More baking (not for me!)

1 May 2008 at 10:07 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

I was running a training course today and knew that tea/coffee and freshly baked cookies would be delivered several times during the day, so I filled my boots at breakfast to prevent any hunger pangs causing me to lose my resolve. My masterplan worked!

I meant to take in the rest of the chicken tikka masala from last night to work today but forgot, so popped into Sainsbury’s and picked up one of their “Be Good To Yourself” range. I agree with Paola about the high cost of ready meals compared to buying fresh produce, but I’m a) not a huge fan of cooking and b) can’t be arsed when it’s only for me, anyway!

I’m currently baking more chocolate cupcakes, as someone is leaving tomorrow, so the flat is filled with the smell of chocolate! Mmmm!

Breakfast Yoghurt 70
Weetabix + skimmed milk 176
Lunch Diet chicken + broccoli pie + carrots 346
Dinner Chicken masala + rice 473
Drinks Various beverages 50
Total Calories 1,115

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No More Pecans

1 May 2008 at 6:10 pm (food diary)

Posted by Sylvia

Note: Lunch is a guess. The dish was very much like this one but the meat had the skin on. I found a different chicken stew which was 400 calories but included 4 tablespoons butter. So in the end, I went for the middle of the road.

Breakfast
2 milky coffee 100
Lunch
chicken stew with tomato, potato, carrot 300
Dinner
Pork roast 166
potatoes 86
olive oil 40
Light Asparagus Sauce 144
Asparagus 38
ham 64
Dinner Total 538
Additional
Rosé wine 279
100g pecans 715
1 chocolate truffle 54
Total 1986

I knew I was being bad – eating just before bed for one thing! And I’d even seen that they were NOT a good snack food on Paola’s chart. But I love Pecans and these are covered with salt and chile powder.

I’m the only person in the house that likes them – I guess I’ll have to give them away or something.

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Emotional Response

1 May 2008 at 2:24 pm (temptation, therapy)

Posted by Sylvia

Today, which had been blocked out as a much desired freestyle writing day (that is, write what I wanted, play with fiction, whatever) started out badly and then rapidly got worse.

I’d already known that today’s lunch was a bit iffy, as I had decided to make pasta but was going to keep calorie counts down by including lots of veg (and maybe a side salad) and watching my portion size.

By the time it came time to make lunch, I was miserable and had briefly been in tears (problems with my son, not THAT big a deal but a culmination of issues has brought me to the realisation that something needs to change). I was very much in a mood of not caring about whether the food was good for me or low calorie or anything else.

When I do my food diary for yesterday, you’ll see that I already had a fuck-it-moment and pigged out on pecans late at night. I made myself weigh the pecans so that I could see the result when doing the tracking. Today, I reminded myself how embarrassing it would be to show up on the boards AGAIN saying I had no food diary because I couldn’t be bothered counting. Quite honestly, that was the only reason I tracked the food as I was cooking it.

I filled my pasta bowl but didn’t quite serve everything – so now I’m full but not so full I feel ill. I will tot it all up later but I wanted to write down now how I felt for later reference. That’s the first clear “emotional eating” pattern I’ve seen.

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Day 115: The return of salad

1 May 2008 at 12:01 am (exercise, food diary, photo, recipe, shopping)

Posted by Paola

5am  Porridge + half pint of squash

Temporary insomnia. Porridge made with water and milk with added sultanas. I add Splenda sugar and margarine at the end.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
extra light Flora spread 19 0.5 0.2 1.8 0.0
sultanas 30 0.3 6.9 0.0 0.2
semi-skimmed milk 37 2.6 3.8 1.3 0.0
porridge oats 144 4.4 24.2 3.2 3.4
Total 229 8 35 6 4

I made a hummus with chickpeas and carrots plus a range of additional flavours.

Really simple to make. Add 250g carrots, 240g chickpeas, 2 x red chilli, 1 x dill pickle, 1 x red onion, 35g capers, 38g cheddar cheese, juice from 2 lemons, 34g sunflower seeds, 120ml orange juice and seasoning to a blender. The chilli, seeds, pickle and cheese are optional.

I used orange juice in place of olive oil. Best served chilled. Drizzle with a little olive oil and serve with bread.

1:30pm  Carrot hummus with rye bread

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
capers 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
hamisha cucumber 1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
red chilli 5 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.2
lemon juice 6 0.1 2.0 0.0 0.1
red onion 8 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.3
orange juice 14 0.2 2.9 0.0 0.0
carrots 18 0.0 3.8 0.0 1.3
extra virgin olive oil 21 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0
half-fat cheddar cheese 25 2.8 0.0 1.5 0.0
sunflower seeds 49 2.2 0.6 4.2 0.9
chickpeas 65 3.9 9.3 1.4 2.9
multi-grain rye bread 97 3.0 19.6 0.7 4.4
Total 308 13 41 10 10

Afternoon drink: hot chocolate

5pm  Cheese and chutney wrap + tea + almond biscotti @ Costa Coffee

New on the menu: cheddar and caramelised onion chutney flatbread.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
Cantuccini almond biscotti 165 3.8 22.8 6.3 1.3
cheese & onion chutney flatbread 355 13.2 41.3 15.2 0.0
Total 520 17 64 22 1

We did a food shop at Waitrose. I bought this lovely herb plant of Greek Basil. Isn’t it gorgeous?

Pedometer: 4,251 steps.

10:45pm  Cottage cheese and carrot hummus salad + half pint of squash + orange

I prepared this at 9pm but ate it after receiving a long phone call.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
watercress 8 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.4
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
extra virgin olive oil 51 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0
orange 62 1.2 15.3 0.2 1.2
cottage cheese 80 12.3 4.6 1.6 0.0
carrot hummus 84 4.3 9.6 3.2 2.5
Total 296 19 34 11 4

The day’s totals:

Day 115 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 229 8 35 6 4
Lunch 308 13 41 10 10
Dinner 520 17 64 22 1
Snack 296 19 34 11 4
Other drinks 100
Total 1,453 57 175 49 19
17% 51% 32%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

That’s what happens when I have breakfast AND eat out for a meal.

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