Hello folks! Here is a little interim update on my little two week commitment to eating somewhat healthily (as best I can while eating out).

So far, I’ve managed to resist the temptations of ice cream, bak kwa, chocolate, croissants and more over the last 9 days, but I think I’ve really not been eating as clean as I could have. Mainly because of the sauces that come with outside-bought food, and because tofu and century egg are technically processed food.

I think I’ve done alright though, for a first try. Here are all the various food items that I consumed over the whole of last week:

	Breakfast	Lunch	Snack	Dinner / Supper
12 Aug, Day 1	• Organic oats with 100% almond butter, half a cup of coffee, one banana and a few raisins and almonds • 1 hard boiled egg • The other half cup of coffee	• Half a traditional roast spring chicken • 8 organic baby carrots, 10 slices of cucumber	• 11 longans • A handful of natural nuts and raisins (almonds, hazelnuts etc)	• Half a traditional roast spring chicken • 8 organic baby carrots, 8 slices of cucumber
13 Aug, Day 2	• A scoop of organic oats with 140g non-fat yogurt, blueberries, banana and walnuts • 1 hard boiled egg • 2 cups of green tea	• Morrocan spiced carrot soup and paprika tofu snap pea salad • Skinny Starbucks cafe latte	• 25 longans • A few pecans	• Simmered spinach with egg, salted egg and century egg • 2 pieces of soya sauce chicken, 1 piece of roast duck w/o skin
14 Aug, Day 3	• Kailan, banana, apple smoothie with skim milk • 1 hard boiled egg • 1 cup black coffee	• Large Tokyo Chicken Stew soup	• 25 longans • 10+ blueberries • A handful of natural nuts and raisins (almonds, hazelnuts etc) • 1 roast seaweed sheet	• Chinese boiled golden mushroom and chicken soup • 1 banana • 1 mango ice blend with mango cubes, no sugar
15 Aug, Day 4	• 1 slice toasted wholemeal bread and minimally processed mild cheddar cheese • 2 soft boiled eggs • 1 cup black coffee	• Sashimi salad	• Some longans, blueberries and ground nuts	• Butternut pumpkin soup • 4 slices of kiwi fruit • 4 sticks of satay • 1 skinny cappucino, no sugar
16 Aug, Day 5	• Homemade granola (organic oats, pecans, dash of 100% natural maple syrup), non-fat yogurt, blueberries and banana • 1 cup black coffee	• Watercress soup with chicken breast and baby carrots • 1 oolong tea with aloe vera, no sugar	• Some longans • A few gourmet brown rice crisp crumbs • A handful of natural almonds and raisins	• Home made scrambled eggs, stir-fried kailan with mushrooms and half a slice of wholemeal toast+cheddar • 1 cup fresh ABC juice • Bittergourd fish soup
17 Aug, Day 6	• 1 banana	• Rojak (except the you tiao), with less sugar • 2 soft boiled eggs • 1 cup black coffee	• 1 fresh mango carrot juice • 1 cup black coffee	• Natsumi teriyaki chicken burger from MOS and small side salad, no mayo/dressing • 1 cup iced milk tea no sugar • Thai lime chicken salad and some squid (from Z’s claypot mee)
18 Aug, Day 7	• 1 cup fresh banana, strawberry, pear with a bit of skim milk smoothie	• Mixed salad (mesclun, beetroot, carrots, cucumber, avocado, flaxseed crackers etc) with sesame dressing	• 1 gluten free almond flour and coconut cookie • About 1/2 or 3/4 slice of cheddar with some no sugar added berry jam	• Roasted cheese with figs • Roasted eggplant with tomato stuffing and feta on the side • Grilled fish and prawns with olive oil, grilled lamb chops • Roasted vegetables and a bit of potato on the side

I don’t think there’s been much progress health and aesthetics-wise (forgot to weigh myself at the start sadly) as I usually kind of eat like that anyway, just with a bit more “white” carbs and the occasional… or okay fine, maybe not so occasional… dessert/cake/chocolate/sinful snack.

But according to my colleague my complexion seems to have gotten better (from the copious amounts of longan I ate last week perhaps?). Maybe there’s a slight reduction in bloating too.

I shall persevere, though the little “eat me” cries of almond croissants, butterscotch sundaes. curry puffs and what not from over last week have been a bit torturous, and update again at the end of this. There are only around 3 days left, I can do it!

Do leave a comment and share your experiences with me if any of you have also tried something like this? 🙂