Still Not Unpacked

Monday August 03, 2009   

I’m back!
Back to work, back to chores, back to responsibilities.

boooo

I never plan “ramp down” time so I’m still trying to get settled as I’m already back to work and grocery shopping & whatnot. Still only about 1/2 unpacked. I’ve done laundry nonstop since I’ve gotten back but there’s still plenty left! :rejected: I did get the balcony cleaned & put back together. Mike stained it while I was visiting my parents. Looks great! Sadly he wasn’t quite AS talented with my plants. Most are still in recovery from their brush with death. PLEASE LET MY EDAMAME PULL THROUGH!

I’m sure another day or 2 I’ll be back to my old routine. :rainbowtwinkle:

I already miss the foods!!!

I’m slightly tanner now. yaaay :cutesy:

UPDATED :exclaimit:
Final Diet Summary :?:

Diet Talk

I’m done with my diet! I reached my goal right before I left on vacation. So now I’m just using my livestrong.com account to maintain :D. I did want to do a sort of summary of things. I figured I’d put it here since I don’t want to make a big deal about it; but people have been asking.

So here it goes~

Things got A LOT easier when I started tracking my calories with livestrong.com in June. I set in my height (5′1″ or about 156cm) and my then weight (110 or 50kg) and set my caloric intake to lose 2 lbs (1kg) a week. Before that I had actually started eating better (no more midnight snacking, daily chocolate bars) in May when I was 115. But for ALL the backstory just click on the tag “diet” & you can read about my reasoning for wanting to lose the extra weight I put on in college.

This summer I basically lost the final 10~15lbs (or about 6kg) of the weight I put on in college (I put on about 20lbs during college.) I lost a bit of it last summer as well and managed to keep that off. It was my first attempt to try to ever lose any of it. So this summer I decided to really work at it and get it ALL off! And I’m happy to say I did!

So below is my daily intake for the lose 2lbs a week goal. The green is my calories minus exercise (calories burned off.)


For full caloric intake into August click here.

Here’s a 1 week full description of what I typically ate. :food:

July 7th, 2009

Calorie goal: 965; calories consumed: 662; calories burned: 16
Net calories: 646

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie 39.00 39 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
YamaMotoYama Hoji-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Apple 1.00 90 0g 0mg 1mg 23g 18g 4g 0g
Yamama Matchairi Genmai-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Slim – Fast Optima Strawberries N Cream shake 1.00 180 8g 5mg 200mg 23g 17g 5g 10g
Sunflower Seeds 0.30 79 7g 0mg 0mg 3g 0g 1g 3g
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie 180.00 180 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard 1.00 5 0g 0mg 120mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Frozen Spinach 1.00 21 0g 0mg 0mg 3g 0g 0g 3g
Pringles Fat Free Barbecue 0.10 7 0g 0mg 15mg 2g 0g 0g 0g
Green Beans 1.00 40 0g 0mg 7mg 8g 2g 4g 2g
Pringles Light Fat Free Sour Cream & Onion 0.30 21 0g 0mg 57mg 5g 0g 0g 1g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Taking a Shower 10.0 -16.0
Totals: 646 15g 5mg 400mg 66g 37g 15g 20g

July 6th, 2009

Calorie goal: 965; calories consumed: 717; calories burned: 147
Net calories: 570

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Apple 1.00 90 0g 0mg 1mg 23g 18g 4g 0g
Sunflower Seeds 0.20 52 5g 0mg 0mg 2g 0g 1g 2g
Jello Sugar Free Strawberry Jello Cup 1.00 10 0g 0mg 65mg 0g 0g 0g 1g
YamaMotoYama Hoji-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Slimfast Optima Strawberries N’ Cream Shake (can) Slimfast Optima Strawberry 1.00 180 5g 5mg 200mg 23g 17g 5g 10g
Yamama Matchairi Genmai-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Jello Sugar Free Dulce De Leche Pudding Cup 1.00 60 1g 0mg 170mg 13g 0g 0g 1g
Ground Beef 0.25 65 4g 22mg 24mg 0g 0g 0g 7g
Dreamfields Low Carb Spaghetti 1.00 190 1g 0mg 10mg 41g 1g 36g 7g
Simply Enjoy Marinara Pasta Sauce 1.00 70 4g 0mg 400mg 4g 3g 2g 3g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Taking a Shower 10.0 -16.0
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi) 15.0 -41.0
Scrubbing Floors – on hands and knees 30.0 -90.0
Totals: 570 20g 27mg 870mg 106g 39g 48g 31g

July 5th, 2009

Calorie goal: 975; calories consumed: 870; calories burned: 97
Net calories: 773

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
A Mushroom 2.00 12 0g 0mg 9mg 2g 0g 1g 1g
Gyoza 1.00 184 9g 40mg 550mg 19g 1g 1g 8g
Cabbage Soup 1.00 63 2g 1mg 798mg 7g 0g 2g 7g
Ajinomoto Hondashi 1.00 4 0g 0mg 340mg 1g 0g 0g 1g
Reddi Wip Original Whipped Light Cream 0.50 8 1g 0mg 0mg 1g 1g 0g 0g
Wesson Vegetable Oil 0.25 30 4g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Hungry Jack Complete Pancake Mix 1.00 150 2g 0mg 600mg 30g 5g 0g 4g
Archer Farms 100% Pure Maple Syrup 0.15 126 0g 0mg 4mg 32g 29g 0g 0g
Trader Joe’s Grilled Chicken Breast 1.20 144 2g 72mg 624mg 0g 0g 0g 31g
Asparagus Spears 2.00 40 0g 0mg 10mg 6g 0g 6g 6g
Mott’s Healthy Harvest Country Berry No Sugar Added Applesauce 1.00 50 0g 0mg 0mg 13g 11g 1g 0g
watermelon, diced, raw 1.00 49 1g 0mg 3mg 11g 9g 1g 1g
Jello Sugar Free Strawberry Jello Cup 1.00 10 0g 0mg 65mg 0g 0g 0g 1g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Shopping – non-groceries 40.0 -73.0
Bathing (self care) 20.0 -24.0
Totals: 773 19g 113mg 3,004mg 120g 56g 11g 59g

July 4th, 2009

Calorie goal: 975; calories consumed: 834; calories burned: 78
Net calories: 756

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Chopped Onions 0.13 9 0g 0mg 0mg 2g 1g 0g 0g
Green Bell Peppers 0.08 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Egg Beaters 1.02 31 0g 0mg 117mg 1g 1g 0g 6g
Heinz Ketchup 1.00 15 0g 0mg 190mg 4g 4g 0g 0g
Ruby Tuesdays Crab Cake Dinner 1.00 271 17g 0mg 0mg 10g 0g 3g 0g
Ruby Tuesday’s Premium Baby Green Beans 1.00 85 5g 0mg 0mg 5g 0g 3g 0g
Ruby Tuesday’s Steam Broccoli 1.00 73 5g 0mg 0mg 3g 0g 0g 0g
Sauza Margarita 1.00 150 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Remoulade Sauce 0.50 30 3g 2mg 79mg 1g 0g 0g 0g
Pringles Fat Free Barbecue 1.00 70 0g 0mg 150mg 15g 1g 1g 1g
Salad 1.00 100 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 3g 0g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Walking – on grass 15.0 -60.0
Bathing (self care) 15.0 -18.0
Totals: 756 30g 2mg 536mg 41g 7g 10g 7g

July 3rd, 2009

Calorie goal: 975; calories consumed: 766; calories burned: 113
Net calories: 653

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Chopped Onions 0.25 17 0g 0mg 0mg 4g 2g 1g 0g
Green Bell Peppers 0.15 1 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Egg Beaters 2.00 60 0g 0mg 230mg 2g 2g 0g 12g
Hungry Howie’s Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza, large 3.00 573 17g 48mg 1,350mg 72g 0g 2g 33g
Hunt’s Ketchup 1.00 20 0g 0mg 190mg 4g 4g 0g 0g
Starbucks Iced Americano 1.00 25 0g 0mg 10mg 4g 0g 0g 1g
Pringles Fat Free Barbecue 1.00 70 0g 0mg 150mg 15g 1g 1g 1g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Tae Bo – moderate 10.0 -95.0
Taking a Bath 15.0 -18.0
Totals: 653 17g 48mg 1,930mg 101g 9g 4g 47g

July 2nd, 2009

Calorie goal: 984; calories consumed: 905; calories burned: 16
Net calories: 889

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Jello Sugar Free Strawberry Jello Cup 1.00 10 0g 0mg 65mg 0g 0g 0g 1g
Apple 1.00 90 0g 0mg 1mg 23g 18g 4g 0g
Starbucks Tall Nonfat Latte 1.00 120 0g 0mg 170mg 18g 16g 0g 12g
Salad 2.20 220 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 7g 0g
Ito En Jasmine Green Tea, Pet Bottle 0.30 0 0g 0mg 6mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Suntory Suntory Oolong Tea 1.00 0 0g 0mg 10mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Pasta Roni Chicken And Broccoli 1.00 360 15g 21mg 950mg 49g 3g 3g 10g
Swanson Chunk Canned Chicken Breast Packed in Water 0.50 35 1g 13mg 205mg 1g 1g 0g 8g
Pringles Low-fat Pringles 1.00 70 0g 0mg 190mg 15g 0g 1g 2g
Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
Taking a Shower 10.0 -16.0
Totals: 889 16g 34mg 1,597mg 106g 38g 15g 33g

July 1st, 2009

Calorie goal: 984; calories consumed: 656; calories burned: 0
Net calories: 656

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Apple 1.00 90 0g 0mg 1mg 23g 18g 4g 0g
Yamama Matchairi Genmai-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Jello Sugar Free Strawberry Jello Cup 1.00 10 0g 0mg 65mg 0g 0g 0g 1g
Slim Fast Extra Creamy Chocolate High Protein Shake 1.00 190 5g 10mg 220mg 24g 13g 5g 15g
Dannon Light & Fit Strawberries And Cream 1.00 50 1g 10mg 25mg 3g 2g 0g 5g
YamaMotoYama Hoji-cha 1.00 0 0g 0mg 0mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
A Mushroom 2.40 14 0g 0mg 11mg 2g 0g 1g 1g
Gyoza 1.20 221 10g 48mg 660mg 22g 1g 1g 9g
Cabbage Soup 1.20 76 2g 2mg 958mg 8g 0g 2g 8g
Ajinomoto Hondashi 1.20 5 0g 0mg 408mg 1g 0g 0g 1g
Ito En Green Jasmine Tea 1.00 0 0g 0mg 15mg 0g 0g 0g 0g
Totals: 656 19g 70mg 2,363mg 83g 34g 13g 41g

Here’s a few more supplementary charts I monitored during my diet as well.


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40 Responses to “Still Not Unpacked”

  1. melipoo says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    WHAAA!!! the food looks yummy… the shrimp looks like it would have a bit of a kick to it *drool* mmm seafood

    Reply
  2. Marisa says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    LOL@Mike! poor edamame. At least he tried though right? :)

    Reply
  3. Veronica says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    TADAIMAAAA

    Oh man I can’t wait for our vacation to Cape Cod later this August. CAN’T get here fast enough

    Reply
  4. レイカ says:
    August 3, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    おかえり!
    welcome baaaaaack!
    i’m just about to go on vacation (and hopefully get some shrimp like thoooose~)
    i hate coming back from trips cos there’s always that awkward few days where
    you have to re-adjust to the crippling stress and boredom (at least if you’re still in uni like me) of regular life..n the brightside, tanner = better. ^^

    poor edamame..i hope they make it.

    Reply
  5. Reena says:
    August 3, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    i hope your edamame gets well soon! D:

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  6. Lily says:
    August 3, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    WELCOME BACK!!!!!! :D
    seeing how much you had fun at the beach makes me want this week to go faster than ever do i can get to hk xP
    aww hope your poor plants get through :( I hate it when something i spend time on goes to waste…

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  7. Cindi says:
    August 4, 2009 at 12:03 am

    cute shades! I’m glad you’re back, really missed your posts! :D

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  8. Kim says:
    August 4, 2009 at 1:37 am

    It took me a few days to get back in the groove of things after traveling. Jet lag is the worst!

    I also have the most horrible time unpacking things. It takes me forever. In fact, I still don’t think I’ve completely unpacked from moving out of my dorm!

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  9. jayjayne says:
    August 4, 2009 at 1:42 am

    Hehehe – back back! Sorry to hear about the near death of your plants – the poor things!

    I usually am such a procrastinator when it comes to packing and un-packing, always left to the last minute, or to the moment when you realise you left a lot of dirty laundry in the bottom!

    Mmmm… shrimp.

    /drooling.

    (lol at your blog charm) XD

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  10. winn says:
    August 4, 2009 at 2:50 am

    those prawns look very yummy!
    did mike forget to water / over watered the edamame? I usually over water plants Dx
    I hope they survive so you can finally taste the fruit (er… beans?) of your hard labour~ :P

    Reply
    • jenny says:
      August 4, 2009 at 9:08 am

      He heavily under watered them. He watered them daily but only a few drops. i should have been more clear before I left, ya know?

      Reply
  11. Reita says:
    August 4, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Welcome back ^^

    Those prawns look really tasty~

    Reply
  12. Cindi says:
    August 4, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Jenny, how can I tell the difference between a real and a fake cher bag? I just ordered one from ebay

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    • jenny says:
      August 5, 2009 at 3:43 pm

      There’s a few ways. The most obvious is color. The real cher bag is an off-white, almost oatmeal color but many fakes are made using white or brighter white fabric. Also if the font doesn’t look quite exact. The best way to know you’re getting the real thing is to buy from a seller who posts a receipt showing day of purchase. About 2 years ago Cher made a policy that only customers who purchased clothing or accessories from the store FIRST would then be allowed to purchase 1 medium cher bag and 1 large cher bag. There is no way around this rule. Any bag purchased in “bulk” by a seller is fake. Also price. If you’re getting it for under $50 it’s probably a fake. Because cher clothing is expensive so the purchaser needs to gain back the money lost on having to buy an item from the cher store just to get the bags.

      BUUUUT seeing as you just purchased one I wouldn’t sweat it & just love what you get since it’s already bought!

      Reply
  13. Tori says:
    August 4, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Aww, your tan looks great!! :)
    Looks like the burn healed
    nicely, haha~
    Hope you get caught up
    with all your stuff soon~!

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  14. lyc says:
    August 4, 2009 at 11:51 am

    god bless your edamame can be recovered ASAP ~~ haha !!!
    oh my … I love seafood either !!!!!!!!! your shrimp looks absolutely tasty !!!!
    kinda hungry now hehe !!!

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  15. MaiKo says:
    August 4, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Hi Jenny, r u glad to be home? hehehe
    I couln’t read the last post, but if it was something bad I hope you’re ok now :)

    That food looks DELICIOSA :D it reminds me at summer here in Argentina, when we go to the coast with my family eat in some seafood restaurant and when you enter the smell is horrible xDD but the food is nice 8D

    I really like the seafood crock (I thing it’s says like that i don’t know the exacly traducction @__@)

    Good Luck (n__n)*

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  16. mawa says:
    August 4, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    DUDE BLOG CHARM. BLOG CHARMMMM DONUT SPARKLE THING!

    slightly tanner is good. at least you’ll have more color on your skin! :) & good luck with your edamame! hope they pull through~

    ps. what font did you use for “summer on travel” layout text? i like how laidback it is.

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  17. emm says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    yummm fooood

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  18. Lorik says:
    August 4, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    welcome back Jen!
    awwwww poor edemame! I hope they are okay ;_____;
    yum…that shrimp looks awesome..

    Reply
  19. Ruby says:
    August 5, 2009 at 3:06 am

    It actually takes me a few weeks to get all my clothes out of my suitcase & cleaned up so I can wear them again. :/

    Reply
  20. Nana says:
    August 5, 2009 at 7:41 am

    Aww !! I hope all your plants make it through >.

    Reply
  21. 南ちゃん says:
    August 5, 2009 at 8:00 am

    Ooh, Do I know how you feel about the food. ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ Here were I live now, I can’t find any of the food I was accustom to. Which is sad. Specially being preggy. 。°（°´д｀°）°。

    I hope your plants get better. （*＾ー゜)ｖ And, Yay!~ for the tan! (*ﾟｰﾟ*)ﾉ

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  22. Thao says:
    August 5, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Seriously I know how you feel. I bought so much clothes from Geneva (more than chocolate) that they’re all over the place since I just dumped them out of my suitcase. Now I’m doing loads of laundry and sometimes, I think I’m washing things more than once…Then I had to rush back to my apartment and so half of my clothes are at my parent’s house and half are at the apartment. I think I grabbed too many shirts and not enough bottoms…

    Oooh nice tan. And I just notice the blog charm. However, does it do anything else besides look pretty?

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    • jenny says:
      August 5, 2009 at 3:45 pm

      It also freely advertises on my blog random japanese stuff I have no control over, hahaaha but that’s not really something I like. Advertisers preying on my attraction to cute stuff!!

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  23. Jamie says:
    August 5, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Sorry to hear about your plants almost dying. boo. Anyway, I’m glad your back and have reached your weight goal. Now if only I can do that. I’d be set.

    Reply
  24. MAIKUE says:
    August 5, 2009 at 11:42 am

    that livestrong.com accout seems HELPFUL!!!

    it even has a quit smoking plan!!! very interesting…

    i guess with your plant..if you water them regularly they’ll pull through..

    good to hear about your diet though!!! its motivating!!

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  25. c h l o e says:
    August 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    welcome back jen!!!! ^0^ im happy you got back safely and obviously enjoyed your vacation too~ and that shrimp looks sooo yummy! and congrats on losing weight

    Reply
  26. emm says:
    August 6, 2009 at 4:13 am

    …
    i love you!!!
    ilove the graphs!! they remind me of my physio lab reports
    hahahaha long live …stats!

    Reply
    • jenny says:
      August 6, 2009 at 10:59 am

      Haahaa you’re welcome Emm! I’m pretty obsessed with looking at these to be honest. LOVE organized information!

      Reply
  27. algelic says:
    August 6, 2009 at 6:41 am

    Hi! It’s been a while since I last dropped by. I see you’ve been busy!

    It’s great that you accomplished your goal. Dieting is tough.

    Reply
  28. Miamy says:
    August 6, 2009 at 7:31 am

    wow, that’s really cool!
    congratulations on your weight loss. :P

    Reply
  29. Tori says:
    August 6, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Congrats once again on reaching your goal~!! :)
    That’s so amazing & awesome.
    I wish I had your willpower!

    Reply
  30. cin says:
    August 8, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    hey did i not comment to this?? O_O
    i was pretty sure i did… haha
    anyway~ that’s a really good way to lose weight! :D
    i don’t really get livestrong… simply cuz they don’t use cals as much as kj here :\
    but i shall give ti a try again :D
    gaining wieght lately :(
    congrats anyway :D
    and the praws make me drool :D~~~

    Reply
  31. Ys says:
    August 14, 2009 at 4:34 am

    congratulations on the weight loss :) You seriously rock! I just haven’t got the discipline to shift my few extra pounds ;)

    Reply

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