We are into the second week of hari raya, I am pleased to say that I survived it. I am not saying that I don't enjoy hari raya, celebrating it in Brunei is much much better than overseas. It is just that there are just too much food and too many houses to visit that serve these food. As I have said before, I am trying to lose weight and ultimately maintain this weight.
Alhamdulillah, food in Brunei is plentiful. It's just that we are not eating the right kind of food. How many times have we thought about how much oil are we putting in our cooking or how much sugar are we consuming? I assume that most of my readers are from Brunei and I know that today alone, I am sure almost all of us would have eaten something fried and drank something sweet. It is already our lifestyle.
I have tried hard to change my eating habits, including my family members. It is not easy. I used to eat cucur almost every sungkai, but I only had one cucur pisang this year. I had 2 open houses in the evening yesterday - both were in the medical field and both had healthy options, even by chosing the healthy options. Which one did I choose? Had a bit of both actually, time for my run...
I tend to wander off a bit, although cucur pisang is not the normal dish for hari raya, there are enough unhealthy food to go around, from cakes to rolls, from satay to rendangs and many others. It is impolite to refuse such offerings but even if we were to only take a small serving, after 6-8 houses per day, the amount tends to build up. My usual way of getting through this is to take healthy options, like fruits, take less gravy, no peanut sauce and just plain rice.
On the flip side, there is some improvement in our diet and we are more aware of healthy food. Some houses do serve plain water, fruits, vegetables during hari raya. It is up to us to make the right choices.
Alhamdulillah, food in Brunei is plentiful. It's just that we are not eating the right kind of food. How many times have we thought about how much oil are we putting in our cooking or how much sugar are we consuming? I assume that most of my readers are from Brunei and I know that today alone, I am sure almost all of us would have eaten something fried and drank something sweet. It is already our lifestyle.
I have tried hard to change my eating habits, including my family members. It is not easy. I used to eat cucur almost every sungkai, but I only had one cucur pisang this year. I had 2 open houses in the evening yesterday - both were in the medical field and both had healthy options, even by chosing the healthy options. Which one did I choose? Had a bit of both actually, time for my run...
I tend to wander off a bit, although cucur pisang is not the normal dish for hari raya, there are enough unhealthy food to go around, from cakes to rolls, from satay to rendangs and many others. It is impolite to refuse such offerings but even if we were to only take a small serving, after 6-8 houses per day, the amount tends to build up. My usual way of getting through this is to take healthy options, like fruits, take less gravy, no peanut sauce and just plain rice.
On the flip side, there is some improvement in our diet and we are more aware of healthy food. Some houses do serve plain water, fruits, vegetables during hari raya. It is up to us to make the right choices.
