It Starts In Me.
2008
Today comes the day for me to share my secret. But before going into the make-up part, this 101 has to be practiced first.
Beauty comes from within. There is no use increasing the inches of your make-up or improving your make-up skills each day but neglecting this Number ONE point.
So today’s lesson is going to be based on
Dutch Lady’s NEW 0% Fat Free Yogurt Drink, SHINE‘s slogan:
It Starts In Me.
~*~*SHINE!!!* ~*~
You are what you eat. This is what mum always tells me, and what I truly believe in. Of course it’s not always only about what you consume, but little things that requires discipline as well.
I am very sure every one of you have read the below somewhere before. But here is my easy-peasy Top 5 summary of what I apply daily. (:
2. NOT sleeping at 3 A.M and waking up at 3 P.M, but sleeping BEFORE 12 A.M, and waking up at 7. And please DON’T sleep for more than 8 hours… it makes you slow .
3. Don’t drink too much caffeinated and alcoholic drink. Drink fruit juices and yogurt drinks instead. And please DON’T smoke. It makes your skin dull and dry; thus making you look haggard and old.
4. Remove your make-up THOROUGHLY, and your eye make-up GENTLY.
5. DON’T STRESS!!!!! BREATHE!!! Do whatever you want to RELEASE stress please! Chocolate, exercise, screaming under your pillow, singing in your car, dancing on your bed, whatever makes you happy, girls!
All that promises me beauty from WITHIN~!
(PMS days are exceptional. my mind can’t think straight and I can’t control myself from eating fat fries with gravy and ice-creams in their tubs, or emoeing in blog posts!)
From http://www.jadezheng.com, it might seems like I have bounteous permissions to indulge in sinful dainty delicacies like wonderfully carved chocolates, or rainbow flavored ice-cream, tiramisu, cheese cakes, etc. But there are a lot of things that are not what it seem to be girls…..
That’s reality.
Flip through the pages of celebrity magazines. Sometimes you see flashy pictures of superstars in hot bikini bods, or adorned in marvelous attires. Sometimes you see paparazzi shots of perhaps Jessica Alba overindulging over an ice-cream, or Angelina Jolie coming out from Starbucks with a coffee topped with generous slap of cream.
But do you know what are behind-the-pages to get body beautiful?
I may not be a Hollywood star, but here is MY behind-the-scenes as a celebrity blogger. Each time I felt I put on weight; this is what I’ll do. ONE week, ONLY on weekdays. You can also do this if you want. Enjoy~! (((:
I SAY: NO! EAT. But NO carbs, baybeh~!
Cut a papaya into half…
And scoop the flesh out. That’s for dinner. -1 papaya.
This is to make your stomach get use to only taking in fruits for the next 4 days, and to flush out all the toxics /bacteria / leftovers from your bloaty stomach through tangled up intestines. Then only can the concentrate vitamins absorb, and shine through your skin, flashing out that rosy inner beauty in you!
START Dinner Day 2: Get BERRIE CRAZIE!!!
1 papaya, 1 orange, and 1/2 a packet of strawberries drenched in PURE honey in a bloat glass.
Simply pour H2O into your glass after you’re done chomping on your strawberries, and you have a glass of pure honey to help ease digestion too!
So what happened to the other half packet of the strawberries?
I mixed them with my favorite honeycomb cereal with real dried strawberry pieces, thennn add in Dutch Lady’s 0% FAT FREE strawberry & berries SHINE yogurt drink!!!
How berriee craziee can one get, eyyy?! ^^
Our body needs a healthy amount of good bacteria in the digestive system, and yogurt is one perfect nutrient supplement for catering Probiotic, which means ”for life”, helping digestion and gives you immune function.
In fact, the health benefits of yogurt are so impressive that many health-conscious people like me make it a daily habit. (((:
One whole lettuce + 1/2 packet of cherry tomatoes + 1 zucchini dressed in mayonnaise LIGHT.
My fruits AND veg to make my rejuvenating juice to refresh myself after a grueling day at work.
There you go~ GREEN INDEED!!!
Not only it is good for your eyes, it is good for your health, and skin.
Round it off with Dutch Lady’s SHINE 0% fat drinking yogurt! Try this Lemon Lime flavor after having this crisp succulent salad. It simply makes the whole invigorating experience livelier! Don’t forget the PLUS POINT; it is FAT. FREE. =DDD
Dinner Day 4: Alfafa Me Me.
My healthy, organic, veg~
4 apples for juice this time…
My lovely glass bowl of zesty salad and real apple juice…
This time rounding it off with Dutch Lady’s SHINE Apple & Aloe 0% fat drinking yogurt.
I told you I have OCD. Everything has to be coordinated; from colors to now tastes! And nothing but SHINE Apple & Aloe Vera could wrap up this lovely apple-ish dinner of mine. ^^
Last Day Dinner Day 5: Mononoke Salad.
Carrots and apples all into the fruit extractor!!!
Mononoke Salad, Jade Z’s creation. LOL!
p/s: chomping on fresh mushrooms just like that by itself makes me feel so cute. hahaha! i don’t know why. why don’t you try it?
Dutch Lady’s SHINE Orange & Mango 0% Fat Yogurt Drink after. I guess it’s because this awesome drink is also orange in color….. T-Hee!
And have. we. all. forgotten. that yogurt comes from milk? Which means yogurt eaters will also get a BONUS of having wonderful dose of animal protein found in dairy foods, which is CALCIUM!!! We need Calcium too, not only old people OKAY!
That, my friends, ends up our 5 Days diet dinner for a week. Once weekend arrives, don’t feel guilty to have desserts. You can always do this ritual again. BETTER if you can swim for at least 30 minutes a day if you stay in a condo, or go for a jog with your iPod / MP3 player / a good puppy / a best friend. 
A balanced diet, healthy lifestyle, and breathing easy makes you a so MUCH happier person, living a more meaningful life.
Remember to always wind down by listening to some nice jazzy or country music (or whatever works for you), when DOING things doesn’t seems to help anymore.
Close your eyes, and give yourself the green light to enter the non-existing world -Loose yourself, and unleash the creative side in you. Explore~
At the end of the day, believe me, It starts in You. When you feel healthy, the world seems beauty, and you will be beauty.
p/s: i love all my Dutch Lady’s 0% Fat Free Yogurt Drink, SHINE!!! (((((:
“Dutch Lady 0% fat drinking yoghurt” is NOW “SHINE 0% fat drinking yogurt”!!!
Not only they make a good team for diet, it’s also a perfect DAILY drink for me, and my parents! (now even MUM always down one after jogging every morning lol) .
With 0% Fat, less sugar and less calories compare to other drinking yogurt, SHINE is the most healthy yogurt drink. The Green Tea extract helps work as an antioxidant, while active Live Cultures aims for good digestion and intestinal health in us!
Tsk Tsk. You know why this is important?
You “flush” out toxic substance from your body EASILY =
Goodbye to BLOATY stomach =
DON’T HAVE TO BUY “MATERNITY-LIKE DRESSES” anymore =
Can wear BODY HUGGING tops
ANYTIME,
ANYDAY!!!
That’s why I love cultural drinks like this, and drink them DAILY.
p/s: An immense improvement have been done to this fruitful product (now in TWIN FRUIT COMBINATION!) while maintaining the remarkable taste!
So tell me, what are you going to have for dinner tonight? ^o^
Zi Sheng
October 8, 2008 at 5:25 am
Well written. Guess the girls and even the guys would love this. tapi banyak sayur sangat. i see, i run. haha, maybe i should follow what you have summarized.
ahlost
October 8, 2008 at 5:31 am
If I don't eat dinner done by Mama.. She's going to get mad.. and whenever I go supper with friends, I feel like eating when I see them eat
But I'll try your way *for beauty sake*
Thanks for sharing
obefiend
October 8, 2008 at 7:18 am
paid advertorial eh? i've seen quite a few SHINE blogs this past few days..
hihi
i am just not into yogurt. i'm a coke and teh guy. so that's why i look like crap! hehehe
Jade Z
October 8, 2008 at 7:26 am
dear zi sheng, with guys, i think to have at least 3 servings of fruits and veg a day is enuf. eat more protein stuff & exercise. now THAT sounds more like a MAN! hahaha…
dear ahlost, i get what u mean. TOTALLY. well, as i said, just do this for a week maybe? supper is veryyy badddd baybeh! very badd…. lol
obefiend ar obefiend~ it's for the sake of health! not looks sometimes, u know!? can learn to enjoy yogurt wannn.. it's a drink anyway this one. not the thicky paste thing.
seashell
October 8, 2008 at 7:29 am
ur skin not good enough tho…
not shine enough, and can see it's kinda dry. not to say heavy powder but, ur skin is dry.
and look the eye area… it's really really dry…
at first i see ur pic ur skin didn't look that bad, but maybe u put too much makeup nowadays. u even put makeup during ur home bbq occasion. i really got shocked after seeing ur skin getting worse.
suz
October 8, 2008 at 8:17 am
dinner ah? ermm maybe char siew rice and down it with some chilled beer! not to forget some keropok after that. hhahaha kidding only la.
i eat a lot of vegetables. especially the leafy type. i MUST have vege everyday. else, i wont feel comfy.
however, yogurt is something i wont drink everyday. the use of yogurt remains controversial as milk products contain cancer-growing factor. high fiber vegetables are good enough for our intestines. also, cancer feeds on sugar as well..so avoid food with high sugar index such soft drinks.
perhaps someone could shed some light with me. are yogurt drinks good? i hear equally good thing and bad thing about it.. =S
Adeline
October 8, 2008 at 9:04 am
Nice one!
I should incorporate this into my diet too!
It seems SOOO healthy AND yummy at the same time too!!
Maybe I should try that for a week and see if I am able to shred some pounds….
yogurt FTW!!
and berries tooooo!!
ohnoooo!!!!
October 8, 2008 at 9:06 am
i wanted to post this earlier but too latee…. "please no more dutch lady yogurt product" quite sick to read it on every blog, it makes me avoid the product more than buying it (yeap i am using it right now)
Jay See
October 8, 2008 at 9:19 am
why suddenly so many ppl posting about this shine yogurt drink geh?
but i loveeee yogurt drink
))
melle
October 8, 2008 at 11:19 am
im gobbin dw the snack plate from kfc, with cheesy wedges while readin ur blog. Hah! hw healthy am i?? =/
Kaz
October 8, 2008 at 12:46 pm
My face just went =_= all blogs who has involvement in nufnag is promoting Dutch Lady's yoghurt drink
melanie
October 8, 2008 at 1:51 pm
"…cultural drinks…"
HAHAHAHAHAHA! thanks you just made my day.
Anonymous
October 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I think you should go natural…less makeup. I bet you will look nicer. Don hide behind the cosmetic…be real girl!
What's with the artificial beauty…
Eri
October 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm
sorang sorang diet.. very kelian wan.. T_T thats why i always fail to do so.. haha
very well written superdoll
hugs
jimmy
October 8, 2008 at 3:37 pm
dear zi sheng
You seem to be a rival for nicole tan. Both of you post about diet tips at the sametime.
http://nicolekiss.blogspot.com/
Zi Sheng
October 8, 2008 at 3:54 pm
lol jimmy i think u got the wrong person. hahahah. you should say dear Jade Z or cindy. but definitely not me!
KH
October 8, 2008 at 4:12 pm
haha, u are the most beautifull one already la =P
Jay See
October 8, 2008 at 5:36 pm
cindy..i love your 1st picture. are you gonna keep your hair long again??
Abby
October 8, 2008 at 6:26 pm
This is by far the best Dutch Lady's 0% FAT FREE SHINE ad I've read in a blog so far and I'm not even your biggest fan!
Raychelicious
October 8, 2008 at 8:24 pm
hey gal! wanted to say something! u shud leave ur hair long from now onwards! i mish your long hair!!!!
Johnny Tai
October 9, 2008 at 2:19 am
Tonight I'm gonna have my mama's cooking, it's very mysterious….I don't even know what she's gonna cook. >D
[1st 2pics]- The old gorgeous looking Cindy! Are you growing ur long hair back? Not that I mind the current hair style of urs… but I preferred ur natural beauty with the long hair.
sheon
October 9, 2008 at 7:27 am
geez…i'll have a double cheeseburger with extra bacon and cheese please.
hahahahaha
truth be told, i have tried cutting down on meat. in fact, i have tried not having meat at all for a day……the feeling is HORRIBLE!!! i felt so weak, and cold sweating……
i am overweight, not obese…..and its taking its toll on my self esteem. my only sin is that i'm a social drinker.
Jade Z
October 9, 2008 at 7:49 am
seashell, if i have to reply u, all i'll say is perhaps u don't know where i'm coming from. (:
suz! meat & beer! keroPOKKK summore! u are SO sinful, woman! hahaha~ but i love that thought. c'mmon i am the type of person who WILL do that wannn lorh… but after that must eat veg for a week..
dear Adeline! yogurts are so cheap at OZ, no?! i only realized how pricey they are once i came back!
dear ohnoooo!!!!, it's a 2 part advertorial tho.. =/
dear jay see, good marh! i think it's good. its so light.
dear melle, kfc and cheesy potatoes… =/ haiyoh gurl! that's… i zip my mouth. lol!
dear kaz… -_____-" ya la; but this post of mine is not solely for commercial purpose only really.
melanie, no one would be so free to search for that one word in such a long post; like you do.
hey eri! thanks. diet sorang lah senang~! sungguh.
dear Abby. thank you! & i am very glad u like this post of mine.
dearest Raychelicious & Jay See, i am DEFINITELY keeping my hair LONGGGGG agen aint that OBVIOUS i want to cry everytime i look in the mirror but still have to carry this look for so long wtmf~
hi johnny tai, i know… i miss my long hair too -together with every. single. one who has seen me in person with it; as far as i can remember… )))=
melanie
October 9, 2008 at 12:24 pm
hahahaha it wasn't like i was searching for it…but i read it and it stuck in my head since it wasn't in a paragraph but a sole sentence.
to be honest, i had to read it twice to fully grasp what you were trying to say because, to be honest, i was skimming through your words. and when i read 'cultural drink' i thought you were promoting something specific from johor HAHAHAHAHA!
better luck next time.
sez
October 10, 2008 at 4:06 am
Cindyyyyy,
you take such good care of yourself, you inspire ppl to do the same.
I love your room! It's so pretty
anon
October 10, 2008 at 9:37 am
you'll need more then makeup to cover up that big nose
Lily Poo
October 10, 2008 at 10:18 am
Urgh! Have that for dinner for 5 days a week. Gross! Except for day 2's-not that gross. I'm still gonna stick to my dinna- mum's cooking and mcdonald's —double
Sugar
October 10, 2008 at 6:11 pm
i eat four square meals a day, in between i eat CheeTos junk food n chocolate for dessert, washed down with ribena. i hardly eat veggies, and i NEVER drink or eat ANYTHING low fat. but i'm 5'5, weigh 47kg, have perfect skin, i sleep at 2am and wake up at 9am. =.= diet tips my ass.