G - 1st November 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)

Snack
Granola + milk (16 carbs)

Lunch
Khichdi (47 carbs)

Dinner
Rice (45 carb)
Yogurt low fat plain (18 carb)
Yogurt full fat vanilla truffle (37 carb)

Total Carbs - 166.75
Activity - Running

G - 31st October 2006

Stomach didn't feel good today at all. Tried to eat eggs but almost threw them up. Ate cereal for lunch and breakfast and then khichdi for dinner. Needless to say, today was a carb day.

Activity - None

G - 30th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Snack
Almonds, 1/4 oz (0.5 carbs)
Cashews, 1 oz (8 carbs)

Lunch
Kao Soi - 1/2 (6 carbs)

Dinner
ribs and brisket (0 carbs)
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 20.25
Activity - none, stomach not feeling well from the kao soi

G - 29th October 2006

Total Carbs - Not going to bother
Activity - Running, 10k

G - 28th October 2006

Total Carbs - Lots for the race tomorrow

G - 27th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Green beans (1.4 carbs)
Ribs (0 carbs)
BBQ sauce, 1 tbsp (10 carbs)

Dinner
Salad w/ Tilapia (6 carbs)

Snack
Drink w/ tonic (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 27.15
Activity - Running

G - 26th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Onions and peppers 1/4 each(2.5 carbs)
Ham (0 carbs)

Lunch
Greek Salad (6 carbs)
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)

Dinner
Okra (4 carbs)
Pork w/ parmesan (2 carbs)

Snack
Drink w/ tonic (6 carbs)
Tortilla low carb (3 carbs)
Cashews (8 carbs)

Total Carbs - 37
Activity - None

G - 25th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Onions and peppers 1/4 each(2.5 carbs)
Ham (0 carbs)

Lunch
Eggplant and chicken stir-fry, leftover (4 carbs)
Tuna salad (1 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken and mushroom casserole (5 carbs)
Cashews (8 carbs)

Total Carbs - 23.25
Activity - Running

PR: Best 400m times yet, fastest was 2 mins even the slowest was 2:15. I thought I was going to throw up.

G - 24th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Greek Salad (6 carbs)

Snack
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)
cold cuts (0 carbs)

Dinner
chicken breast (0 carbs)
sour cream and cheese (2 carbs)
Tortilla, low carb, 1.5 (4.5 carbs)

Snack
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
cookie, 1 oz (16 carbs)

Total Carbs - 37.25
Activity - None

G - 23rd October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Brisket and Sausage (0 carbs)
veggies (2 carbs)
bbq sauce, 1 tbsp (10 carbs)

Snack
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)

Dinner
Salad w/ beef (8 carbs)

Total Carbs - 23.75
Activity - Running

G - 20th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Split pea soup (22 carbs)
Cobb Salad (6 carbs)

Snack
Cheese (1 carb)

Dinner
Wings (0 carbs)

Total Carbs - 32.75
Activity - None

G - 19th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Chicken and cauliflower casserole (5 carbs)

Snack
Chicken (0 carbs)

Dinner
Chipotle salad, no guacamole (6 carbs)
Short cake, 2 oz (27.5 carbs) OUCH!!!

Total Carbs - 42.25
Activity - None (Meant to go to yoga but I got delayed)

G - 18th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
chicken parm (7 carbs)
veggies (2 carbs)

Snack
Grape nuts trail mix, 1.5 tbsp (6 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken and cauliflower casserole (5 carbs)

Total Carbs - 23.75
Activity - Running

G - 17th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Torta but no bread (fine I had a bite!) (5 carbs)
Tortilla soup but no chips (2 carbs)

Dinner
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)

Dinner
Shrimp Curry, 1/2 cup (3.2 carbs)
Ice cream (3 carbs)
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 22
Activity - Yoga

G- 16th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Greek Salad (6 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken (0 carbs)
misc, a tablespoon of granola (3 carbs)

Dinner
Beef stew (9 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21.75
Activity - Running

G - 10th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Onions and peppers, 2 tbsp (2 carb)
Ham (0 carbs)

Lunch
Chicken salad (2 carbs)
Cheese, 2 oz (2 carbs)

Snack
Chicken wings (2 carb)

Dinner
Shrimp in coconut curry (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 17.75
Activity - None

G - 9th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Peas and french beans, 1 cup (7.87 carbs)
Brisket and Sausage (0 carbs)

Dinner
French beans, 1 cup (4.71)
Pork (0 carbs)
Low carb ice cream (4 carbs)

Total Carbs - 20.33
Activity - Running

G - 8th October

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Whole foods salads (10 carbs)

Dinner
Tofu soup w/ no tofu (0 carbs)
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 16.75
Activity - Yard work at J's house, those yuccas had to die

G - 7th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Cobbler (yeah! a bazillion carbs, 30 I think.)
Hamburger (15 carbs)

Dinner
Leftovers (6 carbs)
Sausage biscuit (15 carbs)

Total Carbs - 69.75
Activity - Running

G - 6th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Beef and chinese broccoli
Snowpea leaves
BBQ pork (overall atleast 20 carbs)

Dinner
Meatloaf (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 29.75
Activity - None

Hurray!

I am officially back to the weight I was at around the wedding, two years ago. I was lighter by two pounds later during fall that year but it wasn't stable. Now I have 15 more pounds to go to meet my goal weight and this time I am getting there.

G - 5th October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Waited to long to eat and this is what happened:

Lunch
Unnamed carb free snack (0 carbs)
Sausages (0 carbs)
Chiwda (20 carbs)

Dinner
Onions and sausage (9.4 carbs)

Total Carbs - 33.15
Activity - Running

G - 3rd October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Veggie Chorizo (2 carbs)

Lunch
Tuna salad (0 carbs)
Leftover of cauliflower and chicken stirfry (4 carbs)

Snack
String cheese, 1 oz (1 carb)

Dinner
Meatloaf (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 16.75
Activity - None

G - 2nd October 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 1 (0 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Snack
String Cheese, 2 oz (2 carbs)

Lunch
String Cheese, 1 oz (1 carbs)
Other carb-free snack we shall not mention (0carbs)

Snack
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)

Dinner
Cauliflower and chicken stir-fry(8 carbs)

Total Carbs - 17
Activity - None

G - 28th September, 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Tuna Salad (6 carbs)

Snack
Miso soup (3 carbs)
Almonds (4 carbs)

Dinner
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Seafood pancake (9 carbs)

Total Carbs - 29.75
Activity - None

G - 27th September 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Almonds, 1 snack bag (4 carbs)

Lunch - part deux
Egg Salad (0.75 carbs)
Chiwda (4 carbs)

Dinner
Chipotle salad (14 carbs)

Total Carbs - 26.5
Activity - Runnning

G - 19th September 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Side salad (4 carbs)
Chicken salad (2 carbs)

Dinner
Cabbage, water chestnuts, chicken sausage, scallion stir-fry (20 carbs)

Total Carbs - 29.75
Activity - Yoga

Water chestnuts are carb heavy, this does not bode well for me (a certain someone who is on the diet with me is going to be PO-ed)

ACL has left the building

ACL (Austin City Limits also known as All Carbs aLlowed) is finally over. We tried (Well, I did, Sandeep folded the moment he looked at a hot and crunchy chicken cone). Joey and Carlos even helped keep us in check (thanks again, guys) but everything was fried and battered. So after a weekend of trying and failing miserably to avoid carbs, I am back on track. I don't remember what I ate Monday but I did well. I'll post yesterdays carb count and we'll go from there.

Good news: Two of my pants that had been put out of commission are now back in rotation.

Littlefield Cafe on Campus Sucks

Okay first of all, putting the same chicken in all the salads and then calling all of them spicy X (e.g. spicy ceaser or spicy greek) is not acceptable.
Additionally, if you're going to claim that the tomato soup you're serving has less than 15 carbs, don't put sugar in it. I had to throw most of it away. Oh and mention the fact that it has red peppers in it. That makes me angry for Joey (she's allergic)!
And lastly and most grossly, if the wrap sandwiches you put out are going to get soggy, don't put a layer of oil on the inside of the wrap. That's disgusting, you have a sandwich station, just assemble it when it's ordered.
Gawd, I am so frustrated with crappy, unhealthy tricks that food companies pull. It's difficult enough to try and eat right (low cal, low carb, high fiber etc etc) without these idiots adding to it.

G - 11th September 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Brisket (0 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)
Coldslaw (6 carbs)

Dinner
chicken w/ feta and spinach (2 carbs)
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 14.75
Activity - Running

G - 10th September 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Onions and peppers 1/4 each(2.5 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Salmon w/ splenda and mustard (1 carb)

Snack
Creamy tomato soup (10 carbs)

Dinner
Lettuce wraps w/ chicken (4 carbs)
Misc (3 carbs)
Wine (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 27.25
Activity - None

G - 9th September 2006

Snack
Clif Nectar bar, 1 (24 carbs)

Lunch
Coffee w/ sugar and 1/2 & 1/2 (10 carbs)
Tuna w/ mayo (0 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Snack
Sunchips, 10 (10 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken wings (0 carbs)
Salmon (0 carbs)
Gin and Diet tonic (0 carbs)
Drambuie (9 carbs)

Total Carbs - 53
Activity - Running, sooo looong

G - 8th September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Pork and Bamboo shoot stir-fry (4 carbs)

Snack
Grape nuts 12 gms (8 carbs)

Dinner
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Beef (0 carbs)
Tuna w/ mayo (0 carbs)

Total Carbs - 18.75
Activity - None

G- 7th September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Greek salad (6 carbs)

Dinner
Ribs w/ splenda mustard sauce (2 carbs)
Tea w/ 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)

Total Carbs - 13.75
Activity - Yoga

G - 6th september 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
I'd rather not mention but it was carb free, I feel dirty.

Snack
Clif Nectar bar, 1/2 (10 carbs)

Dinner
Eggplant, zuccini, sausage stir-fry (8 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21.75
Activity - Running

G - 5th September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Greek Salad (6 carbs)

Snack
Almonds (4 carbs)
Dal Samosas, 3 (10 carbs)

Dinner
Shrimp Curry (6.4 carbs)

Total Carbs - 30.15
Activity - None

Two - timin'

I invite you to view my other blog which I will likewise ignore for months and months on end
http:/joey-martin.blogspot.com
Thus far it makes me look like an aged spinster who spends way too much time with her cats.

G - 4th September 2006

Snack
Clif Nectar bar, 1/2 (10 carbs)

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Chilli, 1/2 cup (5 carbs)
Hamburger, no bread (0 carbs)
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 and 1/2 (2 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken, 1/4 (2 carbs)
Brussel Sprouts, 1/2 cup (3.5 carbs)
Bread, 1/4 slice (3 carbs)
Wine, red (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 32.25
Activity - Running + Kayaking + Swimming

G - 3rd September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Turkey + mayo + mustard (0 carbs)

Snack
Bacon (0 carbs)

Lunch
Cheese (1 carb)

Dinner
Chicken Curry (6.4 carbs)
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 and 1/2 (2 carbs)

Total Carbs - 13.2
Activity - Running

G - 2nd September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon (0 carbs)

Snack
Hot Dog (2 carbs)

Lunch
Changos Burrito, no tortilla (6 carbs)

Dinner
Chicken on a stick (0 carbs)
Tortilla chips (10 carbs)
Queso (0 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)
Eggs, 2 (.75 carbs)
Vodka (0 carbs)
Tonic, 1/2 cup (10 carbs)

Total Carbs - 32.5
Activity - None

G - 1st September 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (1 carb)

Snack
Cheese (1 carb)

Lunch
Green Curry (4 carbs)

Snack
Ritz crackers, 6 (10 carbs)

Dinner
Tortilla chips (12 carbs)
Meat, chicken and beef (0 carbs)
Salad (4 carbs)
Avocado, .2 cup (2.5)
Red Wine, 6.25 oz (5 carbs)

Total Carbs - 43.25
Activity - Relay Running

G - 31st August 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 3 (1 carbs)

Lunch
Cesear Salad (6 carbs)

Snack
Cheese (1 carb)

Dinner
Low carb mint patties, 2 (0 carbs)
Beef (0 carbs)
Alcohol and limes (2 carbs)

Total Carbs - 13
Activity - None

:: Hair Band :: a poem by Teri Jo

I need a hair band - not GnR or White Snake
A band to keep the hair from my face
Gayatri has one

I need a magazine to read
Gayatri gives me one

I need an island in the stream
Gayatri is one

G - 30th August 2006

Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 3 (1 carbs)

Lunch
Carne Guisado (1 carbs)
Lettuce, 1 cup (1 carbs)

Snack
Samosas, dal (20 carbs)
Cheese, 1/2 oz (0 carbs)

Dinner
Beef (0 carbs)

Total Carbs - 26
Activity - Running (fartleks, tee hee)

G - 29th August 2006

Breakfast
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
Chipotle salad (14 carbs)

Snack
low carb mint patties (0 carbs)
low carb peanut butter cup (0 carbs)

Dinner
Salmon (0 carbs)
Chicken (0 carbs)
Broccoli and cauliflower salad (4 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21.75
Activity - running

G - 28th August 2006

I waited too long and ended up eating a brunch type meal. Bad. I just got so hungry I didn't want to deal with food. Eventually, I had to force myself to eat.

Breakfast/Lunch
Coffee w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 3 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)
Goat cheese (0 carbs)

Snack
Tea w/ splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (2 carbs)
Roast beef (0 carbs)
Mayo (0 carbs)
Mustard (0 carbs)

Dinner
Broccoli, cauliflower, sausage stir-fry (8 carbs)
low carb mint patties (0 carbs)

Total Carbs - 14
Activity - Running, I was fast baby!! (for about 16 mins)

G - 27th August 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Sausage (0 carbs)

Lunch
tofu and peas (5.7 carbs)
Black chana (8 carbs)

Snack
sugarfree Jello (0 carbs)
Half and Half (1 carb)

Dinner
Rib (0 carbs)
Bbq sauce (2 carbs)
low carb toffee (0 carbs)
low carb mint patties (0 carbs)


Total Carbs - 20.45
Activity - None

G - 26th August 2006

Snacks
Clif Nectar bar (27 carbs)

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)

Lunch
Chicken (3 carbs)
Creamed spinach (4 carbs)
Green beans (3 carbs)

Dinner
Mojito w/ no sugar (8 carbs)
Beef stroganoff (10 carbs)
Kale (3 carbs)

Total Carbs - 62 (YIKES!!)
Activity - Long run

But they'll never take our freedoooooooom

Scenario:
Big boobs,
Athletic bra
'Long' (it was for me) run

Apparently, on a long run sometimes the boobies want to escape. From the top. Then you have to push them down while you run in public. Classy.

Complications

Typical scenario:
time 0: Get ACL recontruction
+ 2-4 months: start rehabilitation with PT
+ 4-8 months: Test the knee (comprehensive physical test that involves stressing and loading the
knee to make sure that it can handle all kinds of movement)
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I had my surgery during winter break so when school started I was almost off my crutches. 2 months into my spring semester, I started to get back pain. One day, a sneeze started shooting pains down the leg that had had surgery. I panicked and saw a chiropracter (who made it worse). Eventually, I found a PT that speciallized in back troubles. Through that I found out that I had scoliosis (not too bad) and a pinched nerve (BAD!).

Therapy helped end that pain and I went back to PT for my knee. At this point it had been almost 7 months when I finally tested. I didn't pass the test! My knee wasn't strong enough to do lunges for three minutes. So I went back two months later and tested again. Finally!! I passed!

What did yoga do now?

Although losing weight did contribute to this, I believe that yoga is the singular reason I am a happy person (generally speaking) today.

Having lost all this weight (at that point, it was a loss of 35 lbs) and that too excruciatingly slowly has been quite a lesson. I have had to be patient but also not focus on other's progress but my own. No jealousy, no competition.
Yoga, as a practice, is inherently self-centered. That is not say that one can't be competitive in it. I know far too many people (ok, one) that have hurt themselves not realizing that headstands have to be learnt. That being said, I am not competitive by nature (I think), so yoga allowed me to focus on my progress and not my relativity to other's abilities. This made me capable of simply being proud of my achievements and not be envious of other's.

G - 24th August 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (0.75 carbs)
Bacon - 3 slices (0 carbs)

Lunch
Tuna salad w/ no veggies (0 carbs)

Dinner
Paneer w/ tomato onion sauce (14 carbs)
Tea w/ half and half (1 carb)

Total Carbs - 19
Activity - None but I did get a great massage

Changes

I had been working in Austin for about 9 months when I realized that I was putting on weight. That's when the diet and exercise regiment began (It was the 5th of May, 2002/3/?). My goal was to drop 45 lbs. That would bring me to the most I could weigh and still be healthy for my height. I started with yoga. That first day when I got done and stepped out, I knew I wanted to do this for as long as I could. Since it needed only a change of clothes and no special shoes, I found it convenient and that helped me stick with it. But it wasn't easy. The first day I tried yoga, it was hatha, gentle and loving, it was 'easy'. But after that first day, all the yoga I practiced was the more aerobic variety (called flow or hot or sport and it's more traditional cousin, Ashtanga). This was hard. My body wasn't used to handling my weight and there were days when I just wanted to stop and walk out. I don't know what kept me going but yoga changed the way I think. I'll explain in a bit.

6 months later I added Kickboxing then a year later Vale Tudo. I even ran a 1 or 1.5 miles once in a while. I don't think I had ever felt stronger. One of the best things I ever heard was from Sandeep. He said that he wanted to start fights just so that I would be able to step in.

The combination of kickboxing and yoga were great. I dropped weight even when I was building muscle and getting stronger. However, adding in Vale Tudo might have been, in many ways, a big mistake. I lost track of my goals at that point. It stopped being about losing weight and became about the color (or stripe) of the belt I was wearing. I tried to tell myself that I was still building muscle but if that had been the case I should have noticed size or measurement changes, both of which had also stopped happening. I wasn't eating well anymore because I had convinced myself that I would burn it off. I did burn what I ate off but not what I was carrying, my weight plateaued 10 lbs short of my goal.

Then during VT one night, I got chopped wrong (ironically by a guy at my level or maybe just a level below me). I thought it was a sprain at first but the MRI showed ACL and MCL tears. I didn't have insurance at the time so I decided to see a physical therapist before a doctor. He suggested weight lifting and running while waiting for reconstruction.

3-5 months later Sandeep and I got married. Thanks to the PT I was in amazing shape (sans an ACL). I was also my lightest at 8 lbs short of my goal. Then that December I got ACL reconstruction surgery and things changed a bit. Literally.

G - 23th Aug 2006

Breakfast/Lunch
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (3 carbs)
Eggs - 3 (2 carbs)
Bacon - 4 slices (0 carbs)

Snacks
Walnuts + Macademias (2.3 carbs)

Dinner
Pepper steak (14 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21.3
Activity - Running

Backstory

I've always been overweight. All my life.
I was a really big baby by Indian standards and by those same standards always FAT. We are not a polite people. We stare, give unsolicited advice to lose weight and claim 'you could be so pretty if you weren't so big'. The irony of it is that as a child I actually wasn't overweight. Up until the 10th grade I was well within my healthy range. I also sort of knew that I was perfectly healthy. So everytime the issue of my weight came up, I actually would say that as long as I am healthy my weight isn't an issue. I've been defensive about it for as long as I can remember. Chitu and I came up with some pretty innovative comebacks for nosy friends of mom's and cruel classmates.

In the 10th, we went on hikes regularly. I hadn't worn jeans since I was kid but I borrowed a pair from a friend for the first hike. I couldn't believe how I looked in it. I was being told that I was fat but here I was in these jeans that I thought I looked great in. Oh yeah, I was 60 kgs (132 lbs) 'fat'.

The problem began after the 10th. My activity level dropped from 60 mins everyday to nothing ata ll. My summer was spent in Saudia Arabia with my dad and we had nothing to do but eat. So four months later, I had put on 20 lbs atleast. The next year was spent putting on more pounds. The 12th brought some weight loss but for the most part I was still really heavy. I took that weight with me to U of M. I lost some my freshman year, more junior year then gained a little back my senior year to a fairly overweight 5'3".

I regret not being able to enjoy being slim when I was. I fought really hard to be proud of things about me that didn't involve the way I looked like being smart. But when I put on all that weight after the 10th there wasn't anything to be happy about and things that I had been proud of didn't seem to help. I was struggling with a lack of schedule and didn't do well in the 11th and 12th grades at all. College didn't get much better. My grades were terrible, I was overweight and generally speaking, miserable.

G - 12th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Chicken Salad - 1/2 cup (1 carb)

Lunch
Salad, small w/ basil ranch (2 carbs)
Broccoli and cheese soup - bowl (12 carbs)

Snacks

Dinner
Collard greens and shrimp (2 carbs)

Sandeeps Parent came into town and that has pretty much done this day to crap!!!

Total Carbs - 23
Activity - Running

G - 11th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Eggs w/ butter and cheese - 2 (1 carb)

Lunch
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Salad w/ splenda mustard - 2 cups (4 carbs)

Snacks
cheese (0 carbs)

Dinner
Salad w/ splenda mustard - 2 cups (4 carbs)
Beef Meatloaf (6 carbs)
Sugarfree Pecan cluster - 1 (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 23
Activity - Running and Ashtanga

Oops or addendum

I have been forgetting to mention this but I snack constantly on cheese and deli meats. The deli meats are often rolled up with mayo and dijon.

Emmentaler rocks!!

G - 10th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Eggs w/ butter and cheese - 2 (1 carb)

Lunch
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Chicken - thigh + leg (0 carbs)
Salad w/ low fat ranch - 2 cups (6 carbs)

Snacks
cheese and deli meats (0 carbs)

Snacks
cheese and deli meats (0 carbs)

Dinner
Mixed veggies - 1 cup (6 carbs)
Chicken teriyaki - 1 cup (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21
Activity - Very slow running

G - 9th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Kao Soi - 1/4 (3 carbs)

Lunch
Hebrew national light beef franks - 2 (0 carbs)
Haricot verts - 1/2 cup (3 carbs)

Dinner
Beef Meatloaf (6 carbs)
Salad w/ low fat ranch - 1 cup + 1 tbsp (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 19
Activity - None

G - 8th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and 1/2 & 1/2 (1 carbs)
Eggs w/ butter - 2 (1 carb)

Lunch
Chicken - thigh + leg (0 carbs)
Salad w/ low fat ranch - 2 cups (6 carbs)

Dinner
Kao Soi - 1/4 (3 carbs)
Pizza, no bread - 2 slices (9 carbs)

Total Carbs - 20
Activity - Running

G - 7th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda and creamer (3 carbs)
Eggs w/ cheese - 2 (1 carb)

Lunch
Peas - 1/4 cup (4 carbs)
Coffee with splenda and creamer (3 carbs)
green beans - 2/3 cup (3 carbs)
salami (2 carbs)

Dinner
Kao Soi - 1/2 (6 carbs)

Total Carbs - 22
Activity - None

G - 6th July 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with splenda (0 carbs)
Eggs - 2 (1 carb)

Lunch
Pizza, no bread - 2 slices (9 carbs)
Diet V8 splash - 16 oz (6 carbs)

Dinner
MEAT!! (5 carbs)

Total Carbs - 21
Activity - Ashtanga

Update on fad dieting 2006 (FAD '06)

I'm trying the atkins diet. If it works within two weeks I'll stick with it. So the food diary from now is going to get really strange. Like puppies dressed up like bees strange.
I know all about protein poisoning and the like but I also know what to do to avoid all that. Wish me luck.

G - 29th June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 2 (52 kcals)
Grape nuts trail mix - 1/2 cup (200 kcals)
Milk, 1% - 1/2 cup (51 kcals)

Lunch
Gnocchi - 3/4 cup (286 kcals)
Amaretti, large (100 kcals)

Dinner
Polenta - 1 cup (174 kcals)
Mixed veggies w/ oil - (154 kcals)
Pancetta - 1/2 oz (50 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 2 pieces (88 Kcals)
Sugar - 2 tsp (33 kcals)

Total Calories - 1188
Activity - Ashtanga

G - 28th June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 1 (26 kcals)
Eggs - 1.5 (152 kcals)
Steak - 1.5 oz (280 kcals)

Lunch
LC french bread pizza (310 kcals)

Snack
Pita chips - 1/2 oz (65 kcals)
Kashi chewy granola bar - 1/2 (70 kcals)
Omlette (60 kcals)
Sara lee multigrain bread (45 kcals)

Dinner
Gnocchi - 3/4 cup (286 kcals)
Bread, white - 3 oz (175 kcals)
Coffee with 1/2 and 1/2 and sugar (125 kcals)

Total Calories - 1594
Activity - Running

G - 27th June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 1 (26 kcals)
Kashi golean waffles (170 kcals)

Lunch
Salad with Tuna and lemon vini (300)

Snack
Kashi chewy granola bar - 1/2 (70 kcals)
Pita chips - 1 oz (130 kcals)

Dinner
Rice - 3/4 cup (153 kcals)
Cilantro Chicken - 1 cup (305 kcals)
Grape nuts trail mix with 1% - 1/2 cup + 1/2 cup (230 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 1 pieces (44 Kcals)

Total Calories - 1428
Activity - Hauling Wood

G - 26th June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 1 (26 kcals)

Lunch
LC fiesta rice (290 kcals)
Honey roasted peanuts - 1/2 oz (60 kcals)

Snack
Nile spice lentil soup (170 kcals)

Dinner
White and green bean salad - 1/2 cups (90.5 kcals)
Beans, gigantes - 2 oz (75 kcals)
Catfish fried - 3 oz (195 kcals)
Feta - 2 oz (74 kcals)
Ham - 1 oz (91 kcals)
Salami - 1 oz (119 kcals)
porkloin, 1.5 oz (86 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 2 pieces (88 Kcals)

Total Calories - 1365
Activity - Running

G - 24th june 2006

Lost the original post so here's the summary:

Total calories: 1324
Activity - Running

G - 25th June 2006

Breakfast
Cappucino - 12 oz (146 kcals)
Breakfast taco (315 kcals)

Snack
Clif nectar bar - 1/2 (90 kcals)

Lunch
Pita chips - 1.5 oz (195 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 2 pieces (88 Kcals)

Dinner
Sushi - Way too many (470 Kcals)

Total Calories - 1304
Activity - spreading compost on the lawn

G - 23rd June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 2 (52 kcals)
Kashi waffles - 2 (170 kcals)

Snack
Clif nectar bar - 1/2 (90 kcals)

Lunch
Panini - 1/2 (208 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 1 pieces (44 Kcals)

Dinner
Bean tostadas - 1.5 (250 kcals)
Hamburger - 1/2 (250 kcals)
Beer - 1.5 (234 kcals)

Snack
Panini - 1/2 (208 kcals)


Total Calories - 1506
Activity - None

G - 22nd June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 1% - 2 (52 kcals)
Clif nectar bar (180 kcals)

Lunch
Chicken breast w/ skin, bone removed - 1/4 (187 kcals)
Salad w lemon vini (187 kcals)

Snack
Clif nectar bar - 1/2 (90 kcals)

Dinner
Chapatis - 3 (180 kcals)
Omlette - 1.8 eggs (147 kcals)
Oil - 1 tbsp (120 kcals)

Snack
Tea w/ 1% (26 kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 1 pieces (44 Kcals)

Total Calories - 1213
Activity - Ashtanga

G - 21st June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)
Yoplait light yogurt (100 kcals)

Snack
Peanuts, honey roasted - 1 oz (160 kcals)

Lunch
Rice - 1/2 cup (103 kcals)
Chicken sausage, italian - 1/2 (50 kcals)
Pasta Sauce, bottled - 3/4 cup (70 kcals)

Snack
Kashi chewy granola bar (140 kcals)
Clif nectar bar (180 kcals)

Dinner
Chicken breast w/ skin, bone removed - 1/4 (187 kcals)
Salad w lemon vini (187 kcals)
Pie, blueberry - 1.3 slices (377 kcals)
Blue bell ice cream, vanilla (57 kcals)
Wine, reisling - 5 oz (120 kcals)

Total Calories - 1836
Activity - Running

G - 20th June 2006

Breakfast
Latte, 1% (102 kcals)
Breakfast taco, veggie chorizo and egg (315 kcals)

Lunch
Solar Falafel Sandwich (450 kcals)
Raisin Oatmeal cookie - 1.5 (160 kcals)

Snack
chocolate, lindt - 3 pieces (132 Kcals)

Dinner
Chicken sausage, italian - 1/2 (50 kcals)
WW pasta - 2 oz (210 kcals)
Pasta Sauce, bottled - 3/4 cup (70 kcals)

Snack
Pita chips - 1.5 oz (195 kcals)

Total Calories - 1684
Activity - None

G - 19th June 2006

Breakfast
Chicken sausage, italian - 1/2 (50 kcals)
Multigrain toast, Sara Lee - 1 (45 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Bhindi and Potato bhaji - 1/2 cup (272 kcals)
Rice, white - 1/2 cup (103 kcals)

Snack
chocolate, lindt - 3 pieces (132 Kcals)

Dinner
Spicy Squid - 1/2 cup (200 kcals)
Kimchi pancake - 2 pieces (140 kcals)
Rice, white - 1 cup (206 kcals)

Total Calories - 1183
Activity - Running

G - 18th June 2006

Breakfast
French toast - 1 (75 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Chicken Tamale - 1 (300 kcals)

Dinner
Rice, yellow - 1 cup (150 kcals)
Shrimp in galic sauce (160 kcals)
Beef - 1.5 oz (87 kcals)
White beans - 1/2 cup (187 kcals)
Tres leches - 2 oz (200 kcals)

Total Calories - 1194
Activity - None

G - June 16th 2006

Breakfast
Kashi TLC crunchy bars (180 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Pizza, pesto - 10 ozs (600 kcals)
Izze, clementine (135 kcals)

Dinner
Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich (270 kcals)
Fruit (60 kcals)

Snack
Martinis - 2 (500 kcals)
Pizza, cheese - 5 ozs (250 kcals)


Total Calories - 2030
Activity - None

G - 15th June 2006

Breakfast
Multigrain toast, Sara Lee - 2 (90 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Dal fry w/ spinach - 1/2 cup (143 Kcals)
Thepla - 1 (90 kcals)

Snack
Dark chocolate - 1 piece (67 kcals)

Dinner
Grilled polenta - 4 oz (200 kcals)
Corn Relish - 1/2 cup (32 kcals)
Macaroni and cheese - 1/2 cup (200 kcals)
Red velvet cake - 4 oz (400 kcals)
Wine, red - 1.5 glasses (196 kcals)


Total Calories - 1453
Activity - Ashtanga

G - 14th June 2006

Breakfast
Eggs - 2 (148 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Small Panini w/ proscuitto and cheese (363 kcals)
Spring roll - 1 (100 kcals)

Snack
chocolate, lindt - 3 pieces (132 Kcals)

Dinner
WW pasta - 2 oz (210 kcals)
Pasta Sauce, bottled - 3/4 cup (70 kcals)
Sausage, chicken - 1/2 (62 kcals)

Snack
Tea w/ 2% (35 kcals)

Total Calories - 1155
Activity - Running, couldn't run more than 1.5 miles, walked another 1.5

G - 13th June 2006

Breakfast
Pop tart (150 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Chapatis - 3 (180 kcals)
Bhindi and Potato bhaji - 1/2 cup (136 kcals)
Dal fry w/ spinach - 1/2 cup (143 Kcals)

Snack
chocolate, lindt - 3 pieces (132 Kcals)

Dinner
Dal fry w/ spinach - 1/2 cup (143 Kcals)
Grape nuts trail mix - 3/4 cup (170 kcals)
Milk 2% - 1/2 cup (61 kcals)
Fried Masa - 75 gms (256 kcals)

Snack
Iced coffee with 1/2 and 1/2 (79 kcals)
Ham snadwich (238 kcals)

Total Calories - 1723
Activity - Ashtanga

G - 12th june 2006

Breakfast
Yoplait yogurt - 1/2 (50 kcals)
Banana - 1/2 small (45 kcals)
granola, homemade - 1/4 cup (100 kcals)

Lunch
WW tuna casserole (290 kcals)
Peas - 1/2 cup (30 kcals)

Snack
Italian cream cake - 3 oz (241 kcals)

Dinner
Chapatis - 3 (180 kcals)
Bhindi and Potato bhaji - 1 cup (271 kcals)
Fried Masa - 100 gms (342 kcals)
Italian cream cake - 3 oz (241 kcals)

Total Calories - 1790
Activity - Running

G - 11th June 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)
Leftovers (200 kcals)

Snack
Health nut english muffins - 1/2 (65 Kcals)
Chocolate truffles - 2 (88 kcals)

Lunch
Yoplait yogurt - 1/4 (25 kcals)
granola, homemade - 1/4 cup (100 kcals)

Dinner
Hamburger (330 kcals)
Italian cream cake - 3 oz (241 kcals)
Beer - 1 pint (200 kcals)

Total kcals - 1219
Activity - None

G - 10th June 2006

Breakfast
None
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
LC fiesta rice (290 kcals)

Snack?
Sara lee Multigrain bread - 2 (90 kcals)
Ham - 2 (135 kcals)
Mayo - 1 tbsp (100 kcals)
Cheese, 2% cheddar - 1 oz (90 kcals)

Dinner
Korean - I am not going to bother to count (900 kcals)
Mango magarita (340 kcals)
Chocolate truffles - 3 (132)

Total kcals - 2112
Activity - None

G - 9th June 2006

Breakfast
None
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
LC fiesta rice (290 kcals)

Snack?
2% milk with hot chocolate (185 kcals)
Granola bar, quaker (90 cals)
Dove dark chocolate - 1 (42 kcals)

Dinner
Sushi - Way too many (470 Kcals)
Ice cream - tiny (140 Kcals)

Total kcals - 1252
Activity - None

G - 8th June 2006

Breakfast
Eggs - 1 (74 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)
Health nut english muffins - 1 (130 Kcals)

Lunch
ww pasta - 2 oz (210 kcals)
roasted veggies - 1/2 cup (170 kcals)
parmesan - 1/6 cup (129 kcals)

Snack?
Tea with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)
Coffee with whole milk and sugar (64 kcals)

Dinner
Changos taco, pork - 2 (280 kcals)
Mexican rice - 1 cup (215 kcals)

Total kcals - 1342
Activity - Yoga, Ashtanga (oh my, she's back.)

G - 7th June 2006

Breakfast
Yoplait yogurt - 1 (100 kcals)
Watermelon - 1 cup (46 kcals)
granola, homemade - 1/4 cup (100 kcals)

Lunch
pineapple - 1 cup (79 kcals)
ww pasta - 2 oz (210 kcals)
roasted veggies - 1/2 cup (170 kcals)
parmesan - 1/6 cup (129 kcals)

Dinner
Rice, white - 1 cup (242 kcals)
Veggie and tofu stir-fry - 1 cup (225 kcals)

Snack
Italian soda (200 kcals)
Hot dog - 2/3 (200 kcals)

Total Kcals - 1701
Activity - Running

G - 6th June 2006

Breakfast
Health nut english muffins - 1 (130 Kcals)
Coffee with 2% milk - 1 (35 Kcals)

Lunch
Both from cocos, there was less pork than there usually is:
Rice - 1.5 cups (363 kcals)
Ground Pork - 1 cup (252 kcals)

Dinner
Rice - .5 cups (121 kcals)
Milk, 2% - 1 cup (92 kcals)
Shredded wheat, frosted - 1/2 cup(90 kcals)
Granola, homemade - 1/3 cup (133 Kcals)

Lunch
Cauliflower and potato bhaji - 1/4 cup (50 Kcals)
Milk, 2% - 1/2 cup (46 kcals)
Shredded wheat, frosted - 1/2 cup(90 kcals)

Total Kcals - 1402

G - 5th June 2006

So bad today, ate too little for lunch. Went and worked out with the Gazelles and almost got sick. I think I need to flip my eating habits. Right now, I have to force myself to eat breakfast and dinner is the heaviest meal of the day. I need to eat more during the day and lighter for dinner.

Breakfast
Eggs - 2 (147 kcals)
Coffee with 2% - 1 (35 kcals)

Lunch
Brown rice - 1/4 cup (54 Kcals)
Dal fry - 1/2 cup (143 Kcals)

Snack
Tuna salad - 1/2 cup (169 kcals)

So when I went to exercise in 90+ degree weather I had consumed 548 kcals in my system. Should have had closer to 900 kcals. Bad G. Bad.

Dinner
White and green bean salad - 2 cups (361 kcals)
small salmon rolls, 8 pieces (229 kcals)

forgot this:
Pasta primavera - 1/2 cup (200 kcals)

Dove dark chocolate - 3 (126 kcals)

Total Kcals - 1464

Activity - Running, I'm a Water Buffalo again!

G - 4th June 2006

Breakfast
Yogurt greek 2% - 1/2 cup (66 Kcals)
Granola, homemade - 1/2 cup (200 Kcals)
Strawberries - 1/2 cup (27 Kcals)
Coffee with 2% milk - 2 cups (69 Kcals)

My granola is amazing. yogurt, granola and strawberries are delicious.

Lunch
LC french bread pizza - 1 (310 Kcals)
string cheese, 2% - 1 (80 Kcals)

LC pizza with string cheese melted on top, yum.

Snack
Cauliflower and potato bhaji - 1/2 cup (100 Kcals)

Dinner
LC french bread pizza - 1 (300 Kcals)
string cheese, 2% - 1 (80 Kcals)

Got really hungry around dinnertime and ate bhaji right before eating the pizza. Got full suddenly.

Snack
Tea with 2% milk - 1 cup (35 Kcals)

Total Kcals - 1267

Must start running again

It's the only thing that gets me to lose weight around my thighs (the one place I really need to pull down).
I just don't want to start up again for some reason. It's almost like I am intimidated with where I was when I stopped two weeks ago. What? I know, it makes no sense. Nonsense, I tell you, no sense!

G - 3rd June 2006

Breakfast
Health nut english muffins - 2 (260 Kcals)
Coffee with whole milk - 2 (74 Kcals)

Lunch
I can't find any information about this so I am going to guess and say this pie-thingy was about 350. It was from the farmer's market.
Eggplant pie - 1 (350 Kcals)

Snack
hummus - 2 tbsp (46 Kcals)
WW pita (85 Kcals)

Dinner
Got really hungry around 5 and ate dinner then. Should have snacked a small amount and eaten a little later so that the late snack below wouldn't have happened.
Brown rice - 3/4 cup (163 Kcals)
Dal fry - 1 cup (286 Kcals)
Chocolate, lindt - 1 piece (44 Kcals)

Snack
Went to movies with Carlos.
brownie - 1/2 (113 Kcals)
popcorn (225 Kcals)

Total Kcals - 1646

G - 2nd June 2006

Breakfast
Got up too late for this. Sandeep left town and things went out of schedule.

Lunch
Lunch was heavy but was still hungry after.

Jimmy John's roast beef sandwich (675 Kcals) WOW!
Latte - 2%, small (138 Kcals)

Lunch
Strawberries - 4 large (23 Kcals)

Dinner
chapatis - 3 (180 Kcals)
Brown rice - 1/2 cup, I think (109 Kcals)
Cauliflower and potato bhaji - 1 cup (200 Kcals)
Dal fry - 1 cup (286 Kcals)

Didn't eat the entire thing because I didn't feel like it. didn't want the second 'half' flavour. Wow again!
Gelato - 2 ozs (160 Kcals)

Total Kcals - 1771

G - June 1st 2006

Breakfast
Coffee with creamer - 2 tbsp (40 Kcals)

Lunch
Red beans and rice soup - 1 cup (170 Kcals)
Toaster tart - 1 (130 Kcals)

Snack
lentil soup - 1 cup (170 Kcals)

Dinner
brown rice - 1 cup (218 Kcals)
veggie and tofu stir-fry - 1 cup (225 Kcals)
dumplings - 3 (175 Kcals)
chocolate, lindt - 3 pieces (132 Kcals)

Total Kcals - 1260

G - May 31st 2006

Breakfast
Kashi Waffles - 2 (170 Kcals)
Coffee with creamer - 4 tbsps (40 Kcals)

Lunch
Pasta salad - 3/4 cups (135 Kcals)
Suran Bhaji - 1/4 cup (100 Kcals)
Chapati - 1 (60 Kcals)

Snack
Banana bread, homemade - 1/2 slice (105 Kcals)

Dinner
Sushi - Way too many (470 Kcals)
Ice cream - tiny (140 Kcals)

Snack
Chiwda - 1/2 cup (111 Kcals)

Total Kcals - 1331

1st big problem

My daily calorie needs are supposed to be 2100 Kcals but I ate only 1289 yesterday. So I think this is part of the problem. When I eat well, I don't eat enough. I think this may also be why I can't keep doing this for more than a week. My body just can't take it. I know I will eat more when I start running again but right now I think I need to add 200-300 calories more.
At 1331 Kcals, today was better so we'll see how well this works.

G - May 30th 2006

Breakfast
Yogurt - 1 cup (86 Kcals)
Granola, homemade - 1/2 cup (200 Kcals)
Coffee with creamer - 4 tbsps (40 Kcals)

Lunch
Pesto - 2 tbsps (230 Kcals)
WW pasta - 65 gms (243 Kcals)
Shrimp - 6 (33 Kcals)

Snack
Mueslix - 1/4 cup (98 Kcals)

Dinner
Beef - 4 oz (159 Kcals)
honey mustard sauce - 2 tbsps (48 Kcals)
Salad greens - 2 cups (20 Kcals)
Chocolate, lindt - 3 pcs (132 Kcals)

Total Calories - 1289

We're terrible. This blog was supposed to keep us on track and motivated to lose weight. 20 lbs by June was the plan, I believe?

The thing is, I am 10 lbs behind. So, since we aren't being productive enough with respect to this blog, I propose that we start making this more of a food journal. The next post today is a list of all the food I ate today. Fun...

Help Me, Help You, Help Me

Help - things I would like to slim down for are approaching....
1. Swim suits - it's getting hot in here
2. Reunited and it feels so ? - visiting friends and family I haven't seen for a while
3. ACL - it's getting really hot in here
4. Turning 31 - one foot in the grave...

Sometimes I wish I could wash my body off.

I hate my brace!! It's scratching skin off and bruising me. I think we have an abusive relationship.