Plain low fat yogurt is a staple in my diet. I eat a small bowl everyday, with seeds, nuts and a drizzle of gula Melaka. It fills me up healthily and it helps things move smoothly down south in the morning. Cass and Sherilyn can both whip up really delicious smoothies and sorbet with a…
Category: health and fitness
Simple Steamed Vegetables For Dinner
Tomorrow is Sunday, aka Cheat Day / Refeed Day / Treat Day! ? Thus, today I had a really clean diet, almost meat-free and ate mostly fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. This is my dinner today – steamed organic pumpkin and radish and seasoned with olive oil and ground black pepper, with a tablespoon of…
Innovative Workout Techniques To Remain Fit
Attending gym sessions is not always the best idea in your schedule when you decide to work out and stay fit. During the global pandemic, when most gyms are closed, your motivation to exercise diminishes quickly. However, you need to keep yourself fit and healthy to function correctly or face issues like laziness or obesity….
Keeping Track Of My Steps on My Fitbit Charge 4
I never really bothered to keep track of the number of steps I clocked in daily until we were in a partial lockdown during the MCO recently. With our days locked up at home everyday for months, I was terribly worried of being sedentary and later had to suffer from the consequences. It was then…
What’s Your Body Mass Index (BMI)?
As written in my earlier posts, my weight dropped from 46.7kg to about 44kg (at times, 43.9kg) early this year. I did not intentionally lose weight. I kept getting the flu and sore throat continuously late last year for several months. I also intensified my daily morning workout by adding strength training and lower abdomen exercises….
Simple Secrets To A Svelte Figure – Portion Control
For the past two months, I have brought almost ten of my old skirts and pants to the tailor to have the waist part tightened. I know that I’ve lost about 2kg since early this year. But what I didn’t realize was how much my waist has shrunk. It’s a frigging 3cm! No wonder my…
No Sugar Cravings Anymore
I’m trying to put on a just a teeny weeny bit of weight back. Just before CNY, my weight went down to 44.1 kg. That’s almost my weight when I was a teenager! It’s a surprise that after my fibroid removal 1.5 years ago, my body just does not crave for anything sweet anymore. Foods…
Hungry Girl and HFM’s Exercise Regimen
My 13-year old dancing, fighting and drama queen has a voracious appetite. I am in awe at how her digestive system can process food at such amazing speed as she eats every two to three hourly! She usually has a pretty heavy breakfast at 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. and by 10:30 a.m. or 11…
What You Eat Is What You Are
Today I had Tosei Rawa for brunch. It’s been a while since I last had it. Drama Queen ordered a Maggie Mee Goreng, much to my objection. But that contriving Drama Queen said “but it’s just once in a while, not like I eat it every day or every week” that I succumbed to her…
Keeping Fit And Trim
As a mother, it can be challenging to maintain a healthy workout routine. After all, the children have their needs and the pile of papers at work is growing by the moment. However, none of those things matter if you’re in disarray. You can’t be of service to anyone if you can’t take care of…
4 Ways to Stay Motivated When It’s Cold Outside
On the approach to summer, you diet and exercise in an attempt to achieve the ever sought after, perfect beach body. Then, summer arrives. You look great. You feel confident, and it’s warm, so you keep it up. You go to the gym or out for runs in the sunshine. You eat salads and drink…
Walk Faster!
I was flipping through The Sun papers today and saw this very interesting article. My habitual way of walking fast involuntarily is beneficial to my heart and can be life-saving! Read the article: So it’s proven. Research studies have confirmed that people who walk faster have healthier hearts than their slow-walking counterparts. I also observe…
Exercise And Eating Clean
Before I share what I cooked again, I’d like to share with you some of my many accounts in my Journey To Fitness. Just in case my posts on food and nothing-to-shout-about dishes bore you to brink of death 😀 All food and no exercise spells trouble for your body and I kid you not. Exercise…
No More Excuses! Get Fit Without Joining A Gym!
Many of us think that fitness depends on our ability to own a gym membership. If you don’t join a gym, you can’t get fit, right? Wrong, there are so many ways to get fit without joining a gym. And, I’ve listed some of the most genius ideas down below: Start Running Running is an…
Healthy Tuesday – 2 August 2016
I woke up feeling zombified today. I’ve not had a single day of sleeping in the whole of last week. Monday through Sunday started at 4:45 am for me, with each day ending around 11-ish pm. When I don’t get a day or two of catching up on my beauty sleep for that week, the…
Top 4 Bodyweight Exercises For Building Muscle
Most people think that bodyweight exercises are pointless, and you should only lift weights. Well, I’m here to tell you that they’re completely wrong. There are some great exercises out there that will help you build muscle and increase strength. To help prove my point, here are four of the best: Push Ups If you…

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