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Low-Carb Way of Life

This is what I’ve been eating lately: 1. Broiled Salmon with Steamed Broccoli 2. Broiled Salmon with Mushrooms and Salad 3. Low-Carb, Wholemeal Tortilla Wrapped with Low-Fat Tuna Mayo 4. Clear Fish Soup 5. A lot of Pacific Rose Apples (they are really quite satisfying!) 6. Steamed Broccoli, Cauliflower and Beans topped with a bit of Butter 7. Mushroom Omelettes (omg these are very nice!) 8. Everything Omelettes (anything I need to clear from the fridge, I put them in…

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Ju Ann Health, Diet & Exercise

Of Dollars and Sense.. Cents.. No, I meant Sense.

I go to TrueYoga at Orchard all the time but because I recently started working (okay maybe not so recent) at Raffles Place, it makes more sense for me to go to the branch at Ocean Towers. I decided to ask my sis’s consultant, a guy so eager we shall call him Beaver, to help me do the transfer. Well, transfer because my membership only allows me access to one outlet. My other consultant at Orchard branch gave me such…

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Ju Ann Health, Diet & Exercise

The Atkins Diet – Day 9

Yes my dear friends, I am still alive. I still have not consumed any obvious BAD carbohydrates like rice, noodle, cakes, bread of any sort. I am damn proud of myself. The first few days were TERRIBLE! I had bizarre cravings every second (I still do but more on that later). Pizza with cheese (No thank you to Pizza Hut commercials) at 9pm, Amoy Street Fried Rice at 4pm, Fried Bee Hoon at 10pm, Porridge at 11pm and erm, Muffins…

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Ju Ann Health, Diet & Exercise

The Atkins Diet

Yup, I’ve been up to that lately. The 21st century diet fad. It’s bascially a very restrictive low-carb diet whereby one limits the intake of refined carbs and increase intake of proteins. Maximum carb intake in 1 day is 20gms!! Figure mean nothing to you? Well it soon will. Oh my goodness. I’m day 2 into it and I am already dying! Ok actually not Day 2, I started last week but I got it all wrong and consumed too…

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