Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 1st2lb Weight to Lose: 1st12lb % Lost 8.47%
rhuba's tell-all food and exercise diary - comments and suggestions welcome!
i have decided to write up my food consumption in a tell-all diary, so that i can shame myself into detailing everything i put into my mouth, as well as the exercise i do to counteract it.
having flicked through my food diary of the past few months to look for any anomalies, i have noticed an increasing number of instances where i have gone over on cals and NOT tried to balance this by eating less the next day. recipe for disaster!
My new plan is kind of like the lunch-box diet, which i heard about from another thread, although i will still be counting the cals (which is not done in the diet)
basically i will be having my normal breakfast and dinner, and creating a box of stuff to pick at throughout the day, without having a set 'lunch'. this suits me fine, as i go for walks on my lunch break anyway and that means i can extend those, as i will not have to leave time to eat.
i will also include my steps for the day, as well as any other exercise i undertake. i think this will help me, as i will have to include everything i do, and it will act as the angel on my shoulder, when that pesky 'snacking' devil appears.
one chocolate from a collegues b-day cake - 80 cals (guess)
200g mackerel, baked, with rice pilaf: 700 cals
i didnt realise mackerel had so many calories, and the rice pilaf shocked me when i calculated it. normally i do it beforehand, but i didnt have time last night and it was not good!
i know i should have stopped when i found out how calorific the main course was, but i was having one of those days.
TOTAL FOR TUESDAY: 1580
nearly 300 over my allowance. to be fair, it's not normal that i don't calculate my dinner before i eat it, but i really didnt think it would be THAT high!
Exercise: 1hr 20mins fast paced walking with my mum.
Because failure is the worst feeling.. Eat sensible and eat only your calories..
Slowly and surely will get me there....
week 1...... 5lbs 9 to go to complete challenge. week 2.......sts week 3.......sts week 4....... 3lbs 6 to go to complete the challenge! Three weeks to go can she do it? week 5 ....... 1lb 5 lbs to go week 5........ sts week 6 ....... sts week 7......... 3lbs week 8 .......... 2lbs week 9 ........... 3lbs week 10 ......... 1 lb totm
Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 1st2lb Weight to Lose: 1st12lb % Lost 8.47%
course. the lunch box diet is the brain child of simon lovell.
basically you make up a 'lunch box' and that is all you're allowed to eat between breakfast and lunch. the idea is that you pick from the box throughout the day, rather than grabbing unhealthy snacks or having a set lunch. it keeps your metabolism steady, so you're never starving, and you get your 5 a day in the box alone.
he gives you three categories:
1. vegetables. should be 45-60% of your box. you need to choose 5 different types: each a different colour (ie. rainbow of veg) today i have cauliflower, spinach, sugar snap peas, red cabbage, and mushrooms. not quite a rainbow, but i'm just using up what i've got in at the moment.
2. protein, should be 15-30% of your box - 80g for red/ white meat, 100g fish/sea food/tofu etc. also in this category is beans and pulses. today i had 80g mackerel left over from last night (160 cals)
3. dressings, 10% of your box - can include 'healthy' oils: rapeseed, olive etc. things like balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, herbs, seasonings etc. didn't have a dressing today as i like my veg without, but i may start bringing a small pot of hummus to dip in etc.
i'd recommend his book if you fancy trying it, about £8 from amazon. or google the 'lunch box diet' and there's a website and forum thing as well.
if you want any recipes just read my diary lol.
it's pretty sensible, most of the advice, but i think the structure is definitely something i can work with, and with so few cals during the day, it leaves a lot left for my evenings, which is where i fall down.
hopefully that helps a bit serafyn. you're welcome to share any opinions about what i'm doing right/wrong and make any suggestions about where i should change things.
ultimately i'm going to try and phase out all artificial colours and sweetners, but at the moment i absolutely neeeed my jelly and diet coke to keep me sane!!
In the RC diet they say you shouldn't worry about the fat content in oily fish because it's so good for you! I too am curious as to this lunchbox diet...
Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 1st2lb Weight to Lose: 1st12lb % Lost 8.47%
pretty much, yeah. it's a pretty massive box though - i fill a 2 litre ice-cream tub, and it lasted me all day yesterday. plus i was able to go for a powerwalk before my dinner without really being hungry
the oh is now under strict instructions to scold me if he sees me picking or order me to log even the slightest nibble of something so i know exactly what's going in. he's doing well so far and has already stopped me from sneaking one fizzy haribo! (which, when you consider taste vs calorific value, totally isn't worth it!)
i have also purchased some accurate scales for measuring my food - they weigh in increments of 1g, so no more weighing and saying 'that's about 50g', when it's more like 60g!!
Because failure is the worst feeling.. Eat sensible and eat only your calories..
Slowly and surely will get me there....
week 1...... 5lbs 9 to go to complete challenge. week 2.......sts week 3.......sts week 4....... 3lbs 6 to go to complete the challenge! Three weeks to go can she do it? week 5 ....... 1lb 5 lbs to go week 5........ sts week 6 ....... sts week 7......... 3lbs week 8 .......... 2lbs week 9 ........... 3lbs week 10 ......... 1 lb totm
Because failure is the worst feeling.. Eat sensible and eat only your calories..
Slowly and surely will get me there....
week 1...... 5lbs 9 to go to complete challenge. week 2.......sts week 3.......sts week 4....... 3lbs 6 to go to complete the challenge! Three weeks to go can she do it? week 5 ....... 1lb 5 lbs to go week 5........ sts week 6 ....... sts week 7......... 3lbs week 8 .......... 2lbs week 9 ........... 3lbs week 10 ......... 1 lb totm
Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 1st2lb Weight to Lose: 1st12lb % Lost 8.47%
nah, i know 'smashed' sounds like i mean smash (ick) but i mean this lumpy mash that i make, which looks like the pots have been smashed.
i weigh 100g baby new pot, boil them up with a clove of garlic and chop up a spring onion. when they're done i smash it all together with a fork and sprinkling of salt and pepper. it's absolutely scrummy and less than 100cals for the lot
i guess my diet is pretty healthy, i have made ta concerted effort to cut out as much processed foods as i can (the jelly and diet coke being the last hangers-on!)
it is absolutely AMAZING how much better my food tastes for it. i spend longer eating coz every mouthful is like a taste sensation! if anyone wants any recipes for low-cal, really tasty dinners, i'd be happy to share them. the oh likes his meat, so we normally cook a separate portion of meat for him to stir in to his meal. that way i get my low-cal and he's satisfied too. i'm just so grateful that he's a big fan of the food i eat as well. if he was a junk-food eater it would be so much harder!
now for the real test though.... the weekend. we're having a bbq tomorrow with the oh's family, and i'm DETERMINED to stick to my cals
wish me luck....
Last edited by rhuba : 12th June, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Because failure is the worst feeling.. Eat sensible and eat only your calories..
Slowly and surely will get me there....
week 1...... 5lbs 9 to go to complete challenge. week 2.......sts week 3.......sts week 4....... 3lbs 6 to go to complete the challenge! Three weeks to go can she do it? week 5 ....... 1lb 5 lbs to go week 5........ sts week 6 ....... sts week 7......... 3lbs week 8 .......... 2lbs week 9 ........... 3lbs week 10 ......... 1 lb totm
Statistics: Total Weight Loss: 1st2lb Weight to Lose: 1st12lb % Lost 8.47%
it really doent need butter, either, as the garlic clove goes all soft and gooey when you boil it. if the potatoes are a bit dry, i just add a little tiny bit of the potato water and mash. leave the skins on and it's extra tasty
I know i went over, but i thnk i did okay this weekend. considering that's the time when i normally go about 300 over!!
next weekend i'm gona stick 100% as there won't be any bbqs to tempt me!
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