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!

OPoCCtGP's Food and Workout Diary - Oct 31

Booo!! Its Halloween! Time to declare I scared myself with my dessert-almost-binging and eating this weekend. Its called control, OPoCCtGP! Thus, I begin another cycle of food diary and documenting. Though, being utterly embarrassed about my breakfast, I begin documentation of my intakes only post-lunch...

Food :
Lunch (a bit after noon)
- 6" Veggie Delite Subway sandwich with jalapeno cheese, giardiniera, and vinegar. Mmmm...
- About 1/2 cup of pineapple pieces.
Around 2:00 pm
- One 100 cal Chips Ahoy pack.
- One 100 cal Oreo cookie pack.
Around 3:30 pm
- One large cup of Aveda comforting tea.
Around 5:30 pm
- Lots of pieces of roasted potatoes while driving
Around 6:30 pm
- Bowtie pasta with broccoli and cheese and marinara sauce
- Potatoes
Around 8:00 pm
- Two large lumps of almond chocolate clusters
- A few sips of wine

LoR's update - Week 3

Continuation of week 3.

The Zen of workout - What starts out bad, usually most often ends the same way!!

Thursday - no workout - food ok - $1
Friday - no workout - food ok - $1
Saturday - no workout - food ok - 1 homemade dessert - $1
Sunday - 50 minutes on treadmill between 4 and 4.5 mph - food ok - but dessert again - $1

Contribution = $4.

Total so far = $3 + $8 + $4 = $15!!

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Days 15 to 22 - Week 3.

Workout
Worked out five days this week! Running for 30 mins on 4 days, at 5.5 mph and then 45 mins on the 5th day, again at 5.5 mph. A new personal high! One of these days, I'll get even faster!

Food
Getting better. Also a little dejected at how tough it is to lose the poundage. But, slow and steady wins the race. :) Discovered Skinny Cow desserts. And they're gooooood. :) And relatively guilt free.

LoR's update!

Week 2 has been bad. I mean BAD!! But I anticipated this. [Isnt that supposed to make it better?!]

Worked out for 2 days and ate healthy for 3 days. The rest of the week was a jolly ride downhill. So here goes the contribution:

$3 for not working out the rest of the three days.
$2 for eating rice twice during the same day for two days [Friday and Sunday]
$1 for eating french fries [Saturday]

Week 3 has been not very good so far.
No workout so far and it is already Thursday, so $1 even if I workout for the rest of the week.
$1 for eating rice twice on the same day [yesterday].

Total contribution: $8 [and counting...]

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP - Day 14 to Day 16. :) Sept 4 to Sept 6.

Workouts
A.M. - Have been running each morning for about 28 mins or so at 5.5 mph. Yay!!! Take a two-minute rest in between sometime, so total time is 30 mins.

Eating
Not too hot. Too many temptations and cannoli cream detours. I found one thing that might work though. :) To make myself stop eating something, I'm going to imagine it going and settling straight into my cellulite. Yeah! That stopped me from eating my fourth cookie this morn. Lets see if I can stick to this PoA.

Money Contribution
For week 3 of the PuBaSWoP - none as yet! Yay!! :) Past week, I'm going to give in $10 for not working and eating like an idiot. So totally, my contribution has been $14. :(

LoR's daily update - August 29 - Tuesday

Workout - 30 minutes on treadmill between 4-4.5 mph [see, I am getting better, one baby step at a time!]

Food -
Breakfast - Idli (2) + chutney
Lunch - donut + bag of chips -> $1 to the fund!
Dinner - Biriyani + Raita + Paneer Curry + Chicken pakoras [reasonable portions, though! :)]

Total contribution so far: $3

Damn Fund! (Pardon my French!) as of Aug 30th.

LoR, BP,

I'm still sick. No workout today either. Its Wednesday. And it shows. So, another $2 in the fund from me. :( I suck. I felt better last night, so went to bed around 10:30, but just could not get up this morn. Tonight maybe bed at 9:00 will help?

Anyway, here's the final total (I think)
OPoCCtGP - $4
LoR - $2
BP - $1

LoR's daily update - August 28 - Monday

Workout -
Ran for 30 minutes 4-4.5 mph on treadmill

Food -
Breakfast: 2 idlis + chutney; glass of orange jiuce
Lunch: Salad [ate three forkfuls and accidentally dropped the plate on the floor, cafeteria closed by then]; bag of animal crackers [250 cals, 35 from fat]
Dinner: 1 cup of rice + 1 cup tomato rasam/soup + half a corn-on-the-cob

So far doing good for the week. But this week has only 4 days for me, so there goes my $1 contribution into the fund already.

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - End of day 7, i.e. Week ONE

LoR - had I told you what my goal was when we began the PuBaSWoP? It was to lose 6 lbs by Sept 30th. And that weight was with my jeans on. :) That was 1 lb each week. Looks like I'm close to target for my first week. Though the amount of cake and frosting I had yesterday will show up in the scale tomorrow. :( But so far, lost 1 lb. Also lost $1 for 4/7 workout days and $1 for pigging on aforementioned cake. Yay! Can't enjoy the woods though. Miles to go before I sleep. :)

LoR's daily update - Weekend - Ganapathi Bappa Moriya!! :)

hotSaturday:
No workout as such, but danced for > 30 mins, walked for > 2 miles. If this does not count, then I am donating $1 for the fund! :|

Food:
Breakfast: idli(2) + chutney
Snack: Two sandiches with cheese, mayo and green chutney in the middle
Lunch: Bombay Chicken Salad at Cosi + loaf of bread
Dinner: Dahi Aloo Poori (4 spoonfuls) + naan + lamb curry (2 spoonfuls) + paneer curry(2 spoonfuls) {basically the food sucked big time, hence only spoonfuls of each!}
Dessert: Ice cream!!

Sunday:
Workout: Ran for 60 minutes on treadmill between 3.5 and 4 mph.

Food:
Breakfast: idli
Lunch: Festival food!!!!!!!! *
Dinner: Festival food!!!!!!!!

* - nothing can be counted against the pledge because, well, it is for the good of mankind that I ate all of that! :D

PS: Okay, so I donate $2 to the fund!

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Day 5, Saturday, Aug 26th

Workout
Treadmill. 45 mins. 15 mins at 5 mph. 15 mins at 5.5 mph. 1.5 mins rest by walking at 3.5 mph. 15 mins at 5 mph. Yay!! Could feel it in my ankles. :) When I wanted to give up, I was inspired by the swimmers on TV.

Food
Not sooo hot. But could be worse. :) Had small portions of dessert instead of full sized ones. Yay!!!

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Day 4, Day 6 and Day 7 - Friday (Aug 25th), Sunday (Aug 27th) and Monday (Aug 28th)

No workout!!!

Money Donated: $1 !!!

Worked out four days out of the past seven. Missed one day!! :^(

LoR's daily update - August 25 - Friday

Workout - 35 minutes of elleptical at an avg speed of 8.8

Food -
Breakfast - idlis - 2
Lunch - Baja Fresh Chicken Salad [only bad part was deep fried flautas], handful of chips + salsa
Dinner - Rotis (2) + Chicken Tikka Masala [home made, so no cream in it]
Dessert - kesari [mom insisted - so thats the dessert for the week, any more and I start donating to the fund]

LoR's daily update - August 24 - Thursday

Obviously, I did not work out on wednesday, but I still have the rest of the week to make up.

Workout:
45 minutes of treadmill between 3.5 and 4 mph. a few squats [did not count]

Food:
No breakfast !
Lunch - Panera Bread portobella and mozzarella half sandwich + tuscan veggie soup
Dinner - Rotis (2) + Rajma curry [lots of it :)]

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Day 3

Workout
P.M. - About 30 mins of volleyball. Broke out a sweat!

Food
Nothing too bad. :)

Money Earned
$1!!

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Day 2

Workout
P.M. - 30 mins of running on the treadmill at 5.0 mph. Yay!

Food
Don't remember all. But relatively healthy.

Money Earned
$1. :^)

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan - Day 1

Workout
A.M. - Running for 45 mins. 15 mins at 4.5 mph, 30 mins at 5.0 mph.
P.M. - Rock climbing, active for about 1/2 an hour.

Food
Didn't go nuts. :^)

Money earned
$1. :^)

OPoCCtGP's PuBaSWoP Plan

LoR!

Your post is inspiring me to come up with my plan too.

I am at the highest weight I have been in TWO years.

At this point, my aim is to reach my goal weight (with my jeans) by Sept. 30th, 2006. (After that, the cellulite busting plan!)

My 5-day, 30 minute minimum in a week plan stays.

The first two weeks, I am going to do only aerobic activities. After that I will incorporate weights into my program as well. But first, only aerobic activities.

I am not going to be able to limit my desert intake to twice a week or so. I know myself. I would binge then. So I'm going to eat them when I want, as long as it is a decept proportion. :^). Really.

LoR's daily update - August 22 - Tuesday

Day 1 after the taking the pledge -

Workout - 20 minutes of Eleptical
20 minutes of Rock climbing
3 sets of 20 sit-ups

Food -
did not break the rules.... yet!! ate healthy!! [feeling lazy to list everything, you have to take my word for it!!]

$1 remains in pocket. :)

PuBaSWoP - LoR's Pledge!

5 days a week - monday through sunday - with at least 30 minutes of workout not including stretches and warm-up. cardio, aerobic, weights, anything counts

rice - once a day only limited to one cup [small/med cup as in chinese restaurants]

any kind of desserts - limited to once a week [and ok, once a weekend]

french fries, potato chips - out [until plan ends]

other deep fried foods - limited to once a week. if I am on the verge of dying then maybe twice.

I hope I dont get sued for plagiarizing someone else's gif file. I thought it was cute.

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Thu, Aug 10

Workout
Cardio - Elliptical machine w/ handlebars. 45 mins. Apparently burned about 480 cals.
Volleyball - One hour of light sand volleyball - baby steps. :^)

Food
A.M. - 1 1/4 cup soy milk with 2 handfuls frosted mini wheats.

Noon - One paper chinese container of penang tofu and white rice.

Afternoon - Three pieces of fruit chocolate, five cinnamon-sugar pita chips. Large cup of tea. Some more cinnamon-sugar pita chips.

P.M. - Cup of soymilk with 2 handfuls of frosted mini wheats. Half a quesedialla. (yay!). A couple of chips and salsa. One strawberry shot.

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Wed, Aug 9

Workout:
Legs! Legs!! Legs!!!
3 sets of 10 morning glory - 40 lb bar.
3 sets of 12 squats - 40 lb bar + 20 lb weights.
3 sets of front-bar squats - 40 lb bar.
2 sets of leg press - 90 lb on machine.
3 sets of 10 walking lunges - 15 lb in each hand.
3 sets of 10 leg extensions - 15 lb each leg on machine.
3 sets of 10 leg curls - 25 lb total on machine.
3 sets of 8 seated calf raises - 35 lbs.

Abs! Abs!! Abs!!!
3 sets of 12 reverse curls.
3 sets of 9 knee raises.
3 sets of 12 rope pulls - 40 lb on machine.

Food.
A.M. - 1 cup of soy milk, 2 cups of frosted mini wheats. Four pieces of fruit chocolate.

Noon - Salad of quart ziploc of baby spinach leaves, one large bosc pear, about six candied walnuts, little blue cheese and balsamic vinegar.

Afternoon - Three pieces of fruit chocolate. A few cinnamon sugar pita chips. 3/4 bowl of cherries.

P.M. - Three pieces of fruit chocolate. Bowl of pasta. Slice of cheese cake.

LoR's daily update - August 7 - Monday

I had:
Breakfast - forgot to eat. with sky-soaring daal prices mom decided not to make idlis anymore. was asked to eat a breakfast bar. end result - 'forgot' to eat.

Lunch - so I was starving by then that I could have eaten a horse, cafeteria did not serve horse, so I make did with - 1 cup tortilla chicken soup and 1 serving of mexican rice.

Dinner - Minestrone soup [small cup], White bread [1 loaf], lasagna [half serving]

Workout - stairs - 30 minutes. ok, so it wasnt in the gym, but it still counts!!

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Tue, Aug 8

Workout
18 mins on elliptical. Had a serious bout of stomach cramps and couldn't continue. :^(
Rock climbing. Some climbing, lots of falling.

Food
A.M. - 1 cup of soymilk with 1 1/2 cups of frosted mini wheats.

Noon - 1 cup tom yum soup, 1 veggie eggroll, 2 cups of white rice and tofu panang.

Afternoon - Lots of cinnamon-sugar pita chips.

P.M. - Chips and homemade guacamole, small slice of cheese cake.

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Mon, Aug 7

The weekend shall be forgotten... Every Monday is a new beginning...

A.M. - Cup of soymilk with cup of frosted mini wheats, handful of trail mix. Teeny sliver of fruit pastry thingy.

Noon - Baby spinach salad with one bosc pear, a couple of (heaped) tablespoons of blue cheese, some candied walnuts (OK, many) and balsamic vinegar. Small slice of cherry cheesecake.

Afternoon - Large cup of Aveda tea, one large Fanny May heart, another fistful of trail mix, cinnamon-sugar pita chips. More pita chips.

P.M. - 1 1/2 cups of pasta, couple of chips, three or so tablespoons of guacamole. Small, teeny weeny slice of cheesecake. Lots of cherry topping though.