tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53088761117875357132024-03-06T10:16:04.317+09:00THATJAPANESEGIRLthatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-26670573626647511912017-12-30T13:42:00.000+09:002017-12-30T13:42:02.339+09:00Wait is over! Our couch is here!!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ordered a new couch from a company, Burrow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We didn't want to buy a heavy ass couch. We probably move again in the future, so we wanted to get furniture that we can easily assemble and dissemble. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burrow makes cool looking couches that we can assemble and dissemble easily. That was exactly what we wanted! And their website says they usually ship their products within 5-7 days. We ordered it right after we got our apartment. So we were super excited to get a new couch at our new apartment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, Black Friday or Cyber Monday caused a huge delay. We didn't get any explanation from Burrow why it delays a month. We didn't get any updates. We were very frustrated. And we almost cancelled the order.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We wanted to cancel it and buy a couch from somewhere else asap. But we really liked Burrow couch and we couldn't find anything we like at other places. So we waited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We waited for a month. I'm not sure if we can say it is worth the wait yet. I hope we can say that... Haha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a new video us assembling our Burrow couch! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't find many videos about this couch. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope it helps some people who want to buy Burrow couches.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please ignore my ugly socks. It's winter. My feet get cold quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year we didn't have a family gathering, so Cakes and I are relaxing at our new homeπ</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my another holiday outfit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this sweater!! I'm not sure if you can see... But this sweater has a Christmas tree with two sloths!! Sloths are on the tree!!!!!! So awesome!!!! Haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to share how we are spending our Christmas. I posted a video on Youtube. Hope you enjoy it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is really cold in Bay Area todayπ But my favorite hat kept me warm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I already posted those photos on Instagram(THATJAPANESEGIRL), so if you are following me there, you probably saw this earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love ugly sweaters. I bought a new one this year, so I'm going to wear it this weekend and Monday! The one I'm wearing in the photos is old. I can't wait to wear the new oneπ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd love to see yours. Please feel free to tweet at me with your ugly sweater photos!</span></div>
thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-18014154425450285492017-12-22T17:54:00.001+09:002017-12-22T17:57:59.456+09:00Late night thoughts...<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since I have a lot of free time right now, I've been watching a lot of Youtube videos and checking Instagram. Then, I realized that there are not many women who are my size showing how to dress or their outfits(maybe I should say "fashion bloggers"? I feel so old I'm not catching up with those words recently)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, if you are new here, you might not know how short I am. I'm 4'10. I'm like a kid size, but a grown ass woman. Which is nothing wrong with. I'm happy with my body. But it's always a struggle to find a right fit and not to look like a kid. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's also hard to look good or feel sexy during winter time. I'm short, so when I wear a lot of layers, I look like Ewok. I become a fuzzy round thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I found this as an opportunity to share my ideas of where you can find small size clothes and how you can try not to look like Ewok since not many people are doing that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My problem is I'm not very stylish. I used to spend all my money for fashion, but not any more. I still love dolling up and going out, so it's good enough, right? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm not gonna teach you how to dress. I want to share my ideas. So girls who are my size or super stylish Instagram girls (again... fashion bloggers) can help me to get more ideas and become more stylish. Sharing is beautiful!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or I get a lot of haters telling me I'm not stylish enough to share my outfit ideas. You know, internet is a tough place. Hahaha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know some people here have been following me for a while. So you know I often change my mind... My attention span is so short. We'll see if I can stick with this new idea for a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By the way, my weight loss journey is still going! I'm not trying to lose weight any more, but I've been maintaining my weight, exercise routine, and diet. It's been almost two years since I changed my diet and lifestyle with Cakes who is now my husband! We are very happy with how we feel about ourselves. I'm very proud of that!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you wanna see me more often, follow me on Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat(I don't show up on Snapchat often, but I'd love to use Snapchat more often)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Snapchat: healthytjg (I'm not sure, but maybe you can find me with "THATJAPANESEGIRL" there as well.)</span>thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-49819606643997242742017-11-22T04:57:00.000+09:002017-11-22T09:38:18.456+09:00A new blog in Japanese<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi! Long time no talk here on my blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted to let you know about my new project.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've been working on a Japanese blog about my life in California on a Japanese blog site called "Ameba blog" for a while. And I really enjoy sharing pieces of my life. It's completely different from my Youtube channel. It's much more personal. Haha. You can see how I'm living everyday. Yes, I'm posting a blog every single day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've decided to start a new blog in Japanese on my own blog site "γγ£γ¨γγγ±γ«γΌγγγΌγ". I already transferred some blogs from the original Ameba blogs. My Ameba blogs are like my diary. I think this γγ£γ¨γγγ±γ«γΌγγγΌγ will be also like my diary, but more organized. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I won't translate to English, but if you're interested, please come visit me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thatjapanesegirljp.com/">http://www.thatjapanesegirljp.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hope I see you there too!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-10440217184440351422016-08-02T21:52:00.000+09:002016-08-02T21:52:30.519+09:00HealthyTJG is still here<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been a while since I stopped updating.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Surprisingly I'm still on this healthy journey! And it's been very successful. I hit my weight goal, 47kg(103lb) a couple months ago. Now I'm around 46.4kg-47kg. Again the weight is just a number. So it is not important. But it is still a nice feeling! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel much better about myself. And I go to the gym more often than before. I also feel stronger. I am very happy about myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I just wanted to address this. And I hope it inspires some people. I could do it. It means you can do it. Losing weight is not what I'm encouraging. Being healthy and feeling good about yourself are what I wanna encourage you to try :-)</span><br />
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thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-22641149009531546392016-04-03T19:09:00.000+09:002016-04-11T23:18:47.032+09:00HealthyTJG week 8I completely forgot to post blogs for week 6, 7, and 8!! I'm on week 9 now. I didn't expect I can keep this life style more than a month... I still struggle a lot though. <br /><br />I hit 46kg in week 6. But unfortunately I'm back to 47.6-48kg... Maybe because I started lifting. <br />Anyway, my weight is not my main focus. And a receptionist at the gym told me that I look much thinner than before!! That's something, right? <br /><br />I'm going to go on a vacation very soon... So I'm gonna eat everything I see during my vacation!!!!<br /><br />I'll try to post some pictures on Instagram, Twitter, and snapchat. I enjoy using snapchat. If you are interested, please add me!<br /><br />Snapchat: kobearmonster <br />Instagram: HealthyTJG<br />Twitter: HealthyTJG<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-56869617567367247282016-03-21T17:35:00.000+09:002016-03-21T17:35:19.970+09:00HealthyTJG week 5<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ok... This life style is becoming my normal life. I don't feel weird about controlling what I eat and going to the gym more often. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My weight dropped to 47.2 kg(104 lbs). Not bad... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm so tired from the week. It was a busy week for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will be better at recording my journey this week, which is week 6. See you next week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-17362939124287928462016-03-14T10:10:00.003+09:002016-03-14T10:10:47.859+09:00HealthyTJG week4<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week was tough... It's not because of the diet or exercise. TMI alert! My period completely destroyed me. I don't usually get any symptoms, but maybe the weather or work or whatever combined with period and decided to destroy me! Hahaha. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, I still managed to stay healthy at least physically. I kept going to the gym and stayed on my low carb diet. As a result, I lost more weight and didn't have crazy cravings any more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I'm 47.2kg(104lbs). So far I've lost 2.4kg(5.3lbs) in four weeks. I'm impressed by this number. I didn't try to lose weight, but as a result, I lost 2.4kg! It's very interesting how your body reacts to what you eat and do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday: No gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday: No gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday: 15 mins run and workout, total 40 mins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday: No gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday: 30 mins interval treadmill training</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday: 20 mins interval treadmill training and workout(mainly legs), total 1 hour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday: 40 mins running on the treadmill</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="color: blue;">Diet </span></u></b>(I share only dinner dishes here. I eat a salad bowl or a small sandwich/wrap for lunch almost everyday. So it's pretty much the same thing everyday.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday: Left over lasagna from last Sunday (I make a skillet lasagna often. And I use half of the ingredients amount from the recipe. Much less cheese. But it's still good.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday: No dinner... I had to go to the dentist after work, so I couldn't eat dinner :-(</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday: Pork steak with brown rice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday: Work dinner... But I did not ear any carbs!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday: Chili </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday: YAAAS! Cheat day!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">People say that you start seeing differences from week 3. I think that's about right. It's not a dramatical change. But I can tell my jeans are looser around my thighs. I also think that my face looks sharper. I have a round face, so it's easy to tell when I see my chin started sticking out more. Hahaha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can't believe I survived four weeks!! It's almost a month since I started. I really enjoy this new life style!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See you next week!!</span>thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-33134823917674103362016-03-06T14:22:00.002+09:002016-03-06T14:22:44.427+09:00HealthyTJG week 3<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think I like myself more than before since I started this healthier life style. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can see that my face lost some fat. But I don't see any big differences yet. A funny thing is that I started ordering new clothes!! You know, when you feel good about yourself, you get more confident and feel sexy!!! I love it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm still on week 3. But I'm already happier. It's not because I'm losing weight. It's because I feel good :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday: No gym</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday: Interval treadmill training for 30 mins</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday: 1 mile run and workout</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday: 35 mins interval treadmill training </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hit 47.6kg(104lbs)! I was so shocked to see that. It means that I lost 5lbs in three weeks. I feel like that it's a little too fast... But I'm not too worried. Saturday was my cheat day ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday: Ran for 25 mins and workout</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I was right. After the cheat day, I'm back to 48.0kg. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think that the interval training really burned a lot of fat this week. It's fun to see my body shape is slowly changing. And I feel great!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I repeated some same dishes from last week, so I didn't take pictures this week. Again, please please share some low carb dish recipes if you know some!! It's so hard to keep making different dishes. And it's also difficult to do it in Japan... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday: Chicken fajita (it's the same recipe as last Monday. It was really good, so I made it again)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday: Omelette with onions, bell peppers, ham, basil, mini tomatoes, and Feta cheese</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday: Quesadilla with basil and Feta cheese</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday: Pork steak with brown rice and spinach</span><br />
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<br />thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-37962124983419758102016-02-28T20:49:00.001+09:002016-02-28T20:53:47.742+09:00HealthyTJG Week 2 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ok. I guess week 2 is a little easier than week 1. It's not because I technically had two days of cheat days. I have a good excuse for that. My family from Kyoto was visiting me/Disneyland on Friday and Saturday. So I wanted to have a good time with my family. You know what I mean...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Weight: started with 48.8kg(107lbs). There were small ups and downs during the week. Then, ended with 48.8kg(107lbs).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday: Ran 20 mins with 6 miles/hour & workout (arms&abs)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday: Work out (leg day) & 10 mins walk on the treadmill *My right ankle is not happy recently </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday: No gym, but walked around all day at Tokyo Disneyland</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday: Ran 40 mins (First 15 min was interval training)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I used half of the cheese amount from the recipe. And I did not use oil to cook it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday: My family from Kyoto was visiting Tokyo Disneyland, so I joined them... It was hard not to eat all kinds of sweets and snacks there. I managed to eat unhealthy food minimum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Isn't it so cute? It's a Mickey Mouse shape chicken nuggets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another day with my family :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you know easy low carb recipes, please leave comments! I'm going to repeat some same dishes next week, so if I can get more ideas for dinner, it'll be very helpful :-)</span><br />
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<br />thatjapanesegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12387761142769345944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308876111787535713.post-5732920735216493682016-02-23T22:19:00.000+09:002016-02-23T23:30:14.681+09:00Healthy TJG<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm on week 2 of being on healthy diet. And I'm going crazy! I cannot stop thinking about food(not healthy food. I'm talking about.... Popeyes!!)!!<br />I've decided to share my healthy diet journey with you to keep myself sane. And hopefully it encourages you to be healthier and feeling good about yourself.<br /><br />Why am I doing this? <br />I'm not afraid of aging, but I'm terrified to age badly! I want to feel good about myself. And I want to age well. <br />I thought that having a healthier life would help me to age well. <br /><br />I'm a food lover and a couch potato. So my plan is not hardcore like fitness freaks. <br />My plan is eating healthier meals for 6 days and one cheat day and going to the gym every two days. As a result, hopefully I can lose some weight. <br />As you see, losing weight is not my main focus. I quickly get tired of worrying about my weight. And it's unhealthy to worry about the weight! <br />Having said that, I needed a goal to keep my motivation. So my goal for now is to be 45kg(100 lb). I was 49.6kg(109.3 lb) when I started last Monday, Feb 15th. My current weight is 48.8kg(107.5 lb), so I've already lost 0.8kg(1.8 lb). Not bad, right? <br /> Let me tell you how short I am. I'm 148cm(4.85 ft). I'm super short! So 100 lb shouldn't be too bad. And I'm not saying that I'm gonna try to lose that much in a week or month. I'm going to take my time :-)<br /><br />Now you know what I'm trying to do here. I'd like to share what I've done in week 1.<br /><br /><u><b><span style="color: blue;">Exercise</span> </b></u><br /><b>Monday: </b> No gym</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday:</b> No gym<br /><b>Thursday: </b> Ran for 30 mins before work<br /><b>Friday:</b> Ran for 40 mins after work<br /><b>Saturday:</b> No gym</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (I had my hair salon appointment! I need to be pretty to be healthy. Being healthy is feeling good about yourself, right?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sunday: </b> No gym (My excuse is... I didn't want to sweat and wash my hair right after I get my hair color retouched.)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><u>Diet</u></b></span><br /><b>Monday - Saturday:</b> grilled chicken breasts, vegetables.... etc<br />I did not plan to share this, so I took only one picture of the meal on Monday. I will do a better job from this week!!<br /><br /><b>Sunday:</b> Cheat day!!!!!! My boyfriend and I went to China town and had dim sum buffet!! Then, we found a new Hotteok stand on our way home, so we got it as well. We felt guilty to eat that much even we were on the cheat day, so we had smoothie for dinner. <br />*Hotteok is a Korean winter street snack. It's like a small pancake with cinnamon, sugar, nuts inside.<br /><br />We can see the results together. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of changes I can see on my body! I hope it gives you some ideas what you can try too. Since I'm a beginner of this healthy life stye, I'd love to hear your stories!!<br /><br />See you next week!</span></div>
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