Just broke my fast with a big bowl of fruits (pear, njali poovan plantain and watermelon), a piece of toast with peanut butter, small portion of chicken and cabbage sandwich filling.
Prayed Maghrib and then had 2 toasted sandwiches, a coffee, 1/4 glass of jeeraka kanji and wee bit of parippuvada.
Later tonight, I will have a cup of coffee and also cut up some veggies for idayathazham.
My stomach is singing. Ok, I am kidding. But I feel very light and so good. I hope to remember this when I have the urge to stuff myself with fried food. In the morning for Idayathazham, I had a wonderful erissery with pumpkin and red beans and, small portion of moru koottan with 1/2 cup rice after eating raw carrot and cucumber.
I have lots of pear, so I will make it into a pear, cucumber and carrot salad. I have to confess that I do not look forward to eating veggies first thing in the morning, but I tell myself that it is something that I just have to do, there may be other benefits too, like better skin for instance. I also tell myself that having rice is a treat for having the veggies. Having rice as a treat - in a previous avatar moi would have balked at it. Treats meant sugar-laden or fried (or better still sugar laden and fried -gulab jamun or jalebi anyone?).
Eat light to feel light - I know that sounds corny, but it is true. Now if only I will remember this when I am tempted to go an eating rampage.....
Prayed Maghrib and then had 2 toasted sandwiches, a coffee, 1/4 glass of jeeraka kanji and wee bit of parippuvada.
Later tonight, I will have a cup of coffee and also cut up some veggies for idayathazham.
My stomach is singing. Ok, I am kidding. But I feel very light and so good. I hope to remember this when I have the urge to stuff myself with fried food. In the morning for Idayathazham, I had a wonderful erissery with pumpkin and red beans and, small portion of moru koottan with 1/2 cup rice after eating raw carrot and cucumber.
I have lots of pear, so I will make it into a pear, cucumber and carrot salad. I have to confess that I do not look forward to eating veggies first thing in the morning, but I tell myself that it is something that I just have to do, there may be other benefits too, like better skin for instance. I also tell myself that having rice is a treat for having the veggies. Having rice as a treat - in a previous avatar moi would have balked at it. Treats meant sugar-laden or fried (or better still sugar laden and fried -gulab jamun or jalebi anyone?).
Eat light to feel light - I know that sounds corny, but it is true. Now if only I will remember this when I am tempted to go an eating rampage.....
Yay! exactly what I am doing this ramadan.once we fill ourselves with fruits,there is little room for those fried culprits,no? so what if you want to eat them,there is no space!
ReplyDeleteVery true Shehnaz. As I said in my last post, I stuffed myself. But I hope not to fall off the careful eating bandwagon again.
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