No Meat Lunch 12 Oct 2015
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
I burst out laughing and said, "Bad is good! That means it is good!". If you're on a diet, you will know what I mean. I don't know how my taste buds changed from eating mainly meat,
Yakitori
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
to eating mainly veg. When I turned up at the dinner table with my huge plate of veg last night, hubs asked if I was having 'Lo Hei' (a Chinese New Year good luck / tossed salad) for dinner! Don't really blame him cos my mix of cabbage, carrots and rocket leaves sure looked like Lo Hei!
The thing that surprises me is that that awful looking pack of lunch (1st pic) actually kept me full from noon till a little before dinner time. I did not go searching for any fruit to snack in between. Then for dinner, I only managed to reach half the plate before I felt extremely full. Best thing is, I had weighed the same that morning and that night, which meant that my day's activities had negated my caloric intake! I did my usual rebounding and had a good night's rest and woke up 2 kgs lighter than after dinner. Yay!
We all need a little encouragement and heck, every time the scale goes down a bit, I am encouraged! So I had veg for lunch again! Let's see if I can keep it up and eat 'grass' for dinner too! I have not become vegetarian. I am just desperate to lose some weight quick and so I am trying to eat mainly veg on weekdays and then be able to eat 'normally' on weekends with my family. All this, while still exercising for a bit every other day.
I wanted to talk about change. It's not just my taste in food and my waistline which have changed. I am suddenly thinking about what I really want to do with my life at this stage in my life. I told hubs that I may not jump into another permanent job just yet. I may want to do something different, like be a cook! He agreed totally and told me to make sure it was a western restaurant I understudied! Hahaha...I have this plan to go work as a chef so that I can pick up cooking skills and finally be able to cook well! Hehe.
On the other hand, I feel compelled to help the underprivileged. My most memorable memories of my teaching days are of when I had actually spent time with individuals and helped a few underprivileged kids on a personal basis. I don't remember so much the nicer occasions. I remember more the sad situations and the conversations I had with some kids. There is something about the underprivileged that tugs at my heartstrings. I have this yearning inside of me to HELP. Help who? I don't know. I think I will ask God and let Him open the doors for me. I know that if it is what He is pleased with, it is what will happen! Until then, I am happy to embrace changes in my life!
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