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Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s Diet, Exercise & Daily Routine
I am beyond fascinated by Lee Kuan Yew’s diet, exercise and daily routine as I am keen to learn from someone who had a long life and paid keen attention to his health, with much diligence. I had no clue … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged Breakfast, daily routine, desserts, diet, exercise, favourite food, Food, Lee Kuan Yew, LKY, lunch, Singapore, sleep
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Regressing Back to Bad Old Habits
I decided to cut out instant noodles and biscuits from my diet. I haven’t missed the instant noodles at all, but recently I has a digestive biscuit and soon I polished off eight and felt horribly guilty after. They tasted … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged addiction, bad, biscuits, diet, digestive biscuits, habits, temptation
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#13. Fried Fish Soup
Not as healthy as sliced fish soup, but my favourite relatively healthy, low carb, hawker meal of all time. Fried fish soup with milk added to the broth, from Airport Road hawker centre. I love the silky tofu and the … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, Health & Wellness, Healthy Food I Like
Tagged diet, Food, Fried Fish Soup, hawker centre, healthy, old airport road, Singapore
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Delayed Gratification
I’m a sucker for immediate gratification. I guess it’s the reason why I pick a greasy burger over a salad even though the salad will make me feel light and energetic an hour after, while the burger would make me … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged choices, diet, exercise, health, Instant gratification, Life, wellness
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The Allure of Junk Food in Singapore
Why is it so hard to stick to a healthier diet. Well they do say that junk food can be an addiction as well, similar to crack cocaine stimulating pleasure centers in the brain. They say that about video games … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore, Health & Wellness
Tagged addiction, bacon, blood sugar, cheese, diet, Food, hard, hawaiian, healthy, Junk Food, pizza, Singapore, Tamoya, Triple O's
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Attempting to Eat Healthy in Singapore
My cousin D always eats healthy in Australia and sent me a photo of her meal. The problem is I haven’t quite acquired the taste for salmon but perhaps I don’t know how to prepare it properly. And I have … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged acquired taste, berries, diet, healthy, Madam Kwan's, salmon, Singapore, temptation, vietnamese baguette
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#11. Wraps
I have abandoned my list of healthy food I like and decided to take it up again. Trying to inspire myself and the folks around me. I like the idea of eating so that I feel better physically. Cleaner foods … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Food I Like
Tagged diet, expensive, hawker, health, healthy, Novena, Salad Stop, salads, Singapore, wellness, wraps
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St Marc Cafe is Ruining My Resolve to Eat Healthy
I know I should have just stuck to the Earl Grey tea, but everything here is just so tempting. How can you not try the parfaits (including jello like pudding, cornflakes and pieces of cake too) or the buns? It … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged buns, cafe, diet, healthy, japanese, mall, mayo, Parfait, St Marc, temptation, vivo
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Breakfast Makes Me Sick
I love breakfast type of food like pancakes, bacon and eggs but I’m just not into eating at breakfast time. I think that sometimes nutritional theories keep changing, and what’s been determined to be good for now may turn out … Continue reading
Singapore Hawker Food & Desserts Below 500 Calories
I am really quite appreciative that the Health Promotion Board has the cool tool where they provide you with the calorie count and nutritional content of local hawker food. This kind of information has been hard to find in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bun, calories, diet, Food, green bean soup, hawker, healthy, Lor Mai Kai, Macaroni Chicken Soup, Mee Soto, Penang Laksa, Popiah, Singapore, soup, soya bean curd, wan tan mee
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Weight Loss Success Stories: Inspired by Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Osbourne
They look so incredible and they both did it the healthy way. Kelly Osbourne lost 50 pounds and Jennifer Hudson went from a UK size 20 to a UK size 10. Jennifer did it through Weight Watchers, while Kelly had … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Before and After, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, diet, exercise, healthy, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Osbourne, Life, Living, photos, pretty, weight loss, women
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Cedele at Raffles City
Blew my diet again, once I saw the generous topping on the cupcake. It was orange flavoured icing on a banana cupcake and wouldn’t that have won you over too? Sadly I was disappointed. The cupcake was dry and the … Continue reading
Healthier Meal in Singapore
In an attempt to eat healthier I headed to Quiznos. Sadly it was closed to we ended up with an even healthier Subway Melt. Chose to just add a bit of olive oil and vinegar instead of the creamy dressings. … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged carbohydrate addict, carbs, coffee, diet, Food, healthy, Life, Living, Meal, personal, photography, photos, protein, sandwich, Singapore, subway, subway melt, travel
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Home Grown Bananas
My uncle A brought us bananas. They were from another uncle E (his brother) who grows the plant in his home. I seriously have the best uncles. Every few months we get a supply when the fruits ripen. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged bananas, beautiful, beauty, culture, diet, Food, fruit, green, healthy, home grown, Life, Living, morning banana diet, personal, photography, photos, Singapore, travel, uncles, yellow
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Top 5: Tips for breaking the late-night binge-cycle and ending the weight-loss struggle (via View from Wit’s End)
This is quite exciting! WordPress blogger Lyn, actually wrote a post for me. I just left a suggestion for an issue I am struggling with and she actually took the time to write a post. Go visit her amazing blog. … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged blog, blogging, changes, craving, diet, health, inspiration, Life, Living, motivation, night time eating, personal, tips, weight loss
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Jessica Alba’s Diet Secrets
Her only vice is cheese. But this is her secret – she doesn’t eat processed or fast food. Oh no, I think all I eat is processed and fast food. “I try to work out as much as I can. … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged beautiful, beauty, Body, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, diet, Entertainment, health, Jessica Alba, Living, pretty, secret, women
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Kate Hudson’s Diet Secret
Kate Hudson’s Hollywood trainer Ashley Conrad revealed the secret to Kate’s great body in an old issue of US Weekly. The berries, almonds, chicken and cod sounds ok to me, but I wonder if the cravings can be held at … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged Ashley Conrad, beautiful, beauty, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, diet, exercise, health, Hollywood, Kate Hudson, Living, magazine, plan, secret, women
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Darn Those P.M. Cravings: Not Easy to Eat Healthy At Night
Why is it easier to eat healthy in the early part of the day, but when the evening rolls around I always give in to temptation. I become cookie monster at night! (took that photo of a cookie monster kiddies … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged cookie monster, craving, diet, eating, Food, health, healthy, Men, perfectionist, personal, snacking, tips, visualization, women
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I Really Need to Detox: Singapore Food and Calories
Why is it such a battle to diet and detox? It used to be so much easier. You know, blogging about food and reading blogs with pictures of yummy food makes it almost impossible to diet. I even find myself … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged Burger, calories, detox, diet, Fast Food, Food, health, healthy, Life, Living, local food, MacDonald's, saturated fat, Singapore, Singapore Food, Wendy's
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Angelina Jolie is Stunning in Red
Angelina Jolie is just so beautiful. She truly takes your breath away in red and it shows that she should occasionally do away with her usual blacks in favour of colour. The Photo is from her promotion of her latest … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Actress, Angelina Jolie, beautiful, beauty, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, diet, fashion, Movie, photos, red, red gown, Salt, skinny, Stunning, woman, women
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