Workout with Sales Shopping!

5 July 2008 at 11:31 pm (food diary)

Posted by Anna

Emma goes off on a week long holiday to Ibiza with her boyfriend Chris in 10 days. As a prelude to this, naturally she wants to ensure she has the finest possible wardrobe, so to this end, she and I headed to Kingston for a bit of a spree. After brunch in a small Italian cafe just off the main drag we were ready to hit the shops.

For nearly 4 hours, we went into every clothes store that sold anything remotely like the kind of stuff Emma would wear (so not Monsoon, Dorothy Perkins or M&S). I should have worn my pedometer so I could have kept track on how far I walked. Emma was joined by Chris-the-bf, so I left them to go off while I went and got my hair done. And very nice it looks too.

Having had a pretty much wheat-free week, I gave into my craving and had pasta this evening — delicious!

Breakfast Yoghurt 125
Sub-total 125
Lunch 2 sausages 200
2 eggs scrambled 200
50g baked beans 53
Sub-total 453
Dinner 100g pasta 350
Low fat tomato & marscapone sauce 97
Sub-total 447
Drinks 1 cup of tea + various 0 cal bevs 10
Sub-total 10
Total Calories 1,035

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Day 181: New house cleaned

5 July 2008 at 11:01 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

Morning drink: tea

Kerfufle in the morning, trying to deal with two sets of people – ringing doorbells, rushing around with keys. Exhilarating but hectic, with no time to eat.

1pm  Cottage cheese salad with toast + clementine + tea

I wanted to eat a lot more but made a normal portion knowing that it’d be enough for now and that I might want to eat again two hours later.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 6 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.1
watercress, rocket & spinach 12 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.8
extra virgin olive oil 25 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0
sunflower seeds 35 1.6 0.5 3.0 0.6
clementine 45 0.7 11.2 0.3 1.5
cottage cheese 77 11.8 4.4 1.5 0.0
stoneground wholemeal bread 124 6.1 21.4 1.5 4.5
Total 323 22 40 10 8

3pm  Beetroot and mozzarella salad + clementine + pint of fizzy squash

356g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
capers 3 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.4
green chilli 3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.1
lemon juice 10 0.2 3.4 0.0 0.2
extra virgin olive oil 23 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0
cheese rice cake 38 0.9 8.1 0.3 0.2
clementine 45 0.7 11.2 0.3 1.5
beetroot 59 2.8 10.8 0.0 2.5
fat-free yoghurt 60 10.5 3.6 0.2 0.0
light mozzarella 109 13.3 0.3 6.0 0.0
Total 350 29 38 9 6

5:30pm  Popcorn with salt

Made with my 11 yr-old neighbour who’d helped me pack glasses in the kitchen.

6:30pm  Cabbage with yoghurt + frozen banana

I was missing a ‘meat’. Cheddar is a bit cloying with this – I wished I hadn’t used all the mozzarella in the salad earlier.

253g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
chilli sauce 8 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
fat-free yoghurt 68 11.8 4.0 0.2 0.0
banana 84 1.0 21.6 0.3 2.5
cabbage cooked in vinegar 98 4.5 16.6 1.0 6.4
Total 257 17 44 2 9

9pm  Chocolate with tea

Feeling exhausted again – I haven’t done much physical work today (Sunday will be mad as a result) but it’s a nice physical tiredness now. It’s good to be this kind of tired and know I have a nice bed to writhe in before I fall asleep. I think back to the times I’ve HAD to stay up and longed to sleep, and I appreciate the fact that I can all the more now.

The day’s totals:

Day 181 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 323 22 40 10 8
Lunch 350 29 38 9 6
Snack 90 2 18 1 2
Dinner 257 17 44 2 9
Snack 72 1 8 4 0
Other drinks 100
Total 1,193 71 148 26 24
26% 53% 21%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

Hmm, I feel that I have redeemed myself after the 1,900-calorie shock. But I think that I should be eating more over the next few days.

Oh, it’s weigh-in day tomorrow! I completely lost track of what day of the week it was!

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Can’t Trust ‘em

5 July 2008 at 2:43 pm (shopping, thoughts)

Posted by Sylvia

I was at the supermarket that doesn’t have the butchers, having realised that by buying prepackaged meats I can get calorie counts. I found some “lean sausages” which showed 173 calories per hundred grams. I checked them against “village sausages” by the same company, they are nice and I wanted to see what the difference was. 173 calories per hundred grams. I checked the rest of the packaging. EVERYTHING by this one company is 173 calories per hundred grams.

Huh?

Then someone sent me this:

The Tarts that were too good to be true… and the Starbucks Boycott Begins

She queried the apricot tart as the calorie count seemed low. They changed their nutrition information.

“The calorie count jumped from 120 to 280! MORE THAN DOUBLE! Bringing this item up from a respectable 3 points to a terrifying 6 POINTS!”

Ugh.

I think I’m going back to making everything from scratch. :(

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Day 180: Contract signed

5 July 2008 at 12:31 am (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

Please note that I won’t be posting food diaries from Sunday. I know I don’t have to, but I might Twitter the day’s calorie total until I’m back online. I don’t plant to track what I eat on Monday – moving day – but Perfectionist Paola might have other ideas!

1pm  Cheese and pickle sandwich + banana + tea

I took too much pickle initially and put some back in the jar – I don’t think I’ve ever done that before!

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
hamisha cucumber 5 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.3
Branston pickle 21 0.2 5.0 0.0 0.2
banana 84 1.0 21.6 0.3 2.5
half-fat cheddar cheese 91 10.8 0.0 5.3 0.0
stoneground wholemeal bread 120 5.9 20.6 1.5 4.3
Total 320 18 48 7 7

4:30pm  Bean salad with sweet chili sauce + kiwi + pint of squash

I was out of squash, salad and lemons (eek) and so we made a quick dash to the supermarket.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
watercress, rocket & spinach 12 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.8
kiwi 29 0.7 6.2 0.0 0.7
sweet chilli sauce 37 0.1 9.1 0.0 0.0
borlotti beans 58 5.3 8.5 0.4 4.5
fat-free yoghurt 77 13.3 4.6 0.2 0.0
Total 212 21 29 1 6

7:30pm  Cottage cheese and red pepper salad + clementine + pint of fizzy squash

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
watercress, rocket & spinach 11 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.8
red pepper 20 0.3 7.0 0.0 0.3
balsamic vinegar 21 0.1 4.4 0.0 0.0
extra virgin olive oil 41 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0
clementine 45 0.7 11.2 0.3 1.5
cottage cheese 81 12.4 4.6 1.6 0.0
Total 219 15 28 7 3

9:40pm  Beetroot and Quark + Nice biscuits + coffee

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
sweet chilli sauce 33 0.1 8.1 0.0 0.0
beetroot 50 2.4 9.2 0.0 2.1
stoneground wholemeal bread 50 2.5 8.7 0.6 1.8
Quark low-fat soft cheese 61 10.6 3.6 0.2 0.0
Nice biscuit 80 1.0 11.2 3.4 0.4
Total 274 17 41 4 4

The day’s totals:

Day 180 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 320 18 48 7 7
Snack 212 21 29 1 6
Lunch 219 15 28 7 3
Dinner 274 17 41 4 4
Other drinks 100
Total 1,125 70 145 19 20
27% 56% 17%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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