Breakfast: Coffee; banana = 110; 105
Lunch: Instant noodles w/miso soup; 2 veggie spring rolls; spicy salmon maki = 300; 240; 290
Dinner: bowl of egg and torfu soup; vietnamese scrambled eggs; tortilla; 3 chicken wings = 100; 100; 100; 213
Calorie Intake = 1558
Exercise = 1hour muay thai
Calories burned = 553
Calories/day = 1005
This sucks! I'm very disapointed at myself! I'm in the beginning of my 3rd week and I can't seem to get my eating habits out! arrrggghhh I gotta stop!
Today I'll be working extra hard! Kettlebell AND muay thai today! I gotta eat healthy before I start working out or else I'm gonna be starving once I come back and gobble down everything I see! Not good....
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Dresses!
(this post is for Kay but you're welcome to read it too)
A few posts ago, I posted that I'm shopping for a dress for Joo's friend's wedding. The date is August 1 and I have almost 2 months to perfect for my look.
I've been experimenting with my hair lately - waves, curles, tight curls etc - and I think I'm gonna do something different this time. I usually keep my hair down with curls but I don't think I'll be doing it this time. I want my hair up... but don't want to make it too fancy. So - with the help of SATC2 - I've decided to do a side bun... something along the lines of this:
I've been experimenting with my hair lately - waves, curles, tight curls etc - and I think I'm gonna do something different this time. I usually keep my hair down with curls but I don't think I'll be doing it this time. I want my hair up... but don't want to make it too fancy. So - with the help of SATC2 - I've decided to do a side bun... something along the lines of this:
I really like this and I think it would like really elegant.
Another reason why I want to do this hair style is because I want to put emphasis on my shoulders (cuz i've been doing some crazy pushups!) and not on my waist. I've decided to go for an assymetrical/one shouler/boat neck line... or something other than just a tank or tube...
I've been searching through malls lately... not for a dress in particular but for clothes in general. I find that there's really nothing special out there. One day, I received a friend's request from a random girl... saying that she sells Korean and Japanese clothes online. I check her clothes out.. and found that these items are soo cute.. and unique! They have a certain flair to them that I can't quite point out but they're just sooo nice! As I was looking through their stuff, I found some really cute dresses that I am considering of wearing for the wedding. I think these dresses will be uberly compantible with the choice of hairstyle I picked...
I really like all of them and don't know which one I should choose? What do you think?
Beast Mode - Day 14
Breakfast: coffee; banana = 110; 105
lunch: fit for life chicken souvlaki wrap = 169
dinner: 9 piece sushi rolls = 255
Calorie intake = 639
Exercise: 1/2 hour kettlebell workout
Calories burned = 500 (est)
Calories/day = 139
I think I need to eat less. Yesterday (day 14) was the least amount of calories I've consumed... along with the most amount of calories I've burned... which is great!
I've always thought that the more I eat, the more energy I have to work out. I guess this isn't the case! I've realized that I need to just satisfy my hunger rather than satisfying my cravings for certain foods... and that's where the tempations come in...
I also blame my loving boyfriend who encourages me to eat (because he has a huge appetite!) and for making me feel guilty for not finishing my food. Because of all of this food intake, I've gained a huge amount of weight and crave more foods! arrrggghhh
Lately, I've been noticing that the people around me have said that I am an inspiration/motivation for them to stay fit - either losing weight or just being healthy. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm boasting... It made me realize that the actions I do for myself not only betters my life but the people around me... and I feel somewhat overwhelmed by this yet grateful that only a small action would create a wave of healthy lifestyles. With this said, I thank you. I thank you because it helps me keep motivated and focused... and encourages me to keep doing what I'm doing.
A few months ago, my supervisor bought Jillian Michaels' (the hardcore trainer of The Biggest Loser) book Making the Cut: The 30 Day Diet & Fitness Plan for the Strongest and Sexiest You. It wasn't until a few days ago that she started reading it. She noticed that I've been eating healthier snacks and lunches at work. She mentioned that in the book, there's a test that helps you find what type of metabolism you have... which can help you create (or follow) a nutrition plan that can help you lose weight in a healthy way (not a fad diet). She brought the book in today and photocopied the test for me take. In the book, Jillian mentions that there are three metabolic types tha tone has:
lunch: fit for life chicken souvlaki wrap = 169
dinner: 9 piece sushi rolls = 255
Calorie intake = 639
Exercise: 1/2 hour kettlebell workout
Calories burned = 500 (est)
Calories/day = 139
I think I need to eat less. Yesterday (day 14) was the least amount of calories I've consumed... along with the most amount of calories I've burned... which is great!
I've always thought that the more I eat, the more energy I have to work out. I guess this isn't the case! I've realized that I need to just satisfy my hunger rather than satisfying my cravings for certain foods... and that's where the tempations come in...
I also blame my loving boyfriend who encourages me to eat (because he has a huge appetite!) and for making me feel guilty for not finishing my food. Because of all of this food intake, I've gained a huge amount of weight and crave more foods! arrrggghhh
Lately, I've been noticing that the people around me have said that I am an inspiration/motivation for them to stay fit - either losing weight or just being healthy. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm boasting... It made me realize that the actions I do for myself not only betters my life but the people around me... and I feel somewhat overwhelmed by this yet grateful that only a small action would create a wave of healthy lifestyles. With this said, I thank you. I thank you because it helps me keep motivated and focused... and encourages me to keep doing what I'm doing.
A few months ago, my supervisor bought Jillian Michaels' (the hardcore trainer of The Biggest Loser) book Making the Cut: The 30 Day Diet & Fitness Plan for the Strongest and Sexiest You. It wasn't until a few days ago that she started reading it. She noticed that I've been eating healthier snacks and lunches at work. She mentioned that in the book, there's a test that helps you find what type of metabolism you have... which can help you create (or follow) a nutrition plan that can help you lose weight in a healthy way (not a fad diet). She brought the book in today and photocopied the test for me take. In the book, Jillian mentions that there are three metabolic types tha tone has:
- Slow oxidizers requires a higher percentage of carbohydrates than of fat and protein, both to lose weight and to feel both physically and mentally energized
- Balanced oxidizers require an equal percentage of carbohydrates, fat, and protein and have the capacity to do well on the widest range of foods
- Fast oxidizers require a higher percentage of protein, and fat than of carbohydrates. Fast oxidizers should have protein in every meal, including snacks.
I fell under the Balanced Oxidizers and I'm pretty sure most people do too (all of my coworkers did). In this metabolic type, it says that I need a balance carbs, fat and protein. And here's my rant of carbs - I find that in the last 5-7 years, there has been this fad diet that you should cut out carbs if you want to lose weight. At first, it all made sense to me... cutting out breads etc sits in your stomach longer thus, not digesting food etc etc - That's not the case. I find that good sources of carbs can help you be full longer thus cravings for sweets or other unhealthy things can be curbed. Other than the fact that people who are under the fast oxidizer type, I don't understand that. Most people are balanced oxidizers and for you to cut out carbs just means that you're living an unhealthy diet and starving yourself.
Anyway, I was gonna blog about something else today... but just thought it might be useful for you to see what metabolic types there are. If you'd like to do the test, let me know. =)
Also, yesterday Kay and I went to our kettlebell class. It was only half an hour but it seriously kicked our butts. Even the jacked up black guys behind us weren't able to do the full exercises! Today when I woke up, I already felt the pain (I usually feel it in exactly 24 hours of my workout). The lower back is aching and I think I'm in much need of some hot yoga to stretch it out. Thankfully, our new work out routine enables us to do some hot yoga on Fridays after a long week of working out.
Yesterday, Kay and I have made a pact to ourselves that our goal at the gym is to be able to do the full kettlebell exercises, along with an hour class of Muay Thai. Yesterday, we were only able to do the kettlebell class and were too exhausted to do the Muay Thai one.
On that note, I'm very glad Kay and Katie has decided to join the martial arts gym with me. It truly motivates me to work harder and be focused. Thank you =)
Beast Mode - Day 11, 12 & 13
note: I wrote this post yesterday but couldn't write a new post in blogger for sort of reason...
Day 11
Breakfast: Baby arugula w/ cashews, coffee = 200, 60
Snack: Broccoli, cucumbers = 20; 21
Lunch: Turkey sandwich w/cucumbers, alfalfa, baby arugula and flax bread = 400
Dinner: Hamburger, sausage = 500; 300
Calorie intake = 1501
Exercise = None
Calories Burned = zero
Day 12
Breakfast/Lunch = Kim Kim’s chili chicken on rice; chicken & corn soup = 500; 300
Snack: half an ikea hot dog = 97
Dinner: Shrimp rolls = 400
Calorie intake = 1297
Exercise = None
Calories Burned = zero
Day 13
Breakfast: Ikea’s $1 breakfast (includes, 2 sausages, scrambled eggs & home fries) & 1 soup = 500
Dinner = Jack Astor’s steak fajitas = 1019
Calorie intake = 1519
The weekend is over… and so are the temptations I endured. Gosh, it’s sooo hard to go out with friends who love to eat everything and anything! Joo finally got a Friday night off. Initially, me, him and couple of other friends were supposed to come by for a uber small bbq and cool down with beers (obviously, the beer was not for me). It turned out to be at least 5 guys coming over and Joo getting drunk with Dan…! (Lol They get hilariously funny and at times, sooo friggin’ weird! LOL Dan is an engineer so whenever I talk to him or anyone else, he’s always talking about engineering stuff…! Lol stuff like, how it works, physics, math etc etc… Joo loves talking about all of this stuff so they’re soo compatible with each other! )
Anyhow, it kinda sucks how I’m starting this lifestyle change during the summer. I gotta admit, I miss out on a lot things such as… drinks on the patio, barbeques, ice cream… and a whole lot more! BUT, I gotta make it through.
Saturday wasn’t sooo bad! I thought I ate a whole bunch of stuff that day… but as I was writing it down, it wasn’t that much.
Sunday was a killer. Those fajitas were soo damn good… but I could’ve gotten a salad instead. Boo.
Anyhow, that was my eventful but still chaotic weekend. Back to grind of Monday….
Day 11
Breakfast: Baby arugula w/ cashews, coffee = 200, 60
Snack: Broccoli, cucumbers = 20; 21
Lunch: Turkey sandwich w/cucumbers, alfalfa, baby arugula and flax bread = 400
Dinner: Hamburger, sausage = 500; 300
Calorie intake = 1501
Exercise = None
Calories Burned = zero
Day 12
Breakfast/Lunch = Kim Kim’s chili chicken on rice; chicken & corn soup = 500; 300
Snack: half an ikea hot dog = 97
Dinner: Shrimp rolls = 400
Calorie intake = 1297
Exercise = None
Calories Burned = zero
Day 13
Breakfast: Ikea’s $1 breakfast (includes, 2 sausages, scrambled eggs & home fries) & 1 soup = 500
Dinner = Jack Astor’s steak fajitas = 1019
Calorie intake = 1519
The weekend is over… and so are the temptations I endured. Gosh, it’s sooo hard to go out with friends who love to eat everything and anything! Joo finally got a Friday night off. Initially, me, him and couple of other friends were supposed to come by for a uber small bbq and cool down with beers (obviously, the beer was not for me). It turned out to be at least 5 guys coming over and Joo getting drunk with Dan…! (Lol They get hilariously funny and at times, sooo friggin’ weird! LOL Dan is an engineer so whenever I talk to him or anyone else, he’s always talking about engineering stuff…! Lol stuff like, how it works, physics, math etc etc… Joo loves talking about all of this stuff so they’re soo compatible with each other! )
Anyhow, it kinda sucks how I’m starting this lifestyle change during the summer. I gotta admit, I miss out on a lot things such as… drinks on the patio, barbeques, ice cream… and a whole lot more! BUT, I gotta make it through.
Saturday wasn’t sooo bad! I thought I ate a whole bunch of stuff that day… but as I was writing it down, it wasn’t that much.
Sunday was a killer. Those fajitas were soo damn good… but I could’ve gotten a salad instead. Boo.
Anyhow, that was my eventful but still chaotic weekend. Back to grind of Monday….
Friday, June 4, 2010
Beast Mode - Day 10
Breakfast: Baby arugula w/cashews; iced tall skinny vanilla latte = 200; 60
snacks: carrots, brocolli; cucumbers = 10; 20; 21
lunch: turkey sandwich w/flax bread, baby arugula, cucumbers, alfalfa = 400
snacks: carrots, brocolli; cucumbers = 10; 20; 21
dinner: spicy Korean seafood & tofu soup with veggies & rice = 600
Calorie intake = 1362
Exercise = NONE
Sleep = 6 hours
Yesterday since I knew that I wouldn't be working out, I decided to keep my eating at a minimal, but of course not starving myself. My plan to eat a meal every 4-5 hours with carrots, broccoli and cucumbers in the between worked. Surprisingly, the snacks helped curb my hunger until my next meal. I've also noticed that I don't eat that much when I'm actually eating my meals. It helps me not chow down all of my food all at once. Planning your food everyday makes it easy to see what you intake and control your hunger.
Did you know that you're practically intaking zero calories when you eat carrots, broccoli, cucumbers and celery? Apparently, the digestion process of each of these foods burn more calories than the actually calories it has. Interesting fact. huh?
The weekend is almost here! five and half more hours to go! Temptation will arise... and hopefully I am prepared =S
snacks: carrots, brocolli; cucumbers = 10; 20; 21
lunch: turkey sandwich w/flax bread, baby arugula, cucumbers, alfalfa = 400
snacks: carrots, brocolli; cucumbers = 10; 20; 21
dinner: spicy Korean seafood & tofu soup with veggies & rice = 600
Calorie intake = 1362
Exercise = NONE
Sleep = 6 hours
Yesterday since I knew that I wouldn't be working out, I decided to keep my eating at a minimal, but of course not starving myself. My plan to eat a meal every 4-5 hours with carrots, broccoli and cucumbers in the between worked. Surprisingly, the snacks helped curb my hunger until my next meal. I've also noticed that I don't eat that much when I'm actually eating my meals. It helps me not chow down all of my food all at once. Planning your food everyday makes it easy to see what you intake and control your hunger.
Did you know that you're practically intaking zero calories when you eat carrots, broccoli, cucumbers and celery? Apparently, the digestion process of each of these foods burn more calories than the actually calories it has. Interesting fact. huh?
The weekend is almost here! five and half more hours to go! Temptation will arise... and hopefully I am prepared =S
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Beast Mode - Day 9
Breakfast: Coffee; 1 Double = 110; 345.4
Snacks: Carrots; celery = 10; 20
Lunch: 1 Double = 345.4
Snack: Carrots; celery; cucumbers; bowl of spinach and pork bone soup; iced tall skinny vanilla latte = 10; 20; 21; 200; 60
Dinner: Bowl of pho = 449
Calorie intake = 1590.8
Exercise = 1 hour hot yoga
Calories burned = 700
Calories/day = 890.8
As I mentioned in yesterday's entry, my coworkers and I get some take out lunch once in a while. It turns out that we didn't go get veal parmigiano but decided on some west indian food. As I was looking at the menu of all types of curries, roti and jerks, I thought to myself that I will never lose weight if I decide to get all of this type of food (mostly sauce and rice), especially when I know they pack the whole damn take out container to the very top! I felt so helpless. There were times when I just thought, "C'mon Pauline, if you eat this today, it's oookkkk!! You're going to hot yoga anyway so you'll burn it off!!" Yes, that's my conscious talking to me, the devil side telling me to friggin' be fat... and that's how it was before! But not anymore!! NOPE! NOT ME!!!
My eating habits has always been a struggle me. I loooovveee food! Any type of food - from Korean, West & East Indian, Chinese... EVERYTHING! - I love!! It's horrible, I know. But I fell through it and decided to get the least amount (and cheapest!) thing on the menu, doubles!
Snacks: Carrots; celery = 10; 20
Lunch: 1 Double = 345.4
Snack: Carrots; celery; cucumbers; bowl of spinach and pork bone soup; iced tall skinny vanilla latte = 10; 20; 21; 200; 60
Dinner: Bowl of pho = 449
Calorie intake = 1590.8
Exercise = 1 hour hot yoga
Calories burned = 700
Calories/day = 890.8
As I mentioned in yesterday's entry, my coworkers and I get some take out lunch once in a while. It turns out that we didn't go get veal parmigiano but decided on some west indian food. As I was looking at the menu of all types of curries, roti and jerks, I thought to myself that I will never lose weight if I decide to get all of this type of food (mostly sauce and rice), especially when I know they pack the whole damn take out container to the very top! I felt so helpless. There were times when I just thought, "C'mon Pauline, if you eat this today, it's oookkkk!! You're going to hot yoga anyway so you'll burn it off!!" Yes, that's my conscious talking to me, the devil side telling me to friggin' be fat... and that's how it was before! But not anymore!! NOPE! NOT ME!!!
My eating habits has always been a struggle me. I loooovveee food! Any type of food - from Korean, West & East Indian, Chinese... EVERYTHING! - I love!! It's horrible, I know. But I fell through it and decided to get the least amount (and cheapest!) thing on the menu, doubles!
If you don't know what doubles are, please look above. They're a native Trini street food that consists of two fried but scrumptious flat breads and delicious curried chick peas. It is incredibly good... and the chick peas make up for all of the greasy and fattening flat bread. Yummmm... I just wanted to share a lesson culture to you =)
Yesterday's hot yoga class was sooo hot! But do you know what made it hotter??!?!? The friggin' instructor!! hahaah I swear, at times I felt like we were flirting with our yoga moves! lol jk! I wisshhh!
The place that we usually go to for hot yoga no longer offered the cheap $7 class on Wednesdays at 8:30 anymore. Wednesdays are our mini "girls night out"nights that consists of hot yoga and some good lovin' pho. But now, since the classes aren't offered anymore... what to do? what to do? We gotta rearrange our work out schedule or find some place that offers hot yoga for cheap. It's gonna be tough because everyone reserves Wednesday nights for our weekly hot yoga session.
Yesterday class... and I swear, every week, the class gets hotter and hotter! I actually fell asleep while in corpose pose before the class lol As I was lying there, I could already feel the sweat roll off my forehead! lol and the class hasn't even started yet! lol But yesterday's class was really good. There were only about 1/8 of people there compared to the usually packed 60 people. It wasn't as stuffy and the instructor took his time to try to perfect everyone's pose. It was good.
Anyway, I think that's it? I'll ttyl =)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Beast Mode - Day 8
Breakfast: Baby arugula w/cashews & cucumbers; coffee = 200; 105
Snack: Cucumbers, carrots, celery = 50
Lunch: Turkey sandwich w/flax bread, baby arugula, cucumbers = 200
Snack: Snack: Cucumbers, carrots, celery; bowl of pork bone soup & tomatos = 50; 100
Dinner: Bowl of rice w/spicy/kim chi chicken, kimchi, kimchi cucumbers salad = 500
Calorie intake = 1205
Exercise: 2 hours of biking
Calories burned = 894.5
Calories/day = 310.5
Sleep = 6 hours
I gotta make this entry quick.. before my supervisor comes back from whatever she's doing. I think she's catching on to the fact that... I don't really do work at work... but meh! LOL There's nothing to do anyway....!
Yesterday (Day 8) marks the official 1 week of the my 'lifestyle change.' I say lifestyle change because this is not a fad diet and I truly want to change my eating habits etc.... I weighed myself... Yep! I stepped onto that scale and was afraid that my weekend of bad eating would catch up to me... but it didn't! I'm right on track! I lost a pound! phew! all that hard work, all those biking nights and the heat of standing hot yoga paid off!
This week, I'm planning to go full force! Monday night, I went over to the supermarket and bought a whole bunch of muchies! Munchies such as celery, carrots, broccolli, cucumbers to snack on. Remember when I mentioned in my earlier posts that I gotta stop heading straight to the kitchen after work? Yeah, I was hoping that snacking on these veggies that it would curve my hunger... and it did! I'm so glad!
Other than the weekend, I find that there are a lot of food temptations... but I know I can overcome them. For example, we do luncheons at work now and then... today we have an ex worker come in to have lunch.. and we're having veal parmigiano sandwiches from an Italian restaurant nearby. I don't even want to know how much calories that is... but my plan is quite simple: eat it piece by piece throughout the day. Eat half for breakfast (since I started late today) and eat the other half for lunch.... oh yes, and eat it without the bread lol That's the key!
Hot yoga tonight with ladies! Can't wait! Gotta stretch out my body after the kettlebell workout (my body is still sore) and after riding uphill yesterday...!
Snack: Cucumbers, carrots, celery = 50
Lunch: Turkey sandwich w/flax bread, baby arugula, cucumbers = 200
Snack: Snack: Cucumbers, carrots, celery; bowl of pork bone soup & tomatos = 50; 100
Dinner: Bowl of rice w/spicy/kim chi chicken, kimchi, kimchi cucumbers salad = 500
Calorie intake = 1205
Exercise: 2 hours of biking
Calories burned = 894.5
Calories/day = 310.5
Sleep = 6 hours
I gotta make this entry quick.. before my supervisor comes back from whatever she's doing. I think she's catching on to the fact that... I don't really do work at work... but meh! LOL There's nothing to do anyway....!
Yesterday (Day 8) marks the official 1 week of the my 'lifestyle change.' I say lifestyle change because this is not a fad diet and I truly want to change my eating habits etc.... I weighed myself... Yep! I stepped onto that scale and was afraid that my weekend of bad eating would catch up to me... but it didn't! I'm right on track! I lost a pound! phew! all that hard work, all those biking nights and the heat of standing hot yoga paid off!
This week, I'm planning to go full force! Monday night, I went over to the supermarket and bought a whole bunch of muchies! Munchies such as celery, carrots, broccolli, cucumbers to snack on. Remember when I mentioned in my earlier posts that I gotta stop heading straight to the kitchen after work? Yeah, I was hoping that snacking on these veggies that it would curve my hunger... and it did! I'm so glad!
Other than the weekend, I find that there are a lot of food temptations... but I know I can overcome them. For example, we do luncheons at work now and then... today we have an ex worker come in to have lunch.. and we're having veal parmigiano sandwiches from an Italian restaurant nearby. I don't even want to know how much calories that is... but my plan is quite simple: eat it piece by piece throughout the day. Eat half for breakfast (since I started late today) and eat the other half for lunch.... oh yes, and eat it without the bread lol That's the key!
Hot yoga tonight with ladies! Can't wait! Gotta stretch out my body after the kettlebell workout (my body is still sore) and after riding uphill yesterday...!
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