Dining Out
Posted by Anna
I get on the scales every day and felt a quiet little victory when I weighed in this morning at 10st 8lbs — this marks my first stone off. :-) The official weigh-in will be Sunday.
I’d forgotten when I had the scrambled egg at breakfast and the chicken korma at lunchtime that I was meeting a friend in Windsor for dinner. The korma didn’t come with the creamy sauce I expected — it was actually quite watery, and because I’m continuing to minimise my carb intake, I avoided the rice and went for a light salad instead.
This evening, Fay and I found a nice pub that did a good line in grills. I chose a small steak and ordered a side salad to go with it. When it arrived, I carefully cut off all the fat (I’ve always been a bit of a Jack Spratt!), and because it came with chips and I was feeling in a celebratory mood, I had a few, but left the majority of them on the plate. I was surprised and pleased when I worked out the total, to find it under my limit.
| Breakfast | 1 scrambled egg | 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Yoghurt | 75 | |
| Lunch | Chicken korma | 380 |
| Side salad | 80 | |
| Dinner | 5 oz steak | 180 |
| Side salad | 60 | |
| 8 chips | 250 | |
| Drinks | 1 cup of tea and various 0 cal bevs | 10 |
| Total Calories | 1,135 | |
Monday
Posted by Sylvia
I felt very hungry this morning but the double-lunch sorted that out. I was going to just have bread and low-fat cheese but then I remembered my plan to have big lunches and small dinners to see if that helps fight the tiredness I’m feeling in the afternoon. So I made myself the stir-fry and had both and was SO FULL I was ready to burst. But my energy levels seemed at a more even keel so I’ll keep on that system and see how it goes.
| 11:00 | Scrambled Eggs with Cheese | 277 |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-total | 277 | |
| 15:00 | Bread | 122 |
| Cheese | 32 | |
| Tomato and Onion | 20 | |
| Noodle Stirfry | 243 | |
| Sub-total | 417 | |
| 16:30 | Milky coffee | 30 |
| Sub-total | 30 | |
| 16:45 | Walk | |
| 20:30 | Salad, mixed leaves | 16 |
| 35g ham | 39 | |
| 1 slice cheese | 35 | |
| 2 soft-boiled eggs | 160 | |
| Sub-total | 250 | |
| 21:30 | Chocolate | 24 |
| Sub-total | 24 | |
| 23:00 | 3 crackers | 60 |
| Cheese | 27 | |
| Sub-total | 87 | |
| Total Calories | 1,085 | |
I’ve realised as I’ve gone to post this that I stupidly did not include the calories for the sour cream dressing I put on the salad – I measured out one hundred calories worth specifically. Luckily I wasn’t high today, so that puts my total at 1,185, still under my 1200 goal.
I think Paola’s right and this is starting to become instinctive.
Day 162: Kamikaze recovery
Posted by Paola
1:10pm Cheese salad sandwich + mandarin + tea
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hamisha cucumber | 5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| green chilli | 6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| red onion | 13 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| extra-light mayonnaise | 15 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| broad beans | 20 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| mustard piccalilli | 23 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| lettuce | 25 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| mandarin | 37 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| half-fat cheddar cheese | 47 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| high-fibre wholemeal bread | 159 | 7.5 | 28.4 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| Total | 349 | 18 | 56 | 6 | 11 |
Afternoon drink: pint of fizzy squash
3:45pm Sweet and sour soup + nectarines
| 384g serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 nectarines | 61 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| sweet & sour soup | 119 | 1.7 | 23.5 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Total | 180 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 7 |
5:45pm Hot chocolate
Annoyed with myself as I didn’t get through my to-do list, I began to think about eating even though I wasn’t hungry. I had a hot chocolate instead. Kamikaze eating emergency averted!
9:15pm Pizza with salad + pint of fizzy squash
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pickled jalepeno | 4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| red pepper | 10 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| lemon juice | 12 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| lettuce | 20 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| red onion | 31 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| extra-light Philadelphia soft cheese | 40 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| broad beans | 68 | 5.2 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| thin cheese & tomato pizza base | 334 | 15.2 | 46.7 | 9.6 | 3.3 |
| Total | 569 | 27 | 79 | 17 | 12 |
The day’s totals:
| Day 162 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 349 | 18 | 56 | 6 | 11 |
| Lunch | 180 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 7 |
| Dinner | 569 | 27 | 79 | 17 | 12 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,197 | 48 | 173 | 25 | 30 |
| 17% | 62% | 20% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Small mixed box from Abel & Cole
Posted by Paola
16 June 2008
Nectarines, broad beans, spring onions, new potatoes, red pepper, lettuce, kiwi and bananas
Another Low Cal Day
Posted by Jennifer
Staying under 1000 calories was a bit tougher today… but I made it! :) I was home today with not much of anything to do, and I found it hard not to think about food/eating. Tomorrow should be better… I have lots going on tomorrow.
| Meal | Food | Drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30am | grapes (red about 1 cup) | 95 |
| Sub-total | 95 | |
| 1:30pm | 7 whole wheat mini pretzles | 110 |
| 1/2 c. lowfat cottage cheese | 90 | |
| 1/2 apple | 40 | |
| Sub-total | 240 | |
| 5:00pm | wedge lowfat cheese | 50 |
| Sub-total | 50 | |
| 7:00pm | 2 cups raw spinach | 35 |
| 1/2 c sliced mushroom | 15 | |
| 2 small raw carrots | 40 | |
| 10 slices cucumber | 10 | |
| 1 tbls sesama manderine dressing | 75 | |
| 2.5 oz grilled chicken | 80 | |
| grapes (red about 1/2 cup) | 45 | |
| Sub-total | 300 | |
| 9:00pm | 100 calorie pack shortbread cookies | 100 |
| 1/2 cup vanilla icecream | 130 | |
| Sub-total | 230 | |
| Exercise | 30 min cardio/strength training video | |
| 3.2 mile walk (about 1 hour) | ||
| Water | 4+ liters (big water day!) | |
| Total | 915 | |
