Today I did not ride my bike...again!...and I went to this interdisciplinary dinner where I ate the food that was provided so I am going to have to guesstimate on the calories. I wish I could just eat at home everyday for all of my meals so I could control everything I am eating, but then I guess I wouldn't have a social life. Let me get the tally going though, because my stomach is growling and if I have any calories left over I am going to go have a delicious little snack. Oh and I didn't ride my bike because I had to dress up for the dinner and I wore a dress.
2 egg omelet with spinach, mushrooms, and cheese 250
MSF sausage 80
Grapefruit 120
2 leftover chinese potstickers 70?
Salad with RF gorgonzola, tomatoes, and mushrooms, and RF Balsamic Vinaigrette 120
Dinner Roll 85?
Small salad with honey mustard dressing 150?
Green Beans 50?
Veggie Lasagna 290?
Sweet tea 120
Americano with 2 pumps SFV and whole milk 50
Total= 1390
Hopefully those are over-estimations of calories since I had small portions...
but I am about to have 2 spring rolls!
Bad me. Oh well, I think my roommates can hear my stomach growling in their rooms.
1.14.2010
1.13.2010
I didn't ride my bike today. There was just too much going on and my butt needed a break. Weigh in tomorrow!
Calorie count:
Cinn & Sugar Oatmeal packet 120
Coffee 10
Baked Lays 120
Black Bean Burger 250
Pretzels 120
Chili with Cheese and Sour Cream 575
Crock pot Vegetarian Chili Recipe:
1 can Black Beans
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can low sodium diced tomatoes
Vegetable Broth
1/2 medium sized onion
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp cumin
3 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1) Chop garlic and onion and put in the crock pot with the olive oil. Allow these to cook a little bit while preparing other ingredients.
2) Drain (but don't rinse) the pinto beans. (the left over sauce thickens the chili)
3) Do not drain the black beans. (I buy the seasoned version)
4) Add beans and diced tomatoes to the crock pot.
5) Fill the pinto bean can with vegetable broth and add to crock pot.
6) Add cumin and chili powder. I also add red chili flakes to spice it up a bit.
7) Stir and leave on high heat, covered. (if you are going to be gone a full 8 hours you might want to leave it on low)
8) Add sour cream and cheese to your liking!
Calorie count:
Cinn & Sugar Oatmeal packet 120
Coffee 10
Baked Lays 120
Black Bean Burger 250
Pretzels 120
Chili with Cheese and Sour Cream 575
Crock pot Vegetarian Chili Recipe:
1 can Black Beans
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can low sodium diced tomatoes
Vegetable Broth
1/2 medium sized onion
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp cumin
3 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1) Chop garlic and onion and put in the crock pot with the olive oil. Allow these to cook a little bit while preparing other ingredients.
2) Drain (but don't rinse) the pinto beans. (the left over sauce thickens the chili)
3) Do not drain the black beans. (I buy the seasoned version)
4) Add beans and diced tomatoes to the crock pot.
5) Fill the pinto bean can with vegetable broth and add to crock pot.
6) Add cumin and chili powder. I also add red chili flakes to spice it up a bit.
7) Stir and leave on high heat, covered. (if you are going to be gone a full 8 hours you might want to leave it on low)
8) Add sour cream and cheese to your liking!
1.12.2010
So I think I will try to do my daily calorie count on here and maybe some recipes. As most people who are reading this should know, I am on a ~1200 calorie a day diet. However, according to a very useful little app on my Ipod touch, I can consume 1400 calories a day to lose 1 and a 1/2 pounds a week. Not too bad! So if it is a rough day I will definitely be taking advantage of those extra calories. I also am a newly converted pescatarian (since September?) so that adds some challenges to the diet, but so far it actually has been a pretty fun challenge to create a good variety of low calorie healthy recipes I can enjoy!
Here is a summary of my progress:
I started at 182.5 pounds in September.
Starting October 1st I kept a journal of everything I ate on a daily basis and only broke my rules once every 2 weeks or so for the first 6 weeks. Around Thanksgiving this of course was not going so well, but other than a few occasions I kept up my diet until around December 9th I think. The grand total of weight loss was 15.5 pounds. I also did a lot of Wii Fit during that time frame. Once holiday happenings started into full swing the diet kind of disappeared. I actually didn't really watch what I was eating at all. That's how it goes when I am with my very southern minded parents. I also threw my vegetarian ways out of the window for the most part because my parents think it is silly and I would not have been able to survive at their house without consuming meat. Amazingly, when I weighed myself around January 3rd or 4th I had only gained about a pound back! So that encouraged me even more to start back up. On January 5th I started calorie counting again at a weight of 168 pounds.
I did not weigh myself today, but two days ago I was at 167.2 pounds.
Calories for the day:
Omelet (2 eggs, tomato, onion, cheese) 240 calories
Morning star farms "sausage" 80 calories
Smart Ones Lasagna Florentine 290 calories
Green tea lemonade from starbucks w/ 3 pumps of classic syrup 130 calories
Eggplant, Tofu, and Bok Choy "stir fry" ~320 calories
*recipe adapted from http://www.grouprecipes.com/64169/baby-bok-choy-with-eggplant-and-tofu.html
Vegetable Spring Rolls 200 calories
Total = 1260
My eggplant, tofu, and bok choy recipe was very similar however to make it for just one person, and to change it up a bit this is what I did:
-Dried the tofu first (a good tip I didn't know, this was actually my very first time cooking tofu myself!)
-Used 1 tbsp of olive oil instead of 2
-Used 1/5 of the package of tofu (70 cals)
-Used 1/3 of the eggplant- salted it generously and left it to sit for a while, while I was preparing other things to take some of the bitterness out!
-Used 3 "leaves" of the bok choy (mine was not baby bok choy, just the regular stuff)
-I added 2 large button mushrooms, sliced into thick pieces, and added them at the same step as the bok choy
-I used the same amount of garlic and ginger as the recipe called for because I like a lot of flavor!
-I added red pepper flakes to the eggplant, like what is recommended in the recipe
-I used 2 tbsp of soy sauce, and a little less water in the eggplant step
It turned out fabulous! I think next time I will serve it over some rice because the sauce was a little thin, but it tasted wonderful and rice would have soaked it all right up.
I also rode my bike to class and back home which totaled about 45 mins of bike riding.
Here is a summary of my progress:
I started at 182.5 pounds in September.
Starting October 1st I kept a journal of everything I ate on a daily basis and only broke my rules once every 2 weeks or so for the first 6 weeks. Around Thanksgiving this of course was not going so well, but other than a few occasions I kept up my diet until around December 9th I think. The grand total of weight loss was 15.5 pounds. I also did a lot of Wii Fit during that time frame. Once holiday happenings started into full swing the diet kind of disappeared. I actually didn't really watch what I was eating at all. That's how it goes when I am with my very southern minded parents. I also threw my vegetarian ways out of the window for the most part because my parents think it is silly and I would not have been able to survive at their house without consuming meat. Amazingly, when I weighed myself around January 3rd or 4th I had only gained about a pound back! So that encouraged me even more to start back up. On January 5th I started calorie counting again at a weight of 168 pounds.
I did not weigh myself today, but two days ago I was at 167.2 pounds.
Calories for the day:
Omelet (2 eggs, tomato, onion, cheese) 240 calories
Morning star farms "sausage" 80 calories
Smart Ones Lasagna Florentine 290 calories
Green tea lemonade from starbucks w/ 3 pumps of classic syrup 130 calories
Eggplant, Tofu, and Bok Choy "stir fry" ~320 calories
*recipe adapted from http://www.grouprecipes.com/64169/baby-bok-choy-with-eggplant-and-tofu.html
Vegetable Spring Rolls 200 calories
Total = 1260
My eggplant, tofu, and bok choy recipe was very similar however to make it for just one person, and to change it up a bit this is what I did:
-Dried the tofu first (a good tip I didn't know, this was actually my very first time cooking tofu myself!)
-Used 1 tbsp of olive oil instead of 2
-Used 1/5 of the package of tofu (70 cals)
-Used 1/3 of the eggplant- salted it generously and left it to sit for a while, while I was preparing other things to take some of the bitterness out!
-Used 3 "leaves" of the bok choy (mine was not baby bok choy, just the regular stuff)
-I added 2 large button mushrooms, sliced into thick pieces, and added them at the same step as the bok choy
-I used the same amount of garlic and ginger as the recipe called for because I like a lot of flavor!
-I added red pepper flakes to the eggplant, like what is recommended in the recipe
-I used 2 tbsp of soy sauce, and a little less water in the eggplant step
It turned out fabulous! I think next time I will serve it over some rice because the sauce was a little thin, but it tasted wonderful and rice would have soaked it all right up.
I also rode my bike to class and back home which totaled about 45 mins of bike riding.
12.15.2009
one semester of classes left. i can't really believe it. all i have known for the past 20 years is school. i know i still have a year left of rotations but they are more like work experience than school. it's crazy how close i am to the real world!
i was really looking forward to break, but it seems like i have been on an emotional downward spiral for the last few days. maybe i can break out of the funk since i will have so much free time to do things i really enjoy and not stress about anything. just have to try to stick to the diet so that i don't gain any weight back. that would just really enhance my depressed feelings. it would probably be a good idea to try to watch some uplifting movies for a change instead of all of these intense, dark dramas i have been watching lately.
anyway, bed time.
i was really looking forward to break, but it seems like i have been on an emotional downward spiral for the last few days. maybe i can break out of the funk since i will have so much free time to do things i really enjoy and not stress about anything. just have to try to stick to the diet so that i don't gain any weight back. that would just really enhance my depressed feelings. it would probably be a good idea to try to watch some uplifting movies for a change instead of all of these intense, dark dramas i have been watching lately.
anyway, bed time.
9.23.2009
My mind is racing to the finish line
So many thoughts.
Can't control my crazy mind this evening.
When I was driving home this evening, first of all...it was fabulous with the windows down and some folk music playing in the background. Second of all I drove by the whig and art bar (even though they weren't really on the way) and reminisced. I miss going to those places. Even though I might not fit in at either of them perfectly, I for sure feel more comfortable and enjoy the company more at those bars than I ever have, will, or want to feel at the clones-r-us bars in five points...this description obviously excludes a few of the enjoyable places in five points including Speakeasy, Tavern, and on occasion Delaney's. But because of my failed relationship with Jess I really don't have anyone to accompany me to the bars I'd like to frequent. I'm working on it though. Soon enough I will get my friday night dancing on at art bar. Anyway back to what I was trying to get to...I was driving down Park Street and drove by the place where I hit a squirrel a few weeks ago...and there was a cat in the exact same spot that the squirrel was that I killed! The crazy part is that when I hit the squirrel it must have run under my back tire because I never saw it in the street, but I heard (and felt) a bump. I started freaking out and felt completely terrible because I thought I may have hit someone's cat..but I couldn't convince myself to go look and find out what it was. This is partially due to the fact that there was a car behind me and I could feel them staring at me thinking "Cold blooded killer!" or something along those lines. Gah, it was terrible. Luckily, when I went by the next morning though I determined that it was a squirrel so some of my nerves were calmed. (Not that it is okay to kill a squirrel, but at least I didn't kill some little kid's best friend or something) But then tonight when I saw the cat sitting there all those feelings came rushing back and I think I probably went about 3 miles an hour until I was sure the cat was safe and hundreds of feet away from my homicidal tires.
Then...I was coming down the massive hill right before the entrance into my neighborhood and something about the light of the moon tonight and the shadows it was making made the humongous kudzu overgrowth on the corner look like a big green blob monster. It was kind of rustling in the wind and looked all ominous. Creepy!
I watched seven pounds tonight. It was pretty good. I'll give it like 7.5 stars out of 10. Will Smith did a great job. It was making me feel old though because he is really starting to age. It's not a good sign when movie stars start to look old. And then I'm still trying to figure out why it is named seven pounds. I get the seven part. But what does pounds signify?
Eh time for bed.
Song:
In honor of Daisy's release today (or yesterday)
Brand New
Daisy
Can't control my crazy mind this evening.
When I was driving home this evening, first of all...it was fabulous with the windows down and some folk music playing in the background. Second of all I drove by the whig and art bar (even though they weren't really on the way) and reminisced. I miss going to those places. Even though I might not fit in at either of them perfectly, I for sure feel more comfortable and enjoy the company more at those bars than I ever have, will, or want to feel at the clones-r-us bars in five points...this description obviously excludes a few of the enjoyable places in five points including Speakeasy, Tavern, and on occasion Delaney's. But because of my failed relationship with Jess I really don't have anyone to accompany me to the bars I'd like to frequent. I'm working on it though. Soon enough I will get my friday night dancing on at art bar. Anyway back to what I was trying to get to...I was driving down Park Street and drove by the place where I hit a squirrel a few weeks ago...and there was a cat in the exact same spot that the squirrel was that I killed! The crazy part is that when I hit the squirrel it must have run under my back tire because I never saw it in the street, but I heard (and felt) a bump. I started freaking out and felt completely terrible because I thought I may have hit someone's cat..but I couldn't convince myself to go look and find out what it was. This is partially due to the fact that there was a car behind me and I could feel them staring at me thinking "Cold blooded killer!" or something along those lines. Gah, it was terrible. Luckily, when I went by the next morning though I determined that it was a squirrel so some of my nerves were calmed. (Not that it is okay to kill a squirrel, but at least I didn't kill some little kid's best friend or something) But then tonight when I saw the cat sitting there all those feelings came rushing back and I think I probably went about 3 miles an hour until I was sure the cat was safe and hundreds of feet away from my homicidal tires.
Then...I was coming down the massive hill right before the entrance into my neighborhood and something about the light of the moon tonight and the shadows it was making made the humongous kudzu overgrowth on the corner look like a big green blob monster. It was kind of rustling in the wind and looked all ominous. Creepy!
I watched seven pounds tonight. It was pretty good. I'll give it like 7.5 stars out of 10. Will Smith did a great job. It was making me feel old though because he is really starting to age. It's not a good sign when movie stars start to look old. And then I'm still trying to figure out why it is named seven pounds. I get the seven part. But what does pounds signify?
Eh time for bed.
Song:
In honor of Daisy's release today (or yesterday)
Brand New
Daisy
5.10.2009
felicidad
I didn't know it was possible to be this happy.
Nothing spectacular has really happened, I am just purely, simply happy.
About time.
Nothing spectacular has really happened, I am just purely, simply happy.
About time.
5.04.2009
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