GM cleanse Day 3

  Here's a picture of my stir-fry dinner which I made for GM Cleanse Day 2 :-).. I'm pretty darn proud of it considering I really do not cook much. Let's move on to Day 3!! 

  Day 3 was really a breeze as compared to the previous two days. Honestly, I cannot tell you how much I have missed fruits in Day 2. I'm really someone who love my fruits, I could eat fruits all day (which was why I loved day 1!! The side effects though..) Vegetables.. not really that much for me to love. For breakfast, I had slightly less than half of the watermelon that I cut up on day 1 & went to the gym for a run and this abs exercise: 

  My core isn't really strong at all!! *inserts crying face* I was actually struggling through this seemingly easy workout.. I decided that I needed liberation from my home and really just a distraction and motivation for me to do my work. So I headed to town to study at Starbucks which I ordered a Spearmint Green, boy do I miss my Soy Latte. Having to smell the coffee and watching people ordering theirs, it was painful. Oh yes! I had lunch at town as well, I bought a make-your-own salad from SimplyWraps which consisted of romaine, broccoli, long beans, edamame (don't even know if its allowed on the cleanse but whatever haha the portion was so small), beetroot, cucumber and tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette dressing yummz. I studied till around a quarter to seven and I just could not take studying anymore. I had to shop! I walked around but believe it or not, when you actually want to shop and buy clothes, there is nothing you like!! I just don't get it. When I'm broke or too busy to shop, I see the nicest clothes being sold but when I actually get to shop, nothing!! 

  I just ended up settling for dinner at the foodcourt where I ordered Yong Tau Foo (a Hakka Cuisine). You get to choose 7 different ingredients and they would cook it in soup boiled with beans. I chose 5 different vegetables (their portions are quite small), mushroom and tomato. It was surprisingly filling. On the way home, I managed to buy some vegetables to prepare for the Wonder Soup tomorrow. I also saw jackfruits on sale and I really wanted some, so I got them and ate the whole box.. BUT heck I was so full my stomach actually hurts. 

  When I got home, I prepared the GM Wonder Soup. It was the first time I cried cutting up an onion :'(.  But really, 6 onions?!?! I put in 3 onions and my pot was already almost 1/4 filled, so I stopped at three and I had only 1 green pepper in because I really hate that shitz. I added left over asparagus, mushrooms and zucchini into the soup and half a cabbage because I think my pot is way too small.. Oh and 3 tomatoes as well. Pretty excited to be able to eat bananas tomorrow!!! 

  So long, farewell! I'll be back tomorrow for Day 4's update! Off to study now, ugh.    

GM Cleanse Day 2

!!!HAPPY 130th FOUNDERS DAY ACS!!!

  Cannot believe that I'm actually a J4 now, it's been 2 years since we have graduated!! Definitely was not the easiest 2 years of my life, struggled so much with my studies but such good take aways from AC and I really actually miss school. 

  Anyway, on to GM Cleanse Day 2! I talked a little about my day on Day 1's post because I apparently fell asleep the moment I got to my bed. I woke up this morning really tired but I'm guessing it's because I'm perpetually tired and I don't really know why.. (BLAME SCHOOL) I'm pretty sure it is not the detox that is causing my to be tired. I do have side effects from this cleanse though, I have read online a lot about people getting headaches and all but I did not really experience that. However, rashes and itchy bumps started popping up on my stomach, neck and arms, I googled and it did say that rashes are one of the the side effects of detox. (click here for the article!) Little did I know, according to the article, rashes are most apparent in a sugar-detox where one cuts down on sugar after a sugary diet.. Goodness, I did not know I was consuming that much such beforehand. On the bright side, it means that the detox is working!! 

  For breakfast, I stir-fried Bok Chye, white button mushrooms and garlic. It was a little weird having vegetable for breakfast. After that, I was still a little peckish so I ate another bowl of cherry tomatoes! I did not really feel like doing a workout today, so I just did a few jumping jacks to get my heart rate up and I did a workout by Blogilates. I mentioned in the previous post that I did not want to have sweet potato for breakfast because I was saving it for lunch to have it before work to last me through the 6 hour shift and it did! I made a soup like thing for lunch, adding kale, tomato, mushrooms and zucchini into water and boil. When I got to Somerset, I was scoffing down the sweet potato on the way to work, it was not a pretty sight... But it kept me full and that is what is important. I also packed an additional bag of cherry tomatoes which I ate throughout work whenever I felt hungry. 

  I got home and made a stir-fry for dinner at almost 9pm. I added asparagus, zucchini, tomato and white button mushroom. I miscalculated the portioning and made too much which had me struggling to finish it all. I felt like having a dessert and I made myself a Fiberwise 

  2 rounded scoops of FiberWise and 12oz of cold water. I don't know if this is considered cheating on the detox plan but its fiber.. so I guess not? haha. It tasted just like orange juice which was what I needed to kill my craving for a dessert. 

  I got this extract off their website, so if you are interested, you can click on the link and go read more about it! 

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7 NATURAL FIBER SOURCES • PSYLLIUM • SOOTHING HERBS • ANTIOXIDANTS

THE PERFECT BALANCE

Inside FiberWise is a scientifically balanced blend of seven fiber sources, plus vitamins, antioxidants, soothing herbs, and probiotics.

It’s a broad spectrum of fiber benefits you don’t get from traditional fiber products.

Promotes Digestive Health*

Promotes Healthy Weight Loss*

Helps Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease†

Sweeps Away Toxins and Waste*

Supports Immunity*

Improves Regularity*

GM Cleanse Day 1

  So prior to recess week, I was searching online for a detox cleanse that I could do over this week's break from school and I happened to chance upon the GM cleanse. This diet was formulated for the employees working in General Motors back in the 1980s or 1990s (I'm not too sure of the year!!). It was made for them not as a long term diet, but for them to generally have a better and healthier lifestyle.  I then decided to research more on the diet and it did not seem all too bad thought there were comments claiming that this was a fad diet to lose weight and all, but anyway, the food that we are putting into our body is not all that bad AND you are supposed to eat till you are full. Starvation was never a part of this diet plan, so how bad can it be?

  Arguments stating that there is not enough nutritional intake and the weight loss was only because of water loss, ya-dee-da-da, the list goes on, but I thought about it and.. well, it's just a week isn't it?? I will survive. Weight loss or water loss, does not really matter!! I just want to cleanse my body and put good food into it :-) Thats all that really matters.

  All that aside, it is currently 4pm into the first day of the cleanse! Honestly, I was pretty darn excited to try it out. I woke up today at around 9am, had a mandarin orange and 2 kiwis then headed to the gym. I managed to jog for 30 minutes and got in a POPSugar Fitness workout

  After the gym session, I was not all that hungry but I had to travel to Bukit Batok Driving Centre for my Final Theory Test Evaluation (ugh..) at 1.20pm so I had slightly less than half of a 5kg watermelon. I actually intended to eat half of the watermelon.. but little did I know that watermelons are actually so damn filling?!? But they digest really quickly as well, so whatever haha. I was pretty late for the evaluation test  because I was struggling to finish all that watermelon though.. I had half of the allocated time to attempt the test and.. I failed (SIGH) I only have myself to blame for putting it on the first day of recess week and not having enough time to study for it. I'm not really affected by it, just kinda sad and disappointed that I have to travel all the way down for a retest before I can book the actual Final Theory Test. 

  On the way home, I decided to make my trip out useful. I bought a pineapple, asparagus and a sweet potato for Day 2 of the GM Cleanse! Which explains the above picture with the pineapple, I really LOVE pineapples and I do not think anyone would everrrr understand it!!!!! *inserts emoji with heart shaped eyes* BUT PEOPLE!!! If I can give you a piece of advise from experience... I suggest you do not try to eat the whole pineapple as a snack just because you can and because you love it. It was painful. (literally) Maybe it was because it was my first time cutting my own pineapple (and watermelon!!! I'm actually really proud of myself that I did it) (do I actually sound like a bimbo.. gosh) but anyhoo, the pineapple bit my tongue and the acidity of it really was not helping my grumbling stomach 

  Which reminds me, I just brewed some peppermint tea in hope to soothe all the weird acidity feeling I now have in my stomach. I'm really hoping it works. I'll be off to study a little now, I'll check back in with ya tonight on how Day 1 has been :-)