My Extreme Diet Experience

Green Tea Slim

Disclaimer: I am not encouraging extreme dieting, nor am I trying to "body-shame" anyone. I truly believe that everyone is beautiful in every shape and size, but I am an extremely insecure person and have been struggling with my weight for a long time. Basically, I'm just recording my results and just reporting whether this works for me or not.

Things to Know:

My natural weight before I became a pescetarian wavered between 114-116lbs depending on my calorie intake. In my household, to be beautiful is to be at 110lbs which I am trying to achieve (my parents are very strict and, for lack of a better word, judgemental). Since becoming a pescetarian I am usually a solid 114lbs and sometimes go under to about 112.3 lbs. I just wanted to make a note that I am going into this diet as a pescetarian so it is most definitely possible that my results would differ from someone who is a vegan or someone who enjoys eating meat. I have started this particular diet on Friday 18, 2015.

What am I avoiding?

Carbohydrates, Meat (fatty meats excluding seafood), and sugars. I do consume some sugars and carbohydrates, however, when I consume them, I do it in small portions. It's hard do give up rice since I grew up in a Japanese home setting where rice is a way of life rather than just a starch. My big rule is no Carbohydrates for dinner (T_T).

Actual Diet:

Breakfast 7AM- Smallest Meal

• 2 Vitamin C
• 1/2 tablet of Daiso Brand Green Tea Slim
• Cup (8-16oz) of Ice-cold water

Lunch 12:10 PM- Largest Meal, Three types:

Savory Lunch:

• Fist Full of leafy greens (i.e. Spinach, Kale, Lettuce...)
• Olive Oil and Vinegar (dressing)
• Maybe a watery, low calorie fruit (i.e. Apple Pear, Pluot,)

Sweet Lunch (when I forget to eat and postpone till 2:30)

• Half a papaya

Sports Lunch (when I play tennis, I need energy):

• One small dixie cup's worth of leafy greens
• No dressing
• One piece of bread

Dinner

• Miso soup w/ shredded daikon
• 32 oz of water
• (once a week) three slices of raw/cooked fish (ahi)

What is Green Tea Slim?

Losing weight isn't just about your physical state. You have to be mentally prepared. Personally, I am always craving food, especially salty and savory foods. I use Green Tea Slim to numb the hunger pains. Whether  it's a placebo or not, it definitely works for me. If I take a whole tablet, I can go about a day and a half without feeling the need to eat. It's definitely a very dense and bitter pill to swallow, but it works wonders for me.

First Month Being a Pescetarian

General knowledge and my story

Many of my schoolmates often ask me questions pertaining to my new lifestyle and eating habits. They gave me the idea of condensing the most popular questions into this blog, and I hope it can help anyone out there who may have been asking themselves, or others, any of these same questions. 

me cooking fish in Japan at 110lbs two years ago (T_T) # missing it

What are pescetarians?

Pescetarians (also spelled pescaterians) are those who live and eat as vegetarians do, however, they are allowed to consume fish as well as other forms of seafood.

Temptations?

Hell yes. I chose to be this particular type of vegetarianism to help transition myself into becoming a full-fledged vegetarian. Although, living in a house full of meat-eaters who enjoy cooking bacon and eggs each and every morning really tests ones self control. My mother isn't very supportive of me, but my father really makes an effort to make things easier on me and whenever we go out, he always asks me to choose so we both can eat together. School lunch is the biggest obstacle for me. My school's lunch is usually very good and the salad bar is quite limited. All in all, meat is everywhere and it's up to how committed a person is to stand strong.

Why are you doing this to yourself? No bacon?

I know, no bacon (T___T). I am quite insecure about my overall physical being. I am 5'0 at 114lbs (before I became a pescetarian). After doing a lot of research and read reviews online, I heard that eating a bit healthier and avoiding the fatty meats is great. I then took it upon myself to test this theory until the 21st of September (which is tomorrow) to see whether or not I would feel any better. In all honesty, I haven't felt this great in a while. My goal is to be a natural 110lbs, but my dream weight is to be 100 lbs (which will be explained later). 

Are there any side effects or problems?

A few weeks after I changed my diet, I most definitely encountered two significant health problems. The first problem was a skin condition called eczema. My skin was very irritated and itchy. My doctor told me that because of my diet change, I wasn't getting enough fatty acids in my body which in turn dried out my skin. He recommended that I eat at least one egg a day to replenish my body with fats and nutrients. My second side effect was a drop in my immune system. At the beginning I ate fruits literally everyday, but these past couple of weeks I hadn't been eating them and as a result, I wasn't getting enough vitamins.

Ashitaba Ice-Cream

Japan Adventures (Pt. 1):

明日葉アイスクリム

Ashitaba (pronounced ah-shh-tah-bah) can be translated, literally, as "tomorrow's leaf." It is a type of herb usually consumed as a tea and is well known for its' plethora of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. 

About two years ago in the Summer of 2014, I had traveled to mainland Japan and later went down to the more rural parts within the country. For about a week or so, my taiko group, family, and I stayed on this very small island named Hachijo. After venturing around this very tiny island, our tour guide led us to a small, yet regularly frequented ice-cream shoppe where only two flavors were being sold... Vanilla and (to my surprise) ASHITABA!!! Rather than green tea (which is arguably the most popular flavour in Japan), they sold such an unheard of flavor.

As we moved on to other parts of the island (and consulting Google of course), I found out that the residents of Hachijojima have had Ashitaba as apart of their diets for hundreds and hundreds of years. Most of these residents and those who came before them believed Ashitaba to be a "longevity herb," and I soon found out that it is also know as a most popular ice-cream flavor as well!

This photo was taken at a different location than the first. I am holding my ice cream in front of a Milk Vending Machine (*-*). This was at a well-known cow farm on the island and they had their own cute little milk carton vending machine full of fresh milk. At the time, I was unaware that my ice-cream would be previously served, frozen, and packaged. It doesn't quite look like it, but I promise you this particular ice cream cone was harder than a rock.

If anyone was wondering, Ashitaba tastes very much like green tea, granted it is a bit more aromatic than green tea. Unless you have been living in Japan all your life, or raised in the states drinking only Japanese tea, it would be very difficult to even taste the difference. Sweet is sweet. <(^-^)>

New Blogger

よろしくお願いします

Welcome to my blog! This is a very new experience for me, but I hope to learn a lot! There are so many things that I love such as food, clothes, beauty products, and anything cute!!! Just your average Pescetarian, taiko-playing, beauty/fashion junkie who fell in love with all the amazing things the world has to offer!

My Goal For This Blog:

• Review Beauty Products
• Share Experiences
• Post Fun Things From My Travels
• Dieting Journey
• Everything Else In Between

I look forward to sharing my experiences and adventures with you all!