Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Popeyes!

April 22, 2009

Last night I let myself indulge a little. I bought some Popeyes chicken and had dinner with my roommates. The oil, the cripsy skin, the juicy meat ... oh sooo sooo good! I was able to hold off and only eat 3 pieces but I'm sure it already did enough damage to my arteries and diet.

Breakfast ~ Banana

7:00 AM Boot Camp

Breakfast #2 ~ Almonds + Whey Protein Shake

Lunch ~ Salad greens + Shredded Salmon + Almonds + Poppy Seed Dressing

Snack ~ Apple

Dinner ~ 3 pieces of Popeyes Chicken (1 drumstick + 2 thighs), Mash Potato, Corn, 2 big scoops of Ice Cream (Haagan Daaz)!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Fast and Menu Update!

Health and Weight Update - Looking back till last Tuesday when I got rear-ended by the guy coming off Seaport Blvd. I thought the whiplash would totally ruin my plans to hit 174 before I head to Hong Kong. But it was once again another blessing from God! Yes the whiplash was definately no fun, but it showed me how important health is a blessing is to our lives but we really take it for granted!

With KettleBell and BootCamp classes 4 out of 7 days, I think my body has shed that extra weight I had picked up from Montreal. Now I just need to continue and shed off that final weight from X'mas and Thanksgiving.

The inactivity in Montreal and eating out all the time had caused me to experience pain in my heart area and other parts of my body. Thank you God for slowly rebuidling the body that I poorly abused :(

Update on Manna 3 week fast - I've been going strong with not using internet at home for 1 week now. It's been challenging where I can't skype to call my family (I think i'll have to break that soon since my parents keep calling me and can't find me since I have my cell on Silence most of the time). I find the weekends the hardest where I have alot of home time and want to just hop onto my PC. But God has somehow made me actually have the patience to just sit down almost every night and read the bible when in the past I would have been chatting online with girls or just watching online tv! So I fully see how I was choosing to put God pretty low on the totem pole.

April 20th, 2009

Breakfast ~ 1 bowl o Kellogs Special K Strawberry Cereal

Kettlebell Class for 1 hr

Lunch ~ Protein Shake, Half a baked Potato (with a lil hummus for flavour), 4 Potstickers, Carrots and Salad greens with Poppy Seed Dressing

Snack - Almonds + a handful of Special K Cereal again

Snack - Orange

Dinner - Chinese Noodles in a MSG type broth (from a packet), egg whites (2 to 3 eggs worth?), Side salad with poppy seed dressing

April 19th, 2009

Breakfast - Half a sugar coated donut at GrX

Lunch - 2 Hot Dogs from the BBQ (with ketchup), 1 Taro Slushy with pearls from Fantasia

Nice jog with James & Co at Crystal Springs ~ wanted to test out my body from the injury

Dinner - Master Chef Sung's Crepe with Spinach and Mushrooms, Crepe with eggs and cheese, Crepe with Gnutella and Bananas! 2 glasses of wine

Late night Snack ~ two pot stickers

April 18th, 2009

Breakfast ~ Banana & 1 cup of coffee with Sweetener and Cream

Gardening work for SF School of the Arts for 2 hours

Lunch ~ At the Cherry Blossom Festival ~ 8 Takoyaki balls + 1 redbean paste cake thing + 1 piece of futomaki + 5 pieces of california roll

Snack ~ 1 leftover piece of california roll + 2 tofu sushi

Dinner ~ Half a baked potato, Salad green with Carrots + poppy seed dressing, 3 pan fried onion pancakes

April 17th, 2009

Breakfast ~ Banana

Lunch ~ ?

Dinner ~ Turkey Burger (I'm fasting from Burgers ... but a turkey burger is healthy right??), Lettuce Greens, 7 or 8 pieces of Girl Guide Chocolate Mint cookies! + 1 glass of mango oj juice

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Lose 10 lbs in 1 month!

Alright. Time to go into full action. I'm heading back to Asia in May and I know I'll be eating ALOT there cause of all the good food. I need to lose all the weight from thanksgiving till the end of my Montreal trip. I also know having my weight going up and down like this is really bad for the heart :(



April 7, 2009

Breakfast - OJ + Water mix, banana

7:00 AM - Boot Camp

Breakfast #2 - Whey Protein Shake + Granola Bar + Almonds

April 6, 2009

8:30 AM - 20 minute run at the gym

Breakfast - Granola Bar + Banana + Water

Noon - Kettlebell Session - 1 hr

Lunch - Grilled Chicken Salad ~ Lettuce, Chicken, Tomatoes, Edamame beans, Red peppers, Caesar dressing on the side

Snack -Almonds

Dinner - 6 Potstickers, Strawberry + Apple juice shake, House Salad ~ (spinach, carrots, half a tomato, poppy seed dressing), hummus, and half a pita

Montreal Trip Summary

Montreal Trip

Sunday [Mar 16, 2009]

Breakfast [6:45 AM – at SFO airport]
2 over easy eggs, Ham, Hashbrowns, 1 bottle of Lipton all natural lemon tea (no sugar), 2 pieces of wheat toast

Lunch [11:00 ish – at O’Hara airport]
Dennies – Buffalo Chicken Salad ~ according to Jo was 900 Calories. AHHH! I tried to cut off the bread crust after she told me that.

Snack – Unsalted Almonds & glass of OJ

Dinner – [Team Dinner in Montrael]
The Keg – Filet Mignon with Double baked potato (mash potato in a baked potato I think it was) and veggies , Bread and Butter, 1 pint of Rickards Red beer, PLUS 1 huge slice of mocha ice cream cake.
I was so scared that the rest of the trip would be like this that I decided I need to try to eat no burgers, as little fries as possible and no big meals even though it’s getting paid for

Monday [Mar 17, 2009]

Breakfast – Skipped

Lunch – 1 very small Garden Salad, bread and butter, Half of a Chicken mushroom Penne in Rosee sauce, Half of a green onion olive oil spaghetti pasta dish, water

Snack – Tim Hortons large coffee [Double cream double sugar]

Dinner – Dundees Restaurant
1 Pint of Sleeman Honey Brown, 1 small Caesar salad, Grill Salmon with veggies, baked potato with sour cream and cheese and green onion, and white rice. NO DESSERT

Tuesday [Mar 18, 2009]

Breakfast – 1 Large Tim Hortons Coffee [Double Double again]

Lunch – Resto Republique
Garden Salad, 1 lb of mussels and potato edges on the side (FIRST fried item in the trip).

Dinner – Sir Winston Churchills
1 pint of Rickards Red, Grilled Chicken Breast Salad with a sweet vinaigrette of some sort (14 bucks so not worth it), Share 1 poutine between 5 people (SECOND fried item in the trip)


March 20 Friday – Driving to Toronto

Breakfast – Coffee + bagel

Lunch - ??

Snack – Large double double + 10 pack tim bit

Dinner – Steam fish + Chive with Shrimp Stir Fry + Rice + Chinese Squash Soup

March 21 Saturday – In Toronto

Lunch – Dim Sum with friends -

Dinner – Steamed Fish + Rice + Veggie

Dinner #2 – Pork bone soup + Rice + Soju + Korean Hot Pot

Dessert – Ice Cream + Coffee

March 22 Sunday – Drive back to Montreal

Lunch – Dim Sum with parents

Dinner – Fish + Veggies

Snack Driving home – Sticky Rice with various insides (Chi Fan )

Snack – Soy Milk + hummus and pita

March 27 Friday Driving to Toronto

Dinner – Ribs + Fries + 2 glasses of Nestea

Snack for drive home – Medium Double Double Coffee + Timbits + bottle of lemon green tea

March 28 Saturday in Toronto

Lunch – Take out food at home – Congee + fried dough sticks with noodle skin + beef noodle

Dinner – Rice + Salmon + Cabbage Pork stir fry + Timbits for dessert + Chinese Soup

Snack – Rest of the congee

March 29 – Sunday in Toronto

Breakfast – Baked Pork Chop and Rice + Chinese hot Milk tea

Lunch – the rest of the baked pork chop and rice + a couple small bite size donuts

Dinner – Rice + Cow Tongue and mushroom sauce + Half a steam fish with soy sauce + couple pieces of veggie!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Weight and Fat Going Up! Health Going Down!

Hey Guys,

Hmm I'm starting to feel my health decline! I'm starting to just feel sluggish and starting to see inability to exercise for a long time. I did the elliptical for 25 minutes on Wednesday morning in the Montreal Apartment's gym. I blamed the lack of breath and energy due to the stifling conditions (was in the pool area where it was hot and muggy). Then today I tried doing the elliptical at home and I was just short of breath and felt very heavy and sluggish. I kept on telling myself oh you're okay cause you exercise at work so you're fine to eat whatever but it's really catching up to me now! Especially with me eating out and unable to have a decent gym to work out at :( my heart and body is taking a pounding! Ugh ... sad thing is i dont know how I can keep myself from refraining overeating in calories a day. I am justifying to myself that today is different cause I'm back in Toronto for good food so it's okay ... but just look at what I ate today

March 21, 2009

Breakfast (11:00 am) - banana and water

Elliptical and exercise for like 20 minutes

Lunch (1:00 pm) - Dim Sum - Har Gao, Deep Fried Tentacle, Sticky Rice, Steam Dumplings, Chicken Feet, Garlic Spinach, Cheung Fun

Snack (4:00 pm) - korean Sweet Corn Popsicle (imagine very sweet)

Dinner (7:15 pm) - Steamed fish, Rice, Veggies, Mushrooms, Curry Chicken

Dinner #2 (8:45) - Korean pork bone soup with rice, Soju + Ice Tea, Korean hot Pot seafood and noodles

Drinks (11:00 PM) - Ice Coffee with ice cream

March 20, 2009 - Driving Back to Toronto

Breakfast - Banana

Lunch - Chicken Teriyaki and Rice (from food court) + blueberry smoothie

Snack - Tim Hortons XL Double Double Coffee + Toasted Bagel with Cream Cheese + 10 timbits (mini bite size donuts)

Dinner (9:45 pm) - Chives with Shrimp + pan seared fish + rice

Snack (2:00 AM) - Small bag of pretzels, pocky sticks and 1 juice box of chrysanthmum tea

March 19, 2009 - Buffet #2

Breakfast - Banana + Tim hortons L Coffee (Double Double)

Lunch - Bim Bim Bap - korean food - beef, veggies, and rice and sauce

Dinner - Montreal Traditional BUFFET - 1 slice of Ham, Scrambled eggs, Beans, LOTS of Maple Syrup, Maple Syrup Toffee, two small pancakes, I bite of fried dough (tasted really bad), 1 piece of fried bacon fat (fried item #5), mini bite size sausages, Beets, coleslaw [last two items i tried to get SOME veggie in me], Home style hasbrown potatoes (fried item #6)

March 18, 2009 - Buffet #1

Breakfast - SKIPPED

Lunch - Thai Beef Green Curry with Rice (Food Court)

Dinner - SUSHI BUFFET - Lots of Maki Rolls (one was a fried type of fried item #3), 8 x Tempura Shrimps (fried items #4), Assorted Sushi, Salmon Sashimi, Yaki Tori (only 1 skewer), Edamame (only vegetable of the evening)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Montreal Trip Update

Hey Guys,

I forgot to bring my camera for the first couple days to work but i've got it now with me starting today!

Sunday [Mar 16, 2009]

Breakfast [6:45 AM – at SFO airport]
2 over easy eggs, Ham, Hashbrowns, 1 bottle of Lipton all natural lemon tea (no sugar), 2 pieces of wheat toast - there was alot of grease at the bottom of the box :(

Lunch [11:00 ish – at O’Hara airport]
Chillies– Buffalo Chicken Salad ~ according to Jo was 900 Calories. AHHH! I tried to cut off the bread crust after she told me that.

Snack – Unsalted Almonds & glass of OJ

Dinner – [Team Dinner in Montrael]
The Keg – Filet Mignon with Double baked potato (mash potato in a baked potato I think it was) and veggies , Bread and Butter, 1 pint of Rickards Red beer, PLUS 1 huge slice of mocha ice cream cake.
I was so scared that the rest of the trip would be like this that I decided I need to try to eat no burgers, as little fries as possible and no big meals even though it’s getting paid for

Monday [Mar 17, 2009]

Breakfast – Skipped

Lunch – 1 very small Garden Salad, bread and butter, Half of a Chicken mushroom Penne in Rosee sauce, Half of a green onion olive oil spaghetti pasta dish, water

Snack – Tim Hortons large coffee [Double cream double sugar]

Dinner – Dundees Restaurant
1 Pint of Sleeman Honey Brown, 1 small Caesar salad, Grill Salmon with veggies, baked potato with sour cream and cheese and green onion, and white rice. NO DESSERT

Tuesday [Mar 18, 2009]

Breakfast – 1 Large Tim Hortons Coffee [Double Double again]

Lunch – Resto Republique
Garden Salad, 1 lb of mussels and potato edges on the side (FIRST fried item in the trip).

Dinner – Sir Winston Churchills
1 pint of Rickards Red, Grilled Chicken Breast Salad with a sweet vinaigrette of some sort (14 bucks so not worth it), Share 1 poutine between 5 people (SECOND fried item in the trip)

Monday, March 9, 2009

Last Tahoe Trip of 2009

Mar 5, 2009

Breakfast - Cereal again ... BUT i'm DONE NOW!!!



Lunch - 4 pieces of toast with Cream cheese spread; I was really really lazy to make food on Wednesday night


Dinner - Thai Small Group Dinner: I ate ALOT of rice with thai curry sauce (meaning a lot of coconut milk). Thai Menu was Green Beans and Tofu, Egg plant and tofu, Crispy Duck with Teriyaki sauce of some sort

Mar 6, 2009 - Tahoe Trip Day 1


Breakfast (7:30 AM) - Soy Milk + Two Pieces of Toast + Cream Cheese Spread


Lunch (11:00 AM) - Thai Curry + Rice + String Beans


Lunch Rd 2 (4:00 PM) - In and Out: Double Double + Well Done Fries + Drink = 80% tea + 20% lemonade


Dinner - Salad + Roast Chicken + Oranges


Dessert - 3 pieces of Dark chocolate

Mar 7, 2009 - Day 2 of Tahoe Trip


Breakfast - Forgot to take photo of food - but you see in photo of friend you see the food: Half a muffin (poppy seed something muffin) + 1 yoplait yogurt + 1 banana + Gatorade


Lunch - Sandwich (Turkey + Ham + Cheese + Salami + Lettuce + Tomato) + Honey and Oats Granola Bar + Gatorade


Snack - Veggie Tray + a couple pieces of Chips! (Fought really hard not to binge)


Dinner - Forgot to take photo of food but you see on other people's plate: three pieces of garlic break + three roasted drumsticks + lasanga + Salad with Poppy Seed Salad Dress + lots of Costco meatballs + Root Beer Float for Dessert

Mar 8, 2009 - Last Day of Tahoe Trip


Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs + Tater Tots + Sausages + Croissant + 2 glasses of OJ

Lunch - Fish and Chips (need to get photo from friend)

Snacking in the Car while Driving - Kettle Corn Chips ><


Dinner - Leftovers from Saturday night - Meatballs, Chicken Drumsticks, Salad, Lasagna, Orange, Red Wine