Monday, September 22, 2008

Feels like a lifetime - Sept 22 - 28

.....and I feel FAT!!!!

Mon, Sept 22:
Workout:
45 mins Fast Walk and run
Food:
6:45 am: Egg sandwich
12:30 pm: 2 Gobi paratha with Yogurt
9:30 pm: Rice

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Am back:) Chocolover- Wednesday - sep 17th- sunday Sep 21st

** Aim - to lose one size (around 8 to 10 pounds), tone stomach , arms, legs and butt by November 10th!!:)

Wednesday-
Breakfast- 8 am to 10:30 am
1 .5 cup skim milk with coffee and sugar
2 wheat toasts with little butter and cream cheese
1 small cup of oatmeal with raisins and walnuts

Lunch- Turkey sandwich with 2 wheat bread and cheese
small activa strawberry yogurt- 110 calories

Snack- 1 skim milk latte with chocolate sprinkle, splenda

Snack- apple, orange

Snack- around 8 small tostitoes with salsa

Dinner- Panera garden veggie soup, salad with cherry tomatoes, spinach, red pepper, feta cheese, brocolli stems, cabbage stems, carrots, 3 bites of chicken frontega sandwich

After dinner- Giardelli's square of dark chocolate

Workout- 1 hour swimming, mostly breast stroke, combined with crawl- around 35 to 40 round laps of 25 yard pool- approx 1 mile..


Thursday

Breakfast- 1.5 cup skim milk with sugar and coffee, 2 nutrgrain waffles with little maple syrup, some cantalope.

Snack- small oatmeal with raisins and walnuts, coffee with creamers and splenda

Lunch-




Monday, September 15, 2008

OPoCCtGP's week 38 plan - Sept 15 - 20

Sun, Sept 14:
Bad, bad, bad day for food. Good for workout. But I'll ignore this day and move forward. ;)

Mon, Sept 15:

Workout:
None
Food:
8:45 am: Two रोटी, 3/4 cup आलू गोभी
10:30 am: Two काजू
कत्री
12:10 pm: 1 1/2 cup Ma Po tofu with broccoli and brown rice. 3 chocolate covered almonds.
2:20 pm: 1 काजू कत्री
3: 30 pm: 3/4 cup Ma Po tofu with broccoli and brown rice.
4:30 - 5:00 pm: Two chocolate covered orange sticks
6:45 - 8:00 pm: One slice sour dough bread with butter. One cup split pea and barley soup. 1/2 grilled veggie sandwich with cheese on garlic-cheese focaccia.

Tue, Sept 16:
Workout:
Mat exercises, calf band exercise, inner thigh band exercises. Ran 5 miles in Busse woods (10:10 pace).

Food:
9:00 am: Banana in car
10:00 am: Two काजू कत्री
11:00 am: Two chocolate orange sticks
12:00 noon: Leftover sandwich half, bowl of fruit
2:00 pm: One काजू कत्री
3:00 pm: One chocolate covered almond, toasted English muffin with butter
5:00 pm: One bowl frosted mini wheat cereal with 1% milk
9:00 pm: Two रोटी, 1/4 cup आलू गोभी, 1 1/2 cup पलक पनीर, 6 chocolate chunks।

Wed, Sept 17:
Workout:
None yet. Going to run 10 miles this evening.

Food:
9:30 am: 1 1/2 cup whole दाल
10:00 am: 1 apple
11:00 am: 1 काजू कात्री
1:00 pm: 1 cream roll (seriously!)
1:30 pm: 1 cup mastaciolli
2:00 pm: 1 butterscotch eggless पास्ट्री
4:30 pm: 1/3 eggless chocolate pastry, 3/4 cup mastacioli
9:00 pm: 1 veggie patty w/ ketchup, 1 bowl pineapple and grapes

Thu, Sept 18:
Workout:
Mat exercises with weights. Will run 5 miles in evening.

Food:
9:30 am: 1 banana, 1/2 Lara bar
1:30 pm: 1/2 veggie sandwich w/ cheese from Subway, 1 bag chips
2:30 pm: 1 cup hot tea
4:15 pm: 2/3 eggless chocolate pastry
4:45 pm: 1 cup hot tea

Thursday, August 14, 2008

OPoCCtGP's (mid) Week 33 Plan - Aug 14 to Aug 16

I'm back on the plan!! :D
Thursday, AUG 14

Workout
Ran 4 miles in evening and did leg mat exercises
Food
10:00 am - Bowl of flax cereal with 1/2 cup 1% milk
(270 cals)
12:20 pm - Two veggie burger patties, 3 slices tomato, Maggi masala chilli sauce, 1 cup roasted red pepper soup (? calories)
3:00 pm - One pear with fresh peanut butter. One chocolate orange stick. One coconut chocolate large chocolate.
8:00 pm - One veggie spring roll with sweet sauce, two (or three?) bowls of tom yum soup. 1/2 cup rice with lite green curry with tofu, sampling of matsaman curry and 7 wonders vegetables.

Friday, AUG 15
Workout

None today.
Food
8:30 am: Bowl of rice with lite green curry with tofu



Tuesday, August 12, 2008

BP's August 11h to August 17th Week

Monday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee
Lunch: 1 chatyote cutty, 3 rotis
Afternoon Snack: 1 medium banana
Evening Snack: 1 vada, 1 tablespoon rice and mango pickle(home made)
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, 1 egg and eggplant sabzi, 1 glass buttermilk, 1/4 cup cut honey dew
Workout: Ran 1.5 miles non stop on outside trail

Tuesday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee, 1/2 reduced fat muffin
Lunch: 1 egg bhurji, 2 rotis
Afternoon Snack: 1 medium banana, 1 cup coffee
Evening Snack: 1cup methi dal, 1 appadam
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, mango pickle, small cup honey dew

Workout: Ran 1.5 miles without breaks. Knee still hurting. Iced for 10 mins but maybe should have done for longer

Wednesday:
Breakfast: 1 small cup Coffee
Lunch: Chipotle chicken salad
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee, left over salad from lunch
Evening Snack:4 Parle-G biscuits
Dinner: 10 tortilla chips, 1 margarita, 1/2 serving steamed red snappper, veggies, 1/5 cup Spanish rice

Workout: None. Knee hurting badly, limped all the way home. Should wear flats tomorrow.

Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 small cup Coffee (skim milk instead of half&half)
Lunch: 1 big bowl of soya curry with potatoes, 2 rotis
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee
Evening Snack: 1 kajah (homemade Indian sweet). I resisted myself from eating more (Yay)
Dinner: 1 slice of veggie pizza , 1 breadstick, 1 glass of buttermilk

Workout: Ran 1.5 miles with very short breaks. ICed knee for 10 mins.

Friday:
Breakfast: 1 small cup Coffee
Lunch: 1/3rd cup Thai basil fried rice with tofu and veggies, 1 small cup clear veggie soup, 2 small fried veggie snakc
Afternoon Snack:
1/3rd cup Thai basil fried rice with tofu and veggies
Evening Snack: 1/3rd cup Thai basil fried rice with tofu and veggies, 1 small cup clear veggie soup, 2 small fried veggie snakc
Dinner: small serving of upma
Workout: None

Saturday:
Breakfast: 1 small cup Coffee, 2 idlis, 1 apple
Lunch: 1/4th cup rice, totmato dal, potato curry
Afternoon Snack:

Evening Snack: 2 chicken kababs, 1 small kadai paneer, 1 small samosa
Dinner: 1 cup veggie biryani, 1 small serving, malai kofta, 1 papadam, 3 gulab jamuns, 1 naan, 1 small serving mandhuria.
Workout: None

Sunday:
Breakfast: 1 small cup Coffee, 1/2 egg bagel with bacon, 1 cup of cut fruits
Lunch: 2 idlis, 1 small serving upma
Afternoon Snack:

Evening Snack: 2 kajah's
Dinner: 1/4 th cup rice, 4 small fish steaks broiled.
Workout: Walked 1/4 mile. Knee injury got worse.

Friday, August 08, 2008

BP's August 4th to August 10th Week

Monday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee
Lunch: 1 big serving upma
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee
Evening Snack: 1 cookie
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, sabzi, 1 glass buttermilk, 1/4 cup rice + lamb curry
Workout: None

Tuesday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee + 1/2 reduced fat muffin
Lunch: 2 small rotis, 1 cup sabzi
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee, 1 badam sweet, 1 chikki piece
Evening Snack: 1 cookie
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, sabzi, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: None

Wednesday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee
Lunch: Thai Basil tofu curry + 1/4 cup rice, 1 tall cup Green tea bubble tea
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee
Evening Snack: 1 cookie, 1 appadam
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, sabzi, 1 glass buttermilk, 1 cup grapes, a few cherries
Workout: 45 mins of cardio

Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee _ 1/2 reduced fat muffin (no more of these from now on)
Lunch: 1 small roti, 1 cup spinach + paneer curry
Afternoon Snack: 1 cup coffee
Evening Snack: 1 cookie, 1 appadam, 1 cup grapes
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas,tomato dal, 1 glass buttermilk, 1 cup grapes, a few cherries
Workout: 30 mins of cardio


Friday:
Breakfast: 3 moong dal boori (fried sweet ) :(, 1 cup coffee
Lunch: 1cup pulihora rice (bad again)
Afternoon Snack: 3
moong dal boori (fried sweet )
Evening Snack:
Dinner:
1cup pulihora rice (bad again) , 3 moong dal boori (fried sweet )
Workout: None
WAS A TOTAL RED RED DAY :( :(

Saturday:
Breakfast: 1 cup cereal
Lunch: 1 cup dal + tomato + 1/4 cup rice, sauted tindora
Afternoon Snack: 2 masala vada
Evening Snack: 2 masala vada, 1 small plate samosa chat
Dinner: 1/5 cup tomato rice, small serving chicken curry, 1 big serving veggie curry, sambhar, 1 big cup custard + fruits
Workout: None

Sunday:
Breakfast: 3 vadas
Lunch: 1/4 cup rice, chicken curry, moon dal curry
Evening Snack:
1 masala vada, 6 cherries
Dinner: 3 Fish steaks, 1/5 th cup rice, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: 3 sets 10 lb weights, 3 sets push-ups, 1.2 miles run on trail.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

LoR - July 28 - Aug 3

LoR is back from a lazy hiatus!! :D

Monday:
Breakfast - none.
Lunch - 1 cup of rice with garbanzo beans; 1 papad; a small bite of falafel sandwich
Dinner - 1/2 cauliflower sauteed Indian style; 1/2 bag of sauteed spinach with cut tomatoes; 1 cup brown rice; 1/2 bowl of raita with low-fat yogurt, cucumber & spinach; 1/4 watermelon

Tuesday:
Breakfast - 1 bottle sports water [I know I know.. not a breakfast and not healthy skipping bf.. :( ]
Lunch - small cup of veggie soup; 2 tiny samosa triangles; 1/2 plate of basil thai fried rice; 1 bubble tea
Snack - remaining basil thai fried rice
Dinner - 1/2 cup kheema; 1/2 cup bottlegourd sauteed; 1 cup basmati rice [too mucha]; 1/2 bowl of raita with cucumber/tomato; a lil leftover sauteed cauliflower
Workout: Ran 3 miles at 11 min/mile

Wednesday:
Breakfast - 1 Yoplait; 1 breakfast bar
Lunch - small cup of lamb & tomato curry; 3 small homemade roti with no grease
Snack - a medium cup of roasted wasabi peas [calorific!]
Dinner - chicken breast w/ marinara sauce sandwich [did not know until order arrived that the chicken is fried! :( will be careful next time around..] + shared diet coke + two spoolfuls of spaghetti with marinara
Workout: Ran 5 miles at 11 min/mile

Thursday:
Breakfast - none!
Lunch - 1/2 Curry fried rice with tofu and veggies
Snack - 1/2 curry fried rice with tofu and veggies

Dinner - 1 cup homemade miso soup; 1 small cup of rice with green curry tofu
Workout: None! Watched UltraMarathon Man in the theaters and it was late by the time I got out!

Friday:
Workout: Ran 3 miles at 11 min/mile
Breakfast: 1 medium Burger King coffee with milk and sugar; ordered one hashbrowns [cos I was starving after the run, but the hashbrowns looked so dangerous that I trashed it after eating about a 1/5th of it!] 5 small hashbrown rounds
Lunch: 1/2 Gino's East mini spinach pizza; 1 slice of bread with spread; 1 diet coke
Snack: 1/2 leftover pizza
Dinner:??

Saturday:

Sunday:

PS: Apetite has increased terribly so plan on stocking up on veggies or other fun and healthy stuff to munch on. Eating like a horse and with two of us, its like two horses at home. :D

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Chocolover's 1200 cal plan for 4 to 6 weeks:)!!

Monday - July 28th-

Breakfast- 1 cup Kashi Cereal with skim milk, Coffee-1 cup skim milk with bru coffee and sugar

Snack- string cheese

Lunch- turkey sandwich- 2 whole wheat bread, 2 turkey slices, little mayo, 1 pepperjack cheese slice, lettuce, tomato

After lunch- 1.5 cup skim milk latte with some choco powder, splenda. 2 small chocolates (50 cals)

Hungry at 5:00:)- Potbelly's kid's size turkey sandwich- (around 250 cals?)..

..then a slope in sugar so one scoop icecream (could have avoided)

Snack- Apple

Dinnetime- carrots and some brocolli with hummus, 2 marie and 2 parle G biscuits

Workout- none. need to see how many calories are burnt by walking on crutches:)!

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Tuesday- July 29th

Breakfast- 1 cup skim milk with bru coffee and 1 sugar, Blueberry non fat yogurt (100 cals)

Snack- 1 string cheese

Lunch- turkey sandwich- 2 whole wheat bread, 2 turkey slices, little mayo, 1 pepperjack cheese slice, lettuce, tomato. Carrots, cherry tomatoes, 1 inch by 1 inch cookie

Snack- 1 20 oz diet coke

Snack- 2 small choco peppermint patties (50 cals)

Dinner- 1 idli, 1 dosa at udupi palace, 1 cup sambar, some coconut chutney

After dinner- 1 cup Indian chai with 3 sugars

After dinner- 1/2 skinny cow icecream (around 70 cals) and a small bite of dark chocolate (25 cals)

Workout- None

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Wednesday- July 30th

Breakfast- 1.5 cups cereal with skim milk, 1 cup skim milk with bru coffee and 1 sugar

Snack- handful of nuts,dates, raisins.

Snack- 1 cheese string, 1.5 cups of blueberries, strawberries, blueberries

Lunch- 1 turkey sandwich with 2 whole wheat bread, 2 slices of tomato, lettuce, fat free kraft cheese slice, mayo

Snack- tall skim milk latte, with some chocolate sprinkle and splenda

Snack- 1 apple, 1 pear

After getting home- 1 cup milk with bru coffee and 1.5 sugars

Dinner- 4inch by 2 inch salmon, salad with lettuce, spinach, baby carrots, tomatoes, feta cheese, balsamic italian dressing, 1/2 bread roll

After dinner- 1/2 skinny cow (70 cals), too much of dark chocolate- 120 cals maybe?

Workout- none

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Thursday- July 31- didn't stick to 1200!! not to do this again:)

Breakfast- 1 coffee with 2 creamers and 1 splenda, 1 stony field non fat yogurt- 120 cals, fruit bowl with cantalope, cherries, grapes

Snack and 10 am- 1 latte with sprinkle of chocolate and splenda

Lunch- turkey sandwich with fat free cheese slice, tomato, lettuce,

Snack- 1 cup berries- strawberries, blueberries, rasberries

Snack- 1 fruit (i think apple or pear)

Snack- Bamboo In- chins-sweet corn soup, some chili paneer and baby corn, 1/2 cup hakka noodles, 3 spoons gobi manchurian, 1/2 cup chili rice, some paneer suff ( total derail!!)

Snack- skinny cow icecream sandwich (150 cals)

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Friday- July 31-

Breakfast- 1 cup granola cereal with skim milk and blueberries, 1 cup skim milk with bru coffee and sugar

Snack- string cheese

Lunch- 1 bowl of fruit- cantalope, watermelon, grapes. 1 stony field fat free blueberries yogurt

Snack- 1 orange

Snack- soya coffee (1 cup soya milk) , 1 sugar, 7 to 8 baked tostitoes with hummus(2 to 3 table spoons), carrots, radishes and brocolli with hummus

Dinner- 1/2 cup sambar, 1 dosa, 2 small medu vada (1 inch by 1 inch), 1 small puri, 1 saag with peas, chole, dal.

After dinner- 1 tablespoon kheer, 1 tablespoon mango icecream, 1/2 julabjamun

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Saturday-

Breakfast- 1 cup skim milk with coffee and 1 sugar, 1.5 cup cooked oatmeal with 1 sugar and some raisins and walnut

Snack- 2 dates, handful of walnuts, almonds

Lunch- 2 wheat bread, 1 garden burger, lettuce, tomato, roasted yellow and red pepper, roasted onions, fat free butter, cheese, mint chutney

Snack- 1 apple

Snack- 1 pear with 1 string cheese

Snack- evening coffee- 1 cup skim milk with bru coffee and sugar

Dinner- 1.5 phulkas, 4 tablespoon spinach paneer, 3 to 4 table spoon dal makhani, 2 tbl spoon pasta paneer, 3 to 4 tablespoon one more sabji, raita with boondi.

After dinner- 1/4th rasgulla, chai with sugar, small dark chocolate piece

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

ATC (the langadi ghodi) week of July 21st

Saturday-July 19th
Don't rem what I ate but wanted to log my workout..since am trying ot build my endurance back again
Workout- 2 hours work out- Cardio Kickboxing & Strength
Saturday-July 20th
Don't rem what I ate but wanted to log my workout..since am trying ot build my endurance back again
Workout- 5mile (1/2 and 1/2 fast walk n run)
Monday-
7:100am Breakfast- Decaf Hazelnut Vanilla
Snack- None
12:15pm Lunch- Jimmy Johns #13 Veggie delight on 7 grain bread
Snack-None
9:15pm Dinner- 2 paneer paratha
10:15pm After dinner-
Workout- 5mile (3/4 run & 1/4 fast walking)
Tuesday-
6:00am Breakfast- Authentic Green Tea & egg sandwich
Snack-
12:15pm Lunch- pepsi and pasta
Snack-tomato soup
10:45pm Dinner- ajwain paratha
10:15pm After dinner-
Workout- 2 1/2 mile run/walk on the tracks

Chocolover July 21 to 27th

Am back! No more slacking!!

Monday- Breakfast- 1/2 cup whole milk with 1/2 water coffee, bru powder, 1 sugar
.75 ( 4 inch by 3 inch) museli bagel with fat free cheese spread
Snack- A cup of blueberries, strawberries and rasberries
Lunch- Turkey sandwich with 2 wheat bread slices, 2 oven roasted turkey slices, lettuce, tomato, some mayo, slice of pepperjack cheese, Lucerne fat free yogurt (130 cals)
After lunch- one small peppermint pattie and hershey's kiss (around 75 cals)
Snack- tall latte with fat free milk, some chocolate powder and splenda
Snack- (good, but not so good- 1 toberlon piece, 2 small chocolate wafers (around 100 cals?)
Snack- handful of chapata mix , 1 cup dry cereal (around 100 cals) with blueberries
Dinner- 1 pesarattu (moong dosa) at Udupi palace, 1 cup sambar
After dinner- handful of almonds, walnuts and small dark chocolate piece

Workout- none really, walked fast 2.5 miles after dinner

Tuesday-
Breakfast- 1.5 cup cooked oatmeal with rasins and walnut, 1.5 cup soya milk with chocolate sprinkle and splenda
Snack- 1/2 to 3/4th cup blueberries
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Snack

Workout-Ran 2 miles at 10.02 min mile


Wed, Thursday- Mostly ate comfort food:)

Gals, Update from my side, which most of you know- On Tuesday , at around 3 pm, I tripped on the stairs at work and got diagnosed with avulsion fracture on my ankle. Nothing serious- its treated like a soft injury tissue.
The doctor has prescribed me a cam walker which is a big black walking boot- similar to this one- http://www.dme-direct.com/deroyal-pediatric-inline-walker/
So I think I will heal in anytime between 4 to 6 weeks (hopefully earlier).
It bummed me out that I can't run the CDC halfie and not sure about the Banco..but I might aim for the Indy half in October!!

I cannot drive with the boot!!!:( which sucks..so I have to start thinking through how I can be mobile to meet you guys!:) Drop in home anytime!!

I need to be **extra** careful about my food. I would like to be on a 1200 calorie diet till I can get back to my regular physical activities. So keep me true to the 1200 cal diet girls!!

Also I asked the doctor if I can swim and he said that I can't do anything that puts any action on the ankle, please suggest me some physical activities I can do to keep active. I am thinking of hand weights, upper body machines, crunches- anything else?

*** Thanks for your calls and offering help! , You girls are awesome!! ***

Friday-

Morning- 1 cup coffee with bru coffee and sugar, 1 tea with 1 sugar, 1 cup soy flax seed cereal with skim milk, some berries
Afternoon- 4 inch by 4 inch pita, 2 falafels, lettuce, tomato, some tahini sauce
Snack- 1 cup skim milk coffee with bru and 1 sugar
Snack- Smoothie with 1/2 cup soya milk, 1/2 fat free peach yogurt, 1/2 banana, 4 strawberries
Dinner- should have only salad

Workout- will do upper body workouts..any suggestions?

Monday, July 21, 2008

BP's July 21st to July 27th Week

Monday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup Coffee
Lunch: 2 chapathis , 1 cup channa + methi curry
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack: 1 cup saute`d bottle guard
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, 1 cup saute'd bottle guard, 1 serving cut honeydew, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: 30 mins cardio kick butt and 20 mins cardio

Tuesday:
Breakfast: 1 medium cup coffee (not enf sleep and hence not enf time for breakfast :()
Lunch:2 chapathis, 1 cup cauliflower and tomato curry
Afternoon Snack: 1 Nature Valley almond bar

Evening Snack:
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, 1 cup spinach dal, 1 glass buttermilk
After Dinner: 1 small serving cut Honey Dew
Workout:
Ran 1.2 mi on treadmill

Wednesday:
Breakfast: 1 cup coffee
Lunch: 1 big bowl soya chunks in tomato sauce, 2 small & thin rotis
Afternoon Snack: 1 small roti rolled like a flute with sugar in the middle
Evening Snack:1 apple, 1 cup sambhar with coconut chutney
Dinner: 2 small & thin rotis, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup sambhar, coconut chutney, 1 appadam, 1 chocolate covered
strawberry ( I made them)
Workout: 30 mins cardio kick butt

Thursday:
Breakfast: 1/4 blueberry muffin, 1 medium coffee
Lunch: 1 cup veg soup, 1 cup saute'd veggies, 1 small spring roll, 1 cup tofu + curried vegetables, 1/3 cup Ice Kacang (Guess where I went for lunch ;) )
Afternoon Snack: 1/2 cup rice and leftover sauce
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas, 1/4 cup rice with pickle + sabzi , 1 glass buttermilk, 1 cup cut honedew
Workout: Ran high intensity alternating with low for 2.0 mis on treadmill (I was sweating more than with a steady paced run at 4 m/hr), 10 mins of abs

Friday:
Breakfast: 1 bowl of cereal with 2% reduced fat milk
Lunch: 1 serving of Tilapia + 1/4 cup rice
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack:
Dinner:
Workout : 10 mins Abs or Break Day

Saturday:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack:
Dinner:
Workout: Plan on 30 mins Cardio-kick-butt and 2.0 miles on treadmill

Sunday:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack:
Dinner:
Workout: None (Break Day)

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Update from Momentum

Ladies....I have not quit running (not just yet).....although I was ready to last weekend after my very frustrating 9 mile run....I cried and was so disappointed..then with some encouragement from my hubby and OPOCCTGP I kept at it. I know I have been bad at posting...for some reason it is difficult for me. Hubby has been travelling to DC every week and comes home on weekends. My parents are coming to visit in two weeks...so a lot going on

Anyway....hubby and I ran in Washington DC yesterday (july 19th)...8 miles. It was so hot....but it was great running in the National mall area and around all the museums and government offices. I was not paying too much attention to my pace..I just kept running (with some very brief walking breaks). I think I stayed at 12 min/mile.

In the past few "long" runs....I had noticed that water and Gatorade was not cutting it for me. I would start feeling faint after 4-5 miles. One friend suggested GU gels. I am not big on sports supplements and stuff but I decided to give it a try. So had one after mile 5 and I felt a noticeable difference.

Anyway....that's what's been happening with me.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

OPoCCtGP's Week 29, July 13 - July 19 blog

Sunday, JULY 13
Workout -
None really. Walked to the fireworks in Glendale Heights.

Food -
Raspberry almond muffins. Fruit pizza. Too much of it. Chocolate covered strawberries. Grilled peaches with cream. Muffin. Chocolate covered almonds. Caramel. Half panini. Fruit. Buttermilk.

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Monday, JULY 14
Workout -
None. Just some stretches.

Food -
Muffin. Leftover panini. Leftover fruit. Tofu curry with coconut rice. Orange stick. English muffin. Buttermilk. Other stuff. Forgot. :(

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Tuesday, JULY 15
Workout -
Ran 2.8 miles at 10:00 min mile. .2 miles at 8:35 min mile. Nearly died. :)
Squats w/ 45 lbs - 12 x 3.
Stair calf raises w/ 5 lb disc - 12 x 3 each leg.
Walking lunges w/ 20 lb each hand - 10 x 3 total.

Food -
8:30 am - Raspberry almond muffin
11:00 am - Buttermilk
12:20 pm - Half Chipotle Burrito Bowl w/ less rice, no sour cream, some cheese, lots of guac.
2:00 pm - Rest of Chipotle Burrito Bowl, chocolate orange stick
3:00 pm - 1/2 of coconut icecream bar
5:00 pm - Lots of cherries
9:00 pm - English muffin with butter, large bowl of roasted red pepper and tomato soup. 3 chocolate almonds. :)

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Wed, JULY 16
Workout -
Ran 5 miles at Busse.

Food -
9:15 am: 250 ml of buttermilk
9:50 am: 3/4 cup coconut rice with मटर पनीर. Lots of पनीर.
11:00 am: 1 cup fresh pineapple
1:30 pm: Mrs. Mays almond clusters (1/2 bag)
2:00 pm: 2 चपाती, मटर पनीर with too much पनीर.
2:25 pm: 1 chocolate orange stick
4:30 pm: Cappuccino
5:10 pm: 2 snickerdoodle cookies
10:00 pm: English muffin with butter, bowl of roasted red pepper soup.

ATC (the langadi ghodi) July 13th to July 20th

My ankle is still troublesome, am waiting on my insurance card to go see a doc. But been researching,
I think its my tendon, have had probs with it before and went for physiotherapy. Think its back...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon
and been good about taking care after every workout. Yesterday, after the 4 miles fast walking I soaked in ICE water for nearly 10 mins. Its a different issue that I didn't feel my toes till I took a shower. Been wearing a wrap all the time for support. Ugh...one time when you need part of your body functional...hence, a langadi ghodi :(


Monday-
7:15am Breakfast- Authentic Green Tea
Snack- None
12:15pm Lunch- Rajma Chawal & small slice of chocolate fudge
Snack-None
5:15pm Dinner- Rajma 1 Paratha
10:15pm After dinner- 1/4 cookie
Workout- stretched, Fast walking 4 miles( Its unfortunate that my ankle is annoying but the race is near and I can't afford to fall back
by not
working out at all. So slowly reintroducing the walks/runs. Not pushing too much to aggravate the ankle.)
Tuesday-
7:15am Breakfast- Authentic Green Tea
Snack-
11:15pm Lunch- Pasta Salad
Snack- pringle chips snack size
10:15pm Dinner- 2 paneer Paratha
10:15pm After dinner
Workout- stretch and bike 11.87 miles in 65 mins
Wednesday-
7:15am Breakfast- Chocolate Mocha
Snack-
11:15pm Lunch- 2 roti with aloo sabjee
Snack-
9:15pm Dinner- 1 slice of pizza
10:15pm After dinner
Workout- none...:(
Thursday-
7:15am Breakfast- Chocolate Mocha
Snack- Green Tea
11:15pm Lunch- McDonalds #8 Southern Style Sandwich, fries and coke
Snack- Green Tea and 1/2 bowl of pasta
9:15pm Dinner- Nothing...too tired dozzed off
10:15pm After dinner- nothing
Workout- none...:(...body was dead...
Friday-
7:15am Breakfast- Fantasy Vanilla and toast with slice of cheese
Snack-
11:15pm Lunch-
Snack-
9:15pm Dinner-
10:15pm After dinner-
Workout-

Monday, July 14, 2008

Chocolover - July 13th to July 20th

Have been MIA for sometime!! Need to get back and good about logging everything!

I am not losing weight yet, so I need to start measuring myself to keep a tab if i am losing inches. As an FYI to all girls here- I talked to June, a pacer from naperville group, and he said that sometimes marathon runners gain weight in their first year as they are building muscle (they lose inches, which is great), but their is a possibility that they might not keep a tab on the food due to increased appetite *after* their training is over.

I put on weight last year ; I ate well during the training, but when the training stopped in September, due to my increased appetite, I didn't keep a tab on what i was eating versus burning.

As of now, as you all are training- definitely eat well. June mentioned that if I don't eat well while training, I will get weak and catch a cold. And ofcourse, OPOC, agree- we need to keep a watch on what to eat *during* the training too! And *after* training for sure.

Here's a really good website to know more about diet for novice runners and also good carbs versus bad carbs..

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304--7771-1-1X3-3,00.html

Hope this helps..

Sunday-
Breakfast- Oatmeal with raisins, 1 sugar, almonds. A cup of coffee- skim milk with bru coffee and 1 sugar.
Snack- Fruits- 1/2 pear, 2 to 3 strawberries, 1/2 peach
Lunch- got tempted with Indian food- 2 - 4by 3 inch nans, 1/2 cup dal makhani. 1/2 cup gobi aalo sabji, 1/2 cup chicken curry. 1/2 cup kesar kulfi ( could have avoided this)
Snack-2 to 3 dates with 3 walnuts
Snack- Afternoon coffee with 1 cup skim milk, nescafe powder, 1 sugar
Snack- low fat string cheese (60 cals)
Dinner- salad- spinach, lettuce, little brocolli, few grapes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, 1 tablespoon tuscan balsamic dressing.
After dinner- small piece of dark chocolate

Workout- Ran 10.5 miles, stretched.

Monday
Breakfast- 1 cup of coffee- skim milk with nescafe and 1 sugar. 1.5 cup cooked oatmeal with raisins and one tablespoon walnuts
Snack- fat free pain yogurt (80cals), 1 coffee with splenda and half and half
Lunch- low fat string cheese (60 cals), salad- spinach, lettuce, little brocolli, few grapes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, 1 tablespoon tuscan balsamic dressing.
After lunch- 1/2 sugar cookie (3 inch in diameter! could have avoided this!)
Snack- apple, small chocolates (around 50 to 75 cals)
Snack- plum
Snack- evening coffee- 1 cup skim milk with nescafe and 1 sugar
Dinner- falafel and chicken wrap- 3 inch diameter, 6 inch circumference pita with 2 falafels, 2 pieces of chicken, cucumber tahini, lettuce.
After dinner- piece of dark chocolate (75 cals)

Workout- none

Tuesday

Breakfast- 1 cup skim with bru coffee and sugar, 1.5 cup cooked Oatmeal with 2 tablespoon raisins, 1 tblspoon walnuts
Lunch- Turkey sandwich- 2 wheat bread with 2 slices turkey, 1 cheese slice, lettuce, tomato
Snack- 1.5 soya milk with chocolate sprinkle and splenda
Snack- Hersey’s kisses (around 125 cals)—could have avoided.
Snack- fat free plain yogurt
Dinner- 2 cups chole, with 1 cup rice and ½ nan
After dinner- coconut icecream (not sure about the calories- 300 to 400 maybe?)
Piece of dark chocolate


Wednesday
Breakfast- 1 cup skim with bru coffee and sugar, 1.5 cup cooked Oatmeal with 2 tablespoon raisins, 1 tblspoon walnuts
Snack- blueberries, rasberries
Lunch- Amy’s low fat burritos- 280 cals
Snack- carrots, radishes with hummus
Snack- 1.5 cups of soya milk (150 cals) with chocolate sprinkle and splenda
Snack- dent on the diet- peanut butter crackers (200 cals), fat free fruit snacks (170 cals)à need to burn extra 370 cals..

Workout-

BP's July 14th to July 20th Week

Planning a workout schedule in the beginning of the week seems to help. Should try again next week.

Monday
:
Breakfast: 1/2 reduced fat blueberry muffin + 1 medium cup Coffee
Lunch: 2 mom made chapathis, 1 big cup beet root + tomato curry
Afternoon Snack: 1 tall Cafe Mocha (Starbucks) (lite on w cream)
Evening Snack: 1 big apple
Dinner: 4 medium moong dal dosas with non fat oil spray, 1 cup brinjal tomato curry, peanut chutney
Workout: Ran on treadmill for 2.0 miles (Had technical problems with TV. Need to replace lamp. Hence no cardio kick butt as planned)

Tuesday:
Breakfast: 1 chapathi + 1 cup 2% milk + 2 spoons sugar, 1 small coffee
Lunch: 5 pieces of spicy tuna sushi + 1 cup miso soup + 1 small bowl of salad w ginger dressing + 1 complimentary fried shrimp tempura appetizer (sounds like an awful lot of food but wasn't very filling though)
Afternoon Snack: 4
pieces of sushi (leftovers from lunch)
Evening Snack:1 big apple
Dinner: 3 Moong Dal dosas, 1 egg omelette, 1 cup spinach dal
After Dinner: 4 medium pieces watermelon, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: Ran 1.0 mi on treadmill (felt very tired in the evening)

Wednesday:
Breakfast: 1cup coffee
Lunch: 2 chapathis, 1cup chinese okra + egg curry
Afternoon Snack: 1 big apple
Evening Snack: 1cup tomato and broccoli soup (homemade)
Dinner: 1/2 chicken gyro , 1 small peice grilled chicken , 1/2 cup Chinese fried rice, 1 chocolate covered strawberry, 1 palm size funnel cake, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: Cardio-kick-butt for 30 mins

Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 cup coffee
Lunch: 2 chapathis, 1 big cup cabbage + green peas curry
Afternoon Snack: 1 big apple
Dinner:
1 bowl Tom Yum soup, 1 Thai Iced Tea, small serving of green curry with 1/2 cup rice, 4 spoons of basil curry, 2 spoons of tofu+ veggies in garlic sauce
Workout: None (Break Day)

Friday:
Breakfast:1 chapathi + a bowl of 2% milk + 2 spoons sugar, 1 cup coffee
Lunch: 1 medium cup Thai green curry with veggies and tofu, 1/2 cup rice (leftovers from y'day)
Afternoon Snack: a big bowl of cut watermelon
Evening Snack:
Dinner: 1 cup rice and beans curry, 1/6th funnel cake (medium plate sized) at the village festival
Workout: Cardio-kick-butt for 30 mins( in the morning)


Saturday:
Breakfast: 1 cup cereal, 1 cup coffee
Lunch:4 dosas and peanut chutney
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack:
Dinner: 1 small cocktail glass cosmo, 1 hot dog with griller onions, 1/2 grilled chicken drumstick, 1 small slice litchi cake
Workout: None (Break Day)

Sunday:
Breakfast:1 cup coffee
Lunch: 1 cup rice, lamb curry, 3 jalebi, fistful murukkus
Afternoon Snack:
Evening Snack: 1 cup rasam
Dinner: 1/2 chicken on stick (= 2 pieces of chicken), 1/2 cup Chinese fried rice, 2 chocolate covered strawberries, 1 big bowl cut watermelon, 1 glass buttermilk
Workout: Swam for 1 hr with short breaks

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

ATC's July 4 - July 12

Thursday, JULY 4
Workout -
4.5 Miles Run/Fast walk on treadmill
Food -
I think I ate all day long coz of the Pot Luck at work,
Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, Cookies in cream...
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Friday, JULY 5
Workout -
Run around in water/pool with Neal
Food -
9:00 am: Hummus sandwich
11:00 am: Kadi Chawal, roti and bhindi :D
4:00 pm: 2.5 Slices of Pizza
8:00 pm: McDonalds Burger

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Saturday, JULY 6
Workout -
3.5 Miles Run/Fast walk on treadmill
Run around in water/pool with Neal
Food -
9:30 am: Power Bar
12:30 pm: 3 Slices of Pizza
4:00 pm: Hummus Sandwich
8:30 pm: Cold Stone Ice cream .......Banana Split with Strawberries...yummy...I finished it all by myself.
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Sunday, JULY 7
Workout -
Lower body work out with Jennifer (Comcast on demand) Lunges, Squats etc etc
Yoga for nervous system (lost interest in 5 mins...started yawming ;))
Food -
Slept all morning :D Catching up with my sleep finally
4:00 pm: 2 Mooli parathas
10:00 pm: Dosa and alloo
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Monday, JULY 8
Workout -
Biked 9.35miles in 65 mins (1hr 5mins)
Food -
7:30 am: Hazelnut coffee with 2 Slice of wheat bread
12:00 pm: 2 Alloo sandwiches
4:00 pm: 1/2 Alloo sandwich
10:30 pm: Pasta with 1 egg
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Tuesday, JULY 9
Workout -
Biked 11.54 miles in 60 mins (1hr 0mins plus 5 mins cool down)
Food -
7:30 am: Hazelnut coffee with toast and butter
12:30 pm: veg patty with 2 Slice of wheat bread
4:00 pm: Munched on pringle chips
10:30 pm: 2 parathas with alloo
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Wednesday, JULY 10
Workout -
40 mins on ATM-Precorhttp://www.precor.com/comm/en/amt/amt100i/
Food -
7:15 am: Cafe Mocha
12:30 pm: (Oh MY can't rem what I did or ate entire day, need to think hard)
4:00 pm:
10:30 pm: 2 parathas with eggs
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Thursday, JULY 11
Workout -
10.55miles- 1hr Random Bike for
Food -
7:15 am: Herbal Tea
12:30 pm: 1 small pc of chicken, Hot dog, Potato salad, Cheeto's, Pepsi - BBQ at work:(
6:00 pm: 1 slice of Garlic bread
10:45 pm: Pullau
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Friday, JULY 12
Workout - None (ankle swollen

Food -
7:15 am: Herbal Tea
12:30 pm: Masala Dosa
10:45 pm: Chipotle Burrrito Bowl
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Saturday, JULY 12
Workout - None (ankle still swollen, concerned if it doesn't get better:( )

Food -
12:55 pm: Pasta
6:00 pm: 3 GLass of wine
8:15 pm: 2 big serving spoon rice, rajma, paneer & aloo, 2 small slice of chocolate cheese cake
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Sunday, JULY 13
Workout - walked to Vicky's house (ankle still swollen, concerned if it doesn't get better:( )

Food -
12:30 pm: Rajma and paratha
4:00 pm: Pasta Salad & 1 Slice of cheese cake
9:30 pm:

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

OPoCCtGP's Week 28, July 6 - July 12

Sunday, JULY 6
Workout -
Did physio exercises.

Food -
10:00 am: Leftover baked potato (and something else?)
Noon?: Something else. :( I should really start writing this stuff down!
3:00 pm: Snicker doodle eggless cookie
6:00 pm: Onion rings, one mango, paneer cubes while cooking
Am sure I ate chocolate covered almonds sometime this day. :(

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Monday, JULY 7
Workout -
None

Food -
9:30 am: Can't remember :(
12:30 pm: Two चप्पाति, मटर पनीर, 1/2 mango
4:00 pm: Something else. I can't believe I can't remember stuff from yesterday. Probably some cookies. Yeah, snickerdoodle cookies. And some cherries.
6:30 pm: Arrabiata sauce with gnocchi, 1/2 piece of garlic bread with mozarella sauce and tomato slices
Chocolate almonds. :D

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Tuesday, JULY 8
Workout -
Ran 3 miles at 10:22 pace. Yay for us! :D
Walking lunges, squats, calf raises, bent over rows, front shoulder flys, side shoulder flys.

Food -
9:00 am: 1/2 cup risotto, cherries
12:00 pm: Two चप्पाति, मटर पनीर
3:00 pm: 1/2 mango, snickerdoodle cookie, 2 chocolate orange sticks
6:00 pm: Leftover potato gnocchi with arrabiata sauce, potato salad, 1/2 piece of garlic bread with mozarella sauce and tomato slices
8:00 pm: 5 chocolate almonds
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Wednesday, JULY 9
Workout -
Ran 5 miles at about 11:38 pace.

Food -
9:15 am: 1 1/2 cups Rainer cherries, one Babybel roundelle, one English muffin
12:30 pm: 2 roti, bowl matar paneer, with too much paneer
2:20 pm: 1/2 coconut ice cream bar (total taste need!!)
4:45 pm: English muffin with butter, 1 cup of roasted red pepper soup
8:00 pm: 1/2 large lychee bubble tea, roti canai, few pieces of vegetable and tofu with coconut rice, shaved ice dessert.

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Thursday, JULY 10
Workout -
None today. Planned on it, but don't feel well, should rest in preparation for 10 miler on weekend.

Food -
9:00 am: 1/2 of leftover bubble tea. Mainly bubbles. :)
12:30 pm: Leftover rice (3/4 cup) from Panang with vegetable-tofu curry (1/2 cup).
3:00 pm: 2 cups hot tea
4:30 pm: More rice (3/4 cup) with vegetable-tofu curry (1/2 cup). 1 orange chocolate stick.
7:00 pm: Bread with whipped butter, salad with wontons and pecans, blue cheese, but dressing on side. "Steamed" broccoli, large sweet potato with brown sugar and little whipped butter.
9:00 pm: 3 chocolate covered almonds.

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Friday, JULY 11
Workout -
None yet. :(

Food -
10:30 am: One apple pie Lara bar
11:15 am: One snickerdoodle cookie.

LoR - July 7 - July 13

A little bird tells me this week is going to be good! I will shoot the bird if it doesn't! :)

Monday:
Breakfast: Yoplait yogurt peach flavor [100 cals]
Lunch: Scrambled egg with ground chicken [300 cals] + 2 rotis [100 cals]
Snack: Avtiva protein bar [180 cals]
Dinner: 3 moong dal dosas [250 cals] + Sauteed Cauliflower [250 cals] + 1 sm piece grilled chicken breast [100 cals] + 1 sm cup yogurt [50 cals]
Dessert: 1/2 slice blackforest cake [no icing] [120 cals]
Post Dinner: 1 glass buttermilk [100 cals]

Calories Consumed: 1550 cals
Workout: None

Tuesday:
Breakfast: 1 roti in 1 cup low fat milk [100 cals]
Lunch: 2 cups Sauteed cabbage & batani [250 cals] + 1 roti [50 cals]
Snack: nothing. actually got busy at work and never had a chance to eat. not too bad in a way.
Dinner: early dinner - 2 cups of coconut rice [lack of anything else at home, and not enough time to cook :(] with raita [800 cals]

Calories Consumed: 1200 cals
Workout: Ran 3 mi at 4.5 mph


Wednesday:
Breakfast: Strawberry Yoplait [100 cals]
Lunch: 2 homemade rotis [200 cals] + 1.5 cups of unripe plaintain in tomato gravy [400 cals]
Snack: hmm.. nothing I think!
Dinner: 1 roti canai - 300 cals; 3/4 cup chicken rice with curry vegetables and tofu - 400 cals [guess, because it did not look very bad!]; 1 red tea cocktail - 200 cals [approximation from another similar drink found online]

Calories consumed: 1600 cals?
Workout: Ran 4 mi at 4.5 mph

Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 homemade roti [100 cals] in lowfat milk [50 cals] and 1 tbs sugar [50 cals] - 200 cals
Lunch: 1 roti [100 cals] with 1 cup of Cauliflower, tomato, batani gravy [barely 10 tbs so far, but will finish the cup before end of the day] [500 cals]
Snack: snacking on leftover curry
Dinner: CPK

Calories consumed:
Workout: Ran 3 mi at 4.5 mph; pace has been bad this week because of sucky leg cramps. will pick up over the weekend and next week.

Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:

Monday, July 07, 2008

Momentum's July 7th- July 13th

Monday July 7th:

Workout: Ran 4 miles...outside. Pace was 13 mins mile

Breakfast: Two wheat toast with lite laughing cow cheese and nutella, 1 banana

Lunch: 1 apple, two slices of veggie pizza

Dinner: Veggie black bean burger sandwich from Isaac's.

Tuesday July 8th:

Did not really keep track of food so far. Pre workout snack: 1 cup fat free milk with bournvita, 1 banana

Workout: Ran 5.2 miles

Dinner: 3 egg omlette (3 egg whites and 1 egg yolk with onions, tomatoes), 2 slices wheat toast, 1 cube laughing cow cheese, 2 pieces of dark chocolate, 1 glass wine.