Thread: ClaireCat: trials and tribulations

Ok.... Jim recommended I start a diary, just incase I'm on a cheeky wee carb creep. I'm going to try to remember to keep tabs of my food here.

Oh, and I use milk in my tea (have to, cant help it) and until I actually measure how much milk I put in it, 1g is a total guesstimation!

Today:

B/L: Fry up. 3 Gluten free lorne (4.5g), 2 bacon, 2 eggs
D: Rump steak with half a grilled courgette (2g) and home made coleslaw (4g).
S: Pork Scratchings (1g)

W: 3 cups of tea with milk (3g), pepsi max

Total carbs today 14.5g - give or take! lol! The night is not over yet!

Sounds good and welcome to your diary CCat

Thanks! Its actually a good idea for me - I thought I'd eaten much more carbs than that yesterday

Good plan to start a diary - hope it helps
Xx

Hi Claire. I think it was a good idea to start the diary. With my food Ive been putting it in to my fitness pal to count the carbs for me. Just an idea incase it helps. Hope you are having a good day x

Doesnt the my fitness pal thingy count carbs in eggs etc? I might give it a bash and see. Whats the worst that can happen?! lol!

Yes it does count eggs, but at least it helps with the more unusual things you might like to try. It has certainly put me off a lot of the naughty foods

It's really making me focus. I put every morsel in it. It counts 2 eggs as 1c and setting it up for Atkins is a bit tricky cos unless I'm doing something wrong you have to find a % of calories that gives you the correct number of grams of carbs.

God, all I can think about today is chocolate, cakes, popcorn, biscuits and crisps!!!!

And cigarettes.

happy new diary!

no no you naughty girl, non of those things, they taste horrid anyway! : )

I did not have any of the above yesterday, although I could just have devoured some chocolate digestives with copious amounts of coffee without even thinking about it. I must have more willpower than I thought!

Yesterday I had (cuz i couldnt be arsed):

B/L: almond/flax pannini with bacon and brie (4g)
D: almond/flax panini with chicken & bacon mayo with spring onions (6g)
W: 3 or 4 cups of tea (4g), jim beam & pepsi max.

Total: 14g carbs.

I know, I know... not enough greens, not enough water. But hey, no chocolate, what more do you want?!?!!

Well, I had a total downer yesterday but didnt eat anything carby, which was good going for me. Still craving sweet stuff today. Nearly stole a tea cake out of a collegues hand at work today - they're my absolute favourite!

Today has been miserable and I accidentally ended up in the takeaway on my way home. I think I eat too many take aways, but I really didnt feel like cooking tonight.

B: Soya yogurt (2.5g)
L: Chicken/Bacon mayo with salad (4g)
D: Half a mixed kebab with garlic mayo (carb wise...no idea. Lets just say 10 for arguements sake! lol!)

W: Tea (5g), one coffee (2.5g), water and diet coke.

Really want to eat crap tho, and the only thing I could eat is an atkins bar, but it will ruin my weight-in on Thursday because I'm testing the "atkins bars stalling me" theory.

*sigh* I did a wee low carb shopping today too. Ordered some biscuits, pitta bread, maple syrup and some other bits and bobs. Hopefully I will have that by the weekend. I need a biscuit.

Hang in there claire - we're all rooting for you. Keep on the straight and narrow

Thanks Katie! I think if I just winge about it in my diary, I dont actually do it irl!

I'm sorry for the whining tho!

Whine away- it's good writing it down as, like you said, you don't do it then!