Nine days till lift off...

So, major fail. I have not been keeping up with my daily food dairy. Ha, things have been too busy for me to

have the "luxury" of doing such things. There are only nine more days till I leave SF for HNL for the Winter Break. It will be a month of family, friends, beach, GOOD food, running, and ultimate bliss. I am really looking forward to it :D

Until then I will be working my ass off on finals, presentations, etc. This week is HELL week for me; I had a series of three paintings due today for my final/critique, a project and presentation, another painting and part of my other project due tomorrow. Then on Wednesday I have a portfolio for painting due and on Thursday I have my last presentation along with a group project due. Friday will be bliss because classes end on Wed... all I have is my internship, which will be my last of the semester. After that I have one last in class final for one of my art history class and then I will be FREE as a bird.

Until then I have been distracting myself... naughty... by conjuring up a wish list:

1. PS1 Wallet

2. Gold Nixon watch and a classic everyday leather band watch

3. Clarks boots

4. Loeffler Randall rain booties

5. Gap Faux vest

6. BB Dakota Fairview Jacket

7. Haircut (In desperate need of one, it has been a year since I last got my hair cut! AHHH!)

8. The New Polaroid Camera

9. The Clare Vivier Messenger Tote in red or navy, they had a green one but it is not there anymore :(

10. The Clare Vivier Tropezienne bag in brown

There is more but I should really work on my project that is due tomorrow. My partner and I are brainstorming up a title via text. Oh the convenience of texting...

Thanks a lard.

The days following Thanksgiving are always filled with lard, just like Thanksgiving itself.

Jesus, I think I ate a months worth of food in a mere matter of four days. I feel as plump as the two day brined turkey my roommate made for Thanksgiving. If anything, I think I could have been the turkey that fed the nine mouths at Thanksgiving dinner. I did NOT keep track of what I ate for the past four days... and am pretty glad I did not because I feel that those past few days are meant to be untracked due to the holiday festivities of eating like a true American and pigging out.

Anyways, I was looking at my horoscope on Yahoo and liked what I found:

"Are you really into that new cutie, or is it just that competitive streak driving you? If you want something just because someone else does -- or because they have it -- you're not being true to your heart"

Procratinator

It has been a while since I logged in my meal entries... oh wells, here we go. I hope I can remember from Friday.

Friday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt+honey, almonds,

1/4 cup granola

1 banana

Lunch:

4 two bites choco chip cookies

1 and a half handful of grapes

1 tofu banh mi

2 pumpkin bread

Dinner:

Last Off the Grid for the season:

1 veggie dumpling

1 pork and chives dumpling

1 gourmet s'more with dark choco

1 All Star chocolate glazed old fashioned donut

Post Dinner:

2 budweiser beers

Saturday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt +honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch/Snack:

1 chocolate nutella crepe from Squat and gobble

couple of potato bites from a friend

Watched Harry Potter!

Snack:

An apple

Dinner:

Kalbi, rice, kimchee and curry!

Post Dinner:

3 Budlights

1/2 shot of Capt. Morgan

Sunday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

I forgot what I ate...

Grocery Shopping

Dinner:

Made Korean Spicy Rice Cakes

1 cup broccoli

Handful of cheezeits

Monday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

1 cup broccoli

Workout:

Went to Intermediate Ashtanga Yoga

Dinner:

Spinach Salad w/

Tofu

1 med tomato

some sort of dessert

Handful of cheezeits

Tuesday:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt + honey,

1/4 cup granola

almonds

1 banana

Lunch:

1 Orwitz thin sandwich buns w/

honey and banana slices

Handful of cheezeits

Grapes

Snack:

A Fuji apple

Dinner:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

Broccoli

4 mini slices of a skinny Acme Baguette w/ PB, honey, and NUTELLA!

No Workout

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

1 Orwtiz thin sandwich buns toasted w/

PB and honey,

Nutella

1 Banana

2 mini Baguette slices, which equals to about one regular slice

Lunch:

Spicy Korean Rice Cakes

Broccoli

handful of cheezeits

Workout:

Going to Intermediate Ashtanga Yoga

This past weekend my friend, K from home came to visit me and another one of our friend who lives in SF too. K goes to school in Seattle and brought along her two other friends from her college. It was a nice and eventful weekend. I did more drinking than I would have liked, past the point of actually enjoying each sip of my beer, but w.e., we only live once and I am a college student. Today I didn't have class because Thanksgiving is tomorrow so no class for five days, counting Sat. and Sun. For Thanksgiving a couple of my girlfriends and I will be having lunch and then for dinner I will be going to my roommate, A's sisters house to have a nice traditional Thanksgiving dinner with his family. I cannot wait to dig it! :D Alright, time to get ready for yoga!

Beautiful Losers.

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt +

1 banana

couple of almonds

handful of granola

honey

Lunch:

handful spinach

tofu!

1 med tomato

1 egg, scrambled w/ mushrooms and tomatoes

ketchup

Snack/Dinner:

4 pieces of pumpkin bread... yeah I know, thats a lot. hahaha, but they aren't loaded with calories

Workout:

35 mins of walk + run combo at the gym.

Late Dinner:

Tofu+mushrooms

frozen grapes

1 piece of pumpkin bread.

I can't help it. I LOVE pumpkin bread, LOVE it.

- Update -

I forgot about Tuesday:

Breakfast:

Lucky Charms

Soy milk

Snack:

The top of a chocolate donut

My teacher brought the whole class donuts for us to eat while watching "Biography: Sesame Streets" :D

Lunch:

Half a sausage sandwich w/

a slice of cheese on wheat bread

A small salad w/

tofu, mushrooms, tomatoes, beets, eggs

Snack:

TJ choco cat crackers

grapes

Dinner:

Fage yogurt + honey, granola, almonds

Plate of grapes and bananas

1 serving salmon

Dessert: Pineapple frangipane/ tart

I scream for ice cream!

Today, I only had one class, painting. After painting my roommates and I went to deal with paying the

rent in which I went to turn in to our landlord. On my way home I stopped by Toyboat, which is a cute dessert and food store. Due to the bipolar weather, here in San Francisco (today was 80 degrees) I decided to get some ice cream because it has been a while since I treated myself to some. I got half a scoop of mint chocolate chip and chocolate peanut butter in a sugar cone. My oh my, it was damn good and hit the spot, especially on a rather hot day today. It felt just like home... which I will be in exactly a month from now. :D

Anyways, here is my meal list for today:

Breakfast:

Lucky Charms Cereal with Soy Milk

A couple of apple and pear slices

Lunch:

The ice cream cone, in which the kind man behind the counter was very generous with (portion wise)

I am still stuffed from the ice cream so I probably won't eat until an hour or so from now.

- Update -

Lunch:

Half a sun dried tomato bagel with

1 egg, scrambled with mushrooms and green onions

ketchup + honey mustard

2 handfuls of spinach

1 med. tomato

Snack/ Dinner:

1 small English Crumpet

w/ butter and honey

a few slices of an apple and asian pear

15 (1 serving) of TJ low fat choco cat crackers

I am currently at work as a gallery sitter in my school's library. I just sit here for three hours and browse who comes in and out and make sure no one steals or touches anything. It is a pretty relaxed job in which I can catch up on my homework or browse the internet.

People watching is a hobby (sounds creepy, but really it isn't) of mine and I like this job because it entails that I people watch the whole three hours without having to feel shameful or embarrassed when people catch me looking at them. ha.

St. Vincent de Paul

So, today I went to St. Vincent de Paul and did my service learning there with my group partner, A. We hold art classes/sessions once a week on Sundays for the homeless. It is great because it gives them something to do on a Sunday afternoon. Rather than being bored and sitting around watching T.V. they can make art with pencils, watercolors, charcoals, crayons, etc. Everyone is really nice and want to meet A and me. So far, I have made a lot of friends whom I see every Sunday :) Meeting everyone and talking to them has made me realize how much I take for granted and that I should be more thankful for what I perceive as daily necessities. Even privacy, I should be thankful for that, because none of the residents at St. Vincent de Paul get any sort of privacy. Today, we let them have another free session, which A and I figured they like because then they are allowed free creativity flow to make whatever they want. Aside from that we gave them the option to make hand turkeys in honor of Thanksgiving. One of the residents made a very beautiful and colorful turkey, it was so lively! He used purple, red, blue, green... and almost every color from the sixteen count Crayola Crayons. I kind of wish I could have kept it, keke.

Anyways, here is what I had for my meals today:

Breakfast:

1 cup Fage yogurt w/ honey

1/2 cup dried blueberries

1/2 cup almonds

1 handful of granola

1 med banana

1 handful of grapes

1 cup of tea

Lunch:

Didn't get the chance to eat and even after getting home I have not gotten hungry yet, breakfast has been holding me over for a solid four hour +. But for the sake of getting something in me I ate a tangerine.

- Update -

Went to the gym and did a walk/run combo for 45 minutes.

Dinner:

Oroweat Sandwich Thin with

1 scrambled egg with mushrooms, a handful of spinach, a whole med. tomato and some ketchup.

1 fistful serving size of Salmon

Dessert:

1/2 an Apple

1/2 a HUGE Asian Pear w/ lihing mui powder

1 serving of TJ low fat choco cat crackers

1 piece of Godiva milk chocolate truffle

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I decided to keep a food diary online because typing is faster than writing. I have been reading health articles left and right and finally decide to give in and start a food diary. Partially because most of the "experts" in the articles recommend that logging what I have consumed everyday will help me to track what I have been eating and then go in and try to substitute the unhealthy foods with better options. At first I thought it was kind of ridiculous but then decided, "what the heck, I should give it a try, won't hurt me." So here it goes:

Breakfast:
1 cup Fage yogurt
1/3 cup dried blueberries
1/3 cup almonds
1/2- 1 cup granola
A cup of cold peppermint tea
A cup of hot green tea

Lunch:
A "Junior" burger, which was more like an adult serving... maybe x2
(with 4 ketchup packets, 1 mustard packet, pickles, onions, and shredded lettuce.)
Hand full of almonds, dried blueberries, and TJ cat choco crackers.

Went for an hour long walk in Golden Gate Park with my friend.

Dinner:
Haven't got that far yet... I am still full and might just take something to eat while watching a musical my friend is in tonight.

Alright, I should go do something productive, like work on my painting projects and get ready!

- Updated -

Dinner:

2 handfuls of spinach

1 med tomato

1 Tbsp hummus

1 cup Fage yogurt + granola, almonds, blueberries, & honey

Snack:

2 handfuls TJ low fat choco cat crackers

1 handful of Japanese arare.

1 cup of green tea