Oil for now I take only extra virgin or fish oil, other than that no. As for my meat, mostly I steam or boil, sometimes will grill it but that will be like once everyweek or every two weeks

Actually there was this really cool cooking site I used to learn from when I grill my meat, really healthy methods. I learned how to make awesome dips from them too
Will find the link when I get home to share with u guys

Cool!!! Please share! Most of the time I'll create own recipe based on information of the food/ingredients I found in net. I failed before but luckily lately for my meals still quite alright

this is referring to my overall diet or just the weekend?

the fried chicken from pasar malam is a phase i'm going through this 2-3 weeks.
i tried though to minimize the damage by not eating the batter&skin, just the meat.

so for weekend no pasar malam food and?
what about the weekdays diet and exercise? any comment? suggestions to improve?

Try cycling your diet guys - eat really healthy, no carbs, no sugar, only fruits, nuts, veggies and meat on the weekdays while eat whatever you want over the weekends. This may sound insane but trust me it works.

This is because if you're trying to lose weight, you don't want your body to get used to a strict healthy diet only, those "cheat" weekends puts your body through an over-eating stage where it raises your metabolism making fat loss easier for your body.

You can cycle it in any way you want. minimum 5 days healthy, 2 days cheat or 7 days healthy 2 days cheat or 30days healthy, 5 days cheat or something like that. Remember to have your healthy days in a row before cheating. no alternating if you really want this to work.

To me I think is overall diet
The weekend one is really high carbs, and even you tried not to eat the batter & skin, it's still the same thing as the oil the people use is really unhealthy

My case is once a while during weekdays I'll be eating cheat meals, perhaps out of entire week will be like 2-3 meals will be cheating one then for weekend since Sunday I'll be doing groceries most of the time hence will be a bit healthier

im afraid if cheat,will make me want to eat more on the other day

so if cheat,can eat anything ?? a lot also can ar ?like eat rice 3 times on cheat day ?

Then better don't cheat

Anyway, I don't think when you want to have cheat meal, you go spoil your diet lo. Once a while have cheat meal for the yummy unhealthy food is fine but if you eat a lot, ain't that gonna waste your effort earlier?

Hahahaha, I have STRICT cheat days each month. Only once a week I allow myself to tipu my diet. On those days, hantam everything my heart desires, but don't go overboard la.
If I'm having like special gatherings with friends or summat, I'd take those days as cheat days, but at the same time, don't need to over-over just because I can. Its all self control, don't think or worry whether u ca or can't do it. When there's a will, there's a way, don't let your mind give u excuses!

Argh, I have not set my cheat meal days yet Anyway, I guess mostly also weekend as going out to the shopping complex quite difficult for me to get my desire diet food

Here are some links that I saved before, really easy to make, and they taste awesome!!
*I'm a guy, so when I say its EASY, trust me, its EASSSSSSY!! *

http://www.healthycookingrecipes.com/lowfa...ken-recipes.htm
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/co...chicken_recipes

And two of my favourites, coz I can always find the ingredients ready in the fridge
http://www.healthycookingrecipes.com/lowfa...orie-recipe.htm
http://hubpages.com/hub/Grilled-Chicken
Check out the other recipes on the sites, really nice for mixing up your diet every once in a while.

Thanks! I just think of my another new diet for tomorrow, after try out if possible I'll upload picture with recipe to share too, that's my salmon lunch

thanks vinesh22 for sharing the recipes with us..
It's gonna save some money if not going outside for clean food ..
*to get clean food outside is really drilling my pocket..

No problem mate.We're all in the same boat, so I know how it feels..hahaha

for weekend i know it's high carbs. that's cause during the weekdays i go low on carbs ( apparently not according to you guys )
if i don't go high on weekends, for the next 1 week i'll be feeling sluggish and listless unless i go high carbs for a day.

hmm, for weekdays diet, which part is high carbs?
i try allocate carbs for morning only.
bread / oatmeal combi for breakfast & fruits for morning snack. coffee is black as in no sugar.
biscuits for afternoon snack is a rare case. sometimes in the afternoon i'm so hungry? my hands shook and biscuits is a quick fix.

what else high carbs food do i need to cut off during weekdays?
oatmeal combi or tuna sandwich or 1 pc wm bread for dinner?

ps: the diet on weekend is not actually THAT every weekend, the one i post is the baddest of the bad when i cheat.

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Added on July 23, 2010, 1:31 pmfor me, when i craves something bad, i go for it even if it's not my cheat meal day. but just have a lil bit to satisfy the craving.
if i try to suppress it, the craving get worse and when i do finally give in it's bad! hahah!



This post has been edited by neuroticmind: Jul 23 2010, 01:31 PM

i share my meal mostly focus on protein intake
egg (only white area)
only assumption on protein..

weekdays
morning - 1 egg + 200ml HL choc milk (~17gm protein)
lunch - 5 spoon rice + 1 egg + tempe + tofu + vege (~20gm)
evening - HL milk + guava/papaya (~12gm)
night - 200ml HL choc milk + 2 eggs (~25gm)

Total = ~74gm

weekends
morning - 1 eggs + HL choc milk (~17gm)
lunch - tuna x1 + 1 egg + tofu + vege (~25gm)
evening - HL milk + guava/papaya (~12gm)
night - 200ml HL choc milk + 2 eggs (~25gm)

Total = ~79gm

currenly my weight .. maintain at same value.. almost 2 week edi.
feel glad..

hit gym on weekend...
on weekdays.. night HIIT

feel like in army already

my weight dropped to 85 today ........in just 5 days i lost 1.5kg .........damn am i losing muscle ?i can carry heavier weights now but shocked when i saw my weight drop that fast....what is the ideal weight for a guy like me 186 cm?

can anyone tell me whether is it normal to have some belly fat? Coz i have been working out for 3 months already and have been really controlling my diet but i can only see lil bit of my abs and its still quite flabby coz still got lil bit fats.I lost quite alot of weight for this month coz i worked out alot and i can feel my muscles getting harder but there is still fats and i think its mantaining the same coz i check it everyday and my abs are usually visible when i flex (itsss so hard to get six packs)

Yes when I say cheat, you CAN eat ANYTHING you want. But believe it or not, you won't have that big of an appetite when you actually cheat after eating healthy for 5 days. Your body just doesn't take unhealthy foods that well anymore compared to before you started a healthy diet. You might not even like how you feel after unhealthy foods. So overtime, you might not be eating as much even IF that's what you'd like to do.

You just gotta make sure that you DO go back to your regular healthy diet after cheating for this to work. Don't get comfortable cheating. Haha.

Don't worry about your cheat days spoiling your overall diet plan. It's strange that it actually helps. What these cheat days do is that it tricks your body to keep guessing when bad foods will come. You can be eating healthy for like 10 days, body will start adapting to a healthy diet then boom! You surprise it with a bad meal! What happens now is that your body works extra hard to burn the foods that you ate = increased metabolism.

The longer you can go eating healthy before you add in the cheat days, the better this will work. For example, 1 month of a strict no-carbs diet then 1 week of high carbs diet. You'll be surprise how much you'll lose after those cheat days.

I always lose a lot whenever I go on a vacation and eat everything that I see. Haha!

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Added on July 23, 2010, 11:47 pmhi there! i'm always running into you over here! haha!

belly fats can be caused by a lot of factors - a major one being hormonal. people that are high in cordosol (a stress hormone) usually carries fat in the mid area. are you getting enough sleep? are u stressed out? are u a smoker?

all these play a great role in trying to get rid of belly fats.

something else to include to your workout if you really want to get abs - do sprints first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. it'll take only 5 mins but it is intense.

treadmill: max incline, speed: 9 (adjust accordingly but you should be working hard - at about 80% of your capacity)
sprint for 1 minute, rest 1 minute [5 rounds]

have fun!

This post has been edited by sneakerfanatics: Jul 23 2010, 11:47 PM

ohh man,i cant sleep early coz i take afternoon nap so i usually sleep at 12-1