September 29, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, 9 almonds
S: plain coffee
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 peach
S: 1 small green apple
D: 'curry' stirfry - broccoli/onion/tofu/celery/pepper/enoki
1 chicken drumstick
Dess: carrots, 1/2 peach
yerba mate tea

Exercise:
Workout at home today - 2.2 mi jog (2 loops Miramar), ~15 min dancing + yoga @ home

September 28, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, 9 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, cucumber, 1/2 peach
S: 1 small green apple
carrots, 1/2 peach
D: 'curry' stirfry - broccoli/onion/tofu/celery/pepper/enoki
Dess: 1/2 cantaloupe (yes, an entire half!)

Exercise: 60 min Zumba!

September 27, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries, 9 almonds
S: plain coffee (no milk! today's was from a coffee stand near lecture, had a nice almondy flavor)
1 slice home-made chocolate chip zucchini bread (was in lounge, couldn't resist! grr. was so good)
L: spring greens, kabocha, sweet potato, cucumber
3 inch ham/lettuce/tomato sandwich (removed 1 pc of bread and cheese)
S: 1 apple, carrots
D: 1 chicken drumstick, green bean/onion/tofu stirfry (mmm)
Dess: frozen yogurt with Mark! Golden Spoon salted caramel, 4 oz (4 oz x 31 cal = 124 cal, + taste tests and bite of Mark's = 155 cal)

definitely had the munchies today!

Exercise: 60 min yoga (w/ my favorite instructor David. Drove all the way to Encinitas, which isn't very time effective, but I find this class to be a great all-in-one workout and stress reliever. I think it's worth it.)

September 26, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries, 9 almonds
S: tea
1 peach
L: spring greens, kabocha, sweet potato, cucumber
S: 1 apple, 1 handful of peanuts
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/tofu/onion/carrot/celery stirfry (may have cooked a little too much...)
Dess: piece of red velvet cake my roommie baked

Exercise: 1 mi jog, 60 min Zumba (felt so great after not having had Zumba for over a week!)

September 25, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blackberries, 3 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, sweet potato, cucumber
1 peach
S: peanuts - 3 handfuls
ginseng tea
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/bean sprout/tofu/onion stirfry (mmm)
Dess: 1 apple :(

Exercise: 60 min TurboKick class (a new class for me, not bad. Not as fun, but workout wise was a comfortable medium b/t Zumba and BodyCombat)

September 24, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1 cup almond milk, blackberries, 6 almonds
S: ginseng tea
L: spring greens, kabocha, sweet potato, cucumber
1 large peach
S: 1/2 of a mini cantaloupe
1 large apple
peanuts
D: 1 chicken drumstick, bokchoy and enoki mushroom, cucumber, steamed egg (ate with Mark)

Exercise: 1 hour BodyCombat class

I think I got a little sick from Yosemite!

September 23, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1 cup almond milk, blueberries, 3 almonds
S: small coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, sweet potato, cucumber, 1/2 peach
S: 1/2 lg yellow peach
D: Triple dinner date! SD Restaurant Week with  Mark, Theresa, Matt, John, and John's girlfriend Karen.
3 course meal for $30 at Butcher Shop Steakhouse:
1. Spinach salad w/ apple, cranberries, bacon bits (left cheese and dressing on the side)
2. Filet mignon medallions with steamed vegetables (ate 2 out of 3 cubes of steak. Apparently filet mignon is the leanest cut of beef you can get at a steakhouse, whereas prime rib is the fattiest. I had no idea until today!)
3. fresh strawberries with grand marnier cream (made of heavy cream, so probably not that healthy. tasted great though. ordered this to avoid being tempted by the heavier desserts: chocolate lava cake, creme brulee, and mousse)
Dess: peanuts - 2 handfuls, tea

Exercise: 3.3 mi run (3 loops around Miramar) in ~40 min

September 22, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), 1 banana
4 peanut butter-filled pretzel bites
black coffee w/ 1% milk
S: 1 oats and honey bar :( (200 cal)
L: 1 avocado, spinach, hummus on 1 piece of wheat bread
S: LOTS of almonds and peanuts (~700 cal?), a bag of potato chips
2 sm peaches
2 sm apples
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tofu/edamame/celery/carrot stirfry
Dess: 1/4 of a mini cantaloupe, peanuts

Exercise: none, drove home. 2 mi walk in Mariposa Grove

So clearly today was a horrifying reversion back to my old ways - ate enough for a week! :( I don't know what quite hit me. Being surrounded by all of that food for the third day made resisting difficult. But no excuses. It was my fault.
Tomorrow is another day.

September 21, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), 1/2 banana
black coffee
L: 1 avocado, spinach, baby bell peppers, carrots
S: LOTS of trail mix (~500 cal?), peanuts
1 sm peach
1 sm apple
4 peanut butter-filled pretzel bites
D: spinach salad w/ carrots, cucumber, tomato (using hummus as dressing), 1 black bean burger patty (no bread buns), onion
Dess: lots of pistachios and peanuts
1 large oatmeal raisin cookie

Exercise: Mist Trail: 8 mi hike, 3000 ft elevation gain! 12 pm to 6 pm. started raining very hard on the way back, but very exciting nevertheless.

September 20, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), 1 sm green apple
black coffee
L: 1 avocado, spinach, baby bell peppers with hummus
S: trail mix (~500 cal?)
1 sm peach
1 sm apple
D: spinach salad (no dressing), TONS of pasta sauce (made of canned pasta sauce, onions, tomato, and black bean burgers! very tasty) and cauliflower

Did ok at avoiding some pitfalls, but sodium and sugar content was probably poorly controlled with the trail mix and pasta sauce. I used cauliflower instead of eating the spaghetti, at the very least?

Exercise: 7 mi hike, ~600 ft elevation gain in Tuolomne meadows. Very beautiful! Ended the hike at Cathedral Lake

September 19, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), blueberries, 9 almonds with almond milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1 small peach
S: 1 peach, 1 small green apple
lots of peanuts
D: 1-2 slices of pizza (mozzarella and tomato topping, very tasty; 1/4 of a medium size pizza), spring greens, kabocha

Exercise: none - 8 hour drive up to Yosemite took up most of the day!

September 18, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), blueberries, 6 almonds with almond milk
S: small coffee with soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 small peach
S: 6 baby bell peppers, 1.5 small peaches
green tea
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tomato/zucchini/onion/garlic soup (mmm), steamed edamame, 6 almonds
tea

Exercise: 3.3 mi run around Miramar (fell and tripped again! silly Heather)

September 17, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar (1/2 of normal), blueberries, 7 almonds with almond milk
S: green tea, black tea
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 small peach
S: 1.5 small peaches
small coffee, plain
1 small apple (from study break session! thanks SNMA)
[luckily, was able to resist brownies, cake, and cupcakes in the lounge, and the granola bars and chips in the study break too. probably only b/c there were other people in the room haha. whew!]
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tofu/celery/carrot/bean sprout stirfry, leftover soup
Dess: 1/4 hami melon

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat

September 16, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, 6 almonds with almond milk (instead of water)
*my unsweetened almond milk is expiring, so I decided to use this instead. Oh my goodness, it tasted so rich! Was like eating dessert. 40 cal/cup, probably added 2 cups?
S: coffee with soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1 cucumber
S: 1 sm yellow peach
D: 1 chicken drumstick, 'curry' cauliflower/bean sprout, cucumber, eggdrop/tomato soup (ate with Mark! ate a little too much...)
Dess: 1/4 hami melon
1 bite of chocolate chip cookie (Mark apparently bought it just for me, so I felt bad not eating it...)

Exercise: 60 min Zumba, 1 mi jog

September 15, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, 6 almonds
S: 1/4 hami melon
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 plum
S: 1 small yellow peach (last week's were jumbo from Zion, this week's are mini from Sprouts!)
chocolate-flavored green tea
D: 1 chicken drumstick, 'curry' cauliflower/enoki/carrot (used my roommate's curry powder, which is just a combo of spices, and garlic salt, tasted really good!)

Exercise: 60 min yoga

today was a good food day :)

September 14, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, blueberries, 3 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 plum
S: 1/4 of a hami melon
D: sushi night with Mark, Casey, Theresa, and the Chongs! @Edamami
Delicious sushi, ate a lot. multiple pieces of: sashimi, Torrey Pines riceless roll, a fatty deep-fried roll, eel roll...the list could go on. Didn't feel uncomfortably full though, which was good.



Dess: chocolate mousse with cherry ganache (it was melt in your mouth amazing!!)
chocolate-flavored guayasa tea (bought this for myself at Sprouts. very nice)

Exercise: 60 min Zumba (with my favorite instructor David! yayyy)

September 13, 2013

B: oatmeal, raspberries, brown sugar, 6 almonds

s: coffee with soy milk

L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beet

S: 1 lg peach, baby carrots, grapes

Another peach after workout

D: with the fam!

- Alaskan salmon, mashed sweet potato by Marg

- eggplant tomato by Taz

- asparagus, steamed egg by me

- chicken teriyaki by Rishi

(Mark apparently chose to catch up on lectures instead of join us. pity! Gave him leftovers, brown rice, and a chicken drumstick)

Dess: 1 cheesecake brownie (110 cal. 4g sat fat)

More almonds and grapes (oops)

Exercise: 75 min bodycombat, 1 mi jog (man, this workout was hard but oh so good!)

September 12, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, blueberries, 6 almonds
S: tea
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado
+ veggies off of a slice of pizza (threw away the rest)
S: 1 lg yellow peach, carrots
D: 1 chicken quarter, cauliflower/enoki/tofu/green bean stirfry
celery + hummus

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat class (new instructor, Rebecca, who's great. too bad she won't come back til October!)

September 11, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, blueberries, 6 almonds
S: small coffee with soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado
S: 1 lg yellow peach
D: 1/2 chicken quarter, spinach, edamame/carrot/tofu/onion stirfry

Exercise: 60 min Zumba, 1.5 mi jog (unfortunately, had a poor substitute teacher)

September 10, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, blueberries, 3 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado
S: 1 yellow peach, tea
watermelon, peanuts
D: 1/2 chicken quarter, kung pao jicama/zucchini, bean sprout/cauliflower/onion (ate with Mark! AND I cooked enough food that Mark was full! it's a miracle!)

Exercise: 1 mi jog, 60 min Bodycombat

have been gaining weight ever since Labor Day due to increased snacking. is it good news that I ran out of peanuts?

September 9, 2013

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, raspberries, blueberries, 3 almonds
S: small coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber
S: 1 yellow peach, tea
D: 1/2 chicken quarter, 1/2 salmon filet, enoki mushroom/onion/spinach stirfry (supposed to eat with Mark, but that fell through. tried a new veggie stirfry and tried steaming the salmon! tasted ok, had very heavy gas and constipation afterwards though)
Dess: peanuts, watermelon

Exercise: 1 hr Zumba

September 8, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 6 almonds
S: Zion market taste tests (ate the bad for you ones too, but they were yummy!)
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber
S: 1 yellow peach
yerba mate tea
carrots and celery with hummus (1 spoon)
D: 1 chicken drumstick
cauliflower, edamame
1 home-made sandwich from MGD: spinach, onions, tomato, avocado, hummus on whole wheat bread
2 handfuls pita chips
:( I don't know why I had to take that sandwich or those pita chips. Delicious but waste of calories. Need to work on the free food temptation resisting again now that school has started.
watermelon, peanuts

Exercise: 60 min yoga

September 7, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
S: watermelon, peanuts
L: spring greens, beet, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cucumber, last of the yam, lime
S: 1 handful pita chips
D: 1 chicken quarter (yes, the entire thing!), bokchoy/mushroom, cucumber
(ate with Mark! first time in a long time, was very nice)
Dess: LOTS of watermelon, peanuts...gotta lay off of those again!

September 6, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 5 almonds
S: coffee with soy milk
L: spring greens, chipotle burrito w/o tortilla (rice, beans, tomato, chicken)
S: 1 yellow peach
peanuts, watermelon
D: dinner with the fam
- romaine lettuce hearts + tofu by me
- teriyaki chicken by Rishi
- eggplant/tomato by Taz
- spinach by Margaret

Dess: raspberries, blueberries, more watermelon

Exercise: 1 mi jog, 60 min bodycombat

September 5, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 5 almonds
S: grapes
tea
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/4 yellow peach, lime juice
S: 1/2 slice homemade pumpkin bread, 1 handful pita chips :(
oh for shame!
more tea
1 yellow peach
D: 1 chicken drumstick (last of the tiny ones!), kung pao green bean/jicama/peanut stirfry

Exercise: 1 mi jog, 60 min Bodycombat class

September 4, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 6 almonds
S: coffee with soy milk
grapes
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: 1/2 of an entire hami melon
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/celery/bean sprout/string bean stirfry

Exercise: 45 min Zumba class, 2 mi jog

Starting to overeat again.

September 3, 2013

B: oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, 3 almonds
S: grapes
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: tea!
1/2 of an entire hami melon (dang)
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/bean sprout/carrot/onion/edamame stirfry
Dess: some bites of watermelon

Exercise: 1 hour Bodycombat (whoo!)

September 2, 2013

B: oatmeal, sugar
L:  lots and lots of leftovers from yesterady. LOTS. korean noodles, edamame, peanuts, short ribs, chicken wings
D: hot pot! spinach, romaine leafs, tofu, bean noodles, shrimp, chicken, and lots of peanut-black bean sauce
Dess: 1 peach

After 2 days of non-stop eating, I'm back to the same size I was a month ago. Uh-oh!

Exercise: swimming (20 laps roundtrip in middle pool)

September 1, 2013

B: oatmeal, 2 dates, brown sugar, 6 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha squash, purple yam, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 yellow peach, lime juice
S: 1 peach
D: oh man...I am not exaggerating when I say I ate too much. was eating so much that I threw up a little bit at the end. disgusting.
Labor Day BBQ in Irvine
- meat: ribs, chicken wings, kalbi
- veggies: cold dishes - edamame, peanut/celery, mango salad, corn salad
- carbs: cold noodles
Dess: lots and lots of mooncake, watermelon, nuts, nian gao.....ugh so good but so bad!

Exercise: 1 hour Just Dance