PINK HIPPO: May 31, 2017

i know you're on vacation and won't be updating the blog.  i have a headache.  it might be these diet pills i'm trying.  i'll let you know if they work.


Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, one bowl of grapefruit, breakfast jook, one piece of turkey bacon

Lunch: brown rice with shrimp and peas

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one handful of popcorn

PINK HIPPO: May 26, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with raspberries, bai bubbles sparkling antioxidant infusion gimbi pink grapefruit drink (5 calories), 10 peanuts

Lunch:  2 hard shell chicken tacos with lettuce and tomato

Dinner:

Blue Hippo: May 26, 2017

I have been really depressed because I managed to gain 5 pounds in three days when trying to be healthier.

Breakfast:  3 pieces of flaxseed and omega bread, 3 hard boiled eggs, one yam

Lunch:

Dinner:

PINK HIPPO: May 25, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, one bowl of grapefruit, one bowl of cherries, one diet snapple peach iced tea

Snack:  5 peanuts

Lunch:  grilled cheese on wheat with tomatoes

Dinner: one glass of milk, half an apple

PINK HIPPO: May 24, 2017

i apologize for my absence...it's migraine-trigger weather, so i've been trying to keep off of the computer/phone as much as possible, which is difficult, since that's 99.9% of my job.

this week i've been subsisting mostly on lipton cup-a-soup, gatorade, and pretzels.  and lots of tyenol.

but, getting back into the routine.

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, two pieces of turkey bacon, one bowl of grapefruit, one bowl of cherries

Lunch:  turkey burger patty, mustard; spinach and tomato salad with balsamic vinegar

Dinner: one apple

Blue Hippo: May 19, 2017

Breakfast: Berry muffin with cacao creme

Snack:  Granola and lots of peanut butter

Lunch:  Cucumber soup and salad

Dinner: (which I am eating at 130 pm bc I am hungry)--veggie burger with salad and cashew cream

PINK HIPPO: May 19, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with raspberries, breakfast jook, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 5 peanuts, 1 bowl of grapefruit

Snack:   mini chocolate muffin (I'M ON MY PERIOD, SHUT UP)

Lunch: 2 hard shell chicken tacos with lettuce and tomato

Dinner:

not that i could ever afford them, but i think we should boycott Louis Vuitton.  bc you know they definitely would boycott us, if this is their standards.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/whats-hot/this-model-was-fired-from-louis-vuitton-for-being-%E2%80%98too-fat%E2%80%99/ar-BBBhubK?li=BBnbcA0

PINK HIPPO: May 18, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with mangos, breakfast jook, 1 bowl of grapefruit

Lunch:  french onion soup, side salad, 2 vodkas

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one apple, handful of popcorn

Blue Hippo: May 18, 2017

Maybe my stomach has finally adjusted to smaller portions--wishful thinking

Breakfast:  berries with oats

Snack:  ~ 1 cup of gluten free granola and 6 rice cakes (no more rice cakes!  :( )

Lunch: some sort of vegetable root bowl with sauerkraut

Snack:  a whole lot granola (I think based on the nutrition in the back I consumed approximately 1000 calories--my coworker also mentioned that I had enough fat for three days)

Dinner:  Gross kale salad which I had to balance with some more granola and almond milk

:(

PINK HIPPO: May 17, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, one bowl of grapefruit

Snack:  dayquil and orange juice.  i caved!  i had to.  i needed that delicious citrus sugar.

Lunch: (mandatory office meeting/lunch)  portabella mushroom sandwich, caprese salad, diet orange sunkist, 2 strawberries

Snack:   dayquil and 2 cookies (i'm on my period, GD it!)

Dinner:  [apartment building mixer, went with roommate], 2 tomato slices, 1 piece of mozzarella, 1/2 cup of wine (gross)

Blue Hippo: May 17, 2017

Breakfast:  dark chocolate granola with vanilla almond milk

Snack: kind almond coconut bar with 6 rice cakes

Lunch: spaghetti squash with pesto

Snack: kind almond coconut bar and some dark chocolate granola with vanilla almond milk

Dinner: salad and gluten free pasta with cashew cream

two chocolates (they are supposed to help your skin so they don't count)

PINK HIPPO: May 16, 2017

am SO HUNGRY.  want to eat a turkey leg like a medieval king.

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, two pieces of turkey bacon, one bowl of grapefruit

Snack:  Dayquil and a peanut

Lunch:  peanut butter on wheat, small vegetable soup

Snack:  Dayquil, 3 peanuts

Dinner: glass of milk, Nyquil

Blue Hippo: May 16, 2017

So I woke up feeling like my stomach was eating itself.  Yet my stomach still looks like I'm six months preggo.

Breakfast:  Some sort of botanical breakfast bar

Snack:  Kind bar almond and coconut

Lunch: Pomengranate and hemp seed salad

Snack: Kind bar almond and coconut and cashews with dried coconuts and bananas

Dinner: (I'm having it early because I'm so hungry) margherita flatbread with tomatoes and macadamia ricotta--this is finally kind of filling but probably won't last until I go to bed so I am sensing eggs in my future.

PINK HIPPO: May 15, 2017

*change:  unless otherwise stated, please assume that a gallon of water has been drunk that day

Breakfast:  egg white and spinach frittata, 2 pieces of turkey bacon, greek yogurt with blueberries, 1 bowl of grapefruit, 1 mini mint-chocolate-chip cupcake (foisted on me by coworker who baked them)

Snack:  2 more mini cupcakes (coworker guilted me into it)

worth noting:  two symptoms that tell me i now have a cold--my period, and the fact that i fell asleep at my desk this morning.  achoo!

Lunch:  peanut butter on wheat, tomato-eggplant soup

Dinner:  glass of milk, Nyquil

PINK HIPPO: May 14, 2017

Breakfast/Lunch:  1 1/2 mimosas, scrambled eggs, side of parmesan truffle fries

Dinner: 2 bean tacos, chicken enchiladas, diet coke

PINK HIPPO: May 13, 2017

Breakfast:  2 glasses of pulpy orange juice

Lunch:  quatro fromagio pizza, bosc pear and arugala salad, arancini (all split with another person), 2 glasses of wine

Snack:  tub of popcorn, diet coke (at movies)

Dinner:  rock shrimp appetizer, lobster fried rice, lettuce chicken wraps, soup dumplings (small plates split between 3 people); 2 sake martinis

Snack:  one bite of chocolate cookie, 2 vodkas

Blue Hippo: May 15, 2017

Looks like both of us have weekend food amnesia.

Breakfast:  zucchini muffin with coconut creme

Lunch: veggie wrap in rice paper with strawberry salad

Dinner: thai curry (veggie) with sticky rice

Needless to say--I'm starving.

Snack:  I couldn't sit I was so hungry...3 scrambled eggs and an apple

PINK HIPPO: May 12, 2017

i was so hungry last night.  i opened and closed my seamlessweb app 5 times.  now today i am super tired and cranky (that could also be from PMS).  this weekend is going to be a humdinger. 

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with strawberries, one bowl of grapefruit, smoothie (strawberries, pineapple, greek yogurt, ice), 32 oz of water

Lunch:  chicken fajitas with peppers, tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, 32 oz of water

Dinner:  spinach and beet salad, side dish of spring vegetable risotto, cocktails: numerous, hence the healthy dinner

Blue Hippo: May 12, 2017

Breakfast:  2 pieces of millet chia gluten free bread with 2 tbsp peanut butter (300)

Snack:  Almond coconut kind bar (190), 4 rice cakes (76) with 1 tbsp pb (90)

Snack 2: 4 rice cakes (76)--i'm a grazer

Snack 3: 2 rice cakes with 2 tbsp pb (180)

Snack 4:  Let's just say I was really hungry and no longer counting calories since I had too many rice cakes to count.

Lunch: Rice with cashew chicken

Dinner: Rice and three eggs

Dessert: strawberry yogurt

PINK HIPPO: May 11, 2017

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, one bowl of grapefruit, 32 oz of water

Lunch:  grilled cheese (on wheat!) with tomato soup---this was not my fault.  i felt bad bc the grill guy said, "don't worry, i hid the pepper jack from everyone bc i know it's your favorite!"; 32 oz of water

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one apple

Did 7 minute app

Blue Hippo: May 11, 2017

Okay, I'm really going to start the diet today and going forth.  I feel awful from yesterday and probably have developed diabetes.

Breakfast:  Two pieces of chia millet gluten free bread with peanut butter (~300 cals)

2nd Breakfast:  3 hardboiled eggs (240 cals) and peanut butter 2 tbsp (180)

Snack: 2 tbsp peanut butter (180)

Lunch: Tofu arugula salad with balsamic vinegar (no idea--prob like 100 calories?)

Snack: (I'm starving!) 2 tbsp peanut butter (180)

Dinner: 1.5 spicy tuna kimbap roll, 1 spam kimbap, some veggie chips  (I couldn't help it I was so hungry)

Blue Hippo: May 10, 2017

So....I took a day off today because I felt burnt out from work.  So....this means all out eating fest.  Tomorrow starts the diet!

Breakfast:  three mac and cheese pancakes with syrup and three beef and cheddar sliders--delicious!

Snack:  Salted butterscotch cupcake

No Lunch!

Snack: half of a cake batter cupcake and some veggie chips

Dinner: went to Momosan--had ramen and two pork buns and three glasses of sake

I think i gained 7 pounds today.  Not even joking.

PINK HIPPO: May 10, 2017

Breakfast:  one glass of orange juice, greek yogurt with blueberries, one bowl of grapefruit, 32 oz of water, 2 cups of ginger-green tea (i'm bloated like a turkey balloon)

Lunch: dominican shrimp with yucca and beans, 32 oz of water

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one apple, five pistachios, handful of popcorn

Did 7 minute app!

Blue Hippo: May 9, 2017

Breakfast:  1.5 bowls of cheerios with whole milk

Snack:  cup of chocolate pretzels (some a hole brought them in and of course I had to eat them), handful of jelly bellies

2nd Breakfast:  Bacon cheese and two egg bagel

Lunch:  None!

Dinner:  two kimbap rolls (spam/tuna), red bean fish cake, veggie chips

Snack:  although I haven't eaten it yet I know I will--another red bean fish cake

PINK HIPPO: May 9, 2017

annoyingly, i missed breakfast hours in the cafeteria, so again i had to go with whatever cold stuff i could scavenge.

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, spicy crab roll, one bowl of grapefruit, handful of potato chips, 32 oz water

Lunch: lemon cod, green beans, 32 oz of water

Dinner:  3 glasses of wine, 2 apples, 1 glass of milk

PINK HIPPO: May 8, 2017

uh...this weekend was pretty awesome (only in the food sense).  lots of pulp-y orange juice, chicken and dumplings, indian food, mint chocolate chip ice cream, mac and cheese, and apples (mostly for annie).  the [east village] grocery that delivers my food said, "you're my best customer!"

not great.  especially since the taco place by me also says the same thing.

so starting off a new week!

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, two pieces of turkey bacon, 32 oz of water

snack:  bowl of grapefruit

Lunch:  GD it, i missed the lunch hours in the cafeteria, so i'm going to have to depend on cold foods.  bleh.

spinach and tomato salad with balsamic vinegar, turkey with mustard on rye, 32 oz of water

[i would like credit for my willpower--today's afternoon snack was "appetizers" which is my favorite food group, and i bypassed that and went with the salad and turkey sandwich]


Dinner:  one apple, one glass of milk

Blue Hippo: May 8, 2017

I have mommy brain so can't even remember what I ate yesterday except for a blurry haze of pizza and of course cheerios--I think there was an Indian buffet somewhere in between.  So here's today!

Breakfast:  one bowl of cheerios

2nd breakfast:  3 hard boiled eggs, banana, blueberry yogurt (fat free)

Lunch: gyro with some fries in it--just a few

Snack: one kind bar almond coconut

Dinner: samgyupsal with rice

snack:  chocolate pudding and cheerios

Blue Hippo: May 6, 2017

After yesterday's terrible eating I have gained 2 pounds!  So today I am going to be good...

Breakfast:  3 bowls of cheerios with whole milk

Snack: one piece of bread with peanut butter

Lunch: Salad with grilled tofu and balsamic vinegar, one piece of bread with peanut butter
(two cupcakes--eek!)

Snack: almond coconut kind bar

Dinner: three slices of bread, cheese, apple

PINK HIPPO: May 5, 2017

pre-breakfast snack:  cherry lollipop (i went to the allergist this morning)--not a great start to the day

Breakfast: greek yogurt with blueberries, breakfast jook, one piece of turkey bacon, one bowl of grapefruit, 32 oz of water

snack:  7 pistachios

Lunch: 2 hard-shell chicken tacos, 32 oz of water

Dinner:  2 apples, 1 pickle, 1 glass of wine

BLUE HIPPO: May 5, 2017

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I just found out it was like five minutes ago and dreading the psychopaths that come out.  You're going out right? Planning on eating out tonight so probably will have amnesia when I post stuff later.

Breakfast:  2 bowls of cheerios

snack:  two coconut almond kind bars

Lunch: Innumerable small chocolates that were laying out (i am very stressed), ham and cheese on croissant with mayo, kale chips

Dinner: blue crab pasta, foie gras, lobster bisque, two french rolls, brioche, one gimlet, salted caramel cupcake, a mini red velvet cupcake...oh man this looks a lot worse than I had thought...

PINK HIPPO: May 4, 2017 *Star Wars Day*

Breakfast:  greek yogurt with blueberries, "breakfast jook", one piece of turkey bacon, one bowl of grapefuit, 32 oz of water

Lunch: turkey burger with cheese on whole-wheat bun, 2 pickles, 32 oz water

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one apple, one handful of popcorn, one glass of wine

I AM STARVING.  only thing keeping me from bingeing is that the weekend is nigh, and that's the time i can eat!!!!

did 7-minute app

okay, i definitely felt suuuuuuuper creepy looking up today's thin-speration photo, and probably should delete my browser history bc it looks like i'm trolling for supermodels.

how many pounds do you think we need to lose before we look like miranda kerr?

BLUE HIPPO: May 4, 2017

Breakfast:  three bowls of cheerios with whole milk

snack:  two coconut almond kind bars

snack:  4 tbsp of peanut butter

Lunch: chicken thigh, broccoli and cauliflower, rice and beans, lay's potato chips

Dinner: spaghetti and meatballs, two pieces garlic cheese bread, half a chocolate chip cookie, pineapple, and a chocolate pudding

BLUE HIPPO: MAY 3, 2017

I'm going to pretend yesterday didn't happen mainly because I don't even remember what I ate.

Breakfast: two bowls of cheerios

Snack:  almond coconut kind bar/half of a mystery muffin that was sitting on Bob's desk so I ate it

Lunch: bbq pork ( very little), two bites of a sausage, potato salad, baked beans (very little)

Snack:  almond coconut kind bar

Dinner: spaghetti meatballs and garlic cheese bread X 3 (i was really hungry after my small lunch) and a orange pellegrino

Dessert:  Pineapple and chocolate pudding

I just need to work on this dinner thing for my diet...

PINK HIPPO: May 3, 2017

Breakfast:  one cup of steel-cut oatmeal mixed with two eggs over-easy and a packet of low-sodium soy sauce (my version "breakfast jook"), bowl of grapefruit, greek yogurt with blueberries, 32 oz water

Lunch: chicken pot pie (my weakness!), bowl of spinach and tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, 32 oz water

Dinner:  one glass of milk, one apple

read how to get Gigi Hadid's stomach*.  chuckled.  drank glass of wine.

Grape popsicle.  (Organic, 45 calories.  Also, split with Annie so only 22.5 calories!)


*did 7-Minute App today, with only 2 pauses!

PINK HIPPO: May 2, 2017

well, my lovely rumspringa from food moderation is over.  i am back on the wagon of sad foods.  mind over matter.

Breakfast: greek yogurt with blueberry, 3 hard boiled eggs (no yolk), one bowl grapefruit, one glass of milk, one piece of coconut pound cake (my last loot from vacation), 32 oz of water

Lunch: grilled chicken, roasted vegetables, 32 oz of water

not going to lie...this afternoon is taking a loooong time.  my body is still craving vacation-mode food.  a little nervous about what my dinner will end up being.  am looking at Met Gala pics for thin-speration. 

Dinner: one glass of milk, one apple, one glass of wine

Did 7 Minute App, but with a lot of pauses...

BLUE HIPPO: MAY 1, 2017

Today is the start of a new month so I'm going to really try and be healthy so my stomach won't spill over my pants anymore.

Breakfast:  One large bowl of cheerios with whole milk

2nd Breakfast:  3 hard boiled eggs, veggie chips, banana, water

Lunch: lemon pollack, mushrooms, mashed potatoes, veggie chips

Dinner: Turkey sandwich with mayo and a diet dr. pepper