May Fair

10 May 2008 at 9:56 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

I went to the Richmond May Fair today with my daughter and her boyfriend. It was packed with stalls from local schools, churches and groups such as the Scouts and Sea Cadets, selling cakes and barbecued food to raise money. Instead, I popped into Tesco and bought one of their low-calorie sandwiches and a diet drink. We had an enjoyable day in the warm weather.

Wanting to avoid all those stalls, I didn’t do much walking around there today, though I did get to walk to St Margarets to pick up my car, so I racked up just over 8000 steps on the pedometer.

Breakfast Porridge + skimmed milk 160
Lunch Egg sandwich 275
Fresh fruit salad 60
Dinner Pasta + half-fat tom + marscapone sauce 355
Drinks 2 cups of tea + 0 calorie drinks 20
Total Calories 870

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Recipe: Beetroot salad

10 May 2008 at 9:20 pm (photo, recipe)

Posted by Paola

This very simple salad is one of my favourites and can be made in a few minutes. It is a bowl of wonderful contrasts in flavour. Serve with toast for a contrast of textures too.

Makes two main 286g portions or four side portions.

Per 286g portion:

  • 242 calories
  • 16g protein
  • 18g carbohydrates
  • 11g fat
  • 3g fibre

Ingredients
280g cooked beetroot
100g light mozzarella
30g capers (optional)
80g fat-free yoghurt
juice from one lemon
1 tablespoon (15ml) extra virgin olive oil

1. Cube the beetroot and mozzarella into a bowl. Add the capers, lemon juice, olive oil and yoghurt. Season with pepper. Only add salt if you’re not using capers.

2. Stir and it’s ready to eat!

2 servings calories protein carbs fat fibre
capers 4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
fat-free yoghurt 46 4.7 6.7 0.1 0.0
extra virgin olive oil 123 0.0 0.0 13.7 0.0
beetroot 134 6.4 24.6 0.0 5.6
light mozzarella 163 20.0 0.4 9.0 0.0
Total 483 32 36 23 6

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Day 125: Lazy Saturday

10 May 2008 at 9:03 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

10:45am  Russian salad + tea

299g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
capers 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
lemon juice 13 0.2 4.3 0.0 0.2
fat-free yoghurt 33 3.4 4.8 0.1 0.0
wholemeal Crackerbread 40 1.4 7.8 0.4 1.2
extra virgin olive oil 86 0.0 0.0 9.6 0.0
beetroot 94 4.5 17.2 0.0 3.9
light mozzarella 114 14.0 0.3 6.3 0.0
Total 381 24 35 16 5

3:45pm  Cheese salad + pint of fizzy squash

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
lettuce 16 0.8 2.4 0.0 1.6
Peppadew 25 0.2 5.9 0.0 0.7
extra virgin olive oil 26 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0
sultanas 53 0.5 12.5 0.1 0.4
half-fat cheddar cheese 55 6.2 0.0 3.3 0.0
Hovis wheatgerm bread 68 3.2 12.4 0.7 1.7
Total 254 11 37 7 5

7:15pm  Broccoli with borlotti beans in sweet chilli yoghurt + apple + tea

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
sweet chilli sauce 51 0.2 12.6 0.0 0.1
apple 52 0.0 14.3 0.0 3.2
steamed broccoli 69 2.7 16.1 0.5 6.9
borlotti beans 75 6.7 10.9 0.5 5.8
fat-free yoghurt 96 9.7 13.9 0.2 0.0
Total 342 19 68 1 16

Evening drink: half pint of fizzy squash

Day 125 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 381 24 35 16 5
Lunch 254 11 37 7 5
Dinner 342 19 68 1 16
Other drinks 100
Total 1,078 54 139 24 26
22% 56% 22%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Oops!

10 May 2008 at 10:46 am (food diary)

Posted by Anna

On the upside, I managed 10200 steps on the pedometer, but some of those might just have been a few bumps on the ride home in Paola and Frank’s car!

On the downside, I knew today wouldn’t be a good day. I had intended to stack up on lunch on the basis that I was meeting Paola and Frank in Starbucks for a quick bite to eat before going onto a concert, and I’ve never seen anything in Starbucks that I like. However, while waiting for them, I browsed their selection and found something that actually looked rather tasty. So I ended up having a sandwich there and just went for it and had what I thought would be a low calorie muffin (since it said it was ’skinny’). However, Paola pointed out that it just meant low fat, but still high in carbohydrate calories and checking this morning, she was right.

Paola kindly took the time to look over my figures for the last month or so to see what proportion of my intake is on desserts and it was a 6th, but on some ‘bad’ days, it was up to a half! Not only that, but the proportion of my dessert intake has shown a trend of gradually increasing. It was sobering to see it all there in the charts she’d created and has made me really think hard about my eating habits.

I’m going to try a week, starting from today, without any desserts at all and see how I go.

Thanks, Paola, for caring enough to take the time to do that for me — I really appreciate it! :-)

Breakfast Yoghurt 125
Weetabix 176
Lunch Cheese omlette + baked beans 400
Fruit pie + custard 500
Dinner Chicken, tomato + pesto panini 387
Skinny lemon muffin 390
Drinks Various beverages 50
Total Calories 2,028

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Day 124: What, no Jerry Goldsmith?

10 May 2008 at 2:07 am (exercise, food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

10:45am  Vegetarian bacon sandwich + pear + tea

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
ketchup 9 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0
extra-light soft cheese 29 3.8 1.0 1.1 0.0
vegetarian bacon 100 13.1 1.7 4.5 1.7
pear 104 0.7 27.9 0.2 5.5
Hovis wheatgerm bread 107 5.0 19.3 1.1 2.7
Total 349 23 52 7 10

4pm  Beetroot and mozzarella salad

With the last crumbs of Finn Crisp.

251g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
capers 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
lemon juice 11 0.2 3.6 0.0 0.2
Finn Crisp 12 0.4 2.2 0.1 0.6
wholemeal Crackerbread 20 0.7 3.9 0.2 0.6
fat-free yoghurt 28 2.8 4.0 0.0 0.0
extra virgin olive oil 72 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0
beetroot 79 3.8 14.4 0.0 3.3
light mozzarella 96 11.8 0.2 5.3 0.0
Total 318 20 29 14 5

Off to the Royal Albert Hall to meet Anna for a film music concert.

Afternoon drink: diet Pepsi in a park

6:45pm  Falafel panini + biscotti + tea @ Starbucks

I gave Frank the other biscotti (they come in a pair at Starbucks).

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
almond biscotti 127 2.2 17.5 5.3 0.7
falafel panini 384 14.4 65.9 7.0 5.7
Total 511 17 83 12 6

Afternoon drink: diet Pepsi @ pub

Pedometer: 6,516 steps

Back home around midnight.

12:45am Crackerbread with soft cheese

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
Quark soft cheese 30 5.2 1.8 0.1 0.0
wholemeal Crackerbread 40 1.4 7.8 0.4 1.2
Total 70 7 10 0 1

Hmm, I gotta stop having biscotti at coffee shops.

Day 124 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Brunch 349 23 52 7 10
Lunch 318 20 29 14 5
Dinner 511 17 83 12 6
Snack 70 7 10 0 1
Other drinks 100
Total 1,347 65 173 33 22
21% 55% 24%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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