OPoCCtGP's Dec 6th post

Workout
None yet. Have to do it though!!!!

Food
9:30 am - Bowl of cranberry and macadamia and some cluster cereal with milk
11:00 am - English muffin with low-cholesterol butter and small glass of OJ

OPoCCtGP's Dec 5th post

Workout
None again. Yet.

Food
9:45 am - Bowl of frosted mini wheats with 1% milk
11:00 am - Serving of chips
12:40 pm - Bowl of tomato soup with cheese
2:00 pm - English muffin with butter, small glass OJ
3:00 pm - Four amandas
4:45 pm - Bowl of soup
7:00 pm - Gardenburger with grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and lots of fries. Ate only one of the two buns for the burger though
9:00 pm - Ice cream sundae with whipped cream and fudge, wasn't very good, so at all the fudge and all the whipped cream but only about 1/3 of the ice cream. Yay for me.

OPoCCtGP's Dec 4th post

Workout
None again. :(

Food
9:50 am - Bowl of "Good friends" Kashi cereal with dregs of frosted mini wheats with 1% milk. Two pieces of truffle chocolates
12:20 pm - 100 cal wrap with sliced veggie burger, onion, tomato, cucumber, spinach and leftover salad
3:00 pm - Baked goat cheese with roasted red peppers and tomato sauce and few baguette slices. Also two pieces of truffle chocolates.
6:00 pm - English muffin with tomato slices and cheese, bowl of roasted pepper-tomato soup.
10:15 pm - One serving of chips, one caramel piece

OPoCCtGP's Dec 3rd post

Workout
None yet.

Food
9:45 am - Cup of honey bunches of oats with 1% milk
12:20 pm - 6" veggie subway sandwich
1:00 pm - Cinnamon sugar pita chips
4:40 pm - Cinnamon sugar pita chips
9:00 pm - Roasted red pepper with goat cheese with crusty bread, cup of roasted red pepper and tomato soup.

OPoCCtGP's Dec 2nd post

Workout
None at all.

Food
12:30 pm - Baked mostaccioli, small piece of bread, salad without dressing, cinnamon-sugar pita chips, small glass of wine
3:45 pm - Two mini instant cheesecakes, some hot tea
5:30 pm - Rest of falafel pita sandwich
8:00 pm - Half of veggie subway sandwich

OPoCCtGP's Dec 1st post

Workout
Does dancing count?

Food
12:00 noon - Two slices of cheese pizza, two helpings of fruit, one really small cookie.
3:00 pm - Onion पकोडा, brinjal पाकोडा, चाय।
8:30 pm onwards - Lots of drinks, grilled crusty bread with goat cheese, spicy potatoes, yummy pumpkin/squash, garnishing off cake.

OPoCCtGP's Nov 30th post

Workout
Workout at PT's. And climbed 5 flights of stairs. :)
Some Wii bowling in the evening. Oooh, and walking in the mall too.

Food
9:40 am - 1 cup of honey bunches of oats with 1% milk, one kaju mithai
2:00 pm - One English muffin with two slices of provolone cheese, cucumbers, tomato, lettuce and pickled jalapenos.
2:30 pm - One banana
Probably nothing then for a while - but I've forgotten by now. :(
8:30 pm - One veggie plate from Pita Paradise - two kinds of salads, hummus, 3 rice in grape leaves, and half a falafel pita sandwich.

OPoCCtGP's Nov 29th post

Workout
None again.

Food
9:30 am - Rest of cinnabon. Wasn't that good after all. But I still ate it. Should revisit my own list. :)
12:10 pm - Large bowl of tomato soup with some cheese
2:20 pm - One persimmon
3:30 pm - Two Biscoff cookies
4:30 pm - Another bowl of soup
5:30 pm - One Twix mini.
10:30 pm - Half पराठा with मीठा आचार, some sundried (!) tomatoes, not packed in oil.

OPCCtGP's Nov 28th post

Workout
None

Food
9:30 am - Big bowl of honey bunches of oats with 1% milk
2:00 pm - Subway veggie wrap with pepper jack cheese
9:30 pm - 3/4 cup छोले, 1 cup tomato soup with some cheese, about 1/3 of a cinnabon

OPoCCtGP's Nov 27th post

OK, weekend over... slacking done? Now time back to the fruit and soup and tea schedule. Gotta look good for P's party!

Workout
At physical therapist's

Food
9:00 am - 3/4 cup of hot chocolate (dark!) with lots of sugar and whipped cream. :(
12:20 pm - 1 cup stuffing, 1/2 cup Brussels sprouts with carrots and capers.
2:00 pm - Three biscoff biscuits
4:00 pm - Cup of hot chocolate
5:15 pm - Mrs. May's fruit and nut bar
9:30 pm - Cup of roasted beets and haricots verts with lemon zest and lemon juice

OPoCCtGP's Journal - Nov 21st, 2007

Workout
None yet - in the evening.

Food
9:10 am - Cup of honey bunches of oats w/ almonds with 1% organic milk
9:40 am - Few spoonfuls of nonfat banana cream yogurt. Not so hot, so stopped eating it.

OPoCCtGP's wisdom nuggets (food wise, life foolish!)

Soup - One meal a day should be soup. Dinner, preferably. So that I breakfast like a king, lunch like a commoner and dine like a pauper!
Tea - Replace mid-afternoon snack with fruit and tea.
Water - Reach for water first, munchies second.
Taste - Eat something until it tastes good, and then stop (exhibit A - gulab jamun binging on Nov 20th) and put the rest away. Do not be lazy to do this.
Stop - Do not eat after 8:30 pm. Just say No. Brush your teeth, go to bed, read a book, do a craft. Just don't eat.
Visit - Visit rules everyday. :)

OPoCCtGP's Journal - Nov 20th, 2007

Workout
8:20 am - PT exercises

Food
10:00 am - Frosted shredded wheat with 1% skim milk
12:20 pm - Half a Jerusalem beef (fake) sandwich with cheddar cheese and veggie mayo, 3 गुलाब जामुन। (must have soup tonight to make up for gjs)
3:30 pm - One apple, one Mrs. May's blueberry and nuts bar
7:30 pm - One large bowl of tomato soup (yay!) and one slice of pizza

OPoCCtGP's Journal - Nov 19th, 2007

Workout
9:20 am - PT exercises

Food
8:45 am - Honey bunches of oats cereal w/ 1% milk
12:20 pm - 6" sub of Italian fake-beef w/ cheese. Should've had only half of the sandwich as I previously intended. :( 1/2 of huge slice of vegan coconut cream cake.
5:30 pm - One piece मलाई बर्फी, one small काजू-गुलकंद roll
8:00 pm - Lots of गोभी आलू, पलक पनीर, two पतली रोटी, sliver (really!) of cheese pizza.

OPoCCtG's Journal - Nov 18th, 2007

Workout
None.

Food
11:00 am - One रोटी, one काजू कतरी, 1/2 मिठाई apple, पालक पनीर and गोभी आलू।
2:20 pm - Samples of cheeses and crackers at Dominick's.
4:30 pm - Bowl of veggie chilli soup
6:30 pm - Half a veggie Jerusalem beef sandwich, 1/2 of large piece of vegan coconut cream cake

OPoCCtG's Journal - Nov 17th, 2007

Workout
6:00 pm - Set of leg strengthening exercises as ordered by PT.

Food
12:30 pm - 1 1/2 समोसा, two पनीर पकोडे, चावल, रायता, पनीर मक्खनी, मलाई कोफ्ता, दाल मक्खनी, भिंडी, कुल्चा, गुलाब जामुन, कुल्फी, and eggless cake.
5:3o pm - Half a bowl of फिरनी
9:30 pm onwards - Vodka and sprite, orange dreamsicle, shot, spinach puffs, frosting off cake, veggies, chips and salsa and Mexican dip.

OPoCCtG's Journal - Nov 16th, 2007

Workout
None again

Food
10:00 am - One slice pizza, two bowls of फिरनी (w/o too much sugar)
3:00 pm - Half a पराठा, आलू गोभी, छोले, and पलक पनीर. and one गुलाब जामुन।
6:30 pm - Half a cup of छोले
8:30 pm - Side of steamed veggies w/o butter, Asian salad w/ dressings on the side.

OPoCCtG's Journal - Nov 15th, 2007

Workout
None yet.

Food
9:45 am - Two पूरी with पलक पनीर
12:15 pm - Two पूरी with पलक पनीर, some चुंदा and मिठाई
3:50 pm - One large bowl of veggie soup, one piece मलाई मिठाई
9:00 pm - Two slices of cheese pizza

OPoCCtG's Journal - Nov 14th, 2007

Workout
None.

Food
9:40 am - Bowl of frosted mini wheats with 1% organic milk
12:15 pm - Two methi parathas with chunda, one eggless mango pastry
3:55 pm - One cup kheer (getting my dairy and grain in my system - in a wonderful disguise, ofcourse!)
7:00 pm - Two slices of white bread with five soy-meatballs w/ marinara sauce
7:30 pm - One piece of mithai
10:45 pm - One half of thick paratha with some palak-paneer

LoR's Goals & Accomplishments - 8/27 - 9/2

This week we go from August to September.. meaning closer to goal date.. and yet same number of pounds to lose. And girls, look at Swats and let us be inspired. She has been running 16 miles at a stretch.. which is about 3-4 hours. We should try and spare at least 30 mins a day if not more. My two cents!

Tentative goal date: Oct 15
Number of days from goal date: 49 0r 7 weeks
Number of pounds to lose: 11! [this week, at least 2 pounds to be lost]

Workout goals :
Cardio - 3 times this week with minimum of 30 minutes spent
Weights - 2 times this week with a minimum of 30 minutes spent

Food goals: [long weekend will be the killer but will try my best!]
Rice/Carb-rich food - 3 times entire week [including weekend]
Desserts - not more than 2 times entire week
Eating out - not more than 5 times entire week [bf/lunch/dinner included]
Junk - NO CHIPS!! NO COOKIES!! NO JUNK!!

At office -
Pizza on Wednesday for lunch: limit to two slices of veggie! no pop! -
Continue to watch what I am eating during work hours. NO INDIAN SWEETS!

Good luck to me!

Yoo Hoo!

Worked out last night for 30 minutes.. after like AGES! I guess I haven't pushed myself hard enough because I don't feel sore. I will try again tonight!

This is our strict week, remember girls! :)

LG's goals for week ending Aug 26th

I weighed myself last night. Now I know where exactly I want to be and how far I am from it. The first week was more or less successful. I'm planning on a more aggressive workout this week. And for food goals, I need to identify where I'm slipping.

Monthly goal date: Aug 31st
Number of days from goal date: 11 days
Number of pounds to lose: 5

Food Goals:
- Consume 1200 calories per day.
For those of you interested in Indian food calorie counter, here's a link:
http://www.daawat.com/resources/feature/caloriescounter.htm
- No fried food like murukkus etc.
- 1 cup rice for dinner. (Use a smaller cup this week.)
- Cut portion size to half when eating out.

Workout Goals:( no excuses)

- Walk&Run for 1 hour 3 times a week
- Swim 1 day for 1 hour

Other:
- Drink 6-8 glasses of water
- Take stairs when possible

Suchi - Aug 21st

Going to the Gym has been really hard since Rish had his Finals. And its going to be even harder cause he leaves for mexico tom. BUT I am going to control my food intake this week.

GOAL: 5 pounds by end of this MONTH. Scared to weigh myself!;)
9:00am: Bournvita

LoR's weekly goals: 8/20 - 8/27

[Updated the accomplishments for last week's goals!]

Last week was 'okay' w.r.t to goals and accomplishments.

Tentative goal date: Oct 15
Number of days from goal date: 56 0r 8 weeks
Number of pounds to lose: 11 - pounds lost this week prolly none! :(

Workout goals : [same as last week, but no exceptions this week]
Cardio - 3 times this week with minimum of 30 minutes spent - did that twice! [not bad but!]
Weights - 2 times this week with a minimum of 30 minutes spent - not even once!

Food goals: [just made them a little stringent on the carbs]
Rice/Carb-rich food - 3 times entire week [including weekend] [it was more like 5 days]
Desserts - not more than 2 times entire week - [weekend was Onam! :( ]
Eating out - not more than 5 times entire week [bf/lunch/dinner included] - so far 1
Junk - NO CHIPS!! NO COOKIES!! NO JUNK!! [chips no, cookies no, junk - please be more precise!]

At office -
Pizza on Wednesday for lunch: limit to two slices of veggie! no pop! - canceled for this week! Yay!!
Continue to watch what I am eating during work hours - had 2 मोती चूर लड्डू & 10 thin slices of काजू बुर्फी। Have to stop it, but irresistable.. big box sitting on desk next to me.

Good luck to me!

Suchi-Aug 17th

8:00 am Coffeee and 1 Banana
1:00 pm Dal , Chawal. ( I think i should have had less rice) :(

OPoCCtGP's Aug 17th post

Workout
None again :( Hope to feel better in time for tomorrow's 16 miler!

Food
10:00 am - Bowl of blueberries with Wheaties and 2% milk
12:30 pm - Bowl of stir fry veggies, one Amy's cheese enchilada (240 cals) and 1 1/2 of watermelon
2:25 pm - One Hershey wafer bar (50 cals)

OPoCCtGP's Aug 16th post

Workout
Just some leg and shoulder strengthening exercises. No running - feeling unwell.

Food
10:00 am - One slice banana bread
12:30 pm - Redemption for last night. One bowl of udon noodle soup with one cup of frozen veggies, one 50 cal Hershey pretzel bar
3:00 pm - One small bunch of grapes
4:00 pm - One cup of baby carrots, one 50 cal Hershey wafer bar
7:00 pm - Still redeeming myself. :) Yellow curry with tofu from Thai Garden with rice. 1/2 of curry container, 1/3 of rice container. After that meal, promptly flossed and brushed my teeth. :)

OPoCCtGP's Aug 15th post

Workout
None today

Food
9:30 am - In front of computer screen. :( Two Kudos bars - one chocolate chip, one peanut butter, handful of grapes
12:45 pm - One small piece of आलू पराठा, half a small मेधू वडा, one डोसा, some अविअल, कोफ्ता, मशरूम सब्जी, दाल पायसम, दो छोटे गुलाब जामुन
7:00 pm - One slice of multigrain bread with hazelnut light cream cheese spread
10:00 pm - BAD. In front of TV, no less. मिठाई binge session - दो बंगाली मिठाई, एक पीस ड्राई फ्रूटहलवा , दो पीस दुधी हलवा मिठाई

Suchi- August 14th

Workout: None yet. Hoping to go in the evening.

8:00 am : Coffee and 1 Banana
10:00 am: 1 non fat plain yogurt.
12:30pm: Aloo baingan, Kofta , 2 Rotis and Delicious Mangoes. It was a delicious meal.

What fun! :)

नमस्ते प्यारी सहेलियों! कैसे हो? हां हां! ये 'अ' बटन काम कर रही है! यूं हू!

सब को प्यार
प्रश्

:D

OPoCCtGP's August 14th post

Workout
Did some strength training exercises for legs - nothing major, just stuff recommended by physical therapist. Ran 4 miles in the evening.

Food
10:20 am - Bowl of blueberries with some wheaties thrown in with 2% milk
12:20 pm - One bowl of miso soup, green salad with ginger dressing, large platter of various vegetable sushi. Yummy! Next time, should ask for a box instead of finishing all my sushi :)
3:30 pm - Half a banana
4:30 pm - One Special K vanilla bar
6:30 pm - One Hershey chocolate pretzel bar, one Hershey chocolate wafer bar
10:10 pm - Two मसाला burgers

OPoCCtGP's August 11th to 13th post

Workout
Ran 13.1 miles. Yay for me!

Food
Lots of food. Mostly healthy. Then some not so healthy. Count समोसा and दो जलेबी in that category. Forgot all I had. But I am succeeding with my plan of not eating in front of a screen. Will try to not eat in front of catalogs either.

Shouldn't we all get paid like this?

Italian town to pay residents to shed flab

How to see the "अ" button when you compose your blog

It has recently come to my attention :) that LoR can't see the "अ" button on her screen where she composes her blogs. This might be an issue for others of you as well. For me, the button appears in the series of buttons when I compose my blog (non-Html). It's in between the "i" button for italics, and the "T" button that changes colours in the blog.

If you can't see the "अ", and want to, this is what you have to do ->
1. After you are logged in, click "Customize" on the right hand top corner of the screen.
2. Then click on "Settings". It is the large tab on top of the page towards the left, just under the title of the blog.
3. Scroll down to "Global Settings"
4. Select "Yes" for question "Show transliteration button for your posts?"
5. Click on the bright orange "Save Settings"

You should now be good to go! Next time you compose, you should see "अ" in between your italic and font colour buttons!

Have fun!

LoR's weekly goals & accomplishments: 8/13 - 8/19

[Update of accomplishments in red done at the end of the week]

Tentative goal date: Oct 15
Number of days from goal date: 63 0r 9 weeks
Number of pounds to lose: 8
Number of pounds from goal weight: [have to weigh myself yet, will update] still have to weigh, so don't know if there was any progress. :(

Workout goals :
Cardio - 3 times this week with minimum of 30 minutes spent
- jumping jacks for 30 minutes [almost]
- walked more than 1 hour
- walked more than 1 hour
Weights - 2 times this week with a minimum of 30 minutes spent
- havent reached this goal. Have to focus this week.

Food goals:
Rice/Carb-rich food - not more than one time a day
- failed 1 day in the 7 days - had Sushi and rice + lamb on the same day! :(
Desserts - not more than 2 times entire week [trying to be realistic!]
[Added after reading the link that Swats sent about eating places]
- had desserts four times during the entire week. Have to be more stringent! :|
Eating out - not more than 5 times entire week [bf/lunch/dinner included]
- ate out exactly 6 times during the 7 days! :But because of the travel! Hopefully this week is better.
Watch what I am eating in the office - vending machine, meetings, free donuts/bagels etc and set goal for next week accordingly!
- ate pizza for lunch on Wednesday. Cannot avoid. Pizza meeting EVERY wednesday! So have to cut down something else
- caught myself eating a slice of birthday cake and a bag of chips


Where's da hindi font?! Should we download something too? Wanted to say 'लगे रहो LoR!' :P

LG's goals for week ending Aug 19th

Monthly goal date: Aug 31st
Number of days from goal date: 19 days
Number of pounds to lose: 5

Food Goals:

- 1 cup veg for afternoon snack ( replacing vending machine cookies at 4:30)
Accomplished goal!! by cutting down on vending machine junk
- 1 snack bar for 5:30 PM snack (energy for workout later in the evening)
Gave into 4 murukkus 3 times in the week :(
- 1 cup rice for dinner (vs. not sure how much currently)
Accomplished goal all days!! Yay!!

Workout Goals:

- Walk&Run 3 days
Walked and ran for 45 mins - 2 days and a light walk for 20 mins - 1 day.
- Swim 1 day
Could not do it

Other:
- Drink 8 glasses of water
6 glasses of water
- Take stairs when possible

Suchi- August 10th

8:00am : Coffee and Banana
10:45pm: 1 Apple juice , some potatoes and 2 pieces of pineapple
1:30:pm: Remaining Pad Thai

Inspiration from the Seven places *not* to eat!

I hereby declare to the world -
I'm going to STOP eating in front of a screen. No more eating while on my computer or watching TV. Its OUT! (That's where most of my मिठाई-binging happens :) )

Here's the link again - Seven worst ways to eat!

A couple of new things!

Blog is new and improved? :)

- I added an "email" feature. If you find a blog posting interesting, you can now email it to a friend to check out!
- And, it is now possible to transliterate from English to हिंदी! Just use the "अ" button in the compose window. One tip - increase the font size of the Devanagari script to make it easily readable!

Isn't that pretty cool?

Signing off, this is वन पौंड ऑफ़ कान्नोली क्रीम टू गो, प्लीस!

The seven worst ways to eat!

Seven worst ways to eat!

Looks like it's the "Seven" Week!

OPoCCtGP's August 10th post

Workout
None again. :(

Food
8:40 am - Couple of pieces of pineapple, bite of Bengali mithai.
10:00 am - One M&M Kudos bar (last thing I ever eat in front of a screen! :) )
12:40 pm - Cup of tom-yum soup with veggie egg roll, half of serving of rice and tofu panang
3:00 pm - One large डब्बा of watermelon, one piece बंगाली मिठाई। And not in front of the computer, so I feel better, and more satiated for sure!
4:00 pm - One very very tiny piece of a bagel, one piece of dry fruit हलवा मिठाई। Again, not in front of computer screen. :)

LoR - August 8 + 9

Workout -
(8th) - null
(9th) skipped count of 100, walked up and down 4 floors [not a whole lot, but plan to augment with other workout in the evening]

Food intake (8th):
Breakfast - dosa(2 - ummm feeling appropriately sorry for the girls :D )
Lunch - Bag of chips + oatmeal raisin cookie + tiny portion of pasta salad + 1/4 sandwich
Dinner - Bread + Pizza (one small slice) + half portion of linguine pasta with chicken + two spoonfuls of yummy dessert

(9th)
Breakfast - glass of orange juice
Lunch - 1 roti + full cup of aloo curry
Dinner - hmmmm... lets see.. will depend if friend from SF makes it on the flight.. fingers crossed.
Snack - will get some junk on the way home.

OPoCCtGP's August 9th post

Workout
None

Food
9:45 am - One piece Bengali mithai
10:30 am - Large dabba of watermelon
11:30 am - Remaining Stacy's pita chips
12:20 pm - Remaining Thai Garden noodles with tofu
12:40 pm - Large piece of dudhi halwa barfi
3:00 pm - Bowl of frosted shredded wheat with 2% milk
4:30 pm - One Kudos M&M bar - 100 cals
Hope to have salad tonight, to balance the alcohol! :) We'll see how that goes. (Yeah, failed in that attempt!)
7:00 pm - Four slices of thin crust pesto pizza with feta and mushrooms, one large mambo-something drink

Suchi - August 9th

8:30 am: Usual Coffee and 1 banana
12:30 : Veggie Chipotle Bowl.

Suchi-August 8th

Workout : None ;(

8:00am : Usual Coffee
10:30 am: Half Grilled Cheese Sandwich
2:00pm: Half Potbelly Sandwich
5:00pm: OJ ( 2 glasses )
8:00 pm: Margarita Pizza (1 and half slice), Salad (DELICIOUS), Veggie Soup (Cup size)

I am very proud of myself cause I resisted Desert!;) Yohooo~

Another interesting fitness article

Seven secrets to avoiding fitness failure

OPoCCtGP's August 8th post

Workout
Yeah, baby! Ran 7 miles this morn!

Food
7:15 am - One Luna Sunrise Bar, strawberries and cream, some Gatorade during running
10:20 am - One small bowl Mueslix with 2% milk
12:20 pm - Meatball sandwich on asiago bread
12:50 pm - Bowl of cherries, 3 Stacy's chips
2:45 pm - One rasgulla with lots of chashni
4:20 pm - Some leftover fajita stuff, minus the tortilla!
8:00 pm - Two slices of bread with butter, one banana-berry-tini, some margharita pizza, yummy asparagus salad, and icecream for dessert! :)

LoR - August 7

Okay. I don't know if I am in the race to lose weight or get back into shape, though I would love to try at least. I don't seem to find time to workout or blog. But I am hoping the craziness will die down in a month.

But here is my goal:
blog at least every other day if not every day [Blog Nazi, I trust you to keep me faithful]
lose 5 pounds by end of October
workout at least 3 times a week [depending on On-Demand for this]

Alright! Enuff of the ramble, here is the food for the day:
Breakfast: 2 dosas + coconut chutney
Lunch: Roti + 2 eggs + some gourd curry [half a cup]
Snack: Coke Zero
Dinner: [plan] Rice + Curry + Curd
Snack: Hmmmmm dont know, but will end up eating something.. let's hope its healthy!

Kittys Aug 7

Workout- none :(

Breakfast- 1 Kellog cereal bar + 1 cup soymilk

Lunch- Cosi bruschetta salad

Dinner-Sushi

Desert - some watermelon+ 1 banana

OPoCCtGP's August 7th post

Workout
8:00 am - Ran 3 miles in Busse woods

Food
8:40 am - Once glass gatorade
9:40 am - One bowl of frosted shredded mini wheats with 2% milk
11:00 am - One small bunch of red grapes, 3/4 cup blueberries
12:00 noon - Very small piece almond bar, fake meatballs on one slice asiago bread
2:15 pm - One rasgulla. :)
2:50 pm - Half a cup of bruschetta
3:25 pm - Remaining (large) piece of almond bar
6:30 pm - Two servings of spicy noodle leftovers
10:30 pm - Two pieces of dry fruit halwa. WTF? :(

Suchi - August 7th

Workout: Turbo kick! ;) Yohoo!
8:00 am Short 2% Caramel Machiato
10:00 am : Finished my Veggie Chipotle Bowl
1:30pm : 1/2 Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Juice :(mix: Watermelon /Lime and Strawberry)
5:30pm : Those Darn Corn PUFFS!
9:30: Little Rice with Aloo Mattar.

Suchi- August 6th

WORKOUT: NONE! ;(

7:30 am : 2% Caramel Machiato and 1 Banana
10:45 half Potbelly Vegetarian Sandwich
2:00 pm Remaining Potbelly Sandwich
6:30pm: Corn Puff! (Regret having those)
7:30 pm:Veggie Chipotle Bowl
10:00 pm 1 glass OJ

OPoCCtGP's August 6th post

Workout
None again

Food
10:00 am onwards - Rasmalai, 1/2 lb of kalakand :(
12:20 pm - Small meatball sandwich, some watermelon
3:15 pm - Lots more watermelon
4:30 pm - Some Stacy's cinnamon sugar pita chips
6:30 pm - One soft spring roll, two small bowls of tom-yum vegetable soup, 1/3 of spicy noodle with tofu and veggies - all from Thai Garden!
9:30 pm - One piece dudhi halwa, one rasgulla, one piece bengali-finger mithai and half another bengali mithai. Help me! I didn't think of writing all this down while I was eating it, but afterwards was thinking of what a fool I am! :(

OPoCCtGP's August 5th post

Workout
None

Food
8:00 am - Stacy's pita chips, cucumber sandwiches
12:00 noon - More pita chips, watermelon, bruschetta, meatballs, etc
4:30 pm - Dumplings, almond bars, meatballs, salad, bruschetta, cherries, beans, lemonade
10:00 pm - Two pieces of rasmalai, one bengali mithai (other), one gulabjamun with barfi-malai, one half rasgulla :(

OPoCCtGP's August 4th post

Workout
7:00 am - Ran 9 miles

Food
9:00 am - Hot chocolate and hash browns :)
12:00 noon - Watermelon, Stacy's pita chips, remaining small bowl of pasta, chips and guacamole
3:30 pm onwards - Two pinacolada drinks, bruschetta, veggie burger, cucumber sandwiches, lots n lots n lots of frosting

OPoCCtGP's August 3rd post

Workout
None again

Food
10:00 am - Bowl of frosted shredded wheat with 2% milk
12:30 pm - One leftover fajita with mushrooms, asparagus, onions, rice, beans, guac. Lots of watermelon
2:30 pm - Lots of red grapes
5:00 pm - Small bowl of pasta

Suchi- Aug 3rd.

Workout: NONE! :(((

8:00 am 2% Caramael Mchatio and a Reduced fat Cinamon Swirl Cake. It didn't taste like reduced fat..which means I am NOT having it next time.
1:00 pm: Lunch: Little RIce with paneer mattar. Left over Pad Thai with Tofu.

OPoCCtGP's August 2nd post

Workout
7:20 am - Leg strengthening and shoulder exercises

Food
10:00 am - Bowl of mini-frosted wheat bite things with milk
10:15 am - 2/3 a bowl of cannoli cream :(
11:30 am - Remaining cannoli cream. Its now over. It was good.
2:45 pm - Large bowl of greens with half a cucumber, one tomato, some shredded cheddar cheese, pepper and lemon juice
3:15 pm - 8 chocolate graham cracker honey maid stix
6:00 pm - Lots of fresh chips and salsa, one prickly pear margarita (mmm...), one fajita with mushrooms and asparagus, rice, beans, guac and corn-halwa
9:30 pm - Few pieces of watermelon

Suchi - Augusut 2nd

Workout: 30 min Full Body Blast class. I am so outta shape!


9:00 am Tall 2% Caramel Mchiato and a little bit of my left over Chipotle.( Yeah I know that's crazy!!! But I do have Breakfast trouble)
11:20am Finished the Chipotle
2:00 pm Little rice with Paneer Mattar
4:00pm Handful peanuts

Is it just me, or does this article seem to hark back to the 50s?

Just saw this on CNN. Is this really what they write in magazines like Oprah? Is it just me who seems to be bristled by it? Let a man think he's right? Why, just because he's a man? Do they have guidance lists like this for men to follow too? ("Never say she's fat" :) )

Maybe its just me, but I thought it was a tad offensive to women. Esp. western feministsish women!

CNN Oprah article

OPoCCtGP's August 1st post

Workout
7:00 pm - Ran (and walked) 6 miles

Food
8:45 am - One bowl of honey clusters of oats with almonds with 2% milk
10:15 am - About a dozen M&Ms
12:30 pm - Large bowl of mixed greens with one tomato, half a cucumber, lemon juice, some shredded cheddar cheese and black pepper. One slice of Mediterranean pizza
3:15 pm - Tall nonfat decaf vanilla latte from Starbucks
4:15 pm - Slice of veggie Mediterranean pizza
9:40 pm - Bowl of pasta farafalle from Maggiano's

OPoCCtGP's June 31st post

Workout
None

Food
8:40 am - Bowl of honey-clusters with almonds with 2% milk
10:55 am - Last of chocolate chip cookie
12:15 pm - 1 1/2 slices of Mediterranean pizza, one coke
3:30 pm - Bowl of whole milk vanilla yogurt
5:00 pm - 1 Kellog K bar, vanilla
7:30 pm - Bread, olive oil, parmesan cheese, tomato and mozarella, Zen Greentini martini, farfalle with veggies and chunky tomato sauce, icecream

OPoCCtGP's July 30th post

Workout
None

Food
9:30 am - One chocolate chip cookie
10:30 am - One Kudos M&M bar
12:30 pm - One breadstick, 1/2 of pasta primavera entree
5:00 pm - One small bowl pasta primavera leftovers
5:30 pm - Small bowl of blueberries, two chocolate chip cookies (I'll be glad when they're gone!)
8:30 pm - Lots of home made bruschetta with French bread, one cup of tomato soup

OPoCCtGP's July 29th post

Workout
None

Food
11:30 am - Salad leaves with tomato and shredded cheddar cheese
4:00 pm - Pasta salad, noodle salad, salsa and chips, frosting off two cakes, one LARGE milk and Baileys, one LARGE milk and Kalhua, one Oreo cookie icecream dessert

OPoCCtGP's July 28th post

Workout
7:00 am - Ran 11 miles. Walked 2. Leg hurt. :(

Food
6:40 am - One Lara bar
7:00 am - 10:30 am - Lots of gatoreade, one gel packet
11:30 am - Rajma and rotis
7:00 pm - Lots of pakoras, small glass of wine, naan, ma-ki-dal, pulao, cauliflower-potato, kheer

Suchi-July 27th

Workout:
None!

8:00 am 2% caramel Machaito (Tall) and 1 Reduced Fat Cinnamon Coffee Cake
1:00pm Chipotle Veggie Bowl. I did put Chees in it but NO Sour Cream.

OPoCCtGP's July 27th post

Workout
None

Food
10:00 am - One M&M Kudos bar
11:00 am - Few chips
12:00 noon - Remaining half sandwich from yesterday's dinner
Blur - Rajma with rotis, pasta with fake meatballs and fresh basil. Strawberry icecream too.

Suchi-July 26th

Swati inspired me to write in.Thanks Swati.I do need the push!

7:00am 1 cup Coffee
9:00 am 1 bowl Dal
1:00pm Mushroom Artopita with Greek Salad ( emmenthal and Parmesan cheese).
4:00 pm 1 glass Juice

OPoCCtGP's July 26th post

Workout
8:30 am - 3 miles in the gym. :)

Food
10:30 am - One Kashi granola bar pack
12:20 pm - One rice noodle soup bowl
3:30 pm - Small bowl koshambhir, one white and brown cookie, one chocolate chip cookie :(
6:20 pm - One watermelon 'tini
8:00 pm - Half a portabella sandwich with ciabatta bread, and chips

OMG!!! Check out what they found out!

An SATC dialogue -> Are friends the new enemies?

Who knew? I always knew friends were really important, but turns out, even more important than spouses and siblings!

More reason to POST on Hotbreads!

OPoCCtGP's July 25th post

Workout
7:00 pm - Ran 6 miles. Yay!

Food
8:30 am - Small cup of cherries, small glass of OJ
9:40 am - Small piece of danish
12:20 pm - One samosa, bowl of paneer manchrian, little bit of koshambhir
1:30 pm - One piece of dry fruit barfi
4:10 pm - Big bowl of cherries, two chocolate-chip cookies. :(
10:00 pm - Two rotis with rajma

OPoCCtGP's July 24th post

Workout
8:00 am - Ran 3 miles @ Busse woods

Food
7:40 am - One chocolate chip cookie
9:40 am - Two pieces (small) of Danish
12:40 pm - Rice (little) with paneer manchurian, big bowl of koshambhir
2:00 pm - One half&half cookie, one chocolate chip cookie
6:30 pm - Two thin rotis, serving of rajma and serving of navratan korma
9:00 pm - One small scoop of strawberry icecream

OPoCCtGP's July 22nd post

Workout
Ran, OK, completed, 12 friggin' miles! Ha!!

Food
Who cares? I did 12 miles! :)

OPoCCtGP's July 20th post

Workout
Not happening today. :(

Food
9:30 am - Panino sandwich with cheese, sauteed mushrooms and sundried tomatoes. Remaining half of hot fudge sundae. :)

OPoCCtGP's July 19th post

Workout
None yet. :(

Food
10:00 am - One red apple
11:30 am - Two Biscoff cookies
12:10 pm - Leftover teriyaki veggies with brown rice, half a chocolate truffle
2:20 pm - Three Biscoff cookies
3:30 pm - Cup of red grapes
6:00 pm - Fake tortilla salad with lots of tortilla chips, and a little bit of salsa :)
7:00 pm - Panino with cheese, sauteed mushrooms and tomato slices
9:40 pm - Half a two-scoop hot fudge sundae from Oberweis with chocolate chip ice cream, whipped cream and toasted pecans

OPoCCtGP's July 18th post

Workout
None yet. Maybe this evening.

Food
10:00 am - One kudos bar with M&Ms
12:00 noon - Half of Stir Crazy's endmame vegetable teriyaki bowl with brown (yay!) rice
2:30 pm and onwards - One biscoff cookie, half a red apple, two pieces of baklava, one more Biscoff cookie.
6:30 pm - 1/2 cup rice, 1 1/2 cup green curry with eggplant, red pepper and tofu. Too much food.
9:00 pm - One cup Bru coffee with 2% milk and sugar.

LoR's July 12th / 13th Post

July 12th
Brunch - Rotti + Sambhar
Dinner - Sambhar + Tindora fry [1 cup full] + Rice [1 cup] + 1 Gujju Roti

July 13th
Breakfast - Muffin :(
Snack - Slice of carrot cake
Lunch - Paneer Bun + 2 small dahi vada + Fanta
Dinner - Oh! Its gonna be baaaaad! Thats a hunch. :P

OPoCCtGP's July 12th post

Workout
Still none. :)

Food
9:20 am - 3/4 cup honey bunches of oats with 1/2 cup 2% milk and 2 handfuls of fresh blueberries
12:20 pm - One bowl sesame-ginger soup with added frozen veggies
4:45 pm - One fruit and walnut salad from McDonalds

Kitty's July 11

Breakfast - 1 cup of soymilk + 1 chocolate granola bar

Lunch - chicken noodle soup + tuna sandwich on olive bread from Corner bakery

Snack - 1 glass of Sangria + 1 cheese burger (Office BBQ party)+ half a corn on the cob

Dinner - rice + zuchinni dal + curd rice

LoR's yet-another-comeback [hopefully] :D

After a lot of contemplation on whether or not to spam the website [the purpose of which is to inspire and motivate the group] with my gluttonous debauchery, I finally decided to post anyways, hoping that the marathon runners and the frequent gym-goers can maybe change the course I am taking.

July 11th, Wednesday
Breakfast: Did not get up in time for one
Lunch: Pad Thai noodles + soup [or rather salty boiled water] + baby egg rolls (4, my!!)
Snack: Remaning noodles [havent yet, but know for sure I will]
Dinner: Egg&Carrot scramble + Spinach daal + Rice [thats the plan]

Enjoy!

Kittys July 8

Breakfast- 1 cup of vanilla soymilk

Lunch - 2 servings of Pasta with mushrooms and mango salsa on the side

Snack - 7 pieces of chicken tenders from BK and half a chicken sandwich

Kittys July 7

Breakfast - 1 cup of soymilk

Lunch - 6" subway vegi max + 1 banana + 1 mango fruit bar

Snack- 1 kulfi (was yummy)+ some chivda

Dinner - taste of chicago..so not worth mentioning..:). The healthiest item there was the cool watermelon

Desert-1/2 a glass of ice coffee

Suchi: Friday:July 6th

I plan to be more regular from Monday! Once everyone leaves. Just wanted to share that with you girls.

OPoCCtGP's July 6th post

Workout
None

Food
9:00 am - Two kudos bars
1:00 pm - Half of Qdoba's burrito bowl with grilled veggies, rice (!) and black beans, also lettuce, tomato and hot salsa. Stayed away from sour cream and cheese! :)
3:30 pm - Rest of the burrito bowl

Kitty's July 4th

Breakfast- 1 cup of vanilla soymilk

Lunch - 2 chapatis + baingan barta

Dinner- Taste of chicago. I am not even going to say what i ate cos everything was so freakin unhealthy!

Desert- 1 banana

Kitty's July 3

Breakfast -1 cup of soymilk + 1 energy bar
Lunch - 1 chicken shawirma

Snack -1 16 oz match green tea blast from JJ

Dinner- Home run inn Pizza and waffle fries! :(- didnt count how many slices but was it good!

Desert- 2 glasses of Port wine and a small slice of chocolate cake.

OPoCCtGP's July 3rd post

Workout
None

Food
11:00 am - Fistful of mueslix cereal
12:30 pm - Candied walnuts, pear and blue cheese salad, with extra dressing; half a lunch roll with butter; 1/3 rd of a yogurt parafait
3:45 pm - Large bowl of honey bunches of oats with almonds and half a cup of blueberries with 2% milk

OPoCCtGP's July 2nd post

Workout
None.

Food
10:00 am - one bowl of honey bunches of oats with 1/2 cup of 2% milk, and 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries
12:20 pm - Large bowl of salad greens with little bit of dressing, half a cup of rajma
3:00 pm - Half a cup of rajma, one tootsie roll, handful of honey bunches of oats
7:00 pm - Some chips and salsa, some pita chips with hummus, green bean salad, two servings toast with tomato and mozarella slices, two cheese puffs, one Mozart chocolate and bowl of chocolate chip cherry ice cream. :(

OPoCCtGP's July 1st post

Workout
7:20 am - Ran nine miles in Busse woods. Yay for me. :)

Food
12:00 noon - Four very thin rotis with the last of some great bharele vaingun - thanks to LG and P's mom!
3:30 pm - One grilled sandwich with mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese
9:30 pm - One bowl of rajma

OPoCCtGP's June 30th post

Workout
Ha!

Food
1:00 am - Another cherry martini
3:30 am - One hot chocolate
4:00 am - One bowl of pesto pasta salad with tomatoes and cheese
2:00 pm onwards - Lots of taco salad dip, lots of pesto pasta salad, lots of fruit with cream cheese fruit dip, lots and lots and lots of cake frosting, lots of pizza and one vodka-lemonade. :)
10:00 pm - Oberweis one-scoop chocolate chip icecream hot fudge sundae with whipped cream

Kittys June 30

Breakfast- 1 cup o'soymilk

Lunch - Rice + sambar + aloo sabzi+ yoghurt rice

Snack - 1 cup of Horlicks

Dinner- now it goes downhill..went to the neighborhood Jeff fest and feasted on
1 hot dog, butterfly fries (like potato chips), few sips of pina colada + 2 pineapple slices, few bites of chicken gyros, half a cheese burger..whew!

Desert- none!

Kitty's June 29th

Breakfast- 1 cup soymilk + 1 granola bar

Lunch- 1 chicken taco salad from Taco bell

Dinner- Chinese! (singapore fried noodles + kung pao chicken- wasnt that great so I barely finished it)

Desert- 1 banana+ a few slices of peach

OPoCCtGP's June 29th post

Workout
None. :( Will run 9 miles this weekend. :)

Food
10:00 am - Cup of mueslix with fresh blueberries and some 2% milk
12:10 pm - One masala burger, one cup of yogurt, one Andes chocolate mint
2:45 pm - 7 Honey Maid Chocolate Grahams - a few sips of Starbucks' green tea latte (yuck!)
6:15 pm - Sample of pineapple and watermelon at Costco
7:30 pm - Multi grain spaghetti with lots and lots of veggie marinara sauce
8:00 pm - Lots of fruit
11:00 pm - One cherry martinis (yum!)

Kitty's June 28 Post

Workout- 30 minutes on elliptical (shed 260 cals!) and a few other toning exercises on the machines. Total Duration - 40-45 minutes
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Breakfast - 1 cup of vanilla soymilk + 1 granola bar

Lunch - Greek salad with chicken (love the feta cheese!)

Snack- tried the low cal version from JJ..1 sixteen strawberry nirvana ( was good though i will always be partial to my chocolate mmmoood)

Dinner - Rice with spinach kootu , curds, pickle and 2 papad (roasted)

OPoCCtGP's June 28th post

Workout
None.

Food
10:00 am - Large cup of whole milk yogurt (from the desi store)
12:00 pm - Remaining dabba of Goan potato curry and coconut rice with 1/2 cup of yogurt
3:40 pm - 7 Honey Maid Chocolate Grahams, one special K chocolate bar and 8 oz of 2% milk
5:30 pm - One non-fat medium decaf latte from Starbucks. Added 3 packets of cane sugar
10:00 pm - LG's mom's bharele-vangun with three of the possibly-the-thinnest chappatis I have ever had :)

Kitty's June 27

Breakfast- 1 cup of soymilk + 1 granola bar

Lunch- chinese!! ( 1 small brown rice + dynamite chicken! :)

Snack- 1 16 oz Light Caribou coffee coolata vanilla flavor ( barely finished half of it..dont want to be up all night!)

Dinner - 1 chapati, 2 pieces of nan + chana masala and a side of yoghurt with spinach kootu

Desert - 1 banana

OPoCCtGP's June 27th post

Workout
7:20 am - Ran 4 miles in Busse woods. Better day than yesterday. :)

Food
(Its called hogging!)
10:00 am - Bowl of diced pineapple.
12:20 pm - Large dabba of coconut rice + Goan curry (Thanks LG and P's mom!). Ate too much because it was so good!
3:40 pm - 6 oz of milk with about a dozen chocolate Honey Maid Grahams.
6:00 pm - 12 oz of kesar milk
7:30 pm - Quarter of think crust margharita pizza and one masala burger

Kitty's Tuesday Jan 26th

Breakfast- 1 cup soymilk + 1 Nature valley granola bar
Lunch - Grilled chicken sandwich from Cosi + side of chips ( threw away the last few oily remnants)
Snack time!- 1 sixteen Chocolate Moood from JJ! (my personal favourite from JJ :-)
Dinner - Sushi at Sushi para..dont even know how many calories it was but they say fish is good for you so an occasional indulgence is ok.
Desert - 1 banana + 1 plum

OPoCCtGP's June 26th post

Workout
8:00 am - Ran/walked for 3 miles in Busse woods. It was brutal, thanks to the humidity! Thankfully, its over. :)

Food
10:20 am - One Kellog's Special K Bar
11:40 am - Remaining half of veggie sandwich from last night
2:00 pm - 2 cups of diced pineapple
3:15 pm - Yowza. Two pieces of dudhi halwa *and* dry-fruit barfi. I suck. :( But, good news - all the goodies are over. :)
5:00 pm - Lava's mom's mutter paneer. One cup. :)
6:40 pm - Sample of Starbucks' raspberry mocha creme frappuccino.
9:4o pm - A couple (yeah!) of toasted pita chips

Suchi:June 25th

8:00 am 1 cup coffee and half sandwich
12:30pm: Lunch: 2 Rotis, Cabbage and 1 Katori Dal
2:00pm: 1 chocolate
4:00pm: little salad ( Balsamic Dressing and no cheese)
9:00pm: Dinner:2 Rotis, Bhindi, Dal, Achaar and 1 chocolate! ( need to stop having it)

Kitty's Monday June 25th

Workout- Made it to the gym!! 30 minutes on elliptical , burnt 250 cal!!

Breakfast- 1 cup soymilk + 1 granola bar

Lunch - chicken shawarma with a side of red pepper hummus (did not finish it so will have it for tomorrow)

Snack- 1 sixteen matcha green tea blast

Kitty's Sunday June 24th

Breakfast- 1 cup of vanilla soymilk

Lunch - Rice with Spinach kootu and 1 papad (roasted in oven)

Snack - 1 bag of baked Cheetos and 1 diet coke

Dinner- 3 chapatis ,aloo methi and chana masala with a side of yoghurt.

OPoCCtGP's June 25th post

Workout
None

Food
9:00 am - Piece of dudhi halwa barfi.
12:10 pm - Leftover Thai Garden panang tofu curry with rice.
5:00 pm - Bowl of diced pineapple.
6:30 pm - Half a veggie sandwich on 7 grain bread, with lettuce, roasted red peppers (in oil!), red onion, cheese (lots!) and avocado spread.
7:30 pm - Five sips of lame-ass chai latte!
10:15 pm - One piece of dudhi halwa barfi and one piece of dry fruit barfi. :(

OPoCCtGP's June 23rd and June 24th post

Workout
7:00 am on Saturday - Probably the only healthy part of the weekend. :) Ran 5 miles without walking! Ran on the Prairie Path in Warrenville.

Food
Saturday - Foodfest! Breakfasted well with some grapes and remnant of Friday night's salad. Then reached the party, and had lots of guac, chips, mutter paneer, stuffed eggplant, Goan potato curry, coconut rice, lots and lots of frosting, both types of pastries, and lots of margaritas. Whew! Tried to do the right thing in the pm - had Mysore coffee for dinner. :)
Sunday - Garden burger and some fries at the game, salad for dinner. But then had two chum chums for dessert. :(

Kitty's June 22 Friday

Breakfast- 1 cup of Horlicks (2%) and a fruit parfait from corner bakery
Lunch- 1 Bombay Chicken salad from Cosi (it was good with bits of tandoori chicken, I requested the peppercorn ranch dressing on the side ;-)
Snack - Matcha green tea blast from JJ( size - sixteen)
Dinner- chole , pav bhaji with 4 pavs , side of yoghurt and 2 gulab jamuns! (weekend is here! :)

OPoCCtGP's June 22nd post

Workout
None

Breakfast
10:00 am - Cup of honey bunches of oats with fresh blueberries and half a cup of 2% milk
12:00 noon - Cup of tom yum soup, one vegetarian egg roll and half my serving of tofu panang curry with white rice.
6:45 pm - Salad with some shredded cheese

Am sure I'm forgetting a lot of other stuff I ate. :(

Suchi: Friday June 22nd!

There is an excellent reason for me not writing these past few days! There is such good and fatty food that it is humanly impoosible for me to resist all this food! As Chitty Chitty Bang Bang says: its tryly scrumptious!!!!!!! My plan is to control once everyone has left for India!

OPoCCtGP's June 21st post

Workout
8:00 am - Ran 4 miles in Busse woods. Some walking, not much. :)

Food
12:00 pm - One grilled cheese sandwich with sauteed mushrooms in it.
2:30 pm - Large bowl of diced canteloupe
3:45 pm - Special K bar
5:30 pm - Something Asia bowl of shitake mushroom soup with my own sauteed mushrooms
6:15 pm - Medium non fat decaf iced caramel macchiato from Starbucks

OPoCCtGP's June 20th post

Workout
None. :(

Food
8:30 am - One small glass OJ, one cup Kellog's special K chocolate cereal with half cup 2% milk.
12:30 pm - Remnants of Chipotle's veggie bol, half a bowl of fresh diced pineapple.
4:30 pm - Lots of Honey Maid Grahams chocolate sticks and one Kellog's Special K Bar
7:40 pm - Bowl of tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich

Kitty's Tuesday June 19

Breakfast- 8 AM 1 cup of horlicks with (2%) milk
Contd breakfast at work- 1 cup of swiss oatmeal with cranberries, low fat yoghurt, oatmeal

Lunch- after all the destruction over the weekend decided to pay for my sins by eating a Greek salad with strips of chicken. It was yummy!

Dinner- leftovers! 2 chapatis with the baingan- aloo sabzi and a cup of yoghurt on the side

OPoCCtGP's June 19th post

Workout
8:00 am - Ran 3 miles @ Busse woods. Walked briefly. :(

Food
10:15 am - One cup of honey bunches of oats with two handfuls of fresh blueberries with about 150 ml of milk (my bottle has the markings!)
12:10 pm - One bowl of the prepackaged noodles and soup - shitake mushroom, added my own sauteed mushrooms :), large bunch of red grapes
4:30 pm - Large bowl of fresh diced pineapple
6:00 pm - Half a veggie burrito bowl from Chipotle. Went easy on the rice after hearing about the butter in it. :) So, wasn't as tasty. Haha. One vanilla bean lite frappicuno - medium.

Yay for us!!

Girls, its great to see all of us on the blog. We can do it now that we have each other to encourage, and ofcourse, we can now get encouragement too. :) Just had to share how excited I am! :)

LoR - Another week!! - June 18ths

Breakfast - nothing :(
Lunch - wheatgrass shot [from Jamba Juice for the curious-minded] + original size smoothie from JJ too [strawberry, banana, mango, peach or some such fruits.. it was delicious!]
Dinner - Egg tomato curry + rice

LoR Weekend pigout

Too late, but nevertheless..

Saturday: Father's day hit a day early in our part of the city..
Lunch: Sauteed green beans, potstickers, dumpling noodle soup, chicken satay, chcolate brownie + icecream, strawberry shortcake
Dinner: lamb chops, chicken curry, naan

Sunday:
Nice brunch with pancake and scrambled eggs + orange juice
Mirchi pakora + chutney + mango lassi
Lentil soup

Kittys Monday June18th

Breakfast - 1 cup of milk (2%) with Horlicks and a roasted almond flavored granola bar
Lunch - was craving noodles so had to go with Panda express, noodles with kung pao chicken and chicken with potatoes. Did not finish it so dont feel that bad..:-)
Snack time- Matcha green tea blast from JJ (size- sixteen)
Dinner - 4 chapatis with Brinjal potato masala, a cup of yoghurt on the side

Kitty's Sunday

Breakfast- 1 cup of Silk soy milk
Lunch - Chipotle chicken burrrito..(Love thier lemon flavored rice)
Snack attack at 5 PM- Cold stone creamery ( it was perfect ice cream weather/:->..) shake (flavor - cake n shake) in thier smallest size (like it!)
Dinner - Rice with kozhambu and beans , 3/4 th or a pear

Kitty's weekend sins

Saturday June 16th
Brekfast- 1 cup o' Silk soy milk
Lunch- rice with beans curry and kozhambu ( thaaat is such a deadly combo!)
Dinner- it was a feast .totally pigged out..paneer masala, chicken kabab ( was the best of the lot!) , veg biryani
1 scoop of chocolate ice cream (edy's brand) in a cone.
Desert- 2 rounds of red wine - merlot (total amount was about 1/2 of a regular glass )

OPoCCtGP's June 18th post

Workout
None

Food
9:30 am - One cup of honey bunches of oats with half a cup of milk and half a bowl of fresh blueberries
11:00 am - One tootsie roll
12:30 pm - Half a focaccia bread veggie sandwich with pesto and cheese and some fruit
3:15 pm - One bunch of red grapes, large bowl of sauteed mushrooms
6:30 pm - One veggie burger patty, one cup of tomato soup, slice of cheese and 3 pieces of blueberry-cranberry crunch

OPoCCtGP's June 17th post

Workout
None.

Food
9:00 am - Vegan chocolate cupcake with huge mound of white frosting with a cup of milk
10:00 am - Upma with chutney
1:00 pm - Salad with miso dressing and some grapes
6:00 pm - Other half of the seitan barbecue sandwich

Suchi: Sinful Sunday!

I am not even going to bother to write what I ate! It was a Sinful Fathers day. It involved Chocolate Cake, Mithai,Kheer and all the freakin sweets in the world!;) Lets hope Monday is better.

Suchi: Sat: June 16th

7:00am 1 mug (was regular size not tooo big like the usual american ones) Cold Coffee
1:00pm:3 rotis ( got a little carried away),1 1/2 cupAloo mattar sabzi,achaar
5:00 pm: Couldn't resist the darn KHEER!
7:45: 3 Rotis ( need to cut it down to 2) 1 cup Aloo Mattar and little achaar.
1 Glass OJ

OPoCCtGP's June 16th post

Workout
7:00 am - Ran 7 miles (yahoo!) outside

Food
8:45 am - Few grapes, some gatorade
11:00 am - Cup of honey bunches of oats with 1/2 cup 2% milk and fresh blueberries
12:30 pm - 1/2 cup chole, 1/2 cup sauteed mushrooms, 2 cashew-crunch pieces
6:00 pm - Tomato & cheese sandwich on Italian bread with some Italian dressing (light!), lots of grapes and some sugar snap peas, McDonald's apple pie
9:30 pm - Half a barbecued seitan sandwich (mmmm... good) with a huge vegan almond cookie

Kittys June 15th post

The weekend is here yayyy!..so here goes

for Friday June 15th
Breakfast9-9.30 AM- 1 cup of silk soy milk and 1 cup of swiss oatmeal from corner bakery
Lunch- 12.30 AM- 6" tuna sandwich from subway
Snack 6.30 PM - 1 Sixteen Orange dream machine from JJ
Dinner 9 PM- Take out Thai foood! Dont even recall what i ate..must have been good. There was some Pad thai noodles, chicken, and a serving of rice with curry. 3/4 ths of a bottle of beer
Desert- Cup of kheer (thanks suchi's mom :>)

OPoCCtGP's June 15th post

Workout
None - Taking the day off. :)

Food
10:00 am - One cup honey-bunches-of-oats cereal with handful of fresh blueberries and 2% milk. Quite a few grapes.
12:20 pm - Sandwich with Italian bread, 3/4 of a tomato and cheese. Some more grapes. And then a fun-size Butterfinger. :(
3:00 pm - Some almond clusters, a few M&Ms :(
4:00 pm - One cup of chole
6:30 pm - One margarita. Half a (huge) veggie sandwich with pesto, and cheese, and on foccacia (sp?) bread with a side of fruit (yay!)
8:00 pm - Large one scoop icecream - mmmm... good

LoR - June 15th

And they say every day is a different day.. this one time I hope that it is true. Yesterday was a bad one food-wise. I will be mildly surprised if anyone even read through my list of food items without yawning. Wow. I hogged or what? :)

Breakfast: 2 waffles with maple syrup, 1 wheat grass shot from JJ
Lunch: [cant remember.. most likely nothing much]
Dinner: Leftovers from last night.. coconut rice + chicken curry

Kitty's 14th June Post

Here i go..no exercise goals yet! So here's my food blog for today.
Breakfast 9.30 AM- 1 Caribou coffee vanilla cereal bar
Lunch 12.30 AM- Chipotle chicken burrito
Snack 7.30 PM - Tall starbucks chai latte with skim milk
Dinner 9.15 PM- 3 chapatis with aloo methi, side of yoghurt (low fat) with beans and kozhambu (south indian sambar like dish)

Suchi -14th June!

6:00am : Orange Juice one glass
10:30 am: I cup Dal
12:45 : Lunch: 2 rotis, Dal,Sabzi
5:00: One bowl Poha
9:15:2 rotis,Dal and Sabzi
11:00 1 cup cold coffee and 1 chocolate ( it was staring at me!!!! )

LoR - June 14th

Day two [and they say that is the toughest]

Breakfast: none as usual [10 peanuts]
Lunch:

• Salad
• half cup of low-fat vegetable medley soup
• 96% fat bran muffin
• low-fat muffin
• diet coke

Snack:

• wheat-grass shot
• peanuts [half a serving]
• quarter of strawberry smoothie [sitting on my desk right now, but will definitely be consumed]
• OMG! You can never plan a day.. one slice of chocolate cake, one slice of dulce de leche cake :( [office birthdays]
  

Dinner:

• Vegetable rice with coconut milk
• Aloo Korma

OPoCCtGP's June 14th post

Workout
4:00 pm - Ran in gym on treadmill, at 1.0 incline, for 3 miles at 5.5mph. No stopping. :)

Food
9:15 am - Cup of cantaloupe with some cheese
9:20 am - Some extra cheese
9:25 am - Cup of clear tea
10:00 am - One Lara Bar - Pecan Pie
12:00 noon - Four M&Ms. :)
12:40 pm - Bowl of greens with scant dressing
1:00 pm - Bowl of tomato soup
2:00 pm - Few (really!) potato chips
3:00 pm - Few Honey Maid Graham chocolate sticks
5:45 pm - Half a bag of almond clusters (w/o chocolate)
7:00 pm - Tomato, cheese and bread sandwich.
9:00 pm - Some more almond clusters. :(
10:00 pm - Some grapes with some cheese. (I see a pattern here!)

LoR - June 13th

Workout girls and The Return of Motivation!!

and who said sequels are not as good as the original. :P

Breakfast: Who has breakfast anyways? Unless of course I am at parents'.
Lunch: Peach Perfection Jamba Juice Smoothie - Original size
Snack: Peanuts (2 servings)
Dinner: Two rotis + Aloo tomato curry
Snack: Chagodi [or chakras from desi store] - 4

OPoCCtGP's June 13th post

Workout
3:20 pm - Ran 3 miles in gym, with incline set to 1, at speed of 5.5mph, without stopping! :)

Food
9:40 am - Half a cup of vanilla yogurt with large handful of honeymaid chocolate graham cracker stix.
11:20 am - A few roasted cashews (they were just sitting there!)
12:20 pm - A cup of chole, one laughing cow cheese wedge.
12:20 pm - One Crunch stix. It was a weak moment. :(
4:00 pm - Killed the workout gains by eating lots of shakkar parey! :( Looks like I'm having lots of weak moments. :(
5:30 pm - Ate some more shakkar parey. I gotta stop buying them! :)
7:00 pm - Bowl of chilli-Italian style
9:00 pm - Some M&Ms and some more shakkar parey
9:30 pm - Cup of clear tea

OPoCCtGP's June 5th post

Workout
Ran/walked 4 miles. Yay!

Food
9:45 am - 225 ml of badam milk (I do it in style! :) )
10:30 am - Some shakkar-pareys (they were there, beckoning to be eaten...)
12:10 pm - Big bowl of salad greens with scant dressing + one veggie patty.
2:00 pm - Some more shakkar-pareys. Thankfully they're over now. :)
3:00 pm - bowl of daal
4:10 pm - half an orange
5:30 pm - Large Caribou Coffee berry delight or such. Pro - made with skim milk. Con - lots of sugar!
10:20 pm - 1/2 cup rajma, about 10 large chips with salsa, one Chips Ahoy cookie (followed my tongue rather than my stomach here!)

Workout Girls - Redux!!!

We're back.
We're staying.
We're not going anywhere.
We're watching our food.
We're watching our exercise.
We're going to rock this!