January 31, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, yam, beet
S: small fruit salad
2 bites pasta
D: Mark's bday dinner + Chinese New Year! Cooked extra tonight
steamed egg, spinach, asparagus, lotus root
tilapia, kale (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 dried fig, 4 macadamia nuts
1/2 asian pear

Exercise: 60 min Zumba toning

Happy Birthday M! Happy Chinese New Year, Year of the Horse! 马到成功

January 30, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: 1 fun size M&Ms (90 cal)
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, yam, beet
S: 6 chips and guac @ ACA (resisted the burrito bites and quesadillas...but still low willpower)
1 asian pear
1 pc peanut chocolate cluster
D: 1 chicken quarter, broccoli/edamame/tofu/carrot/onion/shirataki noodle stirfry
Dess: 1 pear :(

Exercise: yoga (tried this b/c came back too late from ACA, but the instructor Jennifer was too slow for me :/)

January 29, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
S: 1 Fun Size peanut M&Ms (90 cal)
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha, beets
S: 1/2 mini watermelon
1 asian pear
1 Twix Fun Size chocolate (50 cal)
tea
oh the shame :(
D: tilapia, broccoli + egg white, chard (thanks Mark)
eggplant/tomato/tofu/onion
Dess: 1 date

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

January 28, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds (staying with this serving size)
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha, beets
S: 1 Pocky stick (not the whole packet, just one)
10 nuts
1/2 mini watermelon
D: 1 chicken quarter (yeah, the whole thing...), broccoli/shirataki noodle/carrot/onion/edamame stirfry

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat

January 27, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
[avoided brownies and cake]
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beet
S: tea
1 pommello
boiled edamame
D: 1/2 chicken quarter, green bean/carrot/onion/tofu stirfry
fish filet, kale (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 asian pear :(

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

I'm now unable to fit into the jeans I wore 3 months ago. Diet is looking more like it did pre-loss.
Goal this week: eliminate snacking after dinner.

Happy bday Z!

January 26, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
S: 1 asian pear
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beet
S: 1 pomello
1 coconut cookie
10 mixed nuts
D: large vegetable pho with steamed tofu (mmmm)
Dess: 1 large apple

Exercise: 60 min Zumba Step

January 25, 2014

B: 1 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 almonds - I treated myself to the green bowl size again
S: 1 pear
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, garbanzo beans
S: 1 bag of almond crisp sheets
2 coconut cookies
D: broccoli/tomato, kale/enoki (by Mark)
bokchoi/tofu/mushroom, chicken quarter (by me)
Dess: 1 pomello

Exercise: 60 min Zumba Step

January 24, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado
1 VERY FULL plate of Thai food (I know I shouldn't have eaten this....my resistance is weakening :( ) - pad thai, curry, chicken skewer
S: 1 apple
1 pear
1 seaweed packet
D: w/ M, M, and T! The best :)
- lotus root/celery/carrot/onion by me
- swiss chard by Margaret
- guacamole by Taz
- fish filet by Mark
Dess: homemade whole wheat crepes w/ greek yogurt and berries by Mark! mmm mmm mmm

Today was a very poor day in terms of intake, to say the least. Was nice to have dinner with the fam again though.

Exercise: 60 min Athletic Training (prob my best class now)

January 23, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds - have managed to stick to this portion for several days
S: 5 strawberries, 5 blackberries
L: spring greens
2 Mexican fish tacos (corn tortilla, lettuce, tomato. onion, fried fish - very authentic! good fish to batter ratio, reminded me of Cancun) w/ sauce
S: tea
5 pistachios
1 pear
D: chicken katsu, eggplant/tomato/tofu/onion

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

January 22, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha, carrot, cherry tomato, black beans, garbanzo beans
D: chicken katsu (made breaded for first time! was very good. I think I used too much oil in the pan though), cauliflower/ou/onion/tofu stirfry
Dess: 1 green apple
2 bites blueberry cream cheese bread
1 date
tea

Exercise: none, was in class from 8-5, came back too tired!

January 21, 2013

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal (tried cutting back to previous portions), cinammon, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, carrot, edamame, cherry tomato
S: coffee w/ skim milk
leftover almond crisps
1 Starbucks bread taste test (it came in the cutest little cup!)
1 green apple
D: tomato veggie soup, basa fish filet, tomato/garlic/broccoli stirfry (thanks Mark) - less than usual, I think!
Dess: 1 pear :(
tea

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat (whoo!)

January 20, 2014

B: oatmeal, sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 almonds
S: 2 bowls ba bao soup
cantaloupe
PEANUTS
tea
1 sesame candy
1 egg yolk pastry
L: leftovers (a lot), spinach
D: vegan lasagna, tofu, broccoli/carrot/tofu stirfry, eggplant/tomato, 2 large chunks of flatbread
Dess: chocolate covered goji berries, 1 green apple

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

ate an impressive amount O.O also went back up to my June 2013 size and weight...ooof.

January 19, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, strawberries, almonds
S: 3/4 apple
L: corn salsa, korean noodles, wonton, beancurd
S: LOTS of snacks galore @ Hailey's bday party:
- chocolate cake
- peanuts
- pop chips
- grapes
D: steamed fish, chicken, chicken soup, celery, lotus root/peanut, bok choi, edamame
Dess: 1 brownie bite
grapes
tea

Hailey's Lorax-themed bday party!

January 17, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, cinammon, 1/2 banana, 5 large almonds
S: tea w/ splash of soy
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beets, garbanzo beans
1/3 plate angel hair pasta and 1 garlic bread twist piece
S: 1 apple
5 almonds
coffee
D: 1 chicken drumstick, celery/carrot/tofu/lotus
tilapia, veggie stirfry, egg white (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 pear

Exercise: 60 min Athletic Training (whoo)

January 16, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, cinammon, blackberries, 10 large almonds
S: tea w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beets, garbanzo beans
S: 1 apple
5 almonds
1 handful dried edamame
D: 1 chicken drumstick, kung pao green bean/lotus root/carrot/tofu (less than normal)
Dess: 1 pear
1/2 frozen banana
tea

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba

January 15, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, cinammon, blackberries, 5 large almonds
S: tea w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, beets, garbanzo beans
S: 1 apple
black coffee
1 pear
D: tilapia, broccoli/tomato/onion stirfry (thanks Mark), spicy eggplant/tomato/onion/tofu
Dess: 1 mango :(

Exercise: 60 min Zumba (meh, substitute teacher wasn't very good)

Definitely starting to over-eat again. Ugh.

January 14, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, cinammon, blackberries, 5 large almonds
S: 1 mini Twix chocolate (50 cal)
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, carrot, beet
S: 1 apple
some caesar salad, 1/2 pickle (from ACA)
1 peppermint chocolate candy
D: 2 chicken drumsticks, broccoli/tofu/eggplant/bean sprout/carrot/shirataki (less than usual)
Dess: 1 pear

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat

January 13, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 large almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, carrot, edamame
2 pcs of gyro + tzatziki sauce
S: 1 apple
some leftover chives
D: 1 chicken drumstick, tomato veggie soup, tilapia, broccoli/onion stirfry (Mark)
Dess: 1 mango
tea tea tea

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba

January 12, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 large almonds
S: 1 mango
black coffee
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, carrot
S: 1 apple
2 coconut macaroons
1 pistachio cookie
1 red bean sweet potato bun
D: tilapia, broccoli/shitake mushroom/onion stirfry (thanks Mark), chives/bean sprout

Exercise: 60 min yoga

January 11, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, 1/2 avocado, carrot
S: 1 apple
black coffee
bakery taste tests (almond crisp, bites of Mark's chocolate croissant and toast
D: dinner at Yu Jie Qin Zhou!
- rice yam congee
- san bei chicken, beancurd, a cai, spicy beef tendon, cucumber (Mark and I split three 2-item plates)
tea

Exercise: 60 min Zumba (eh eh eh)

January 10, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet + extra caesar salad bowl
S: 3 servings trail mix (a lot)
fruit salad (a lot)
1 apple
D: tilapia and egg (thanks Mark), tomato/onion/celery/carrot soup, broccoli/tofu/enoki stirfry
Dess: 2 slices chocolate mousse cake
a couple of munchies: small peppermint cookies, gingerbread man, chocolate strawberry fondue. oops.

Exercise: 60 min Athletic training (my hardest class of the week, but well worth it)

Happy Birthday to Rishi, Camille, Amie, Frances, and David!

January 9, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet
S: 1 mango
D: 1 chicken drumstick, broccoli/onion/tofu (less)
Food at Poster Session: artichoke fondue, crackers, 3 vegetable deep-fried egg rolls, chicken skewer, fruit
Dess: 1 small bar each of apple pie, brownie, and lemon bar (ohhh so good)
1 apple

Exercise: none, poster session took too much time

definitely overate :/

January 8, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: tea
1 hershey's dark chocolate square
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, 1/2 avocado
S: 1 apple
D: 1 chicken drumstick, jicama, cauliflower/tofu/onion/carrot/shirataki noodle
Dess: 1 apple

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba

January 7, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: black coffee
L: spring greens, kabocha, beet, avocado
tea w/ soy milk
S: 1 whole cantaloupe (!) O_O
D: fish filet, broccoli/egg (thanks Mark), steamed egg, jicama
tea

Exercise: 1 hour bodycombat (yay!)

January 6, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: 1 baby honeydew melon (the WHOLE thing)
L: lunch at Dr. Chong's office - Rubio's Mexican
- in order from most to least eaten: lettuce, salsa, guacomole, refried beans, steak, rice, chips (the only thing I didn't eat was the tortillas...sigh)
(I was in ACA unintentionally from 12 to 5 PM, having left from home at 11:30. I didn't pack a lunch b/c I didn't think it would take that long!)
S: 1 gingerbread man, 1 white chocolate peppermint candy
coffee, coffee, coffee
D: egg white w/ ketchup, cauliflower/onion (thanks Mark), tomato/celery/carrot/onion/tofu soup
Dess: 1 apple, tea
1/2 lotus paste mooncake

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba

January 5, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: bakery taste tests
black coffee
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha squash, beet (mmmm), carrot
S: 1 apple
tea
1 almond coffee custard bun (so good >_<)
D: fish filet, broccoli/onion (thanks Mark), chives & tofu
Dess: 1 apple

Exercise: 1 hour yoga

January 4, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 10 sm almonds
S: 1 whole Mexican papaya (!)
L: spring greens, 1 avocado (it was going bad), kabocha squash,
S: 1 Taro Puoluo Bun (it was very large. and very good)
black coffee
tea
D: East African food with Margaret, Mark, and Kevin!
- ginger juice
- 2 sambusa (fried dumpling-like appetizers, 1 spinach, 1 lentil/chicken)
- jerk chicken
- nyoyo and sombe (vegan side dishes)
- one African flat bread (like a thin green onion pancake)

Exercise: 1 hour Zumba, with my favorite instructor David!

January 3, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
S: 1 apple
black coffee
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha squash, shredded carrot
S: 1/2 apple
5 small almonds
D: 1 large fish fillet, egg white omelette w/ spinach (thanks Mark), tomato/lettuce/zucchini soup
Dess: 1/2 apple

Exercise: 60 min athletic training (a new later class I tried b/c lecture today ran until 5 PM. not bad!)

January 2, 2014

B: oatmeal, brown sugar, 1/2 banana, 5 sm almonds
tea
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, kabocha squash, shredded carrot
S: 1 apple
10 small almonds
D: 1 chicken drumstick, cauliflower/carrot/tofu/edamame stirfry
Dess: 1 apple :(

Exercise: 60 min Zumba
It's hard going 'back on track' after the holidays, but life goes on!
Happy New Year!