Eat Healthy?

How often do we find ourselves saying "I want to start eating healthily" without knowing the true meaning of what is actually healthy to eat and what isn't?

If you're like me, you are probably lying to yourself. 

I always thought I was eating healthily but how can I eat healthily if I don't even know what is healthy food in the first place?

It's not good to binge eat, sure. But how many of you know that it's also not good to avoid eating completely? I used to be so insecure about my weight that I don't eat anything except an apple and 3 cups of plain water every single day. I lost weight, yes. But was I healthy? Not at all. 

Since I stopped being a Pescetarian (another 'way' of mine to lose weight but it was a complete fail), I started eating chicken, meat and lamb. I haven't been gaining weight at all though but had been losing instead. I also feel a lot more energetic than I was when I was a pescetarian. So I know to avoid all kinds of meat completely is not the way to go. I now know what is actually good and what is bad for my body. But what is knowledge if you don't share it with others, right?

So I would like to share with you the Top 10 Food to eat and to avoid for heartburn and indigestion. 

The picture above shows bad food and good food according to the color. Red being the most acidic and not good for you and green is good for your body.

I find it easier to control what I eat during the month of Ramadhan. However, after one month of fasting, when Eid comes, where all the good food we all love will be served at every single house we visit. How can one avoid food during Eid then? 

Well, to me, you don't have to avoid it completely. You can have them but eat in small portions. That's the key. But of course, if you're strong enough to avoid them, you can do that too. 

Now that you know all the good food for you, let's all eat only the good food so we all can be healthy this Eid! :)

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Eating Healthy

I don't know how healthy is healthy but at least to me, the definition of eating healthy is ice cream, Cheetos, popcorns, cheese burgers, chips.... Just kidding. Hehe.

In all seriousness though, I've been wanting to eat healthily since forever because I want to have a good body because hello, which girl doesn't dream of having Adriana Lima's body? However, that seems pretty far fetch for me, so I shoved that thought away and focus on just having a fit and healthy body. Even a million years of diet won't get me close to any of the Victoria's Secret's angels, so I just stopped dreaming because I'll be depressed just by thinking about it and when I'm depress, I eat. That's not the plan now is it?

I'm pretty glad that my body is now realizing that it's important to choose the food I eat rather than just shoving everything down my throat regardless of the consequences I have to bear later on. So that day I went grocery shopping with my Mom and I was pretty shocked myself with what I ended up throwing in the cart. Usually every time I go grocery shopping, I will straight go to the snacks and chocolates aisles and just live there for a moment. Haha. My cart was usually full with crackers, Cheetos, M&Ms, Boost Chocolate Bar, Mars, Snickers, a tub of ice cream (doesn't matter whether it's Ben & Jerry's, Starbucks, Blue Bunny, Thrifty or Sunny Side ice-cream). I always have a tub of ice-cream in my cart. Sometimes two, but you know, I'm not going to explain that because I know I shop for groceries like a total fatty (not being judgmental here. I'm just describing myself) but hey, please don't judge.

That day, I had to do a double take to really believe what I actually bought. I didn't know I was eating so unhealthily until then. Some of the food I bought were instant garden salad with croutons, blueberry cereal bars, non-artifical blueberry juice, yoghurts and green tea. Fyi, I HATED GREEN TEA!! But I heard green tea is suppose to be good for your body or something, so I decided to just give it a try and hey, whaddayaknow I LOVE IT now!!!

Some of the meals I eat these days :

Breakfast

Brunch

Dinner

Also, I have been drinking coffee almost every single day now. This is totally on a different note, I'm not even sure whether coffee is good for your health (I doubt it) but I'm just wondering what made me start drinking coffee. Is it because I'm getting older and that's why my taste is changing? I used to cringe at the smell of coffee but now, I sometimes open the pantry cabinet to just have a swift smell of the coffee. It's so weird.

It's kind of hard though, when I'm addicted to coffees. I have the urge and crave for Starbucks every day. Sometimes twice a day. It has gotten chronic, guys.

Okay, despite everything I typed above, want to know what I did a couple hours ago?

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Ate 1/4 plate of Ayam Penyet Rice. 

Yeap. All those 'eating healthily' before for nothing. 

Excuse me, so I can cry by my own in a corner.

Ramadhan wish

When Ramadhan comes every year, almost every woman/girl has only one thing on her Ramadhan wish.

To be skinny/Stop eating too much/To lose weight.

But guess what ladies??? It ain't gonna happen! I know right, I'm being such a party pooper here, but it's the truth! Every year when Ramadhan finally arrives, people get excited, especially ladies because other than enjoying this holy month, it's also a perfect time to lose weight. It's like killing two birds with one stone! But as much as we ladies hate to admit it, we tend to eat a whole lot more during Ramadhan. This is because we starved ourselves during the day, so we'd think it's okay to stuff ourselves during Iftar, which is worst than eating a lot during the day because everyone knows it's not good to eat at night. Another reason is because we eat our Sahur eating rice. I don't eat rice for Sahur, its usually bread or cereals for me but a lot of people eat rice for Sahur. It's 4am, for God's sake. I don't know how you guys can even have the appetite to eat that heavy that early!! Some people say its because they can't last during the day without having rice or they get hungry easily if they eat light. As for me, I always get a stomach ache if I eat something heavy for Sahur so I only take light meals. Other than that, Ramadhan Bazaars are also a huge reason why we gain weight instead of losing during Ramadhan. I'm a sucker when it comes to Ramadhan Bazaars. I'll buy everything in sight without thinking whether I can finish them all. It doesn't help either when all of the food they sell are fattening. My must haves at a Ramadhan Bazaar are Tepung Pelita and Kuih Melaka. I tend to buy a lot and when I can't finish them, I forced myself to eat them anyway because Mom always complain about me wasting on food.

But do you know what's the biggest reason? Two words but it can crush your dream of having Adrianna Lima's body by Raya.

Ramadhan Buffets.

I love Ramadhan buffets so much because you can have everything as much as you want and nobody would say anything. Okay, maybe people will look at you with a 'wow she really eats a lot!' look, but who cares. It's a buffet, you're supposed to eat a lot. After all, we didn't pay that RM 89++ for nothing! Every year, my family received invitations for Ramadhan buffets. See, it's not like I have a choice...
This year, we didn't get a lot invitations like previous years and I was actually relieved that I didn't have to control myself at buffets. Then of course, an invitation came. I planned to not go but who am I kidding?! I love Ramadhan buffets too much to let it pass! So off I went, to Bluewave Hotel in Shah Alam. From sushi to pasta, Bread butter pudding to dim sum. I tried almost everything they had on the buffet tables. I was so satisfied at the end, patting my tummy with a smile on my face, muttering Alhamdulillah over and over again for the good food I had but screamed that night when I saw myself in the mirror. Hehe.

So I thought, "No more, Ayeen. No more. You have got to control yourself after this!". Of course, another invitation to a buffet at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort came. I could hear my stomach and my heart arguing.

Heart : YES!! Another buffet!

Tummy : Oh no!! You're gonna stuff me with buffets again?!!

Heart : Shut up, tummy. Buffets are nice.

Tummy : Easy for you to say. You're not the one who's going to explode when she's done with all the food.

Heart : True but what's life without food? Without buffet foods, especially??

Tummy : Hmm.. I guess you're right.. I don't know..

My tummy will give up within seconds, I tell you! Because of Ramadhan buffets, I never dream of losing weight any more during Ramadhan. I just love food too much to let it go. Hehe.

I just got back from Tropicana Golf & Country Resort with my family and boy, I had so much to eat that I couldn't breathe by the time I finished. I had them all, from appetizers all the way to desserts. Every buffets have their own speciality, something you never seen or taste before.

"I don't want to eat rice for Iftar today. I want to eat everything else but rice!", I said to myself.

Then I walked past someone with something green on her plate. I did a double take to see what was it actually. How could someone eat something that is green, I have no idea. Then I realised it was rice. Green rice??? I don't know about you, but I've never seen rice that is green! So naturally, I went searching the buffet tables for green rice to check why is it green.


I ended up eating the rice.

I know, I know. What happened to 'I won't eat rice tonight'? The rice was actually weird looking but gorgeous at the same time because it has colour. Rices are always plain white and dull looking, so I wanted to try rice that isn't boring.


It was actually Nasi Lemak Pandan which didn't taste at all like pandan. It didn't taste like Nasi Lemak either. The only thing that made it look and taste like Nasi Lemak was the sambal, nuts, anchovies and the egg. The rice? Not so much. They also had Roti Jala in green! But I didn't dare trying it. It looks even weirder than the green rice.

Not only the food excite me at buffets, but also the companies I have. I just love when everyone get together and just talk non stop and take pictures with each other.


But of course the reason we go to buffets is mainly for the food they serve. Hehe. The one thing I always eat at every buffet is ABC for dessert. Every single time. So what's your favourite at Ramadhan buffets?

The Stress is Over!

Finally, my midterm exams are over! Okay, theres nothing to brag, but at least I can give my brain a rest for a week before I start to cramp back my precious brain. Despite the fact that midterm are over, finals are also just around the corner. I have like, another 2 and a half months till my finals. And I'll be done with my foundation. Everything just passes by ever so quickly these days. I've been a good girl, holding myself back from my white baby here. I havent even touch this laptop, what more press the on button. Its not like I have the time to anyway because I've been spending everyday with books till 4 or 5 in the morning despite that I had to wake up at 730. So yeah, in the past 4 days, I spent like only 8hours for sleep. I really hope I'll do good this semester. Hope all my effort will pay off on the day that results come out. Monday was Physics and Mathematics, the two subjects I always flunked. I spent most of my time the previous week to study these two, but I emphasize on Physics as the formulas and facts are just too much. But guess what? The paper turned out to contain all fact questions. No formulas were needed. But at least Im relieve that I had confidence doing it this time. But the result is a whole different story. Tuesday was Law and Management, the most important subjects this semester. Then it was time for English and Macroeconomics. The last day, which was yesterday, I was so happy that Accounts turned out to be easy and though there were uncertain answers I gave for Construction paper, at least I didnt stress out while doing it. And I thought I did well this time. I hope so :)

Mom and Dad fetched me up at last night. I fell asleep while waiting seeing I was lack of sleep. And continued sleeping in the car. And continued sleeping at home. Until this morning, I woke up with a headache. Thats what I get when I sleep too long. Going out with Zahir today. Not sure what time but he said it'll be late. I ate an apple for breakfast and now Im starving. But whatevs. I dont want to whine about my hunger because theres absolutely no point of complaining when I dont think I will eat later on.

Oh, on Wednesday, I almost collapse because all I ate the whole day was a piece of honey dew. Ika and Noor were so worried and started to lecture me while I was lying down to vanish the massive headache. Noor was so worried when she saw me walking so unstable and I had to hold on to the wall beside me to keep myself from falling down. My sight was so blur and everything was just spinning around me. I saw two Noor(s) when I looked at her. I felt like puking and it was so hard to breathe. I cant remember whether I passed out or I fell asleep, I just fell down on my bed and I cant remember anything after that. I woke up feeling better. Noor forced me to eat but I didnt want to. But just for the sake of Noor, I cooked instant noodle but didnt finish it. Atleast Noor stopped complaining how I didnt eat everyday. And yes, I felt so much better after eating. I have caring friends! Thanks you guys, for taking care of me while I was so sick to even breathe :)

One day, Saturday

I fell asleep while texting Zhr last night. Prove I was very tired. I woke up at 7am and received a really sweet text from Zhr. I managed to smile to myself before falling back asleep. Woke up half an hour to 11, and showered. Came online before breakfast but got fed up with the oh so stupid internet -__- After setting my laptop to standby mode, I dragged myself to the kitchen, took out the cereal box and ate a few pieces of honey stars straight from the box without fresh milk. Then, I didnt know what to do, so I went in mommy's room. As I entered the room, the first sentence that came out from daddy's mouth was 'you're getting fatter' Ahhh yes, the words I loathe so much coming out from anyone's mouth. I pretended I didnt hear him to ease myself. But ofcourse, daddy's in his funny mood and tried to annoy me by saying it again and again. Way to go, dad -__- I then shot him a look, and said, yeah I know. So ? Then he laughed at me ! Good God. Haha. Oh well, later I went back to my room, took my top off and stand in front of my bed room mirror for like an hour. I stand in every possible angles. Lol, could I be obsess ? Maybe, whatever. After hearing daddy's blissful words, I was determined to start dieting back. But then, mommy had to cook a very delicious looking meal, and I ate. Like usual, I regretted eating and drank a glass of lemonade without sugar hoping it will help me cleanse. And yes, it helps. Alot. Thankyou, lemonade ! Lol

Okayy, daddy just told me to get ready. Genting, here I come ! Okay I know its not Disneyland, but at least Im not bored at home, eat and sleep, hence increasing the size of my arse. Lol. Bye !

I love you, Family

Watched Material Girls today. Watching Hilary Duff makes me eager to be skinnier. She was fat and now look at her. So friggin' hot ! I think Hilary Duff is the prettiest :) Spent pretty much the whole day playing Harvest Moon on Playstation2. Abang's not coming home tonight till Thursday, like usual. I browse the internet for Hilary Duff's diet secrets and she said she does pilates and does cardio at the gym every week. She jogs on the treadmill. She eats well and I am now following her diet. So, I went to the gym and jog for half an hour and went swimming for another half an hour. I really hope I could keep up with her diet and be satisfied with my body for once.

I am feeling SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lonely compared to before. My bestfriend and all my schoolmates are now dancing the night away on the hard wood floor in the Victorian Ballroom without me and my own boyfriend is so far away. On top of that, my credit had run out days before. That means, no texting Mr Boyfriend. I'm stuck at home alone with only my tv, a totally lame playstation and a laptop. I have no freaking life. I'm starting to think that I'm soo lame right now. My life is dull, no friends, no boyfriend. Dvds at home every single day. Oh good lord, please give me some fun. I dont just want fun right now, I NEED FUN. All I do on daily basis ;

• Breakfast
• online
• play playstation
• watch dvd
• late lunch
• read dictionary
• play some more of playstation
• online AGAIN
• Swimming and gym
• dinner
• online some more and more and more
• watch a freaking dvd AGAIN and AGAIN -____-

See how pathetic I've become since my boyfriend's not here and my best friend is not keeping in touch with me ? Haha well, despite the loneliness, I think a part of me likes to spend everyday alone and with my family, watching movies, read and just sit and talk :) After all, every time I screw up, my family is the one I can count on. I'm really close with Mom but now I think we're getting closer. She asked how Zahir's doing there in Jakarta everyday. Its nice to know she is concerned about him. She said she doesnt worry much with Zhr being my boyfriend because she had known him for a long time. Awww :) I love you Mom! Okay, my life might seem really dull right now but I have the greatest people in my life. A lovely family, sweetest boyfriend and a best friend. I could never ask for more :)

Oh they're watching Resident Evil on Dvd right now. I might as well join them. Till then, Night lovelies :)