My eating philosophy is JUST EAT LAH. When I’m out with friends, I like them to eat heartily. That being said, I want to live till 100, so eating well is important too.
If you’re on iphone, download a free app called “My Fitness Pal,” which is the most amazing app you’ll see, better than Grindr. It tracks the amount of calories and nutrients you consume. You can also set a target weight loss or gain, by a certain date, and it calculates how much calories you are allowed to eat a day. AND it has data of local food, hokkien mee, char kway tiao.
So, for example, on Sunday, I ate twice the amount of cholesterol and sugar I need, which means I’ll get diabetes and high blood pressure by the age of 32, and die of a stroke or heart attack by 50. But I ate only 1/3 of my required iron, which might be the reason I can’t sleep. Either the lack of iron or my heartbreak is still in -ing mode. Trouble is if I take in iron supplements, too much of iron will lead to liver failure. How the hell do I consistently lack iron when I live in a developed country?!
But don’t be so obsessive over the calories lah. I know a friend who keys in everything she eats. Yesterday, I exceeded my calorie-intake by 500 calories. Oops, but it’s ok lah. Hungry then eat lor.
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