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