February 27, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, strawberries, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds, 1/2 tsp chia seeds, almond milk
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, strawberry, cucumber
S: 1 apple
D: tomato/veggie/pinto bean soup
snow peas, chicken breast (thanks Mark)

Exercise: none - got out of ACA too late

February 26, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds, 1/2 tsp chia seeds, almond milk
S: tea
L: roasted vegetable salad (@ Crouton's - lunch with Katherine and Tommy)
1/2 tofu burrito
S: 1 apple
D: 2 chicken drumsticks, cauliflower/carrot/shirataki mushroom and noodle stirfry
Dess: frozen banana!

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 25, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds, 1/2 tsp chia seeds
S: tea
baby carrots, 1/2 apple
2 home-made 'cheese' cookies from Eric
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, strawberry, cucumber
1/2 chipotle tofu burrito :( - bad girl.
S: 2 pcs of falafel, 1 handful nuts
1/2 apple
1/2 cantaloupe
D: salmon, asparagus and pea sprouts (thanks Mark)
cucumber
(ate a smaller dinner as consequence)

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat

February 24, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, strawberry, cucumber
S: 5 fancy nuts
1/2 cantaloupe
1 apple
D: broccoli/tofu/onion, edamame
snow peas, asparagus, salmon (thanks Mark!)
Dess: 1 Ferrero Rocher chocolate

Exercise: 60 min Zumba (really great today)

February 23, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: 1 pomello
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, strawberry
S: 1 handful fancy nuts
1 apple
1 bag mini-pretzels (160 cal)
tea
D: spicy tomato/eggplant/onion/tofu, 1 chicken drumstick
Dess: 1 apple
Exercise: 60 min yoga

February 22, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: 1 large apple
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, pinto beans, beet
S: 2 nutella cookies, 1 macaroon
coffee black
D: Yu's Garden w/ Mark and Eulanca!
rice porridge, 3 'plates' b/t me and Mark - I got san bei chicken, bamboo, and xue cai/mao dou

Exercise: 60 min Zumba Step

February 21, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, cucumber, pinto beans
S: 1 apple, baby carrots
1 handful peanuts
1 pomello
D: 1 chicken drumstick, kung pao carrot/tofu/jicama, spinach
asparagus, salmon (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 See's Candies cafe latte little pop (50 cal)
tea

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 20, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinnamon, 10 almonds
S: 1/2 apple
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, cucumber
S: 1 apple
D: 2 chicken drumsticks, broccoli/tofu/edamame/carrot/shirataki stirfry
Dess: 1/2 apple
ba bao tea

Exercise: 60 min Zumba class (love Dionne)

Didn't do great quantity-wise, but definitely working on weaning my sweet tooth off again. I can't believe how many days I've had an artificial dessert! Hopefully reach some sort of breakthrough where I can return to some of my original food intake.

February 19, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ splash of soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, sweet potato, beet, cucumber
S: 1 apple, 10 baby carrots
1 handful peanuts
D: 1 chicken drumstick, bok choy
green beans, mushroom/tomato, chicken breast cubes (?) (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 small chocolate chip cookie + ladyfinger :(
1 guava
tea

Exercise: 3 mi jog - MET to beach and back! Hard to start but lovely scenery. I think I can tolerate the jog better than I did a year ago - hopefully this means my endurance has improved.

February 18, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: baby carrots, 1/2 apple
L: 2 empanadas - 1 chicken, 1 spinach/cheese :( sooooo delicious, but probably very fatty.
S: 1 pommello
D: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, beet, sweet potato, cucumber - tried to compensate
1 chicken drumstick
Dess: 1/2 apple

Exercise: salsa class @ the med school! + 60 min Bodycombat

February 17, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana brown sugar, cinammon, 5 almonds, almond milk
S: 2 falafel balls
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, and small pieces of acorn squash, cucumber, beet, sweet potato
S: 1 apple, 10 baby carrots
2 handfuls peanuts, 10 pistachios
D: 1 falafel wrap + tzatziki sauce (same as Friday's)
broccoli/carrot/tofu/shirataki noodle stirfry (smaller)

Exercise: 60 min Zumba (great guest instructor today)

February 16, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds, almond milk
L: spring greens, acorn squash, 1/2 avocado + a little bit of pinto bean, edamame, tomato, onion (tried to make it salsa-like)
S: 1 green apple
1 pistachio cookie, 1 bite of brownie
(did not buy anything from the bakery myself today. small improvement!)
D: tomato/veggie soup
asparagus, tilapia (by Mark)
Dess: tea

Exercise: 60 min yoga (wonderful session today)

February 15, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, blueberries, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: grapes, leftover broccoli and chicken
L: spring greens, acorn squash, 1/2 avocado, blueberries, guava
S: tea
D: Date with Mark! At Costa Brava, an authentic Spanish restaurant (think Barcelona, not Mexican)
- tapas: mushroom, pepper, white bean soup (shared)
- Chilean White Sea Bass w/ dates and spinach! I forgot that b/c it's an expensive fish, they would give small portions haha. That's ok!
- 1/2 white bread roll
Dess: bread pudding! it was delicious, have to find the recipe.

Exercise: 60 min Zumba Step

February 14, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds + splash of soy milk
L: falafel wrap (tortilla, lettuce, tomato, falafel, tzatziki sauce)
S: cookies :(
1 med apple
D: chicken soup, broccoli/tofu/mushroom stirfry
green bean, asparagus, fish (by Mark)
Dess: ginger cupcake

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

Totally fell off the wagon today. I'd say it was Valentine's day, but no excuse! Tomorrow I will try again.

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 13, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: tea
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, beets, butternut squash, cucumber, guava
S: 1 apple
grapes
D: broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, onion, shirataki noodle stirfry
Dess: cookies! baked w/ Theresa and Melissa for our med school competition
http://ohsheglows.com/2010/07/28/healthy-carrot-cake-power-scuffins/

Exercise: none - long day with ACA today

February 12, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
1 med apple, baby carrots
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, beets, butternut squash, cucumber
S: 1 handful baked pita chips, 5 peanuts
grapes
1 green apple
D: 1 large vegetable pho (mmm)
Dess: peanuts :/
Guava
tea

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 11, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
1 med apple, baby carrots
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, beets, butternut squash, cucumber
S: 2 handful of peanuts, 1 bite of Taz's mahua
grapes
D: tomato/eggplant/tomato, steamed broccoli
Dess: 1.5 chocolate chip cookie (homemade by roommie) >______<
tea

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat

February 10, 2014

(forgot to update this weekend. Let's just say it was completely out of my normal eating, and not in a good way).

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, beets, butternut squash, cucumber
1 chille relleno tamale, 1/2 sweet corn tamale (thought these would be ok, then just looked them up on the internet and it looks like they are usually made with LARD. LARD. good lord, I had no idea! never touching again T_T. took out the cheese.)
S: 5 shelled peanuts
1 green apple
tea
grapes
D: asparagus, onion/broccoli, tilapia (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 guava

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 6, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, blueberries, blackberries, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: black coffee
tea
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, garbanzo beans, yam, kabocha
S: 1 pear
D: chicken 'katsu', tomato zucchini soup
cauliflower, tilapia (thanks Mark)
Dess: 1 pommello

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 5, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, garbanzo beans, yam, kabocha
S: 1 bag mini-pretzels (150 cal)
D: chicken 'katsu', broccoli/tofu/carrot/onion/mushroom stirfry
Dess: 1 pear
blackberries
tea

Exercise: none! class 8-5 today, was too tired.

February 4, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, blueberries, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
S: coffee w/ soy milk
L: spring greens, 1/2 avocado, chipotle burrito (black beans, guacamole, tomato salsa, spicy sauce - removed tortilla + white rice. ~360 calories)
S: 1.5 pears
5 almonds
1 orange (hand picked!)
D: 'curry' cauliflower/tofu/mushroom/water chestnut stirfry
Dess: 1 asian pear

February 3, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 10 almonds
L: spring greens, yam, 1/2 avocado, kabocha, garbanzo beans
S: got the super munchies today...
1.5 pears
1 pomello
1 seaweed pack
D: delicious Ethiopian dinner @ Muzita Abyssinian Bistro!
- teff bread
- various stewed and spiced vegetables, chickpeas, lamb, spicy beef
Dess: 1 slice Chantilly cake (311 calories), a rich chocolate mousse - mmmmm

Exercise: 60 min Zumba

February 2, 2013

B: 1 whole cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 5 almonds - decided to treat myself
S: 1/2 pommello
coffee w/ almond milk (made at home haha)
L: spring greens, yam, 1/2 avocado, kabocha, garbanzo beans
S: 1 pear
tea
D: 1 bunch of asparagus
Dess: 1 pear
1/2 pommello

Exercise: 60 min yoga

February 1, 2014

B: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 banana, brown sugar, cinammon, 5 almonds
S: 4 macadamia nuts
1/2 asian pear
coffee
L: leftover asparagus
beet, yam, 1/2 avocado, shredded carrot
S: 1 coconut macaroon, 1 earl grey cookie
1 asian pear
1 sweet potato/red bean bread
D: broccoli/tofu/carrot/edamame/mushroom/pepper stirfry
Dess: 1 pomello

Exercise: 60 min Bodycombat (whoo)