Impromptu dinner

5 June 2008 at 11:07 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

Running a course this morning, I had a slightly larger breakfast so that I wouldn’t be at all hungry for the rest of the morning. This is because I knew that freshly-baked, still-warm cookies would be delivered with the tea and coffee at the start and again mid-morning. I didn’t succumb but had people laughing when I sniffed them a couple of times. :-)

At lunch, I wasn’t inspired by the sandwich fillings or salad options so went for something hot. I allowed myself a small (1.5″ square) roast potato with the carrots and cabbage. What I didn’t know then was that I was going to be eating out this evening.

I was invited to join a group for a (free) meal at a Mexican in Covent Garden. I passed up on the starters but indulged in a few nachos. I chose the healthiest option on the menu — the grilled chicken — ordering it minus mayonnaise, and only ate half the bun it came in. It was served with chips, but I only allowed myself a few, leaving the majority untouched on my plate. I felt rather pleased with myself today.

I did just over 10,200 steps.

Breakfast Yoghurt 75
Weetabix + skimmed milk 176
Lunch Small portion roast beef 150
Carrots, cabbage + 1/2 roast potato 200
Dinner 6 nachos 250
Grilled chicken + half a bun + 8 chips 350
Drinks 1 cup of tea + various 0 cal bevs 10
Total Calories 1,211

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Day 151: 200g baguette

5 June 2008 at 10:57 pm (exercise, food diary, photo, recipe)

Posted by Paola

First thing I did was to weigh the rest of the baguette I bought that was reduced. It had to be eaten today or thrown out. 200g was about 480 calories. I figured I’d be careful with the cheese and oil today. I gave some of the baguette to Frank in the evening to go with his pasta. I ate the rest. And very nice it was too.

10:30am  Wholemeal scone with peanut butter and chocolate spread + mandarin + tea

I confess that there was some showing off in my topping choices. It’s nice to hold my hand over the flame now and then, knowing I won’t get burnt.

The red drips are from a jar of jam.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
reduced-sugar cherries & berries jam 1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
extra-light Flora spread 11 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.0
chocolate hazelnut spread 29 0.1 2.8 1.9 0.1
peanut butter 31 1.2 0.8 2.5 0.3
mandarin 37 0.6 9.3 0.2 1.3
wholemeal scone 215 5.3 28.4 9.2 3.3
Total 324 7 42 15 5

12:45pm  Beetroot salad with cottage cheese and baguette + pint of squash

Washed and ready-to-eat salad – grated raw beetroot (a bit ick, actually), chard, spinach and lamb’s lettuce.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 6 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.1
beetroot salad 29 1.8 4.4 0.5 2.5
cottage cheese w/pineapple 101 10.6 11.1 1.4 0.4
baguette 118 3.4 24.0 0.5 1.5
Total 254 16 42 2 4

2:40pm  Beef salad baguette sandwich

I should have more of these. Very nice.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
watercress 3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.1
horseradish sauce 11 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.2
Quorn peppered beef-style slices 28 3.8 2.0 0.5 1.0
baguette 142 4.1 28.9 0.6 1.8
Total 183 9 32 2 3

4:50pm  Bean, celery and tomato soup + baguette

This soup recipe was recently sent to me by my poppy seed cake-making neighbour.

It’s a tin of celery hearts, a tin of cannellini beans, half a tin of chopped tomatoes, a large chopped onion and a teaspoon of Chinese five-spice. Add stock. Cook until the onion has softened. Serve with parsley or coriander.

I was surprised how low in calories it was and might add more pulses to soups in future.

494g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
fresh parsley 2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2
tinned celery hearts 9 0.5 1.6 0.1 0.0
tinned tomatoes 11 0.6 1.9 0.1 0.4
low-salt vegetable stock 14 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.3
red onion 17 0.4 4.1 0.0 0.6
cannellini beans 56 4.7 8.3 0.4 4.2
baguette 91 2.7 18.6 0.4 1.1
Total 200 9 36 2 7

Afternoon drink: pint of fizzy squash

7:50pm  Bean, celery and tomato soup + baguette

Amounts calculated based on calories consumed so far.

352g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
fresh parsley 6 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.5
bean and celery soup 76 4.7 12.0 1.1 3.9
baguette 48 1.4 9.8 0.2 0.6
Total 129 7 23 1 5

It looked nice outside at 9:30pm and so we went for a walk.

Pedometer: 4,130 steps (1.5 miles)

Evening drink: half pint of squash

Day 151 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 324 7 42 15 5
Lunch 254 16 42 2 4
Snack 183 9 32 2 3
Dinner 200 9 36 2 7
Snack 129 7 23 1 5
Other drinks 100
Total 1,190 48 174 23 24
18% 64% 19%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

I seem to manage to eat a lot for someone on a diet!

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Will Try Harder Tomorrow

5 June 2008 at 10:05 pm (food diary)

Posted by Becky

Really stressful day (three demanding children for a few hours in the afternoon- wow, it was like herding cats) so didn’t watch my calories in the evening too closely. Oh well, will try harder tomorrow.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Weight Watchers White toast 49
butter (10 ml) 15
2 scrambled eggs (whites only) 34
Lunch Weight Watchers Quiche Lorraine 298
Fruit salad with strawberries, blueberries and grapes 100?
Dinner 1 Poppudam 37
chutney 25
Dominoes Pizza 700?
2 glasses wine 156
Total 1,414

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Wednesday + Walking

5 June 2008 at 12:03 pm (food diary)

Posted by Sylvia

I got my pedometer finally! It’s been sitting on my desk but yesterday I finally had some energy back and decided to take a walk down to the beach and then to the village to pick up some shopping. I walked 3km / 5000 steps, where the last bit is straight uphill and I had four bags of groceries (really shouldn’t go shopping when hungry!). I now have snack stuff in – two different low cal yogurts and light salad dressing and pumpernickel bread and light Laughing Cow cheese.

I had small meals all day but it was a bit of a pain – I kept having to total everything up to see if I was allowed more and I spent an inordinate time in the kitchen. Also it seems a bit mean on my boyfriend who is not eating normal meals at all. He’s not complained but yesterday he did make the comment that it seemed like I was eating all day long. I don’t think I’d want to watch someone else constantly snacking if I couldn’t! So I think I’ll stick to larger meals. Still – the day didn’t go badly and the fact that I knew he was watching meant I was careful not to go over!

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Yogurt 63
Sub-total 63
Lunch 129g Lettuce 18
184g Tomato 33
50ml Salad dressing 106
70g Beef Steak 138
Sub-total 295
Snack 60g Pumpernickel 110
Light Laughing Cow Cheese 27
50g tomato 9
21g pickled chiles 8
Sub-total 154
Dinner 178g endive 30
50g feta 130
100g white beans 139
Light salad dressing 22
Sub-total 321
Dessert Yogurt 118
75g Radish 12
Sub-total 130
Snack2 Bread and Cheese 150
Sub-total 150
Total 1,113

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