When I was in my 30s, every time I went to buffet ... that is ... Chinese buffet ... I can pile up food, plate after plate, and finish them all ... and I was a 5'7 + 123lb girl. And then, 40 came, 45 came, things changed a little, well, a lot. Watching the scales and I jumped into an unfamiliar territory, I started to skip breakfast, eat salad for lunch, at dinner, put 3 scoops of rice in my bowl, and then, took one out, took another scoop out ... that is rice we are talking about, my life line! I don't know when was the last time I saw anything less than 132 lbs. In a good day, after a whole night of sleep, and get rid of all the water and waste, if I saw a 132 on the scale, I'd bring this big news to everybody I can find in the house. Now, after so many years of not eating, I couldn't, even if I want to, to eat a big meal. A little food would make me full and bloat and uncomfortable. I don't have a lot of energy any more, I felt fatigue all the time. I was weak when I workout and couldn't push it through.
My mom's like a horse - David said ... in a good way. She's always energetic and none stop doing something. Lately, whatever got into her, she said she needs to be on diet. She said her tummy's too big ... at age 88, she wants to loose weight. So she ate 1/4 piece of bread a meal, plus 2 pieces of meat and 1 bite of vegi and called it good. She looks so skinny, still with a big belly that used by all 4 of us at one point as our house ... and I never heard so much of her complaining how tired she felt all the time.
So, here is the break through - the secrete, at least one of the secretes of my long-live parents - they really really can put down a lot of food, always! They ate a big bowl of oatmeal with eggs, nuts, goji berries and raisins in it in the morning, with a piece of american cheese (yuk) and 1 piece of whole wheat bread. They have some sort of snacks between breakfast and lunch, then lunch, then some more fruit, then dinner. If I take them to a buffet ... that is ... Chinese buffet, they typically would make 2 - 3 trips to replenish their plate. David always say, they can pound down food, I use to think it was embarrassing, now I think it is the reason that they are so healthy! I told my theory to my mom a few days ago, she thought about it, and then whole suddenly, she ate a big bowl of rice soup, plus some meat and vegi, plus a thigh of bread with more meat in it. I had to tell her to slow down.
And of course, I had to tell David my conclusion too, with lots of enthusiastic and this morning, David said: I had an oatmeal (of course with all the stuff that my mom use to put in there), a piece of bread with peanut butter and jelly and coffee :-) .... and for me? I made myself some kale (boiled in water to get rid of oxalic acid), steamed egg (蛋羹）flavored with some salt and 老干妈. Coffee with milk no sugar. David made me some Greek yogurt with blue berry and Acai. I am going to start to eat more, a lot more and I want to see if I can gain some strength without gaining much weight?
Let's see!
Breakfast 10:30a: boiled kale + 1 egg + coffee and milk
snack:
Lunch 12:00p: 面饼，白米粥，potato/jalapeno stir fry, napa cabage
snack: Greek yogurt with blue berry and Acai
Dinner: rice, tofu&pull pork, eggs and tomatoes
water: 64+ oz
workout: Arms & Shoulders
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