August 31, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1 american date, 6 almonds

L: spring greens, kabocha, purple yam, lime juice, 1 avocado

S: 1 peach, 3 strawberries

D: on hornblower cruise with Rishi and the fam! So much fun.

Salad w walnut, bleu cheese, cranberries, spinach

Vegetarian lasagna (really great bc I can't cook this at home)

Dess: 1.5 slices raspberry cheesecake (wasn't the greatest cheesecake ever, but I loved it all the same!)

Tea

Exercise: 60 min bodycombat class

August 30, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 yellow peach, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: peppers and hummus
D: 1 chicken drumstick, edamame/cauliflower/carrot/tofu stirfry
Dess: sea salt caramel frozen yogurt! 5 oz = 125 cal


Exercise: 60 min yoga class (w fave instructor)

August 29, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 yellow peach, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: 1 yellow peach
tea
D: 1 chicken drumstick, egg/tomato, carrot/kale/edamame
Dess: cantaloupe and grapes
ANOTHER peach! :( man....snacking hardcore today.

Exercise: 90 min Hiphop class...unfortunately, not as good as Zumba or Bodycombat, but hey, worth a try!

August 28, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 yellow peach, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: peppers w/ hummus
1 peach
D: 1 chicken drumstick, cauliflower/carrot/tofu/kale stirfry
Dess: 2 bowls cantaloupe (thanks Ramsina)

dang, lots of snacking today

Exercise: 60 min Zumba, 1 mi jog to gym

August 27, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 yellow peach, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: peppers w/ hummus
1 peach
D: 1 chicken drumstick, cauliflower/carrot/tofu/kale stirfry

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat class (kicked my butt as per usual!)

August 26, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
some bites from fruit and veggie platter in clinic
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1 avocado, 1 yellow peach, lime juice
S: peppers and hummus
1 mango
D: pea sprouts, tofu/onion/snow pea stirfsry, 1 chicken drumstick

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

August 25, 2013

B: 1 peach
L: 1 avocado, tons of trail mix, peanuts
D: 1 peach, tons of trail mix, peanuts
late D: non-fried ramen (made it for me and mark when we got back at 3 am(!)) - with egg, snow peas, mushroom, green onion

...again, way over, but that's ok....

Exercise: return trip! 8 mi, 3000 ft elevation loss (but there was still some decent uphill) hike from 3 PM to 8 PM. what a scramble! Thousand Island lake --> Lake Agnew --> Silver Lake

August 24, 2013

B: 1 ear corn, some bites of pepper, cauliflower, and snow peas, 2 nectarines
L: 1 avocado, tons of trail mix, peanuts
D: 1 avocado, tons of trail mix, peanuts

...yeah basically ran way over 2000 calories and daily fat content value. but that's ok b/c...

Exercise: oh my goodness. 8 mi, 3000 ft elevation hike from 10 AM to 5 PM! crazy crazy crazy.

August 23, 2013

B: oatmeal, raspberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 yellow peach (small)
S: 1/2 yellow peach, 1/4 yellow pepper, salsa
D: dinner in Irvine! Thanks mom
- corn salsa
- breaded chicken breast
- peanut/celery/beancurd
- san bei chicken w/ tofu and edamame
- bok choy
- steamed egg

Exercise: none - tonight was the drive up to Silver Lake!

August 22, 2013

B: oatmeal, raspberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1 yellow peach (small)
S: 1 yellow peach, 1/4 yellow pepper
tea
D: dinner with the fam
- bokchoy by me
- carrot/celery/potato curry by Margaret
- 1 dumpling, 2 pcs beef by Taz
- zha jiang mian (black bean sauce peanut butter noodles) by Kevin/me
Ate 3 small-to-med size platefuls...oops.

Dess: 90 cal soy milk ice cream sandwich (thanks Kevin)

Exercise: 60 min yoga class (Advanced one this time - was sweating like crazy! I think it's too hot for me)

August 21, 2013

B: oatmeal, raspberries, brown sugar, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
tea
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 mango
S: 1 yellow peach, 1/4 yellow pepper
1/4 bag boiled edamame (120 cal)
D: 1 chicken drumstick (the ralphs ones are so small!), cauliflower/carrot/snow peas/onion stirfry
Dess: 1 mango

Exercise: 60 min Zumba class, 1 mi jog there

August 20, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 6 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, avocado, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 mango
S: 1 yellow peach
1/4 bag of boiled edamame (120 cal) - so good! had this before my workout so I could last til a late dinner.
D: 1 chicken drumstick, green bean/kale/carrot stirfry
Dess: 1/2 mango

Exercise: 60 min bodycombat (man, this class is HARD), walk

August 19, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
S: coffee with almond milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato, 1/2 mango
S: 1 yellow peach, 5 grapes
tea
D: tofu/carrot/cauliflower/green bean stirfry, 1 chicken drumstick
Dess: 1/2 mango


Exercise: 60 min Zumba (w/ fave instructor!), walk

August 18, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, 6 almonds, sugar

L: cucumber, pig ear, dumplings, tofu soup, peanut and beef

S: grapes, 1 peach

D: Korean with Dan and mark!

- vegetable tofu soup (spicy), lots and lots of kimchi

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

I think I majorly overate this weekend....gained 4 lbs :/

August 17, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 5 almonds

S: little Italy farmers market taste tests! Hummus and chips, soup, dip, salsa, 1/4 chocolate, granola, fruit...prob way too much heh
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato
S: 1 yellow peach

D: home sweet home. Bamboo beef, romaine lettuce, winter melon seaweed soup, celery/bean curd/peanut

Dess: grapes

Exercise: 60 min bodycombat, swimming (10 back and forth laps)

August 16, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 5 almonds
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato
S: 1 yellow peach, blueberries

D: 1 chicken drumstick, tofu/cauliflower/onion stirfry

Dess: eight treasures tea w 2 jujubes, Longyan, goji berries

Exercise: 60 min yoga

August 15, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
L: spring greens, 1/2 cucumber, kabocha squash, sweet potato
S: 1 yellow peach
2 bites chocolate cake (in the eye center lounge, too yummy to ignore! sorry tummy)
D: dinner with the fam - Rishi, Taz, and our guest Linda! <3
cauliflower/carrot/celery stirfry by me
Trader Joe's teriyake chicken by Rishi
alfredo pasta with celery/mushroom by Linda (yes, I had some. it was delicious!)

Exercise: 3.3 mi run (3 loops around miramar)

August 14, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, 3 almonds

L: spring greens, kabocha squash, cucumber, sweet potato

S: tea

1 yellow peach

D: Kale/cauliflower/tofu/carrot/mint stirfry, 1 chicken drumstick

Dess: 1/3 mango, blueberries

Exercise: 60 min Zumba, 2 mi jog

August 13, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, 2 almonds

L: spring greens, kabocha squash, cucumber, sweet potato

S: coffee with almond milk

1 yellow peach

D: Kung pao green beans/carrots/onion, 1 chicken drumstick

Exercise: 60 min bodycombat class!

August 12, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar

S: 10 almonds, sunflower seeds

L: spring greens, kabocha squash, cucumber

S: 1 yellow peach

1/3 mango

D: salmon fillet, celery/carrot/tofu stirfry

Exercise: Zumba class w fave instructor <3

August 11, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, sugar

L: salad w chicken and peach, some bean sprout Korean noodles

S: almonds, popcorn

D: cucumber, lotus root, chicken, salmon sashimi, romaine lettuce, mango salad, daikon, bokchoy soup

Dess: half a moon cake, watermelon, sunflower seeds

Exercise: 30 min DDR, 30 min Just Dance

August 10, 2013

B: 1 banana, 1 tangerine (hurriedly eaten before us customs haha)

Oatmeal, sugar

Coffee with skim milk

L: broccoli, bok choy in soup, fried bean curd

S: almonds, one mango

D: hot pot - chicken, shrimp, lettuce, cabbage, bean sprouts

Dess: strawberries

Exercise: yoga

August 9, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar

S: 4 rice crackers, 1 tangerine, 1 apple

L: raw veggies and ranch dip, 1 avocado

D: Korean food in banff!

Seafood hotpot, bulgogi, kalbi, kimchi, 2 pcs seafood pancake

Exercise: sulphur mountain hike (5.5 mi, 2000 ft elev), Johnston canyon

August 8, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, sugar

1 banana

S: 1 apple, 3 rice crackers

L: 1 avocado

D: Thai food in banff - very small portions :(

Pad Thai, lemongrass veggies, ginger tofu, kalbi, Singapore noodles

Dess: tea, a mint candy

Exercise: hiking in lake Louise and lake Agnes (8 km, 11 to 4)

August 7, 2013

B: melon, 1/2 oatmeal with blueberries and sugar

Coffee with skim milk

L: talloudeh salad, 3 bites pita shawarma sandwich

S: some of heidis fruit smoothie (150 cal), 3 rice crackers

1 apple

D: fried pork chops, snow peas, pork blood congee

Dess: blueberries

Exercise: swimming, walking in south glen more park, river floating

August 6, 2013

B: pineapple, cantaloupe, strawberries, honeydew

1/2 oatmeal, honey, blueberries

Coffee with skim milk

L: 3 halves of a roasted vegetable wrap (with 3 bites of wrap, wrap otherwise removed), sprouts, cherry tomatoes

D: 3 course meal in heritage park!

small salad, raw veggie sticks with ranch

Sauteed Portobello mushroom, pepper, asparagus, carrot, broccoli sprout

Dess: mint chocolate creme cake....so yummy!

Exercise: hike through edworthy park (2.5 hour walk)

August 5, 2013

B: oatmeal, sugar

S: black coffee w skim milk

L: 'small' pho with brisket, bean sprouts, basil, hoisin sauce

S: 1 apple

D: raw bell peppers, celery, cherry tomatoes, edamame (2.5 plates) with ranch dressing

Exercise: corn maze! 3 mi on treadmill (4.5, 5, 5.5 mph each mile)

August 4, 2013

B: oatmeal, sugar, dried cranberries, 2 walnuts, 4 almonds

L: dim sum!

Chicken feet, dumplings (fried and dragon), pumpkin taro square, duck tongue

S: 2 tangerines, 2 raw baby peppers

6 candied peanuts

D: Szechuan food: spicy beef, bean sprout/chicken/green onion stir fry, rice noodles, bean noodles, pickled cabbage

Exercise: 5 mi walking (3 hours) through beautiful fish creek park + 1 mi post dinner walk along bow river

August 3, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, sugar

L: Greek salad, quinoa, chickpeas

1 apple

1 peach

D: yummy Thai in Calgary!

banana leaf wrapped chicken, pad Thai, spicy lemongrass shrimp mint salad

Exercise: 3 mi on treadmill, ranging 4 to 5.2 mph, 300 cal

August 2, 2013

B: mark gave me a surprise! homecooked breakfast! but it was...baked goods...
1 oatcake (oat flour, wheat flour, butter, pine nuts, cranberry, sugar, baking soda)
lots of fruit - nectarine, raspberries, blackberries
thanks mark :)
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 mango, lemon juice
S: rest of mango (frozen)
D: dinner with the fam: hot pot!
cabbage, lettuce, chicken, tofu, bean noodles in chicken broth - with peanut sauce and spicy sauce
edamame/fried tofu/chicken
spicy pig ear
marinated cucumber
sooo good =w=
Dess: watermelon

Exercise: 4 mi run (to Bommer Canyon and back), family night walk <3

August 1, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, 1 walnut
S: 1 small coffee with almond milk <3
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, mango, lemon juice
S: 1 small yellow peach, blueberries, 1 sweet bell pepper (was surprisingly good raw, will have to use these as snacks!)
tea
D: dinner with the fam
- green bean/jicama/carrot/zucchini/tofu stirfry by me
- fish by margaret
- tomato/eggplant by taz
Dess: rest of mango

Exercise: 2.2 mi run (2 loops around miramar), 15 min dancing in my room (haha does that count?) - didn't get to exercise until very late tonight due to lab and friends, so it was a lot less than usual, but that's ok.

July 31, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries
S: 1/2 korean melon
1 small coffee with almond milk <3
L: spring greens, sweet potato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, mango, lemon juice
S: lots of peppermint green tea
(everytime I got water for my tea, I had to say no to the incredible looking costco veggie pizza sitting in the lounge, hohoho.)
D: dinner at Kevin and Margaret's
mango/pepper salad
1 turkey patty (200 cal alone) with onions, avocado, and mustard

Kevin was kind enough to surprise me and Margaret with Sprinkles cupcakes. Unfortunately my mind couldn't quite get over the whopping 500 calories (!) each one is on average, so I couldn't bring myself to eat it. I just couldn't. If I want to treat myself to a dessert, I want it to be on my own terms, relatively pre-planned, self-chosen to be my favorite food so I can fully enjoy it and feel like I'm rewarding myself. I know this sounds weird. I'm sorry Kevin!

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba class + 1 mi jog