Day 17: friday oct 18

Breakfast: fried rice egg bacon pork fruits coffee juice

Lunch: fish vege rice 2 beers

Dinner: plane food and wendys chicken

Day 15: wednesday oct 16

Breakfast: wan tan mee, 

Lunch: egg omelete on sq flight to PVG

Dinner: ministrone soup wan tan soup with bread 

Day 16: thursday oct 17

Breakfast: rice, beans, 3 eggs, pork, coffee fruit juice and fruit dessert

Lunch : vege, fish rice

Dinner: rice chicken pork belly sake

Ageing

Sat next to en elderly japanese or chinese gentleman. 

Looking at his frame and his selection of good, it dawned on me these people have really managed to control their cravings and subdue their urges to stay and sustain their health.

I am determined even more to follow their footsteps so that one day, any "young" guy would say, whats your secret?  I would just smile and say "you are what you eat"..)

Habit and craving

I am slipping off the habitual wise choice and selection of food yet again.

The last few days saw me choosing pork fried and rice items. Worse, beer became a palatable choice to wash down the greasy stuff!

Discipline. Self control. Control your self or your self will control you! 

Day 14: tuesday oct 15

Breakfast : 2 chicken pao nasi lemak

Lunch : fried rice 

Dinner: pork soup with rice + beer

Day 13 diet: monday oct 14

Breakfast : pork rice coffee

Lunch: chicken samurai mcdo

Dinner: yong tau foo

Day 12 diet: sunday oct 13

Breakfast: mee siam + tea

Lunch: fish brocolli pork pineapple rice

Dinner: pork sardines rice, 1.5 bot beer

Day 11: saturday oct 12

Breakfast: 2 chiken sio pao coffee

Lunch:  prata + chicken rice

Dinner: pork rice with coconut milk

Day 10 diet: oct 11

Breakfast: eggs sausage coffee hashbrown

Lunch: fish, brocoli pumpkin

Dinner: pork ribs

Day 9 diet: october 10

Breakfast : chicken congee n coffee

Lunch: egg siomai banana h20

Dinner: pepper beef rice, soda, cashew

Day 8 Diet: wednesday oct 9

Breakfast: chicken congee coffee

Lunch: chicken cutlet vege egg n rice

Dinner: rice pumpkin stringbeans wine

Day 7 diet: tuesday oct 8th

Breakfast: butter sandwich, 2 eggs coffee

Lunch: rice and chicken

Dinner: pork, pumpkin string beans rice

Day 6 diet : monday oct 7

Breakfast : chicken porridge and coffee

Lunch: fish and rice

Dinner: beef pepper with rice

Day 5 diet : sunday oct 6

Breakfast : pao and nasi lemak egg rice

Lunch: half chicken with rice

Dinner: brocoli with pork stew

Day 4 diet

Breakfast: chicken pao and nasi lemak

Break: coconut and magnum

Lunch: yong tau foo

Dinner: brocoli 

Day 3 diet

Breakfast : pork and rice

Lunch : grilled fish and rice

Dinner:  mushroom soup and banana

Day 1 diet

Oct 2, 2013

1. Breakfast : chicken congee

2. Lunch: tomatto soup cesar salad

3. Dinner: sardines and rice

Plan for day 2

Breakfast: oat meal

Lunch: fish with rice

Dinner:  boiled brocoli?

The battle continues....GGT and cholesterol

My medical result (blood test) came to me like a brick wall when I found out my GGT was 264! This is way out of my league. I came away thinking this has something to do with my genes. My mother was acquired diabetic, had elevated liver enzymes indicator and blood pressure is high.

Although my blood pressure is normal, my triglycerides is normal, body sugar count is normal, my total cholesterol is somehow in the 200+ range, which is borderline high. 

My last check up from my doctor revealed I have a fatty liver, which if i dont do any drastic diet change that it could worsen and may lead to liver disease in the future.

Enough is enough! Better do something on my diet now.

                      STOP           START

                      ======        =====

Breakfast        beehoon      congee, orange

Lunch             deepfried     soup or salad

Dinner             meat           fish, sardines, vegetables (boiled brocolli)

Snacks           processed   all natural fruit

Most of all, I would need to fast from food. Fasting which is one of my struggle as a person need to be done on a regular basis. 

I think and I feel my liver hasnt had a break (Maybe once) since I was born. 

So Better get something done while the condition is still reversible.

=======================================

Year    Total   cholesterol         GGT
===    =============        ===
2010   216
2011   226
2012   263 (may 2012)            158

           253 (Aug 2012)

203     228 (oct 2013)              264

Sep 4, 2012

I came back from the doctor this morning and was excited that my blood cholesterol has dropped by 10 pts. The drop was over the last 3 months period. Thanks in part to the routine exercise I did in preparation for the triathlon and the reduction in diet (less deep fried pork, more on vege/fish). 

Here are my cholesterol numbers so far:

Year    Total   
===    ===
2010   216
2011   226
2012   263 (may 2012)          253 (Aug 2012)


And this is what I have done to achieve measly 10 pts off my baggage!

Month             Swim             Bike           Run
====              ====            ===            ===
June                13k               158k            13k
July                  6.5k               52k            17k   
August             7.8k               40k            10k