Day 19: Re-invigorated

31 August 2008 at 9:39 pm (food diary, thoughts)

Posted by Ginni

Sorry for not writing sooner than today.

I was way too embarrassed to write that I had fallen off the wagon these last 2 days. However, I have been noting down the things that have triggered me this time, and I am determined not to trip on those ones again.

I treated myself to a pair of funky high boots, which were amazingly comfortable to help me feel glamorous . For some reason, this always keeps me off the food !!

My husband thinks that this is my excuse for spending money, but then I reminded him that I had not spent any money on ‘myself’ for a few years now. I have been saying for the last few years that I am too fat to get anything, so what is the point in buying anything. I will buy it when I lose some weight, and that has just not happened !

I have not been wearing make up for many years now too. I had been a Make-up and Fragrance Queen since I was a teenager, but I lost the interest in everything as soon as I got pregnant with Jakey.

This weekend, I made a concerted effort to dress up and have even bought myself a pair of black trousers (NON-elasticated!) for work on Tuesday, to match my new boots and some new make-up.

For my food diary,

Breakfast :

a boiled egg, some yoghurt with mixed berries

Lunch:

Steamed broccoli and cabbage with some Sole Fish (Grilled) marinated in lemon juice, lemon & black pepper; with some Balsamic Vinegar salad dressing

Dinner:

will be Spinach salad with some crumbled feta cheese, with Balsamic Vinegar

Drinks:

I tend to drink water only, instead of any squashes or fruit juices (which are banned in the Dash diet). I do have a glass of 0% Skimmed milk every day (sometimes its 2 glasses).

I am not really a Tea or Coffee drinker, and would only have an odd cup of tea or coffee once every 10 days or so.

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Day 237: A bag o’ tomatoes

31 August 2008 at 2:09 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

2pm  Courgettes and mushroom with cottage cheese + plum + pint of fizzy squash

I knew I was going to be out in the afternoon and didn’t have any bread but had twice the amount of cottage cheese (200g) I’d usually have.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spray oil 8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
mushrooms 9 1.3 1.4 0.1 0.5
sweet chilli sauce 37 0.1 9.1 0.0 0.0
courgette 58 4.5 12.3 0.7 4.1
plum 62 1.0 15.6 0.4 1.9
cottage cheese 150 23.2 9.0 1.0 0.0
Total 324 30 47 3 6

5:30pm  BBQ

8 months into my diet

At Matthew Cashmore’s leaving do for his Journey to Russia.

I had a white bread roll with a slice of Gouda cheese, some salad veg and a spoon of Matt’s wonderful potato salad (ah, REAL mayonnaise).

I then had half a thin piece of cake and a little champagne.

However, I felt like eating a lot more. I wanted a second cheese salad roll and a big slice of cake.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
red pepper 2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
mushrooms 4 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.2
tomato 9 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.6
potato 26 0.6 6.0 0.0 0.5
champagne 33 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0
mayonnaise 69 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0
gouda cheese slice 113 7.2 0.0 9.5 0.0
white bread roll 160 7.3 24.0 3.5 5.1
cake 250 3.3 37.1 9.8 0.5
Total estimated 667 21 71 31 7

After the guys left and people were clearing up, I overheard Matt’s wife say she didn’t know what to do with all the salad that was left over. I don’t think she remembered me from a year ago when I last met her but I tentatively asked if I could help off-load some by taking it home. She said I could have it all.

I separated it out when I got home.

I have a lot of tomatoes! I will likely make a tomato and bean soup. I’m wondering if baking them first (without oil) will make them taste better.

8:10pm  Croissant + tea @ Ikea

Not actually hungry but felt like eating. :-/ Frank had fish, chips and peas and a big almond croissant he left behind.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
margarine 62 0.0 0.1 7.0 0.0
croissant* 272 5.5 30.7 14.1 1.7
Total 334 6 31 21 2

00:30am  Tomatoes and cucumber + Thin Crisps

Hungry later on, though.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
cucumber 17 0.6 4.1 0.2 0.6
fat-free yoghurt 21 3.6 1.2 0.1 0.0
sweet chilli sauce 39 0.1 9.6 0.0 0.0
Thin Crisp 42 1.4 8.2 0.3 2.5
tomato 46 1.8 7.9 0.8 3.0
Total 164 8 31 1 6

The day’s totals:

Day 237 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Brunch 324 30 47 3 6
Dinner 667 21 71 31 7
Snack 334 6 31 21 2
Snack 164 8 31 1 6
Other drinks 100
Total 1,589 64 180 56 21
17% 48% 34%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Day 237: weigh-in

30 August 2008 at 11:24 am (weigh-in)

Posted by Paola

Weekly weigh-in: 2 lbs lost (total: 55 lbs / 24.9 kg in 34 weeks)

That’s just a pound lost overall in two weeks.

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Day 236: Measuring interactions

29 August 2008 at 10:05 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

1:45pm  Cottage cheese salad sandwich + plum + fresh coffee

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lettuce 9 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.5
tomato 15 0.6 2.7 0.3 1.0
corn relish 58 0.4 13.3 0.1 0.0
cottage cheese 59 9.2 3.6 0.4 0.0
plum 73 1.2 18.3 0.5 2.2
wholemeal bread 126 6.1 22.4 1.3 4.8
Total 340 18 61 3 9

6pm  Cottage cheese and tomato salad + orange + tea

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
lettuce 22 1.2 2.5 0.7 1.3
tomato 24 0.9 4.2 0.4 1.6
extra virgin olive oil 25 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0
sun-dried tomatoes 26 0.9 3.0 1.7 0.9
Thin Crisp 38 1.3 7.6 0.3 2.3
blood orange 76 1.5 18.8 0.2 1.5
cottage cheese 77 11.9 4.6 0.5 0.0
Total 300 18 45 7 8

8:30pm  Carrot, celery and apple soup + plum

400g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
sun-dried tomatoes 20 0.7 2.3 1.3 0.7
fat-free yoghurt 72 12.6 4.3 0.2 0.0
plum 90 1.5 22.6 0.6 2.7
carrot, celery & apple soup 109 1.4 24.3 0.4 7.0
Total 109 1 24 0 7

Evening drink: pint of fizzy squash

Day 236 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 340 18 61 3 9
Lunch 300 18 45 7 8
Dinner 109 1 24 0 7
Other drinks 100
Total 850 37 130 10 23
20% 69% 12%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

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Steak as An End-Of-Week Treat

29 August 2008 at 8:39 pm (food diary)

Posted by Becky

The chocolate chip cookie, whilst nice was no way nice enough to be 200 calories. Should have been stronger and only eaten half. I then got home and didn’t feel like lunch so had two snacks throughout the afternoon.

My policy of buying half the amount of meat I used to is really working well. In the bad, old days I would eaten the entire steak (instead of splitting it between the two of us)

Breakfast 1/2 piece of diet toast with butter 69
boiled egg (white only) 17
Snack Chocolate chip cookie 200
1/2 Small Cappucino with skimmed milk 30
Snack number 2 1 poppodam, 8 chips 125
Dinner Pepper steak, 125g 150
Tangy chickpea salad 100
potato wedges 184
2 glasses white wine 156
Total Calories 1,031

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Don’t try this at home

29 August 2008 at 3:13 pm (advice, photo, thoughts)

Posted by Paola

Yesterday I made a passing mention in my Dieting Tips that Frank had put on 30 lbs when I was preparing all his meals.

Today I made him breakfast: a fried eggy banana sandwich with peanut butter and chocolate spread. (And that’s after two days of him eating only a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts.)

One slice of bread is spread thicky with peanut butter, another with hazelnut and chocolate spread. Plus a whole chopped banana.

Dipped in an (organic free-range) egg and fried in oil.

And, then, EVEN THOUGH I knew I’d be blogging this, I still sprinkled on vanilla sugar.

Because I love him.

Ugh. My tendency to over-eat manifests itself as over-feeding, methinks. :-/

Since I don’t eat this kind of thing any more, I estimated the calories of the sandwich for this post – I am a bit shocked just how calorific the sandwich turned out to be.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
rapeseed oil 83 9.2
large organic free-range egg 93 7.8 6.8 0.1
banana 104 1.3 26.8 0.4 3.1
wholemeal bread 115 5.6 20.6 1.2 4.4
chocolate hazelnut spread 116 0.4 11.3 7.7 0.3
peanut butter 123 4.6 3.1 10.2 1.2
Total 634 20 62 35 9
12% 38% 50%

You know the phrase “a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”?

Well, here’s an addition: “once you get to his heart, don’t kill it.“

I know I’m not alone in wanting to make my partner happy and to show my love through food. But be careful not to ‘love’ your partner to an early death.

Be aware of what you’re feeding the people you love. I only make these kinds of things for Frank 2-3 times a month.

My Abel & Cole boxes come with a sheet of news and information. This week’s has the following story.

Family Celebration Meal

By Rachel de Thample

For me, family equals food. [...] My visits home to Texas are defined by food, and when my family venture this way to England, their stay is equally food-focused. I love introducing them to British classics [...]

Offering someone food is like offering them a gift, a fabulous gift that’s enriched with culture, history and, of course, nourishment.

When I have family or friends coming over to stay, the first thing I plan is what food I’m going to offer them – forget about cleaning [...] or ironing the bed linen!

Although this is related to what I wrote earlier, if I were part of this family, I’d be offended by the opening sentence.

There is more to family than food.

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Thursday Pizza Without Too Much Damage

28 August 2008 at 10:21 pm (food diary)

Posted by Becky

Because Thursday is the day were we do a lot of chores in the evening, we have a tradition of getting a take-away pizza. We decided to try and get a “take and bake” one to see if we could cut the calories. (and also so that we could have a more accurate picture of what the calories are) I was really pleased that I was able to make choices when faced with the calorie content of the foods I’d bought. To make a fair comparison, I bought garlic bread and chicken pieces from the shop as well. (as that is the meal we usually get from Dominos)

On another note, I got some wooden wine cases (without the wine) from Berry Bros. and sowed some chard and lettuce seeds and I am really, really excited by the prospect of my own vegetables. I already have spinach, brocolli, leeks and cabbage and every day I tend them lovingly. As someone who doesn’t always eat healthily, growing my own veg has made me eat better. (but not on pizza night)

Breakfast 2 pieces of diet french toast 194
Lunch Beetroot Salad 60
Crackers and Cheese 96
Dinner Asda Pizza 400
Garlic Bread 132
Chicken dippers 160
dips 62
1 glass white wine 78
Total Calories 1,182

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