This is a recipe that a friend tried out with cappuccino for one-person serving:
Ingredients
2 heaping scoops of F1 Cappuccino
(alternatively, 1 heaping scoop of F1 Cappuccino and 1 heaping scoop of F1 Vanilla)
1 scoop of F3
1 green apple
Ice water
Wash and cut up apple into small pieces and blend in some water. Add ice water up to about the 400ml mark on the jug. Blend until smooth. Serve.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Why am I not losing weight?
Some of you may be asking why you could not lose weight. Well, for one, the company’s formula is 3-2-1 (3 teas, two shakes, 1 colourful meal a day). So if you could not reduce your weight with just one shake a day, you will have to stick to the company’s formula.
John and I could lose weight even though we took the Herbalife shake only once a day, instead of twice, on most days because:
1. We were very discipline in not snacking. And even if we did, it was bird size portion, just for the sake of pleasing our taste buds.
2. We avoided sweetened drinks. Our drinks were usually plain water or juice kosong (without added sugar) with our meal. We figured that if we don’t get enough exercise, we don’t deserve to drink sweetened drinks because we would be taking in more calories than our body could handle.
3. At tea time, we either had a shake, a fruit, or milo kosong or chocolate protein bar, muesli snack, and for me, once a week, either one goreng pisang or hum chi peng or a small piece of cake, if I wanted to break out of the regiment, to tie over until dinner.
4. We avoided deep fried food as much as possible and choose steam or grilled or gravy or soup dishes (the less oily ones).
5. We avoided coconut milk as much as possible. But when we decided to have a bowl of chendol once in a while, John and I shared one.
6. We have been eating half rice even before we went on the Herbalife programme.
What really helped me was that I found the ideal and healthy breakfast in Herbalife. I always wanted a big and healthy breakfast but could not have them unless I am away in a hotel where they would prepare salads and fruits and all the best choices available, which I don’t always have the time or energy to prepare them on my own in the morning. So, I had often ended up eating nasi lemak, roti canai, mee hoon goreng, porridge and milo. I believe that was how I kept putting on weight and it became unmanageable.
It was John who told me about Herbalife when I told him I had yearned for healthy breakfasts every morning and could hardly find it in the Malaysian diet. I could not take milk and cereal because it would make me sleepy and I found oats too boring although I did and still do, take it once in a while. Half boiled eggs and bread with butter was splendid but I was often hungry within an hour, so that was also not adequate for me.
It was through Herbalife that I learned we need to take adequate protein to begin our day besides adequate water and fibre, to maintain our blood sugar level. I thought the shake would not be enough since I need a big breakfast, otherwise, I might end up with hunger pangs and could not function well at work. So it was a total paradigm shift when I was told that it was the lack of protein and nutrition that caused me to be hungry and that was what I needed. It was initially very hard for me since I was so used to a high-caloried breakfast, but I soon found that I didn’t have hunger pangs anymore. I feel so alert every morning even on days I did not get enough sleep. I could take on the world. Nowadays, when I have nasi lemak in the morning, I find myself feeling sleepy, hence, I favour the shake more.
Some people think that they can lose weight through dieting, but more often than not, it is not sustainable. It is best if we can familiarise ourselves with the amount of calories that we take in daily and make a more conscious effort on selecting healthy food choices until it becomes a habit that we don’t even need to think about, rather than avoiding food to a point of starvation.
Some people said such careful eating habits is not really "living" because they don’t get to eat all the fried and oily stuff all the time. But we need to ask ourselves, would it be worth living if we end up being obese and with it, comes a whole range of health problems and our family members have to constantly take care of us if we end up with a stroke, heart attack or lose our kidneys or sight due to diabetes? We also need to take care of our health for the sake of our children. Basically, it should be about having a balance.
The yearning for oily food also indicates that our body needs healthy oil. There are always other options such as flaxseed oil or olive oil or taking fish oil supplements.
Here is a sample of a regular Malaysian diet compared with a diet during Herbalife weight loss programme.
Before weight loss (calories figures are just an estimation)
8am - Roti canai and teh tarik = 600 calories.
Noon – Nasi kandar or economy rice - one fried meat + two veges + teh ice limau = 900to 1100 calories.
4pm - Milo/coffee with sugar and kueh/snack = 400 calories.
7.30pm - Home cooked food rice, 1 non-fried meat, 2 veges and soup = 600
Total calories a day = 2,700 calories when one may need only an average of 1,500 to 2,200 calories a day depending on height, and less for women.
Programme while losing weight:
7.30am Wake up and take Herbalife tea
8am – plain Herbalife shake (two scoops of F1 and one scoop of F3 protein unless advised differently) = 180 calories (220 if blended with a fruit)
Noon - Colourful meal – palm size rice + one non-fried meat + two stir fried veges + plain water = 700 calories.
Herbalife tea
4pm – Herbalife shake without protein OR light snack with drink = 200 to 300 calories
5pm – Herbalife tea
7.30pm – Herbalife shake OR light meal/lean meat and vege soup = 200-400
11pm – Sleep.
While losing weight, you need to take less calories than what your body needs, but once you have achieved the ideal weight, you increase the calories intake and eat according to the amount of calories your body needs and not how much you want, otherwise, your body cannot handle it and will end up putting on weight again.
To calculate the amount of calories that you need to maintain your weight according to your height and gender, I have found this website that calculates it for you:
http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalcalc.htm
So if you need to lose weight, you should consume less than the calories that maintains your weight without starving yourself and ending up with gastric.
All the best to great shape and good health!
John and I could lose weight even though we took the Herbalife shake only once a day, instead of twice, on most days because:
1. We were very discipline in not snacking. And even if we did, it was bird size portion, just for the sake of pleasing our taste buds.
2. We avoided sweetened drinks. Our drinks were usually plain water or juice kosong (without added sugar) with our meal. We figured that if we don’t get enough exercise, we don’t deserve to drink sweetened drinks because we would be taking in more calories than our body could handle.
3. At tea time, we either had a shake, a fruit, or milo kosong or chocolate protein bar, muesli snack, and for me, once a week, either one goreng pisang or hum chi peng or a small piece of cake, if I wanted to break out of the regiment, to tie over until dinner.
4. We avoided deep fried food as much as possible and choose steam or grilled or gravy or soup dishes (the less oily ones).
5. We avoided coconut milk as much as possible. But when we decided to have a bowl of chendol once in a while, John and I shared one.
6. We have been eating half rice even before we went on the Herbalife programme.
What really helped me was that I found the ideal and healthy breakfast in Herbalife. I always wanted a big and healthy breakfast but could not have them unless I am away in a hotel where they would prepare salads and fruits and all the best choices available, which I don’t always have the time or energy to prepare them on my own in the morning. So, I had often ended up eating nasi lemak, roti canai, mee hoon goreng, porridge and milo. I believe that was how I kept putting on weight and it became unmanageable.
It was John who told me about Herbalife when I told him I had yearned for healthy breakfasts every morning and could hardly find it in the Malaysian diet. I could not take milk and cereal because it would make me sleepy and I found oats too boring although I did and still do, take it once in a while. Half boiled eggs and bread with butter was splendid but I was often hungry within an hour, so that was also not adequate for me.
It was through Herbalife that I learned we need to take adequate protein to begin our day besides adequate water and fibre, to maintain our blood sugar level. I thought the shake would not be enough since I need a big breakfast, otherwise, I might end up with hunger pangs and could not function well at work. So it was a total paradigm shift when I was told that it was the lack of protein and nutrition that caused me to be hungry and that was what I needed. It was initially very hard for me since I was so used to a high-caloried breakfast, but I soon found that I didn’t have hunger pangs anymore. I feel so alert every morning even on days I did not get enough sleep. I could take on the world. Nowadays, when I have nasi lemak in the morning, I find myself feeling sleepy, hence, I favour the shake more.
Some people think that they can lose weight through dieting, but more often than not, it is not sustainable. It is best if we can familiarise ourselves with the amount of calories that we take in daily and make a more conscious effort on selecting healthy food choices until it becomes a habit that we don’t even need to think about, rather than avoiding food to a point of starvation.
Some people said such careful eating habits is not really "living" because they don’t get to eat all the fried and oily stuff all the time. But we need to ask ourselves, would it be worth living if we end up being obese and with it, comes a whole range of health problems and our family members have to constantly take care of us if we end up with a stroke, heart attack or lose our kidneys or sight due to diabetes? We also need to take care of our health for the sake of our children. Basically, it should be about having a balance.
The yearning for oily food also indicates that our body needs healthy oil. There are always other options such as flaxseed oil or olive oil or taking fish oil supplements.
Here is a sample of a regular Malaysian diet compared with a diet during Herbalife weight loss programme.
Before weight loss (calories figures are just an estimation)
8am - Roti canai and teh tarik = 600 calories.
Noon – Nasi kandar or economy rice - one fried meat + two veges + teh ice limau = 900to 1100 calories.
4pm - Milo/coffee with sugar and kueh/snack = 400 calories.
7.30pm - Home cooked food rice, 1 non-fried meat, 2 veges and soup = 600
Total calories a day = 2,700 calories when one may need only an average of 1,500 to 2,200 calories a day depending on height, and less for women.
Programme while losing weight:
7.30am Wake up and take Herbalife tea
8am – plain Herbalife shake (two scoops of F1 and one scoop of F3 protein unless advised differently) = 180 calories (220 if blended with a fruit)
Noon - Colourful meal – palm size rice + one non-fried meat + two stir fried veges + plain water = 700 calories.
Herbalife tea
4pm – Herbalife shake without protein OR light snack with drink = 200 to 300 calories
5pm – Herbalife tea
7.30pm – Herbalife shake OR light meal/lean meat and vege soup = 200-400
11pm – Sleep.
While losing weight, you need to take less calories than what your body needs, but once you have achieved the ideal weight, you increase the calories intake and eat according to the amount of calories your body needs and not how much you want, otherwise, your body cannot handle it and will end up putting on weight again.
To calculate the amount of calories that you need to maintain your weight according to your height and gender, I have found this website that calculates it for you:
http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalcalc.htm
So if you need to lose weight, you should consume less than the calories that maintains your weight without starving yourself and ending up with gastric.
All the best to great shape and good health!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Irresistable apple-kiwi shake
Some days, I made the worst shakes. So bad that I had to force myself to finish it. But this morning, I made a shake that I really, really like and I think it’s the best shake so far. Here is the recipe for two persons:Ingredients
3 heaping scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit
1 heaping scoop of F1 Vanilla
2 small red apples
1 yellow kiwi fruit
2 tablespoons of plain low-fat yoghurt
Ice water
1. Remove the core of the apples and cut into smaller pieces. Cut the kiwi fruit into half and scoop out the flesh.
2. Put in half glass of water and fruits and blend.
3. Pour ice water until it reaches 800ml.
4. Scoop out 3 heaping scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit and 1 heaping scoop of F1 Vanilla into the blender.
5. Add in the 2 tablespoons of yoghurt
6. Blend until smooth.
Pour into 2 tall glasses and enjoy!
Next week – look out for calories count and how to lose weight effectively.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Eat adequately for better weight loss
I came across this article below, 17 Cheap Ways to Jumpstart Your Metabolism, which could help you increase your metabolic rate, which you can add to your good health or Herbalife weigh loss/weight gain efforts.
It is important to have a good metabolic rate, otherwise, it would be difficult to lose weight. Besides doing some exercises, it also involves eating adequately and that means try and eat adequate healthy food instead of not eating. Yes, crash diet doesn’t work.
On the caffeine bit, replace coffee with Herbalife Lemon and Hibiscus botanical tea mix. That’s because Herbalife tea has high anti-oxidants (miniscule caffein), keeps you awake without the heart palpitations and helps flush out some toxins.
Those prone to heartburn or suffering from gastritis should avoid coffee.
Also, I would caution on the advice (in the article) on snacking the whole day. One should have something in the stomach every four hours but not constant snacking. Here is a healthy example of how one should eat:
8am – Shake breakfast
12noon – Colourful lunch
4pm – Shake (without F3) or light snack
7.30pm – Light/decent dinner or Herbalife shake (for those on Herbalife programme to lose weight)
11pm – Sleep
Below is the article, 17 Cheap Ways to Jumpstart Your Metabolism:
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/17-Cheap-Ways-to-Jumpstart-usnews-651306142.html?x=0
It is important to have a good metabolic rate, otherwise, it would be difficult to lose weight. Besides doing some exercises, it also involves eating adequately and that means try and eat adequate healthy food instead of not eating. Yes, crash diet doesn’t work.
On the caffeine bit, replace coffee with Herbalife Lemon and Hibiscus botanical tea mix. That’s because Herbalife tea has high anti-oxidants (miniscule caffein), keeps you awake without the heart palpitations and helps flush out some toxins.
Those prone to heartburn or suffering from gastritis should avoid coffee.
Also, I would caution on the advice (in the article) on snacking the whole day. One should have something in the stomach every four hours but not constant snacking. Here is a healthy example of how one should eat:
8am – Shake breakfast
12noon – Colourful lunch
4pm – Shake (without F3) or light snack
7.30pm – Light/decent dinner or Herbalife shake (for those on Herbalife programme to lose weight)
11pm – Sleep
Below is the article, 17 Cheap Ways to Jumpstart Your Metabolism:
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/17-Cheap-Ways-to-Jumpstart-usnews-651306142.html?x=0
Monday, August 23, 2010
Citrusy Delight
This morning John made a really nice citrusy shake for two.
Here are the ingredients he had added into the F1s:
Ingredients
3 flat scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit
2 flat scoops of F1 Vanilla
2 tablespoons of plain low fat yoghurt
2 green apples
1 orange
Cut green apples (peel, if preferred) and orange after skin removed, into small pieces. Blend them in some water.
Top up the blend with ice water until you reach the 800ml measurement and add in the F1s and yoghurt and blend until smooth.
Serve in 2 tall glasses. The delicious breakfast is ready!
A friend had also introduced us this recipe with F1 Tropical Fruit which I thought really perk me up in the morning. Here’s a recipe for two:
Ingredients
3 flat scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit
2 flat scoops of F1 Vanilla
2 tablespoons of plain low-flat yoghurt
2 green apples
2 slices of lemon (thickness 0.5cm each)
Cut green apples (peel as well if preferred) and cut two slices of lemon. Blend them, including lemon skin, in some water. Lemon skin is good for liver cleansing.
Top up the blend with ice water until you reach the 800ml mark and add in the F1s and blend until smooth.
Serve in 2 tall glasses. This will surely wake you up!
I never use to like F1 Tropical Fruit but have come to love it with the combinations above. Enjoy!
Here are the ingredients he had added into the F1s:
Ingredients
3 flat scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit
2 flat scoops of F1 Vanilla
2 tablespoons of plain low fat yoghurt
2 green apples
1 orange
Cut green apples (peel, if preferred) and orange after skin removed, into small pieces. Blend them in some water.
Top up the blend with ice water until you reach the 800ml measurement and add in the F1s and yoghurt and blend until smooth.
Serve in 2 tall glasses. The delicious breakfast is ready!
A friend had also introduced us this recipe with F1 Tropical Fruit which I thought really perk me up in the morning. Here’s a recipe for two:
Ingredients
3 flat scoops of F1 Tropical Fruit
2 flat scoops of F1 Vanilla
2 tablespoons of plain low-flat yoghurt
2 green apples
2 slices of lemon (thickness 0.5cm each)
Cut green apples (peel as well if preferred) and cut two slices of lemon. Blend them, including lemon skin, in some water. Lemon skin is good for liver cleansing.
Top up the blend with ice water until you reach the 800ml mark and add in the F1s and blend until smooth.
Serve in 2 tall glasses. This will surely wake you up!
I never use to like F1 Tropical Fruit but have come to love it with the combinations above. Enjoy!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Funniest joke of the year
Nine months ago, relatives, friends and strangers alike had come up to me and asked if I was pregnant. Yes, when several people ask you the same question, it’s time to take note. My fat-filled abdomen had become big enough to be noticed. Unfortunately, I had inherited such a body frame from my mother’s side of the family. My maternal grandpa had it, my late mum had it, an aunt, an uncle and two brothers, including the fittest, have the pouch.
Now after nine months, just the past Thursday while queuing up at our office cafeteria, a colleague I hardly knew asked me, “You delivered already, ah?”
I was stunned but decided to tell her that I’ve lost more than 7kg of fat and she remarked, “Oh, you did very well after birth.” At this point, I was not sure whether it was the café operators who were more stunned or me. The aunties at the café had a few weeks ago said I looked good these days and asked what I had done to lose weight.
I didn’t realise the drastic change until many people had come up and asked me. I haven’t expected such overwhelming response.
The next time anyone asked that, I think I should say that I had delivered more than 7kg of fat. I am now at seven-and-a-half month on the Herbalife nutritional shake. I thought I could not lose anymore weight after losing 5kg at the third month. All I did was just change my breakfast by taking low-calorie, healthy and delicious shake.
Now, relatives, friends and some acquaintances are on it to lose weight. I am glad to play a part in reducing their health risks and contribute to one less or delayed diabetic victim, busted kidneys, blindness, clogged arteries and hypertensive person.
Please email healthpossibilities@gmail.com if you have any questions. Sorry, I have not allowed comments because I don't have the time to monitor this blog constantly.
Now after nine months, just the past Thursday while queuing up at our office cafeteria, a colleague I hardly knew asked me, “You delivered already, ah?”
I was stunned but decided to tell her that I’ve lost more than 7kg of fat and she remarked, “Oh, you did very well after birth.” At this point, I was not sure whether it was the café operators who were more stunned or me. The aunties at the café had a few weeks ago said I looked good these days and asked what I had done to lose weight.
I didn’t realise the drastic change until many people had come up and asked me. I haven’t expected such overwhelming response.
The next time anyone asked that, I think I should say that I had delivered more than 7kg of fat. I am now at seven-and-a-half month on the Herbalife nutritional shake. I thought I could not lose anymore weight after losing 5kg at the third month. All I did was just change my breakfast by taking low-calorie, healthy and delicious shake.
Now, relatives, friends and some acquaintances are on it to lose weight. I am glad to play a part in reducing their health risks and contribute to one less or delayed diabetic victim, busted kidneys, blindness, clogged arteries and hypertensive person.
Please email healthpossibilities@gmail.com if you have any questions. Sorry, I have not allowed comments because I don't have the time to monitor this blog constantly.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Enjoying durian again
More than a week ago, John and I ate five whole durians within a week. That was a record for us, although it might not be much for others. I had not eaten so many durians for many years and in recent years, it was usually just two or three seeds at any one time. That was because each time I ate, my body temperature would rise quickly and my hands would hurt from arthritic flare-ups. It was literally having fever in the hands.
The pain and suffering did not deter me from eating, hence, the very limited amount. Fortunately, I did not miss it too much although I enjoy the fruit tremendously. The only time I had eaten the fruit a bit more was when we managed to get hold of jungle durians from an orang asli who sold the durians by the roadside when we travelled to Cameron Highlands the year before. That was the only time I did not seem to suffer from any symptoms or pain in my hands. It made me wonder if the pain had to do with the amount of pesticide residue in durians since hybrid ones would definitely contain more of it.
Anyway, I had five durians with John this time, and the rise in temperature in my hands was so insignificant that if I had not observed it, I wouldn’t have realised it. I had quickly down the Herbalife tea mix each time I had durians and it helped a great deal in busting heatiness and inflammation in my hands. Oh, it was glorious to be able to enjoy durians without hurting. I would not normally eat this way. It was a sudden urge to eat durians. I sometimes give in to the sudden desire to eat certain food because I believe that there are times the body needs certain nutrients. After all, I seldom have a lot of uncontrollable cravings for oily and sweet food anymore since taking Herbalife. So, if it happens on rare occasions, there is always room for a little indulgence.
There will be no excuse if there are cravings every other day or week. If that is the case, it can be a sign that the body lacks nutrients, as in my case, because since getting enough nutrients from Herbalife supplements (from natural food alone is not enough), I hardly suffer from much cravings for oily and sweet food.
If people still have cravings and uncontrollable appetite to eat more than they can burn up their fat despite feeding themselves well, this will be sheer gluttony and at the root of it, greediness. It warrants repentance from God or perhaps counseling to correct the disorder:)
While in Penang for a short break (July 24-26) and for my grandaunt's 90th birthday celebration, we had the Red Prawn besides D8 and another hybrid I could not remember. The Red Prawn had excellent texture and not too sweet. The slight bitterish taste suited me fine.
Back in KL, an uncle treated us to Musang King and D24. I tried Musang King for the first time and this was the best durian I've ever eaten. I like it better than the Red Prawn, although I like both. The D24 we had were really good as well.
Back on my journey with Herbalife, I have also noticed that a tooth ache that I used to suffer from for a year, is now gone. I used to get intense pain on one of my big molars whenever I accidentally slurp in hot soup (not too hot) onto that tooth. It would hurt so badly for awhile and then would follow by a dull ache throughout the day. The dentist had asked me to do a root canal and I had planned to get it done. But now that I did not have any more pain in the last two months whenever I had similar hot soup, I am now thinking if I should still go ahead and get a root canal done.
I wonder whether the calcium in Herbalife F1 had helped strengthened my tooth. Perhaps, with better sleep after taking the product, coupled with all the 55 types of nutrients, the body now has less problems. I feel better each day.
I thought I would give up on taking the product after one month since I thought I could not live without nasi lemak and roti canai. Moreover, I had always thought I could not live without starting the day with savoury food after my fruit. But surprisingly, after seven months, I always miss my shake every morning and want to take it and I do not crave for savoury food like before. I am not sure why I am not bored with the shake. But one thing is for sure. I feel so alert and energetic after taking the shake while high-carb breakfast makes me sleepy. It makes a big difference in my energy level.
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