Say Cheese!

2 July 2008 at 11:35 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

Monday was a beautiful day. I work opposite Battersea Park which is a wonderful place to retreat to over lunchtime in the summer (even in winter, it’s lovely going for walks through it). I went there with two work colleagues for a picnic lunch — lovely!

That morning I had been offered the opportunity to go to a free classical concert that evening. Knowing there’d be no time to eat a meal, I grabbed a toasted cheese ciabata from the cafe at work as I dashed out. It was a lovely concert, and the modest meal kept my hunger at bay for the entire evening.

It seems cheese has been a theme as today, the staff canteen was offering omelettes made to order — cooked in front of you — and my favourite is cheese omelette, which I indulged in today. Mmmm.

Tuesday

Breakfast Yoghurt 75
1 grilled sausage 70
Sub-total 145
Lunch 2 egg cheese omelette 450
Small side salad 60
Sub-total 510
Snack Fresh pineapple 106
Sub-total 106
Dinner Breast of chicken (skinless) 146
Mixed veg 80
Gravy 20
Sub-total 246
Snack 20g almonds 118
Sub-total 118
Drinks 2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs 20
Sub-total 20
Total Calories 1,145

Monday

Breakfast Yoghurt 75
1 egg scrambled 100
1 cooked plum tomato 11
Sub-total 186
Lunch Cottage cheese 208
Side salad 80
140g cherries 100
Sub-total 388
Dinner Toasted cheese ciabata 450
Sub-total 450
Drinks 1 cup of tea + various 0 cal bevs 10
Sub-total 10
Total Calories 1,034

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Day 178: To the dump

2 July 2008 at 11:13 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

I’ve been packing today and so have known I’ll be getting plenty of exercise. I had my pedometer on all day and haven’t worried about staying below 1,200 calories so strictly.

Pedometer: 5,300 steps (2 miles) and getting very hot and sweaty from packing & lifting.

11:15am  Cottage cheese salad sandwich + banana + chocolate + tea

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lettuce 16 0.8 2.4 0.0 1.6
lemon & pepper white chocolate 55 0.6 5.9 3.3 0.0
banana 67 0.8 17.2 0.3 2.0
cottage cheese w/pineapple 86 9.0 9.4 1.2 0.3
stoneground wholemeal bread 122 6.0 21.0 1.5 4.4
Total 346 17 56 6 8

I was busy calling insurance companies after some packing. We then had to go to the dump to drop off boxes and stuff. I was really hungry when we left home and decided to eat out as long as that was it for the day.

7pm  Quesadilla wrap with salad + potato skins with sour cream + diet Pepsi

The wrap came with rice by default but I took the option to swap the rice for a salad. I also had Frank’s (smaller) salad. The wrap was filled with brie cheese, spinach and caramelised onion chutney. YES, it was as delish as it sounds.

I had the ‘crispy potato skins’ starter with my main course. They came with a sour cream & chive dip and would have also been filled with brie and the onion chutney. I asked for extra sour cream instead.

Driving back, I felt really full. I wish I hadn’t had the potato skins, yummy as they were. My stomach has definitely shrunk.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spinach 7 0.9 1.1 0.0 0.7
cucumber 8 0.3 1.8 0.1 0.3
tomato 9 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.6
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
red onion 21 0.5 5.1 0.0 0.7
lettuce 30 1.5 4.5 0.0 3.0
onion chutney 40 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
potato skins 74 2.0 16.9 0.1 1.8
tortilla wrap 109 3.7 16.2 3.3 2.6
sour cream 156 2.4 3.0 15.0 0.0
brie cheese 228 14.0 0.4 18.8 0.0
oil 246 0.0 0.0 27.4 0.0
Total (estimated) 940 26 65 65 10

Looking again at the photo, I don’t think my quesadilla was deep-fried and so I’m probably over-estimating at two tablespoons of oil.

Day 178 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Brunch 346 17 56 6 8
Dinner 940 26 65 65 10
Other drinks 100
Total 1,386 43 120 71 18
13% 37% 49%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Weight-loss

2 July 2008 at 8:02 pm (photo, weigh-in)

Posted by Sylvia


So I’ve lost some 13 or 14 pounds so far and I’ve been thinking it’s definitely noticeable now. My boyfriend commented at the weekend that I looked a lot thinner – he was surprised to hear I was still as far away from my goal as I was.

Once I realised how much I hated photographs of myself, I started taking some to try to motivate me to lose weight. I was using one as an icon here, but it shows up on everyone’s wordpress blog when I comment. I run a gaming site and I comment on a lot of gaming blogs – I really don’t want them to see a middle-aged overweight woman and all the baggage that entails. So I settled for the cat. But I use the photos I took for IM and twitter.

ANYWAY, the point is that I decided to take new avatar photographs. Then yesterday I received a lovely gift from Paola! Options chocolate drinks in a great array of flavours and jewellery! So that decided it, I was doing a new portrait with my new jewellry on. :)

Before:

Chubby cheeks and a terrible lack of bling.

After:

More facial definition, a slight tan, a stain on my robe and a lovely necklace and earring set.

If you ignore the stain it’s definitely an improvement – I blame the necklace. Thank you Paola!

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Quick Catch-Up

2 July 2008 at 11:59 am (food diary)

Posted by Sylvia

Quick catch-up – guests have shown up unexpectedly (don’t ask) and so everythings going into a jumble. Missed target on Monday but ended up back on track yesterday. Weight loss is less but that’s my own fault. Am not going to drive myself too crazy for the moment.


Monday

14:00 1/2 lime 5
1 tbsp oil 120
2 tbsp soy sauce 22
8ml chili dip 213/100 17
50g Spaghetti @333/100 167
50g lettuce 13
50g soy sprouts 19
50g mushrooms 11
50g green peppers 10
200g tomato 36
Sub-total 420
16:30 20g Bread @ 247/100g 50
Cheese 27
20g ham @105/100g 21
Sub-total 98
20:30 Asparagus 10
Steak 500
Grapefruit juice w/ syrup 125
Olive oil 120
Sub-total 755
01:00 Cottage Cheese 180
Sub-total 180
Total Calories 1,453

Tuesday

11:00 Cottage Cheese 180
Sub-total 180
15:00 Salad 50
Hard-boiled egg 70
Dressing 77
Ham 42
Sub-total 239
18:00 100g grapes 69
Sub-total 69
20:30 Cracker 30
Cottage Cheese 180
Ham 105
Cheese 35
Sub-total 350
22:30 Wine 250
Sub-total 250
Total Calories 1,088

Photo post to come :)

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Paola’s (Cousin’s) Carrot/Apple Soup

2 July 2008 at 2:26 am (food diary)

Posted by Jennifer

I made Paola’s (cousin’s) carrot/apple soup this afternoon and must say that I very much liked the flavor. Per Paola’s suggestion, I did not add the sugar and found the soup to be plenty sweet without it. I also modified the recipe by using low sodium veg stock and left out the bay leaf (simply because I didn’t have one). And finally, I didn’t follow the garnishing instructions… I just left mine plain. I think next time I will only puree 1/2 the soup and leave the other half of the veggies in their whole state, just to add some texture to it. That said, as prepared, I found the soup to be very tasty. Oh, one more thing… this recipe is supposed to make 4 portions, but there’s no way the portion I ate (which was more than enough) equaled 1/4th of the amount made. I imagine that I’m going to get at least 6 servings out of this recipe, but I went ahead and counted it as the full caloric amount of 150. Anyway, thanks, Paola! This soup was very yummy… I’m glad I made it! :)

Meal Food | Drink Calories
11:00am 3 oz lowfat peach yogurt 90
1/2 cup fibre one cereal 60
20 blueberries 15
Sub-total 165
12:30pm 5 oz tuna + < 1 tsp mayo/lemon juice 180
1.5 c raw spinach 20
1/2 sliced tomato 15
Sub-total 215
3:00pm 100 calorie pack crackers 100
1 wedge lowfat cheese 50
Sub-total 150
6:00pm carrot/celery/apple soup (from Paola’s recipe) 150
5 oz grilled chicken 200
Sub-total 350
8:00pm 1 cranberry/orange muffin 150
Sub-total 150
Exercise 3.2 mile walk
Water 3 + liters
Total 1,030

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