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Ok! so I've been pretty stellar about my diet . The only thing processed I've been consuming is wheat bread, oatmeal, and protein powder. And absolutely no junk food eaten so far! haha I think when I was trying out IIFYM , I gave myself the liberty to eat some junk food saying, ahh all carbs are the same. But I think my body does appreciate more natural carbs from fruits instead. Regardless, it does make me feel fresher and filled more with vitality when I eat sources straight from the earth. Also! My current morning caffeine fix is the cold brewed black coffee!  I'm liking the convenience of not having to wait for water to boil, and the sweeter notes of the coffee as well. :)) Plus it's quite nice to sip on a cold coffee on a sunny day Sun Ended May with an awesome Squat Sunday and Legs session. Mon Noticed the gym is most definitely getting busier as the days are getting longer and summer is upon us. Had a pretty decent back workout after work, but was too l...

Bloop Bloop Thurs Went to the gym to swim some laps, and generally just work on my tan while having fun. It's been years since I've swam laps in the pool. Love how our bodies have muscle memory. Since it was my last day with LA fitness, I wanted to make the most of the membership. hahah luckily Thursdays are when there's an awesome cycling instructor. His music choice is on fleek, on point (jk ugh those phrases are so cringeworthy). I was late to class, but I actually frickin stayed for the rest of 50 minutes. Felt like such a champ (especially since I was still sore from squats). Fri rest day.. But I went to Souplantation and ate for my muscles?? :) heh. Also got an awesome vanilla froyo with the works - peanuts, crumbled oreos, granola, chocolate syrup, caramel. YUM x 3. Bouquet of Dogs? I absolutely want. Sat .. laziness prevailed Just... don't. go. on. Netflix. until you're done with everything on your to-do list. Because then you could end u...

Sundays are meant for crop tops and pjs with a cup of coffee! Sunday Was pretty sore from all the working out from week 3. But decided I should go work out, especially since it was about time to wash my hair o:) -Kayla Itsines BBG week 1 legs workout -5 min cycling -sauna Monday Mondays are hard. Lately, I've been making my Mondays my rest day because, Mondays are hard . Also, it seems to be the most crowded day of the week at the gym. I've stayed away from fruits and smoothies for a while because of the carbs/sugar - a no-no for keto and low carb diets. I also read that essentially you are consuming more calories than you normally would, you gulf down the fruits in excess. To go about this, you can add more liquids, chia seeds, and veggies. That should be a quick fix. I've forgotten how much I adore smoothies! Lately, I've been drinking a smoothie a day - I think they have the power to make you happy :) Ingredients for pictured smoothie : coconut mea...

Tuesday's food journal So, my newest obsession may be   microwaved cheese crackers  :D They're made so magically and easily! I just get shredded cheese and put a thin layer onto a microwave-safe plate. Then heat it up in the microwave for about 60 seconds. It's ok when the cheese is bubbling. I let it cool down for a little so it'll be slightly crunchy when I nom into it :) Oh, today I woke up quite late and didn't workout.. BUT I was finally able to get the 2 year 24 hr fitness gym membership  from Costco. I SO missed going to the gym and squatting and lifting and getting butt gains. Also, haha today is the start of the 3rd day of not washing hair. Incredible! I am someone who absolutely loves to shower and gets grumpy when I feel oily and icky. I also workout pretty much everyday. Sometimes even twice a day. Therefore, I used to shower daily. However, during the colder periods of this winter, I noticed my hair and skin were probably being overly washed ...

Friday - Fasted cardio : week 7 of Kayla Itsines workouts. I did the whole thang and made it a Total body workout : legs, abs, arms, cardio. It was lots of burpees, sump squats, pushups, leg raises - Bfast   coach's oats with frozen fruits and activia strawberry yogurt -Lunch wheat bread sandwich with ham, gouda cheese, and avocado -Dinner pan-fried corvina fish - Snack : lots of chips :( Earlier this week I originally decided I wanted to do IIFYM/flexible dieting. I was going to try out 40C 35P 25F, because this girl wants to eat her carbs and still get abs and live that fit girl dream! However, I remembered that I bought gelatin capsules because I read that they can help with plateaus and generally have great health benefits. BUT, it seems to really jumpstart fat loss when done conjointly with a keto/low carb diet . Guess I'm back to doing keto/low carb for a bit. I ate way too many 'unhealthy' processed carbs this week anyways o:) PS: wha...

I've been having cravings for sweet things and desserty, carby stuff lately. I'm not sure if it's because I've added so much more carbs to my diet or if it's because of my impending TOM date.. I don't usually get cravings for sweet nothings. haha But I do know somehow that the less carbs I eat, the less I eventually crave it. so strange right. Although I have added more carbs to my diet, I can definitely say that at least they are 'healthier, cleaner' versions: brown rice, carby fruits, wheat bread. But for iifym that doesn't really seem to matter. A carb is a carb is a carb is a carb Current obsession is frozen banana with PB + nutella and chocolate chips. mmmm This is great substitute for ice cream but I dunno, bananas are pretty high carb so maybe I shall interchange o:)

Halloween is in two weeks. Time to hone in diet and I know keto works the fastest for me. Wish me luck :( carbs taste even better when you restrict them *Breakfast option: fruits (I am not going to take fruits out of my diet, instead I will allot myself to have them in the morning) and/or protein shake -nuts -hardboiled egg -peanut butter Avocado, egg toast Chili cucumber noodles Wedge salads Cucumber roll ups Baked parmesan zucchini Cucumber chicken salad sub wrap omelet wrap Low carb sausage bake Bean sprout "noodles" SNACK: Blue diamond almonds. smokehouse flavor is my favoriteee This is such an awesome alternative to chips, albeit it is a bit salty. However I need some flavoring in my life since I kind of eat my food on the bland side. Sometimes I feel like I don't get enough electrolytes, namely sodium, in my diet. But then of course when you eat packaged food (like even sandwich meats) ...

hehe, if you read my blog once in a while you know I have random food obsessions. This time it's: poached egg ! but more specifically MICROWAVED poached egg Gawd, poached egg is so awesome. That rich, creamy, runny yolk making love to everything it caresses. HAH here's some yolkporn  to remind you of how sexy poached eggs are (I have been too overeager to take pictures of my own yolky egg so I googled some hehe) Salmon eggs benedict Open faced poached egg sammich Oh holy moly, kiss me   poached egg burger fapfapfap. Oh but anyways, I did not know you can cook an egg in the microwave. The microwave at our house is kind of weak so I have to microwave for about 1:30 to 2 minutes, but I love this method of cooking perfect poached eggs. :) never have to wait for water to boil! On a fitness note, I have been avoiding squats for a few weeks mainly because I couldn't get over a plateau of 115 lbs and it is a little uninspiring.. But last week I ...

mm yumm. I looked in the fridge and saw portobello mushrooms so I looked for recipes on pinterest. baked eggs portobello This one intrigued me the most and I chose to do a variation. If you love mushrooms on pizza,  this is such a great low carb substitute! I had to break my yolk because the mushroom cups weren't deep enough. Then I chopped red peppers, jalapeño,  and red onions as my veggie toppings. Also added cheese of course :P' Currently, I am a bit caffeined out because I drank black coffee earlier. Too hyper to drive safely so I am currently doing pushups and ab wheels while tumblring

food network recipe ps omg. I need to make this. It's low carb, keto friendly! And that cheesy, crispyness. *drool

but I will do them one step at a time! haha how does time pass by so fast? And how come I have so many ideas to blog about when I'm being lazy on my bed, however once I feel like typing and reminiscing... I draw a blank? very strange But for now, I have overnight oatmeals in coconut on my mind. This picture shall be my inspiration.

Fajita Mmm for some reason I am craving fajitas and also sriracha mayo with broccoli. strange right?

Day 1 - LEGS, BUTT Did Fasted imaginary jumping rope while entertaining myself with Grey's Anatomy, then promptly headed to the kitchen. I woke up today craving a waffle and was so keen on making one. However, I saw that my mom had left Dried Pollock soup (Bugeoguk) in the pot and mmm, I can't just NOT eat her food. This soup is very simple but quite filling with the egg drop and some brown rice swirled into it. Yum. Apparently Bugeoguk is aka "hangover" soup in Korea. I did not know that! *sigh* I kind of pushed back my gym time and arrived at the gym around 3:45 pm. It was busy already and the bros took over the weights area. what I ended up doing for my workout: -10 min stairmaster -25 lb plate lunges 4 x 16 steps -Hip thrust 30 lbs 4 x 15 -Abductions 4 x 20 This just means that tmw's workout will be KILLER since I'll be making up for today's and also doing tmw's as well. Ahhh will definitely drink coffee before heading to gy...

Lately, I've been quite down on myself. Feeling blue you call it. I've tried to come here many times to start a post, however I didn't feel like writing anything or putting on a front. I felt so uninspired and just so.. lost. But sometimes you have to fake it to make it. My mom also told me to just smile in the mirror and tell myself that I'm lucky, that things work out. There's the well known psychology fact that smiling, even when forced, can lift up your mood. I've been smiling in the mirror, breathing while smiling while working out (maybe creepy..), and also watching funny shows and trying to literally LOL Yea it does help. Temporarily. But I still need to figure out my life. Guess I'll do it while smiling at least.   Watermelon + Kale + H20 smoothie. Yes I know, it kind of looks like I bought the drink from Starbucks. But no I didn't. I just like to reuse clear drink containers temporarily since you can see how awesome your smoothie is an...

Spring rolls are quite easy to make and they look so delectable! They are also healthy (depending what you put into them: lots of veggies most likely). I think I will continue to pack these for lunch boxes :) I used this rice paper and to make 5 spring rolls it's ~120 calories and 29.5 g carbs (not including meat and vegetables). Not bad at all. You can change up the vegetables and meats each time too: carrots cucumbers spinach lettuce cilantro avocado onions bell peppers red cabbages sprouts jicama tomato no meat tofu sausage beef chicken fish/canned tuna The sauce I like to use is hoison sauce + sriracha + a little bit of warm water. Sometimes I add peanut butter as well. Yum

I've been meaning to try out this recipe for several weeks now and I finally tried it out today. Was prolonging this recipe because I knew it would take me a long time to prep and clean up after. I was right. And it wasn't as successful as I optimistically wished it to be. But see the good in everything right? (still optimistic!) It was a nice.. cauliflower pancake-omelet-like result. Here's how I went about it with some commentary. So.. ironically I was too lazy to dig out the processor and put the parts together, therefore I just diced the cauliflower with a knife to "rice" it. It was kind of therapeutic in a way just dicing along. steamed the riced cauliflower in microwave for 7 minutes didn't like the idea of wringing out water with towel so put the steamed cauliflower in mesh strainer and pressed on cauliflower to strain most of the water out. Left it in strainer and occasionally tossed/stirred cauliflower throughout the day. (I would do what...

I think I have a pretty amazing data collection of food inspirations if I say so myself o:). OOh may I add a healthy  collection. One that I think could be so delicious, nutritious, appealing, and still not be calorically dense. However the con about that is that I forget what I have accumulated over time. I want to try to knock some off (at least one a week) my virtual to-do list. So I'm kind of having a sweet tooth yet I am too lazy to attempt the other ones that I have: I shall try to recreate a Raw banana split, so maybe watch out for that in a future post. I'm not sure the source of this picture but if it is yours and you'd like it removed please let me know. thank you. But here's how I might try to accomplish my version - soak chia seeds overnight in milk, cut a banana, and slice fruits, sprinkle granola & nuts, and if I had chocolate protein powder I'd mix that with milk or water and kind of use it like chocolate syrup. I also want to work on...

Who am I kidding... for the duration of the Insanity workouts I am basically doing the mummy kicks, jumping jacks, butt kicks, sprinting and mainly just dancing around amped on black iced coffee. It is LOADS OF FUN and not embarrassing because there's no one to see me bust my dorky moves. Plus EDM music just makes you naturally just want to jump around like an energizer bunny Speaking of naturally wanting to jump around and get into the music, Key & Peele's: Dubstep is kind of hilarious to me  insanity, workout, motivation, dance, nervo, cardio, key & peele, dubstep,  And this is what I made for dinner: Chicken boobies marinaded with oyster sauce & sriacha with homemade salsa on top/lettuce wraps

Today's mantra I must push myself to accomplish what I want. I can make excuses but it's only me that I'm cheating. Don't cheat yourself. BBB is for Back, Biceps, and BOOTY 10 min row close grip lat pulldown cable row glute bridge on ball side squat bosu with db single leg deadlift hip abduction 15 min cardio Going to feel that one everywheree :D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's very satisfying dinner Strawberry balsamic chicken breast Baked sweet potato wedges Honey mustard arugula salad with strawberries Cucumber  YUM! food, healthy, dinner, chicken, chicken breast, fresh, fruit, vegetables, sweet potato, recipe, back, biceps, butt, ass, glutes, workout, gym, exercise, fit, fitness, korean, asian, 

Monday 6/3 I forgot what I did that day, but I know I ate healthy all day except for dinner, when we grubbed at In n out. X.x for some reason everything was just salted so much and I eventually got a food coma and while browsing on my phone I drifted off to a deep slumber. JUST DON'T LIE IN BED EVEN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT so I already broke my pledge on the second day hehe That is fine, live another day Tuesday 6/4 : BEWBIES day 4 sets of 12 db flyes medicine ball pushups db bench press cable crossover cable press down and 20 minutes high intensity cycling. OMGawd, so in 19 minutes I cycled 5 miles! Remember when I cycled for an hour last time and my dumb machine said I only cycled 6 miles (lies)? hahah Yay feeling goood ALSO, I got hit on by a buff guy >_< he said he saw me walking into the gym and wanted to get to know me. I was so flustered and caught off guard but what an ego boost :D though I very awkwardly said I'm not looking and ran off *herpderp* ...