Day 194: Pictures hung
Posted by Paola
10:40am Melon with Finn Crisp and Quark + tea
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quark low-fat soft cheese | 14 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Finn Crisp | 40 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| galia melon | 101 | 2.0 | 24.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Total | 155 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 4 |
3:45pm Cheese salad sandwich + orange + tea
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hamisha cucumber | 5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| lettuce | 18 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Branston pickle | 32 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| orange | 65 | 1.3 | 16.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| half-fat cheddar cheese | 91 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| wholemeal bread | 134 | 6.5 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Total | 344 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 9 |
7:30pm Sweet & sour carrot and bean soup + bread + melon
I was hungry half an hour after the soup and so had another bowl with a slice of bread and melon.
| 2 servings | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| galia melon | 25 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| wholemeal bread | 58 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| fat-free yoghurt | 110 | 19.1 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| sweet & sour carrot soup | 277 | 6.8 | 52.7 | 3.3 | 14.6 |
| Total | 469 | 29 | 75 | 4 | 17 |
9:30pm Biscuit bits + coffee
| Day 194 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 155 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 4 |
| Lunch | 344 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 9 |
| Dinner | 469 | 29 | 75 | 4 | 17 |
| Snack | 45 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,113 | 55 | 165 | 14 | 30 |
| 22% | 66% | 12% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Friday frugality
Posted by Anna
Well, my penance for my naughtiness yesterday was to be frugal today — if I’d seen Paola’s comment before I ate the nuts, I wouldn’t have had those, either. I’d intended to have some fruit later and also an Innocent smoothie which I treated myself to on the way home from work, and which I will now pass up on. I’ll also take it easy over the next few days to ‘catch up’.
| Breakfast | Yoghurt | 75 |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-total | 75 | |
| Lunch | 150g skinless chicken breast | 190 |
| Small salad | 80 | |
| Sub-total | 270 | |
| Dinner | 150g skinless chicken breast | 190 |
| Veg selection | 80 | |
| 20g nuts | 120 | |
| Sub-total | 390 | |
| Drinks | 2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs | 20 |
| Sub-total | 20 | |
| Total Calories | 755 | |
Weekly Roundup
Posted by Sylvia
Tuesday
Connor and I had agreed to walk to the lighthouse today so I was very much looking forward to “earning” a beer having been so virtuous recently. I put on my pedometer and we hiked along the beach for 3.5 kilometres where we met the others (henceforth known as lazy bums) at a small restaurant. When I ordered my beer, he asked me if I wanted a small one or a large one. I remembered what I’ve learned about smaller portions and reasoned that two small beers would be the same calories but feel like more. I think this is true.
Dinner was at my favourite Indian restaurant and I ate too much.
Wednesday
I walked to the market and back with my pedometer on out of curiousity as to how far a walk it is. 3.6 kilometers – although that includes time wandering slowly around the stalls and doubling back to find the best vegetables so it’s not really the same. Funny to think a half hour walk being the same distance as the two-hour escapade we had along the beach.
I made a nice lunch of salad and sandwiches and was very restrained in what I ate. Then Connor and I made marshmallows. Did you know that adding fresh strawberries to marshmallows makes for a really divine sweet snack? This was probably not one of my better ideas. :(
Thursday
We had a cold lunch in the garden which was very nice. I put out breads and cheese and sliced meat and I made a cold pasta salad with pesto and chopped vegetables. I need to try to remember to focus on green salads!
I then went shopping to buy bits and pieces to make dinner tonight and got home and promptly put everything into the freezer instead of the fridge. I spent 10 minutes searching for the food that I knew I’d bought before I finally worked out what I had done.
Weigh-in: 75.9
I’m relieved to see that I’ve not jumped up in weight as a result of the cheese and carbs that I’ve been eating! So far so good.
Pizza, lovely pizza!
Posted by Anna
Knowing I was going out to dinner with a friend last night, and knowing her favourite restaurant is Pizza Express, I was frugal with my earlier meals.
I tried a new brand of cottage cheese yesterday — an organic variety made by “Holy Cow”, from Waitrose. It cost more and contained more calories and for all that, ironically I didn’t like it as much as Sainsbury’s common-or-garden variety!
I put to my friend the option of various restaurants and she was up to trying something else, but then someone sent me a BOGOF (buy one get one free) offer for Pizza Express which we both agreed was too good to pass up. Two pizzas and two drinks came to just over £11…bargain! :-) The calorific value for the pizza comes from caloriecount.com and I believe is based on the version sold in supermarkets.
| Breakfast | Yoghurt | 125 |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-total | 125 | |
| Lunch | Cottage cheese | 280 |
| Small salad | 80 | |
| Sub-total | 360 | |
| Dinner | Pizza Express margherita pizza | 1026* |
| Sub-total | 526 | |
| Snack | 10g nuts | 120 |
| Sub-total | 120 | |
| Drinks | 2 cups of tea + various 0 cal bevs | 20 |
| Sub-total | 20 | |
| Total Calories | 1,651 | |
*figure updated according to Paola’s nutritional information
