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I'm gonna have to try and remember what I ate..

On Saturday, Renee ate:
-hmm... can't remember
-smoothie
-godiva hot chocolate
-1 coors light
-1 white russian (or, something kinda like a white russian)
-1 long island iced tea

On Sunday, Renee ate:
-3 steamed veggie dumplings
-1/2 glass of watermelon lemonade
-2 cream cheese wontons
-2.5 vegetable moo shoo pancakes
-maybe 1/2 cup of brown rice with veggies
-(obviously other stuff.. i can't remember)

On Monday, Renee has eaten:
-a big bowl of special k with soy milk
-1/2 pbj sandwich
-1/2 hummus and soy cheese sandwich
-some animal crackers
-a cup of french vanilla hot chocolate
-1/2 pint of ben and jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream
-small plate of spinach noodles with veggie and soy sauce
-1/2 cup of carrot salad
-1/2 mango
-2 boston butter martinis
-1 donut (or a bunch of bites of diff. donuts, probably = 1 donut)

It's ok, foodblog.. I still love you

On Thursday, Renee ate:

-2 pieces of RAW apple pie! (it was SO tasty, and made of only 2 cups of nuts, apples, dates, raisins, and an orange. Jessika- we should make this when I come!)
-a 'mock' tuna sandwich
-a cup of chai tea
-a bunch of wheat thins with cheeses
-maybe 3-4 cups of popcorn
-a key lime pie martini
-a woodchuck cider

On Friday, Renee has eaten:
-a small bowl of special k with soy milk
-a cup of espresso with creamer
-a small piece of RAW apple pie
-2/3 of a bag of mini cheddar rice cakes
-maybe 10 wheat thins with about an ounce of goat cheese
-cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows

Dear Foodblog,

I'm sorry, but I think we need to go on a break. I will come back to you when I'm ready. It's not you, it's me.

Jessika

better day...

Renee had a job interview and it went well!

She ate:
3/4 of a blueberry bagel with peanut butter
1 cup of chai tea with creamer
most of 1 cup'o'noodles (hardly any of the broth though)
a slice of zucchini strudel
a few bites of roasted veggies
3 haribo gummies
a sliver of cinnamon cake

hmm.. I feel like I've eaten more, but I can't remember

oh yeah! Staaaahbucks!

We used the rest of the gift card that jessika gave us to starbucks.
-1 vanilla bean frappucino with a shot of espresso
-3/4 of a lemon tart

rough day.. rough week..

Renee wrecked the car today :(

She ate:

1 blueberry bagel
1 can of starbucks doubleshot
1 sierra mist
1 white chocolate macadamia nut cliff bar
1/2 of a 'raw burger' (made with raw nuts, seeds, and veggies)
lots of wheat thins with chipotle cheddar cheese
1 wafer of danish chocolate
3/4 of a bag of chocolate mini rice cakes
2 individual servings of jello

Poor Food Blog...

...nobody loves you anymore.

Renee can't really remember much of what she ate last week.. but from what she remembers, on Thursday, she ate:
-lunch at genghis grill (a big bowl of veggies, tofu, noodles, and sauce)
-a bite of tj's chocolate cake dessert
-some wheat thins with fig blended goat cheese
-a few handfuls of doritos
-a cookie (literally, a cookie) spread with brie
-a tall white chocolate mocha from starbucks
-3 beers (i think?) and a double vodka with cranberry juice

On Friday, Renee and Bryan drove to texas. She ate:
-some wheat thins with fig blended goat cheese smeared on 'em
-a bag of mini bbq rice cakes
-a starbucks caramel frap
-a few chunks of pineapple
-a mozz/tomato/pesto sandwich and side of pasta salad from a restaurant called Le Madeline's
-bread pudding dessert topped with ice cream (a little over half.. i shared it)
-a drink similar to a long island iced tea
-a glass of coke with maybe a double shot of vodka

On Saturday, Renee and Bryan went to six flags. She ate:
-a starbucks mocha frap
-1/2 bag of mini cheddar rice cakes
-2 wedges of a clementine
-1/3 of a big soft pretzel with mustard
-1 pink thing! (a sort of ice cream thing sold only at six flags)
-1/2 bottle of coke
-1 individual serving of strawberry jello
-1/2 blueberry bagel
-a glass of 100% orange/pineapple/banana juice

On Sunday, Renee and Bryan went to the art museum:
-2 individual servings of jello (one orange and one strawberry)
-1/2 blueberry bagel
-2 mimosa's (1$ each!)
-a burrito filled with egg, potato, and cheese and some veggies with a few bites of refried beans on the side
-quite a few chips with salsa
-a mini cinnamon cookie
-a reg. coffee with sugar and milk
-cheese fries from freddie's frozen custard!
-a glass of lemonade

Sad Monday

Renee is sad because of her work situation. She ate:

-1 bowl of special k w/ soy milk
-1 vanilla chai flavored yogurt
-3/4 of a mini bag of cheddar rice cakes
-1 sip of grapefruit juice
-1 cup of hot chocolate
-2 small pieces of cheese pizza
-4 haribo gummies

Happy Birthday Bryan!

On Saturday, Renee ate:

-2 yoplait yogurts

-lunch at abuelos (lots of chips, huevos rancheros, and 1 sopapilla)

-4 hersheys kisses

-1/2 of a white russian

-1/2 of some pineapple mixed drink

-1 glass of red wine

that's it. for real real.

Renee must have been hungry and/or drunk really fast haha. On Saturday, Jessika had:

-malaysian bread with curry sauce
-some malaysian noodles
-rice with veggies and hainan chicken
-sample of baguette with olive oil
-guacamole n chips
-fettucine pasta with chicken, asparagus, zucchini, and yellow squash
-garlic bread with cheese

-nutella tart with strawberries
-a sam adams white ale
-glass of raspberry lambic (really good with nutella tart!)
-a vodka tonic
-soco lime on the rocks
-a hoeegarden (sp?)

On Sunday, Renee ate:

-1 large smoothie

-1 small bowl of special k

-1 spoonful of yogurt

-1 tostido with dip

-1 plate of etheopian food

-1 mini lava cake with grilled bananas and pineapple

-1 grapefruit
-1 bowl of fruity pebbles

Jessika had:
-2/3 spinach and provolone omlette (hangover cure?)
-2/3 of a buttermilk pancake with some butter and some maple syrup
-half a cup of coffee
-a few fingerling potatoes with ketchup
-some guac n chips
-a bite of hummus with a sourdough pretzel
-bowl of rice with roasted salmon
-a few pieces of broccoli and shanghainese veggies
-a slice of pear pecan crisp with caramel swirl ice cream

It's 33 degrees and snowing!

...now that doesnt seem quite right..

Thursday, Renee ate:

too much chocolate...
-white chocolate, hershey's kisses, and ritter sport chocolate (a total of approx. 660 calories)
-bbq flavored mini rice cakes (350 calories)
-apple juice (100 calories)
-eggplant parmesan (?? calories, bryan's dad made it)
-1 grapefruit (100 calories)
-1/2 piece of bread with kiopoolu (bulgarian spread made with eggplant, peppers, tomatoes and other ingredients.. we stayed up til 1am cooking it!)
-a handful of almonds (100 calories)
-1/2 of a naked juice
-1 small bowl of fruity pebbles
-1 bowl of grape nuts

hmm.. that looks like a lot more than I thought I ate.
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On Thursday, Jessika ate:

-chix n potatoes w rice
-6inch subway sandwich, maybe turkey n ham
-few handfuls of plantain chips
-fish n chips
-half of a pineapple fritter
-small pomegranate red mango with captain crunch and strawberries

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On Friday! Renee ate:

a yoplait yogurt

special k with soy milk

a cup o tea

-and obviously i must have eaten more, but i don't remember-

a lot of grapefruit juice with vodka

Jessika ate:
-a plain bagel with scallion cream cheese
-hummus and baby carrots and sourdough pretzels
-2 cups of tea with milk

-3 vietnamese eggrolls

-cucumber salad

-rice

-sweet vietnamese pork

-a slice of cake with lemon cream cheese frosting and pomegranate seeds (mmm..)

-and 4 glasses of wine

-and a chocolate raspberry tart

Happy Birthday Casey!

Today, Renee ate:

-1 piece of bread with honey
-1 grilled cheese sammich
-1 bowl of tomato soup
-1 clementine
-1 cup of hot chocolate
-a few bites of nut & date bars
-2 glasses of apple juice
-a few handfuls of animal crackers
-3 girlscout cookies
-4 small cubes of ritter sport chocolate
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Jessika ate:

-rice in melon soup
-a caramel chocolate cookie
-a banana
-rice with chicken and potatoes
-some chinese broccoli
-a few bites of celery with glass noodles
-a small lemon walnut scone
-and I think that's it!

Tooooseday

Jessika ate so much she had to lay down. oops

-Bowl of rice with melon soup, 2 fishballs and some glass noodles
-2 pieces of white chop chicken with ginger sauce
-a few bites of congee
-baby carrots with hummus
-a lemon walnut scone
-a butter cookie with chocolate dot in the middle
-cup of coffee with vanilla creamer
-bowl of rice
-chicken n potatoes - chinese style in hoisin sauce
-a few bites of chinese broccoli
-small bowl of black bean soup

Renee ate:
-1 fruit smoothie
-1 cliff bar
-1.5 pieces of bread with butter and honey
-1 breadstick
-4 andes mints
-a few bites of date and nut bars
-1/2 of a red robin burger
-a basket of fries.. mmm..
-a long island iced tea
-3 beers

Okay okay okay.... after a week hiatus I'm back. for real real. Can I blame PMS?

Today I had:

-small bowl of whole wheat pasta with meat sauce
-2/3 a glass of orange juice
-2 caramel filled milk chocolate pecan cookies
-a few sourdough pretzels
-a spoonful of hummus
-rice with melon soup, 2 fishballs and some glass noodles
-a few snowpeas
-a few bites of shanghainese veggies
-a few pieces of white chop chicken with ginger sauce
-a few bites of cantaloupe
-a lemon walnut scone that was really more like a biscuit
-a small bowl of congee


Renee doesn't remember what she ate.. it was two days ago:

-1 fruit smoothie
-5 andes mints
-some girl scout cookies and chocolate
-1 bowl of vegetable stew
-1 java chip frappucino (for free!!)
-4 beers

(i know i must have eaten more, but i really can't remember..)

Ahh busy weekend

Renee's gonna tell Jessika that she's going to stop posting if Jessika doesn't get on the ball.

Saturday, Renee ate:

-1 smoothie
-1 cappucino
-1 small deli sandwich (about 1-2 inches long)
-1 cup of animal crackers
-1 cup of chex mix
-1 cup of orange juice
-1 veggie burger from chilis
-a side of broccoli from chilis
-1/2 of a dessert from chilis (the mini 'shot' cup desserts.. we got three, key lime- gross, red velvet- good, cinnamon roll- delicious)

and I can't remember if I ate any more

Sunday, Renee ate:
-1 smoothie
-1 peanut butter and honey sandwich
-1 banana
-1/2 clementine
-1 cliff bar
-1 cup of iced caramel coffee
-a few animal crackers
-5 girl scout cookies
-a cup of tea
-5 andes mints

(i think that's all?)

We should rename this blog...

...cause Jessika doesn't post anymore! :'(

Today, Reneep ate:

-1 smaller bowl of special k with honey
-1 lemon flavored yoplait yogurt
-2 small godiva cookies
-2 squares of ritter sport chocolate
-2 peanut butter patties
-3 haribo gummies
(oops..)
-1 small bowl of zucchini 'spaghetti' with marinara sauce
-1 small salad
-small handful of animal crackers
-1 small bowl of ice cream
-3 bites of the fruit & nut bars
-1 handful of almonds

..now I'm off to work. I think I snack too much?

Super Hot Thursday

Renee got a sunburn! For realzzz

-1 lindt truffle
-1 bowl of special k with honey and soy milk
-1 yoplait peach yogurt
-8 rice cakes (35 calories/piece)
-a red and yellow pepper greek salad with olives and feta cheese
-a big bowl of mongolian grill stuff- tofu, vegetables, noodles, etc.
-1 bite of tj's brownie
-the last piece of my birthday cake

Post-Birthday Weight Gain

Oops.. Renee gained 2 pounds from her birthday shenanigans! She weighed 125 this morning.

Today she has eaten (too much):

-1/3 of a bottle of gatorade
-a few bites of the homemade vanilla date & nut bars that we made in my new food processor!
-2 lindt truffle balls (courtesy of jessika)
-2 squares of the ritter sport dark choc. & hazelnut bar (courtesy of mama)
-approx. 2 pieces of homemade pizza (i made 4 mini pizzas- a mushroom, olive, tofu, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce pizza; a hummus, red pepper, olive, mushroom and onion pizza; a black bean, tomato, olive and avocado pizza; and a regular tomato sauce with assorted vegetable pizza) I basically had 2 bites of each.. which was probably about 2 pieces?
-3 olives
-1 square of tofu
-1 piece of naan bread dipped in the leftover indian sauce
-1 bowl of natural vanilla bean ice cream
-2 girl scout cookies

I think I need to take a break from eating for a few hours..haha.. It's only 1:00pm!

Post 1:00pm, Renee ate:
-2 more lindt truffle balls
-the rest of a ritter sport bar (maybe 4 more squares?)
-a small serving of hashbrowns, 1 egg over easy, and 2 pieces of buttered toast

NOW she is done eating... and tomorrow shall be a much healthier day.
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Happy Birthday to Reneep!!

It's Reneep's birthday todayyy!

Yesterday, she ate:

a 'skillet' from Village Inn with potatoes, eggs, hollandaise sauce, avocado, mushrooms, onions, and tomatoes
3 little pancakes with syrup
half of a piece of european truffle pie (free for my birthday!)
1 andes mint
a bite of cinnamon bread
a small plate of zucchini pasta with marinara
1 piece of garlic bread
1 glass of juice
2 rice cakes
a few bites of bryan's cereal
5 beers
5 shots.

this morning, she feels like crap and can't walk straight. and must be at work in an hour and a half. wheeee happy birthday to meee

On Birthday day, Renee ate:

1 waffle, egg, and cheese sandwich
1 cup of gatorade
1/2 bar of ritter sport chocolate
1 frozen waffle
1 and 1/2 pieces of naan bread
1 cup of brown rice
indian sauces to go with rice and bread
1 slice of red velvet cake
blue bell ice cream!

Busy Saturday/Rabbit Rabbit Sunday

Renee had a busy saturday. She woke up and went to 'group power' at 9, went to the Academy Awards Shorts Presentations at 10, then afterwards stopped by Taco Bell and went straight to work at 4, and got home from work at 11:45pm.

This morning, she is tired.

Renee ate:
-1 bowl of special k with soy milk
-1 shot of espresso with creamer
-1 PB&J sandwich
-3 handfuls of almonds/raisins/walnuts
-1/2 apple
-1 'taro root' bun, leftover from yesterday
-1 bite of bryan's zone bar
-1 tostada from taco bell
-1 gordita crunch from taco bell with beans instead of beef

For Saturday, Jessika had:

-leftover couscous with Parmesan, basil pesto, tomatoes and grilled chix
-a slice of banana bread
-a piece of porterhouse steak with avocado
-some broccoli
-pretzels n hummus

SUNDAY! (aka today), Renee ate:

-1 bowl of special k with honey and soy milk
-1 grapefruit
-4 girlscout cookies
-1 cup of tea with creamer
-1 cliff bar
-10 carrots with hummus
-1 piece of vegetable pot pie

Food Poisoning Friday

So Renee has (she thinks) come down with food poisoning from a piece of moldy bread she accidentally ate the other day. She got out of work this evening only to go to final friday- the downtown art event that happens on the last friday of every month!

Today, she ate:
-waffle with honey
-fruit smoothie
-small quizno's veggie sub
-1 banana
-1/2 grilled cheese sandwich
-3ish spoonfuls of mushroom soup
-1 small piece of veggie pizza
-1 shot of espresso with creamer

(then we went out for "final friday" in old town- free food and drinks!)
-2 glasses of wine
-1 miller lite
-2 marshmallow/peanut butter bite-sized gooey things
-1 mini peanut butter cup
-1 mini chocolate chip cookie
-2 chocolate covered mini pretzels
-3 mini cream cheese and olive pinwheels
-1 tbsp of hummus with 1 cucumber and 1 pita chip
-2 small wedges of focaccia bread
-2 small cupcakes
-1 small donut

yeeahh.. I kinda ate too much at final friday


Today, Jessika ate:
-disgusting pork
-a few pieces of dried mango
-cup of coffee with milk and splenda

probably some more, but Jessika hasn't told Renee yet

Thursday at Bry and Nay's Sushi House!

So I tried to eat 1500 calories today, but I failed.

-16 ounces of oj (220 calories)
-1 bowl of special k with soy milk and honey (230 calories)
-10 carrots with hummus (100 calories?)
-piece of wheat bread with butter (150 calories)
-coffee with creamer (25 calories)
-clementine (35 calories)
-haribo gummies (180 calories)
-miso soup (45 calories)

[calories so far: 985]

This is where the calorie count gets fuzzy. I had allowed myself just over 500 calories for the rest, but I think I failed.

-1.5 chinese bean curd 'rolls'
-1 taro 'roll' (yikes.. i have no clue how many calories. alot? oops..)
-maybe 2 rolls of sushi filled with an assortment of avocado, carrots, cucumber, and low fat cream cheese (calorie estimation: 250 per roll, so around 500? maybe?)

TJ came over to eat with us, and I think he was in sushi heaven. Time for work!

I think Jessika ate:
-2 bowls of rice with tomato and roasted pork
-shanghainese veggies
-a banana
-another bowl of rice

Happy first day of lent!

No more meat for me! heeeheee...

Today, Renee ate:

-a delicious fruit smoothie! (with bananas, orange juice, lime juice, non-fat plain yogurt, and frozen fruit (like pineapples, mangoes, peaches and strawberries) [150 calories]
-2 strawberries [5 calories]
-1/2 grapefruit [50 calories]
-1 piece of wheat bread with homemade hummus spread on it [150 calories]
-20 carrots dipped in hummus [235 calories]
-a small plate of zucchini 'fettuccine' with marinara sauce [50 calories]
-1/2 cup of shredded carrots flavored with balsalmic vinegar and olive oil and other stuff [50 calories]
-10 almonds [85 calories]
-1 glass of oj [170 calories]
-a cup of chai tea with creamer [25 calories]
-4 white cheddar rice cakes [140 calories]
-a strawberry banana yogurt [190 calories]
-8 animal crackers [60 calories]

total calories: 1300

Jessika overloaded on rice today. oops. She had:

-rice with roast pork and chinese broccoli
-cup of coffee with milk
-more rice with roast pork and shanghainese veggies
-a sugar cookie
-a big bowl of rice with tomatoes and pork
-serving of lettuce and broccoli
-a bite of steamed fish with soy sauce
-many bites of fresh pineapple
-a bite of cashews

Fat Tuesday!

In honor of Fat Tuesday, Renee ate 3/4 of a box of wheat thins! Unintentionally, though.. honestly.. I was just nibbling and nibbling and all of a sudden there were no more! Oops....

Food diary for today:

- 1 bowl of special k with honey and soy milk
- 1 glass of oj
- 2 clementines
- 1 handful of macadamia nuts
- 1 handful of almonds
- 3/4 of a box of reduced fat wheat thins :(
- 1 bowl of gazpacho soup with 1 piece of wheat toast
- 1 black bean, avocado, green pepper, and light mayo wheat bread sandwich
- 1 cup of chai tea
- 5 french fries (they were sitting on the counter.. I couldn't help it!)

healthy?? obviously the wheat thins and french fries weren't.. but everything else wasn't bad, right? hmph...

Yes yes Renee, oops is the key to forgetting to eat healthy. Just kidding. Yeah, wheat thins are so addicting. Jessika had authentic Vietnamese food tonight. Perhaps she will take Renee to Bun when she comes to visit.

-Bowl of rice with chinese veggies
-2/3 banana and peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread
-a bag of sunchips
-a cup of coffee with one vanilla creamer
-2 shrimp rolls (with viet basil, a slice of pork, noodles in rice paper)
-3 mini cakes (with pork and mung bean!)
-a bite of Thuan's crispy bass
-Bun - white noodles with pork belly and shoulder and bean sprouts
-half of a pandon pancotta (tasted a bit like durian) with pineapples

Monday Madness!

Today, Renee ate:

a fruit smoothie
a bowl of butternut squash soup with roasted garlic and sauteed onions
a large cup of coffee sweetened with 2 packets of sugar and 2 andes mints
a cup of chai tea
a bowl of shredded carrots with balsalmic vinegar and some other stuff that bryan put in it
a bowl of special k with honey and soy milk
a banana nut bread cliff bar
a few handfuls of reduced fat wheat thins
a small bowl of spaghetti with marinara sauce
a few chunks of pineapple
2 bites of bryan's polenta with marinara sauce

So today was my 1st day of super healthy week.. did I do ok?

Super healthy week huh? Sounds pretty healthy to me.... except those andes mints hehe. Jessika went to Town for Rainbow's birthday dinner (it's still restaurant week). It really wasn't that great. Today she had:

-udon with 2 pieces of soy sauce chicken
-3/4 of a peanut butter sandwich
-a cranberry pecan roll with butter
-a regular roll with butter
-a tiny slice of cured salmon with some greens
-hawaiian heart of palm soup with (bitter) shrimp tempura rocks
-monkfish with onions in a paprika sauce
-a few bites of coffee, vanilla and caramel ice cream
-a red fruit jelly with caramel sauce

Academy Award Sunday!

Today, Renee ate:

1 bowl of special k with soy milk and honey
1 grapefruit
1/2 whole wheat bagel with low fat garden vegetable cream cheese
4 andes mints
1/2 cup of raspberry lemonade
2 haribo gummies
1 chocolate valentines heart
1 cup of chai tea
1 cup of orange juice
2 bites of steamed vegetables
1 big bowl of congee
1 waffle sandwich (2 toasted strawberry waffles stuffed with 1 scrambled egg and a slice of cheese, topped in maple syrup.. it was SO delicious!)
1 big handful of almonds

(we went to see Coraline in 3D! and I ate...)
-10 more haribo gummies :) oops..

Boothie says I have to eat healthy for the next week because supposedly I will have to eat lots of unhealthy foods for my birthday (so he says), so starting tomorrow.. it's healthy time! We'll see how I do... lol

Haha, peeppeep! Jessika had:

-1.5 meat dumplings that my grandma made
-a shakeshack burger
-some cheese fries
-an arnold palmer- half iced tea half lemonade
-half of a lemon tart
-half an order of rice noodles and roasted duck
-roasted duck and soy sauce chicken with rice and chinese broccoli
-a funfetti cupcake

Women's Fair Saturday!

Today, Renee dragged Bryan to the Women's Fair after 'group power'!

She ate:
-1 mango, banana, and pineapple fruit smoothie
-1 wheat bagel with peanut butter and jelly
-half a cup of chopped fresh pineapple
-a chunk of the nut & date bar (approx 2x2 inch square)
-1/2 chocolate chip cookie
-5 pretzel sticks dipped in different dips
-6 girlscout cookies (3 peanut butter patties and 3 caramel delights)
-a large bowl of congee topped with a little bit of spicy vegetarian chili
-1 cup of coffee with cream
-1 cup of tea with cream

i think that's it?

*edit*
at work, we're adding some new dishes to the menu on Monday, so I "had" to try
-1 2-bite-sized piece of the new lasagna roll appetizer
-1 piece of the fried something dessert.. kinda like a fried dough wedge that you dip in chocolate
-1 small piece of birthday cake (for february birthdays- not for the menu)
-2 andes mints

oh, and add a large glass of orange juice with malibu and a miller high life to last night :)

Mmmm congee! Jessika had:

-congee! with seafood and roasted meats
-a can of coke
-a slice of pizza
-ethiopian food (rare ground meat, ethiopian bread made with chick peas, some garlic lentil sauce)
-a glass of honey wine
-a swedish fish martini (didn't taste like any swedish fish i ever had)
-half an order of spinach artichoke dip with pita