Korean Food with Jessica

It was so exciting to have lunch with Jessica and Darrel on Saturday since I don't get to see my good friend that often. We met up in Fremont and I found Auntie's Korean Restaurant on Yelp as a highly recommended place so we went since there aren't many korean places in Sacramento by them.

This weekend was quite bad for sticking with the Jillian Michaels' Making The Cut Diet but hey I'm sticking to the exercises like no other! Anyhow, I got their tofu soup with beef which was okay but not the best I've had. The side dishes were okay but nothing too special to talk about either. Kimchi as usual (2 types), a plain boiled broccoli type dish, fish cake pieces, a seaweed salad, a burdock root dish... anyhow not too much to rave about! We also ordered the seafood and green onion pancake which came with good reviews from Yelp, and Jess was craving it, which was good. Again, not the best I've ever had, but it was quite tasty. It didn't meet Jillian's "no white flour" rule but I didn't follow the no white rice rule either... I still have to live life and good food is a good life!

I just enjoyed the company for lunch, and Jessica asked me to be her matron of honor! Kind of scary but exciting at the same time- hopefully I can do as good a job as she did for me!

New Year's "Resolution"

It's the new year! I'm not much of a fan of new year's resolutions, but my friend and I decided to follow Jillian Michaels' Making The Cut book so we have accountability to get in better shape. The timing just happened to be right after the holidays since we were both going to be gone for the holidays without access to the gym. You may know the author as the scary trainer lady on the Biggest Loser... definitely intimidating, but I'm up for the challenge!

So far I've completed week 1- I've been sore beyond belief almost this whole week because of the boot camp type exercises, but it's a good feeling! Plus, the food I can eat is normal- none of this shake only or no carbs stuff that I wouldn't be able to stick to. For example, below are the foods I ate this week:

Breakfast:
Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal
Oatmeal (my usual at work)
Yogurt with frozen berries

Lunch:
Spinach salad with grilled chicken, bell peppers, avocados, and a sprinkling of wild rice
Brown rice and Asian chicken

As a snack I had either some almonds, an apple, a tangerine, or munched on some more cereal.

Dinner:
Brown rice and Asian-flavored chicken
Wild Rice with Moroccan spice grilled chicken and spinach salad
Curried Tilapia with eggplant

We'll see how it goes for the next 3 weeks but it helps to have an accountability partner even though we don't work out together! I'm on my way to being the strongest me to prepare for the rest of 2010!