Day 33

Weigh-in: 156.4 - =/ but I'm thinking it might be from the sodium yesterday. The hot link was really salty and I had a few green olives which are really salty too

Intake:
Breakfast/Lunch:
2 Oatmeal pkg with soymik and sliced almonds 350
2 slices whwh bread 200
1 tbs of pine nuts 100

Snack:
one more slice of whwh bread 100

Dinner/Post workout:
1 chobani yogurt 140
little bit of joy's leftover burrito and tortiall chips.. 300?

Exercise:
Plan -
12 miles at Pennitencia Creek
I procrastinate way too long and so I ended up having to run outside my neighborhood, but after about an hour it got really dark.. and scary
I only ran 9 miles, but it was mildly hilly so I hope that kinda evens it out
So then to make up for it after, I came home and did
30 min Kendall Hogan explosive cardio workout
10 min Straight to core - ab workout.

Also, to test how my GI system would react to the GU, I took it, but after the 9 miles when I got home, so that was another factor for doing the additional workout at home.

Day 32

Just returned the Brooks i got on Sunday for these Saucony progrid 4. They feel pretty good and look nicer too! Haha. I'll see how these feel after my short run today.


Weigh-in: 155.7 - but im actually pretty bc it means yesterdays weigh in wasn't a fluke like I though it might have been haha

Intake:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with soy milk and sliced almonds 200
Chobani yogurt 140

Snack:
Pieace of chocolate from abbas work 50?

Lunch:
Got free lunch at abbas work today. Menu was rubios.
I ordered the chopped salad 450
Then had about 1/8 of abbas burrito and few tortilla chips 200?

Dinner:
Must be careful today...
For cell group at sujas house today were doing a hotluck (hotdog potluck)... must be careful
I ended up having:
1 polish dog with no bun but with the condiments: mustard, relish, little pesto, onions, spaghetti sauce.
Then I just had a big bowl of semi-grilled onions (still white) with the marinara sauce - so like spaghetti but with onions
For dessert,  I refrained from the tiramisu and ate
fruit
1 Skinny Cow mint truffle ice cream bar - only 100 cals but sooo good!

Exercise:
Ater lunch, I wanted to see how I'd do with the exercise stress test. So I ended up doing 11 minutes. But it's actually pretty tough! The incline gets pretty high. My heart reached 90% of usage(?) and I was sweaty by the time I ended. Good quick burst of activity.
Got home a little late, but I felt guilty no working out so
25 minute Biggest Loser last chance workout - one of my fave home total body workouts
20 min Crunch Stretch workout - felt tight so thought stretching would be good and help for tomorrow

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Day 31

Weigh-in: 155.4 -- ah i was pleasantly shocked! I went on the scale 3 times to check haha

Intake:
Breakfast:
Maple oatmeal with splash of soy milk and sliced almonds 200

Snack:
Lg fuji apple

Lunch:
Chicken gyro from oakridge.. i was gonna get subway but ive dreaming about Opa's lattely. The gyro here was not Opa's but i still enjoyed it --> pita with white chicken meat, greek yogurt, cucumber sauce, little feta, cucumber, tomatoes. Overall i would say pretty healthy.. 600 cals? Maybe?
But a good lunch helps me last through my long workouts later

6 sour patch kids

Dinner:
shirataki noodles with spaghetti sauce 100?
Salad - sliced bell peppers, sliced almonds, feta, grape tomatoes, balsamic vinegar 200?
1 chobani yogurt with a spoonful of sliced almonds 170
1 hard boiled egg white 17

Chai tea with soy 20
chocolate 30
few pine nuts and almonds 50?

Exercise:
Plan -->
1 hr club power strength training class
1 hr step class
1 hr zumba



Also, it seems that people got their NWM notices today. Did you get it kkokko?

Day 30

(Eek I've been lagging on the posts.. this is for Tuesday)
Weigh-in: 157.0 - yay it went down


Intake:
Breakfast

Chobani yogurt
whwh slice of bread


Snack:
2 pieces of chocolate from work
some sake biscuit thing 99 cals - i was hungry TT
Small nonfat latte 50?

Lunch:
lg fuji apple
1 chobani yogurt
(didn't have time to get anything today)

Dinner:
1 pistacchio macaroon from Cocola  - I was passing by after stopping by a coworkers goodbye get-together and really wanted to try one since I didn't get to last time the girls ate em
5 pieces of cluck-u chicken wings leftover from David and moonj
banana chips - oh danger :( 200? 250? (they're 170 for 1/3 cup)


Dangerous dessert:
Slice of  guava cake - but it was so good :(

Exercise:

• Few strength training exercises on the machines.. like row, rear delt, pull up machine, abductor, adductor
• 48 minutes on the treadmll - intervals of running and incline walking. Came out to about 3+ miles and 370 cals
• I tried on my new Brooks that I bought on Sunday, but I started to feels some pain already on my left foot.. so I think I'm going to return these and get different ones
• 1 hr Ripped class - this class is so good! It's interval training of weights/band, plyo/cardio, core. and the instructor Susan (haha yes Susans are great) is really good and sweet! Seriously an awesome workout if you only had one hr to workout. I normally loathe core, but today it was really good and effective feeling too!
• 20 min of the hip hop cardio class- had to leave early to attend the goodbye party - the instructor Susan teaches this one too.

Day 29

Weigh-in: 157.8 -- eek but not surprised after yesterday...

Breakfast:
Oatmeal 170
Chobani yogurt 140

1 piece of Hershey's dark chocolate

Lunch:
2 oatmeal with sliced almonds 360 - I kept thinking about oatmeal all day and it was really yummy
3 inch egg salad sandwich from church 200?
Few tofu from the kimchi jjigae 100
Toasted almonds 170
1 slice whwh bread 100
wow I really went wild....

Dinner:
Umma made me chicken breast, with steamd broccoli and mushrooms and salad
6 strawberries

Then I found chocolate and I got weak TT

Tomorrow I will be good. I must I must I must.

Exercise:
1 hour body conditioning class
1 hour U-Jam class

Workouts were a less tiring today. I think I'm getting stronger.

Day 28

Happy Easter!!

Weigh-in: 156.8

Breakfast:
Maple oatmeal 170

some pieces of chocolate

Lunch:
Korean style egg salad sandwich with chicken soup

Dinner:
Went to Yardhouse with Joy, Loice and Dave Han
Oy yummy but bad bad
Shared the ahi poke appetizer
Thai noodle chicken salad - bad choice
Then shared with everyone the souffle sampler and the kona sundae - omg this was sooooooo delicious.

Exercise:
None

Day 27

Weigh-in: 157.6

Intake:
(kinda went crazy on the carbs today..)
Breakfast/Lunch:
2 oatmeal packets with splashes of soymilk 340
slice of whwh toast 100
few sliced almonds 100
회 with wasabi and 고추장 sauce
another oatmeal 170
maybe even another whwh bbang? i don't remember
crackers

Most of a banana during my run 80

post-run:
chobani yogurt

Dinner:
Shirataki noodles with spaghetti sauce - I enjoyed this a lot!! Really tastes similar to spaghetti and was yummy!
2 sm piece of tofu

Night: tall roobios tea with nonfat milk at sbux

Exercise:
11 miles at Penitencia ran and .25 miles walking for cooldown at the end ~5-8 min
Running: 2:16:55 -- I'm kinda stuck at a mostly 12.0-13.0+ pace...
This run was tough though! I was getting pretty tired at mile 7 and that last mile was killer. I really really had to push TT
Afterwards my hamstrings and leg were shot.

Day 26

(update for Friday)
Weigh-in: 157.0

Intake:
Can't remember everything right now, but ended the night with some BonChon chicken because after Good Friday service, the EM went to hang out.
Joy, Loice and I shared the medium white meat chicken though that came with mu and kimchi coleslaw.
They also ordered sweet potato fries and I couldn't not help but eat them TT

Afterwards I drank a nonfat latte as well..

Exercise:
None :/ Didn't have time today

Day 25

Weigh-in: 157.0

Breakfast:
Oatmeal 200
med banana 120

Snack:
yogurt 140

Lunch:
@ Panera: got the half salad and cup soups
Black bean soup 170
1/2 chicken cobb salad 250
Small apple 80

Snack:
serving toasted sliced almonds 170 - i'm too addicted to these!
slice of white bread =/ 100 - just looked so good..
cup of Silk soymilk 100 -- lately i've been loving just drinking this. so yum

Dinner:
1/2 cup black/purple rice with feta cheese 200? - sounds weird.. but i like it haha

@ cell group:
Bad bad bad. I went wild with desserts and I couldn't stop.
4 Trader Joe's macaroons 180 - which were so good btw!
Pudding with fruit and some pound cake squares
grapes
1/3 a banana muffin
UGH DESTRUCTION TTTT - now midnight workout is a must for tonight!
I went wild :(

Exercise:

• 30 min - 2.55 miles running outside neighborhood -- I must say running outside my neighborhood is never easy. I did my old 2.5 mile loop that I used to do to for my short runs. I get some mild incline training done too.

Might do some more when I get back from bible study

• 26 min Piloxing workout
• 10 min fitness 360 yoga

Fri 12:24am Would have done more, but I've been up since 6:15am and I almost fell asleep doing the yoga. I have work at 8am manana too... soo goodnight!


Today I went to work at the cardiology clinic place that abba works at on Tues and Thurs. I got to put in 9 IVs today! Would have been 10, but I super failed on one person. They use a butterfly cath so it's a bit easier, but i do feel like I'm getting better. Must keep at it and improve. I also set people up with the 12 lead EKG and took their BPs - baseline and while on the treadmill. It's so hard trying to get a reading when people are moving! Anyhow, for now I will be doing this every Thursday. I'm basically working for free, but appah pays me a little per pt. It's a good experience though and hopefully will help me get a job in the future.

I'm also happy that Joy signed up for the Nike Half again! She really didn't want to at first, but it's a great race and for a guaranteed spot and discount, it's hard to pass up! Plus, a lot of people are doing it with us this year! Yay! Wish you could join us Lolo!

Day 24

Weigh-in: 157.4 - no change from yesterday but at least i didn't gain

Intake:

Breakfast:
Apple cinnamon oatmeal with spash of soymilk 140
1 med banana 100

Snack:
small nonfat latte 60?

Lunch:
6 in subway - oven roasted chickend with all veggies, no cheese, mustard and vinegar 325

Snack:
lg fuji apple 130

Post-workout:
chobani greek yogurt 140

Dinner:
Umma made me steak, steamed broccoli, and over the shirataki miracle noodles. 300?
Spinach salad with balsamic vinegar 200?
1 serving toasted sliced almonds 170

I almost went to dinner with suja, dave and andy today, but I had no money haha.. I'm waiting for my debit to card to come in the mail. But it's probably a good thing that I just ate at home. They went out for Peruvian food and I actually have been craving it lately. From what I remember, the cebiches were pretty healthy and not carbalicious too.

My own version of hot chocolate - 1 cup soymilk with unsweetened cocoa powder and splenda 120


Exercise:
Does walking around the mall count? haha

• 15 min mild incline walking on treadmill
• 1 hour club power strength training class
• 1 hour step class

No zumba today. From the passed two weeks, after I do the previous 2 class, I am pretty fatigued, so no zumba. This instructor is not the best anyhow

Day 23

Weigh-in: 157.4

Co-worker asked to switch shifts with me so I work from 3-8 today and not 11-4..

Breakfast/Lunch:
Oatmeal 170
1 piece of whole wheat toast 100
Toasted sliced almonds 250
Chocolate cheerios with soymilk 250 -- I need to stay away from these :(
1/4 cup of purple rice with balsamic vinegar

Ughhh i'm doing so bad. I just want to eat everything!! Esp carbs!

Snack:
1 lg fuji apple
tiny nonfat latte

Post-workout:
chobani yogurt 140

Dinner:
1 filet trout (what umma and I had been thinking was salmon this whole time, was actually trout!) 270
green miracle noodles 40 cals

Chai tea with soy milk and splenda

1/4 cup soy milk

Workout:
1 hour hip hop jam class
Few weight machines
56 minutes treadmill, 3.56 miles, 476 cals burned.  walked to warm up for 5 min, then ran at 5.0 for one mile, then inclined walked for about .5 miles and then ran 1 mile at 5.0-5.2 then inclined walked and cool downed


Omg I'm watching Extreme Couponing on TLC and the people on this show pay like
$5 for carts that would cost about $1000 before couponing.
This one dude but $5000 worth of things including 1100 boxes of cereal, 300+ toothbrushes, 300+ deodorants, etc etc and spent only $270.
Hmm maybe I should start couponing...

I also just finished watching Cupcake Wars. I want a cupcake sooooooooo bad. :(

Day 22

Weigh-in: 158.0

Breakfast:
1 maple syrup oatmeal 170 cals
1 banana 100 cals
1 serving of chocolate cheerios 100 cals

Lunch:
Did so bad, when I got home, I just wanted to eat everything:
Spinach salad with balsamic vinegar 200?
Few pieces of bulgogi 150?
2 spoons of purple/black rice
cheerios dry 100
toasted sliced almonds 170
then I gave in.. and had two bowl of choco cheerios with soymilk.. 500?

After evening workout:
1 peach chobani yogurt 140
1 serving toasted sliced almonds 170
1 small nectarine 100

Eek, been hacing a hard time controlling what I eat these past couple days...
Errgh, I have better control after I exercise, otherwise I want to eat more :/

Exercise:
13 min precor fusion ellipitical at level 10-12, 170 cals
1 hour Body Conditioning class - did circuits today
1 hour cardio hip hop class


Ahhh I did it!!
I just signed up or the Nike Half.
I'm going to do the SJ R&R too, but I kinda want to wait to see if there's a promo code that comes again... last day to register before prices go up to $100 (right now it $85) is July 31st!

Day 21

(Sunday)

Weigh-in: 158.0 - as expected most of my wt loss from yesterday was probably from dehydration

Breakfast:
1 oatmeal
1 banana
Salad

Lunch:
@ church - plate of japchae with bulgogi

Snack:
Ate wholewheat with flax seed crackers with eggplant dip

Dinner:
Jjajangmyun and some tangsuyuk from Tong Soon Garden for Okyoon's goodbye dinner before he goes back to Brazil

Dessert:
Went to Honeyberry where I got frozen yogurt, drank some of Joy's milk tea, ate some waffle and roti bread

This day was all bad :(

ALSO, as we were leaving HB, I started getting some stomach pains and thought I should get home pretty soon. However just as I was about to get onto the 280, these stomach pains were getting so bad I wanted to cry and thought I was going to die! I had to turn around and go to Halmoni's house where I felt like I almost had to break down the door so I can run into the bathroom. Prob TMI but everything exploded out both ways. At first my internal organs felt cold, but then it felt like it was on fire and like I was burning inside :( I ended up sleeping at halmoni's house and left around 5:30am and came home. I can't remember the last time I was in that bad of pain.

Day 20

Weigh-in: 154.6 - I think it's just because I was probably dehydrated this morning.. but yay!


Intake:
Breakfast:
Apple Cinnamon oatmeal 140
1 lg fuji apple

Shared an ornage and strawberry freeze with loice

Sushi at Sushi Unlimited
Salad with dressing on the side
Shared a salmon roll, mixed fish roll, and 2 small CA type rolls
Espresso with little bit nonfat milk

Frozen Yogurt @ yoloberry.. and got toppings too..
Exercise:
Free day.. but walked at least 3 hours in the hot Sun in Davis

Day 19

Weigh-in: 158.0 -- not gonna be too bummed about it.. i'm hoping it's just from being on my period.

Intake:

Breakfast:
1 apple cinnamon oatmeal 140
1 hard boiled egg white
1/8 cup of sliced almonds 85

Snack:
1 lg fuji apple

Lunch?
1/8 cup almonds 85
1 packet plus maybe 1/5 of another because i put too much water original oatmeal with a splash of mik 130 cals

Post-run
Chobani strawberry yogurt 140

Snack before heading out of the house bc I was in a rush
Lg fuji apple
4 almonds
Need to go do my long run now but I keep procrastinating... got my garmin charged so must leave soon!

Loice and I went to this revival in Alameda which was slightly random to go to, but such a blessing!! They were also raising money for this project I Build Hope in which they are planning to build and orphanage in China. However, by the time it ended, it was 10:30 and too late too eat for me. So pretty hungry now, but can't wait to eat in the morning! Loice and I are also going to Davis tomorrow for Davis Picnic Day, it should be fun. It'll be my somewhat free day.. I will still be careful though.

Exercise:
10 miles!! @ penitencia creek. I had a goal of 9 miles but in my head I kept thinking 10 10 10 so having that in my head I know i'd be disappointed if I couldn't reach 10 miles. It took me 2hours 3 min.. slow but I'm ok as long as a finish. I started getting pretty tired around mile 7. Oh oh but I had no knee pain! Knee pain was something I had an issue with while semi-training for the nike women's half. Also, Loice told me she'd join and I saw her at penitencia around mile 5. She did 3.5 miles :)
I noticed when I got in the shower that I had this blood blister on my right foot haha man pretty running feet...

Question you guys can help me out with...
Should I run:
SJ Rock & Roll half marathon (Oct 2)
Nike Women's half marathon (Oct 16) - I got a code for automatic entry at $75
???
but since they're actually two weeks apart this time and not one and SJ is easier, should I just do both??

Day 18

Weigh-in: 157.0 - i'm sure it's gonna slow down now. esp since i'm on my monthly . now.


Intake:
Brunch ~10am:
Pretty much samething as dinner but smaller piece of salmon
-Small piece of salmon, steamed zucchini and asparagus 300?
-Salad with balsamic vinegar 150?
- 2 boiled egg whties 34 cals


Snack 3pm:
1 med banana 120
1 large fuji apple 130


Late lunch/Dinner ~4-4:30:
Same as breakfast except no eggs.. haha
-Salmon, veggies and salad 300-400?


Snack 6-6:30pmish:
1/4 cup worth of sliced toasted almonds 170
1 large fuji apple 130 - so that I wouldn't be hungry for the night
1 cup chai tea with a splash of milk and splenda 10

(~8pm) Then went with the young adult small group. We were supposed to go bowling, but apparently it was league night so we didn't get to bowl. Some of them didn't eat dinner yet, so we ended up at Curry House -- a japanese curry place. It smelled and looked yummy in there.
Since I had already eaten, I just ordered:
- a side of hot veggies 200?
-1 sm cups of coffee with a few drops of the cream 20

Then afterwards we just went the the Ja's new place.
Everyone ate strawberry cheesecake and vanilla ice cream, but I just drank green tea. The dessert looked so good, but I stayed strong. I just chewed my strawberry cheesecake flavored Extra gum hehe.

It's a nice feeling to know I'm in much more control over food lately. It's like I'm fighting an addiction and not losing.

This is what my salmon and veggies meals look like and pre-made salad umma made for whenever we are hungry. It really helps to have something like this prepared and ready to eat in the fridge so I can grab this instead of hovering over the cereals:

Exercise:
Didn't really have much time before leaving to meet with my cell group so I squeezed in

• 10 min total body workout from exercise tv
• 10 min pilates abs

Then I got home around 12:30am and I wanted to exercise a bit more so I did so quietly since abba's sleeping in the other living room

• 20 min 10lb slimdown core - which is actually quite a total body but focused on core
• Despite me not liking working my core, it is good for my back and posture and it's a large muscle group which will help me burn more calories.

It's probably good that I didn't exercise too much today since I had a hard workout day yesterday and tomorrow I plan to run my long run 9 miles since I'll be busy over the weekend.



I got my pama (and a little cut) today! It's a bit looser than last time but I still like it :) And actually I think it looks wavier in person. It was still kinda damp at this point.

Day 17

weigh in: 157.4 - i actually didnt expect to see it go down more, but it did! progress!
I didn't realize until kkokko mentioned, but I have lost ~5 lbs since my first day. I'm gonna go back and post all the weigh-ins I have that I didn't post up here so I can have a record. Esp when it wouldn't budge ><

Intake:
breakfast:
1 apple cinnamon oatmeal 140
1 banana 120

Snack:
1 lg apple 130

Lunch:
1 foot long turkey breast on wheat with all veggies and mustard and vinegar 575

Post-workout:
1 blueberry chobani greek yogurt 140

Dinner:
Umma made me baked salmon with steamed asparagus and zucchini. The salmon was smaller than palm.. so maybe 200-250??
She also pre-made a large quantity of salad so i can have salad ready anytime.
So two bowls of salad: mixed greens with sliced cucumbers, few sliced olives, few slice almonds, sliced bell peppers, and little feta cheese, with balsamic vinegar. 200?
She's sooo sweet. She even went to costco today when she noticed we were out of Balsamic vinegar.She's really showing her support for me through this. She is awesome. 엄마 짱이야! ㅋㅋㅋ

Rooibos tea with a splash of milk and splenda - almost like a dessert, not quite, but kinda haha 10 cals


Exercise:

• 1 hr Club Power strength training class
• 1 hr Step class
• 1 hr Zumba

Was really pooped today from exercise. Having an intense step class before Zumba makes my legs quite exhausted.

Day 16

I actually got like 8 hrs of sleep last night! I was exhausted by around 10:30 am and took a shower and kinda passed out on my bed. Feels good this morning though and i'm not super rushed for work like I usually am hah

Weigh-in: 158.2 whee! Hopefully it doesn't spike up because I'm eating carbs again :/

Intake: eek hope I didn't go too overboard today knowing i can eat carbs again
Breakfast

• 2 egg whites with chicken breast -- mm 150?
• 1 banana 120

Snack: (but spaced out during work..)

• 1 serving raw almonds 170
• Large apple - 130? omg it was so good though!! really enjoyed it
• 1 serving roasted almonds from co-worker 170

Lunch?

• 1 chobani blueberry yogurt 140

Dinner:

• Salad of mostly greens, chicken breast and tofu, with balsamic vinegar & lemon juice - most of the sliced almonds and sliced olives were gone by today
• 1 chobani yogurt 140
• ~1/2 cup organic 1% milk - i really wanted to drink milk for some reason.
• Then I got a really big chocolate craving so what I did was I saw the unsweetened cocoa powder we had at home and got 1tbs of that (10 calories) mixed with about 1-2tbs of the lowfat milk in a shot glass, added some splenda and microwaved it and it was really good and really good and satified my craving. :)

Finished the night with some vanilla rooibos tea
Which reminds me of some tea facts I learned from a Dr. Oz show a while back

• Rooibos tea is best for irritated skin
• "Rooibos is the best tea for irritated skin." Rooibos is high in nutrients and vitamins, and is beneficial for overall health. This herbal tea helps heal skin conditions such as acne and eczema;drinking rooibos tea, and applying it topically to the skin helps minimize skin breakouts. Rooibos herbal healing tea contains anti-aging properties. It neutralizes free-radicals in the skin, slowing down the aging process. Using rooibos tea is definitely a first step in healthier, younger-looking skin.You can also make a paste out of it and apply it to your face for a Rooibos Tea Face Mask to soothe rashes and skin irritation. "
• Sage tea is the best tea to improve your mood
• Dr Oz said that Sage Tea can boost your mood and is a plant that is commonly used in cooking.  Sage Tea increases alertness, improves your mood, releases anxiety and decreases inflammation in your body.  Martin Ekechukwu said that the best way to make Sage Tea is to brew down some fresh sage leaves from your grocery store and to add some brewed black tea, because otherwise the Sage Tea alone can be bitter.  He also recommended adding a touch of honey.
• Nettle tea helps with allergies
• "Dr Oz said that Stinging Nettle Tea prevents Hay Fever and blocks histamines that cause allergies.  Martin Ekechukwu said to make a big pot of Nettle Tea and to keep it in your fridge, then to add a lime after a few days because it is dense.  He also said that Nettle Tea is caffeine free, so you can use this Allergy Remedy for your whole family – even for kids!"

Exercise:

I got off work at 3 but had to leave @ 4 for a dentist appt, so I did a mini workout before and then came back to the gym

Before dentist:

• 35 minutes on the treadmill --> 25 min running nonstop @ 5.0-5.1 until I got 2 miles, then I walked with some mild incline 2.65 miles total, ~300 cals

After dentist:
I missed the beginning r.i.p.p.e.d. class so I just did the

• leg press, rear delts, abductors, chin lifts and seated rows
• 20 minutes on the fusion precor elliptical level 10, ~300 cals
• 1 hr hip hop fitness class - according the instructor's heart rate monitor it said she burned 500 something cals, and that's not including 2 songs which didn't get added in the beginning. Everyone burns at different rates, but if I were to base it on hers, that would be like 600+ cals burned just for this class.

I've been reducing my workouts the passed two days and I've been feeling ok with that. Since I went all gungho last week, maybe it'll be beneficial to lighten it up this week.

Day 15

Weigh-in: 159.6 - yay back in the 150s again! Please keep going down TT

Intake:

Breakfast:
2 egg whites and kale salad

Snack:
the half chicken salad and half kale salad tupperware

Lunch:
Steak, asparagus and kale salad

Dinner:
Chicken salad that umma had prepared for me with chicken, sliced almonds, sliced olives, cucumbers and raw silken tofu with balsamic vinegar. This tofu is soo good.



Exercise:
1 hr body conditioning class - oy i die in this class every time

1 hr U-jam class



So on Dr. Oz today, he talked about..

 CLA - conjugated linoleic acid, which is a type of fat but it helps with fat loss and helps reduce cancer and heart disease. How it works is that goes into the fat cell and breaks up the triglycerides so that it moves the triglyceride out of the cell and ready to burn off. It also reduces cancer and heart disease by helping the body suppress inflammation caused by eating bad foods.
He recommends getting it from natural sources which are grass fed beef and organic dairy products. However, we've actually had these CLA supplements at home for years! I thought abba was just weird and trying to lose weight with them, but looks like there actually is scientific evidence to support this! I think I will try taking these supplements as well.

He aslo went over some natural rememedies:
best natural cure for migraines is butterbur
best natural cure for knee pain is willow bark
best natural cure fore low back pain is devil's claw

and places of where you should store your produce, in which some were quite surprising:
Fridge: Lemons & lime
Counter: Cucumbers, onions, tomatoes

Day 14

Quick update before i hit the sack. Had a great no carb dinner at kkokko's. Thank you again!
We also had a lot of talking about this weight loss thing.

New goals: Cutting down on sodium, since salt seems to be a weakness of mine that may be hindering me

Weigh-in: 160.0 -- it's been quivering around this number all week...

Intake:

Handful of raw almonds - was running late to church

Sbux tall skinny vanilla latte 90 cals
-- lunch at church today was pizza, so i just watched everyone eat and drank a few cups of diet dr. pepper, I got really hungry around 4pm so I got a nonfat latte to calm me down a bit

Dinner @ kkokko's. Ate mucho, but no carb!

Day 13

Weigh-in: 160.2

Today is a much better day.

Intake:
Brunch:
Omelet of 6 egg whites, broccoli. yellow bell pepper, 5 slices of turkey deli meat chopped up, chopped up kimchi, chives.

Early dinner:
Gonna go to Boiling Crab with umma today and I'm going to order a lb of shrimp with no carb stuff.
Ended up going to sizzler instead because BC was too crowded. I'm usually pretty eh about going there, but I actually had a pretty enjoyable meal. Kinda overate though.
6oz steak with veggies + salad bar, which i only used balsamic vinegar, but ate a lottt of it, 1 bowl of vegetable medley soup.

Then I went out to the improv for the Filipino Kings of comedy show with my nursing friends. Comedy show places always have a 2 item minimum, so I ended up just get a diet coke and a $5 bottle of Fiji water -_- $13 for just these 2 things, but if you don't order, they charge $5 per item needed. Friends around me were eating fries, wings, and cake. But I did a good job.

I later met up with some other friends that were eating 찜닭 and it looked so good, but it was too late to eat.

Exercise:

It was so hard to get myself to workout today. Exercising was very 힘들어 until about the 4th workout thing

• 20 min Total Knockout body, easy kickboxing 
• 20 min Calorie Burn Abs, active dancy abs workout
• 29 minute BL Last Chance Workout 
• 40 min 6 Round slimdown total body workout, hadn't done this one in a while but it was good! lots of core with the strength and by this time my body wasn't as lethargic. 

Day 12

Weigh-in: 160.0

I passed my ACLS class today and now I'm advanced cardiac life support certified!
Things are getting tougherwith my weight loss and eating though and I've been feeling more depressed lately d/t my weight... :/

While waiting to have dinner with Suja and joy, I stopped by Urban because I had about 45 minutes til meet-up time and when I saw what I had been wearing all day, I was kinda embarrassed. I know I really don't have much style in clothes but I think it's because I grew up not being able to wear nice clothes because I was always fat. I tried on some stuff from the sale section but everything looked bad on my gross body... I look around and every other girl I passed by was dressed so nicely and I kinda look like a homeless girl.. sigh. After dinner we did go to H&M though because I really really need some clothes and there h&m had some good sales. I got a pair of jeans because I currently only have like 2 pairs.and i got a plaid shirt that i can wear during the summer.

I went home quite sad though. Honestly, I think most of my insecurities in life have stemmed from growing up fat. If I ever have kids, I can't let them get fat because it's traumatizing, really.

Intake: Having an all day last class with a test at the end + being emotion = stressed, tired, bad eating me T_T

Breakfast:
Omelet with 2 eggs + 2 egg whites, yellow bell peper, 3 slice deli ham, chives, broccoli

Snack:
1 NV granola bar 190
2 donut holes. I know....

Lunch:
Went to boston market
Got 1/2 bowl of tortilla soup and 1/2 mediterranean salad

Snack:
slice of banana bread that was near the donut boxes-- i kept craving carbs all day :(

Dinner:
Salad @ plutos of farmer greens, tomatoes, edamame, red onions, cucumbers, beets, spoonful of bleu cheese, steak and balsamic vinegar. Said no to the bread though.

After dinner I was really really craving frozen yogurt, but didn't and being all emo I ended up having TWO chobani yogurts, 30 almonds and a whole bunch of chocolate cheerios. I know I shouldn't have but at that time I just didn't really care, despite how detrimental it was. I probably would have been better off getting froyo. Sigh sigh.

Exercise:

I should be working out right now but I really have no desire to. I really don't want to do anything right now and feel so blahhhh. Maybe I'll start a Korean drama so I can escape for a bit. Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day.

Day 11

Weigh-in: 161.0

 Didn't do so well today. I think because I had my ACLS class from 8-4 made me really tired.

Intake:
Breakfast:
1 original oatmeal + maple oatmeal = 260
chobani yogurt 140
 Tall sbux coffee with sugarfree vanilla and nonfat milk 15
The class center also had free donuts and I really wanted one but I was able to stay away.

Lunch:
Went out to a sushi restaurant for lunch, i tried to be as good.
Lunch bento: miso soup, salad x 2 because i asked for no rice they gave me extra salad, spicy tuna rolls, sashimi.. maybe 100 + 300 +  300 + 100 . So sad how things add up :'(
Then went to yogurt shop next door. They had wowcow which is only 10cals per oz. I got a mini which was quite big and i could only eat half of it.. so maybe 100 cals?

Snack:
NV granola bars 190. Idk why i felt so hungry today.

Dinner:
Had dinner with pastor frances. I ordered from the light menu and got grilled chicken with veggies and brown rice. I think it was only 560cals? She suggested appetizer and dessert, but i said no. I was still pretty hungry afterwards though haha..

@Bible study:
T&D actually made kimchi jjigae and rice and sauteed veggies cooked with chicken broth.
I ony ate the cooked veggies.. maybe 2 cups worth though 200?
and once again I was tempted by the strawberries and couldn't resist... so maybe 6 lg strawberries? 150

Someone also brought skyflakes crackers with potato salad. Omg I love these crackers and really really wanted to eat one but i resisted. T_T

Omg so my calorie totals came out to so much!! I thought I did the best I could and tried to go low call and healthy but hullll. It's been getting harder to control what I eat and I've been feeling hungrier lately.. and more tempted to eat bad food. Must stay strong.. I prepared an omelet with veggies and deli meat for tomorrow morning though..


Exercise:

I actually didn't have time today. Non stop activities from waking up til about 11pm and I now I have to study a bit for class tomorrow. However, after the passed three days, maybe a rest day will be good for me. My legs are a little sore today.

So I've been doing daily weigh-ins these passed few days and I really haven't been losing despite all my hard work which is pretty frustrating, so kkokko said she's gonna give me a new plan where I super restrict carbs for 3 days to give my body some shock. Hopefully it'll do the trick... my body seems to be trying to hold on to all my fat right now and it's frustrating. Oy, I feel less enthusiastic, slightly discouraged and pretty exhuasted today, maybe because I didn't get to work out, maybe I'm just tired, prob both...andddd i'm pretty hungry again now ㅡㅡ

Day 10

Weigh-in: 160.8

Intake:

Breakfast:
Apple cinnamon oatmeal with a splash of milk 140
Peach chobani yogurt with crumbled nature valley bars 330
10 roasted almonds 80 cals

Snack:
bad snack but I couldn't resist TT. it was a co-worker's bday and so our manager brought in strawberry pie
However, there's no cream or filling, so it was just like 6 glazed strawberries with a really small amount of crust. I would guess around ~200 cals?

Lunch:
Spinach artichoke chicken lean pocket 260
NV granola bars 190

Post-workout:
chobani yogurt 140

Dinner:
Bibim 3 egg whites with vegetable banchan and 3 slices of ham deli meat. Healthy, but kind of a lot of food though... 400 500?

Dessert:
I know it's passed 7pm, but they were so yummy and pre cut and everything...
A bowl of strawberries.. maybe 150 cals?

Eek, ate kind of a lot today, but I was really hungry throughout the day and when I got home...

Exercise:

• 1 hr Club Power - strength training class
• 1 hr Step Class
• 1 hr Zumba

Ok so in the Club Power class, there was this anorexic looking chick and my goodness she was skinny, but definitely not pretty skinny but sick gross, skin almost baggy skinny and she was in the front of the class even like passed the instructor. At first I couldn't stop staring because of how grossly skinny she was, but then she kept distracting me with her trying to use weights heavier than anyone else with horrible form. I don't know, she kinda annoyed me. Anyhow, good workout, but my left lower back got a little pinchy.. :/

Step class was tiring but fun! I hadn't done step in like 2 years, but amazingly it's like riding a bike. Despite the complicated choreography, it's still in me and I could follow through well.

I almosst didn't think I could make it through Zumba today because after the step class, my calves and legs were pretty shot. Luckily, the moves weren't as jumpy today, but this zumba is definitely super booty shaking haha.

My legs are pretty tired today.


10:10pm -- I just saw a quick blurb about this on the News commercial...
Miracle noodle... Zero calorie, hardly-any carb noodles made from plant fibers.
http://www.miraclenoodle.com//
Although they won't taste like pasta, with the right flavoring, i'm sure they'd satisfy my carb cravings. I'm interested! I think 큰꼬꼬 may have used this in some vegetable dish before.. I'd like to try them with like pasta sauce, udon or something hehe

Day 9

Weigh-in: 161.2

Intake:
Breakfast:
1 roll of kimbap 300? 400?
Chobani strawberry yogurt with NV granola bars crumbled 320

Snack:
hanful of peanuts
NV granola bars 190

In between workouts:
blueberry chobani yogurt 140

Dinner:
Same salad as yesterday with raw tofu, yellow bell peppers, sliced almonds, sliced nectarine and balsamic vinegar and lemon juice
Bibimbap without the bap... so bibimgogiyachae.
5 almonds
1/4 packet of NV granola bars (oy i was so tempted) 48 cals

Hmm kinda a lot overall.. but I'm sure I burned it off..

Exercise:

• 45 minutes on hybrid elliptical precor on level 10-13 ~500ish cals burned
• 15 minutes rowing machine 126 cals
• 60 minute R.I.P.P.E.D. class.
• Wow very effective class! It's intervals of strength training, high-intensity cardio and plyometrics. Lot of burn and sweat dripping.
• 60 mintes Hip Hop/Pop Jam
• Another fun dance type class that is still very high-intensity cardio. Joy and Loice would love this too! And it's like pretty legit hip hop and not funky 백인 hip hop haha. I saw saw grandmas and one grandpa in yellow shirt get down and funky! I'm not a good dancer, but it's fun workout.  Alsooo, one of the songs the instuctor used was TOP's Turn it up and I got so excited and pumped up! hahaha I wonder if she's the same instructor that teaches at the silver creek location and uses GD&TOP's High High for Zumba  on Monday mornings.

I'm turning into a group fitness junkie again, but i like it!! The passed few weeks I've been doing theses classes, it really pushes me. Even though I workout hard on the gym and at home, these workout classes take me to the point of where i'm dying, which is good haha. However, I've also noticed that I'm not as strong as I thought I was, but the cool thing about exercise is that, even though I suck now, if I just keep it, I WILL get better and stronger.

Day 8

Good day of workouts today!
I must say, despite how hard it is sometimes, it's nice to feel in control of what I eat.

I'm watching "Heavy" on A&E and it's about all these people who weighed 300-600+lbs.. Man, even at my size it feels uncomfortable to be in my skin, but to be so heavy must be very 힘들어. So congrats to them for working hard to be a healthier them! It's encouraging to see them change.

Some personal motivation of the day for me:
-Not to look "helpme" status
-I work so hard in exercising, I need to lose the weight so that it can actually be evident! I really do work hard, but it saddens me to think that others may view me as a lazy girl because I'm chubby. I swear, under this blub is a nicely toned body!

Intake:
Breakfast @ 9:30am:
Chobani Strawberry Greek yogurt 140
Crumbled nature valley granola bars 190

Snack:
3 jolly ranchers 70 cals

Pre-workout @12:00pm:
Nature Valley bars 190

Post-first-workout @3:00pm:
Blueberry Chobani Greek yogurt 140

Dinner @ 8:00pm:
Big bowl of farmer's greens with raw tofu, sliced almonds, yellow bell pepper and dressing of balsamic vinegar & lemon
1 egg white
Bulgogi with sauteed mushroom slices

Strawberry chobani greek yogurt - I know it's passed 7pm, but I was craving it and I did burn lots of calories today, so I ate it.
Strawberry banana Crystal light with protein and fiber 30 cals


Exercise:
Workout 1 @ 1:00-3:00pm

• Lat pulldown, adductor, abductor.. didn't want to do much for my class later
• 88 minutes on Treadmill, 6.75 miles, 1030 cals burned
• was mostly incline 2.0 and running at easy pace 5.0-5.3, last bit I did a little at 5.5, had a few walking intervals though. I would say about a 1-1.5 miles of my run was walkin d/t my warm, cooldown and walking intervals.

Workout 2 @5:15-7:30pm:

• Then @ 5:15pm, waiting for my class to start I did about 10 minutes of this cardio machine I never tried before, it kinda felt like stairmaster but went side to side
• 60 minute body conditioning class 
• wow tough! Must gain more strength to keep up better!
• 60 minutes U-Jam class
• Ah this was so fun! It's like Zumba plus cardio hip hop and other dancing, but high-intensity cardio! Joy and Loice would like this class too! (It had some our slooby songs in it lol)

I'm gonna miss being able to workout in these high-end gyms when I quit my current part-time job.. but I guess I will be able to afford a membership when I start to work work right? Haha

Day 7

Weigh in: 161.4 -- oy I was pretty disappointed today. I thought I had been doing good this week. The number was a bit discouraging but mustn't give up.

Intake:

Today was my free day...
B: leftover soondubu, one cake pop that we got for free from Sbux last night, and some paris baguette bbang... haha yeah not best healthy diet, but it was yummy :(

L: 3 inch steak and cheese subway, 3 inch chicken teriyaki subway. Some Honey bbq fritos..

D: Went out for jjajangmyun for halmoni and aunbin's bday, so 1 kan jjajang that I couldn't finish and some of he dishes that was ordered. Was too full/

Overall, I definitely ate Freely.. but overall less, than what I'd normally eat and plus dinner was at 5/6ish and I didn't eat anything afterwards. So I would say this isn't too bad.

Exercise:

TBD

Day 6

I had work from 11:00-3:00 today. Normally I don't wake up until my alarm goes off but this morning I kept waking up like every hr in panic that I was late.. haha

Intake:

Breakfast @10:30:
2 Maple oatmeal pkgs with a spash of milk 350

Snack:
not a great snack, but it was there and I gave in.. small piece of cake for someone bday 200 cals
1 jolly rancher 24 cals

Lunch @ 3:30:
1 pgk chocolate oatmeal with a splash of milk, but like 1/5 of it came out while I was microwaving it so i'll deduct some 150 cals
15 roasted almonds

Dinner @~7:00pm: 
Going out for BH's bday with my old HS friends, going for Thai, but I will make smart choices
I ordered a Spicy beef salad, which is just spicy beef with lettuce, cilantro, lime and some vinegary sauce. The salad was really good, but in comparison to the noodle and rice dishes my friends were eating, especially since I love Thai food, being satisfied with just this was a struggle.

Then even though it was passed 7pm, I did get a little, maybe 3/4 cup of frozen yogurt at honey berry - much less than I normally get.
Then picked at some veggie banchan while joy and loice were eating

10:00pm Coffee with some nonfat milk at Sbux. Wish I could have had a bite of the Honey Toast Joy and Loice was eating, but I resisted.

Exercise (after work before dinner, had to keep it short):

• 10 minute standing abs workout
• 33 minute Less is More Cardio workout -- this made me drip sweat by the end!

Day 5

Work went by fairly fast today. It's a nice blue skies day today.

Intake:

Breakfast:
8:45am Chobani peach yogurt + Nature Valley granola bars (I crumble the granola bars and put it in the yogurt now; love this combo!) 330 cals

Snack:
12:00pm 2 small cutie tangerines 80 cals
1:00pm 1 nature valley bar 95 cals
3 jolly ranchers throughout my shift 70 cals

Preworkout/Snack:
2:00pm 1 NV granola bar crumbled in Strawberry chobani yogurt 235 cals

Dinner:
5:30pm Subway 6 inch turkey breast on wheat with all veggies 280 cals
2 slices american cheese 40 cals
Lots of mustard 10 cals

Was still a bit hungry when I got home so I had...
Campbell's simpe harvest French carmelized onion soups 80cals/serving x 2 = 160 cals

Snack:
Just For One cheese and broccoli 40 cals
1 cutie 40
8 roasted almonds

Exercise:

I was super tired and ttl body sore when I got to work this morning so I thought about not working out at the gym after work, but at the end of my shift I got some energy

• 23 min Arc trainer cardio machine 200 cals
• 22 min climbing stairs stairmaster ~200 cals i think -- stairmaster always makes me sweat like no other!
• 20 min treadmill -- was too tired to run today, so I just did some mild incline walking
• 12 minutes rowing machine 100 cals
• 3 x 5 chin lifts, still @ 90lbs, triceps, planks on ball
• stretch