beef with romaine lettuce and balsamic vinegar. It was refreshing and easy to eat in such bad weather. 

After meal, I had to hide myself in the room and waited for my 2 loves to return home. 

Hope the air will be better tomorrow!

Day 14 - 2 weeks mark!

Today is Fathers' Day! I woke up early to make a special breakfast for the Husband. But before that, I thought I should skip my yoghurt and make myself a sunny side up! 

Here's my sunny side up with portobello mushroom. I added black pepper, chilli powder, salt and balsamic vinegar. My first egg dish since the start of the program. 

This was what the Husband had for his breakfast. 

Follow by lunch, I was craving for son soupy stuff. So I made tofu soup with enoki mushroom and xiao bai cai. The soup is not as tasty as ikan bilis stock, but its better than nothing! 

 

At least my soup taste spicy from the chilli padi :)

We had a great day. In the afternoon, we went for a swim with Zac. After some swimming workout, I was hungry. I had an apple to keep my hunger pangs at bay. 

We had fathers' day celebration over at my cousins' place. While everyone were feasting, this was what I made for myself. 

Thanks to my mum who bought, cleaned and prepared the seafood for me. It could last me for a week and more! I brought my weighing scale with me to weigh my portions. My cousins and aunt were amazed by my healthy dish and my determination to lose weight. It was good to have encouraging folks to keep me going. 

Tomorrow will be my measurement day! I am all excited! 

Day 13 - a hot Saturday

This morning, I woke up at 730am to eat my breakfast so that its times correctly for my lunch at 12ish. 

Same ole same ole! 

Then, in the afternoon, I made another same ole dish, tofu with xiao bai cai. 

Come to dinner, I made myself another steak. It's dad's birthday and while the rest of my family feasting, I thought I should make myself a good meal. 

Black pepper steak with salsa and mangoes. 

The salsa was so appetizing and good for the hot weather today! I reckon my skill for cooking the steaks is improving. 

I felt so satisfied with my dinner! *grin*