Day 34: Snacks and meals?

Souplantation now!

Day 33: Meals and actually baking!

Real quick cause I got a lot of backlog to update!

Breakfast:  Microwave + croissant!

Food:  1 croissant (115 kcal)

Calories:  115 kcal

Yay a picture!  Finally!  Not being lazy lunch and onwards.  Lunch today was at Marie Callendar's!  O__O  TONS of calories O__O  TONS!

Lunch:  LOTS and lots of calories.  Marie Callendar's famous chicken pot pie and delicious corn-bread!

Food:  1/3 chicken pot pie (442 kcal) and 1/2 serving cornbread (638 kcal)

Calories:  1080 kcal

I'm so serious about the calories.

Look at the nutritional facts!  O__O  1370 calories for an entire pot pie!  And 1275 calories for a "serving" of cornbread!  Not even a full tin!    I was wondering why I was getting so full just eating the corn bread.

Big reminder.  Always read/check your labels.  O_O  ALWAYS!

Then it was off to school and workout times!!!

By the time I arrived home... I was still full!  O__O

So for "dinner" I decided to snack a bit.

Snack #1:  Dan Active probiotics drinks!


Food:  1 blueberry probiotic drink (70 kcal)


Calories so far:  1150 kcal

Seriously one of my favorite drinks.  I usually have one before work cause it's light.  Drank this before Insanity tonight.

Check it out!  Baked kale chips!  Got the idea from my friend Tiffy and the recipe from http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/03/baked-kale-chips/.  My aunt and I devoured the entire sheet!  Ate these after Insanity.

Snack #2:  Baked kale chips

Food:  6 oz. kale (~30 kcal), 1 tsp olive oil (60 kcal), 2 pinches sea salt

Calories so far:  1240 kcal

Yups!!!

Good times!  Making more kale chips tomorrow!

Day 30: Meals quickly

Breakfast: oatmeal and berries


Food:  1/2 cup oatmeal (150 kcal) + 1/4 cup frozen berries (17 kcal) + 1 tsp honey (20 kcal)


Calories:  187 kcal




Lunch: Leftover noodles  


Food: 1/2 cup pancit (100 kcal)


Calories so far:  287 kcal

Right after lunch, picking up my friend Steph to drive her to LAX!  Ate some snacks while driving home  XD

Snacktime:  Sake Onigiri!!!  *happy*  My favorite onigiri is sake... followed by kombu!


Food:  1 salmon onigiri (191 kcal) plus 2 umaibo (50 kcal?)

Calories so far:  528 kcal

Dinnertime came at night!  Yay for Filipino food!  Ate some delicious foods at Salo-Salo!  One of my favorite restaurants!  The portions are huge... and totally affordable!  Yay!  A lot of food for 3 of us... but yum!  It's been a while since I've had Filipino food...

Dinner:  Filipino food overdose! 1226

Food:  1.5 cup garlic rice (293 kcal), 3 lumpiang shanghai (169 kcal), 1 vegetable lumpia (186 kcal), 1 tentacle (lol) inihaw na pusit (210 kcal?), and 2 bites of lechon sa kawali (81 kcal)

Calories so far:  1226 kcal

Yum for days!!!  Actually... not.  LOL.  Dad and bro killed the food over the next day.  That's what happens with deliciousness.

Day 27: Random food day + walking

Today was a bad food day.  Woke up feeling full and bloated?  Also feeling groggy the entire day!  Must be the gloomy weather...

But today = random eating!

Snack times:  Phoenix Cafe goodies from yesterday

Food:  1 pecan tart, 1 oatmeal cookie

Calories:  ~250 kcal?

These were delicious, but the cookies taste a lot like butter... I wonder if it's butter or other stuff?  I can only eat one at a time.

Then I lounged most of the day... played Professor Layton... and caught up on TV.  Then... movie times with my Aunt & her friend... to watch... Wall Street:  Money Never Sleeps!  Good movie!


Movie snack times:  Auntie Anne's Pretzel

Food:  1 garlic pretzel (350 kcal)

Calories so far:  600 kcal

Dinner:  Home made dinner!

Food:  1 mackerel (254 kcal), 1/2 cup rice (100 kcal), pickled radish (6 kcal), 2 plums (60 kcal)

Calories so far:  1020 kcal

Snacks and candy:  Blueberry and Orange Jelly candies

Food:  10 jellies (~40 kcal)

Calories so far:  ~1060 kcal


Random day... except for dinner!

Day 26: Food times and eating out

I was so tired today!

I woke up later than I had planned (hit the alarm and went back to bed for another 1.5 hours...) then woke up and went to church.  Oops.  No breakfast for me.

Onwards to my aunt wanting fried chicken from KFC!  Not my favorite... (chicken that is)... but yum for biscuits, corn on the cob and their apple pie stuffs.

Oops!  Forgot to take a picture of the food itself!

Lunch:  Kentucky Fried Chicken!  We do chicken right!

Food:  1 fried chicken wing (190 kcal), 1 fried chicken thigh (150 kcal), 1/2 serving mashed potatoes & gravy (60 kcal), 1 apple turnover (260 kcal)

Calories:  ~ 560 kcal...

Yikes on that apple turnover!  More calories in that than the chicken!  Also... I think My chicken wing was small... not a "full" chicken wing.  I didn't eat the white meat part (blech... white meat), so calories are probably a little smaller than that.

I rested about 2 hours after eating... then Insanity time!!!  Roar!

Also... laundry time!

Cleaning time!

Clobbering time!

Maybe not clobbering time.  But!  Friends came over and we played at the local brand new arcade (also bowling, pool, ping pong, and karaoke) Round 1!  Seriously check it out.  It's awesome!!!  Played 2 hours non-stop.  Yay for hourly infinite game cards.  Although there is a 1-minute wait before you can add another credit.  But we became smart later.  XD

I bet whoever played that pirate game after us was really happy... left about 6 credits on there!

Onto dinner time at the highest rated Chinese restaurant in Rowland Heights... No. 1 Noodle House!

Dinner:  Dan dan mein.  YUM!

Food:  Dan dan mein (~300 kcal), 4 wontons with hot spicy oil (~200 kcal)

Calories so far:  ~1060 kcal

This is my favorite!  This place makes it the best out of other places I've tried it at.  Yum yum yum!

This picture is of the wontons in hot spicy oil.  These are good too.  If you don't want it spicy... then don't eat that spoonful of spiciness on the top.

If you do... hot!  These are delicious also!

If you check out my link to it's yelp.com page... you'll notice many people mentioning how delicious the food is.  But don't let me hype it up.  Try for yourself!

After dinner it was snack time!  Or dessert time.  It was both.  Had these tasty treats from Phoenix Cafe.


Snack:  Black sesame & walnut and black sesame & almond puree goodness, and green tea with black sesame (inside) mochi 


Food:  Puree black sesame & walnut puree mixed with black sesame & almond puree (100 kcal?), 1 green tea black sesame mochi (110 kcal?)

Calories so far:  1270 kcal

Productive day?  XD

Tomorrow is running, maybe chiropractor, and Plyometric Cardio Circuit!!!

Almost finished with Month 1!!!

Day 24: Food times

Quickly so I can go to bed!

Breakfast + Snack:  O' my buns!

Food:  2 mini coffee buns (~200 kcal)

Calories:  ~200 kcal

I have 2 more left.  YUM.

You're probably thinking... another burger?  Yes.  Another one!  This time from Marie Callender's restaurant!

Lunch:  3/4 hamburger with some fries + <1/2 pecan pie slice of heaven!!!

Food:  3/4 hamburger (only ate 1 slice of bun) (~400 kcal), French fries (50 kcal), <1/2 pecan pie (440 kcal)

Calories so far:  ~1090 kcal

This pie was totally worth it.  I have never had a piece of pecan pie this heavenly.  My bro and I were laughing and smiling because it was so delicious.

HEAVEN on a plate ^^

Now it's time for some dinner!  Or snacks rather

Snacks:  1 bread bowl clam chowder and 1 corn on the cob

Food:  Clam chowder (~500 kcal?), 1 corn (170 kcal)

Calories so far:  ~1760 kcal


I don't mind today.  I think I worked out hard and I needed energy!  Rar!  Tomorrow will be better?... LOL.  maybe.  I just need to not go out.

Day 22: Food times

Today was a food day!  I was out out of the house, so lots of random foods.  Also, there will be some estimations!  So hard to count calories with some foods...

Breakfast:  O' my buns!!!

Food:  1 mini coffee bun (100? kcal), 1 serving mixed nuts (100 kcal)

Calories:  200 kcal

I have no idea how many calories this has.  When I bought them last night, I asked the guy how many calories, he said he had no idea and he'd have to ask.  Oh well.

Late lunch!  The mixed nuts earlier were actually a snack during work in between testing subjects for my thesis.

Lunch was at Class 302 today with friends!  I was the only one ordered lunch... so I got a bento meal while everyone partook in the unique Taiwanese-style shaved snow.  I had a few bites later.

Food:  1/2 pork chop over rice with veggies (350 kcal?)  I ate less than 1/2 the meal.  1/6 mango & mochi shaved snow (150? kcal)

Calories so far:  700? kcal

No idea on the shaved snow for calories.  Different right?  Sorry my picture is terrible, but it's actually mango-flavored "snow" and not just ice.

Have you all been to the LA County Fair at the Pomona Fairplex yet???  If not, then you should go!  It's the last week, so last chance to enjoy it!  I went today with friends to walk around and enjoy!

On the right is a coupon for the event.  Wed-Friday, there is a $5 after 5p special.  But!  You have to have the coupon printed out.  And you have to have one per person.  Kind of sucks... but it's still cheaper than $12 or whatever the normal price is.  It's from their website.

The first monstrosity eaten at the fair.  I guess this was technically my dinner?  I really wanted one last week... sorry diet!  But I eat what I want, but I eat in moderation!

I don't eat a funnel cake a week, or even once a month.  Last time I had it was... I don't remember!  Considering all the food in a fair, I could have done worse *cough* deep fried butter... blech.

Snacks:  Funnel cake w/ powdered sugar, corn on the cob, Hot Dog on a Stick lemonade

Food:  3/4 funnel cake w/ powdered sugar (570? kcal), 2/3 corn on the cob (113 kcal), 10 oz Hot Dog on a Stick lemonade (115 kcal)

Calories so far:  1498 kcal

O_O  maybe.  Must have eaten more!!!  Tomorrow I totally have to go running or work out more!  *dies*

Now I am tired.  So I well rest and be prepared for tomorrow's workout and eating well!

Day 18: Meals 1 + 2 + snack + 3... and bike riding!

Long day!  Tired thighs!  Almost immediately after Insanity and showering, got picked up to go to Huntington Beach for a birthday party!

On the way there, we stopped by Target to get a gift card and luckily there was a Starbucks... so I was able to get breakfast!

Breakfast:  Perfect Oatmeal with dried fruit, assorted nuts... and they ran out of brown sugar... so sorry, no brown sugar, but luckily still delicious!

Food:  1 cup oatmeal (140 kcal), 1 serving nuts (100 kcal), 1 serving dried fruit (100 kcal)

Calories:  340 kcal

The dried fruit was enough sweetness for this perfect oatmeal!  Only $2.45 + tax also!  Yay!


When we arrived, the birthday party consisted of us riding a bike about 4.65 miles to our destination.  This sucks if you're tired after doing Cardio Recovery and Cardio Abs + working out the night before... but!  It wasn't so bad.

Biking

Total distance:  ~9.30 miles
Total time riding:  ~ 55 minutes (30 there, ~25 back)
Total calories burned:  ~195 kcal

Yay for extra calories burned!!!  Makes me feel not so guilty about eating so much.  But still a little guilty ^^;

Here is the map that we rode (approximately) to our destination for lunch and alcohol (which I did not drink!)

Our destination was a sports bar called Sharkeez in Newport Beach, CA!

The birthday boy wanted to watch the UCLA football game and get beer... this place was here, so yup!

Lunch:  Hamburger + fries + chips & salsa

Food:  1/2 Hamburger (175 kcal), 1/2 order french fries (140 kcal), chips & salsa (100 kcal)

Calories so far:  755 kcal

Lucky I shared my meal with someone.  I seriously don't know how people can eat an entire hamburger.  That used to be me... but can't do it anymore without coma-ing.

Afterwards, we went to a cool presentation about clean bio-fuel at Sustainable Now Technologies (SNT).  Can't tell you their secrets, but it was really cool!  Plus they fed us organic and vegan snacks!!!  I would have taken photos, but I left my phone in the car f(>_<) oops.

Snack:  Kale chips, macadamia nut vegan cookies, mini pistachio vegan cupcake, sushi (california roll and asparagus tempura roll), finger veggies (snap peas, broccoli)

Food:  Kale chips (5 kcal), 2 mini cookies (~100 kcal), 1/2 mini cupcake (~35 kcal), 1 california roll (37 kcal), 2 asparagus tempura roll (76 kcal), finger veggies (20 kcal)

Calories so far:  1028 kcal

Onward to home and falling asleep... long day = almost falling asleep in the car.  Actually, I probably did.  I even took a 30 min nap when I got home.  When I woke up, I had 1/2 a can of this!

Dinner:  Campbell's Select Harvest Savory Chicken and Brown Rice Soup

Food:  1 serving (1/2 can) soup (140 kcal)

Calories so far:  1168 kcal

After eating this, I wanted something sweet... so here comes sweetness!

After dinner drink/snack:  Safeway Select European Cafe Style Hot Cocoa

Food:  1 cup water + 3 non-heaping tbsp cocoa (~110 kcal)

Calories so far:  1278 kcal

Nice way to end off the night!  I was thinking about tea... but I saw this and it won!  It's been a long time since I've drank it!  Cold night = perfect to drink something warm ^^

Tomorrow is a busy day.  Cardio Power & Resistance, then another birthday party!!!  *ready to be sore*  Time to go hard to go home!

Day 16: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner + Snack!

Today was a busy day!  My Aunt flew in today from Italy to stay with us for 3 weeks!  Plus, I had to wait around for telephone calls.  Then I went to the LA Fair!  and while I was at the fair... I saw Boyz II Men and En Vogue!  If you don't know them... you better start googling!

Breakfast:  Recycled photo from yesterday!  I'm a boring breakfast person sometimes...

Food:  1 cup Wild Harvest Natural Maple Pecan cereal (240 kcal), 1/2 cup Blue Diamond Vanilla Almond Breeze Milk (~40 kcal)

Calories:  280 kcal

Lunch times!:  Veggie omelet at Denny's!

Food:  1/2 omelet w/ spinach, avocado, mushrooms, onions, & bell peppers (170? kcal); 1 slice wheat toast w/margarine & no crust (120 kcal); 1/4 hash browns (50 kcal), 2 cups orange juice (220 kcal)

Calories so far:  740 kcal

I think I went over-calories with the omelet.  I think?  No cheese and no meat... so calories were pretty low!

Uh oh!  time for the fair!!!


That means time to eat excessive calories... but wait!

Saved a little bit by an awesome concert with Boyz II Men and En Vogue!!!  Serious awesomeness here.

Before we knew about the concert... we bought this monstrosity!

Dinner:  Super Nachos!!!

Food:  Nachos with carne asada, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa (~400 kcal).

Calories so far:  ~1140 kcal?

I stayed away from the carne asada, but I couldn't stay away from the guacamole or sour cream! *fail*

Snacky time:  Sweet Watermelon licorice with cream inside.  I was curious okay?  also 1/2 churro!  >_< derp.

Food:  1/4 licorice piece (20 kcal?), 1/2 churro (60 kcal)

Calories so far:  1220 kcal?

So many calories today!  *dies*

Day 14: Rest day + Meals 1 + 2

Yay!!!  Lazy day!

I thought this week I'd actually really rest and not workout.  Maybe I'll sneak in a walk this evening... but nothing too strenuous or high-energy.  So I'll force myself to not run or jog!  *tempted*

Here are my meals!

Breakfast:  Same boring cereal!  But it's the last bowl... so tomorrow will be a new cereal!  I'm excited XD

Food:  3/4 cup Post Banana Nut Cereal (180 kcal), 1/2 cup Vanilla Almond Breeze milk (~ 40 kcal)

Calories:  220 kcal

Lunch:  Souplantation with the boys

Food:  1 mixed salad made of 1/2 cup Wonton Chicken Happiness (75 kcal), 1/4 cup spinach (10 kcal), 2 tbsp butternut squash (6 kcal), lettuce (3 kcal), red cabbage (3 kcal)

Calories so far:  317 kcal

Then it's off to the soups!

Yay!!!  My favorite is back!  Cream of mushroom soup!  *happy*

Food:  1 cup chicken noodle soup broth (50 kcal?), 1 cup cream of mushroom (290 kcal)

Calories so far:  607 kcal

I like the chicken broth... but that's it, so guestimated on the calories.

My favorite part of Scott Pilgrim is when Scott says he loves bread and he could eat it everyday all day without stopping.  That's just like me.  Although as Ramona Flowers say "Bread makes you fat."

Scott Pilgrim "whhhhhaaaat?"

Food:  2.5 pieces sourdough bread w/o crust (300 kcal), 1 tsp butter (33 kcal)

Calories so far:  940 kcal

WAH!  I loved it so much.  So many calories though.

Snacktime:  True North Pistachio Crisps

Food:  15 crisps (140 kcal)

Calories so far:  1080 kcal

WAAAAH.

I totally gotta walk tonight!  I haven't even had dinner yet!  (>_<)

Day 13: Meal 2 Dinner + Snacks!

I actually ended up cooking a feast... but only ended eating the fish and the rice!  Oops!

Dinner:  Sanma (Mackerel) + Rice + pickled radish

Food:  Sanma (254 kcal), 1/2 cup rice (100 kcal) + 2 tbsp pickled radish (6 kcal)

Calories:  360 kcal

I also baked a mushroom, onion, potato mix with pepper, rosemary, thyme, and dude dust!  If you haven't tried dude dust... you must!  Serious.

Soon after, it was snack time!

Snack 1:  Mint & Chip ice cream

Food:  1 scoop ice cream (300 kcal)

Calories so far:  660 kcal

My scoop looks retarded.  Not a perfect looking scoop (;_;)

Snack 2:  True North Pistachio Crisps!

Food:  8 crisps (75 kcal)

Calories so far:  730 kcal

These are one of my favorite snacks!  Yum yum yum!  I'm happy the package tells you the amount of chips in one serving!  *happy*

No running tonight, but I wanted a little break!

Tomorrow is a rest day!

Day 11: Breakfast + snack

Today was relaxing!  Not feeling sore at all today.  Especially compared to yesterday when I was feeling ultra fatigued.  

Probably helped that I got Tiger Balm massaged on my back last night!  *relaxed*  

Lucky also because today is Cardio Recovery... so double relax day!  Although I think I might do additional workout.  

Happy Breakfast!  

Delicious bread from an asian bakery!  Not sure from where... but the bread was definitely from one.

Food:  1/2 piece of raisin & walnut break (150 kcal?)

Calories:  150? kcal

Sipping!  Sipping on oolong tea!

Isn't the Doraemon cup cute?

Oolong tea apparently has 0 calories.  So that's good!

Snack:  No photo, but also ate a mango for a snack

Food:  1 mango (40 kcal)

Calories so far:  190 kcal

Cardio recovery and probably a Jay Johnson boot camp workout... maybe!

Day 10: Meal 3 (Dinner) + Snack

Missed blogging last night because I left my Macbook at home and I wasn't home!  Oops!

So here's last night's dinner and snack!

Dinner:  Home-cooked food at the bf's house!

Food:  Lots of veggies.  I don't even know the names of them.  But this first one was cut pickles stuff.

No idea for calories!  None whatsoever.

It's ok, everything was delicious and pretty light and healthy.

More vegetables!

This was delicious also!

Killed this bowl of veggies.

I also had a bowl of rice.  About 1 1/4 cup brown rice + barley + steamed

Calories: ~ 150 kcal

Yum!  I ate one egg from here and one piece of bean curd.

Food:  1 large egg (72 kcal), 1 bean curd (41 kcal)

There was meat in here also, but I didn't eat any of it.  Don't know, wasn't really craving meat.

Not lately either!

*confused?*

This was for dessert!

Grapes and cherry tomatoes.

I ate about 6 grapes.

About 14 kcal.

Calories:  ~349 kcal?
(Not including the vegetables)

Snacktime!!!  I was hungry about an hour or so after dinner.

Food:  1 random sugar? cookie and 1 small pouch of dried peas

Calories:  No idea!!!

LOL the little cookie said 494 kcal per 100 g... so totally not sure.  I think.  The packet wasn't in english.

Day 10: Meals 1 + snack + 2 ~ Breakfast + Snack + Lunch

Friday!  Woke up pretty tired this morning.  Stayed up last night kind of late because I went to a friend's performance (which was fun) and then stayed up late backlogging my blog entries!  Remind me never to do that again...

I've eaten quite a lot today already!

Breakfast:  Not really a meal, but don't like to be full before teaching exercise classes.  

Food:  Quaker Oats Chewy Low Fat Chocolate Chunk granola bar (90 kcal)

Calories:  90 kcal

I know, not much, but I had to eat and go!

I never mentioned it, but I teach a seated aerobics class at an assisted-living and alzheimer's living facility.  This facility in particular is known for their  professional chefs and good food.  

Their cookies are the best!  Each week, I walk past the receptionist's desk and see a plate of cookies.  I was hungry after class and... seriously delicious.

Snack:  1 oatmeal cookie, 1/2 choco chip cookie

Food:  Oatmeal (130 kcal), Chocochip (65 kcal)

Calories so far:  285 kcal

Oops, shouldn't have had those cookies... I was expecting to go home and eat a bowl of cereal or something... but ring ring!  "Come to dim sum for a feast!"

This first 1/2 of the meal was eaten at Ocean Bo Dim Sum Cafe.  Pretty good.  Not the best, but pretty good.  I didn't eat all of the food here, there were 4 of us, and I picked and chose.

Lunch:  LOTS of dim sum!

Food:  1 veggie wrapped thing, 1 leaf-wrapped rice + stuff, 1 rice paper wrapped shrimp, 1/2 yellow bean sesame ball, 1/2 slice radish cake, 2 egg custard tarts!

Calories:  ~450 kcal?  I really can't say?

I ate until full... which is usually around 300 kcal. 

Here is the radish cake.  Sad it's not very crispy from being pan fried.  I like it best when it's crispy. Also, no garlic sauce.  *sad*

I didn't even want to order it, but it was ordered... my beloved egg custard tart!  I ate 1 (with someone taking bites of it T_T)... then one was left sitting.  So I ate the other... again someone *cough* took a huge bite out of it.  

<--- My favorite.  Also the best thing I ate during the entire meal!  It was warm, freshly made, with flakey light crust!!!

Sleepy and full still!  I finished eating at 12:40p... I hate overeating >_<  I planned to workout at 3:00p... then pushed it to 3:30p... now maybe at 4:00p?  

We'll see!  Hurry up and digest stomach!

P.S. Here's a random photo of me with my friend Stephanie from last night.  The theme was "School girl."  

My hair always gets in the way of exercise... but it's nice to be able to put it up like this if I want to.