Day 142 - Tuesday

Breakfast - 10:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB.
1/3 small orange
1/3 PB & J sandwich (around 8:30am)

Midday workout - 12:30pm
Stretching and resistance training

Lunch - 2:30pm
Brown rice, cauliflower and chicken stir fry and kho pork
1 plum

Snack - 4:00pm
1/3 medium orange

Snack - 5:30pm
2/3 PB and J sandwich on buttermilk Oroweat bread

Run Club - 6:30pm
Run 6 miles

Dinner - 8:00pm
Brown rice, kho egg and pork, cauliflower & chicken stir fry from mom
1/2 bowl of wonton noodle soup

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Day 141 - Monday

Breakfast - 10:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1/2 medium orange

Midday workout - 12:30pm
Run 5 miles

Lunch - 3:00pm
Brown rice w/ chicken and cauliflower stir fry and kho meat from mom
1/2 orange

Snack - 4:00pm
Sliced melons

Dinner - 7:00pm
Leftover pasta from Friday night
Brown rice in wonton noodle soup
1/2 cup OJ mixed with 1/2 cup Smartwater

Note: I had a great weekend with the sisters. Love hanging out with the sisters! We randomly went to different places and had a great time. We finally found time to go to Aquas Tijuana's Juice Bar. That place is just great. Went way overboard with the ordering but so good! It was everything I had hoped it would be and more. Hope I go there again. Also finally went to Vietnam Restaurant and discovered that it sucked...so sad! And finally we had intentions of going to Euro Pain (yes...so many food dreams in one weekend) but it didn't work out since they closed early on Sundays. So we headed out to Buster's coffee bar and ended up passing by Fair Oaks Soda Fountain and decided to go in there instead for our snack. I had a hot dog and an Arnold Palmer. The others had root beer floats, strawberry malt and chili cheese fries. That place is pretty cool, service was iffy resulting in tables being kinda icky. Food was ok but being lactose intolerent took all the fun out of it...hahaha. The ice cream "smelled" so good! Want some! On the food front, I can honestly say that I ate too much and will-power was nowhere in site to save me. Trying to have a clean week since the 4th is coming up fast and there will definitely be some good eats. I just want to survive the holidays! Yatta!

Day 140 - Sunday

Breakfast - 8:00am
Lo mei fan

Lunch - 11:30am
Pho

Snack - 3:00pm - Fair Oaks Soda Fountain
Hot dog
Arnold Palmer

Dinner - 5:30pm
Rice and accompliments

Snack - 9:00pm
1 cup che dao

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Day 139 - Saturday

Breakfast - Bruegger's
1/2 toasted cranberry bagel

Run Club - 8:00am
Run 8 miles

Snack - 10:30am
Other 1/2 of bagel and 1 bottle of Gatorade

Lunch - 1:30pm
1/2 large cup of respado (shaved ice) w/ chamoy, mango and tamerindo
Sliced fresh mangos w/ chamoy and chili powder

Snack - 3:00pm
Bowl of Bun rieu oc

Dinner - 7:00pm
Rice and accompliments
Coconut water

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Day 138 - Friday

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Cardio - indoor bike - 9 miles

Lunch - 2:30pm
Brown rice with roasted chicken leg from mom
Sliced honeydew

Dinner - 7:30pm - Pomodoro
Rigatoni pasta in bolagnese sauce (this was so yummy)
French bread w/ pesto dip
Lemonade (such great lemonade)

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Day 137 - Thursday

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Snack - 11:00am
Sliced honeydew and watermelon

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Run 5 miles

Lunch - 2:30pm
Brown rice w/ roasted chicken leg and cauliflower & shrimp
Sliced watermelon and honeydew

Snack - 3:00pm
Sliced melons

Dinner - 7:00pm - Pho Bac
1 regular bowl of steak and tendon pho
1 regular honey green tea w/ boba and rainbow jelly from Tapioca Express

Snack - 9:00pm
Sliced pineapple and honeydew
2 pieces of chocolate from Godiva
1 salty plum lolly

Note: So I've been without a car since Monday morning. I haven't missed it all that much. I realized that I've been really lazy because I haven't felt the need to go anywhere afterwork aside from my run club. I get my car back tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait to see it undamaged. Also, this morning was the last day of my antibiotics. I am so so happy about finishing that stuff up as it was seriously causing my stomach to bleed. I am sure things can only go up from this point. Amazing that one month ago at around May 26th was when I first experienced the symtoms of what turned out to be a month long illness. Now it will take me 1 month to get back to the level of fitness I was at before being sick...bleh! It's weird because I was feeling pretty invincible before getting sick and now I feel like a toddler learning to walk all over again. It sucks but I know and hope that I will be back to where I was soon.

Day 136 - Wednesday

Breakfast - 10:30am
1/2 cup cooked oatmeal with tropical nut mix and PB
Small piece of apple danish
1 slice honeydew and 1 small piece of watermelon

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Weights - arms and legs

Snack - 1:30pm
Sliced honeydew and pineapple

Lunch - 2:30pm
Brown rice with cauliflower and shrimp from mom

Snack - 4:00pm
1 sample size coconut Larabar
1 apple

Dinner - 7:00pm - Pho Today
Steak and tendon pho (this was the smallest serving of pho I have ever been served and it was tasteless. I will never come here again.)

Snack - 9:00pm
2 grilled drumsticks and a biscuit from KFC since my dinner was so small
1 small piece of apple danish
Some sliced pineapple

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Day 135 - Tuesday

Breakfast - 10:00am
1 apple danish
1 small banana nut muffin

Snack - 12:00pm
a few slices of fruit

Lunch - 1:30pm
Calamari in thai spicy sauce over white rice

Snack - 3:00pm
a few slices of fruit
1/2 apple danish

Run Meet - 6:30pm
Run 6 miles

Dinner - 9:00pm
Couple slices of honeydew
Some small portion of leftover spagetti and meatsauce from yesterday
Brown rice w/ shrimp & green cauliflower from mom :)

Note: I ate so badly today. Having a hard time getting my act together with my clean eating. I will try again tomorrow. Those apple danish I had today was because I was sitting in on any all day meeting with my boss and there was so much naughty yummy snacks and such. It reminds me of that Nutri Grain Bar commercial where that lady starts out eating bad in the morning and it just continues through out the day until she starts her day healthy and the rest of her day is also healthier. Went to run club today and even though the running is getting better. I feel myself struggle everytime I run with them. I just feel so slow even though I can now run 4 miles in 30 mins on any old day. Still feel slow compare to those guys. Hoping to improve over time.

Day 134 - Monday

Breakfast - 8:00am - Bruegger's
1 toasted cranberry bagel

Snack - 11:30am
1 sample size coconut Larabar

Lunch - 1:30pm
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1 cup minestrone soup

Workout
3.5 miles of bad running and walking

Snack - 5:00pm
1 apricot & 1 Larabar coconut sample
Couple slices of dried pineapple
1/2 piece of Ak Mak cracker w/ PB

Dinner - 8:00pm - Olive Garden
Salad and breadsticks (2)
Spagetti and meat sauce

Note: I think this week I am back to normal. I've been eating really badly. It definitely has not been clean. I am going to do better this week but it is going to take me time to get back to clean eating fully. I don't think I was eating that clean even when I was suppose to but every little bit helps.

Day 133 - Sunday - Father's Day

Lunch - 12:00pm
2 banh xeo
1 jelly che drink w/ coconut milk

Snack - 3:00pm
1 honey green tea w/ white boba and rainbow jelly
some red mango snacks
1 cracker w/ salami

Dinner - 5:30pm
Rice and accompaniments
1/2 plum and 2 pieces of pineapple w/ Tajin

Snack - 10:00pm
Neoguri ramen

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Day 132 - Saturday

Breakfast - 7:30am - Bruegger's Bagel
1/4 toasted cranberry bagel

Run Meet - 8:00am
Run 7 miles

Snack - 10:30am
the rest of that cranberry bagel
1/2 cup OJ mixed w/ Smartwater

Lunch - 1:00pm
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Snack - 2:00pm
1 carne asada corn tortilla taco
Small bit of carne asada torta
1 cup rainer cherries

Dinner - 5:00pm - Spectrum
1 side of spagetti w/ marinera sauce
1 Auntie Ann's regular pretzel

Snack - 8:30pm
1 white chocolate covered strawberry from Godiva
1 piece of caramel covered chocolate from Godiva
1/2 cup OJ mixed with Smartwater

Snack - 10:00pm

1 bowl of kimchi ramen

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Day 131 - TGIF

Breakfast - 10:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal, tropical nut mix and PB
1 cup hot green tea

Lunch - 1:30pm
1 bowl of wonton noodle soup from Costco
1 nectarine & 1 cup cherries

Snack - 2:30pm
1 piece of brownie covered in PB (2x3 inch piece)
1 cup hot green tea

Snack - 6:00pm

1/2 mexican candy
1/2 cup OJ

Dinner - 7:00pm - Brodard's
Bun bo hue
1/2 cup green jelly and coconut dessert

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Day 130 - Thursday

Breakfast - 9:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1 apricot

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Cardio - run 6 miles

Lunch - 2:30pm
Turkey sandwich on honey wheat/bran bread w/ tomato, egg salad and mayo
1 apricot

Snack - 4:00pm
1 cup cherries
1 nectarine

Dinner - 7:00pm - Fukada
Sansei udon, 1 salmon skin roll, small green salad

Movie - 8:00pm - The Hangover (off color movie but pretty funny)
Dried pineapple slices and 1 cup popcorn

Note: I am starting to feel better. Less coughing last night and overall. Throat is feeling better but still itchy coughing from time to time. Running has been difficult for me since I feel weak from being inactive for 2 weeks. It is weird feeling this way because before I got sick, I was always feeling strong and healthy. I hope I don't get sick again.

Day 129 - Wednesday

Breakfast - 7:30am
1 toasted cranberry bagel from Bruegger's

Lunch - 1:00pm
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1 cup cherries

Snack - 4:00pm
1 cup cherries

Dinner - 7:00pm
Shoyu ramen w/ ong choy
1 cup fresh lychees

Snack - 9:00pm
few bites of steak

Note: Last night, I was not feeling well and did not eat dinner. I've had no appetite lately due to the lost of my taste buds. I am honestly and sincerely sick of being ill. I feel weak and out of it most of the time while at work and have no energy to workout since I am on medication. When I don't take medication, I am hacking up a storm. I am so over this cough! Since this log is based on what I eat everyday, it has been lagging since I've not been eating very much. Hopefully it will go back to normal soon.

Day 128 - Tuesday

Breakfast - 11:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Lunch - 1:30pm
Protein smoothie (protein powder, strawberries and bananas w/ ice)

Snack - 4:00pm
5 cherries

Workout - Run Meet - 6:30pm
Run 6 miles

Note: I am back on antibiotics again since the first round apparently didn't get rid of it. I am starting to feel better again. Last couple of days have been bad since I finished the last round of antibiotics but was still feeling awful. I am going to my run meet today and see how things go. I am still not my normal self so I have been running horrible but those coaches push me hard so I feel so obligated to run fast...bleh.

Day 127 - Monday

Breakfast - 10:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Snack - 12:00pm
1 nectarine

Lunch -1:30pm
1 tall protein smoothie (protein powder, strawberries and bananas)
Turkey sandwich w/ tomato, egg salad and mayo

Snack
1 cup cherries

Dinner - 7:00pm
Shoyu ramen w/ 1 can of chopped clams

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Day 125 - Saturday

Breakfast - 7:30am - Bruegger's Bagel
1 toasted blueberry bagel

Run Meet - 8:00am
6 mile run

Lunch - 12:00pm
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
handful of cherries

Snack - 3:00pm
Handful of cherries

Dinner - 6:00pm

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Rambling About A Very Large Fish

This has been a long week. Maybe it was because it was the first full week after the Memorial Day weekend and then being out sick. I am feeling pretty good today.

You may or may not know that the name of my blog is derived from those Sport Chalet license plate frames that say things like..I'd rather be running, I'd rather be fishing. Yeah, I'd rather be eating or sleeping...mostly eating. Although Summer Tomato mentioned that the real secret to losing some weight is just to eat a bit less. Speaking of fishing, I was watching this show on the Discovery channel yesterday about Killer Fishes. This one guy is an avid fisherman. I mean he is really into it. He travels the world just to fish. Yesterday's show was about these giant man eating catfishes that can weigh up to 600+ lbs in a river on the border of Nepal and India. He had heard stories that people who swam in that river were pulled into the water by a mysterious creature and no remains were ever found. This guy was like out in the elements fishing for days on end. He was wearing this tattered t-shirt and I thought to myself...gee I don't think I've ever been THAT passionate about anything in my life. After what must have been weeks he was not able to catch the one that was big enough to have eaten people but he did catch one that weighed about 160 lbs. The weird thing about these catfishes is that they have the potential to get very large in size if the food supply is there. Amazing! Can you imagine if human beings could do that! Weird. So the guy finds out that the Indians would have these river-side fire funeral ceremonies in which they would set the body on fire and then push it out to the river. Apparently these giant catfishes would eat these bodies and over time have developed a taste for people meat and have started to eat swimmers as well. So essentially these fishes got so big from eating all those people. That's just pretty gruesome.

Day 123 - Thursday

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1/4 cup honeydew

Lunch - 12:30pm
Brown rice w/ sauteed ong choy and ma po tofu
1 plum

Snack - 4:00pm
1.5 cups honeydew
handful of tropical nut mix

Dinner - 7:00pm
Shoyu ramen (make at home kind from the freezer section), w/ ong choy, 1 sliced up boiled egg and some imitation crab meat
2 kiwi and 1 plum fruit salad w/ Tajin
4 lychees

Snack - 9:00pm
1 mexican candy on a stick

Day 122 - Wednesday

Breakfast - 10:00am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Cardio - run 3 miles - interval training

Lunch - 2:30pm
Turkey sandwich on wheat bread w/ mayo, tomato and a bit of egg salad
1 large apricot

Dinner - 7:00pm
Brown rice w/ sauteed ong choy and ma po tofu w/ lentils (I made this with some sauce I bought at the 99 Ranch but it was too gingery for me...probably won't make it this way again)
1 plum and 1 kiwi fruit salad w/ Tajin
8 lychees

Note: I am trying to eat clean again but having a hard time cooking at home. Maybe it's been awhile since I've last cooked. I made dinner last night but it was only good to me and it was vegetarian. Trying to cook more again. Going to the farmer's market this weekend to see what they have.

Day 121 - Tuesday

Breakfast -10:00pm
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, tropical nut mix and PB
1/2 cup honeydew

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Upper body weights

Lunch - 2:30pm
Turkey sandwich on wheat bread w/ mayo, tomato and a bit of egg salad.
1/2 cup honeydew

Snack - 4:00pm
1/2 cup honeydew
1 rice cake w/ PB

Snack - 7:00pm
1 PB & J sandwich

Dinner - 8:00pm
1 hamburger w/ ketchup
1 marshmellow cupcake (yum)

Note: I have my group run meet tonight. I haven't gone since the first meet up. Hope they don't throw me out. Also went to the gym for the first time since my illness and I felt so weak. I was using 7 lb weights and could only do 10 pushups...what's up with that.

Day 120 - Monday

Breakfast - 8:30am
1/2 PB & J sandwich on buttermilk Oroweat bread

Snack - 10:00am
1/2 PB & J sandwich

Lunch - 12:30pm
1/2 PB & J sandwich
Sticky rice w/ shitake mushrooms and chicken bits (lo mhay fan)

Snack - 4:00pm
1/2 PB & J sandwich

Dinner - 7:00pm
Bowtie pasta in ground beef and mushroom marinara sauce
1/2 bowl of wonton noodle soup from Costco
1 cup cherries

Note: Still eating those PB & J sandwiches, not quite ready to come back to full on clean eating yet. Bought a loaf of bread yesterday for these sandwiches and the whole loaf is almost gone. These sandwiches are just so yummy and soft.

I went into my camera after a week of inactivity and found some photos of my life this past week during my illness. I thought I would post it up since they were some nice photos of me and the family.

Day 117 - Friday

Breakfast - 8:30am
1/2 PB & J sandwich on Orowheat potato bread

Snack - 10:30am
1/2 PB & J sandwich on Orowheat potato bread
Snack - 12:00pm
1 PB & J sandwich

Lunch - 2:00pm
1.5 cups of bowtie pasta in meat sauce

Snack - 3:00pm
1 cup melons (watermelon, cantaloup and honeydew)

Dinner - 7:00pm
PB & J Sandwich

Note: My diet these past few days have been sporadic to say the least. I've been eating random things like Pop Pan crackers for meals. Other things I've eaten include wonton shrimp noodle soup bowls from Costco, gatorade, OJ, muffins, danish, melons, oranges, strawberry popsicles, tofu pho...eaten sporadically and when my stomach was making noises since I've had no appetite.

Back from the Dead

I am back after getting my butt kicked by strep throat, losing my voice, sleeping multi 20 hour days in a row and missing countless days of work. I take so much for granted like energy, sitting up at my computer and just not coughing. Man, I have not been this sick in so many years. Those bacterias were fierce and I hope they never come back. Everyone keeps saying it is because I ran so many marathons in a row..ok ok...if so many people are saying that then I guess it must be right. I don't think so but it is hard to argue with so many people when you are sick. It's kinda been nice not having to go to work but the illness part has been rough. I got some beautiful pink roses and didn't have to do my chores for a few days. The good news is I only have one day of work this week so yay! My blog will resume next week when I've had a chance to get back on track. :D

Day 113 - Monday

Breakfast - 9:30am
1/2 cup cooked rolled oatmeal w/ wheatberries, nut mix and PB
2 boiled egg whites w/ lite soy sauce
1/4 fruit

Midday workout - 12:00pm
Shoulders and tris
Cardio - indoor bike - 30 mins

Lunch - 2:30pm

Snack - 4:00pm

Dinner - 7:00pm

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