These pandas look fake…and really dirty. In fact, so do these men. It’s like trying to make a two year old take a photo when it’s struggling to get back to it’s mother.
January 25, 2010
I like Google Chrome.
January 20, 2010
On day six of the diet, I scoured food blogs to find recipes for Chinese dishes accompanied by mouth-watering pictures. I found plenty on Appetite for China. In celebration of my steadfast resolve, I cooked up a dinner feast the day after the diet was over.
To start things off, I made some tea eggs. These were left to boil for almost 3 hours!
Cantonese Char Sui Pork. It didn’t turn out as savory as I wanted, but still tasted delicious.
Soy Braised Chicken. The chicken was so tender and flavor was yum.
And for dessert, some banana coconut cupcakes. I don’t normally like coconut flakes, but these cupcakes were good.
By the end of the day, my tummy and I reconciled. It forgave me for the past seven days.
January 17, 2010
DAY 5
Unlimited portions of lean meat and vegetables. I was hungry at work mainly because I had only one salad for lunch and no breakfast. How do you make a breakfast out of raw vegetables?? I don’t normally eat vegetables anyway, but I think that all of the water I was drinking was making me even more hungry. Dinner was good though. Had loads of meat and vegetables! I was my favorite day out of the entire week, just as I had predicted!
DAY 6
Brown rice is hard to chew, but I did manage to make a vegetable fried rice with it which turned out quite tasty. This was about the only thing I had all day. I made 2.5 meals worth and that lasted me the whole day. It didn’t help that I went to a birthday bbq party in the evening where there were food and drinks. It was so tempting to break the diet, especially since it was the last day. Not very many hunger pangs, only temptations.
FIN
At the end of it all, I’ve lost a total of 3.3 lbs, very much shy of the 10-17lbs mark. I must have done something wrong. Still though, I’m quite proud of myself for making through all the way to the end. I was almost convinced that I would quit somewhere in the middle, but my resolve held fast and I was able to finish it. I feel leaner now and I didn’t wake up and gorge on all the foods I’ve missed out on during the past week. Would I recommend this diet? Yes, purely because it is very doable. If I can do it, then certainly anybody can.
