Day 26

Another busy day. I don't even think I can remember what I ate yesterday but I'll give it a go.

Food -
Egg - 80 cal
Cereal - 200 cal
Orange - 50 cal
Fruit to go - 50 cal
Chicken and rice - 300 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Pasta - 500 cal

Total - 1300 cal

Day 24

No workout again! woohoo! I was planning on yoga but theres no class today so I will go on the weekend!

Food -
Toast and pb - 150 cal
Cantaloupe - 60 cal
Wrap - 200 cal
Turkey - 100 cal
Salmon w/ salad - 350 cal
Tea w/ Half muffin - 200 cal

Day 25

Midterms are here = no time for anything!

Food -
Toast and pb - 150 cal
Grapes - 50 cal
Cantaloupe - 60 cal
Turkey - 100 cal
Chicken and rice - 300 cal
Yogurt - 80 cal
Chicken wrap - 300 cal
Coffee - 50 cal
Tea - 50 cal

Total - 1200 cal
(I probably forgot something else I ate because its been nutso studying) I did workout though! YAY! It was a good one!

Day 23

This is getting harder and harder. I had coke today =( I couldn't help it. I'm studying for midterms and am a bit stressed and ALWAYS hungry and really need the sugar to keep my brain activity high. I know I know I coulda opted for a healthier alternative but I dunno. I just had to have it! Anyways, I will workout tomorrow. I need to do this quick because I'm already super behind in my study schedule.

Food -
Grapes - 50 cal
Half sandwich - 150 cal
Yogurt - 80 cal
Pasta - 300 cal
Popcorn w/ Pop - 200 cal
Other snacks - 50 cal
Turkey n salad - 350 cal

Total - 1250 cal

Day 22

Pooped, legs are done! Almost as bad as after day 1, but not that bad. I'm pooped. As if anyone could ever do this workout completely unless they were a super athlete. Two days off!! But I may go do some yoga on Wednesday! woot woot!

Food -
Tea - 40 cal
Yogurt - 80 cal
Fruit to go - 45 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Half sandwich - 150 cal
Toast and Soup - 275 cal
Indian dinner - 700 cal
Tea - 50 cal

Total - 1340 cal

Day 21

There was a workout today and it was KILLER! There was this elbow drive thing on a ball which was pretty much IMPOSSIBLE for me to do. I could not stabilize myself.

Food -
Cereal - 150 cal
Shrimp wrap - 250 cal
Chicken sandwich - 350 cal
Green Tea Latte - 200 cal
Half banana loaf - 150 cal
Salad w/ half chicken breast - 350 cal

Total - 1450 cal

I have a feeling this may be wrong because I am pretty hungry right now! I must have overestimated somewhere. I will probably just have some tea or something light to fill me up. I also studied a lot today which does burn calories pretty fast.

Day 20

I'm being bad today *muhahahahah but not uber bad! We are ordering pizza but its on multigrain and easy cheese I know not super healthy but hey I'm sick of cooking!

Food -
2 egges - 160 cal
Toast w/ Pb - 200 cal
Chicken wrap - 250 cal
Popcorn w/ 5 m&ms - 250 cal
Pizza + small piece of chicken - 700 cal

Total - 1560 cal (I may have overestimated my pizza, I had 2 medium sized pieces without the end crust and took off some of the cheese)

Day 19

I`m getting worse at this blogging thing although I'm still following the plan pretty well. I'm writing this the next day so my food will be pretty off! Imma trying though... its getting hard esp the eating because I don't always see super crazy results.

Food -
Egg - 80
Cereal - 200 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Apple - 50 cal
Fruit to go - 45 cal
Half sandwich - 150 cal
Roti w/ Mattar paneer (peas and cottage cheese indian style) - 500 cal
2 spoons rice (white - SO bad but my grandma made them!) w/ goat - 100 cal
Cookie - 80 cal

Total - 1300 cal

Day 18

How bad can it be when you get gto eat burgers! Yumm! I mean they were the healthiest burgers ever: lean beef, no cheese, minimal sauce, whole wheat buns but still I got to eat it GUILT free because it was NOT unhealthy. YUM! Workout today was great! I did 15mins bike afterwards which was nice. The pushups were HARD because my chest and arms are already really sore, but I tried to do as much as I could without collapsing on my face. I really have 1 workout and then a week and a bit. WOOHOO! Still no real results except what I can see and feel. Which is IMPRESSIVE for 18 days!

Food -
Toast w/ PB - 200 cal
Apple (small) - 50 cal
Half burger - 250 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Rice with lentils - 300 cal
Rice w/ goat and veggies - 350 cal
Fruit to go - 50 cal

Total - 1300 cal

I've started guestimating a lot because it's really difficult to say how many calories exactly. Some foods may have more some less. Its hard because a lot of the food is ethnic and not always MEASURED to the cup.

Day 17

No workout today! I wanted to workout but life is WAY too busy. Oh well there is an extra workout this week anyways. So it should be okay. I didn't have time to do measurements hopefully today!

Food -
Cereal - 200 cal
Egg - 78 cal
Tea - 30 cal
Orange - 50 cal
Fruit to go - 45 cal
Fish w/ Veggies - 200 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Cresent - 90 cal
Burger (homemade, extra lean beef) - 500 cal

Total - 1300 cal (I feel like I've forgotten something here... Couldn't have been much though.)

Day 16

WOOHOO! Half way done!!=) I can't believe I did it so far. Although the eating hasn't been the BEST I think I've been pretty great! The real challenge is to come though because the next 2 weeks are SUPER busy w/ school. I will conquer it all though! WOOHOO! Had a good workout. Threw sone extra abs in there! I sure hope this works I think I may measure today to see where I'm at. I'll report if anything is good!

Food -
Mini snack pack - 100 cal
Coffee w/ Soy milk - 30 cal
Yogurt - 70 cal
Veggies - 50 cal
Rice w/ lentils - 300 cal
Fruit to go - 40 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Pineapple - 50 cal
Fish w/ veggies & mini whole wheat cresents - 400 cal

Total - 1150 cal (I may have missed something here)

Day 15

After today I am half way done! woohoo! Workout wasn't the best today simply because some of the things either I wasn't too clear on how to do or I was physically unable to do. I did however add a 10 min run at the end to even things out a bit. Today is the mayoral election here so things are a bit nutso. Should be a good one!

Food -
Granola bar - 120 cal
Sandwich - 300 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Orange - 50 cal
Chicken santa fe salad - 300 cal
Tea w/ Pb & honey toast - 300 cal
Shrimp w/ veggies - 300 cal

Total - 1420 cal

Day 14

Study day. Hopefully I will find some time to do a little running or something. Probably need it after last nights feista!

Food:
Toast w/ pb & honey - 250 cal
Small milk - 45 cal
Chicken pita - 350 cal
Tea w/ half muffin - 250 cal
1.5 roti - 200 cal
Pumpkin subji - 200 cal
Small salad - 50 cal

Total - 1400 cal (may have forgotten something in here)

Day 13

Today was a busy day cleaning and running errands. I also had a fam jam date for dinner and a movie. Todays food situation was bad because really how can you go to the movies and not have any munchies?? I am not that strong sadly, but I did try my best to stay healthy at dinner.

Food:
Egg - 78 cal
Toast w/ PB - 200 cal
Half glass milk - 45 cal
Brown rice, veggies, chicken - 400 cal
Brown rice jambalaya (easy sauce, no bacon, didn't eat the sausage) - 500 cal
Some popcorn (no butter) few sips of coke, couple of m&ms - 300 cal

Total - 1523 cal

This was probably not overestimated. =)

Day 12

Yesterday wasn't too good for food and it carried over today in the am. I woke up quiet late. I did still workout but am kinda tired. Hopefully I don't get a cold or anything. Good news is I see some pretty awesome abs and arms coming through.

Food:
Rice cake - 50 cal
Grapes - 50 cal
Mandarin orange - 50 cal
Sandwich - 350 cal (not quite sure, based on looking at ingredients separately)
Dinner at vegan rest (had veggie taco, some nonrice sushi, small piece of chocolate) - 600 cal

Total - 1200 (sure I forgot stuff)

Day 11

I'm pretty tired today. Don't know if it has anything to to with the workout or eating but I'm going to step up my water intake. Maybe decrease my caffiene intake. Todays workout was awesome. I def feel stronger. I even did 20 pushups (okay not all real pushups but still 20 girly pushups is pretty damn good for me!) I think I'm looking better but honestly I can't say for sure. Well only 19 days to go!!! I wish Jillian would come out with a book on how to maintain or went into more details about maintaining. What am I to do when I'm in killer shape but don't want to lose it? But I also don't want to continue this program because I really can't afford to lose more than 10lbs. That might even be too much. Any suggestions?

Food:
Toast w/ PB: 150 cal
Tea: 45 cal
Brown rice and Dal (lentils) - 350 cal
Sandwich - 300 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal

Total - 900 cal

I wasn't feeling too great and slept a lot instead of having dinner. Not a great decision but still.

Day 10

WOOHOO! 1/3 of the way done. No workout today. But healthy eating and busy day overall. I had time to go workout. I probably should have. But school is busy too.

Food:
Cereal - 200 cal
Boiled egg - 78 cal
Tea - 30 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Sandwich - 300 cal
Yogurt - 70 cal
Chicken skewer, veggies, small piece of bruschetta - 125 cal
Chicken dog - 400 cal

Total - 1300 cal

Day 9

Today's workout was AWESOME! Today's been a decent day. Nothing major to talk about yet. Breakfast was bad because I woke up late.

Food:
Nutragrain bar - 130 cal
Tea - 40 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Sandwich - 300 cal
Grapes - 40 cal
Pasta - 250 cal
Tea - 20 cal
Salmon and salad - 350 cal

Total - 1250 cal

I dont know if this is accurate.... sometimes I really wonder how I survive somedays with such little food. Oh well. I mean I am trying my best to keep track!

Day 8

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Back on track today! Had a good workout. My fiance even did it with me lol was he done afterwards. I was done too though. Today was a good one! The food situation was great today. No gigantic turkey dinner for me.

Food:
Cereal - 200 cal
Rice cake - 50 cal
Fruit to go - 50 cal
Subway turkey sandwich - 350 cal
Shrimp pasta - 350 cal
2 pieces chocolate - 20 cal
Pb & honey sandwich - 380 cal

Total - 1400 cal

Day 7

Absolutely NO comment. Today was horrible, probably negated my entire week of hard work. In my defense my in-laws to be were here and we ate out twice both times not at healthy options. I will work EXTRA hard this week to undo this. I did try some minor portion control methods at first but then when I realized this day was a right off I gave in. OOPs. Hopefully it does NOT negate my entire plan. I promise nothing of this sort shall happen again.

Food:
CRAP

Total - too many to count cal

Day 6

No gym, but had to clean the entire house so it was a mini workout. Food was a bit off today but still decent.

Food:
2 small Broccoli and Cauliflower paranta (Indian) - 300 cal
Small homemade yogurt - 40 cal
Tea w/ milk - 50 cal
Half banana nut muffin - 200 cal
Fish wrap - 175 cal
Toast w/ Mix veggies (Indian)- 250 cal


Total - 1100 cal (rounding up incase I forgot anything)

Day 5

Today is Friday and the end of my workout week. This means the real fun is to start. The weekends generally mean some sort of outing. This weekend is also Thanksgiving. Now we won't be celebrating with any sort of huge turkey feast but my in-laws are coming to town and we will be taking them out to dinner. I will have to find something healthy to eat somehow because I've already had a bad meal this week. Also, tonight I'm going to Cirque wooohoo! My friends want to go out after which is going to be the hardest because I will have a hard time finding something to eat and definitely can't drink. I will be strong! =) Plus I didn't really make a lunch other than a few choice snacks, so I will have to work something else - possibly Subway. I shall keep yah informed. I'm looking forward to my workout today. Since my thighs are about 75% healed I will be trying my best to do it up hard today! WOOT WOOT!

Food:
Cereal - 200 cal
Egg - 78 cal
Tea (small, no sweetner) - 30 cal
Yogurt - 80 cal
Subway turkey sandwich - 325 cal
Fruit to go - 45 cal
Bass w/ veggies - 350

Day 4

Well I feel much better today. Thank God for Bengay. The workout was the same as day 1. Hell no way I could do all those squats today, but I tried my best. So it was still a good workout. Hopefully my thighs will be better very soon so 1 can go super hard again. Eating is getting hard. There are too many temptations at school. I try to check the calorie content of food before I buy so that keeps me from buying/eating crap.

Food:
Peanut butter toast: 150 cal
Tea w/ skin milk: 50 cal
Yogurt: 70 cal
Chickpeas w/ brown rice: 300 cal
Salad w/ Chicken: 250 cal
Fruit to Go: 45 cal
Homemade veggie pizza - 275 cal
Cookie - 70 cal

Total - 1210 cal (probably underestimated)

Day 3

Kill me N0W!! 0h my poor poor thighs. I have never felt this much pain! I guess it's a good thing. But I'm pretty glad theres no gym today! Now I'm stuck in a boring class WAY Too early in the am. After class I shall go invest in some type of muscle rub...

Food:
cereal - 200 cal
Egg - 78 cal
Sandwich - 300
Grapes - 40
Brown rice and chickpeas - 400
Chicken salad w/ toast - 400
Cookie & milk - 150

Total - 1568 cal

Thighs feel okay, Bengay really does help. Gonna get a good sleep tonight because tomorrow is back at it! =)

Day 2

Wow!!! My thighs kill! Yesterday's workout absolutelY demolished me. I can barely walk. I did still workout today which wasn't too bad, but I took it a bit easier. I do wish there was more ab workouts near the start b/c by the end I'm dead! Can't wait for tomorrow's break! Jillian you need to include what to do about the killer muscle pain post-workout!

Food:
Toast w/ PB - 200 cal
Yogurt - 70 cal
Grapes - 40 cal
Sandwich - 250 cal
Salad w/ chicken - 300 cal
fruit to go - 50 cal
Shrimp fajitas - 500 cal

Total - 1410 cal

Well today was better for food even though I did eat a bigger dinner than maybe I should have but I was pretty starving and its the first time today that I really feel full and I definitely didnt eat anything that wasn't healthy or part of the recipes in the book! =) Another successful day, I may have a cup of milk before bed if I get hungry again. We shall see! =)

Day 1

I am using this blog to keep track of my efforts on the Making the Cut program by Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser. I will also be using it as a food journal. Today is day one - I'm excited but scared of the workout which I will be doing in a few hours.

Food:
Cereal w/ skim milk - 200 cal
Boiled egg - 78 cal
Yogurt - 80 cal
Almonds - 80 cal
Cauliflower - 20 cal
Small salad w/ dressing - 200 cal
Indian chic pea soup - 200
Grapes - 40 cal
Large horrible meal at restaurant - 800 cal

TOTAL = 1698 cal

most of these numbers are a guestimate some being more exact than others. I also had a cheat meal today because my mother has been planning this dinner out for a few weeks now. THis put me over by about 200 - 300 calories. Even though the book says no cheats I have decided I get one a week. I guess this was mine. The workout was INSANE! My thighs BURN, its difficult to get up and down the stairs. Tomorrow's workout is going to be a pain.