Going Bananas

Three bananas. Three days. One midterm. I am seriously going bananas. Alright so last night my Dinner was...So before I went to my professor's office hours ( I was so nervous talking to him, I just get really intimidated by teachers) I had about a cup of soup to hold me over until 8 when my Burmese Politics class finished. Notice the econ notebook it's on...
In class, we listened to a guy named Min Zin who is a graduate student here at Berkeley and he didn't even finish high school but now he's in graduate school! He lived in Burma and was a political activist when he was 14, went on the run and went into hiding, then was a journalist in Thailand before coming here. Really fascinating story but I was so stressed because of econ that I didn't really get to focus on it.




I came back, and had a HUGE salad. (spinach, salsa, olives, tomatos, cucumbers, boiled egg white, broccoli...) And I realized I had vegetables for lunch so I was carb hungry. I had a few bites of noodles but then I ate the rest of the dumplings.

Dessert was white chocolate mousse!
And the last of my 88% cacao chocolate :(
And after that, I was stress eating like CRAZAY. I had about 10 Trader Joe's veggie chips, studied for a few hours then called it a day.

Tuesday
Pre bike ride: 1/2 soyjoy bar and 1/2 banana
Bike ride: 5 miles, 25 minutes=stress free me.
I was so hangry for a carby breakfast...
Breakfast: 1/2 grape fruit, chamomile tea, and about 1 ish cups of honey nut cheerios and some uncle sam's with 1 cup of soymilk. I was too lazy to measure out the actual cereal. BIG mistake. I poured myself SO much honey nut cheerios. And it's too sweet for me. Like way too sweet. I've been eating no sugar cereals (Trader Joe's O's and Uncle Sam's) so I've been used to the bland (but I like it!) tastes. Wow was this crazy. Note to self: Use a measuring cup please so I don't have a sugar rush attack.

Lunch will consist of a PB&J sandwich, carrots and an apple. My midterm is at 2 so I'm going to study/eat lunch at a cafe. I definitely believe in eating a fiber rich and protein rich meal before a midterm and just for any lunch. It'll hold you over.
I'll probably leave soonish. At 3:30, I am definitely treating myself to some froyo. If you've ever been to Berkeley, you NEED to try Yogurt Park. Big yogurt, small price. But today, I'm going to Yogurt Land. They have an amazing array of toppings (tropical fruit!) and since I'm lactose intolerant, I think I'm just going to get toppings.

I'll post again when my midterm is over! Have an awesome day everyone.

Monday Shmonday

Happy Monday everyone!

To recap for yesterday....
Sunday
Lunch:

I had a sandwich(spinach, cucumbers, mustard, veggie patty) with some carrots.


AND a rice krispie treat! The last one my mom made for Tet. :( So good. So good. This blog isn't called Sweets and Sweat for nothing. There may have also been 2 squares of dark chocolate eaten as well....


Snack was a banana! SO BIG!
Dinner:
I ate half of this salad, the other half is for my lunch. It's ok, I needed some more greens.
A bowl of noodles my momma made me! Top ramen noodles! I had 2 bowls!
Dessert: Dried thai papaya strip. Mmmm..
I went to a review session for my econ midterm from 7-9pm last night, came back, and had the munchies. So I had some almonds dipped in almond butter and a handful of cheerios. :)

Today! Breakfast was oatmeal! (half a cup of oatmeal, cup of water, soy milk, flaxseed, some almonds, and flax seed toasted almond butter-can you sense a pattern with my nuts?). Also, there were 2 clementines (last ones :() and a cup of chamomile tea.
I also had a GoodBelly probiotic shot for good measure.

I woke up at 6 intending to go to my Monday morning yoga class. However, I woke up, washed up, went back to bed for 10 minutes and said "no way jose." So now I'm left feeling sore from yesterday's run and I wish I dragged my butt out of bed. Oh well..

I haven't eaten this yet but here is my lunch: Some more carrots and leftover salad (no dressing, I like eating salad alone sometimes) WITH some yummy leftover dumplings (3) from dim sum on Saturday. I'm excited.
Snack includes the last of my giant banana stash. I need more fruit.


I have a busy week ahead of me. Well, not really. Today I have to study until 11, go to class for 2 hours, go to the library/eat lunch for 2 hours, go to class for another hour. Then think of a thesis for my paper that's due in three weeks so I can talk to my professor. To top it off I have class from 6-8pm tonight. Tomorrow I have a HUGE econ midterm. Wish me luck!

Weekend Fun/Blechs

To start off with, Sweets and Sweat is my new name (it was Awkward Vegetarian before). I thought Awkward Vegetarian was just awkward. I wanted something fun and kind of girly. Sweets: um, I love sweets, who doesn't? I store dark chocolate in my fridge always. Sweat: I enjoy running and working out! I love to walk to places (I'm rather immobile in college). But seriously, Sweets > Sweats which is why Sweets go first. :)

So this weekend has been crazy! Good and bad. I have a big midterm in my microeconomics class on Tuesday. I'm not prepared. (I'm just being honest). But, I have had a lot of good!

Saturday
So I woke up at 6:30 and studied, ate breakfast (bowl of cereal with 2 tangerines). Then my parents picked me up and we went to SF to see a museum! That's on the drive to SF! I love the city and I am glad I get to go twice a week when I go on my internship.
The museum was awesome (de Young). Check it out:
So beautiful. I love glass art. Ok so after the museum we went to Hong Kong Lounge Dim Sum in SF. We waited AN HOUR AND A HALF. I didn't get to at until 2:30 and granted I was cranky. But we ate so much and had leftovers (=dinner for me!)
I went to the library for 4 hours when I got back and then I had dinner (1/2 a banana, a papaya, rice krispie treat, and the rest of my kombucha guava drink). Yum!

SUNDAY
I let myself sleep in till 7am. I woke up, read a chapter for Econ and then hit the gym where I finally ran 3.5 miles! Go me! I was so excited I could hardly do my abs workout. Meh! Ok so before I introduce breakfast you need to know what conditions I live in (haha it sounds like I'm living in prison...well it kind of is in terms of size). I have like 2x2 space for my pantry and a little fridge:
Yea, that is my pantry. The water boiler is on the left, my plates are in a blue container. I'm so organized and clean! NOT. Haha, I'm in college, come on.
Fridge:
This is on my roommate's side. Our snack bar is on the top and she has her rice cooker on top. Ok so on to breakfast!I had 1/2 cup of Uncle Sam's and 2/3 cup of joe's o's with 1 cup of soymilk. To complete it I had a cup of Chamomile Tea, a tangerine and water! I had 1/2 a soyjoy bar and a tangerine pre workout. Best fuel. Trust me, eat before an early morning workout. One time I didn't, felt faint, tripped on the treadmill. So graceful, I know. Have a great Sunday!