Day 36 (Sunday, 13th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 65.8kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Got lots of sleep. Good day, it was.

Foods eaten:
2 half-boiled eggs
a bit of steamed chicken
a bit of otakotak
some dimsum - I ate some pork here but no carbs
chicken, tofu, crabstick and egg soup
no-sugar low-fat vanilla icecream with 2tbsp oat bran

Day 35 (Saturday, 12th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 65.6kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Got hit with food poisoning! Also went for laksa class and had some sinful stuff. No carbs, but a bit of sugar and lots of oil. Loads of fun though!!! Never knew laksa was actually that easy to make - just a little tedious and you do need patience.

Foods eaten:
Laksa Johor, Curry Laksa, Laksa Lemak & Assam Laksa (Varying quantities - no noodles, just the veggies and proteins)
omelette with garlic, chilli, sotong, prawns and chicken

Day 34 (Friday, 11th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 65.8kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: If I thought previous days were crazy, Friday was worse. 'Nuff said. I got my exercise just running around the office. Didn't eat enough either *sighs*

Foods eaten:
3 chicken legs
2 scoops low-fat no sugar vanilla ice cream

Day 33 (Thursday, 10th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 65.8kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Crazy busy day at work today. And I didn't get enough sleep last night either!! I'm completely dead on my feet.... which, by the way, really ache. Was literally running up and down the staircase to get all sorts of stuff for all the meetings, then running all over BV to get lunch for the meeting participants.... I think I got my fair share of exercise today hahaha. Went to BSC after work to pick up drycleaning and have dinner. A bit sinful, but yum. Tired.....

Foods eaten:
2 tbsp oat bran with milk
alot of milk
1 glass diet Coke
1 piece salmon (pan-fried but I didn't eat the fried parts)
4 asparagus
1 Spanish creviche with nori, rocket and tomato
beef tenderloin medallion with port wine reduction and green veggies

Day 32 (Wednesday, 9th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 66kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Really busy day at work. Was eating non stop and still felt hungry all the time!!!

Foods eaten:
hot milk with 2 tbsp oat bran and sweetener
Chicken broth with tofu, chicken, egg and crab roll
2 roasted chicken legs
2 cans diet Coke
2 Laughing Cow light
a bit of stir-fried beef in Nando's periperi sauce

Day 31 (Tuesday, 8th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 66kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Forgot to update yesterday! Carolyn came over for dinner so we gave her a taste of what we usually eat.

Foods eaten:
2 tbsp oat bran with cold milk
minced chicken cooked in chopped tomatoes with onion, broccoli, corn, spinach and French beans
chicken broth with cabbage, some green veg, salmon, squid, prawns, tofu and eggs.

Day 30 (Monday, 7th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 66kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Tried making the Dukan cookie recipe today but it turned out pretty blah. I think I'll use cinnamon instead of flavouring next time.

Ate a little veggies today :/ Oops. Also ate an ice cream that was "low fat, no sugar added" but it probably had some sugar in it hahaha. Oops ><" Foods eaten:
Protein soup (chicken stock, soft tofu, eggs, a little bit of crab roll)
Milk with 2 tbsp oat bran
Grilled beef, soup, chawanmushi, negima kushiyaki and wagyu kushiyaki
Baskin Robbins no-sugar low-fat vanilla ice cream with unsweetened chocolate chunks

Day 29 (Sunday, 6th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 66kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Not much of an update. Got mad at Delicious today - my dish came last and it had the same things everyone else did. It only arrived more than half an hour after I ordered, and after everyone else finished theirs. Hungriness doesn't make me grumpy - lack of sleep does!

Went for my godbro's sister's wedding today. I put on a cheongsam I bought during CNY - it fits really well now!! In fact, it's looser at the waist and chest than when I bought it :) Hooray!

Foods eaten:
2 hard boiled eggs with roasted cherry tomatoes and chicken&cheese sausage
1 roasted chicken leg (skin peeled off)
Chinese-style wedding dinner, but I peeled off the skin of the fried chicken, and avoided the carb dishes and desserts. I did eat some lean roasted pork though!! (Yumyumyum...)

Day 28 (Saturday, 5th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 66kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Finally saw some progress today!! Woohoo :) Feeling pretty happy, so I had a small dress-up session in loli just now.

Managed to run alot of errands today - bought lots of make-up and wore false lashes for the first time. Bought some skincare products. Browsed through the fabric store in anticipation of my new sewing machine. Helped my mum get shopping vouchers. Went grocery shopping and found two new brands of yoghurt we can have. Yay :)

Also, tried making tea jelly today - just brew a potful of tea, measure out two cups, sweeten to taste (with sweetener) then sprinkle some gelatine into cold water and leave for a minute, pour the hot tea in and stir till the gelatine is dissolved, then pour into moulds to set (I used fancy teacups as my serving dish). I haven't tasted it yet, but I hope I used enough gelatine for it to set...

Just realised I forgot to take my dose of oat bran today - that makes it two days in a row! Yikes!

Foods eaten:
protein soup (low-fat chicken stock, tofu, 4 crab sticks and eggs)
three-egg omelette with two slices of cheese

Day 27 (Friday, 4th November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 66.5kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Stressful day at work. Not feeling too happy :/ Didn't have enough time to even run to the loo! Forgot to take my oats..... But at least I had the meeting with IT to try and solve some probs with our emails, and had Korean bbq for dinner again.

I think I really enjoy retail therapy.... I ended up buying a Meta LP tonight hahaha.

Also tried making some oat bran cookies today. They turned out looking really well, but the taste of ginger powder was just.... yuck!!!! I think I'll replace all the ginger powder with cinnamon next time.

Foods eaten:
shredded chicken w really really light mayo
chicken, mushroom, onion, green veg n tofu soup
Korean bbq (squid, chicken, scallops, beef, seaweed soup with scallops, egg rolls, various types of veg)

Day 26 (Thursday, 3rd November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 66.5kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 104.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Accidentally ate a little bit of cucumber and mushroom at dinner today! Wasn't paying attention to what I was putting into my mouth, and before I knew it, I'd eaten them ahaha. Oh well....

The sewing machine place called to let me know that my machine is on its way from the supplier!! It should already be here by next week :) YAY!! I can't wait!! I think I would like to take classes on clothing alterations and dressmaking.... First, I ought to get used to sewing straight lines though XD;;;;

Also need to buy a good quality meter-long ruler, and the larger hoop, and the embroidery design software... and clear out my designated sewing table XD Woohoo!!!! Can't wait!

Today, everyone commented that it was obvious I'd lost weight :) Personally, I think it's the top that I wore. So now I know that I ought to wear more Dorothy Perkins stuff!! Hahaha :D

Foods eaten:
hot milk with oat bran and sweetener
1 triangle of Happy Cow Light
1 chicken leg and half a breast (roasted - skin scraped off)
2 chawanmushi
1 shredded salmon with cucumber and vinegar
1 chicken teppanyaki
hiyayako (2/3rds a block of tofu)
oysters with lemon and tabasco

Day 25 (Wednesday, 2nd November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 66.5kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 106.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Today's lunch wasn't enough cos the coleslaw was too spicy for me, so I ended up having fresh vegetables from the vegetarian shop in the food court.

Dinner was at Monte's - yum! Also found alot of good things at Cold Storage that we can have.

Foods eaten:
2 oat bran muffins
air-fried chicken marinated in peri peri sauce
charsiew flavoured tofu
aubergine
gem lettuce
steak
prawns
broccoli
oysters with lemon and tabasco

Day 24 (Tuesday, 1st November 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PP
Weight: 66.5kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 106.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: I actually haven't been weighing or measuring myself these past few days haha! I really ought to start doing that more frequently.

Bought Nando's for dinner today because we had to go to church (All Saints' Day is a day of obligation). Finally convinced my sister that putting tofu into all the soups/stews that we make is a very delicious and cheap filler for all our PP meals. Yum!

Foods eaten:
2 oat bran muffins
chicken, tofu and egg soup (stock base: dashi)
3 chicken legs from Nando's, skin scraped off

Dukan Recipe: Halloween Soup

This is a recipe directly from their website that I fell in love with. I'll most probably try this out sometime soon!

Ingredients

250 grammes of pumpkin flesh
One onion
500 millilitres of skimmed milk
2 carrots
One cinnamon pinch
Salt, pepper

Cut the pumpkin into little squares. Peel the onion and carrots and cut them into small slices.
Add all vegetables with the skimmed milk into a sauce pan and a pich of cinnamon. Then bake them until the pumpkin flesh is smooth ( about half an hour).
When it's ready mix this and heat it again with adding some water depending on the consistence you want for about another half an hour. Add salt and pepper and enjoy it!

Day 23 (Monday, 31st October 2011)

Phase: Cruise - PV
Weight: 66.5kg

Waist: 76.2cm
Hips: 106.5cm
Thighs: 66.5cm

Notes: Yeah, my birthday!! The day itself was pretty crappy - went to work, went to Putrajaya at 11am to get copy of SPM cert, went back to office, had lunch, went home... Highlight of the day: a colleague sent me flowers!! So sweet of her :) I also arranged for a bouquet for her haha - her birthday is tmr ^^

Had dinner with the family at Genji. Threw on a yukata last-minute just because :) It was fun!

K gotta sleep. Night.

Foods eaten:
2 oat bran muffins
beef stew with mushrooms, leeks and onions
chawanmushi
salmon sashimi
yosenabe (broth, chicken, fish, vegetables, prawns, scallops, mussels, tofu)