July 30, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
S: 1 cup coffee w/ a little almond milk <3
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, mango, lemon juice
S: lots of green tea
3 pita chips, 1 tortilla chip, salsa (ahhh I caved when I saw them in the lunch room!)
rest of mango
3 walnuts, 1 jujube
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/tofu/carrot/zucchini/green bean stirfry (yum!)

Exercise: 1 hour BodyCombat class (kicked my butt), 1 mi jog

July 29, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
S: 1 cup coffee w/ a little almond milk <3
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, mango, lemon juice
S: lots of green tea
1 bite home-made zucchini bread
D: mango/pepper salad (ate a little too much - 1 mango + 3 peppers!)
tomato/garlic/zucchini/carrot stirfry (not much)
1 chicken drumstick

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba + 1 mi jog

July 28, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
D: Dinner with Mark (at long last)!
At Liang's Kitchen, b/c Mark craved taiwanese fast food:
- three vegetable cold dish (san yang): pickled cabbage, cucumber, and bamboo shoots (very good, tasted like Yu's Garden)
- 1 pc green onion-wrapped Taiwanese pork roll (convinced Mark to take the rest home, haha)
- Snow Lettuce and Pork Noodle Soup (Xue Cai Rou Si Mian): with hand-made noodles! (ate 1/2 the noodles, all the soup veggies and rou si)
Ate a lot, but very tasty

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class (This instructor wasn't very good...didn't work up a sweat until 30 min in. Prob won't go on Sundays anymore).

July 27, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
LOTS of hummus and pita chips (130 cal/6 chips) :(. Went to ophtho mixer, resisted the pizza and cookies but sank for the hummus and pita....sigh. at least 300 cal.
D: 1 chicken drumstick, leftover chapchae, broccoli/carrot/lettuce/onion stirfry

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class + 1 mi jog

July 26, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, blueberries
S: small coffee w/ almond milk
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
D: 1 chicken drumstick, mint mango salad, korean noodles
Dess: 1/2 a korean melon

Exercise: 75 min yoga class

July 25, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, blueberries
S: mango ceylon tea
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
D: Dinner w/ Marg, Taz, and Rishi
- Korean chapchae (glad everyone liked it. added carrots, mushroom, onion, sesame seeds and peppers - great combo)
- tofu/chicken (in soy sauce/corn starch) by Marg
- eggplant/onion/tomato by Taz
- chicken panang curry and pilaf (leftovers from a restaurant) by Rishi
I probably overate, but food and company was great. Very spicy :)

Exercise: 60 min Zumba class, 1 mi jog

July 24, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, blueberries
S: black coffee w/ almond milk <3
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
ginseng tea (mmm)
D: 1/2 Salmon filet (from a flash frozen package, really great - cooked faster than the salmon steak from Zion. excited to use the rest of this!), tofu/celery/carrot stirfry

Exercise: 60 min Zumba class, 1 mi jog

July 23, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, blueberries
S: black coffee w/ sugar
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
D: 1 chicken drumstick, mint mango salad (no dressing, too lazy), sweet & sour jicama root

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat class. walked instead of jogged to/from gym

July 22, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, strawberries
S: small black coffee with skim milk
L: spring greens, kabocha squash (thanks mom), sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, strawberries, lemon juice
S: 1 lg yellow nectarine
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/carrot/mushroom/kale/onion stirfry (cooked a little too much again, will reduce tomorrow)

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class (really great instructor on Mondays), 1 mi jog

July 21, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
L: dragon dumplings, marinated cucumber, 2/3 ear of corn, broccoli, bean sprouts
D: hot pot!! chicken, shrimp, tofu, bean noodles (fen si), cabbage, cilantro, lettuce, and plenty of peanut-black bean sauce :) mmmm
Dess: watermelon! a lot

Exercise: swimming! (15 round trip laps in middle pool)

July 20, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
L: spring greens (only 1 handful left, so I substituted with some other veggies), 1/2 sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, 1 cucumber, jicama, 1 celery stick, lemon juice
S: 1 mango
D: 1 chicken drumstick, zucchini/carrot/pepper/mushroom stirfry (sesame seeds and soy sauce). yum!

Exercise: 2.0 mi jog, 3 mi hike in Mission Trails Regional Park w/ Mark, Marg, and Kevin (very steep but great view and weather!), 75 min yoga class

July 19, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
S: tea
L: spring greens, 1/2 sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1 nectarine, lemon juice
S: tea
D: at long last, date night with Mark!
1.5 rolls of rice-less sushi at Shiku Sushi - very unique flavor, loved how they used cucumber to wrap the fish
Dess: frozen yogurt at Froglander's - 5 oz coconut (125 cal) with chopped almond pieces (100 cal?). it was truly delicious. at a very charming family-owned little shop that has been open for 25 years.

Exercise: 2.5 mi jog, 60 min Zumba toning class (with my favorite instructor! pity she only teaches once a week, just started now, and is gone next week :( )

July 18, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
S: coffee w/ skim milk, cinnamon
L: spring greens, 1/2 sweet potato, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, slice of mango, lemon juice
S: tea
D: dinner with marg, taz, and rishi!
tofu/onion/kale/cabbage/carrot stirfry, eggplant/tomato stirfry, miso soup, curry (paste with potato, eggplant, and green peppers) - had 2 med size plate fuls, a decent portion
Dess: 1/2 mango :(

Exercise: ~1.5 mi jog, 60 min Zumba class
jacuzzi with friends!

July 17, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
S: grapes
cinn/orange tea
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado, lemon juice
S: 1/2 mango
more tea
D: 1 chicken drumstick, 1 cucumber, tofu/green bean/bean sprout/celery/carrot stirfry (cut down the portion to 2/3 of my usual humongous pan, still was full so it was good!)
Dess: eight treasures tea (1 jujube, 2 longyan)

Exercise: ~1.5 mi jog, 60 min Zumba class, post-dinner walk

July 16, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
S: 2 slivers mango, 1 pita chip
coffee
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tomato/egg, broccoli/celery/carrot/kale stirfry (again, a lot)
Dess: a TON of peanuts (I finished the bag! so good, no more for the week)
1/3 frozen mango (delicious! tastes like sorbet)

Exercise: 3.3 mi jog (3 loops around miramar), 1.4 mi walk afterwards (loop to Hilton and back)

July 15, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, raspberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1 yellow peach
S: green grapes
1 small coffee with skim milk + cinammon
1/2 frozen mango (delicious! tastes like sorbet)
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/onion/carrot/kale stirfry (a lot)
Dess: peanuts, eight treasures tea

Exercise: 1.5 mi walk, 60 min Zumba class, 1.5 jog

July 14, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1 yellow peach
S: 2 bites apple pie from Julian! very yummy.
raspberries
peanuts
D: 1 chicken drumstick, leftover salmon, cabbage/bamboo/carrot/zucchini stirfry
peanuts

Exercise: 3.3 mi run (3 loops miramar)

July 13, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries, shredded coconut + cinammon as toppings (sparingly)
S: 1 mango
peanuts
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado
S: peanuts (I really need to wean myself off these..)
grapes
black mango tea
D: pan-fried salmon (cooked myself for first time! used red cooking wine and lemon. took a long time to get the middle part cooked, but tasted great at the end), sesame celery/tofu/carrot stirfry

Exercise: 3 mi jog to/from gym, 40 min Zumba (the gym class was cancelled w/o notice, which was disappointing, but there was a kids camp that was doing family outdoor Zumba, so with permission I danced with them! not very good workout, but the routine was very funny and cute), 75 min yoga class (was having stomach pains before class, much better afterwards.)

July 12, 2013

B: 1.5 servings of oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
S: eight treasures tea
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1 yellow nectarine (mmm)
S: 1 small coffee with skim milk
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tomato/eggdrop soup, carrot/onion/pepper/bean sprout/bamboo/tofu stirfry

Exercise: 60 min yoga class, 2 mi walk to ralphs

July 11, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 mango
S: 1 small coffee with skim milk
D: A TON of food!!! Went to a potluck at Rishi's, was fantastic to see everyone but I went way overboard. Probably had at least 5 platefuls of:
- kung pao green beans/carrots/pepper/peanuts (I'm glad I brought this b/c there were several vegetarians there)
- DELICIOUS cold noodle salad: buckwheat soba noodles, cucumber, tofu in sesame/soy/lemon sauce (will have to ask Bennett and Frances for recipe)
- 2 mushroom turnover appetizers
- 1 meatball
- chicken breast (8 cubes?) - was part of a larger rice dish
- some pasta salad (mostly went for the veggies in it)
- 1 pretzel chew
- candied walnut/cranberry/apple/feta/lettuce salad

Dess: 2 slices watermelon
2 helpings of apple crumble (apple, oatmeal, sugar, butter)
1 slice red velvet cake

Yeah...wayyy too much, but it was a wonderful evening.

Exercise: 2 mi run to gym, Zumba class 60 min, 2 mi from gym + 2 mi night walk

July 10, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado
S: 1 green apple (small)
vegetarian sandwich: 1 slice wheat bread, pesto, red bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, alfafa sprouts, mustard
There was free food at our ethics seminar today. Managed to pass up on scones, muffins, and cookies, gave away my chips and oreos, but still couldn't pass up on the sandwich!! Took off 1 slice of bread and the cheese
10 raw peanuts
blackberries (6)
dang there was a lot of snacking today.
D: 1 chicken drumstick, bean sprout/carrot/pepper/onion stirfry
Dess: 1/2 mango

Exercise: 2 mi run to/from gym, Zumba class 60 min, 2 mi night walk to/from movie theater (went with Margaret to see Despicable Me 2!)

July 9, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 mango
D: 1 chicken drumstick, kung pao green beans/bell pepper/carrot w/ LOTS of peanuts (need to cut down on that, eheh.), 2 cucumbers raw
Dess: 1 jujube, eight treasures tea (thanks mom)

Exercise: 1 mi run, Zumba class 60 min, 2 mi night walk

July 8, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries
S: 5 raw peanuts
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 mango
S: green grapes
1 small coffee w/ added skim milk + cinnamon
D: 1 chicken drumstick, bokchoy w/ mushroom, broccoli/pepper/bean sprout/cilantro stirfry - cooked and ate with Mark

Exercise: Cardiopump class (aerobics + strength training) 60 min - Zumba class got canceled :( + 2.5 mi jog to gym

July 7, 2013

B: oatmeal, honey, blackberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1 whole avocado (kinda small?)
S: watermelon!
D: steamed sea bass (in soy sauce + cilantro), broccoli/onion stirfry, spicy watermelon rind w/ beancurd, winter melon soup w/ seaweed
Dess: more watermelon!

Exercise: morning hike with the fam (3 mi, in Laguna Coast Nature Preserve - sunny but peaceful), yoga class 60 min, swimming (10 laps in a bigger pool)

July 6, 2013

B: oatmeal, honey, dried cranberries, walnuts
L: an inordinate amount of DIM SUM (at Sam Woo) - chicken feet, veggie dumplings, lobster, beef/onion stirfry, shrimp roll, taiwanese bok choy, 1/2 pc of taro almond dessert
S: Zion market fruit taste tests
D: hot pot: spinach, bean noodles (fen si), tofu in peanut/black bean sauce, salmon sashimi - yum!
Dess: hami melon (a lot)

Exercise: Zumba (in Irvine with Veronica, old favorite instructor!), swimming (20 roundtrips)

July 5, 2013

B: oatmeal, honey, dried cranberries, walnuts
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam
S: grapes, 3 walnuts
D: cabbage/zucchini/pepper/carrot/mushroom stirfry, taiwanese bokchoy, chicken bone soup with tofu, 4 dices of san bei chicken

Exercise: 3 mi walk w/ mom and dad, 20 roundtrip laps swimming (in our small local pool) - was nice to swim vs running, 10 min yoga

July 4, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam, hami melon
S: 1 slice watermelon
D: picnic at the beach: mint mango salad, tofu/edamame, bokchoy, 1 pork chop, lots of chapchae and mi fen (rice noodles), beancurd/cilantro
ate a LOT!!!
Dess: tea, 1 slice watermelon

Exercise: 45 min Zumba (ruined by poor internet connection, but hey, what can ya do)

Happy 4th of July!

July 3, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
S: 15 peanuts, green grapes
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam, 1 whole white nectarine
S: black coffee w/ skim milk
1 bite of tiramisu again :(
D: 1 chicken drumstick, leftover kale/bean sprout/carrot/yellow squash stirfry
Dess: 2 oatmeal cranberry walnut cookies
(baked with M, M, Frances, and Bennett) - small, about the size of ping pong balls
hibiscus tea

Exercise: 60 min Zumba class + 2.1 mi run (to and from gym)

July 2, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam, 1/2 white nectarine
D: 1 chicken drumstick, leftover thai curry, kale/bean sprout/carrot/yellow squash stirfry (with cilantro, onions, green onions, and a little soy sauce for flavor - helped sweeten the kale), cucumber (ate w/ Mark)
Dess: 1 whole mango (!)

Exercise: 50 min Zumba videos (mmm) + 15 min yoga

July 1, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
S: grapes
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam, 1/2 white nectarine, 1/2 persimmon
S: 1 bite tiramisu :( - noooo stay away from the communal fridge!!
ginseng tea (mmmm)
D: 1 chicken drumstick, homemade panang curry!! (with tofu, bean sprouts, spinach, kale, carrots, and onion. Sauce made using curry paste, leftover oil from baking chicken, and greek yogurt)
Unfortunately, ate too much curry and felt uncomfortably full for a long time afterwards - I think it was the dairy of the greek yogurt that I wasn't used to (the fatty chicken soup base, too). Tasted pretty good though, will use less water next time to thicken it! Greek yogurt was a good substitute for coconut milk, still got the curry to precipitate.
Dess: 1 jujube, grapes
Exercise: 3.3 mi run (3 loops around miramar), 15 min yoga

DONE with the Dietbet! So relieved.

June 30, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, purple yam
S: 1 jujube, mango ceylon tea (thanks mark)
D: 1 chicken drumstick, zucchini/kale in tomato/garlic/basil stirfry (ended up more like a soup!)
Dess: 5 grapes

Exercise: 3 mi walk, 45 min Zumba videos, 15 min yoga