This is a strange feeling, things you just want to type down somewhere to rant and share even if nobody cares, but when it reaches out, and actually impacts and affect someone, you feel great!
Seeing this type of message/email/comment just motivates me to write more on weight loss! I’m always on a experiment and I might blog about it soon. 
Enjoy the longer than usual weekend! <3
I’m sorry, I dunno when was my last post on weight loss. And I’m guilty la cos recently I’ve been ignoring my healthy eating habits. HAHA.
I just got a brand new direction in life –> life is too short, just enjoy.
But as much as I’m enjoying eating bad food, I still prefer healthy food, because healthy food makes me feel light and happy AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PIMPLE – FREE.
Okay so anyway, I dun really like eating oatmeal, and I usually ate it with honey and weetameal biscuits.
Recently I try eating it with jam and digestive biscuits and GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.. it tastes too GOOD. no im not kidding, it’s good and it’s easy as hell to make it.
instant oatmeal, triple berry jam, digestive biscuits
You can even add in chocolate syrup (abit) or peanut butter (abit)! It’s a healthy treat as well so DO TRY IT OUT! 
Im on a ‘creating food’ craze. I hope Im able to share more. hahhaa.
and some birdnest for the skin? nah too expensive to sustain.
I’m starting my full time job next Monday, and I gonna make sure that I prepare home cooked meal everyday for lunch. Why?
1. I hate crowds. I can’t even eat in peace.
2. Eating out to me are unhealthy no matter how healthy the food are. For example vegetarian food, oily and full of flour. Even the vegetables are oily, but I realized that all the vegetables out are oily, except for pure salad. haiz.. and not to forget they are full with MSG. this is enough to kill me.
3. I dunno what to eat when I go out for lunch, I dun like to select my food last minute. crazy right? My personality says I’m a planner, I dun even know since when did this start, probably 1 or 2 yrs ago?
4. Home cooked meal is awesome, I can make it as healthy as I want it to be yet filling and fill with varieties and also, satisfy my cravings for the day.
Some home cooked lunch ideas to bring to work after a week of thinking: (oh by the way sorry for being away for so long)
- aglio olio, soba noodles, grill chicken with veggies, chicken salad, potato salad, all kind of salads that you can think of with different dressings, interesting sandwiches and more la.
- I always thought I got no time to prepare a good lunch for the following day but after ‘this thing’, I realize I can, sometimes you can’t have the best in both world, so you gotta sacrifice and suck it up!
I will post whatever I brought to work if I think it’s good enough for a photo. HAHA!
So please eat healthy and continue to work towards your goals even though I’ve been blogging lesser. Weight doesn’t indicate how you look, remember this.
I’m feeling much happier now, it’s like a heavy load off, I won’t need to worry about that anymore as I’ve already do what I can, now I just continue to wait for another few months
Check out my feature on PurpleSage – Taste Magazine!
It’s about my weight loss story and how I incorporate fruits into my daily diet!
They are running a lucky draw where YOU will answer what MY favorite fruits are, and you stand a chance to win Turkey package for THE COMING CHRISTMAS!!
Contest ends on 30th Nov so hurry up now hehe!
I didn’t know my articles can make you guys so excited. haha! It does seemed like it’s very easy to blog about losing weight, but I damaged my brain cells to think about how to continue the article.
I manage to pull through 15articles, give me a clap please? LOL.
I don’t really have ideas when it comes to writing all these articles. Sometimes I go blank and I can’t really think of anything to blog about for weeks, and other times it’s just purely me being busy.
So after the previous hulahoop article, I thought of a topic for today, which is
I know I blog about eating good and healthy over and over again, but I’m always on a constant look out for healthier choice and preparing low fat and healthier meals. That’s why sometimes my meals can be so exotic like trying soya bean milk with pasta, and all sorts of ‘crap’. I believe as long as you dare to eat and the right seasonings are being used then any food can taste good, that’s me lah. lol.
Okay today there’s
First is soup spoon, (the soup i’ve always wanted to try but worry that I will not feel full) and the 2nd part is the oil I used when I cook!
I love soup and one of my favourite place is soup spoon. And if you’re a soup spoon fan too, you should know that pumpkin soup has the lowest calorie out of all the soups, 130calorie.
But I never once tried it before until last friday. I wasn’t feeling very hungry so I decided to try out pumpkin soup. Surprisingly it taste good and I feel very full drinking that. And I decided that on my feel fat days, im gonna just go there and order pumpkin soup!
there’s a reader who told me that the calories in soup spoon are not accurate. there might be a possibility but no matter what!! Pumpkin soup still has the lowest calories of all!
Pumpkin has many nutritional benefits as well so go try this if you haven before.
add the almond, good source of healthy fats and protein.
and the 2nd part which is the oil I used for cooking.
Before that I was using normal olive oil, but recently i changed to cooking oil spray!
I bought this at about $11 plus if i’m not wrong, and it’s only 1calorie per spray! Usually I spray less than 5times! haha.
U know how all this small little changes can make a difference to your calorie intake?!
You can find it at cold storage, GO BUY ONE AND TRY AND UPDATE ME! =D
I’m answering to the question to where you can get hulahoops, and how long to play and how to play it.
The current one that I’m using I bought it from
, the other day I just went there and cant find it anymore. But i saw another type which is like this..
got massage effect one i guess.
You can also get this at
As for paragon one right, it’s on the highest floor, I can’t remember if the shop name is Motion sports or it’s the one beside it, but if you see one sports shop with all types of sports related stuffs, then it’s the one. It’s about $30+ i think?
As to how do you play it, this is hard to answer because you need to get the momentum in order to continue shaking.
No matter what practice makes perfect so you just have to keep trying.
And to play for how long?
Start out half an hour then after that an hour. When you know how to shake den it’s super easy!
Try shaking everyday if possible while watching tv =)
Do tell me if it works!
If you get blue black from the hulahooping den please stop and rest. Or maybe you can start out with lighter ones first, they also got light ones in the shop, go check it out! =)
It’s gonna be a short one today, till I break off from school stress =)
Hi! Wait very long hor? hahha! I better update this space if not I’m going to lose all my loyal readers.
I was looking through my formspring questions and thought, okay maybe I should blog about this since it’s quite a common question. I’ve decided to get inspiration from my formspring for my article in case some anonymous starts saying Im influencing girls in a negative way.
My current favorite snacks!
this one is really yummy i bought it for huizhen and she likes it too =D
this is my all time favourite.
‘What should I do if I really feel like snacking?
Just SNACK!
If you really got this super strong urge to snack, then just snack, but please do it sparingly. If you are determined enough, it’s best if you can eat fruits, but if you’re not, then just indulge abit.
If you suppressed your cravings for too long, you are going to binge one day, example finishing a whole big bag of chips which I used to do. ( I used to snack a few big bags )
From my experience, I do think that it’s super dangerous to hold that whole bag of chips to yourself, because you will just finish it.
You can probably put them in a bowl so that you will know how to control the intake.
If not you can just suck on lollipops and find something to do, you might just forget the craving! =D
jiayou jiayou jiayou! Have a balanced diet and exercise to shed off the excess pounds, you can do it !
I FEEL SO STRESS! I can’t think of a proper topic to talk about this week! If you guys want, please leave me more questions so I can blog about it. HAHA. I already get alot of questions to be honest. haha.
By the way I’m not a weightloss guru, I’m just sharing what I know and what I’ve gone through! So if there’s anything medical related one, pls pls pls consult a doctor!
Since I don’t know what to blog about this week, I shall talk about my GREEN TEA DIET.
I got quite a few questions on this, like how many kilos I lost with this diet, how I got to know about this diet, what’s the drastic effect etc.
GREEN TEA DIET. Sounds healthy hor? But it’s so bad that I will never try it again and PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRY IT!
I’m going to edit this post to cover up the details of my green tea diet in case you guys adopt the method. and thanks to the reader who notify me!
Qns: How did you get to know about this ‘GREEN TEA DIET’?
Ans: I didn’t do any research, I just thought of it and just try it. Cos at that point of time I love that green tea so just randomly I picked it as my diet drink. It’s not because it’s low in fat or whatsoever, i just chose it becos at that point of time i love drinking that.
I don’t know if this diet exists or not. But i hope in future people will google ‘CLAIRE LIM’S GREEN TEA DIET’ haha! but please dont ever try it. NO NO NO.
Qns: How did you have the energy to do things?
Ans: no energy AT ALL. It was my school holiday period, so i just lie on my sofa, on my bed for whole 2freaking weeks.
Qns: What was the ‘side effects’?
Ans: Insomnia, i cant sleep at night, and i wake up quite early every day cos im hungry. I drop alot of hair, and I feel damn deprived of food.
Qns: Did your boobs shrink?
Ans: YES IT BECAME FLAT THAT TIME.
I thinkkkk that’s about it. and on the 14th day I fainted at home and hit my chin, then bleed. That’s when I realized I need to stop this shit diet.
So please don’t ever take up this diet!
I don’t understand why people comment that seeing me slim now will make people want to lose weight more. I MEAN YES LAH THEY WILL WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT I EMPHASIZED ON SLIMMING DOWN HEALTHILY RIGHT. Since when i emphasized on dieting drastically!?
OKAY IM CHILL =D
So if you have more questions do ask me through email (my13thacc@yahoo.com.sg), leave down comments (yes i will not show it if you req), or ask on formspring (on the right, click and you will go to my formspring) =)
GOOD DAY!
I wanted to discuss about my thoughts after appearing on yahoo! news but decided not. But many thanks to those who really look up to me as an inspiration, a motivation and all sorts. I’m really flattered and happy. 
Okay, for today’s topic!
Question of the day: I sweat a lot after exercising, am I burning fats?
This can apply to those who always ask me why are they not losing weight even if they exercise!
let me side track abit here..
To lose SIGNIFICANT weight is to exercise at least 250mins a week, to maintain is to exercise at least 150mins a week. This is what I always heard and I got confused, really confused.
How many people can do that?
I probably know why I can’t gain weight even though I eat alot. Because I clock 180-250 mins a week briskwalking, sometimes even more. I love walking too much, and my bf loves walking too, we can walk the whole day, we can walk 10km during travel or during weekends on a normal day. We can walk home from serangoon to hougang, clarke quay to orchard and not to mention all the park trails that we visited.
im telling you this because im clarifying why im not gaining weight, because people still thinks that I’m dieting, -.-
But working out 250minutes a week is actually ALOT. You need to work, need to take care of family, need to do this and that. and especially for my friends, need to do rj and study!
250mins = 50minutes 5times a week.
can you run 50minutes at one go? okay dun talk about run, what about jog? maybe if you can for today, tomorrow will you? if you happen to skip for 3days, then you will never hit that 250minutes. Then how? can’t lose weight?
i can tell you it’s not easy to walk 50mins 5times a week for most people too, because simple reason, where got time?
BUT i still see people losing weight jogging 30minutes 5days a week, why is that so? To be honest I don’t know! I need a doctor to explain this to me, and I need somebody to correct the articles/forums out there claiming that to lose weight need to exercise 250mins a week cos it’s quite ridiculous! not everyone can do it! especially for women!
exercising 250mins a week is like having an disorder. 1 week is okay, your life is revolved around exercising. how to sustain in the long run?
im different because im always walking, and me and my bf walks very fast, lol. so going out with him is like brisking walking to me.
So if possible someone pls explain to me where did this 250mins a week weight loss method came from?
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Okay now im going back to the topic: I sweat a lot after exercising, am I burning fats?
No.
People feel shiok if they sweat it out, cos they think they are burning fats. PLEASE. you are not, you are just losing water weight.
I can do pilates for 10mins and sweat like mad, literally wet from head to toe. I can weigh lighter after this 10minutes because it’s all WATER.
But if you wanna burn fats, you can’t expect to exercise for just 10-15mins, sorry but this is reality.
10mins jog make you sweat but sorry that’s water.
You only start to burn fats after 20minutes! It’s better to start slow if you choose to jog because you have to continue long to burn fats.
Usually people start to lose water weight first before they lose the fats weight. that’s probably why it’s easier to lose weight at the start. it applies to me too.
yes, dun doubt water, water weight make you look bloated, so of course you look like you ‘lose weight’ after the water weight loss.
NOTE!
Dun think that drinking lots of water will make you BLOATED, in fact it actually helps to reduce water retention.
Recommended intake is at least 8glasses of water a day.
I usually drink about 3litres a day because I exercised and I’m already used to it.
But drinking too much is detrimental to your health just like eating too much of anything else can harm your body.
Moderation is the key.
One advice from me,
still wanna continue the 15mins jog, or a 40mins walk?
My post are for people who really want to lose weight and in a healthier way, and not to ASK them to lose weight, i feel that as long as your loved ones love you, stand by you, you don’t need to make any drastic changes. Be yourself, that’s very important.
I already thought of a topic for today’s article but decided to make some changes to it. Today’s article a bit emotional just to warn you first.
I sort of blog about this before, but I don’t think the new readers know about my ‘story’ so I’m gonna write this again, in a more emotional way describing to you the process.
I don’t mind sharing because it’s all OVER, it’s yesterday, it’s ages ago. I don’t mind putting my old pictures here in my blog because I feel it’s an achievement, come on who doesnt agree? some people can’t even lose 5-10kgs but i pull through 40kgs.
I start this blog wanting to share my achievement, and also motivate people to approach the right way to lose weight.
I’ve talk about how bad DIET was, but I still got readers asking me to give them a sample of a low calorie diet i took before, (to be honest, i nearly faint)
I asked you guys to run away from ‘thinspiration’ – girls in tumblr who are so skinny you can basically call them skeletons. But i didn’t realize I start to become the ‘thinspiration’ for you guys.
I don’t mean i’m skeleton, but the problem is you guys are starting to focus on the diets that i did before, instead of the healthy ones i do. I can ask you all to eat healthy and brisk walk, but seriously how many of you listen?
What works for me, may not work for you. I’ve heard people running everyday cutting their food intake and they still can’t lose weight. I seriously don’t know what causes this, genes or? i don’t know, then it’s time to see a doctor maybe?
what im trying to say is try, try eating well and exercise regularly, if really cannot, then see a doctor, don’t go on crash diet.
Last thursday, a happy day, but twice i heard, in the toilet, slim girls, exclaiming that they’ve become fatter. I WAS LIKE WHAT? You don’t even have fats on your body, i bet you already have the figure that every girls would envy!
Seriously this is the first time, I got worried. I really don’t want people to go through what I’ve gone through.
Hairloss, all the click clacks from teeth, elbow and knees. the sleepless nights, telling myself everything will be okay once i slim down. Until i faint, fell down, bleed then realized wtf am i doing?
Hiding my slimming pills, frequent trips to the toilet. I don’t even tell my friends or boyfriend, that’s how miserable I am, i live in my own world, thinking once i slim down i cannot gain weight, if i gain weight i cannot face anyone or go out, because they would gossip about me. And yes whenever i binge, i gain weight, and i found all sorts of excuses to not go out. got so pathetic or not? of cos.
To be honest, i don’t know why im so obsess in slimming down that time, and to be honest, im still not happy with my body now, you see my flat stomach, and people ask me if i got loose skin, yes i got. and that’s what im not happy with.
And i know there’s procedures that may help me to tighten the loose area, but is it worth it?
why not this time round, you guys advice me?
SO PLEASE WAKE UP, diet can never last forever.
oh btw, a friend/reader just told me that briskwalking works for her, and she was really happy with the results! you can’t imagine how happy i was for her!!
im happy for those who try it out, and im really thankful towards the friend who ask me to briskwalk.
