Monday, September 26, 2011

Weekend Eating | Veggies and Fish

I have been having problems with my weight ever since I could remember, and in high school was when I first learned about "1 cup of rice" and "matchbox cut pork," but I called it ridiculous. I love food and I love rice, and back then I could eat lots and lots of rice with minuscule amount of viand. Well, we all know what happened in this story - I ballooned to more than 200lbs.

Of all my attempts to lose weight, this year has got to be the year that I was more committed to it, but lately I have been struggling to find the enthusiasm. I am way too lazy to exercise (yes, I blame the rain for it - I know, I should blame myself), and I am seeing myself eating more rice than I should. Bad, Jenny.

Dinengdeng with Fish

Realizing we had a protein binge days before (mom hosted a post-birthday dinner for church org friends and we served pork bbq, lechon manok, and fish & chips), we decided to eat veggies last Saturday dinner. Mom requested the papaya-malunggay dinengdeng, which brother happily cooked. This is one of my favorite ways to cook dinengdeng, but because I had some snacks that afternoon, I psyched myself to go back measuring my food, and since sister needed the measuring cup for her cereal's milk, I decided to just go for 1/2 cup of rice and 1/2 cup of the dinengdeng, plus a piece of fried fish.

Thankfully, it was able to satisfy my tummy. I need to go back on track asap, and I am glad that despite my many pig out moments the past week, I can still happily go back with measuring my food intake.

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malunggay and fried fish...that's a staple over at my parent's house! my fave....
lots of luck with your weight loss regimen, Jenn. kaya mo yan! :)
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1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
Thanks, Maiylah!
Joining Weekend Eating for the first time. Love the measuring cup by the way. I always wondered what to use to measure my rice intake. Pwede nga naman ang measuring cup. :D
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1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
Thanks for joining, Gene!
I totally miss that kind of fish, the dinengdeng sounds good too!!!
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3 replies · active 693 weeks ago
I actually don't know the name of that fish, but we often cook it. :)
Hindi ba galunggong din yan? My in-laws always cook fish. That and the rounder kind of galunggong. Confused din ako bakit magkaiba itsura nila. :D
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Ah ganon ba? Galunggong pala ito... mas gusto ko ito actually compared to the rounder kind.
I am dieting in preparation of my birthday celebration in December.
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1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
Good luck to us. :)
same here also struggling to lessen my food intake hope we succeed, ilove dinengdeng we often cook that at home,pero hate ko tlaga pag hinahaluan ng gulay na what i called (naglalaway) like saluyot and okra, but still i love dinengdeng araw araw ata meron sa bahay nito, happy rainy monday jen!
1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
I don't eat okra, but I love saluyot. Uy, you eat dinengdeng din pala... tara na, food trip na tayo! Hehehe.
yah we oftenly eat dinengdeng,i think almost all of my relatives knows how to cook in their own different variations,pag ilokano ata talaga eh mahilig sa dinengdeng at pinakbetparang nasa dugo na nila hehehe, cge tara pag may time why not d naman nalalayo area mo eh, hehehehe
1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
Ayan! Looking forward to that. :)
hi jenn!

thanks for visiting my weekend eating entry. i am a foodie too and i understand the downside of it is weight gain. mahirap talaga magtimpi kumain no? although cutting back on rice does make a difference. from 98 pounds, i shot up to as high as 120 pounds (my heaviest ever). i began to reduce my food intake and work out regularly, until i dropped to 112 pounds and plateaud at 110 pounds. i was getting frustrated because i wanted to lose more. then, i cut back to half-cup rice a day, and in a week, i lost 3 pounds. i am now down to 102 pounds. i feel better now because i have a lil bit of lee-way of weight for more of my foodie-scapade! :D

thanks again for visiting my blog and leaving a comment :)

see you around, and tara let's eat ^^
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1 reply · active 693 weeks ago
Wow! That's an inspiration!

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I come from a family who loves cooking and eating. I never had any formal training in cooking and that I taught myself how to cook based on the handed down recipes, but I could say that I can cook good food. In 2008, I started documenting my food trips for my travel blog, and since I have quite enough to start a food blog, might as well put all those food trips in one location. Thus, a food blog is born - thanks to the new Friendster Blogs. However, due to several problems, I was left with no choice but to pack bags again and move here instead. Here's the permanent address, promise! Enough talk, let the food trippin' begin! {Know More About Me}