Day 51

Snack - 9:00am
1/3 wheat tortilla roll
1 cup hot green tea

Breakfast - 10:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB
1 cup strawberries
3 boiled egg whites
1/3 toasted honey wheat bagel

Snack - 11:30am
1/4 bagel w/PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm - drink protein shake during workout
Chest and some legs

Lunch - 2:30pm
Buffalo burger on toasted honey wheat bagel w/ sauteed green beans
1.5 cup strawberries

Snack - 4:30pm
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/3 honey wheat roll
1/4 medium apple

Dinner - 7:00pm
Roasted chicken w/ sauteed spinach, black beans and brown rice.
1 cup strawberries

Snack - 9:00pm
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/2 medium apple w/ PB

Note: Sister J may be staying with me for a few days. It is always nice to have guest at the apt. Hope she will feel comfortable while she is here. I made buffalo burgers last night and they were so so good. I cannot believe that buffalo is leaner than regular beef because that meat was so juicy. I've been eating a bit more carbs than usual. Not sure why. I will try to scale it back a bit if I can. I don't have a long run this coming weekend so I really should not be eating so much carbs.

Day 50

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB
1/4 cup strawberries & 1/2 tangerine
2 boiled egg whites
1/3 wheat tortilla roll (leftover from yesterday)

Snack - 11:30am
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm - drink protein shake while working out
Shoulders and triceps

Lunch - 2:30pm
1 can tuna with lite mayo
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel
1 cup strawberries and 1/2 tangerine

Snack -4:30pm
1 cup strawberries

Dinner - 7:00pm
Buffalo burgers (just the patty - buffalo is leaner than regular beef)
1 toasted honey wheat bagel
Sauteed green beans

Snack - 9:00pm
1/3 wheat tortilla roll w/ PB, pecans and raisins

1/2 cup cerviche from jar (yuck - have to finish this)
4 mini gummy bears
1/4 apple with PB

Note: I just noticed that today is the 50th day since I started trying to eat clean. After running 22 miles yesterday, I feel ready to start another great week of clean eating. My goal every week until my sister's big day is to try to eat as clean as possible. I use that date as a reference point because I think that will be 3 months into it and most programs takes that long for results. I will reevaluate at that point to see if I want to continue with clean eating.

Day 49 - 22 miler!!

Breakfast - 5:15am
1 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1 small bottle of gatorade
2 vanilla accel gels

Long run - 6:30am
Run 22 miles

Snack - 11:30am
1 toasted honey wheat bagel
1 tangerine
protein powder and water shake

Snack - 3:00pm
2/3 wheat tortilla roll
1.5 cup strawberries

Dinner - 7:00pm
2 steak tacos on corn tortilla
1/2 cup spanish rice
1 cup strawberrries

Note: Ran the 22 miler today in 3:25. I was on a roll, I averaged a 9:19 pace. My per mile pace was 1 min faster than when I did the 20 miler 2 weeks ago. I am feeling positive about my training to get near 4 hours. I didn't eat much today or well considering I burnt 1800 calories doing the run. I always terrible after a long run and never want to eat anything which is bad. I had to force myself to eat today. Need to recover better in terms of refueling. Spent the day just resting and hanging out and preparing for th up coming work week.

Day 48

Breakfast - 9:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, organic trial mix and PB
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Lunch - 12:00pm - Banh Mi Che Cali

1/2 cha and egg sandwich on baguette

1 small serving of banana che

Snack - 5:00pm

1/2 cha and egg sandwich

Dinner - 7:00pm - to go food from Brodard

1 ba mau che drink

1 order of goi cuon (3 rolls)

Note: I had a really fun day today. Haven't had a chance to take a day and do all the things I love in a long while. I started out going to the UCI Farmer's market and got some oranges, strawberries and hummus. Then went to lunch at Banh Mi Che Cali (I love that place now). Then went shopping at South Coast Plaza. Spent the whole time at Sephora. Got some really cool stuff to play with. Got a neat maxi dress and cute top from Wet Seal. Going to go to bed early tonight since I have to wake up at 5am tomorrow to get ready for my 22 miler. I am really excited.

Day 47

Snack - 8:15am
1/3 wheat tortilla roll w/ PB, chopped pecans and raisins

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oats w/ wheatberries and PB
2 boiled egg whites
1 cup strawberries

Snack - 11:30pm
1/3 wheat tortilla roll

Midday workout - 12:00pm - drink protein shake during workout
Back and biceps
Cardio - treadmill run for 4 miles

Lunch - 2:30pm
Baked cod w/ sauteed mushrooms
1/3 wheat tortilla roll

Snack - 4:00pm
1 medium orange
1 cup strawberries

Dinner - 6:30pm
4 oz piece of lean steak
tomato soup w/ black beans and steak
2/3 wheat tortilla rolls

Snack - 9:00pm
Proftein smoothie w/ mixed frozen berries, acai berry powder, OJ, water and coconut oil
1/ cup blackberries

Note: I haven't been writing in the note section for a couple of days because well frankly I didn't have anything to say. However, some things did happen worth noting. Someone from my apt complex "hacked" into my router and locked me out since I had not provisioned my router when I first got it. Yeah, my sisters told me to do it but I am just not that savvy. So this was what I got. I've fixed the problem after being on the phone with a Linksys tech for 1 hour. If I ever find this guy, I am going to mess him up. This person renamed my router from Teddy to Haggis. So I renamed the router "U Suck Haggis". I am going to change it to something more profane in a few days. Yeah I am very childish like that.

On clean eating news, I was not so discipline yesterday and fell off the wagon a bit again...namely with that slice of blueberry coffee cake from Staryucks. I am just not having the best week. For some reason though, I feel great today. I feel stronger and ready to eat clean. Maybe I was just low on carbs.

On the running front, I have a 22 miler on Sunday morning. Yay! Also, my work is sponsoring employees to do the Nautica Malibu Triathlon - the relay portion. So I am on a team as a runner. It's nice that my company does this for us. I am kinda excited even though the run portion is only 6.2 miles. Would have been better if it was a full marathon, more bang for the buck. Maybe I don't know what the heck I am asking for..because that would be insane.

Day 46

Breakfast - 9:00am
1 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Snack - 10:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB
2 boiled egg whites
1 cup strawberries

Lunch - 1:00pm
Baked cod w/ sauteed french green beans
1 cup strawberries
1 tsp PB
1 medium orange

Snack - 3:30pm
1/2 medium orange
25 soynuts
1 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/2 cup tomato soup w/ chicken

Snack - 5:00pm
1 slice of reduced fat blueberry coffee cake :o

Dinner - 8:00pm - Quan Hop
1 bowl of bun rieu
3 inch of french bread w/ 1 piece of beef from stew

Snack - 9:00pm
Small serving of che

Note:

Day 45

Morning workout - 7:30am
Cardio - spin bike - 45mins

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 boiled egg
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB
1 cup strawberries
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel

Snack - pre workout - 11:30am
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm - consume protein shake after working out (I purchased a shaker bottle to use to just shake up my protein powder and water - was getting too lazy to blend it in the bullet)
Legs

Lunch - 2:30pm
Baked cod and small piece of steak w/ sauteed french green beans and mushrooms.
1 cup strawberries

Snack - 4:00pm
1/2 medium orange
Afternoon protein mush (I was hungry as usual so I poured some Kashi Go Lean (the one with the fiber twigs in it) high protein cereal into a bowl with some water and microwaved it. It turned into mush and smelled like cardboard..yum...then I stirred it a bit and topped with more kashi cereal, almonds, blackberry and PB. It was filling and actually not THAT bad.)

Dinner - 7:00pm - Sam Woo
Sauteed shrimp and broccoli
1 bowl of wor wonton soup - did not drink the broth
1/2 cup young chow fried rice

Snack - 9:00pm
Small serving of che
2 medium strawberries

Note: I feel back on track today. I cooked alot of baked cod last night so I will be eating that for the next couple of days (yum). Last night I had che cravings and ended up buying 3 small containers of che from Banh Mi Che Cali. I found out that they are open 24 hours. That is just great and wonderful. While I was standing in line waiting for service from the che lady, the smell of the french bread/banh mi made me wanted to fall over. It smelled so good! I really miss breads in large quantity. I remember I use to eat breads, pasta, rice and noodles by the boat load at any one sitting. People were afraid to eat with me because if they weren't careful, they would lose a limb.

Day 44

Morning run - 7:00am
8.5 miles (woke up late and only ended up running 8.5 m)

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB.
2 boiled egg white
2 cup strawberries and 1/4 medium orange

Snack - pre workout- 11:30am
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Shoulders/Chest/Tris

Snack - post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder and water)

Lunch - 2:30pm
Lean steak w/ black beans and sauteed mushrooms.
1/2 medium orange

Snack - 4:00pm
Small piece of steak (1.5 oz)
1 triscut w/ PB
1 Balance bar

Dinner - 7:00pm
Baked cod and small piece of steak w/ sauteed french green beans and mushrooms
1/2 cup strawberries

Snack - 9:00pm
Small serving of che

Note: I am going to try to get back on track today. I am a little over a month into this clean eating and working out on a schedule and have gotten some good results but had a mental breakdown yesterday. I guess it is because I realized that I still have a ways to go to be at where I want to be in terms of fat %. It kinda got to me because I guess things are not happening fast enough. It takes a long time for fat to come off. I am going to try hard for the rest of the week and bypass the cheat meal since I did not eat well yesterday and did not do my scheduled workout. Hopefully, I will get back my high soon.

Day 43 - Start of a New Week

Breakfast - 9:30am - I was so hungry this morning. That's why I ate so much!
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, few slices of banana and PB.
1 cup strawberries
1/2 medium orange
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Snack - pre-workout - 11:00am
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Lunch - 1:00pm
Shrimp, asparagus, mushroom and carrot stir-fry w/ 1.5 cups of brown rice.

Snack - 3:00pm
1 cup strawberries

1 soy latte and 1 reduced-fat blueberry and apricot muffin from you know where - Muhahahah...in a moment of insanity, I purchased and ate an muffin and soy latte! :o

Snack - 5:00pm

1/4 medium orange

Dinner - 7:00pm

Veggie (red pepper, onion, broccoli and snow peas) stir fry w/ chicken in soyaki sauce.

1/2 cup cerviche from Costco (not that great)

Snack - 9:00pm

3 large strawberries

1 tbsp PB

Note: I am feeling crappy today so I blew off my workouts and ate too much carbs and not paying attention to portion size. I ate all my lunch instead of splitting it in half like I normally do. Hopefully this is a passing thing and I will feel better later.

Day 42 - Pasadena Marathon

Breakfast - 8:00am
Couple bites of french toast w/ strawberries
1 cup of assorted fruit

Lunch - 11:30am
Glass noodles w/ shredded chicken breast soup topped w/ green onions and herbs.

Snack - 3:00pm
4 har gow w/ a bit of maggi
1/2 cup beef chow fun
1 cup silken tofu w/ bit of ginger syrup
1 chopped up 1000 year old egg

Small slice of carrot cake

Dinner - 5:30pm (see collage)

Snack - 9:00pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, water, acai powder)
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Note: I was not clean eating today obviously but I tried. Too much yummy stuff here to resist.

Day 41

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries and PB.
2 boiled egg white

Snack - 11:00am
Wheat tortilla roll w/ PB, chopped pecans and sliced apple.

Midday workout - 11:30am

Worked out in the weight room and did some stretching

Lunch - 2:00pm
Tomato soup w/ shredded chicken, black beans and avocado.

Snack - 2:00pm
1/2 medium orange
1/4 medium apple

Dinner - 7:00pm
Yaki-tori

Snack - 10:00pm
1 small pouch of almonds

Note: I was bad today and blew off my 12 mile run.

Day 40 - TGIF!!!

Breakfast - 9:30am
2 boiled egg whites
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberry and PB. (I wanted to thank sister K for alerting me that I was eating too much oatmeal, which I was) Since scaling back on the oatmeal, I have been able to eat more egg whites, which will equal to better results. I think sister K has a better sense of portion than me. It is still weird for me to eat so little at meals and snacks, but sister K seems to have gotten the hang of it.

Snack - pre-workout snack - 11:30am
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Biceps
Cardio - 35 mins - stair climber

Snack - post workout snack - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, ice and water) - discovered that I was more hungry at night if I don't have this shake.

Lunch - 2:30pm
1/2 wheat tortilla wrap - chicken meat, avocado and hummus
1/2 cup tomato soup w/ chicken, sauteed mushrooms and a bit of brown rice
5 sticks of sweet potato baked "fries"

Snack - 5:00pm
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 of the soup from lunch

Dinner - 7:00pm - Pei Wei

2 chicken salad rolls

1/2 egg roll

bits of cabbage, spinach and brown rice from someone else's dinner

Snack - 9:00pm

1 whole egg roll from dinner

1 tsp PB out of the jar

Small serving of yogurt from Yogurtland w/ kiwi, walnuts, blueberries and gummy bears.

Note: As usual, I am feeling very sore since it is the end of the week. I normally feel very energized on Monday and wore out by Friday. I am looking forward to my rest day on Sunday! ;D

My sister J is running the Pasadena Marathon on Sunday and I will be out there showing some support. I am happy that I did not re-register for the run since I saved money and I don't have to run...hahaha. No, I didn't sign up because I am in the midst of marathon training myself and just couldn't get my act together. I love watching people run, it is so exciting and less pain..hehe. Looking forward to a wonderful weekend. I only have a short 12 miler tomorrow which I hope to do quick and fast. Next weekend is the big 22 miles and April 8th is the finale of 24 miles. Yes, I might as well just run a real marathon. I'm happy that it is almost over. I have love/hate relationship with training.

Day 39

Morning workout - 7:00am
Cardio - run - 8.6 miles

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, 1/3 large banana and PB.
1 cup strawberries
2 hard boiled egg whites

Snack - 11:30am
4 green grapes

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Back, calves, bit of legs and stretching

Snack - post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, ice and water)

Lunch - 2:30pm
Chicken breast & lean steak cubes w/ sauteed french green beans, spinach and broccoli.

Snack - 4:00pm
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/2 cup strawberries and 4 green grapes

Snack - 5:00pm
1/4 medium apple w/ PB
1/4 medium orange

Dinner - 7:00pm
1/2 wheat tortilla wrap - chicken, avocado and hummus

tomato soup w/ chicken, brown rice, mushrooms and topped with some avocado

2 medium strawberries

Ab Ripper X video - 8:30pm

Snack - 11:00pm
1/8 medium apple

1/4 medium orange

Note: I ran to work this morning. Haven't done that in a while. It was difficult since I had done legs yesterday. I must make sure not to do that again. I ate pretty well this week. Had a major case of PB wantings last night but I was talked out of it. I had a protein shake instead.

Also, I've cease to list my days as clean eating or not because there are days when it is not completely clean and sister K alerted me to this..hahaha. This blog is mainly a clean eating blog. I try my best each day to eat as clean as possible. Perhaps I can go back and revise which days are truly clean days.

UCI Farmer's Market

So this past Saturday, sister K and I went to the UCI Farmer's Market. I remember I had gone maybe 1 or 2 other times years ago. We were excited to see what they were selling. It was a nice overcast warm-ish day and we got there near the tail end. I ended up getting one bunch of asparagus and a basket of strawberries. I really need to learn to cook some other kinds of veggies. The produce was not cheap but I think they are mostly organic. Sister K bought some homemade hummus, which was really spicy (just the way she likes it). Some guy was desperately trying to sell me some nuts and dried fruits. I almost caved in but on second look, I noticed that almost everything he had was salted or sugared. So I decline and walked away even though I really did wanted to buy something from him. I might go again sometime but the parking is so bad that I will either need to go when they first open or towards the end. I also noticed they sold hand made things like bags, candles, knitted items. Overall, it was worth our time. The image I am posting is a stock image from someone else as I was lazy that day to take photos.

Day 38

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup quick oatmeal w/ 1.5 cup strawberries (going to try to eat less oatmeal so that I can eat a bit more during pre-workout snack - going to see how that works for this week)
1 boiled egg white

Snack - 11:30pm
1/4 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1 boiled egg white
1/2 cup strawberries

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Legs and abs
Cardio - 30 min of intervals on treadmill

Lunch - 2:30pm
Roasted chicken breast w/ sauteed french green beans.
1/4 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/2 medium orange

Snack - 4:00pm
1/2 honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1/2 medium apple

Dinner - 7:00pm
Steak w/ french green beans.
1/4 medium orange and 2 large strawberries

Snack - 9:00pm

Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, frozen blackberries, 1 tsp coconut oil, acai juice and water) - this gave me a stomach ache in the morning, so maybe I should have it without the fruit and other stuff. Will update. Maybe it is the protein powder. Will have to experiment to find out.

Note: I am trying to play around with my food portions a bit to find the exact combination that will work best for me. There will likely be some variation in the amounts. Mostly it will be the same types of foods. I've been eating so much of the same stuff that I've using lots of stock images. I want to try broiling a small pumpkin.

Ode to Oatmeal

For over a month now, I've eaten mostly oatmeal for breakfast. I've eaten it in the past but sporadically. I've come to the conclusion that oatmeal is a really great breakfast food. I did some reading on the web and it is one of the foods that can help you achieve a flat stomach. It is high in fiber and even has protein. I've eaten the quick, steel cut, and rolled type and I like the rolled type best. Everyone has their favorite kind and their favorite toppings. It is best to eat it plain but adding fruit, nuts and PB will enhance the already great taste of oatmeal. So if you are looking for a a good option for breakfast that will give you lots of energy, keep you feeling full, help you loss fat and keep you regular, then oatmeal is what you are looking for.

Day 37 - St. Patrick's Day!

Workout - 7:30am
Cardio - Spin bike - 40 mins

Breakfast - 9:30am
2/3 cup quick oatmeal w/ wheatberries, 1 boiled egg white
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB and banana slices
1/4 medium apple & 2 green grapes

Snack - 11:30am
3 spoons of oatmeal from this morning - leftover - bit of PB
1/8 apple
2 bites from honey wheat bagel

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Chest and Abs

Snack - Post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, ice and water)

Lunch - 3:00pm
Chicken, cucumber, hummus wrapped in wheat tortilla.
Honey wheat bagel from earlier - finishing up

Snack - 5:00pm
1/2 medium orange
15 almonds

Dinner - 8:00pm
Chicken breast and brown rice in tomato soup
Sauteed french green beans

Snack - 9:30pm
1 large strawberry
1/4 medium apple

Note: I got on the scale this morning after my cardio session and weigh 2 lbs less. Yay! So this past Sunday, I did my 20 mile run. I finished in 3:09:49. This time is not really good enough currently with my plans to finish under 4 hours. I will need to shave 10 mins off of this time and run the last 6 at a 10 min/mile pace in order to come close to finishing near 4. I will try again in 2 weeks.

Day 36

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 cup rolled oats w/ wheatberries, raisin, 1/2 banana and PB.
1/8 medium apple

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Shoulders & tris

Snack - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, ice and water)

Lunch - 2:30pm
Chicken breast meat w/ sauteed asparagus and 1/4 cup brown rice
1/8 medium apple

Snack - 5:30pm
1/2 banana w/ 1 tbsp PB

Dinner - 7:00pm - Quan Hop
Sirlion streak pho

Snack - 9:00pm
Pumpkin, cassava and jelly in coconut che (omg - this was so so good)
1/4 medium apple

Note: Today is the last day of sister K's visit. So sad, seems like she just got here. Had a really fun and relaxing weekend. We are going to go to Quan Hop tonight to try sirlion steak pho.

Clean Eating Goal(s) for this week: Not eat too much at any one sitting. Try to cook and eat more lean protein, instead of semi lean protein.

Day 35 - 20 miler

Breakfast - 5:30am
1 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1 power gel

Workout - 6-10am (20 mile run)

Snack - 10:00am
1 small gatorade
1 toasted honey wheat bagel

Lunch - 12:00pm - Corner Bakery
Turkey on harvest grain bread w/ avocado and tomato
1/2 bowl of roasted tomato soup

Snack - 4:00pm
5 green grapes
1/4 medium orange
3 triscut w/ PB and banana
1 cracker w/ spicy hummus

Dinner - 6:30pm
Roasted chicken breast w/ sauteed asparagus and french green beans, baked sweet potato and yam fries, brown rice.

Snack - 9:00pm

2/3 wheat tortilla roll with PB, raisins and pecan.

1/4 medium apple

Day 34 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 9:30am - Side Street Cafe
1 piece of french toast
1 cup of fruit

Lunch - 1:00pm
Chicken, cucumber, hummus wrapped in wheat tortilla.
1 cup tomato soup w/ a bit of brown rice and 1/4 piece of ground beef patty

Dinner - 5:30pm - Javier's
Shrimp and Octopus cerviche and carne asade soft tacos in corn tortilla.

Snack - 10:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries and frozen blackberries. acai berry juice and water)

Note: This is a rest day.

Day 33 - Clean Eating

Morning workout - 7:30am
4.5 mile hilly run

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, 1/2 banana and PB.
1/4 medium apple

Snack - 11:45pm
1/8 apple
1/2 bagel w/ thin spread of PB.

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Biceps - 30 mins
Misc. legs, some tris and jumping rope for 30 mins

Snack - post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein, strawberries, 1/2 banana, ice and water)

Lunch - 2:30pm
Ground beef patty w/ sauteed green beans, cremini mushrooms and brown rice.

Snack - 5:30pm
1/4 apple
1/4 PB, raisin, pecan wrapped in wheat tortilla roll

Dinner - 7:00pm - Sister K visiting - going to Brodard's!
1 fake pomergrante che drink
Share large bowl of Bun Bo Hue w/ sister K
1 shrimp paste rollie

Note: Had cheat meal at dinner tonight. Not feeling good now. Must not eat like that too often.

I *heart* Clean Eating!

When I first started eating clean, I have to admit that it was hard even though I had tried it once 2 years ago for about a month. In actuality, looking back, I don't think I was eating as clean or nearly as clean as I am now. I am on day 32 of mostly eating clean and I must say that I feel great. I feel so much less bloating and leaner overall. I have so much more energy and I sleep very well.

When I first started, I was craving salt, sugar, and fat but sticking with clean eating, I very rarely crave it now. My workouts have also been so much better. I can actually see results from the work I am doing in the gym because I am eating a good diet. So it encourages me to workout out and continue eating clean. Eating clean has also helped with my colitis immensely.

It is odd to me that our society has come to eating so much packaged, overly processed and simplified junk food that eating a normal diet of whole foods is considered "clean" when it should be a normal every day thing. Our society has struggled with diets, food and nutrition in general for many years and still are. People would shy away from certain food groups or fat or carbs, etc. when they should have been incorporating these things in moderations into their everyday eating.

It's funny but it gives me such a good feeling when I go shopping in the grocery store and I only shop the perimeters where the meats, veggies and eggs are and very rarely go in the middle isles. I was eating some green beans a couple of nights ago when I thought to myself that if someone wanted, they could potentially eat a boat load of these and they would still not be going overboard but no one would because these things are very filling. I've really come to love fresh veggies for their great taste and the way they keep me feeling full.

This coming month, I am planning to try cooking and eating some new veggies. As much as I love green beans and asparagus, I think I need some more variety. Going to the farmer's market this weekend. Let's see what I can find there. : )

Day 32 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 10:00am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, 1/2 banana and PB.
1/4 medium apple

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Legs
Cardio - stair climber - 35 mins - man this is just killer - I thought I was going to die!

Snack - post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein, strawberries, 1/2 banana, water and ice)

Lunch - 3:30pm - went to lunch w/ a friend at the Corner Bakery and had this really yummy sandwich with no mayo. It was seriously good. They have such good stuff there.
1/2 turkey sandwich on harvest grain bread w/ tomato and avocado.

Snack - 5:50pm
1/4 medium orange
1/4 medium apple

Dinner - 7:00pm
Chicken, cucumber and hummus rolled in wheat tortilla.

1/4 piece of sandwich from lunch.

Note: Might go to the $2 movies tonight. Yay, that's how I roll. (Nope, did not end up going)

Also, 2 weeks ago, one of my coworkers gave me this really delicious Balance Bar which I think I mentioned about before. So I went to TJs one day and picked up a couple for snacks. But then I found out that you should not be eating bars for snacks since they have lots of preservatives and hidden sugar. You should only eat them if you are in a bind. Say for example, you are shopping at the Container Store on a Sunday morning and losses all track of time and then realized that you are past lunch time and are about to die from hunger but you cannot eat out because your mom has prepared a home made lunch that you promised her that you would be back for. That's when you should eat an energy bar. As you can see, it is a rare occasion that you should reach for these but those times do exist and you should be prepared. ;)

Day 31 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 9:30am
Rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, 10 almonds and PB.

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Cardio - stair climber - 20 mins
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Snack - post workout - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, strawberries, water and ice)

Lunch - 2:30pm
Baked cod filet w/ brown rice and sauteed french green beans.

Snack - 4:00pm
1 large strawberry

Snack - 5:30pm
10 almonds
Wheat tortilla roll w/ PB, pecans and raisins.
1/3 apple

Dinner - 7:30pm
Roasted chicken breast w/ sauteed asparagus
1/2 cup black beans
1/2 cup OJ

Snack - 8:30pm
1/2 medium orange
2 large strawberries

Note: Yesterday, I was going to go for a 4 mile run after work since it is still light outside after work so I made this really yummy PB, raisins and pecan roll to snack on. However, I ended up not going on my run since I don't normally run in the afternoons but that roll I made was just to die for. It is about the best thing in the world. I got a large pack of these healthy wheat tortillas from Costco and they are only 80 calories each but making them into PB rolls were just so good!

Food(s) I craved:

Day 30 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 10:00am
Rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, 10 almonds and PB.
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel (plain)
1 large strawberry

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Cardio - spin bike - 30 mins
Legs

Post workout snack - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, ice and water, strawberries)
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel

Lunch - 2:30pm
Baked cod filet, french green beans and lo mein.

Snack - 4:00pm
1/4 medium orange

Snack - 5:30pm
1 wheat tortilla spread w/ PB and sprinkled with chopped pecans and raisins. Rolled up.
1 large strawberry

Dinner - 8:00pm
Lean ground beef patties and sauteed mushroom stuffed into wheat pita w/ hummus spread
Sauteed french green beans.
1/2 cup OJ

Snack - 9:30pm
1 cup blackberries
1 piece of cafe au lait chocolate from VDay

Note: I noticed that since cutting out almost all dairy products (except for protein powder) that my stomach as been doing well lately. It also seems to feel even better when I don't eat as much carbs. Logging what I eat has helped me track what works for me and what doesn't.

Day 29 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 9:00am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, bananas, raisins and PB.

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Shoulders/chest/tris

Post workout snack - 1:30pm

(BRCM protein shake - strawberries, bananas, ice)

Lunch - 2:30pm
4 oz ob ground beef kebab w/ bulgar wheat from dinner a couple of nights ago, 1/3 medium orange, 2 grapes, meat from carne asada soft taco since the corn tortilla got hard and the guac got brown..ewww)

Snack - 4:00pm
a handful of grapes

Dinner - 7:00pm

Baked cod filet, french green beans sauteed in olive oil, garlic and oyster sauce and leftover lo mein from dinner the other night.

1/2 cup OJ

Snack - 9:00pm

Protein shake (1/4 scoop protein, strawberries, acai berry juice, OJ and water)

Day 28

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 plate of lo mai fahn (dried shredded pork, chinese sausage, sticky rice, sauteed green onion, peanuts)

Lunch - 11:30am
Cha gio rice noodles with herbs

Snack - 1:30pm
A couple of green grapes

Snack - 3:30pm
1/2 cup of steel cut oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, and PB.
1/2 boiled chestnut
1 cut boba milk tea

Dinner - 5:30pm
Kai lan w/ shrimp

1/2 cup white rice

water egg

thit kho nuoc dua

1/3 asian pear

artichoke soup (clear)

Snack - 9:00pm

leftover oatmeal from afternoon snack

4 grapes

Note:

Day 27

Breakfast - 8:00am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisins, bananas and PB.
1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel

Lunch - 12:00pm
1/4 artichoke spear
1/2 serving of small chicken citrus salad w/ 1 teaspoon lemon/olive oil dressing.

Snack - 4:00pm
1/3 medium orange

Dinner - 5:30pm
1/2 cup white rice
Pickled baby bok choy soup, 1 fried egg, cau meat and eggs, cabbage/shrimp/herbal salad.

Snack - 8:00pm
1/2 shredded cuon
1 #19 Vietnamese che drink

Note:

Day 26 - Cleaning Eating

Snack - 7:30am
Protien shake (1/2 scoop protein powder, 1/2 banana, couple chunks of pineapple, water and 1/2 cup of acai berry juice)

Breakfast 9:30am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, raisin, bananas and PB.
(Nerves!!! -- didn't want to eat that oatmeal but did anyways -- feel better now)

Pushup portion - 11:30am
BBR - 1:00pm start on bike+run portion

Lunch - 2:30pm - post BBR snack
1 toasted honey wheat bagel w/ PB
1 regular bottle of gatorade

Snack - 5:30pm
1/2 banana
Protein shake (same as the one I had this morning) - recovery shake

Dinner - 8:30pm
1 carne asada soft taco with corn tortilla
white beans and spanish rice
shrimp and octi cerviche

Snack - 9:30pm
Small serving of Yogurtland yogurt w/ small gummy bears, cookie dough bits, brownie bits, kiwi, mango. (I don't like this stuff anymore, I was only eating with the crowd since M, Sister J and A guest were all eating some)

Note: I had a really fun day. I love adrenaline and a good cheat meal to follow...hahaha. I am very motivated to eat clean next week since I had such a good day today.

Day 25 - Clean Eating

Today is my rest day from working out as tomorrow is the BBR. I am not eating as much today since my activity level is low and I am not that hungry. I'm going to continue eating my healthy carbs tonight and tomorrow morning. On Monday, I will go back to only eating healthy carbs at breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, bananas, raisins, and 1 tbsp PB.
1/2 medium orange

Lunch - 12:30pm
Shrimp and asparagus stir fry
1/2 cup brown rice
( I did well at my lunch outing. I divided up my food in half and only ate half. Also since this place was in Newport Beach it was fairly healthy as they even had brown rice. I feel so satisfied with my lunch.)

Snack - 3:00pm
15 almonds
1 cup strawberries

Snack - 5:00pm
1/3 medium orange
1/8 piece of apple

Dinner - 7:30pm
1/2 cup shrimp lo mein
1/2 cup brown rice w/ 2 small piece of chicken breast
2 lettuce chicken wrap

Note: So today I am going out to lunch w/ some of my girl coworkers. I haven't gone out to lunch in a really long time. I wonder how well I will be able to eat clean. Also, yesterday Bikram class was hard. It was really hot in there and it smelled. And doing difficult poses while your whole body is covered in sweat is not easy since all your limbs are slippery. I almost drowned during one of the poses since my head was upside-down and I was sweating profusely. Yeah, I get a free follow-up class but not sure if I want to go through that again...it is an experience. I can't say if it was good or bad because afterwards I felt like I just had a massage and my skin was soft from all that weird sweating but I smelled like the room. Ewww. Need ice water if I go back.

Food(s) I wanted to eat: Nothing, I am nervous about the BBR.

Deserted Island

I was just thinking to myself today that if I were stranded on a deserted island and I could only have 3 things to eat. This is what I would pick: PB, 3 color vietnamese drink w/ boba and fake pomagranate, and ramen. Such bad things. I would be so malnournish. I noticed that these are all my cheat or banned items from my current clean eating plan. I haven't had ramen in almost a month now. Why does ramen have to be do bad for you? Why!?! This post is dedicated to my beloved ramen.

Day 24 - Clean Eating

Today is the last workout day for me for the week as tomorrow is a rest day and Friday is the BBR. Running 19 miles this Saturday.

Snack - 7:30am
1 cup Acai berry juice

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 cup rolled oatmeal mixed with wheatberries, bananas, raisins and PB.
1/3 medium orange
Some scrambled egg whites (spinach & mushrooms) on 1/2 toasted honey wheat bagel.

Workout - 12:00pm
Cardio (indoor spin bike for 30 mins)
Back and biceps

Lunch - 2:30pm
NY steak cubes w/ streamed broccoli, yams and mushrooms
1/2 cup strawberries
2 baby carrots w hummus

Bikram yoga - 4:30pm
This is a 90 min yoga class in a heated room :s

Dinner - 7:30pm
4 oz ground beef kebab w/ 1/2 cup bulger wheat (I forgot my camera so had to take photo with phone and it doesn't look that great.)
1 roasted tomato

Snack - 9:15pm

1 cup blackberries

Note: Ate a somewhat large breakfast today. Doing a trial and error test to see if it curbs my appetite at night. Also, I am somewhat carb loading a bit for BBR and my run this Sat. Currently, there is 30% chance of rain for Friday. If it rains before BBR starts, they are going to postpone until another date. Feels like Pasadena marathon all over again. If it rains during, they will estimate if it is unsafe to continue and make a judgement call. I will train as normal and see what happens. Overall, I think I am ready, hope it goes through.

Food(s) I wanted to eat: We went to dinner at this new place called Greek Island over at the Diamond Plaza (aka Korean center). MC went into Cefiore and got a chocolate yogurt w/ fruit and coco pebbles, mochi and oreos. I did not get any even though it was self serve. Then I went next door to 85 degrees bakery, I should not have done that as the smell was so good. Will need to take Sister K here when she comes to visit.

Day 23 - Clean Eating

Breakfast - 9:30am
Rolled oatmeal mixed w/ Wheatberries, raisins, PB, 15 almonds and bananas.
1/4 orange

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Weights - legs & 30 min cardio on elliptical

Snack - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein, strawberries, bananas, ice and water)

Lunch - 2:00pm
Tuna salad (celery, tomatoes, lite mayo - very little, can't even see or taste it in the salad, using it mainly as a binder)
1 toasted honey wheat bagel
1/4 cup strawberries

Snack - 4:00pm
1/3 medium orange
1/4 medium apple

Workout - 5:00pm
Run 4.5 miles

Dinner - 7:00pm
Leftover NY steak cubes with brown rice
Roasted yams, steamed broccoli and sauteed green beans
1 cup strawberry

Snack - 9:00pm
Going to try and not snack before bed tonight! :s

Note: So far I am doing good today in terms of hunger. Have been doing a decent job at not having too much PB. I really look forward to my morning oatmeals these days. It's like the best meal of the day...so sad! Stomach is feeling good today - rare. Maybe I will eat the same time tomorrow.

Food(s) I wanted to eat: my mom's white rice.

Day 22 - Clean Eating

This is BBR week. The BBR is this Friday so I am training hard first part of the week and then tapering. Carbs might increase on Wed and Thurs to fuel up for the event. Making my best effort to cut down on PB consumption. And no more late night eating of bagels! :s

Morning work out - 7:30am
Chest/tris

Breakfast - 9:30am
1 cup steel cut oatmeal w/ wheatberries w/ PB, raisins and bananas.
1/4 medium orange

Snack - pre midday workout - 11:30am
1/2 Balance bar - yogurt honey peanut
1/4 medium apple
1/4 medium orange

Midday workout - 12:00pm
shoulders

Snack - 1:30pm
Protein shake (1/2 scoop protein, pineapple, water)

Lunch - 2:00pm
Small piece of chicken breast and asparagus
1 toasted honey wheat bagel
1/4 medium orange

Snack - 4:00pm
2 baby carrots and non-fat plain yogurt for dipping (garlic powder and chopped chives) - this was not great.
1/2 balance bar
1 cup pineapple
25 soy nuts

Dinner - 7:00pm
6 oz NY Steak w/ mushrooms

Green beans, oven roasted yams and brown rice
1/2 cup OJ

Snack - 9:45pm

1 butter cookie :o
1 cup mixed honey nut cheerios and wheat squares w/ nonfat milk
2 large strawberries and 20 almonds

Note: Wow, I had the steelcut oatmeal and wheatberry mix today and it was really yummy. The texture is awesome. I was dumb and tried to cook it in a microwave here at work after having soaked the oats all night but it still took a few times of popping it back into the microwave and lots and lots of stirring. I had a feeling that I would end up having to do that but I was curious to try it. It worked out great in the end, just took forever. It even says not to cook it in a microwave. Hahah. Despite all this, it is still the best oatmeal I've ever had. Wheatberries ARE good!

Food(s) I wanted to eat today: