I don’t know why but I am SO sleepy today! I fell asleep last night at around 9pm and didn’t wake up this morning until 10am. Did 8 min abs, had my breakfast, browsed the internet a bit, and then fell asleep again until 2pm! The rest of the day passed by in a blur, but let’s say it was not a very productive day. I stuck to eating core foods and did some moderate exercises though.

Breakfast: Shredded wheat w/ soy milk + diced banana
The creamines of the soy milk with the sweetness of the banana really made this a delish breakfast. Totally forgot how filling shredded wheat could be!

Lunch: Whole Wheat Couscous w/ Morningstar Garden Veggie Patty + Side of Corn, Tomato Basil Soup

[I think we've seen enough photos my mangos]
Snack: Mango

Dinner: Leftover hamburger helper, Salad w/ ff Italian dressing
Added some extra mustard to the pasta for a bit of a zing!

Snack: Cherry “Ice Cream” (my puree of frozen cherries)

Had to work on Sunday, so I couldn’t take photos of my food throughout the day. Here’s everything (plus more) packed… yes I bring a lot of food!! But I like to be prepared, rather than get tempted to order out if I get hungry.

Breakfast: Shredded wheat w/ soy milk + diced banana
Snack: Persimmon
Snack: Summer Muesli
Lunch: sliced steak w/ whole wheat couscous + side of corn
Snack: Morningstar veggie patty
Dinner: Core hamburger helper (leftovers)
Snack: Mango

Exercise: 30 minutes of walk&jog

I overslept (again) and missed the morning gym class. Normally that would result in me just throwing in the towel for the rest of the day, but I decided to eat breakfast, and then just go and use the equipment at the gym. For some reason, I just can never motivate myself enough to go to the gym for any other purpose aside from the classes. I guess because with the aerobic classes, you HAVE to keep up or look like a schmuck. Whereas on the machines, I often slack and just get off whenever I feel “tired.”

Anyway, I went and did 45 minutes on the elliptical, then 25 minutes on the bike. Whew, that left me exhausted. I burnt only around 300 calories though because I didn’t set the resistance very high. My heartrate was in the right target zone though. That’s one thing about being at a lower weight now — to get any real results, I have to really really push it hardcore. Whereas in the past, any kind of movement was fine and dandy. That’s the frustrating part because I’m generally a very lazy person… just gotta keep telling myself, “When you play, play hard.”

Breakfast (10am)
egg over easy w/ grapes on the side

Snack (1pm)
Mango

Lunch (1:30pm)
whole wheat couscoust tossed w/ chopped baked prawns (leftovers from a few nights ago) + chili/garlic/soy sauce
side of corn

Snack (3pm)
persimmon

Dinner (6pm)
core hamburger helper (using 93% lean beef, fat-free sourcream, and whole wheat pasta — *see recipe below)
salad w/ olives and ff italian dressing

Snack (9pm)
Lipton’s Bedtime tea w/ a dash of soy milk

*I really loved the Hamburger Helper Recipe. I made it as healthy as I could… it really is reminiscent of the boxed version, except a lot better!

1 lb. 93% lean ground beef
1 med onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3.5 cups of low sodium ff beef broth
Whole wheat pasta (I used a bag of trader joe’s rotini)
3/4 c. ff sour cream
3/4 t. mustard
salt and pepper to taste

Brown the beef along with the onion and garlic. Drain any fat. Add the beef broth and the pasta, cover, bring to a boil, and simmer at a med. boil for 15 min (or until pasta is cooked). Turn the heat down to low, and stir in sour cream and mustard.

And to end this random entry… here’s my Hello Kitty “massager” that cousin Diana brought back from her Japan trip. I asked her for some weird Japanese souvenirs and she brought back this classic, hah! Love it!!!

I’ve been slacking a lot in eating right and exercising. Finally realized that aside from “general health,” I did not have any tangible goals set … which had previously always given me a lot of focus and drive. So let’s see, psycho brother’s wedding is April 19th. That’s 65 days away (including today). And since we don’t get along, I have absolutely no responsibilities at the wedding (ie, no setting up, no being the camera person, etc). I get to just show up and ENJOY… especially the open bar, bwahah. Also plan on taking coworker Chris R. as my date too. So I wanna look hot at the wedding since it’s a big family affair and I just love making my relatives bite their tongues from the years of calling me ugly and fat.

For the next couple months, I will try to post my daily menus/exercise. Exercise goal is about 2500 minutes in 65 days, which is ~40 minutes of exercise everyday. Pretty do-able.

Today’s food:

Breakfast (9am)
2 eggs over easy w/ grits (lightly sprayed with ICBINB).

Snack (11am)
Yum Mango! Right now my my teeth are really sore, so it was quite satisfying to gnaw into a whole mango.. hehe I feel like a baby who is teething right now.

Lunch (1pm)
Peas + Mushroom w/ carved roasted chicken (sprinkled with habanero tabasco sauce)

Snack (3pm)
Persimmon

Snack (3pm)
Bowl of Lentil soup … guess my lunch was not that filling bc I was rather hungry at this point and had this unplanned soup. It was way too filling though and put me to sleep, causing me to oversleep and miss my gym class =(

Dinner (9pm)
Pan fried steak, roasted potatoes (w/ rosemary, EVOO + garlic salt), and salad with fat-free Thousand Island dressing

Snack (10:30pm)
Cherry “Ice Cream” … it’s just frozen cherries w/ a dash of water (didn’t have any milk left) + splenda, then blended. I was pretty satisfied from dinner, but I have a sore (or something) at the back of my mouth and wanted something cold to alleviate it.

Oh and by the way, since everyone kept mocking me about my usage of paperplates, look…I am using real plates now!!!! Happy now?? :p

Breakfast
2 – Lite Eng Muffin w/ Veggie Patty
1 – Vita CornMuffin

Snack
2 – Banana

Lunch
4 – Chicken Herb Soup
2 – Pita w/ Turkey

Snack
4 – Pistachios

Dinner
5 – Turkey Sub
2 – Baked Lays

22 – Total Points

20/35 – Flex Points Used

Water: 0oz
Thoughts:

Breakfast
2 – Lite Eng Muffin w/ Veggie Patty
1 – Vita CornMuffin

Snack
1 – Green tea w/ milk
2 – Banana

Lunch
6 – 6″ sub

Snack
1 – Lightfull Smoothie
2 – Pita w/ Turkey

Dinner
7 – WW orange chicken
1 – 3 mini shrimp spring rolls

Snack
2 – WW ice cream
1 – 100 cal kettle corn

26 – Total Points

16/35 – Flex Points Used

Water: 40oz
Thoughts: Slowly getting back on track.

Breakfast
2 – Lite English Muffin w/ Veggie Patty

Snack
1 – Small banana
1 – Vita Corn Muffin

Lunch
4 – Italian Wedding Soup
3 – WW Pita w/ Turkey slices + WW cream cheese

Snack
1 – Yogurt Smoothie

Dinner
5 – SB Turkey Bacon Wrap
2 – WW Ice Cream

Snack
2 – Grilled Cheese
1 – 100 Cal Kettle Corn

22 – Total Points

8/35 – Flex Points Used

Water: 40oz
Thoughts: Slowly getting back on track.

Breakfast
1 – Eggbeaters w/ basil
1 – Small banana
1 – Vitacorn muffin

Lunch
2 – Grilled Cheese w/ 1 slice tomato + Basil
4 – Beef Vegetable Soup

Snack
2 – WW ice cream

Snack
2 – Amy’s Tamale Pie
1 – 100 cal kettle corn

Dinner
5 – SB Turkey Bacon Wraps
0 – Steamed Cauliflowers w/ Garlic

22 – Total Points

4/35 – Flex Points Used

Water: 32oz
Thoughts: After being out of town for the last 4 days, I am so ready to be 100% accountable again.