Day 85: Waiting for foodo
Posted by Paola
11:20am Tangy chickpeas with broccoli and cottage cheese
I think that sweet chilli sauce can make most things taste wonderful.
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red pepper | 3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| red onion | 18 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| balsamic vinegar | 13 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| chickpeas | 51 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| dried mint | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| cottage cheese w/onion & chives | 71 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| sweet chilli sauce | 27 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| steamed broccoli | 32 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Total | 216 | 16.0 | 34.8 | 2.6 | 6.4 |
Soon after having this, I left for a meeting, taking the remaining chickpeas and broccoli with me in case I got hungry later.
12:50pm Innocent smoothie of pineapples, bananas and coconut (173 calories)
I got hungry on the train and had a smoothie instead of solid food.
I didn’t eat while I was out – I should have as I was ravenous when I got home (and after doing a little food shopping).
7:25pm Vegetarian wraps + pear + tea
I made two wraps on a normal dinner plate. I ate them quickly as I was too hungry to concentrate on savouring each bite.
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| radishes | 5 | 23.8 | 0.6 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| salad onions | 19 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| cottage cheese w/onion & chives | 21 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| watercress | 4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Quark soft cheese | 30 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| wholemeal tortilla | 218 | 7.4 | 32.4 | 6.6 | 5.2 |
| sun-dried tomatoes | 44 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| vegetarian spicy sausage slices | 72 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| pear | 93 | 0.6 | 24.8 | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Total | 505 | 50.5 | 76.8 | 24.1 | 15.0 |
8:30pm Wholemeal scone + hot chocolate
Subsequently, I felt peckish and had the reduced-price wholemeal scone I’d bought on the way home.
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wholemeal scone | 224 | 5.5 | 29.7 | 9.7 | 3.5 |
| light Flora | 25 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Total | 249 | 5.5 | 29.9 | 9.9 | 3.5 |
The day’s totals:
| Day 85 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunch | 216 | 16.0 | 34.8 | 2.6 | 6.4 |
| Snack (smoothie) | 173 | 2.0 | 37.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| Dinner | 505 | 50.5 | 76.8 | 24.1 | 15.0 |
| Snack (scone) | 249 | 5.5 | 29.9 | 9.9 | 3.5 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,243 | 74.0 | 178.7 | 39.9 | 27.9 |
| 22% | 52% | 26% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Small mixed box from Abel & Cole
Posted by Paola
31 Mar 2008
Tomatoes, potatoes, aubergine, courgette, cabbage, pears, banana and kiwi.
Monday Moaning
Posted by Simon
My stomach hurts today. Here’s why.
8am-3pm Snackfast 400 cals
Over most of the day I was working away saying to myself ‘oh, I’ll have breakfast in a minute’, and in the mean time consuming a granola bar, some crunchy ‘crisp bag’ snacks, and a banana.
5pm Dinner 1010 cals
So by dinner I was starving, so made it bigger than normal, because I was extra hungry, I’d ‘need more’. Which I now realise is rubbish. I had fish finger wraps, with some new coleslaw (addition: capers, peas!). Fingers 400, wraps 360 cals! (Mission brand wraps were on sale, 180 cals each, cos they are bigger than the Discovery ones, remember your Pi-r-squared folks!), slaw 200 cals, mayo 50 cals.
A big grand of calories. I had one too many fingers, and those wraps being bigger, I could probably get away with just one and more filling.
Moral: your eyes are bigger than your belly, even when you feel full half way through you just keep eating. No wonder you have a sore stomach now, 2.5 meals worth of calories in one go is TOO MUCH
Running Total 1410 cals
A low total so far, I feel compelled to eat more, as 1400 doesn’t seem enough. I’ll drink lots and see later if I’m actually hungry or not.
10:30pm Supper 250 cals
Peckish, but wanted something easily digestible, so banana & goat smoothie.
Daily Total 1660 cals
My starvation then eat all at once had a good effect on calorie intake, but I think I’d have prefered it more spread out!
Day 85: weigh-in
Posted by Paola
Weekly weigh-in: 1 lb lost (total: 22 lb in 12 weeks)
Carbs…
Posted by Simon
The Atkins Diet is now infamous, of course. But over the last while, I’ve been eating more veg, and less carbs, just naturally, as I’ve had a lot of veggies around that need eating.
Monitoring calories shows that traditional carbs, like spuds, rice, pasta, etc, is packed full of ‘em!
Doesn’t seem like rocket science to me… Eat lots of veg, piles of them, they don’t contain many calories, and they’re mostly good ones. Bargain!
(No diary today.)
Day 84: Soup day
Posted by Paola
Clocks went forward an hour.
11:15am Cooked vegetarian breakfast + mandarin + tea
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vegetarian bacon | 50 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| large free-range organic egg | 93 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| rapeseed oil | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| vegetarian frankfurter | 68 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| baked beans | 69 | 5.0 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| half-fat cheddar cheese | 26 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Dijon mustard | 17 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| mandarin | 37 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Total | 380 | 29.1 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 6.7 |
Afternoon drink: pint of fizzy squash
5:45pm Carrot and fennel soup + coffee
| 400g portion | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carrots | 34 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| red onion | 15 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| celery | 6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| vegetable stock | 13 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| fennel | 16 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| garlic | 4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| tomato puree | 4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| fat-free yoghurt | 36 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 128 | 8.1 | 20.5 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
6:10pm Home-made banana, peanut butter and yoghurt ice lolly
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| banana | 79 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| peanut butter | 203 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 16.8 | 2.0 |
| fat-free yoghurt | 18 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 300 | 11.8 | 26.5 | 17.1 | 4.4 |
9pm Carrot and fennel soup
| 402g portion | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carrots | 34 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| red onion | 15 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| celery | 6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| vegetable stock | 13 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| fennel | 16 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| garlic | 4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| tomato puree | 4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| fat-free yoghurt | 38 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 131 | 8.5 | 20.7 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
The day’s totals:
| Day 84 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 380 | 29.1 | 23.2 | 19.1 | 6.7 |
| Lunch | 428 | 19.8 | 46.9 | 18.2 | 10.1 |
| Dinner | 131 | 8.5 | 20.7 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,039 | 57.4 | 90.8 | 38.5 | 22.5 |
| 24% | 39% | 37% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Day 83: Net meet
Posted by Paola
We spent most of the day with friends we met online over 10 years ago who’d we lost touch with but re-found each other on Facebook. We have been meeting monthly again since November – this and last time at people’s houses and we each bring food and drink.
8:50am Fruit croissant + freshly-brewed coffee
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jam-filled croissant | 316 | 5.8 | 43.0 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
11:45am Mixed vegetable soup
| 260g portion | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carrots | 22 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| red onion | 10 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| celery | 4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| vegetable stock | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| fennel | 10 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| garlic | 2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| tomato puree | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Total | 60 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
My contribution food-wise to the afternoon gathering was various bags of savoury snacks and sweets, none of which I would eat. They included the wonderful-sounding white chocolate and strawberry-crumb covered freeze-dried strawberries.
I decided to take my own food – two wraps and filling (tangy chickpeas and broccoli). I figured that people would be too pre-occupied with enjoying themselves and their own food to notice or care that I was eating something else.
Drink: tea
4:35pm Pizza with salad
The host baked pizza and so I chose the pizza with no cheese on. The salad dressing was made with balsamic, chilli jam and oil and was very yum. The hostess also included chunks of apple in the salad, which was interesting.
(Except for the pizza, I have estimated the other nutritional info, based on similar items on calorie-count.com)
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomato & roast garlic pizza bread | 376 | 9.6 | 48.4 | 16.0 | 3.8 |
| salad | 30 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| dressing | 53 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Total | 459 | 11.1 | 58.9 | 19.3 | 6.8 |
6:20pm Vegetable wrap + bread and butter pudding
I made one of my wraps. The hostess had made ‘bread and butter’ pudding but it was more delish than I expected. It turned out to be a Jamie Oliver’s recipe which includes hot cross buns with jam, baked with custard! That’s why it was so wonderful!
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red pepper | 2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| red onion | 13 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| balsamic vinegar | 10 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| chickpeas | 37 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| dried mint | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| wholemeal tortilla | 109 | 3.7 | 16.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| steamed broccoli | 6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| hot cross bun pudding | 388 | 8.0 | 42.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 565 | 14.6 | 70.8 | 22.1 | 5.4 |
8:15pm Cheese, biscuits and grapes
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stilton with apricots | 100 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| brie | 114 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| poppy seed biscuit | 54 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| cheese biscuits | 91 | 2.7 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| grapes | 24 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 383 | 15.8 | 25.7 | 24.9 | 1.7 |
Evening drink: coffee
12:20am Vegetable soup with sun-dried tomatoes
Back home, I had a cup of soup even though it was late.
| 260g portion | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carrots | 22 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| red onion | 10 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| celery | 4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| vegetable stock | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| fennel | 10 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| garlic | 2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| tomato puree | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| sun-dried tomatoes | 57 | 3.1 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Total | 117 | 4.3 | 24.2 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
The day’s totals:
| Day 83 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 316 | 5.8 | 43.0 | 13.4 | |
| Snack (soup) | 60 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| Lunch | 459 | 11.1 | 58.9 | 19.3 | 6.8 |
| Dinner | 565 | 14.6 | 70.8 | 22.1 | 5.4 |
| Snack (cheese w/biscuits) | 383 | 15.8 | 25.7 | 24.9 | 1.7 |
| Snack (soup) | 117 | 4.3 | 24.2 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,999 | 52.8 | 234.6 | 81.8 | 23.9 |
| 11% | 50% | 39% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Well, what can I say except that I should have stuck to my original plan of only eating the food I’d brought for myself.
