Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Yeah...

Obviously I have not been reporting in the last few days. Things have been crazy. Also the whole weight loss thing went out the window. Try avoiding celebratory pre wedding meals/treats and christmas stuff at once. You think the whole knowing I was walking down the aisle soon in front of a bunch of people would help me keep control. Nope. Not at all.

I have been so busy that I didn't have time to get my color done on my hair. I never dye my hair and havent gotten highlights for several years now. But my hair was looking dull. So I bought the box stuff last night to do it. Of course it came out a little off. So now I have to go and do it again tonight. But I also have to pack tonight, and head out to Houston because Brazil is tomorrow!

I am beyond excited for Brazil, despite the weight issues. I am getting MARRIEDDDDDDDD and get to spend time in brazil with great family and great friends. And then the week after the rest of my friends and family are coming to Austin for a reception. Yayay.

So having said that, I will not be making posts until I get back from Brazil. I will miss this, but I can't really afford internet in Brazil. hahah.

I wish you well!!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

What I ate December 15 2009

Breakfast: Oatmeal Squares (heaven to me)


Snack: Kashi Crackers w/ Laughing Cow Light Swiss Wedge

Lunch: Chili from San Francisco Bakery

Snack: Carrots, A TINY piece of a chocolate cake thing for dessert day at work

Dinner: Peanut Soup and a grilled sandwich with pear, gorgonzola and ham on whole wheat bread.




Exercise: None. I got no sleep the night before and then didnt have time once I got home from work. Bummer.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Odds and Ends

So obviously I have not logged everything I ate over the past few days. I will start fresh tomorrow. I do have some pictures though of some things I ate in the last few days. More on that in a few minutes.

This past weekend was go go go. On Saturday mike and I spent most the day getting everything out of the apartment. We didn't finish yet but have a few more days for that.

After that I had my bacherlorette party! It was so much fun! I am so happy I know so many great ladies out here in Austin. Yaya.

We started out at a wine bar called Vino Vino. We had a great selection of wine and tapas. Also i was brought a delicious tiramisu! Mmm. And yes I did have to wear a tiara with a veil attached.

After the wine bar we went downtown to a bar where a friend our ours wa working. We hung out there for awhile then later headed out to the gingerman (an awesome bar with tasty beer). Note: if you wear a veil and a tiara downtown be prepared for a lot of random drunk people to tell you how much marriage sucks and that I am doomed. Awful right? Oh well still had a great time.

On Sunday mike and I went to breakfast then did some shopping for the reception. There I found out (over the phone) one of my best friends is engaged! Yayaya.

Later I did grocery shopping, baked biscotti, cookies and packaged up my Xmas presents. I also did some laundry and other things around the house that needed to be done.

Today was work. And then going to the apartment to pick up a few things, then target, then completed wrapping all presents. I also made a peanut soup again. Mmm.

So fun pictures. Mike has been placing this dog in funny places like this around the house. It makes me laugh for hours.



I made a mac n cheese with cream cheese, cheddar, mushrooms, ham, onions, garlic and cayenne pepper. It was pretty tasty and horrific for you.


Last night mike made me stuffed pork chops with home made apple sauce and some green beans. Amazing!!


For lunch today I got the Bianca roll from china town. Holy moly was this spicy. I went through 10 or more cups of ice water to get me through it. Boy was it tasty though!


For dinner I made peanut soup again. Pretty much veggie broth, onions, garlic, celery, carrots, sweet potato, corn, peanut butter, cayenne pepper, curry seasoning and uhh salt and what not. I absolutely am osessed with it. I made a bunch and saved it for leftovers. Mmm.


Alright off to do more wedding planning then bed. Long night again. But brazil in less than 2 weeks! Yayay.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

What I ate today: December 12 2009

Breakfast: ham, cheese and egg sandwich on an Arnold thin. Plus some coffee.




What I ate today: december 11 2009

Breakfast: high fiber cereal



Snack: rice cakes with pb



Lunch: BBQ pork vermecilli (not very good so I didn't eat much)

Snack: carrots



Dinner: mike and I went to bj's to celebrate him being done with his second to last semester as a Grad student.

There was a pretty long wait so we got a beer. I know I am not supposed to but they have the best beer (other than 512). The staff was nice enough to give everyone waiting to be sat a snack of their tasty pizza. Nom nom nom.

When we finally sat down mike ordered spinach artichoke dip as the appetizer. I had a few chips and a few small dips. For dinner I had the BBQ chicken chopped salad with no chicken. It was very tasty. Only ate less than half though.

We got home pretty early (around 930pm) and watched basketball. I ended up falling asleep pretty early into the game. Oops.

Friday, December 11, 2009

What I ate Today: December 10th, 2009

Breakfast: 2 mini muffins. Banana nut & blueberry. (work meeting)

Snack: 2 rice cakes with some PB



Lunch: peanut soup and a veggie sandwich

Snack: carrots



Dinner: Black Beans, Rice, Salsa & Laughing Cow Swss Wedge


Exercise: None. Worked too much with too little sleep.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

What I ate Today: December 9th, 2009

Breakfast: High Fiber Cereal that is still nameless



Snack: Kashi Crackers with Laughing Cow Light Swiss Wedge



Lunch: Chana Masala, Rice and Naan. I ate waaay too much naan. It was a bad idea. Oh well.

Snack: Frozen Yogurt. I was pretty much forced to eat it. haha. I need to learn to not give in to peer pressure. :-)



Dinner: Peanut Soup, some crackers and cheese, a cookie, wine

Dessert: a Congratulations on the House Cake

Exercise: Wii Workout

Book Club was last night and I hosted it. My peanut soup was pretty tasty to me. I had to go away from the recipe a bit because the recipe I had was sort of bland. I think it came out tasty. I want to make it again so I can eat it tonight. hahaha. If I make it again I will include my recipe. Have you made it before? Any tips?

There were a lot of goods last night, and a tasty dessert given to me (and michael) to congratulate us on the house and the whole marriage thing. haha. :-) Also a lot of wine and some prosecco that was awesome. mmm.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

What I Ate Today: December 9, 2009

First off, Happy Birthday to my Mom today! Yay.

Yay 3 days of working out so far this week. Well if you count Sunday. Which I probably should not. But I am still sore from Sunday, so I want to. haha. I have been doing the Wii EA Active Sports workout again. That is killer. Today included side jumps and squat jumps. My legs were shaking by the end of it. haha.

Tonight I am hosting "book club". I am going to try to make some peanut soup (spicy) and not sure what else. Perhaps a salad? I should prob figure this out soon. I forgot to clean the house last night like I had planned. oops.

I got home around 7pm, made a tasty meal, and then watched an episode of Top Chef and then Private Practice while I was blogging. Then it was almost 10 and I was dead tired. I helped Mike out with his paper anyway though. I ended up going to bed around 1045pm. Then I woke up at 545am to workout. I am tired right nowwwww. Plus I didn't drink coffee this morning.


So onto the food so far.

Breakfast: Some high fiber apple/pear/caramel cereal. (I cant remember the name of the brand, and the box was long thrown out)



Snack: Kashi Honey Seame Crackers and 1 wedge of Laughing Cow Light Swiss. Heaven.



Not Eaten Yet but Planned:

Lunch: Chana Masala with some Naan

Snack: Carrots

Dinner: Peanut Soup, Salad, Cheese, Wine

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

What I ate today: December 8th

Breakfast: high fiber cereal with pear apple and caramel pieces



Snack: kashi crackers w laughing cow Swiss wedge

Lunch: taco deli veggie heather tacos. I got ripped off though bc they skimped on the filling. Oh well.

Snack: double non fat short caramel brûlée latte, carrots

Dinner: couscous w onions, garlic, almonds, green beans, ham and cayenne pepper (one of my favorite dishes)



Dessert: dark chocolate Hershey kisses (3)

Exercise: day 2 wii workout (still ouch)

Location:Berkeley Ave,Austin,United States

Monday, December 7, 2009

Things I ate today: December 7th 2009

Back to work it is. I did not get much sleep last night so the workout will have to wait until tomorrow. Unfortunately I am super sore from yesterday's wii ea action sports workout. Squat jumps are KILLERS.

Breakfast: Caramel Apple Something or other High Fiber Cereal






Snack: Whole Wheat Ritz with Laughing Cow Light Swiss






Lunch: Avocado tacos, charro beans, side salad

Snack: Dark Chocolate PB Cup, Carrots, Non Fat Latte




Dinner: Baked potato with mushrooms, garlic, onion, ham, gorgonzola sauce and green beans cooked in some sherry




Dessert: ice cream (maybe a scoop)

Exercise: none (very sore)

Things I ate today: December 6th 2009

Breakfast: Donuts (was suggested by guests) and I couldn't deny. Fortunately they were the best donuts I have ever had. They were perfectly fluffy and cake-like at the same time. Crazy right?

Lunch: Leftover Cajun Food. Delicious.



Snack: Whole wheat ritz with manchengo cheese.

Dinner: Mac n cheese with grilled mushrooms, onions, garlic and spring mix salad.



Dessert: A chocolate doughnut hole.

Exercise: Wii EA Action Sports Day 1. Ouch.




Saturday, December 5, 2009

Things I ate today: December 5th 2009

Today Michael and I get legally court house married. We need to do this in order for the Brazilian part to work out. Who knew there were weird laws that made you do things like this? Hahah.

Either way I am very excited and so is michael. His parents, Teddy, and Amanda are coming. Later will go out to dinner to celebrate.

So today I woke up early and got my ring cleaned. The place to clean it is at the mall so of course I looked around a bit. I found the absoulte perfect dress for new years eve there. It was originally for 70 but it had some crazy sale and I got it for only 29. Score.

Now onto the food.

Breakfast: latte

Snack: whole wheat ritz crackers with a wedge of laughing cow . (we got a pack of the cheese from costco so we have a lot!)


Michael and I did not get to eat lunch until 4pm because we got married!!! It was just the court house ordeal so we are mostly jst saying it is a formality and waiting until the big day (December 28th) before we really talk about it being real real. We did however spen yesterday enjoying being officially married!!

After the court house thing we went to Milano cafe on the south side. I would classify this place as an authentic itlaian placed mixed with galaxy cafe. Mmm and very tasty.

Lunch: I got the fettucini with a creamy tomato sauce and some sauage. I thought it would be cut up sausage but instead it was ground sausage which is entirely different. I have to admit I liked the rest of the families food much better.



We ended the meal with a latte and some dessert. The latte was perfect.


The dessert was heavenly. This was my favorite tiramisu in all of Austin, perhaps from anywhere. The apple thing was also to die for and I don't even care for apple desserts that much.




Dinner: mike and I and the fam and friends all went to evangaline cafe to celebrate. We got the oysters contraband and I got the gold something heavenly dish as the entree. The picture below is from my leftovers today. This meal was heaven.



Dessert #2: sweet potato ice cream from amy's. This was to die for as well.

I have to admit I had a few beers last night even though I wasn't supposed to. Oh well. I got legally married today so who cares?!

I will have the wedding take 1 pictures up soon. Note: I did not wear the wedding dress. I am saving that until the 28th!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Things Ate Today: December 2, 2009

Note: I will be updating this throughout the day. This is in case you read this in the morning and think it is all I ate ALL day and tell me I have an eating disorder or something.

Breakfast: Kashi Cinnamon Harvest Shredded Wheat Type things & a Non Fat Grande Iced Latte



Snack: someone brought in donuts and I was weak. I had one glazed one. ugh.

Lunch: I ate at triumph cafe and got the vermicelli with curry tofu and veggies. It was perfect for the cold day. It even started to snow shortly after that!!

Snack: whole wheat crackers with laughing cow cheese

Dinner: bean and cheese tostada from la posada with some chips, rice and a Mexican martini.

Dessert: milano cookie

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Things Ate Today: December 3, 2009

Note: I will be updating this throughout the day. This is in case you read this in the morning and think it is all I ate ALL day and tell me I have an eating disorder or something.


Breakfast: I had a meeting this morning, and I had to bring something for it. The meeting was at 745am, and I was not going to wake up before 5am to make something. So I bought something at central market last night for it. It was a chocolate babka (which is essentially bread with some chocolate and walnuts. It was very tasty, but I got no shot of it. Oops.

Snack: Kashi Pumpkin Spice Granola Bar






Lunch: Veggie Wrap and Mac n Cheese from Galaxy Cafe

Snack: iced grande non fat latte


Dinner: home made chili with some fritos of course


Dessert: pumpkin cheesecake



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Things Ate Today: December 2, 2009

Note: I will be updating this throughout the day. This is in case you read this in the morning and think it is all I ate ALL day and tell me I have an eating disorder or something.

I did not make it to the gym this morning. Mostly because I couldn't get to bed until around 1130pm, and at 530am I was tooo tired. I won't be able to work out tonight so that is kind of a bummer. But oh well. Last night I didnt get home until 7pm, then didnt eat dinner until 745, then spent 1.5 hours on the phone with linksys trying to figure out the freaking internet. GAH. But now it is fixed and I am an expert at it again.

So I am going to continue my lists of eats today. Not everything will be in pictures this month, but I will still list it. How do you like this format? Would you rather me just do seperate posts?

Breakfast: Kashi Cinnamon Harvest Shredded Wheat Type things.




Snack: whole wheat ritz crackers and a laughing cow wedge (total cals only 115). I promise to switch thing up at lunch. My mornings tend to be boring.







Lunch: it was a catered lunch this week of pizza. I had a salad an 2 slices of pizza. One was ham and pineapple and the other was mushroom. Then I had a bite of some tiramisu. Not the best lunch but it could have been worse. Only got a pic of the cake though.





Afternoon Snacks: Fun Size pack of M&Ms, Cherry Tomatoes, and Smart Food Popcorn (5 grams of fiber and tasty and 100 cals)

After eating the pizza I got the intense hunger again, where my stomach began to burn, and I felt dizzy, and irritable. It was awful again. It must have something to do with greasy food I think. Anyone else ever feel like this??







Dinner: Tonight I had book club with a few friends. I had some tasty cheese, wine, beer bread and a delicious butternut squash and apple soup. Also a salad with some walnuts. It was VERY tasty. A bit indulgent, but very tasty.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Things Ate Today: December 1, 2009

Note: I will be updating this throughout the day. This is in case you read this in the morning and think it is all I ate ALL day and tell me I have an eating disorder or something,

Breakfast: kashi cinnamon harvest cereal (dry)



Snack: whole wheat ritz with laughing cow swiss light wedge (minus one cracker, a coworker stole one without asking right after I took the picture) haha




Lunch: 1/2 California blt with cup of chili from San Francisco bakery and cafe







Afternoon snack: kashi pumpkin flax seed granola bar & mini bell peppers







I left for work at 630am and then didn't get home until 7pm. I was beat. So when I finally got around to getting dinner together I went for an option I knew would be fast, easy and tasty. I thought it might bore you though because I had it very recently but after a long day I was out of ideas. I hope you understand.

Dinner: mashed potato taco with mixed salad and pico de gallo. As well as a salad with laughing cow wedge, walnuts and cranberry sauce.






This is one of my favorite meals right now. Perfect combo of sweet and salty and spicy. Mmm.

So, in other news Michael and I got our marriage license today!! Yayay. We are going to get court house married either this weekend or next. Then we can have the Brazilian one all legal an awesome. We are getting registered there so we had to do it this way. Works perfect for me

Tomorrow I am waking up early to go to the gym even though it will be very cold (low 40s or 30s) which is only a problem because I have to walk to the gym. Haha. I can suck it up though!

The food logging was not hard at all today. It did keep me from grabbing a fun size pack of m&ms today. That counts for something right?

How did you like this format today?

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