I've been on a low-carb diet since the year 2000 when I was diagnosed with PCOS. My weight ballooned up from 42kg to 48kg in just a month! I was perplexed, felt something was wrong with me and decided to see a gynae who gave me the diagnosis, which shocked me.
That was the beginning of my long journey of battling infertility and weight loss.
Going on a low-carb diet (with only 100gm of carbs per day) along with exercising twice a day helped me shed a lot of weight, which was extremely hard. Women with PCOS usually have unexplained weight gain and difficulties in losing weight. I didn't want to be on Metformin, so I followed a low-carb diet and exercised every single day. It wasn't easy but I was hell-bent.
23 years on and I'm still on a low-carb diet. I still eat carbs but minimally and I no longer calculate my daily carbs intake. I have portion-controlled meals and I try to have at least 12 hours of intermittent fasting every day.
My low-carb meals are very simple and sometimes not pocket-friendly.
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Ba Kut Teh with organic broccoli + alfalfa sprouts. |
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I had Bak Kut Teh again the next time but this time, I had different cuts of meat. And I added an egg and organic baby spinach. |
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While everyone else ate 'loh shi fun' noodles, I blanched some veggies and ate only 2 tablespoons of noodles. This is like a noodle salad. |
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I air-fried Shishamo and ate 4 pieces for lunch. The fish is lightly salted with very little cooking oil. |
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Brekkie with hubs - pork noodles sans the noodles. |
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My dessert - mixed sesame bar, limited to only 2 pieces a day. |