binge crave again !

been very busy the last few days. sorry have neglected my blog. i have been on a good diet the past few days. living on fruits and raw vegetables with very little meat. really trying hard to put my blood sugar down. but alas, this afternoon i started to binge again!!! luckily i did not have much snacks available. must make sure never to store any more snacks at home.

my niece from ipoh brought me a pot of plant recently. apparently, many people in ipoh are consuming the leaves of this plant to reduce blood sugar and hypertension. crunchy and tasty. i have been taking 5 pieces of the leaves each morning with a glass of water for the past week. some people blend them with fruits juices. i do not know the proper name of the plant. they call it "jue mei fong" in cantonese. i do feel better. does wonders to my constipation problem though.

Medicine woes

yesterday i went to the hospital to get my month's supply of medicines. to my dismay, i was not supplied anymore with 2 of the medicines for hypertension. so i had to use extra cash to buy from the hospital's pharmaceutical outlet. with already limited cashflow, i now have to spend another RM66 a month on top of the RM20 i need to pay for the rest of the medicines supplied by the hospital. This does not include the cost of another 2 types of medicine that were prescribed by the doctors and not available from the hospital. in total i need RM256 a month for medicines prescribed and not available from the hospital. i wonder what the government is doing in respect of health care for the aged. instead of providing they are now taking away benefits !!! i can only pray for their mercy not to take away any more medicines from us - the aged with chronic diseases.

More on Langkawi Holiday

As i mentioned earlier, swimming in the pool at Federal Villa was great. no too many swimmers around... so not so many eyes watching this 'hippo' bopping around !!! hee hee hee.... the beach was clean and the view fantastic... so peaceful and refreshing... the early morning walk on the beach was relaxing. we went on for buffet breakfast at Holiday Villa. priced at RM38++ per pax, it was value for money spent. good selection of food and fragrant coffee.

we had a rather terrible experience at a restaurant called "Fat Mum Chinese Restaurant". the servings were very small and the wait was 45 minutes for just 2 plates of food. the bill came up to RM80 for 2 plates of fried noodles, 1 bottle of mineral water and 2 pineapple juice. have been and never ever visit again!! Dinner at "Orkid Ria" was good. Food was fresh and tasty. Seafood dinner with a plate of Duck Curry cost only RM200 (7 pax). Large tiger prawns too!!! happy to recommend this outlet.

Back from Holiday !

Time flew by so fast and before I had more fun, it was time to come home. our first stop was ipoh, perak. as always, we went for the great yummy yummy tasting hawker food. the ipoh sar hor fun was tops as usual. my favorite being the curry noodles with the crunchy fishball, stuffed vegetables and of course, my favorite stuffed beancurd sheets with fish paste and sengkuang 'sar gort fu pei' . the ipoh kopi 'O' - the perfect pick-me-up.

Next we travelled to Langkawi Island. stayed at the Federal Villa. Rooms were clean and good. Good for the price of RM188 a night. enjoyable time by the pool and beach. i made sure i make use of my new swimwear !! hahaaa... good news was - i was not the only 'michellin tyre mascot' around. in fact i was the smallest of the mascots !!!!! should have bought the sexier looking one... well, next time..

Stubborn Blood Sugar Problem!

Oh dear...! my stubborn high blood sugar problem has been lingering on for the past few days and i am getting jittery. do not wish to increase my dosage of insulin jab. hope it goes down tomorrow. if not, i gonna have a lousy holiday ahead. i will try eating no carbo today and live on veggies and clear mineral water for a day or two. will go out and walk around the pool-side too. cannot put too much strain on my legs though. my right foot is fitted with a screw! so jogging is out.

coming back to our planned family holiday at Langkawi Island. Hah! i found a swim wear that fitted me !!!! yeah yeah! at Jusco , Mid-Valley. the kind sales assistant rampaged her stock and found 3 designs with size XXL. i tried all of them and had a good laugh! one was a nice black n white halter neck with a skirt front. the piece was lovely but on me? uh uh.... actually i chickened out. always have the notion that you gotta look shapely in swimwear... next i tried a one piece suit that looked like what divers use, only to see a replica of the mascot of Michelin tyres in the mirror!!! horrors no! it didn't come off fast enough!! luckily there was this 2 piece suit that looked reasonably ok on me. fat no doubt, cannot help it. but at least not that cute mascot! so i bought it. now i tell myself - i have to go swimming at least twice a week now that i am fitted with swimwear.... i suppose the exercise would do some good to my diabetic condition. heee...heeee. my little daughter-in-law will have to accompany me go swimming in the pool. she is really beautiful in swimwear... ah... how great to be young, slim and shapely.

Hawker Food, Yummy !!

last evening we went out for hawker food. whilst in the subang area we travelled around the vicinity to view the new township of ara damansara. beautiful houses . large area. we came across a food fair at a commercial park ..... i understand the place is named "niu xer sui" or something similar to "bullock cart avenue"? hee hee.... there were many types of the usual hawkers fair. my daughter-in-law and i went for the thai seafood tomyam noodle which was so good. i mean really good. not the usual overly sour and chilly hot stuff. this was a tomyam that is perfectly done with no overtones. we shared the bowl but wanted more !! we also shared a plate of mango & sticky rice. this was good too. but i had to limit myself to one mouthful only. we got a plate of fried kway teow with duck eggs!! well worth the wait. the dish was so fragrant and the taugeh (bean sprouts) so crispy. my son ordered a plate of BBQ pork on skewers. Waaah !!!! never had such good tasty char siew... i would recommend this food fair. will definitely visit a few more times with my friends. heard it ends in early june 2008. mmm... still thinking about the BBQ pork on skewers ! now drinking yet another glass of bitter gourd juice ! Cheers!

Swimwear X-Large Size

Whoop-pa-dee-dah!!! my son is taking me on holiday come Thursday !! sumptuous food in Ipoh and Penang and then Langkawi Island!! been a good girl these few days. filling myself with bitter-gourd juice every morning. taking no rice, not even brown ones. just eating some meat and fish and vegetables. taking more fruits too... yeah yeah... of coz not the very sweet ones. no more durians and mangoes. only the sour plums, grapefruits n such... feeling better and happier.

now the problem is what am i gonna wear to go swimming during my holiday? what do very fat old ladies wear for beach and pool activities? there is of coz the idea of just sitting around watching the family having fun and i breathing in the fresh air! i wanna have fun too! must go search for some decent beach wear later today (if i can find one my size...)

Talking about bitter gourd juice for diabetics. some time ago a doctor i visited then, had introduced me this. just take the juice of 1 small bitter gourd every morning. it does keep check on blood sugar. only that the taste is terrible. well... have to ensure the taste if i wanna be better....

Victim of Temptations !

aiyah..!! could kill myself!! gave in to temptations yet once again. been telling myself to start eating healthy. wanna start that colorful bowl of veggies, nuts and brown rice dinner 2 nights ago. devil of temptations met up and i went out for curry mee instead!!! as if not bad enough, i even went on to eat 3 pcs of durian!!! (i'm very embarrassed... oh dear) the next day, we all know what happened. i was groggy and lethargic. this went on the whole of friday, walking around the apartment like a zombie, scolding myself for being greedy, having no will power at all.

Ah... today i shall start my day with just carrot and bitter gourd juice and some plain toast. will still cook the braised pork for the family dinner. i plan to take fruit and vegetables for lunch n dinner. hopefull no wise guys around me will tempt me with nght out dining. i wanna lose the huge extra kilos.

Blood Sugar Up !

Oh no!! my blood sugar has gone up again! must really find help to stop this day long binge on tidbits n such.... must learn to sleep early too.. which means i must not sleep in the daytime!!! My doctor's gonna be disappointed with me. i am worried about it too. been feeling groggy and weak since getting up this morning. gotta strictly ensure my intake of food and drinks next few days to bring the sugar level down... having so much free tome is really killing me slowly. just surfed the net to get some ideas on diabetic food. looks interesting but i can imagine the bland taste... i gonna try the very colorful bowl of veggies, nuts and brown rice for dinner today. can anyone please share some tested meal recipes for diabetics?

Just fascinated....

Well..., having left the job world since last Christmas, I had taken almost 4 months to bring myself to adjust and face life as a retiree. Been spending time endlessly lazing around the house, watching telly till nothing interests me anymore. I turned to spending time playing "bejeweled"! then, to viewing blogs. I am fascinated with what i read in the blogs... this is a chance to create new friends, new channel of communication and best of all, keep my old mind ticking.... hopefully, this can help stop my day long binge .... roasted peanuts anyone? Oops!