Sous chefs in the making?

My kids have always been a great help in the kitchen. I think I have in many ways, rubbed off my love of cooking and food to all of them! They love watching cooking shows, pottering around in the kitchen, and discuss the food adventures they had. Sarah is definitely a baker. Rebekah enjoys experimenting and did very well for her F&N course in school. Rachel is a mix of both. 

I really hope this the legacy I will leave with them and in which they will remember me by. Food brings people together and create memories that stay with you forever. It creates a sense of belonging and identity. It is in essence, a means of understanding who you are and where you come from. Yes. It is that powerful and profound. So do not underestimate the binding power of the food that you eat. Here are pictures of a weekend dinner prepared by Rachel. 

With the Apple iPhone 6 plus...

I can now post my blog through my phone. More importantly, load pictures of food which I can never do in the past! Woo hoo! JACKLYN is officially back. 

So, it's been a very long while since I posted anything. Well, I am on a zero carb diet since June 2014 and slowly, I have been losing around 1 kg per month. You need to be extremely patient when it comes to weight loss and just keep focusing on the end goal. Most people give up easily because they did not see any immediate results. There is no magic formula except discipline and exercise. My body is now in a state of ketosis, meaning, it has been trained to burn fat as fuel since there is so little sugar. I just need to keep it that way for as long as I could. 

I also discovered three great insights while on this weight loss journey - we are all unconsciously addicted to carbs, we do not need 2,200 calories to survive a day. It's is all a lie by the USFDA and farm lobbyists. And, lastly, we are also unconsciously turning to carbs to cope with our modern stressful lives. So you see, what we are today in terms of health and sickness, is a result of our own creative design. Basically, we created our own shit. Our ancestors, the hunter gatherers, survived without carbs and ran marathon distance barefoot. Advancement in science is in a paradoxical way, harming us than helping us. Sounds weird? I leave you to these thoughts. Meanwhile, enjoy the food pics I took recently in HK.