Day 161: List or die

15 June 2008 at 11:36 pm (food diary, photo, recipe)

Posted by Paola

11:30am  Bacon, egg and beans + orange + fresh milky coffee

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spray rapeseed oil 8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Heinz reduced ketchup 11 0.2 2.3 0.0 0.1
half-fat cheddar cheese 34 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
orange 62 1.2 15.4 0.2 1.2
large organic free-range egg 93 7.8 0.0 6.8 0.1
vegetarian bacon 125 16.4 2.1 5.6 2.1
Heinz reduced baked beans 130 7.4 20.9 0.9 6.6
Total 462 37 41 16 10

Afternoon drink: pint of fizzy squash

5:15pm  Sweet and sour soup + mandarin

I decided to see what it’d be like to add a can of Tesco Value sweet and sour sauce to a tomato-based vegetable soup.

I made a soup with celery, carrots, apple, onion and a tin of tomatoes. I added a stock cube, a dried chilli and five-spice for flavouring. Once the carrots were soft, I liquidised the soup and added the tin of sweet and sour sauce which has pieces of pineapple.

It’s very nice! Thick and flavourful. I shall do it again. Now I’m wondering if the tin of Tesco Value curry sauce I gave Becky could also be used in a soup.

492g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
celery 8 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.8
low-salt vegetable stock 11 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.2
onion 14 0.3 3.3 0.0 0.5
tinned tomatoes 15 0.9 2.5 0.1 0.6
apple 17 0.0 4.6 0.0 1.0
carrots 28 0.0 5.9 0.0 2.1
mandarin 37 0.6 9.3 0.2 1.3
fat-free yoghurt 50 8.8 3.0 0.1 0.0
tinned sweet & sour sauce 61 0.3 11.5 1.3 0.5
Total 240 12 42 3 7

10:45pm  Sweet and sour soup with toast + half pint of fizzy squash

Yup, I know it’s late to eat. I wanted to finishing listing a load of items on eBay before it got too late.

370g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
fat-free yoghurt 57 9.8 3.4 0.2 0.0
high-fibre wholemeal bread 60 2.8 10.7 0.6 1.7
sweet & sour soup 115 1.6 22.6 1.7 4.3
Total 231 14 37 2 6

The day’s totals:

Day 161 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 462 37 41 16 10
Lunch 240 12 42 3 7
Dinner 231 14 37 2 6
Other drinks 100
Total 1,034 63 120 22 23
27% 52% 21%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Week 11: Weigh-in

15 June 2008 at 9:39 pm (food diary, graph, weigh-in)

Posted by Anna

2 lbs off this week! :-)

My Weight Chart:
Weight Chart

I was pleased when I got on the scales this morning. I’m now down nearly a stone and have dropped below 150 lbs, which I’m very pleased about. The low-carb thing seems to be paying off (I had a day off today, you’ll notice!), so I’ll continue with it next week as I’m not finding it hard.

I went to a picnic today and took all the things I wanted to eat with me and stuck to it. As I wandered around Sainsbury’s yesterday, I noticed just how much of the ‘picnic’ stuff is not that healthy (sausage rolls, scotch eggs, quiches, etc). I kept it light, but did decide to indulge in a bread roll, as I’ve not had any all week. I ate it slowly and really savoured it. :-)

Breakfast Yoghurt 70
Lunch Cottage cheese and chives 210
Bread roll 200
3 mini chicken satay kebabs 150
Fresh fruit 80
Dinner Pasta & tomato + basil sauce + grated cheese 443
Drinks 1 cup of tea + various 0 cal bevs 10
Total Calories 1,163

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A Silly Quiz

15 June 2008 at 2:36 pm (links)

Posted by Sylvia

How good are you at counting calories?

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Slow-moving Saturday

15 June 2008 at 1:03 pm (food diary, thoughts)

Posted by Sylvia

I felt shattered all day – in retrospect I should have tried to deal with it sooner – either with a nap (it being Saturday and all) or a big meal. As it was, I had high protein at dinner and then felt wide awake and raring to go. I finally fell asleep around 3. Definitely not optimal.

I was thinking I’d found a pattern in that the previous three days have been around 900 cal/day (if you subtract the wine) but on the previous occasion the three days before were all 1100+ so I don’t think that’s it. However, last time was a Friday and this time was a Saturday, so maybe end of week blues?

I had scrambled eggs with cheese and ham for breakfast this morning to see if that helps kickstart me.

12:00 Bread 210
Sante cheese 60
20g salad 5
35g ham 40
131g tomato 24
Sub-total 339
15:00 Portion of Big Pot of Soup 200
Sub-total 200
16:30 125g Yogurt with Muesli 67
Sub-total 67
17:30 2 milky coffees 31
Sub-total 31
19:45 1 slice cheese 35
33g ham 37
44g salad 11
100g tomato 18
Salad dressing 193
Sub-total 294
20:15 150g steak 301
70g baked potato 65
light cheese 23
Sub-total 389
23:30 3g chocolate 12
Sub-total 12
Total Calories 1,332

The chocolate was totally gratuitous. I just wanted a sweet flavour in my mouth and it was cheaper (in calories) than yogurt (opening a tub would mean I’d need to finish it!)

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Day 161: weigh-in

15 June 2008 at 10:54 am (weigh-in)

Posted by Paola

Weekly weigh-in: 3 lbs lost (total: 41 lbs in 23 weeks)

Hmm, not sure I believe the 3lbs as it might mean I’ll show no or little loss next week.

In any case, I’ll have passed my half-way mark by the July net meet at the end of July. (I’ll be making a vegetarian haggis lasagne.) I’m gonna combine the meet with my passed-half-way-party by photographing but not counting calories that day. And the day after will be a weigh-in!

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Whoops!

15 June 2008 at 10:13 am (food diary)

Posted by Anna

My planning went awry! Emma and I went up to Covent Garden again yesterday to go to the shop that was shut when we went last Sunday (Charles Fox, makeup for stage and entertainment professionals, which she loved as I knew she would!).

I decided to plan on having some grilled chicken and a salad — surely one of the many restaurants there would offer it! And one did, so Emma ordered a spag bol and I ordered my grilled chicken. It came with a ‘cream’ sauce, but I figured I could brush most of it off and just have a bit to keep the food moist. A little extra cream on a low-carb week shouldn’t hurt. However… when the food was delivered, I scraped off the cream to find a slab of brown reconsistuted chicken underneath which looked frankly disgusting. I called the waiter and he told me the grill isn’t working so the chef had baked it. I pushed my knife into it, and it was so hard on the outside it wouldn’t go in without considerable pressure. The waiter offered me another option but I declined (you never know, when you complain, what the chef might do to your next dish…!). In the end when I went to pay for Emma’s, they told me there was no charge.

So now I was starving! We went to M&S and I bought their cottage cheese, but they don’t offer a low-fat variety, hence the higher calories, together with a fresh fruit salad.

When I got home, I popped out to Sainsbury’s to buy some drink to take to a party (2 bottles of Extra Light Ribena – yum!) and while there, checked out the WeightWatchers quiche that Becky speaks highly of and decided to buy one to take with me.

At the party, Claudia kindly cooked my quiche (and it was very tasty!) and I had a slice of some wonderful ham and a little salad. With the calorie count lower than I intended, I should have polished off the last of the cashews when I got home! :-)

Breakfast Yoghurt 125
Lunch M&S cottage cheese 280
Fresh fruit salad 70
Dinner WeightWatchers quiche 298
Slice of ham 35
Side salad with balsamic + oil dressing 80
Drinks 750 ml extra-light Ribena 30
1 cup of tea + various 0 cal bevs 10
Total Calories 928

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Must Kick-Start the Diet

15 June 2008 at 9:04 am (food diary)

Posted by Becky

Life has been too busy lately and I just haven’t had time to get on the blog. Must start again, so here goes…

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast 2 slices french toast with diet bread 191
Lunch left-over curry 250
Dinner Chicken steak 295
Pasta with mushrooms, peppers, onion and sweetcorn 300
2 glasses wine 170
apple strudel 250
Total 1,456

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