Back in the groove
Posted by Anna
I find it so much easier to control what I eat at work and it’s also easy to establish a routine. I’m frustrated yet again that with all this lovely weather, and with this diet, that I can’t walk anywhere very much. I’ve thought about getting my bike from David’s house, where it’s languishing in the garden, tarting it up (needs a new seat and tyres) and riding it. The trouble is it’s all main roads round here and a bloody great hill that I’m definitely not ready to cycle up just yet! I shall continue to consider that option… :-)
| Breakfast | Yoghurt | 125 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 egg scrambled | 100 | |
| Sub-total | 225 | |
| Lunch | Baked breaded chicken escalope | 300 |
| Broccoli | 35 | |
| Small side salad | 60 | |
| Sub-total | 395 | |
| Dinner | 150g chicken breast | 190 |
| Stir fry veg | 35 | |
| Stir fry sauce | 90 | |
| 1 tsp olive oil | 40 | |
| Sub-total | 355 | |
| Snack | Fresh pineapple | 106 |
| Sub-total | 106 | |
| Drinks | 2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs | 20 |
| Sub-total | 20 | |
| Total Calories | 1,101 | |
Sinful Sunday
Posted by Sylvia
I thought, if you are going to take Sunday off then you should post and state that you are doing so and make an active decision. Then I realised that my breakfast wasn’t as calorific as I thought it would be and thought, well, maybe I won’t take Sunday off. I then proceeded not to track my calories for the rest of the day, which meant in the evening I had no idea if I had “space” for the wine or not. I had it anyway – and I had lots of cheese and biscuits once I’d had some wine and decided I didn’t care.
I’m annoyed because I would have liked to have made a clear decision about it, or stay on the diet, but not just edge off it at the end of the day. Oh well. I am back to being strict, now!
| 10:30 | Milky Coffee | 30 |
|---|---|---|
| Ham and Cheese cracker | 176 | |
| Sub-total | 206 | |
| 15:00 | Gnocchi | 292 |
| Asparagus & ricotta | 56 | |
| Sub-total | 348 | |
| 20:30 | Soup | 210 |
| Noodles | 196 | |
| 1 hard boiled egg | 70 | |
| Sub-total | 476 | |
| 22:00 | Wine | 325 |
| Cheese and crackers | 174 | |
| Sub-total | 499 | |
| Total Calories | 1,529 | |
In A (Peanut Butter and Jelly) Jam
Posted by Jennifer
Eating at 10:00pm was a mistake. Eating a whole sandwich was a mistake. But the thing is, I was just really hungry. I had a very long day and dinner just didn’t hold me. *shrugs* I refuse to feel bad about it. It wasn’t overeating… I was hungry and I ate. Tomorrow I’ll try to keep my calories down.
| Meal | Food | Drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00pm | 3 oz lowfat peach yogurt | 90 |
| 1/2 c. fiber one cereal | 60 | |
| 20 blueberries | 15 | |
| Sub-total | 165 | |
| 2:45pm | 100 calorie pack crackers | 100 |
| Sub-total | 100 | |
| 6:00pm | chicken kebob w/ approx 3 oz grilled chicken + | |
| grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms | 175 | |
| raw veggies with dip (too much dip) | 300 | |
| mixed fruit salad w/ approx 1 oz vanilla yogurt | 100 | |
| Sub-total | 575 | |
| 8:00pm | 1 c vanilla icecream | 250 |
| 100 calorie pack shortbread cookies | 100 | |
| Sub-total | 350 | |
| 10:00pm | peanut butter and jelly sand (I should have just had half) | |
| 2 slices whole wheat bread | 240 | |
| 1 tbls peanut butter | 95 | |
| 1 tbls jam | 65 | |
| Sub-total | 400 | |
| Water | 2 + liters | |
| Total | 1,590 | |
Day 175: Waiting for the Riches
Posted by Paola
I would have eaten earlier but were expecting a Mr & Mrs Rich to come to view the house at 12:30. They didn’t show. Feh.
1:15pm Beetroot and mozzarella salad + clementine + coffee + fizzy squash
| 229g serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lemon juice | 12 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| lettuce | 24 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| cheese rice cake | 38 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| beetroot & mozzarella salad | 168 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
| Total | 243 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 6 |
3:40pm Halloumi with potato and peas + pint of fizzy squash
This felt like a proper Sunday lunch: a ‘meat’, veg and potatoes.
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| spray rapeseed oil | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| peas | 65 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| new potatoes | 83 | 1.8 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| lite halloumi | 169 | 20.0 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Total | 357 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 6 |
6:40pm Beetroot and mozzarella salad with pappadums + clementine
| 231g serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fat-free yoghurt | 33 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| clementine | 45 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| pappadums | 63 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| half-fat cheddar cheese | 70 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| beetroot & mozzarella salad | 170 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
| Total | 381 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 7 |
8:20pm Tomatoes with capers and bread + frozen banana + pint of squash
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pickled jalepeno | 3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| capers | 3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Quorn chicken-style slices | 17 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Peppadew | 35 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| tinned tomatoes | 39 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| stoneground wholemeal bread | 59 | 2.9 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| banana | 63 | 0.8 | 16.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Total | 252 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 9 |
The day’s totals:
| Day 175 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 243 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 6 |
| Lunch | 357 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 6 |
| Dinner | 381 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 7 |
| Snack | 252 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 9 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,333 | 86 | 144 | 35 | 28 |
| 28% | 47% | 26% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
|
Day 175: weigh-in
Posted by Paola
Weekly weigh-in: No loss (total: 42 lbs in 25 weeks)
I’m not entirely surprised but definitely disappointed. It seems like a waste of a week.
Disappointing Weigh-in
Posted by Anna
0 lbs lost. :-(
I can’t say I’m surprised after 3 lbs last week. Oh well, it all evens itself out in the wash! :-)
A friend phoned me and invited me to brunch this morning, fortunately early enough that I hadn’t had a yoghurt yet. We went to a local cafe and did ’swapsies’ — I gave her my mushrooms, toast and bacon and I got her sausage. It came with baked beans, but I only had a couple of fork-fulls. Very tasty!
I’m back on doing the low-carb thing from today and it’ll be interesting to see how it affects my weight loss over the coming week. Hopefully I’ll have a better result next weekend.
| Brunch | 2 sausages | 170 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 egg, scrambled | 100 | |
| 50g baked beans | 53 | |
| Sub-total | 323 | |
| Snack | Fresh pineapple | 106 |
| Sub-total | 106 | |
| Dinner | 150g chicken | 190 |
| Stir fry veg | 35 | |
| Teriyaki marinade | 90 | |
| Tsp olive oil | 40 | |
| Sub-total | 355 | |
| Snack | 20g blanched almonds | 118 |
| 20g cashews | 124 | |
| Sub-total | 242 | |
| Drinks | 2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs | 20 |
| Count On Us strawberry & vanilla smoothie | 140 | |
| Sub-total | 160 | |
| Total Calories | 1,186 | |
Sluggish on Saturday
Posted by Sylvia
Today I had a large lunch, with plenty of protein. Ever since I finished it, I’ve been thinking about something sweet. Nothing specific, it’s rather vague.
I think a diet coke would cure this but I was reading about sweeteners and sugar addictions and was thinking about going a day or two with no sugar/sweeteners at all to see what would happen. So I don’t have the coke.
I realise an hour later that I haven’t had any water either – usually in the morning I pick up a 1.5 litre bottle of water which sits on my desk and I aim to have finished it before dinner. Today the only drink I’ve had is a milky coffee and half a cup of tea. I get the water and drink a large glass on the spot and go back to reading.
Now it’s twenty past five. I still fancy something sweet. I feel sluggish and lethargic. I’m thinking I really should go for a walk to shake me up a bit. I am feeling guilty because I didnt get a lot done yesterday (partly because we had no internet connectivity for half the day) so today was supposed to be a catch-up day but I’m not really catching up. I also slept until noon ! So I have no excuse for being lazy.
Ichange my mind and have a diet coke. I’m not really sure what to do about the tiredness. I had two large glasses of wine last night so this could just be penance – empty calories plus mild hangover? But I felt fine this morning, it’s only in the late afternoon that I’ve become sluggish. Maybe my calorie count really is low and I should top it up when I’m tired. Or I just need a quick energy hit – an espresso with a single teaspoon of sugar would not be that fatal and should make me zing.
In the end, I spend 30 minutes lying down with a book and then have an espresso. I also cut my list of things to do right down to absolutely urgent. Maybe I’m just reacting too having lists that are too long.
| 10:30 | Milky Coffee | 30 |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-total | 30 | |
| 15:00 | 1 large egg | 72 |
| 140g gnocchi 133cal/100g | 186 | |
| 54g cooked lean lamb | 109 | |
| Asparagus and ricotta sauce | 56 | |
| 120g tomato | 21 | |
| 50g lettuce | 8 | |
| Sub-total | 452 | |
| 20:30 | 150g WW beans | 99 |
| 1 teaspoon ketchup | 6 | |
| 20g cheese | 100 | |
| Baked potato | 210 | |
| Butter | 21 | |
| Sub-total | 436 | |
| 22:30 | Wine | 250 |
| Crackers and Cheese | 57 | |
| Sub-total | 307 | |
| Total Calories | 1,225 | |
