I am trying to lose weight. Easier said than done, of course. Apparently there's a new fad for losing weight called 2-day diet. You eat normally 5 days within the week and fast for two days. The diet program recommends taking a max of 300kcal for each of the fasting days. This is not your normal Ramadhan fast as plain water is allowed throughout the day.
So today I made a two-pronged decision to fast - make up for the incomplete Ramadhan fasting as well as try to limit the day's calorie intake. Had my sahur with buttered toasts AND cereal (not really a good start if I want to do the 300kcal thingy). Broke my fast with pan fried salmon, potato and egg salad (because I was googling the recipe and watching youtube on how best to make it 2 hours before Maghrib) and some broccoli. By 10pm I felt the need to munch again, so I opened a large packet of crisps and had it while reading Dan Brown's Inferno. All in all, my calorie intake today is probably the highest this week :P....
Note to self:
* Do not eat broccoli - it makes you jittery, worse than having a mug of tea
*Do not store crisps anywhere in the house. You'll do better storing chocolate bars.
*Two slices of toast is enough for sahur. Anything extra is just your paranoia telling you to have. You won't starve.
*Try to block foodie websites and videos on fasting days. One of these days you might end up roasting a turkey if you're not careful.
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