Diet Week 3: Metabolism Hyperbolism

Yay Week 3! I feel like I'm definitely letting myself off the hook a lot more recently due to unfortunate things like Organic Chemistry, but the weight is still dropping, I feel great (other than uber tired from cramming), and I'm getting high off exercise! I plan on biking a lot and running at the gym - make use of the $30 membership I pay at college T__T ... hahahaha. Metabolism is a sweet thing to have.

Initial: 115 lbs
Goal: 100 lbs
Start: 106 lbs (with lots of variation because of my crumbling)

Day 15 Sun 3/28
8 hrs sleep
1:00 PM Sip of beetroot mix, Tazo Green Tea
5:00 PM 7 Soy Crisps
6:30 PM 2 pieces Godiva White/Milk Chocolate
7:30 PM Salad: lots of stuff w/ some french dressing; 1/2 slice quesadilla yummm T__T
8:00 PM Decaf Tazo Chai
10:00 PM box of cantaloupe
12:00 AM stress eat pack of fruit snacks; 1 bowl Fiber Cereal w/ Vanilla Soymilk - biochem scheduling D:{
- Verdict: Didn't eat a lot but did oopsies ...

Day 16 Mon 3/29
6.5 hrs sleep
7:00 AM carrots, sips of Tazo Chai Tea
9:00 AM Special K Vanilla Bar
10:00 AM Chinese Breakfast Numi Tea
12:00 AM box of carrot slices
2:00 PM Whispers Turkey Sandwich
5:30 PM water, carrots
8:00 PM carrots, 5 big bites Nacho Casserole Comfort Food, 2 sweet potato chunks
10:00 PM water
11:00 PM 1/2 Bear Grill Steak w/ considerable amt A1 Sauce; pear
1:00 AM whole grapefruit
Exercise: 10 pushups, 50 side to side abs, 1 slow minute wall sit, 1 hr bike/elliptical while internalizing orgo xD Niceeee.
- Verdict: Lots of carrot eating and exercise makes it all worthwhile. I'm going to start studying hard on the bike machine/treadmill every single day starting 4/1 (after Orgo exam)!

Day 17 Tues 3/30
Sleep: 7 hrs (longer than I meant to!)
6:00 PM Subway Meatball Marinara 6 inch: wheat, bell peppers, cucumbers, pickles, lettuce; 1/2 bottle red pomegranate tea (sugary); white chocolate chip cookie - didn't eat all day due to Orgo Lab, major comfort eating here
9:00 PM few sips Full Throttle (I was doing so well on the no caffeine!)
11:00 PM pear, coffee, 5 soy crisps BBQ
3:00 AM white chocolate chip cookie
- Verdict: Day before Orgo exam, I just let it all go and ate as I saw fit. Still losing weight though according to the scale

Day 18 Wed 3/31
Sleep: 3.5 hrs T___T
8:00 AM some pomegranate red tea (sugary); vitamin C pill, Special K Strawberry Bar
Nap 2 hrs fu fu fu
2:00 PM 6 inch Meatball Marina leftover
2:30 PM coffee, Full Throttle
9:00 PM [got RAKED by the Orgo exam OMG X____X] Small wheat pasta with meat sauce, sausage, chicken, broccoli, bell peppers (didn't eat all - need to replenish all lost brainpower); 1/2 cup Haagen Dazs Mango Sherbet (170 calories per 1/2 cup)
12:00 AM some blackberries, some pomegranate red tea
2:30 AM water
- Verdict: Orgo makes me fat and sadded. I am very tired now but I notice that I can't eat a bunch in one sitting now - like yesterday's Subway. I used to be able to shove a footlong Meatball Marinara down my mouth in under 5 minutes and still be hungry. What!? Now I had a lot of trouble just eating half. Same happened today with the pasta. I am constantly eating but small amounts. Yay metabolism!

Day 19 Thurs 4/1
8 hrs sleep
11:00 AM some honeydew
1:00 PM water
2:00 PM DUC Asian food: ate Shrimp, Pineapple (1 chunk), some potato chunks, brown rice, 2 vegie spring rolls
3:00 PM 1/2 cup Yogurt Slush, Milk Tea with Egg Pudding :3
5:00 PM some honeydew
2 hr nap
10:00 PM 25 Soy Crisps BBQ
11:00 PM honeydew
12:00 AM 2.5 pieces Godiva Chocolate
- Verdict: Been overindulging off the charts! I need some renewed discipline.

Day 20 Fri 4/2
2.5 hrs sleep X__X
7:30 AM 2 chocolate covered macaroons
2:00 PM Whispers Smoked Turkey Sandwich
2 hr nap
5:30 PM whole grapefruit
6:30 PM Korean BBQ: beef/chicken combo platter w/ egg, few bites of Fried Rice, some of spicy rice bowl; 10 cal green tea Vitamin Water
7:30 PM Milk Tea w/ Egg Pudding
11:00 PM 1 Red Velvet Ball (w/ dark chocolate exterior)
3:00 AM Custard Bun 

Day 21 Sat 4/3
5 hrs sleep
10:00 AM Cuties orange
11:30 AM A few Lays chips, 2 hotdogs w/ ketchup and relish, 1 cheeseburger w/ ketchup
4:00 PM Lemon Black Tea Tazo, 80 cal; Vitamin Water Green Tea 10 cal
6:00 PM Mai Lee Vermicelli w/ spicy beef, carrots, sate sauce; some of beef pho, 1/2 Vietnamese beef sandwich; so much water
9:00 PM water
11:00 PM 6 Red Velvet Balls
Exercise: 5k walk/run (mostly walk)
- Verdict: Yeah major diet fail recently. Resumes tomorrow~!

Diet Week 2: Making Progress

Initial: 115 lbs
Goal: 100 lbs
Start of this week: 108 lbs

Day 8 Sun 3/21
9 hrs sleep
2:30 PM Special K Blueberry Bar
4:00 PM Teavana blend (Green Tea + Roobios)
5:45 PM Comfort Food Beef Masala (probably the unhealthiest thing ever .. creamy noodles with meat), 1 box cantaloupe
8:00 PM Teavana tea, 2 cups
11:00 PM 1 square Lindt Chocolate Mousse
12:00 AM Orange Spice Tazo Tea
1:30 AM 15 BBQ Soy Crisps, 10 Ranch Soy Crisps (stress eating while doing lab research work)
- Verdict: Treating self more and more D:

Day 9 Mon 3/22
5 hrs sleep
2:00 PM 1/2 cup small hot Chai, 1 low fat blueberry muffin
2:30 PM DUC Asian food: Sesame chicken, brown rice (only ate about half)
2 hr nap
11:30 PM rest of lunch: Sesame chicken, brown rice, crab ragoon
12:00 AM some of lettuce, bell peppers, sauce in salad; water
- Verdict: Leftover dinner was so scrumptious ... but I weighted 105 lb at night after all that eating so I guess it was okay xD

Day 10 Tues 3/23
7 hrs sleep
11:30 AM Special K Blueberry Bar, Tazo Green Tea
1:00 PM bag of grapes, Strawberry Yoplait Yogurt, sip of Jalapeno creamy soup
4:00 PM Ben & Jerry's Cake Batter small cone (it was free cone day D: ... wahhh), Coconut Milk Bubble Tea
7:00 HUGE salad includes: bitter greens, carrot slices, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, chopped eggs, pasta salad, mandarin oranges, red bell peppers, a little Italian dressing; a bite of chicken pot pie
2:00 AM 1 Godiva white chocolate piece
- Verdict: Whatever it is I'm doing, it's working. Friends freaked out a bit and thought I was going anorexic all over them but I explained the situation and they're all chipper : ) I feel healthier, happier, more confident, more energetic (bordering hyper) and need a lot less sleep/no caffeine to function for many hours even late at night. This is awesome! And I totally splurged today again ... T__T

Day 11 Wed 3/24
7 hrs sleep?
11:00 AM Special K Bar Vanilla
12:00 PM Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt, Numi Chinese Breakfast Tea
3:00 PM DUC Asian food: Brown rice, 2 veggie spring rolls, stir fry tofu and curried shrimp (ate most of it)
9:00 PM 10 Soy Crisps Ranch, water
- Verdict: Okay day, lots of studying for Physio

Day 12 Thurs 3/25
7 hrs sleep?
11:00 AM Special K Bar Peaches & Cream
1:00 PM Whispers Smoked Turkey Sandwich; Numi Chinese Breakfast Tea
8:00 PM Salad includes: diced tomato, bitter greens, spinach, chopped eggs, chorizo pasta, a tad of balsamic vinegar, red bell peppers, cucumbers, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms; a few cubes of cantaloupe
10:00 PM 5 Garden Salad Sun Chips
3:00 AM box of cantaloupe

Day 13 Fri 3/26
5 hrs sleep
11:00 AM Special K Vanilla Bar
2:00 PM Whispers Smoked Turkey Sandwich, water
6:30 PM Ursa's Thai Chicken Wrap includes: Spinach wrap, chicken, red bell peppers, onions, avocado, jalapeno sauce, hoison sauce, spinach, rice; bite of St Louis Cheesesteak Wrap
- Verdict: Not a lot eaten but not super green

Day 14 Sat 3/27
16 hrs sleep HAHAHAHA
2:30 PM lots of baby carrots, 1 madeline
5:00 PM 7 Soy Crisps Ranch, 2 fruit snacks
5:30 PM 1 mug vanilla/almond soymilk
6:00 PM Tazo Tea
7:30 PM fried egg/carrot with white rice
8:00 PM half Chinese egg role cookie
10:00 PM 1 piece Godiva chocolate
11:00 PM 1/2 cup beetroot mix, water, sip of strawberry peach mango smoothie (includes ice cream)
12:00 AM 1 piece cake w/ icing; ice cream jello square (for Yang's birthday)
- Verdict: Eating too much today and lots of fat stuff T___T Such an awful day full of sweets (but sooo yummy). Indulge indulge indulge! Must not crumble!

End of week weigh-in:
106 lbs (lost 2 lb this week, 9 lbs overall)

I feel like this is becoming more of a lifestyle. Next step: Exercise!

Diet and Exercise: Building Discipline Week 1

This is actually all about DISCIPLINE. That word that everyone wants to have but avoids working hard at to achieve.

I'm going to try to stay healthy, exercise, and trim fat. For real this time. I'm going to do realistic goals and not overreach myself because baby steps work and huge leaps only lead to crash and burn. I have collected a nice amount of stomach pudge, poor lungs, and laziness from studying and generally, from college. It's never too late to correct that so I'm starting today.

I've been eating stuff like Thin Mints (yeah, Girl Scout Cookies will do that to you), oranges/Cuties (which is good), Chinese food we made (with quite a bit of oil and dressing and soy sauce), fruit snacks, and Grill sandwiches nonstop this break. I also bought a nice new store of ramen to go with my Godiva awesomeness. Sorry Mom : ( No truffles for me for a while!

Start weight: 115 lbs (BMI: 20.4)
Goal weight: 100 lbs (BMI: 17.7)
Height: 5'3" (163 cm)

• Underweight = less than 18.5
• Normal weight = 18.5-24.9

Now you're probably thinking I'm crazy, that I'm trying to be underweight but I am short after all so a few pounds makes a huge difference in BMI. Since 17.7 is pretty close to the 18.5 cutoff, I'd still consider it healthy for my ethnicity. If I were to be 18.5, I'd need to be 104.5 lbs. 4.5 lbs is fat I can afford to lose.

If I don't end up losing a ton of weight, it'll probably be because I'm building up muscle from exercising. I won't be too bummed out if I start getting my biceps back : ) College ruined what I worked hard in high school for xD I don't want to be frail and stick thin, but healthy, lean and strong.

My friends are kind of split on this issue. Some think I should keep eating fat stuff and that I'm fine, I'm skinny, all that jazz. They hand me yummy sugary bagels. I love them to death, but I'll have to pass. Others encourage me, yelling that eating before sleeping is awful, especially sugary carbs, that it will ruin my diet. It almost feels good to have my friends rooting and booing at the same time. It's like my inner dilemma. My parents would never let me diet because they like plump healthy children. My boyfriend thinks I can do this and encourages me to exercise with him. Though he likes my fat. It's weird but I think it comes with loving a person too much ♥

Strategy:
1) Don't eat at Bear Grill. Too many sandwiches dripping with oil
2) I realize that sleep is important so I'll try to procrastinate less and go to bed early. Sleep less on weekends. So ~7 hours should be good.
3) Eat salad often and lots of fruit, but also with meat occasionally. Protein is good for the brain
4) Do cardio exercises - run for 30 minutes at a time (at most), do Insanity, burpies, push ups, mini weights all good. Do a little every single day.
5) Bike to school and back. Bike to the loop every weekend or to Forest Park.
6) Drink loads of water and tea. I'm especially bad about this and am always dehydrated.

I'm going to colour code this as well for visual effect.
Red = diet-ruiner
Orange = pretty oily/sugary/meaty
Yellow = could be healthier
Green = superb

Day 1: Sun 3/14
6:00 PM: 1 Ruby Red Grapefruit, very juicy
8:00 PM: Small bowtie pasta with meat/tomato sauce, broccoli
11:30 PM: 1 individual fruit snack, 1 bite of a cinnamon raisin bagel (friends pressure me to try it T___T ate part with 2 raisins though xD)
12:00 AM: Tazo Zen Green Tea
3:20 AM: Special K Bar Blueberry 90 cal, 15 fat cal; more tea
- Verdict: Pretty good day. Did burpies today, played around with weights, jumped around and did the ab side pound exercise.

Day 2: Mon 3/15
Sleep: 3.5 hours D:
12:00PM: Special K Bar Peaches & Berries 90 cal, 15 fat cal; 2 fruit loops
3:00 PM: bite of Village Stir fry rice/noodle
4:30 PM: 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal (Toasted Berry Crumble) 126 cal, 24 fat cal
7:00 PM: Comfort Food d'oh! and the lady gave me a TON. Ham (kind of salty, ate maybe 2 slices), corn (salted slightly, didn't finish the HUGE amounts), sweet potato (didn't eat some of the skins) ~1000 calorie SPLURGE :( ; Strawberry Yoplait Yogurt 170 cal, 15 fat cal ; 1 Soy Crisp BBQ (1/17 x 110 calories, negligible)
8:00 PM: 1/2 square 70% Cocoa Cherry & Chili Lindt Dark Chocolate. My roomie just got back from Switzerland and that's a damn good excuse : )
3 hr nap : )
2:57 AM: 10 BBQ Soy Crisps 65 cal (bad for the time but hungry for studying) - these are really yummy!
- Verdict: Crumble ... crumble ... but for some reason this dieting is making me focus more while studying o_O

Day 3: Tues 3/16
7 hours sleep :D
11:30 AM: Low Fat Tiramisu Muffin from Whispers, half bottle Fat Free Skim Milk 80 cal, 0 fat cal
6:00 PM: Subway Chicken Breast 6 inch on wheat, fat free sweet onion sauce, lettuce, pickles, bell peppers, cucumbers; few bites of Meatball Marinara; half bottle skim milk 80 cal, 0 fat cal (total dinner estimate cal ~800?)
Nap! 1.5 hrs
11:00 PM half grapefruit
1:00 AM 1 square Lindt Chocolate Mousse
2:00 AM ~30 Soy Crisps D: ... 1 grapefruit slice
- Verdict: Ate way too much today and sweets ... not much self-control. I should build this into a lifestyle. I notice that I don't really crave the oily foods anymore and feel disgusted while eating a bite.

Day 4: Wed 3/17
Managed to oversleep til 1 PM T_____T, so 9 hours
4:00 PM 20 Soy Crisps 120 cal, half grapefruit
1 hr nap
7:00 PM 1 Fuji apple
8:00 PM 2 cookies
9:00 PM Salad: includes pasta, carrot thin strips, broccoli, cauliflower, mixed greens, lettuce, chopped eggs, pasta, a little balsamic vinaigrette, pine seeds, dried cranberries, dried banana slices, chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers
11:30 PM 2 cups water
1:00 AM 1 packet green milk tea
- Verdict: Pretty healthy!

Day 5: Thurs 3/18
7 hrs sleep yay
11:30 AM Special K Blueberry Bar 90 cal, sip of unsweetened ice tea
1:00 PM 1/4 Chicken meal with pasta and fruit, did not finish, water
4:00 PM 2 sample cups Dragon Jasmine Tea, 2 sample cups Chai Tea from Teavana
7:00 PM Salad: includes pasta, carrot slices, broccoli, cauliflower, mixed greens, spinach, lettuce, a little balsamic vinaigrette, pine seeds, chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers; 1 cup water
11:00 PM 2 Chinese egg cookie rolls from JF, 210 cal, 110 fat call T___T
1:00 AM 1 packet green milk tea
3:30 AM 10 veggie chips
- Verdict: If only I could keep my shopping addiction in check ... craving less and hungry less! Eating breakfast and drinking tea/water really does help

Day 6: Fri 3/19
7 hours sleep
12:00 PM Special K Strawberry Bar
2:00 PM Mixed Berry Yoplait Yogurt, 1 packet green milk tea
5:45 PM 1 square Cherry Chili Lindt Dark Chocolate
6:00 PM Pork pad thai YUM splurge, water
8:00 PM 1 square Chocolate Mousse Lindt Chocolate
10:00 PM Teavana Dragon Pearl and Roobios Mix (1 spoon) hot tea
10:30 PM 1 box raspberries, 1 blackberry
- Verdict: Definitely treated myself to pad thai. Thanks to Meowmeow who gave this fat jagaimo a bike ride to the Loop and back *luff*

Day 7: Sat 3/20
7 hours sleep grumble
12:00 PM 1 small box honeydew, 1/2 bottle vitamin water power-c (dragonfruit), 1 potato chip, 2 BBQ Soy Crisps
1:00 PM small cup oatmeal w/ raisins, granola and yogurt w/ fruit
3 hour nap xD
6:30 PM 1/2 bottle vitamin water
7:30 PM 25 Soy Crisps BBQ, ~140 cal
8:30 PM 1 packet Maruchan Ramen w/ light soy sauce and olive oil, ham, eggs, carrots; water
2:00 AM 1 bag Welch's Fruit Snacks, 80 cal
- Verdict: Pretty healthy day but I cracked and ate lots of snacks oops. Tired .. must study and drink more tea ... Exercise: did some wall sitting, ab workout, high jumps. Very brief but I'm going to hurt tomorrow.

Weigh-in:
108 lbs woot :D (lost 7).
This is going to become a lifestyle. Did you know that research has shown if you eat less calories, you look younger even in the aging years. Cool, hmm? Much more effective than lots of anti-aging cream for years and years.