Still Not Unpacked

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 | 40 Comments

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! 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.

I already miss the foods!!!

I’m slightly tanner now. yaaay

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UPDATED
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 . 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.

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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Jenny @ 10:08 pm ; Monday    [url]
TAGS: food, edamame, diet

whilst feeling Rushed

 

 

 

100 Calorie Packs

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 | 92 Comments

Congratulations to Gomu, the winner of the Koji Spring Heart Eyelash giveaway!!

THANK YOU to everyone who participated!! Really… I’m BLOWN AWAY by how many responses I got!!!! I didn’t expect anywhere near that many, and especially not for something like eyelashes. I wore my pair again on Friday & took this snap while in the car hoping it might give you a better idea of how they look

The Long & Volume set I ordered from yesstyle.com

SO AGAIN, THANKS EVERYONE

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I wanted to share this cell phone photo tutorial that I scanned from Zipper. It’s pretty funny but also useful! I mean, self portraits are quite popular with cell phones especially on blogs. Though this is coming from someone like me who probably shares too many, hahahaa.

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Our XBOX360 broke this week. It’s really quite tragic. It had to shipped off to be fixed and Mike’s been restless ever since. He played it at least 2 hours a day. During that time I would get online to blog and whatnot. Well now that HIS time is free we’re out & about SO MUCH!! I’m not complaining because I’m getting to go to tons of places and he’s taking me out to eat & such, haahaa but really it means I haven’t been online much. Which I miss.

I digress.

Had a great crab cake dinner while dining alfresco on Saturday!
Yogurt with fruit topping!! Only 80 amazing calories! Can you believe it!?

Hit up the grocery store & I got more 100 calorie packs! These are great because you’re not really sacrificing flavor, just serving size. PORTION CONTROL IS KING! I’m loving South Beach Living’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk and Chocolate covered Soynuts!! I’ve loved chocolate covered soybeans ever since I bought a heaping pack at Trader Joe’s. At least now I have a stopping point when eating them! HAAHAAHA!

The Quaker rice cakes are OK. The chocolate used is tasty.
The 2 boxes on the right are oreo granola bars & rainbow goldfish packs.
Yet to try either but I’ll let you know.
The oreo one could suck real bad! HAHA!

I really didn’t like either one of these.
Fiber One’s peach yogurt and JELL-O Pudding’s Dolce de Lecha.
Both were WAY too sweet.

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I’ve also been taking a lot of long hot baths, many times SWEAT BATHS! I can typically make it to 20 minutes easily now. At first 15 minutes was my max, now it’s 20, but this past week I’ve gotten to 30 minutes worth of bathing time twice!

人間洗濯 sweat bath. Grapefruit scent! Milky white water.
Most of these powders (or germanium [ゲルマニウム] bath salts) are milky white~ kinda boring visually!

美肌一族 sweat bath was really dark Grey! I was a bit surprised. Quite an unattractive color really

:doubleheartglitter:
And for anyone who might be interested, yes, my diet’s going great! I only really have 1 more pound to go
Not to mention how much better I feel just every day. So many fatty, sugary foods out of my system! Feels great. Not to mention how I feel about my physical appearance. I’m beginning to look like I did when I was 21~~~ that makes me soooooooooo happy. Going from buying a size large to a small. I mean, I thought I’d never get to buy “smalls” again. God…

Why did I eat all that damn fast food in college!? Why!? To shrug off a 20 lbs gain as “growing up” was such a pathetic excuse to be lazy.

Sigh~ I digress once again.

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EDAMAME!


Picked my first harvest of edamame today! SO DELICIOUS!! I love growing edible things. It’s so fulfilling
:sketchheart:

I’ll leave you with Snoopy~~ He’ll take us into a productive Monday!

LATER!

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Jenny @ 9:51 pm ; Sunday    [url]
TAGS: yesstyle, zipper, food, diet, edamame, outing, lashes, japanese goods

whilst feeling Lovely

 

 

 

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