What I used to eat and what I eat now
I stumbled across a small excerpt from my super old blog that I wrote aeons ago, when I was surfing for old posts to re-post in my other blog where I talk about being a Tokyo expat.
This is what it says…
My favourite breakfasts [in 2005]:
Dried cranberries with warm oats
Soft-boiled eggs on toast
Whole-grain bran cereal with blueberries and skim milk
Cheese and tomato omelette with a sprinkle of dried basil
A homemade skinny latte
I used to buy mee rebus, or laksa, or carrot cake, or roti prata for breakfast everyday when I worked in [ABC company in 2002]. Scary — no wonder I put on so much weight since then.
Now I just have a large green juice or a green smoothie or a bowl of chia pudding to start the day. I was amazed at how awful my food choices were back in 2002. I remember working out at a gym every morning and then “reward” myself with an oily, spicy local hawker dish. I literally poured the calories back into my body after every workout session and probably more.
I used to cling onto the belief that a big cooked breakfast was necessary to start the day well, but after experimenting with eating less in the morning this year, I actually feel fresher and mentally more nimble. Come to think of it, it’s been almost a whole year since I threw myself into raw food and I’m still loving it. My fave new raw foods are goji berries, maca powder, wheatgrass, hemp powder and hemp seeds, on top of a plethora of greens and juicy fruit.
But having said that, I believe my diet will continue to evolve as I go along this path and I wonder what the future might bring…
Dont you love seeing how you have changed from a few months or years ago. Like me I never used to eat breakfast and now I cant live without it. I wonder sometimes where im going to be food wise tomorrow, or two years from now. But i have a felling that I will always be raw or high raw because I feel so good eating this way.
Also what is maca? I have heard so much about it but never tried it. What does it taste like?
Hi Michal,
Sorry for the late reply. Am still on holiday and without my laptop. Maca is a powder made from a South American root plant which helps to balance out your hormones. A lot of women swear by it as it regulates your mood swings, cycles, and promotes overall health and energy.