We’re done!

Thank you to everyone who gave Tai and I their support and encouragement.

30 days later I realize how hard it is to be a vegetarian, and I am glad that I did this challenge. However, I do intend to have a much deserved burger for dinner tonight :)

Lots of love and veggie delights,

from your no longer vegetarian friend,

Kristen

Kristen is Sorry…

I’ve been gone for sooo long! Sorry!

 

 

Tai: Day 20 - 25

Kristen: Day 21- Day 22

Hello everyone!

 

Day 21:

Breakfast:

Piece of Toast

 

Lunch: N/A

 

Dinner:

A Spoonful of Kung Pow Tofu (eh, not that great)

Rice

 

Dessert:

Sugar Cookie

 

Day 22:

 

Breakfast:

Hash Browns

Cereal

 

Lunch:

1/2 Qdoba Cheese quesadilla

Dr Pepper

 

Dinner:

Cereal

 

Dessert:

Sugar Cookie

Kristen: Day 19- Day 20

Hello everyone!

So again, I’m still not eating a whole bunch right now but it should pick up soon.

Breakfast:

• Cereal

 

Lunch:

• N/A

 

Dinner:

• Mashed Potatoes
• Rice

 

Dessert:

• Sugar Cookies

 

Day 20:

Day 20 was my Anniversary with Josh so we went out for dinner and a movie :)

 

Breakfast:

• Cereal
• Hashbrowns

Lunch:

• N/A

 

Dinner:

• 1/2 Belgian Waffle (Shari’s)
• 1 Dr. Pepper

 

Dessert:

• Sugar Cookies

 

Thanks for reading guys!

As this is getting closer and closer to ending I’m already planning what my first meal will be when I can have meat again. This was a great test, but I’m really not digging it anymore. Haha

Love,

Kristen

Kristen Day 17-18

Hey guys, I think I may end up doing these in 2 day increments from now (who knows).

 

Day 17:

Breakfast

• Hash browns
• Iced tea

Lunch

• Peanut Butter Sandwich
• Handful of Doritos
• Carrots

Dinner:

• Cheese Pizza (2 1/2 slices)

 

Day 18:

Breakfast:

• Hash Browns

Lunch:

• N/A

Dinner:

• Cereal

 

Dessert:

• Chocolate Chip Cookies (homemade) :)

 

Alright guys, that it. I really haven’t eaten a lot of anything lately (like I said before) because my throat is in a lot of pain :(

Lots of love,

Kristen

Tai: Day 9 - 19...

Kristen: Day 15 and 16

Day 15:

 

Dinner:

• Rice

 

Day 16:

 

Breakfast:

• Hash browns
• Iced Tea

 

Lunch:

• Didn’t have any

 

Dinner:

• Egg and Cheese Sandwich

Dessert:

• Ginger Ale

 

Again I’m not really eating a lot, but hopefully that’ll change soon.

Kristen: Day 12-Half of Day 15

I can’t really keep my thoughts cohesive when I’m sick so I did a video for you.

Sorry for getting off track again!

 

Boo sickness.

 

http://livetheoutspokenlife.blogspot.com/2011/06/trip-to-lincoln-city.html

Kristen: Day 9- 11

Hey blog readers, I’m sorry Tai and I have both been absent lately, but we’ve both had some super busy days. So, to combat that, I’m just going to add the past few days together into one post. However, I promise that I’m going to be back on schedule :)

 

Day 9:

Breakfast:

• Hash browns
• Cheerios
• Iced Tea

Dinner:

• Fettuccine Alfredo
• Breadsticks

Snacks:

• Baby Carrots
• Triscuits

 

Day 10:

Breakfast:

• Cheerios

Lunch:

• Peanut Butter Sandwich
• Triscuits
• Baby Carrots

Dinner:

• Fries
• Cheese quesadilla
• Taco Bell Cheesy Nachos (chips and cheese)

 

Day 11:

Breakfast:

• Cheerios

 

Lunch/ Dinner:

• Mo’s Grilled Cheese
• Mo’s Fries
• Dr. Pepper

Snacks:

• Orange Soda
• Three Musketeers Bar
• Triscuits

 

Okay guys there it is! I will be back on track tomorrow I promise!

Tai: Day 8

Ello everyone!

Soo my day was pretty decent. :) Woke up at 7am to do some early morning preaching work. I grabbed some Taco Bell for breakfast.. DID YOU KNOW!?! That Taco Bell has this thing, called the "Fresca" menu, where it's a bit more of a healthier alternative??
I  mean, I certainly don't know "how" much more healthier, but it does taste more safer for me to eat.

• I grabbed some nachos.. just tortilla chips, and cheese
• AND a bean/cheese burrito. 
• I know, I know, a bit unhealthy for my bowels, but OH WELL. ;)

Went out on the west side/Hillsboro/Beaverton side this whole day. :)
You do not know HOW MANY times we stopped for a potty break or a pit stop.. In total, we stopped FOUR TIME just because someone needed to pee... gosh.. darn pee-ers. xD

GRabbed some lunch at Safeway.. I ate from their asian lunch thing...

• Some Chow Mein (without the chicken..)
• some veggies stirfry.. :)
• WATER! a 24oz electrolyte water bottle..... In other words, EXPENSIVE WATER.

Let's see, my day ended with a veryvery nice and long conversation with the lovely Kristen Shafer. :)
I miss her...
While talking to her, I was eating my homemade salad....
It consisted of:

• Fried diced Tofu!
• Baby Spinach
• Cucumbers
• Pickles
• Avocados
• Tomatoes
• AND Gelatin free Ranch. :)

AND!! I added half a slice of a cheese bagel. I chopped up the bagel into pieces. :)

Well, that was my day!
-Tai

Tai: Day 7

Good late night everyone!
As you probably know, I'm trying SOO freaking hard to catch up.. :)

Okay! Woke up at 9:30 am to start my homework. I had a freshmen portfolio I needed to finish, and submit.. I also had to pull an non-existent essay outta my butt for Sustainability. It's basically a reflection.

Had breakfast at 11:30 am. Ate some more of my special salad I make. :)
It consisted of:

• Fried diced Tofu!
• Baby Spinach
• Cucumbers
• Pickles
• Avocados
• Tomatoes
• AND Gelatin free Ranch. :)

Oh yeah.. :)


I just love it. :)

I did sneak in two bananas throughout my day of homework, and cleaning the house..

Dinner snuck around at 7:30 pm, and I had some delicious spaghetti, but with macaroni noodles.. I'm not a big fan of string noodles/linguini, and so I added some mac noodles in. The sauce was made from Prego spaghetti sauce, and since my family like our spaghetti a bit sweet, we always reseason the sauce. We add a bit of onions, garlic, and rosemary... and we add some extra flour to thicken up the runny sauce. Added some parmesan cheese for a sexy flavor. ;) Yes.. i did say sexy..

And that was my day! The food wasn't unappetizing. :) I love it all.

Well, see you soon!
-Tai 

Tai: Day 6

Hey guys! :)

Alright, sooo let me just recap QUICKLY on my past four days of eating..

Monday was a really good day. I was very excited and motivated about this diet, and the day went along pretty well.

I had a final that day, so I had to go to school. I didn't really catch breakfast, but I had brunch, and it was amazing.

My final on Monday was just to come to class, and watch our final documentary videos that we were assigned to make. :)

If you have the chance, WATCH MY VIDEO!

Now that I still have your attention, my brunch was actually served in class. :) We as a WHOLE class ordered three pizzas from Hot Lips. Hot Lips is a sustainable (I believe) pizzeria. We ordered TONS of vegetarian food, and I was in COMPLETE and PURE BLISS.

I ate:

• A rectangle/square pizza that was some dough, and tomato, herb, paste.. sauce.. 
• it was like.. breadsticks that were already dipped in sauce... but BETTER
• Some asparagus pizza.. FREAKING AMAZING
• I just want to say, that I LOVE LOVE LOVE herbs, and what affect that have on food.. thank the lord.

And that was my brunch.. it was amazing, and I definitely had more than one slice. About five slices of the square pizza (it was pretty darn small), and three slices of asparagus pizza.

I would like to thank the loving and caring friends I have in class that got me some pizza before I even came to class.. I came to class late. <3

Afterwards, I headed home to do my house chores, and start a an FREAKING HUGE assignment/final that was due the next day..

Came home to eat some more (if you read the past blogs entries...) tofu and rice veggies stirfry.

I don't know why, but I'm like in love with tofu. I mean, I don't understand why people don't take much of a like to it as I do.. :P Maybe because I've been eating it my whole life?

Oh well.. so that was my daily food consumption..

Water? I had about two 24oz water bottles today.. I think I deserve more water, I was just lazy.. and didn't drink any. xD

snacks? I ate an apple, and about 7 macadamia kisses... and a pear. :)

See you in my next post!

-Tai

Kristen: Day 8

Okay guys, yesterday was the day I had my follow up for my ears, and I’m happy to say that they’re good as new! :)

I have to say that I know my food intake is pretty much the same everyday, but it’s just because its all convenient.

Food Diary:

 

Breakfast:

• 2 Hash browns
• Iced Tea

 

Lunch:

• Spinach Salad
• Triscuit Hint of Salt

 

Dinner:

• Stir-Fry:
• Veggies
• Cooking Cream
• Rice

Dessert:

• Applesauce

 

Sorry this is so short, but there wasn’t anything to say from yesterday. Ha-ha

Lots of Love,

Kristen

Kristen: Day 7- First week check in!

Hey blog readers, it’s already been a week! It’s so bizarre to think that last Tuesday I was eating burgers and turkey, and now I’m checking my food labels for gelatin and anchovies (Both are made of animals).  I have to say that even though I do miss those things, I really don’t miss waking up and feeling sluggish or gross. I love waking up quick, and feeling alert.

I love feeling light after eating and my head isn’t always hurting anymore!I cant wait to start working out with Stephanie, and get back to running. I’m stoked to start exercising and really feeling better.

*I’ve decided not to always put down calories. I’m going to keep tracking them (See below for my favorite apps) but I don’t want that to be the focus of these posts*

Food Diary for Tuesday June 7th (Day 7)

Breakfast:

• 2 Oven Baked Hash browns
• 1- 8oz cup of Tea

Lunch:

• Spinach Salad
• Triscuit Hint of Salt

Dinner:

• 1/2 Bowl of Cheerios cereal
• 1/2 Almond poppy seed muffin

I went to the choir concert last night and was super late so I didn’t really get to eat dinner.. Ooops :/

And as an added treat I wanted to tell you guys which (free) iPod/ iTunes apps I’m using on my journey:

• My Fitness Pal
• Spark People
• Shop List Free
• Keeping your shopping lists organized will make sure you don’t buy anything you don’t need/ won’t eat
• Shape Up (Shape Up Club)

I really like all of these for calorie counting because some don’t recognize specific foods, so I use a different one to find the calories and generally add it to My Fitness Pal (Which is currently my favorite).

Thank you all for reading the blog for a week now… keep reading! We’ve still got 3 weeks to go! :)

Happy one week Anniversary blog readers!

- Kristen

Kristen: Day 6

Okay guys, yesterday was probably the best dinner I have ever made! I didn't do too much during the day, but I definitely loved dinner.

Breakfast:

• 1/2 Chocolate muffin- 345 calories
• 1 Strawberry smoothie- 120 calories

Lunch:

• Baby Spinach Salad- 76 Calories
• 1 Biscuit

Dinner:

• 1 Package Buitoni Whole Wheat Three Cheese Tortellini- 330 calories (HOLY CHEESE! )
• However, this is still healthy because there were 16g of protein. That’s insane!
• Bertoni Alfredo sauce- 110 calories
• 2 plain Breadsticks- 54 Calories

So yummy!!!!


This dinner took me 15 minutes to make, and was under $10! Plus it was healthy!


 Dessert:

• 1. 5 Cups Popcorn- 53 calories

Total Count: 1213 Calories

I have to say that our dinner meal will be a staple in Josh and I’s weekday meals :)

How was your day yesterday?
Kristen

Tai: Day 5

Let's see, after the concert, I went home and slept for 5 hours before having to wake up at 7 am for early morning (preaching) service..

It was a nice morning though. Went to Starbuck's for breakfast (DEFINITELY not my choice). I grabbed a Chonga Bagel with cream cheese. If you haven't tried a chonga bagel yet, TRY ONE. It's a bagel with sesame seeds, cheese, and all sorts of herbs. ^-^ Delicious..

Oh.. and I grabbed a Grande Vanilla Bean Frappucino..
Yes, I was bad today.. -____-"

Service continued for the rest of the day, but I went and grabbed another snack at the Bipartisan coffee shop later that morning. I grabbed a Garlic bagel and hummus for lunch.

It was VERY good. I love the coffee shop here.

The only weird thing that happened to me was that the bathrooms were classified with political party animals.. Either an elephant or a donkey..

I'm not part of a political party, but I picked the elephant because elephants are cute. :3

Dinner came around quicker than I realized.. I ate a Vietnamese pancake. It had beans, bean sprouts, the pancake mix, onions, onion straws.. I chose not to put any meat or shrimp inside.. (boooeeeyyy).

My exercise for the day was playing hide and seek with lightning in the background and bats flying around outside. It's a recreational form of exercise. (; Running, and sprinting.. and more running.

Drank another Arizona Tea today. It was Raspberry Tea flavor.. I'm not going to mention the Calories details.. lol. Three 16 oz of water today. :)

Well... see you tomorrow!
-Tai

Tai: Day 4

Haha so I guess it's a lot easier for Kristen and I to post our posts the day after. :)
We're both lazy.. Well, we're still posting, but it's such easier..

Okay, so I've been a bit bad these past few days. I've skipped breakfast. Yes, I know that that's bad, and don't give me the lecture about maintaining your body, and how it's good for your brain and such.. such.. ramble.. ramble... *sigh* I have reasons.. :P

Okay, so went to meeting in the morning at 10 am, and then left meeting at 12:30 to head to lunch. This was a tough lunch for me because we decided to go to Subway, and get lunch.. I was hoping they had a substitute for meat like tofu, or a garden burger (something), but all they had was the Veggie Delight. I was SOO torn. That's just VEGGIES in a sandwich. So we went to Subway, and I ordered the Veggie Delight with pepper jack cheese. What's nice was instead of getting meat, and cheese on ONE side of the bread, they gave me cheese on BOTH sides of the bread! :D I asked for: Lettuce, LOTSA olives, banana peppers, pickles, onions, cucumbers and guacamole (they're in season). To top off the sandwich, I added light mayonnaise, sweet onion sauce, and chipotle southwest. Oh! And I got a soup on the side.. I ordered the cream brocoli soup.. (thingy).

So in the end, the sandwich tasted pretty good. It tasted regular! I usually get the Spicy Italian sandwich, but this time it felt like I had meat in the sandwich already.. So I'm guessing I was never able to taste the meat in the Spicy Italian that I usually ordered.. I'm happy with the sandwich. :)

Later that day I went to go see BRUNO MARS in concert at Portland, so my best friend and I headed down to the Rose Garden (that area) and hung out.. We bought some Starbuck's. She drank a non-sweetened Mint Iced Tea, and I drank two Venti sized cups of water. :P

It was pretty hot out (90 degrees), so we were both thirsty like crazy.

Plus, waiting outside for two and a half hours in a FREAKING LONG line didn't help the situation.. But! I did get a tan, and I'm pretty happy with that. <3

The concert was amazing, and on the way back on the Max, we were starving, so our friend picked us up, and we went out for some late night dinner. I ordered a small fries at Jack in the Box, and a Side Salad. The Side Salad had iceberg and romaine lettuce blend, with cucumbers, shredded carrots, grape tomatoes and seasoned croutons served with Ranch dressing. It was alright for a late dinner..

Went home and slept the night away...

Night!
-Tai

Kristen: Day 5

Okay guys, I’m sorry that I got off track, but yesterday was both JR’s birthday and the day he left for a business trip so I didn’t have time to actually write this out.

Warning: Sunday’s are my eat whatever days (if I have them), because I know I’ve been good all week. Yes I know that I eat gross stuff on Sundays, but it happens to everyone.

Yesterday’s diary:

Breakfast:

• 1/2 Almond poppy seed muffin- 190 cal.
• Strawberries- 20 cal.
• 1 Biscuit- 127 cal.

 

Lunch:

• 1 Biscuit (they’re my weakness)- 127 cal.
• Baby spinach salad- 74 cal.

 

This is where it gets really unhealthy

 

Dinner:

• Medium Dr Pepper- 200 cal.
• Medium Natural Cut Frie- 420 cal. (EEEWWWW)
• Medium Frosty- 340 cal.

Total for the day: 1498 calories

 

Exercise for the day was gardening again so my end total is:

1498 cal. - 183 cal. burned= 1315 calories total

 

My water consumption was about 10 cups for the day.

 

There it is, I’m finally up to speed! :)

Thank you all for reading and I hope you have a great week,

Kristen

Kristen: Day 4

Hey bloggers, this is a day late I’m sorry! On days that Josh is over I will post my entry on the following day (if that makes sense). (SORRY IT’S SO LATE!)

Yesterday I didn’t really do much except go to a Christie family barbeque and play my first game of Apples to Apples, which I lost. Karen, Josh’s mom, is really awesome at that game.

Diary for the day:

 

Breakfast:

• 1/2 almond poppy seed muffin- 190 cal.
• Strawberries- 20 cal.
• Ice Tea- 80 cal.

Lunch:

• Spinach salad
  • Baby spinach- 26 cal.
  • Lite ranch dressing- 20 cal.
  • Sunflower seeds- 23 cal.
  • Shredded cheese- 25 cal.

 

Dinner:

• Garden burger- 100 cal.
• Burger buns- 220 cal. (this seems really high)
• Slice of cheddar cheese- 113 cal.
• Ketchup- 20 cal.
• Coke zero- o cal.
• Iced Tea- 160 cal.

 

Dessert:

• Cookie dough ice cream- 160 cal.

My total for the day was around 1200-1300 calories

 

I also swung on the CHristie’s new swing set for a while, but I don’t think I burned many calories. Oh well.

Stay tuned for the post for today, the 6th. On Sundays I eat really badly haha

 

Lots of love,

Kristen

Kristen: Day 3

Hello blog readers.

I’m actually posting this on Day 4 because I didn’t have time to last night. Sorry!
Meanwhile, yesterday went amazing.

I:

• Replanted my garden into 2 beds
• got my mint into a pot
• got my strawberry into a separate pot
• drove my parents to the store
• went to the Christie’s for movie night
• Got invited to a barbeque tonight :)
• Had my first homemade chocolate chip cookie in a while
• Had half of it eaten by a dog :( He snatched it out of my mouth!

All in all it was a productive day, and my quads are sore because of it!


Breakfast:

1/2 Almond Poppy Seed Muffin- 190 calories
Wheat Bread (toast)- 240 calories
Carnation Instant Breakfast- 130 calories




How much muffin I had left… Haha


Lunch:

Grilled Cheese on wheat- 200 calories
Celery w/ creamy peanut butter- 200 calories



Dinner:

2/3 Baked potato- 70 calories

• 1 tsp. sour cream- 20 calories
• 1 tsp. cheese- 25 calories

Spinach Salad- 26 calories

• 1/2 tbsp. Ranch- 20 calories
• 1/2 tbsp. sunflower seeds-  23 calories

Dessert:

Strawberry Smoothie- 140 calories
1 1/2 chocolate chip cookies (Ruger’s fault)- 165 calories

Which brings my total to: 1452 calories

My exercise for the day was
Shoveling dirt: 479 calories (for 45 minutes of work)

This seems really high to me but I checked everything a couple times and it added up to the same thing.

Gardening: 183 calories
Total: 662 calories burned

The dirt I shoveled








Luckily I don’t burn that many calories everyday or I’ll need to start taking in more.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great day yesterday and has a great day today.

Lots of love and happy plants,
Kristen

Tai: Day 3

Before I forget!!

My lunch/breakfast.. BRUNCH today was a bowl of salad. :)
It consisted of:

• Fried diced Tofu!
• Baby Spinach
• Cucumbers
• Pickles
• Avocados
• Tomatoes
• AND Gelatin free Ranch. :)
  

Oh yeah.. :)

Headed out for to go preaching with my friend for the afternoon, and grabbed some delicious Kim Bap. Kim Bap is a korean dish that's basically their version of sushi. This Kim Bap I usually eat is vegetarian..
Kim Bap (or Gimbap) is a sushi like dish that contains rice, protein-rich ingredietns, and a large variety of vegetables (pickled, roasted or fresh). I bought my dish at Pal-Do Market on Foster in Portland.

My Kim Bap contained rice, eggs (YUM), cucumbers, spinach, carrots, and danmuji (pickled radish). It's seriously delicious, so if you guys have time, go pick it up at a Korean supermarket..

Here's a picture I took! :D

SOOO DELICIOUS.

Oh! I also had an Arizona Green Tea. :] 90 Calories per 8 oz.. I drank a 24 oz.. so 270 Calories in.. O-O
Dear god.. darn those companies and their tricky labels..

Also I drank three 16 oz water bottles.. refilled from my "eco-friendly" canteen. 

Came home, and had an apple. :)
Dinner:

• Small bowl of rice
• Tofu stir fry
• This dish is considered a "monk" food, because monks don't eat meat.. T___T
• It contained:
• Tofu
• Squash (I have noo clue what kind.. it's purple squash)
• Carrots
• Green beans
• I feel like there should be more, but I can't recall..

Soo that's what I ate for the day. It was soo hot that I couldn't stop "glistening".. I need to hit the gym soon. I miss my dance classes already. 

Well, I'll see you guys soon!

-Tai

Tai: Day 2

Soo I've figured that maybe it's best that I post after each day. Does that make sense? :P So I'll post my blogpost the next day rather than posting on the day of my dieting. It's easier for me to contemplate what to write, and to think about what I ate..

Alright! So I woke up yesterday morning at 6:15 am. :] School starts at 8:00 am, but I need to shower, do my make-up (NOT), and take the Max Light-Rail to School... So we left the house at 6:35 am, and I took the Max Light-Rail at 6:50 am..

Got to school at 7:45 am, and went straight to Smith Union Memorial Hall to work on my class work. :P It's dead week at school, so everyone's studying away..

I needed to pull out two essays and a website by next week for class... OH! And STUDY for my Math final..
But instead, I worked on my photoproject...

Left Smith Union at 9:45 am to head on over to the Peter Stott Center for Hip Hop. We had our Hip Hop showcase today. :) It was amazing.. I'll post a video of that sometime soon..

So there you have it, I had an hour of Hip Hop (workout) at 10 am, another hour of Zumba (workout) at 11 am, and then I went to class..

Well, I grabbed few snack before. :)
I ate: a banana, and an apple.

Class started at 12:30 pm, and didn't end until 3 pm... so I didn't have time for lunch yet. BUT! I did drink three 16 oz water bottles that morning before lunch..

Headed off to lunch at Happy Kitchen (Chinese Restaurant...). I ate a plate of Chow Mien (or is it Low Mien??)... with no meat, or meat sauce, or oil that's been cooked with meat..
It was SOO tempting to not just try a piece of chicken.. -_______-"

Headed over to my Jazz dance class (workout) for TWO hours, and sweated my butt off... I'm going to miss my dance classes.. ): Yesterday was my last day of dancing..

I seriously need to find another medium of working out this summer.. Probably more dancing though.

I was thinking about taking the Hip Hop at school this summer, but I'm still thinking about it. :P I don't know if I'll even have time for it.. Hmmmmm..

Headed home, and ate 1 cup and 1/2 of rice with a few fried up pieces of tofu. I think that's my weakness. :) Tofu. I seriously love it, so I think I'll be good eating tofu for this dieting... Oh! And you can't forget the soy sauce.. Asians LOVE soy sauce.

Well.. that's it! :)

I'll see you guys tomorrow!

Love,
Tai...

Kristen: Day 2

Hello blog readers and welcome to Day 2!

Today marked my first challenge: Going out to eat. Vegetarian style.

It’s actually a lot harder than it seems. I couldn’t get Caesar salad because I know they use anchovies in their dressing (mine yesterday doesn’t have any in it), plus there were only a couple of meals without meat in it and that was pasta, that I had last night, or a Gardenburger®. So I took the plunge and ordered the burger of course asking if they fried the fries in the same oil as any other meat (they said no).

 

As I awaited I put all of the food for the day on my iPod food tracker app so that I can remember it for these blog posts, and this is what I saw:

 

*Note: I try to keep myself within:

• 1200-1500 calories a day
• 163-236g Carbohydrates
• 32-56g Fat
• 60-127g Protein (which is hard enough and now I have to do even more now that I’m cutting meat out of the diet)

That’s just what’s healthy for my age, height and weight… *

Breakfast:

Chocolate Muffin- 317 cal. (HOLY SHIT!)

 

Lunch:

Baby Carrots- 10 cal.

1/2 cup white rice- 102 cal.

1 tsp. unpacked Brown sugar- 11 cal.

*I eat my rice like mom eats her oatmeal, so I add a little brown sugar to it to kill my sweet tooth and still be fairly low calorie.*

 

Snack:

Tortilla Chips- 71 calories

 

Dinner:

1/2 Garden burger- 75 cal.

French fries- 215 cal. (So many calories haha)

Mr. Pibb- 150 cal.

 

*TELL ME THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A BEEF BURGER?! I’m not going to lie I really liked the Gardenburger® and it feels good to know that I don’t have to skip my favorite foods (like burgers) but just substitute them with healthier, non meat options*

 

Dessert: Jolly Time Healthy Popcorn- 80 cal.

 

Total calorie count:

*Everything was under count today so I did good!  :) Except my calories were too low so I need to eat more tomorrow*

 

Water: So far I’ve had about 50 oz. so far, and I plan to add another 20oz. before bed. So today’s total will be 70 oz.

 

Exercise:

30 crunches

15 situps

30 pushups (spread out- I’m not that good yet)

Laundry (I kid, I kid!)

 

So there it is ladies and gentlemen, my second vegetarian day, and I feel great. I feel lighter and happier, and proud that I don’t want meat at all yet. :) YAY!

 

Lots of Garden variety love,

Kristen

Tai: Day 1

Hey guys. :)

So here's my first blogpost for the our Vegetarian challenge.

So yesterday (June 1st) was the start of my dieting. I woke up perfectly fine and normal, and felt pretty good about the day..
I didn't eat breakfast until 11 am.. I was too busy working on a final project for class. I did though, have a snack.
I ate a banana. It was pretty delicious. Lol

Okay, so I just realized while writing this post how bland, and boring it might sound.. So please let me apologize in advance. I'm thinking for tomorrow's blog post (June 2nd), I'll add pictures or something.

Back to my story, I continued on throughout my day eating a few snacks.. Healthy and unhealthy. :P I ate an apple, and had a cup of Chex Mix from Costco.

I think I was a bit lazy, and unhealthy for the fact that I didn't have an exact breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
I need to change that.. *sigh*

All I drank today was waterwaterwaterwater. :] I have a 24 oz water bottle, and I drank about 3 refills..


That's it for today! I'll hopefully improve my posts by tomorrow!

I'll see you guys in a day!

Love,
Tai.

Kristen: Day 1

Hello Blogosphere! How was your Wednesday?
To be honest I read blogs, and watched So You Think You Can Dance :)
Now I should warn you that I generally have to eat a lot during the day due to blood sugar issues, but it’s not as much as it seems. And yes I’ll probably eat more than Tai.
I haven’t exercised yet today, but I'll update this post below when I do
Now for my Food Diary
Breakfast

• Chocolate Muffin

Lunch

• Small Salad w/ Caesar dressing
• Handful of peanuts
• a couple of carrots

Snack

• 2 slices of bread w/ olive oil

Dinner

• Stir Fry
  • Bowtie noodles
  • carrots
  • sugar snap peas
  • cream cheese and herb sauce
• Garlic parmesan bread

Dessert

• Vanilla Ice Cream
• Celery and Peanut Butter (later)

9:15- I’ve drank 84 oz. of water so far today.

This is the water bottle I use and I’m lucky enough to have the ounces written on the side.

I'm feeling pretty good today, I've been tired a lot lately, but that's about to change :)

Well I'm off to watch Extreme Couponing then bed.

Goodnight and thanks for reading! Stayed tuned for Tai's post later,
Kristen

Tai's Going Vegetarian Introduction! :D

Hi guys! My name is Tai :)


Here's an introduction video of me. :)
I welcome you to the cornucopia of all blogs.. a vegetarian diet blog.
I'm writing this blog not just personally, but also with my AMAZING friend Kristen S. She's been such an amazing friend since sophomore year, and I'm glad we get to spend some more time together online... blogging away, and eating no meat... You can probably tell that I'm a bit reluctant to do this diet.. I WANT MY MEAT. MY BACON. 

Some things about me. :)

• Age: 18
• Height: 5’9 (I think?)
• Relationship status: I'm single. :]
• Religion: Jehovah's Witness
• Favorite Color: Teal (Blue)
• Hobbies: Music (I loovvvee singing), Photography, and Friends.
• Best friends: Victoria, Kathy, Alexa.
• Favorite Person: My mom. She's been there for me through thick and thin. 
• What do you want to be when you grow up: I want to be a Physical Therapist/Occupational Therapist because I've always wanted to help people, and is career will help people get better, and return to their normal life. I want to help the hurt ones, and make them happy. 

I now have three blogs.. Well if you count Tumblr as one :P I certainly want to move away from Tumblr one of these days and start up my own website/blog, but I'm too lazy to do that. I also do a photography project. It's a 365 project where I upload a photo once a day! Check it out! 

My Tumblr: http://taii-lee.tumblr.com

My Flickr: http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/tainhat

And of course, I have this blog. :)
Now for the blog rules:

• NO:
  • Seafood
  • Pork (no bacon!)
  • Turkey
  • Chicken
  • Beef
• 1 post Per day/ person
  • Food Diary in each blog must include 3 meals (or snacks)

I added some rules in for me to follow as well:

• At least 1 post per day
• EXERCISE. Once a day. :) I'm planning about an hour and a half a day of exercise.
• Drink nothing but water for a month.
• Take pictures of what I eat.

And those are the rules. Yes, I did steal the main rules from Kristen, but oh well. <3

I hope you guys enjoyed reading about me, and will enjoy this FABULOUS journey with Kristen and I. Hopefully we can accomplish this, and look back on it with a better outlook on life.

I'll talk to you guys soon!

Love,
Tai

Kristen’s Going Veggie Introduction!

Hello everyone I’m Kristen….
 
Welcome to my half of the blog!
This blog is my friend Tai (who you’ll meet later) and I’s journey into vegetarianism. We’re just two friends not eating meat :)

Some things you should know:

• Age: 18
• Height: 5’9
• Relationship status: If you like it then you should’ve put a ring on it… oh wait He did! :)
• Religion: Pagan
• Favorite Color: Black or Purple
• Hobbies: Friends, reading, makeup, movies, animals, MUSIC!
• Best friends: Josh, Stephanie, Heather, My mom
• Favorite Person: My grandmother Mary Francis
• Favorite quotes:
"Within light there is darkness, but do not try to understand that darkness. Within darkness there is light, but do not look for that light." - Zen “I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!” – Alice in Wonderland “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”  – Edgar Allan Poe  
• Favorite books: I have a ton, but I love the Witch of Blackbird Pond and Blood and Chocolate with a passion
• What do you want to be when you grow up: I want to get a Psychology degree so that I can be a teen counselor. I want to help people :)

I currently have two blogs (not including this one) that I try to update as best as I can:
My Everyday Blog: http://livetheoutspokenlife.blogspot.com/
My Pagan Blog: http://newlyoutedpagan.blogspot.com/
So there I am!

Now for the blog rules:

• NO:
  • Seafood
  • Pork (no bacon!)
  • Turkey
  • Chicken
  • Beef
• 1 post Per day/ person
  • Food Diary in each blog must include 3 meals (or snacks)

I added some rules in for me to follow as well:

• At least 1 post per day
• Daily Exercise (If I do)
• Daily Water Consumption
• 1 good Veggie recipe per week

So those are the rules :)

Thank you all for reading, and we’re going to start our challenge in 5 days!

Lots of love and success in all of your endeavors,
Kristen