When I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2000, I did tons of research on this disorder and from what I gleaned from the internet, it is a hormonal and insulin disorder that would affect fertility and other diseases.
With daily exercise and following a strict low-carb diet, I managed to shed some weight and my hormones started to stabilize. It wasn't an overnight cure but required lots of hard work, discipline, and a life-long lifestyle change.
22 years on and I'm still on a low-carb diet, albeit not as strict as I used to be. And I'm still exercising almost daily.
Below is what I usually eat on a daily basis.
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Hubs bought Hakka noodles and curry noodles for lunch from Restoran Ipoh Sedap @ SS2 PJ and I replaced the noodles with coleslaw.
Oh yeah, if you're craving for some authentic Ipoh Hakka noodles, Chee Cheong Fun and curry noodles, Ipoh Sedap is the place to go to. Hubs loves the food from this restaurant. |
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| For dinner, I ate the Hakka fish balls and meatballs with blanched greens. |
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| My 'chap fan' dishes and replaced rice with coleslaw. |
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| The only occasion when I'll eat rice is when there's fried rice (parboiled rice or Basmati rice). And the most that I'll take is just 3 tablespoons of fried rice. |
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| Sri Lanka apam with egg, my favorite. This is not exactly low carb but it's much lower in carbs and calories than other Indian rotis. Apam is prepped with ghee, which is a healthier alternative to packet oil. I also love Rawa Tosai. |
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| Keto-friendly brekkie - smoked salmon on Egg Benedict with Hollandaise sauce and a refreshing nutty salad. |
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| Yesterday's lunch was coleslaw with chicken rendang, kailan and cili fish from hubby's central kitchen. The mil cooked the spam and fried egg for breakfast. |
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| Yummy for the tummy, from hubby's central kitchen ~ aromatic Nasi Jagung (sweet corn rice cooked with ghee and spices), cili Mackeral fish and stir-fried kailan. |
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| Spicy and appetite-whetting cili fried mackerel fish. |
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| Coleslaw omelette, cooked by chef S, for her school lunch box. She cooked extra for my brunch. |
As you can probably gauge the size of my meals from the photos, the portions are befitting a 4 to 5-year-old child, thus my size. I think I've inherited my mom's DNA as she also has a tummy as small as mine and is even skinnier than me 😁