Momentum's Tuesday, April 8th

Breakfast: None :(

Lunch @ noon: Last night's leftover khichdi+ two clementines

Mid afternoon snack @ 3pm 15 mini m&m's

Evening snack @ 5:30 pm Milk with Bournvita

Workout: 3 miles on elliptical, 15 squats, 15 lunges!!

Dinner @ 8:20 pm- two phulkas, cabbage and peas subzi, 1 bowl dal

Have a few more friends joining in the 5K...have to do welll to save face..

I am reading Unaccustomed Earth and absolutely loving it!!

OPoCCtGP's Tue, Apr 8th Post

Workout
Strength training!!!
Deadlifts. Calves. Squats. Walking lunges. Abductors. Adductors. Glutes.

Food
10:00 am: One cup oat bran with 1% milk
12:30 pm: टिक्की, चटनी, १/२ रोटी, कोरमा, बंध गोभी, तड़का, दाल, साग पनीर, खीर, गाजर हलवा। (I'm hoping I will not need the 3:00 pm snack today!)
5:30 pm: Did not need the snack today.
7:00 pm: Bruschetta, bread, minestrone soup, about 3 bites of my manicotti before I was full. Decaf cappuccino with sugar and whipped cream. :)

Target from Yesterday
Strength training - done.
Two servings of fruit - not yet. Failed.

Target for Tomorrow
Two servings of fresh fruit.

Suchi: April 8th, Tuesday

7:15am : Coffee
8:00 am : Sesame seed Bagel ( no cream cheese)
12:00pm : Green Curry with Tofu. No Rice
2:00 pm: Tea

Suchi: Monday, April 7th

8:00 am: 1 Aloo Paratha , 1 glass Juice
12:00 Planning on avoiding the Aloo Paratha my MIL is making. Lets see how that goes.
2 Aloo Parathas ;(
4:00 Milk with hot chocolate and some Cauliflower sabzi half hr later
8:30pm : 2 Rotis with Cauliflower Sabzi
9:00 pm: Small snicker bite.

OPoCCtGP's Mon, Apr 7th post

Workout
30 mins on elliptical. 312 cals. Wooo hooo!!

Food
None yet. And it is 11:47 am now! Had to go to the dentist this morn, and the left half my mouth is still numb.
12:30 pm: One vegan chocolate cookie, 1/4 cup (less than that!) of vegan chocolate mousse, 1 cup of vegan tempeh salad. (Can you tell I've been to Whole Foods?)
2:45 pm: Rest of tempeh salad - another cup. Few spoons of mousse.
4:45 pm: Two chocolate cookies, rest of mousse.
7:30 pm: खिचडी, आलू सब्जी, पापड़, मिठाई (though didn't go nuts on मिठाई. Yay!)

Target for tomorrow
Two servings of fruit. Strength training in the morning. Squats, perhaps?

OPoCCtGP's Apr 5/6, Sat/Sun post

Workout
None. =(

Food
Sat, 11:00 am: Fries, grilled portobella mushroom with green and red pepper and cheese, remaining apple pie with icecream.
Sat, 7:00 pm: Chips, salsa, guacamole, some salad, portobella mushroom with onions and green peppers, banana toffee pie.
Sun, 11:00 am: 1 cup porridge.
Sun, 1:00 pm: Three hard tacos w/ Boca burger veggie filling and toppings. No cheese.
Sun, 6:30 pm: Large slice of spinach and feta pizza.
Sun, 7:30 pm: Some of the vegan chocolate mousse, a couple of bites of raw chocolate 'cake', and same of raw banana 'pie'. I didn't finish it all. Yay!

Momentum's Friday, April 4th

Workout- 2.5 miles on elliptical, 25 crunches + Lots of walking in the mall

Brunch- 4 idlis and sambar (it feels good to have brunch on a weekday!)

Snack- 4 idlis and chutney

Dinner- Milk with bournvita

Suchi's Friday: April 4th

I am very dissapointed that I ate a second helping of rice and indulged in Chocolate. Lets hope today is better.
8:00 Coffee
9:00 1 Bagel ( very little cream cheese)

12:30: Thai with veggies and half of the rice that was given.

OPoCCtGP's Fri, Apr 4th post

Workout
None. :( Stayed out too late last night and am sort of ill. :( Have to go to the gym tomorrow!!

Food
10:30 am: 1% milk with 1 1/2 cups cereal
12:20 pm: 1 1/2 cups roasted red pepper & tomato soup, 1 slice 12 grain bread with butter, 3/4 cup गाजर हलवा.
2:50 pm: Two small strips of cheese pizza. 2 Bosc pears.
4:45 pm: Two more strips of cheese pizza.
7:30 pm: One cherry chocolate martini, salad bar - had pasta salad w/ cheese, but stayed away from dressing, fries. Apple pie with icecream and whipped cream!

Momentum's Thursday 3rd April

Workout: None :(

Breakfast- 1 cup milk with Bournvita

Lunch- Steamed veggies and a small bowl fruit (why do vegeterians suffer in office lunches??)

Dinner- 5 idlis with sambar

OPoCCtGP's Thu, Apr 3rd post

Workout
None again. :( Had my bag packed and ready to go, but just couldn't get up - needed my sleep! :)

Food
10:00 am: 1/2 cupful of cold potato salad, lots of strawberries.
11:40 am: Pomegranate juice, 250 ml. 136 cals.
12:20 pm: Bowl of roasted red pepper/tomato soup. Veggie burger patty with Maggi chilli sauce. One Fannie Mae truffle (95 cals or such).
3:00 pm: Two cups of तुलसी tea.
7:00 pm: One navel sipper (mmmm), fries, veggie portobello and roasted vegetable sandwich.

Momentum's April 2nd: Wednesday

7:10am : Tall non fat Caramel Machiato ( need to stop this soon!)
8:10 : Banana
12:00: Black Eyes Peas and very little potatoes

OPoCCtGP's Wed, Apr 2nd post

Workout
None. :)

Food
Breakfast (10:20 am): Cup of cereal with 1% milk, one small apple.
Lunch (12:30 pm): One रोटी (with घी/oil), some दाल, a few pieces of पनीर in पनीर सब्जी, गाजर का हलवा। Some rice.
Snack (3:30 pm): One रोटी (with घी/oil), rest of पनीर (probably about 6 or so pieces)।
Snack (5:00 pm): Two candied ginger chocolates.
Dinner (8:30 pm): Three hardshell white corn tacos, with Boca crumbles filling, fat free sour cream, easy on cheese and veggie toppings. Stayed away from dessert - yay! :)

OPoCCtGP's Tue, Apr 1st blog.

Workout:
35 mins on the elliptical machine. 295 calories. Felt good to be sweating again.

Food:
Breakfast (9:30 am): Hot Spanish patatas, 2 slices of garlic bread with lots of goat cheese.
Lunch (12:30 pm): 2 places veggie Fiesta sushi, 2 cups green tea.
Snack (3:00 pm): Half a chocolate pastry. 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/2 Bosc pear. :(
Dinner (7:00 pm): Cup low fat bean soup and 1/2 portabella panino from Panera.

OPoCCtGP's Fri, Mar 28 - Mon, Mar 31 blog.

Workout:
Lets get this one out of the way - NONE. I danced briefly, and carried a 1 year old for an even briefer period, so it really shouldn't count.

Food:
Fri: Had 1/2 a personal 8" pizza for dinner along with a Georgia Peach.
Sat: Cereal for breakfast. I think. 1/2 of Qdoba's Mexican veggie gumbo bowl for lunch. Some pav bhaji, some chole, some pav, some frosting, some eggless cookies, lots of alcohol, onion rings, artichoke dip, bread, lots of alcohol. Water.
Sun: Remaining gumbo bowl, 1 slice of 8" pizza, 4 slices of regular pizza, watermelon, pomegranate juice, Spanish rice. Water.
Mon: (It is getting clearer now) Cereal for breakfast, 2 पूरी, eggplant सब्जी, भिंडी आलू सब्जी, चाय, कढ़ी। One Fannie Mae chocolate. Bread, butter, olives, cold garlic potato salad, hot potatoes, goat cheese and bread for dinner. Water. Half (yes!!!, half) an eggless chocolate pastry.

Thank you for tuning into the birthday special "weekend". We shall now return to the regularly scheduled programming.

Momentum's weekend

Weekend was crazy...had friends from out of town and could not keep track of what I was eating and at what times. The only exercise I got was standing by the stove and cooking and cleaning afterwards. Walked about a mile and half in Washington D.C.

Tomorrow will be day 2 of following the 5k plan!

OPoCCtGP's Fri, Mar 28th blog.

Workout
None.

Food
11:30 am: Bag of 100 cal Girl Scout Cookie cinnamon cookies.
12:30 pm: Large bowl of roasted red pepper soup, one veggie burger w/ Maggi chilli sauce, 1 cup of strawberries.
3:00 pm: 1 cup of strawberries, 1 Oreo.
4:15 pm: 1 1/2 Bosc pears.

Momentum's Day 1

Breakfast 9:30 am- Methi dal and rice, milk with bournvita
Lunch 1:30 pm- 1 Amy’s Mexican Bowl, 1 Nature’s valley trail mix bar
Snack 5 pm- 20 mini pretzels
Dinner 8 pm- 2 chapatis, beans subzi, dal, rice

Two small pieces of Cadbury's Dairy Milk

Workout: 31 mins at 1.0 incline, 2 miles 203 calories

Yay for me!!

OPoCCtGP's Thu, Mar 27th blog.

Workout:
None.

Food:
Breakfast (9:00 am): Remaining half of sandwich from last night. Yum.
Lunch (2:40 pm): Half a pita bread (90 cals), 2 or 3 tablespoons of hummus, roasted red pepper soup.
Snack (5:00 pm): Pomegranate juice(136 cals).
Snack (6:30 pm): Cup of Kellogg's K cereal w/ chocolate chips w/ 1% milk, one light mini babybel cheese.
Dinner (8:00 pm): 1/2 cup refried beans (probably refried in butter - yum!), scant 1/4 cup Spanish rice, one tomato, one avocado, one veggie grilled burger.

Food

Dinner with hubby at 8 pm
1 bowl sliced english cucumber
Two small bowls of methi dal
Two chapatis
1/2 puran poli

Will have a cup of decaf tea before sleeping.

Jillian says ....

Get-Fit Seven Tips!

I have a plan!!

I have a plan towards achieving my goal to run my first 5K race ever on April 26th 2008!! Will keep updating my progress here!

OPoCCtGP's Wed, Mar 26th blog.

Workout:
Laying down leg lifts: 5 lbs each foot, 30 reps each leg.
Laying down outer thigh lifts: 5 lbs each foot, 30 reps each leg.
Laying down inner thigh lifts: 5 lbs each foot, 30 reps each leg.
Laying down knees at 90 degree kick ups: 5 lbs each foot, 30 reps each leg.
Laying down ITB stretching: 5 lbs each foot, 30 reps each leg.
Walking lunges: 12 x 4
Sidesteps with band: 56 x 3, each side
Step across board with 3 risers: didn't count. :)
Abs on stability ball: 12 x 2

Food:
If I'd known I was gonna keep track, I would've eaten better. :)
Breakfast (9:30 am): Bowl of honey bunches of oats with 1% milk, 1 cup of black tea.
Pre lunch (11:20 pm): Bag of 100 cal cookies
Lunch (12:00 noon): 2 cups of green tea, atleast 8 veggie sushi rolls (no cream cheese! just rice and veggies), some strawberries.
Post lunch (2:00 pm): Four more veggie sushi rolls. :(
Miscellaneous: Ginger chocolates, two Biscoff cookies. Some more tea.
Dinner (6:30 pm or so): Cup of split pea soup (vegetarian!!!) and half a slice of sourdough bread with butter, and half a grilled veggie sandwich on herb-onion focaccia bread w/o aioli at CPK. Avoided temptation for dessert. Yay!

A's running a 5k!

And what a perfect time to start keeping track of foods and workouts again?

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.