Valen’s Vanity Square

Dec 20

Oh man, I think I ate a lot of things today.

I went to MidValley Megamall with hubby today. Perhaps it’s the jovial Christmas mood, or simply because I had only half an apple as breakfast at 10.30 am, I couldn’t stop feeling hungry and wanting to munch on something.

First, had this Shilin Taiwanese style chicken chop rice for lunch around 1 pm. Followed by kaya and butter toast bread, ‘chee cheong fun’ and coffee at 3.30 pm. Before we left the mall at 5.30 pm, hubby and I shared a large Italian style ice cream (Gelatisimo? Or something that sounds like that…). Dinner at home at 7.30 pm. Seemed that I had been eating every 2 hours!!

If I continue to get this kind of ‘hunger attack’ every day, may be I should start taking appetite suppressants such as Fentraphen to prevent myself from gaining weight?

Just kidding! I’m not a pill-popping person. And I know why I ended up feeling hungry all the time. It’s because I didn’t have a proper breakfast. You see, breakfast is the most important meal in a day. It kick starts our body metabolism. A proper, nutritious breakfast in the morning helps to keep you feel energized the whole day, and you will be less likely to crave for snacks between meals.

The moral of the story: Make sure you have a good and healthy breakfast before you go to work every morning!

Nov 27

My healthy weight loss blog

Okay, I may not have many posts put up in my healthy weight loss blog yet, but what the heck, here it is - Lose Weight And Get Fit!

It’s a shame; I only have 4 posts up currently, haha! But from these very first posts you will know that my emphasis is all about getting to our ideal weight (not underweight!) and maintaining it through healthy lifestyles.

I won’t be promoting the use of weight loss drugs (e.g. Phentermine 37.5) there, for reasons that I’ve explained in one of my earlier posts. However, if I come across important information with regard to this topic (i.e. weight loss drugs, pills or supplements), I may share them so that you are aware of the advantages and disadvantages of a specific weight loss treatment before you make your decision.

In short, my hope is that those who want to lose weight, opt for healthy weight loss method, live a healthy life, look their best, and feel confident about their own body.

Nov 19

My weight loss blog - still in progress

I mentioned earlier that I’m going to start a weight loss blog. Well, I did! But just that I got carried away with so many things recently, I have yet to update the blog with posts and contents. So, no point of leading you there for the time being.

Again, I would just like to stress that the weight loss blog is really about achieving healthy body weight using healthy methods. I won’t be able to review topics such as ‘which is the best diet pill in the market?’ in that blog, because frankly I don’t know much about diet pills!

I only know that there are weight loss diet pills around that can really make a person shed off those extra pounds, but you just have to be wise as to which diet pills to choose from. It is always advisable to seek your doctor’s opinion first. Find out if the diet pills contain substances that were already scientifically and clinically proven to be effective and safe.

In addition, you would also want to know how the diet pills initiate weight loss, whether by:
• Increasing the body metabolism;
• Suppressing the appetite;
• Curbing the entry of calories into the body;
• Eliminating fats from the body; or
• Preventing water retention in the body.

Get advice from your doctor as which is more suitable for you. Also, do keep in mind that diet pills alone are not sufficient to provide optimum weight loss. Therefore, it is still important to do some exercises.

Oct 31

Aim for healthy weight loss

I was watching this cooking program called “Licence to Grill” (I bet they borrowed it from the movie “Licence to Kill”!) on Asian Food Channel, ASTRO, last night. That reminded me to get a grill pan for my new kitchen.

I think grilling, if done properly, is quite a healthy way to prepare food. You use so much less amount of oil when grilling meat, poultry, fish or even certain kinds of vegetable. Grilled foods also look more tempting with the brown stripes.

May be I could start looking for a couple of healthy grilling recipes as well to be part of my lose-weight-get-fit plan, hehe.

Speaking of losing weight, just saw a piece of news about this anti-obesity drug called Acomplia, a product of the pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis. This drug was approved for use in the treatment of obesity/overweight in the European countries since 2006. But it is now being withdrawn from the European market (so far no other countries outside Europe have approved this in their market) due to the risks associated with this medicine. It has been shown that obese or overweight individuals using Acomplia experienced twice the risk of mental disorders, including depression, compared with those who took placebo (dummy pills)!

While this is not any weight loss pills that you can get anywhere over the counter, it does ring an alarm - all medications have their side effects, mild or serious. It is vital that you don’t simply buy any diet pills OTC and swallow them without doing your research first, even if you are desperate! Read more, learn more, and discuss with your weight loss expert.

To me, I still prefer losing and controlling weight and shape through natural ways - healthy diet and regular exercise. Hmm, come to think of it, I think I should open a weight loss blog to share more ideas on healthy ways to lose weight and live a healthy life. Good idea!

Will let you all know when the blog is ready! Stay tuned!

Oct 23

Eat and lose weight?

fat

I ‘felt’ so unhealthy and so ‘fat’!

I was rushing on a writing assignment for the past 3 days, and my butt was practically glued to the chair every waking moment except during shower time and toilet breaks. I even had dinner right in front of my laptop.

I read, typed, read, typed… I looked at my laptop for such long hours until I felt that I could almost go blind.

I felt dizzy and ‘vomity’ (am stealing this expression from my friend)… I relied on coffee to keep my brain working… I didn’t jog nor do any form of exercise but the muscles of my legs felt tight… my shoulder was aching… so was my lower back… I could feel more and more fat cells stacked up on my butt and thighs… my blood circulation was sluggish… I just feel abnormally UNHEALTHY!

I can even see my own elephant thighs in the making, I must do something to stop it! Oh man, I must make sure I get out of the house and get some work out done this weekend!

Well, at least I have got hold of a copy of the Diet Solution Program by Isabel De Los Rios!

As I said before, the book is not about ‘going on a diet’. Yes, you will do something about your diet - you eat right to lose weight and maintain your health!

I am happy to find more than 50 recipes on salad dressings, vegetable dishes, meat, poultry and fish! I know most people when they are ‘on diet’, they usually eat steamed dishes to avoid oil, sugar and other seasonings. And they eat the same food again and again.

Well, if you are one human being that enjoy eating like me, you will be glad to know the recipes included are prepared by stewing, grilling, stir-frying, roasting, etc. (Too bad there are no dessert recipes…) The point is - you don’t have to give up delicious food to achieve an ideal weight and good health!

I think I will start trying out the recipes in the Diet Solution Program soon - as soon as my new kitchen is ready. But first, I need to check out my metabolic type to know what diet is best for my body.

If you want to lose weight but keep on eating, haha, why not give the Diet Solution Program a try?

Oct 14

Eat and still lose weight?

Do you think you can eat delicious food (including appetizers and desserts) and still lose weight?

Apparently, Isabel Del Los Rios think you can. That’s a piece of good news for me, because I know I won’t have to starve just for the sake of losing weight.

For that reason, I think I will giver her Diet Solution Program a try as my endeavor to lose my belly fat.

The Diet Solution Program

The Diet Solution Program by Isabel Del Los Rios

While her program contains the word ‘diet’, it doesn’t mean you have to ‘go on diet’ as in - you can’t eat this, do not eat that, stick to a low-carb diet, etc. As far as I know, Isabel’s program teaches the healthy way to lose weight. She wants people to learn the important principles for not only weight loss, but also for disease prevention. Topics explained in depth in the Diet Solution Program manual include: