This week's Habit-A-Week was to Eat A Veggie.
Now, normally, this isn't a problem for me. I used to buy tons of veggies on the weekends which I would broil and splash with ponzu (soy sauce + citrus juice), and dust with a ton of herbs. This helped me eat a lot of veggies without even trying.
Or, I would make big salads with tons of different veggies and some chicken. I was even good on the dressing. Japan has a lot of oil-free salad dressings which aren't sweet, being based on soy sauce.
That all changed once I moved. People don't eat raw veggies in China. They need to be cooked, usually in sauce. The sauce is especially greasy and heavy in the area that I live. That makes me stay away from veggies in general.
I also need to be careful about the veggies that I buy, considering pesticides and pollution...
However, these are all excuses for not eating veggies. I've tried to cook more vegetables this week. I've made a few great dishes, like
(a kind of yam used to make tororo. This is quick and oh so yummy)
and the daikon in my kakuni (braised fatty pork).
(from googlesearch, not my picture)
This week's weigh in: 66.7kg / 147lbs (-0.7kg)
Yay! I was so worried that I had gained a lot of weight while I was sick. I didn't eat a lot of junk food, but I didn't really eat healthy meals. Being sick in a foreign country is tough!
I'm also back into my habit of doing Wii Fit every day. Before I got sick, I would do 30 min in the morning (and remember, I wake up at 4:45 AM to do this...) and another hour at night. Now I am down only 30 min. I will try to increase it in the future, but right now, this is the amount that I can continue to do daily.
I hope your week is going well! Next week's challenge is to increase your fiber!
xoxo, K
eating veggie and fruits are so important, i need to do better too! i am glad you are feeling better. being sick sucks. when i got sick a few weeks ago i was eating bad food because i dind't have energy to cook anything, so it was like instant noodle at least once a day, argh. i thought i gianed a lot of weight but i guess not eating enough helped me to control the lbs but i really need to cleanse and detoxify!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are finally on the mend. Being sick is no fun and definitely when you have no one around to pamper you a little bit.
ReplyDeleteVeggies are my downfall. Although I do enjoy eating nice fresh salads, I never seem to have the desire to prepare them. I'm also pretty picky about the fruits that I eat.
I hope that you continue to get better and will do so quickly.
I totally agree with you! When you're sick, it's easy to start eating junk food like instant noodles. It's not a good way to get healthy, though!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I still remember the broccoli and imitation crab salad I had at your house. It was really yummy!!
ReplyDeleteI've recently put on about 3kg when i already needed to lose weight... i need to lose about 9kg... oh lawd. So i am watching your blog closer now *^^*
ReplyDeleteHmmm.. I should be replacing most of my carbohydratey meals with more vegetables >< it's hard to find just vegetables as a meal in england, too... always drowned in gravey or something!
And i think i eat a little too much fruit.. it has a lot of sugar if you eat it constantly like me ><
You're doing so well!!
I'm sure you'll see an improvement in your skin as well as your weight with all these veggies *D* Starting from tomorrow i will buy some healthy for lunch!
Thanks for commenting! I really appreciate all the support I'm getting for my weight loss!
ReplyDeletemmm, your vegetables sound so good :) haha. i'm glad you're making the most of your situation, not being able to eat raw vegetables.. sounds hard! you can do it though <3
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement!
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