10 Pounds Challenge - My Day to Day Food Diary

I decided to start this challenge for myself since my weight has been adding up the past few months. I want to be fit, healthy, and productive as much as possible. I tried many methods of diet such as running in the morning, eating tofu everyday, and taking diet pills, and none of them really worked or at least i was not able to continue...

Okay. That last photo was taken in 2018 but i don't have a better picture. You can see my last Facebook post which is the most recent.

I mean, who wants to exercise or limit their food options when your exhausted after work. If you have the time and energy, good for you. You don't even need to read this blog omg! I'm joking, if you have a great diet idea that works, please share on the comments below. I would really appreciate that. 

But if your someone like me who's a foodie who loves exploring new restaurants and don't exercise at all, its difficult to cut that weight down. Its shocking that I've gained almost 20 pounds since i moved here in NY. No one probably notice! (Cause i'm good in hiding my fats) One excuses is there are more places to visit since i live in a new place, two is the portions are pretty big in the U.S. I don't want to waste my food so ill end up eating the entire plate.. or giving it to my husband. Haha thanks Yu. 

I would consider myself as 'skinny fat' meaning i look skinny but i'm actually fat inside. Just like 3 months pregnant. But seriously, my pants has been tight so i had to wear selective clothes that are much loose. But why 10 pounds challenge if i gained 20? Well that's because I don't want to set my goal too high or else i will end up being lazy. So its a good start point. 

What i'm going to do is i will write down what i ate each day and track my weight. It will be embarrassing if i don't lose any weight that's why i made it public so that i can motive myself to really make a change. It will be rewarding if it really works! I will also write what works and what doesn't for me. So stay with me until the end! 

DAY 1 (7/21/19)

Breakfast: 2 slow cook fried eggs

Lunch:       Carbonara and burger sharing, around 3pm (yepp i haven't started my diet yet. It was the best burger i ever had! And i will write the details on my food blog)

Dinner:      None (cause i was full from all that carbs)

Exercise:   20 squat, 50 bicycle kicks, 50 flutter kicks

Result: 53.5 kg (118 lbs) 

Day 2 (7/22/19)

I felt my tummy was a bit smaller but it might be my imagination

Breakfast: Greek yogurt and banana, black coffee (bye bye my love of latte)

Lunch: Packed lunch of Coq Au Vin, French dish - yummy! (i drank a glass of water before eating so i was already full)

Coq Au Vin - 3hr cook time :O

Snacks: Orange and 2 pieces of chocolate nuts (there was a chocolate chip cookie and an orange in the office kitchen and i proudly grabbed the orange. I made it. 

Drank lots of water! And green tea after lunch. (This made me full the entire time so no cravings 

Dinner: Tuna salad and boiled egg 

Exercise: 50 flutter kicks, 10 back arm, attempt to plunk but realize soar so decided to just stretch

Result: 52.4 kg (115.5 lbs) 

DAY 3 (7/23/19)

Breakfast: Apple, black coffee, English breakfast tea 

Lunch: Coq Au Vin and tofu

Snacks: Green tea 

Dinner: 2 artichokes, 2 tiny cream puff, 1 bread with different cheese and salami, 1 chocolate, 1 glass of red wine (today is wine & cheese Tuesday at the office. Cannot resist!)

Exercise:  Followed the "Ultimate abs & core 20 minutes routine for beginners" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGgh4UtAfRY

Result: 52.8 kg (116.4 lbs)

I think the weight went back up because of the sweets and cheese that i ate. I guess this is my cheat day for the week. But i try to eat a little bit when its the no-no food.

DAY 4 (7/24/19)

Breakfast: 2 rice crackers, latte, English breakfast tea

Lunch: Yoshinoya Gyudon (frozen food)

Snacks: Grapes, wasabi pea's, banana chips 

Dinner: 1/2 bowl of pork noodle (other half gave to my husband)

Exercise: My body is sore, rest day

Results: 53 kg (116.8 lbs)

Today was a bit tiring so end up eating outside. By the time i am home its 10 pm, went to bed and sleep

DAY 5 (7/25/19)

Breakfast: Banana, ice coffee

Lunch: 2 sliced of pizza (company presentation)

Dinner: 2 sliced of pizza, little calamari, little french fries, 3 cocktails (company rooftop party) 

Exercise: My body is sore, rest day 2

Went home around 10:30 pm and slept

Results: Forgot to check

DAY 6 (7/26/19)

Breakfast: Black coffee

Lunch: Some meat and veggie curry my husband made

Dinner: Family style Korean spare ribs, kimchi soup, pork, cocktail

Exercise: None, exhausted

Results: 52 kg (114.64 lbs)

DAY 7 (7/27/19)

Breakfast: None

Lunch: French yogurt, 2 sunny side egg, ice coffee

Snacks: None

Dinner: (Friend's farewell party)

Results:

So far what i notice is i always plan and think about what to eat ahead. Say when i ride a subway to work i think what to eat for breakfast. Should i drink coffee with milk today or just tea? I haven't eaten breakfast, do i deserve a snack? Sometimes even im not hungry, because i think about it, i feel like, should i eat? I want to stop think about it and focus on something else.

On the weekdays its difficult to continue exercising. Once i get home im exhausted and tend to go to bed within two hours. I try to write everything when im on the subway home so i won't forget what i ate today. It's self consciousness, you'll realize if you ate too much or not.

I don't have a strict diet but i try not to over eat. I still eat sweets or carbs but just few comparing to how i used to eat.

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To be continued!

Ill keep adding as i go, and hope to lose weight for real. Let me know if you guys have any suggestion, ill try and post it here if it works or not. See you in a bit!

The progressive diet blog was an idea from my colleague! Thanks Angel for suggesting this! Looking forward to a productive week!!