My first test of the low carb approach!

10 June 2008 at 9:23 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

Day 2 and I got my first test. Our administrator had forgotten we’d been invited to a free lunch at the Knightsbridge Millennium Hotel as they’re wooing us to use their conferencing facilities. I skipped a starter and while they had wine, I drank diet coke. I admit to nearly caving in when they brought out very aromatic freshly baked, still warm bread rolls and butter. Yum! (As Paola would say!)

I chose chicken which should have been served with linguine, and asked if I could have the veg option normally served with the lamb shanks. I am not a veg person, but I resolutely chomped my way through a mix of corgettes, squash, yellow peppers and runner beans (none of which I like) as well as cauliflower and broccoli (which I do like).

Mindful of the low calorie count yesterday, I increased the chicken portion today to 175g and feel stuffed! I don’t know what else to do to up the calories — clearly carbs normally make up quite a porportion of my intake, but I do genuinely feel full at the end of the meals and I wasn’t even hungry when I cooked (yes I cooked!!) dinner this evening. Perhaps I’ll try a bigger breakfast tomorrow.

On a funny note, as I mentioned I’m having to ‘hobble’ because of my painful, swollen right foot. As a result, it took longer to get to the station this evening and I missed the train I normally catch which was annoying. So instead of a single journey home, I got the next one which involved a change at Clapham Junction. On the second train, a bloke who must have noticed me limping, actually offered me his seat! (For which I was very grateful.) And I’m not even drawing my pension yet! :-)

Breakfast Grilled sausage 75
Yoghurt 75
Sub-total 150
Lunch Roast chicken breast (no skin) 342*
Mix veg (no potato) + gravy 100
Sub-total 442
Dinner 175g chicken 220
Stir fry veg 39
Lemon + cracked pepper sauce 57
1 tsp olive oil 40
Sub-total 356
Drinks 2 sml cartons really light Ribena 20
2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs 20
Sub-total 40
Total Calories 988

*It seems that calorie-count.com regard a chicken breast as weighing 86g which today when I looked at the 175g of raw chicken, didn’t look like 2 pieces of breast! So I checked another site and they show a chicken breast as weighing 200g which seems more like it! My figures are consequently higher. :-)

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Day 156: Coleslaw with egg

10 June 2008 at 9:13 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

11am  Cottage cheese salad sandwich + tomatoes + tea

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lettuce 17 0.8 2.5 0.0 1.7
tomato 19 0.7 3.3 0.3 1.3
cottage cheese w/pineapple 86 9.0 9.4 1.2 0.3
stoneground wholemeal bread 125 6.0 21.5 1.7 4.7
Total 247 17 37 3 8

2:15pm  Home-made coleslaw with cheese and beef + pear + pint of fizzy squash

Made with a dressing of lemon juice, a mashed boiled egg and yoghurt.

345g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 7 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.1
celery 9 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.9
onion 15 0.3 3.6 0.0 0.5
organic free-range egg 21 1.8 0.0 1.6 0.0
Quorn peppered beef-style slices 27 3.6 1.9 0.5 1.0
carrots 33 0.0 7.0 0.0 2.5
sultanas 36 0.3 8.6 0.0 0.2
sunflower seeds 46 2.1 0.6 3.9 0.8
fat-free yoghurt 53 9.2 3.1 0.2 0.0
half-fat cheddar cheese 73 8.7 0.0 4.2 0.0
pear 90 0.6 24.2 0.2 4.8
Total 410 27 53 11 11

3:50pm  Wholemeal scone with soft cheese

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
reduced-sugar cherries & berries jam 1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
extra-light Philadelphia soft cheese 20 2.2 0.9 0.8 0.1
wholemeal scone 221 5.4 29.2 9.5 3.4
Total 242 8 31 10 3

7:40pm  Coleslaw with cottage cheese and prunes + pint of fizzy squash

396g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
Finn Crisp 40 1.4 7.5 0.3 2.1
semi-dried prunes w/stones 87 1.5 19.7 0.2 4.5
cottage cheese w/pineapple 90 9.5 9.9 1.3 0.3
coleslaw 252 16.3 31.0 6.6 5.9
Total 470 29 68 8 13

The day’s totals:

Day 156 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 247 17 37 3 8
Lunch 410 27 53 11 11
Snack 242 8 31 10 3
Dinner 470 29 68 8 13
Other drinks 100
Total 1,469 80 188 33 35
23% 55% 21%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Pushing Limits on Monday

10 June 2008 at 11:25 am (food diary)

Posted by Sylvia

So I knew tortillas had a lot of calories per hundred grams but I didn’t actually register that the ones I bought were 40 grams each. I actually was totalling up the figures while I ate and realised that I’d unintentionally hit a calorie jackpot. I made an active decision not to finish the food on my plate and weighed it at 50g. Most of that was the fried pork although it included cheese and a bit of onion. I reduced it off the pork only in the end but I concede it’s all a bit of a fiddle.

Luckily, I hadn’t had a snack in the afternoon or I would have been in real trouble!

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Yogurt 69
Sub-total 69
Lunch Soup 341
Sub-total 341
Dinner 150g lean pork 200
Yogurt 30
Cheese 240
Tortilla 249
onion 6
1 tablespoon oil 40
Sub-total 765
Total 1,175

I forgot to add in a milky coffee that I had as a pick-me-up in the afternoon. I had one on Saturday too that I didn’t list. Because I mainly drink calorie free drinks (water and green tea with diet cola as a treat in the evenings) I seem to be forgetting to add drinks when they do have calories. Need to watch that.

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