Day 36 – Feeling Good

30 September 2008 at 10:51 pm (food diary)

Posted by Georgina

I’m feeling good about myself today. Don’t fall off your chairs in shock.

I haven’t had a headache all day. I’ve had some nice things to eat today without going overboard and haven’t felt particularly hungry. I’ve lost some weight despite being on my period. I’ve had my hair done. I’m wearing my nice skinny jeans and a top that suits me. I had a real “good to be alive” buzz after my exercise routine.

It’ll all go to pot tomorrow, but hey, today is good.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Tesco BREAKFAST CEREAL Rice Snaps 76
Milk 3.7% fat 61
Cup of Tea 49
Total 186

Normal breakfast – it was a strength training day so avoided the fruit bar as I didn’t need the extra to keep me going.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Morning Tea Cup of Tea 49
Total 49

An unscheduled cuppa with the hairdresser.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Lunch Lasagne 526
Total 526

I had some of the leftover lasagne, but I didn’t eat a full piece and I had water not a smoothie to keep the total down.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Afternoon Tea Cup of Tea 49
Total 49

Felt a bit sleepy around 2.30pm so had another cuppa. Can’t say it stopped me feeling sleepy really, but was nice all the same.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Dinner Toad in the Hole 379
Carrots steamed 12
LEEKS, steamed 6
POTATOES New, Baby, Average 98
Butter salted 36
Bisto GRAVY Granules, Onion, Made Up 20
Colman’s MUSTARD 5
Total 556

This apparently is the kids’ “best meal EVER… can we have it every day, mum, canwecanwecanwe”. Makes a change from the “I don’t like it” whine!!

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Late GIN 37.5% Volume 52
Schweppes TONIC WATER Indian 66
OPTIONS Belgian Chocolate, Instant 36
Total 154

It was a veeeeery nice G&T too.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Exercise Exercise Bike (warm up 5 mins) -54
Strength Training (20 mins) -132
Total -186

New routine on Thursday – looking forward to the change, though was quite pleased at how much easier I found this set compared to the beginning of this month. Progress!

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Cereal and a cup of tea 186
Morning Tea Cup of Tea 49
Lunch Lasagne 526
Afternoon Tea Cup of Tea 49
Dinner Toad in the hole, new potatoes and steamed veg 556
Late G&T and hot chocolate 154
Exercise Warm up and strength training -186
Total 1,334

Ta da! A completely unintentional exact figure day. Perfect!

It’s all going to go to hell in a handbasket tomorrow, isn’t it?!

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Day 268: Camera shopping

30 September 2008 at 9:46 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

9:40am  Cabbage on toast with sheep’s milk cheese + spiced tea + orange

I came up with the idea of this idea lying in bed last night. I wondered what to have with braised cabbage to add some crunch and a flavour punch. This MIGHT have turned out great if I hadn’t gone over-board with the cabbage by using up all that was left in the container. *sigh* As it is, I couldn’t taste the cheese.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
balsamic vinegar 8 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0
extra virgin olive oil 41 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0
light sheep’s milk cheese 55 6.0 0.7 2.8 0.0
braised cabbage 59 1.8 14.0 0.1 3.7
orange 62 1.2 15.4 0.2 1.2
seeded batch bread 154 6.3 21.7 4.7 3.6
Total 378 15 53 12 9

2:10pm  Tomato, carrot and apple soup with beans and Finn Crisp + coffee

I’ve decided that I definitely don’t like soup with mushy bits in. I’m gonna have to buy a hand blender (having broken my regular blender). But soup is mega fab with broken up Finn Crisp and a dollop of yoghurt.

323g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spinach 8 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.7
extra virgin olive oil 25 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0
fat-free yoghurt 68 11.8 4.0 0.2 0.0
Finn Crisp 83 2.9 15.6 0.6 4.4
cannellini beans 84 7.1 12.5 0.6 6.3
carrot & apple soup 106 1.7 22.6 1.1 5.0
Total 373 24 55 5 16

7:15pm  Cheese and cabbage salad + spiced tea + mint chocolate + tea

New Alchemist Dark Chocolate with Mint from Abel & Cole. Bloody marvelous.

I overdid the cheese and sweet chilli sauce (by finishing off the last bit left in the bottle).

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spinach 7 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.6
lemon juice 12 0.2 4.1 0.0 0.2
Quorn chicken-style slices 28 4.2 1.2 0.7 1.6
red cabbage 61 2.8 14.3 0.2 4.1
fat-free yoghurt 62 10.8 3.7 0.2 0.0
mint chocolate* 77 1.4 6.7 4.9 0.5
sweet chilli sauce 96 0.3 23.7 0.0 0.1
half-fat cheddar cheese 101 11.4 0.0 6.2 0.0
Total 444 32 54 12 7

The day’s totals:

Day 268 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 378 15 53 12 9
Lunch 373 24 55 5 16
Dinner 444 32 54 12 7
Other drinks 100
Total 1,296 72 163 30 32
24% 54% 23%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%		 18 – 30g

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Day 36 – Weigh-In

30 September 2008 at 1:28 pm (weigh-in)

Posted by Georgina

Weekly weigh-in: 8st 12 (56.2kg) – 1lb (0.5kg) lost in last week – 6lb (2.8kg) overall

Gah, I was all set to have lost 2lb this week, but I put on weight just as my period started despite having been pretty careful what I ate this week and often coming under the goal. Maybe I’ll have super-fast weight loss next week to make up for it.

New target daily calories after exercise: 1334


My Weight Chart:
Weight Chart

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Day 35 – Still Headachy

29 September 2008 at 9:38 pm (food diary)

Posted by Georgina

Going to make this quick and get to bed early (story of my life at the moment!)

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Tesco BREAKFAST CEREAL Rice Snaps 76
Milk 3.7% fat 61
Fruit Bowl BARS School, Blackcurrant, Apple, & Pear 72
Cup of Tea 49
Total 258

Was a cycling day, so made sure I had a fruit bar to keep me going.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Lunch Cheese brie 234
BREAD French Stick 95
Butter salted 36
Salad 18
Tesco DRESSING French 44
Tropicana SMOOTHIE – Strawberry & Banana 135
Total 562

Was possibly a bit over generous with the portion of brie, but a) I was hungry and b) it needed using up. The latter is a poor excuse I know.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Afternoon Tea Cup of Tea 49
Total 49

Out of biscuits until next shopping delivery. I’m getting better at not buying lots in, especially of the junk.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Dinner Lasagne 701
Salad 18
Tesco DRESSING French 22
Total 741

I suspected the lasagne might be higher calorie than my normal dinners, but wasn’t quite expecting it to be that high – not so bad for today as it was a cycling day. However, I have leftovers for lunch tomorrow which could make the calorie count for tomorrow slightly … interesting.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Late Cadbury WISPA 209
OPTIONS Belgian Chocolate, Instant 36
Total 245

Rob brought me home a Wispa – fortunately I had the remaining calorie allowance left to eat it!

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Exercise Cycle ride around local woods -583
Total -583

A good ride.

Meal Food | Drink Calories
Breakfast Cereal, cup of tea and a fruit snack bar 258
Lunch Brie, french bread, salad and a smoothie 562
Afternoon Tea Cup of Tea 49
Dinner Lasagne and salad 741
Late Wispa and hot chocolate 245
Exercise Cycle ride through the woods -583
Total 1,272

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Eating makes me hungry

29 September 2008 at 9:34 pm (thoughts)

Posted by Paola

This is my theory of why eating makes me hungry. By that I mean that I am sometimes MORE hungry straight after eating than I was before I ate.

stomach is relaxed, waiting for some action
food arrives – ooh!
party time – woo!
yeah, we’re partying – we’re waiting for more
hey, you out there, we’re PARTYING – we want more!
oh go on, give us more
oh well, whose turn was it?

I wonder whether a) eating VERY slowly would quieten the urgent rumblings in my stomach or whether it’s about b) eating ENOUGH the first time.

What do you think?

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Day 267: Purple, not red

29 September 2008 at 8:58 pm (food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

9am  Cheese and cabbage sandwich + tea

I got a big red (purple!) cabbage from Abel & Cole last week. I chopped some to use in salads and cooked the rest with vinegar, apple and spices. I used the raw cabbage as my substitute for lettuce in this sandwich.

I was gonna have an orange afterwards but put it back as I did feel full already.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
extra-light mayonnaise 11 0.1 1.3 0.6 0.1
tomato & onion relish 36 0.5 8.0 0.1 0.5
red cabbage 36 1.7 8.6 0.1 2.5
half-fat cheddar cheese 78 8.8 0.0 4.7 0.0
seeded batch bread 209 8.5 29.5 6.4 4.9
Total 371 20 47 12 8

12:40pm  Braised red (purple!) cabbage + spiced tea

This wasn’t filling and I was hungry again soon after.

300g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
cider vinegar 5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
apple 30 0.0 8.3 0.0 1.9
Quark low-fat soft cheese 43 7.6 2.6 0.1 0.0
red cabbage 64 3.0 15.1 0.2 4.4
Total 143 11 26 0 6

Afternoon drink: pint of fizzy squash

2:30pm  Tomato, carrot and apple soup with beans and Finn Crisp + prunes

I took all the small broken bits of the Finn Crisp, ending up with a bit more than I’d have measured out. The bits ended up a little over what two whole Finn Crisps would have been.

334g serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
fat-free yoghurt 3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
soft prunes 57 1.0 12.9 0.2 3.0
cannellini beans 85 7.2 12.6 0.6 6.4
Finn Crisp 86 3.0 16.2 0.6 4.5
carrot & apple soup 110 1.8 23.4 1.1 5.2
Total 341 14 65 3 19

6:40pm Cottage cheese and red (purple!) cabbage salad + spiced tea x 2

I calculated my calories so far before eating this.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
lemon juice 6 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.1
sun-dried tomatoes 40 1.3 4.7 2.7 1.3
Quorn chicken-style slices 42 6.4 1.8 1.0 2.3
cottage cheese w/pineapple 59 6.2 6.5 0.8 0.2
fat-free yoghurt 61 10.7 3.6 0.2 0.0
red cabbage 62 2.9 14.6 0.2 4.2
Total 270 28 33 5 8

The day’s totals:

Day 267 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 371 20 47 12 8
Snack 143 11 26 0 6
Lunch 341 14 65 3 19
Dinner 270 28 33 5 8
Other drinks 100
Total 1,225 71 172 20 42
25% 60% 15%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%		 18 – 30g

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Lazy Sunday

29 September 2008 at 12:06 am (food diary)

Posted by Ginni

It is so hot here today, its like an Indian Summer – hence, a lazy Sunday with a Big Sunday Lunch with some friends.

Potatoes and French Beans

Red Kidney Beans Curry

Spicy Cabbage Soup with carrots

And the usual Sunday Paranthas, yoghurt and spicy Mango pickle with Sweet Tea.

My diet for the day has gone out of the window. This was our Sunday brunch and I plan on skipping Dinner as I am still full at 6pm. Perhaps a glass of milk at night would be good.

I made enough soup to last me a couple of days, so that will be my lunch and dinner for the next 2 days.

@Paola – I will email you on our family history and a fab story about our family Sunday brunches.

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