this is a link that my fren showed me abt the dirty truth of low fat yoghurt...
http://www.asiaone.com/Wine%252CDine%2B%2526%2BUnwind/News/Food%2B%2526%2BWine/Story/A1Story20080410-59073.html

bad news for those who depends on them to lose weight...

luckily i am not...

also do not go into those meal replacement therapy...like u drink some products to replace ur meal... all these may work at first..but bcoz u are hungry, thus u might tend to eat more during that meal that u are allow to eat..and when ur body is starving, it will absorb FULLY watever food u take...thus u will actually gain weight rather than losing them...over a long period, ur body has used to this mode of absording every single food molecules in the food u take..and when u stop the replacement regime and eating back the usual food regime u had previously, u will experience a rebounce bcoz ur body has not switch back to the mode of absorption prior to the replacement therapy...it will still absorb fully watever u had taken, then in the end, u will gain more weight...thats wat happened to me last time...

so the correct way should be having a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water (at least 8-10 cups of 200 mls per days, which adds up to 1.6 litres to 2 litres)...and regular exercise...according to the WHO (World Health Organisation) recommendation, a person should at least exercise twice a week, and each session should last at least 20 to 30 mins....

and since March, i had took up this regime of regular exercise, hot yoga for at least 1.5 hrs x2 per week, balanced diet...minimum fried food (i still eat, but i really try to avoid..hahaha...) smaller portion of food intake...

try to avoid rice or yellow noodle... as rice contain 7x more carbohydrates as compared to noodles... thats the reason why u feel more full when u take rice, as compared to noodles... as for yellow noodle, it contains more oil as compared to beehoon..so try to switch to beehoon instead...

so wat i will do when i eat economic rice, i will take less rice and order 1 more portion of veg, so i will still feel full when i eat, but its bcoz of veg, but not the rice... or when i eat yong tau fu, i avoid those fried stuff and i will take more ingredient, like white tau fu, more veg etc, but without the noodle...and definitely a cup of fruit juice per day is good..

so far with this regime, i had lost abt 10 kg since March...and my menses had gotten regular...i think its most probably due to my regular exercise regime...but suddenly lost of weight is not good..ur ideal weight lost per week is about 0.5kg...

so to those whom wanna lose weight...u can try out this regime that i am currently doing..most imptly, ur mindset gotta be right...and the way u do it must be right too...

try not to think that u are actually losing weight...juz think that u are changing ur eating and exercise habits...so u wont feel that u are actually neglecting ur body and forcing urself to abandon those yummy food...juz think that they are unhealthy and u should AVOID them...but once in awhile, to pamper urself, u can eat them..but after u eat, then u should go to a gym or exercise to lose them...hahaha....thats wat i did... i might still eat those unhealthy food occasionally, then the next few days i will feel super super guilty and thus will go class and sweat it out...hahahaha...

i hope this helps those whom is losing weight...good luck...