Thread: This weeks food diary

I've been meaning to pop a food diary up on here for a couple of weeks but never seem to get round to doing it, so while I'm letting my lovely spag bol go down I thought it was about time I did!!!!

All thoughts and comments welcome.....I'll start with Saturday as that's my weigh in day.
Maybe I should say that I started just over 6 weeks ago and have lost exactly a stone ideally I'd like to lose another 2 and a half stone by end of July/beginning of August (ready for hols).

Here goes.....Saturday - green -
Breakfast - fat free natural yogurt with chopped apple, banana and raspberries.
Lunch - baked potato, baked beans, cheese HEA, cherry tomatoes, 2 small satsumas.
Tea - butternut squash risotto with onions and chilli. Cheese HEB. No 2nd HEB oops!
Syns - light mayo 2 + small choc cookie biscuit 3 = 5


Sunday - extra easy
Breakfast - banana and grapes.
Lunch - left over risotto with carrots, onions and chilli. HEA cheese. Apple.
Tea - in the pub, gammon steak, mash, peas.
Snack - 2 alpan light bars HEB.
Syns - fried egg and butter/milk in mash, guessing 5?

Today, Monday - extra easy.
Breakfast - fat free natural yogurt with banana and raspberries.
Lunch - 5 scan bran HEB with fat free cottage cheese, carrot, pineapple, melon, mango.
Tea - spaghetti bolognese, onions, mushrooms, chopped tomatoes, HEA cheese.
Syns - 3 cadburys choc fingers 5.5.

Please tell me if you think I'm doing anything wrong, thanks

Hello! I find that a diary helps to keep me on track, although it's very rare that I actually post any food in mine Just general ramblings!

I've lost a stone in a similar amount of time, I've enjoyed myself so far but this has defo been a "crunch" week. I've been a heifer! Looks like you are doing everything right- just don't rob yourself of a HEX!! That's 6 free syns there x

Originally Posted by mrstore

I've been meaning to pop a food diary up on here for a couple of weeks but never seem to get round to doing it, so while I'm letting my lovely spag bol go down I thought it was about time I did!!!!

All thoughts and comments welcome.....I'll start with Saturday as that's my weigh in day.
Maybe I should say that I started just over 6 weeks ago and have lost exactly a stone ideally I'd like to lose another 2 and a half stone by end of July/beginning of August (ready for hols).

Here goes.....Saturday - green -
Breakfast - fat free natural yogurt with chopped apple, banana and raspberries.
Lunch - baked potato, baked beans, cheese HEA, cherry tomatoes, 2 small satsumas.
Tea - butternut squash risotto with onions and chilli. Cheese HEB. No 2nd HEB oops!
Syns - light mayo 2 + small choc cookie biscuit 3 = 5

Sunday - extra easy
Breakfast - banana and grapes.
Lunch - left over risotto with carrots, onions and chilli. HEA cheese. Apple.
Tea - in the pub, gammon steak, mash, peas.
Snack - 2 alpan light bars HEB.
Syns - fried egg and butter/milk in mash, guessing 5?

Today, Monday - extra easy.
Breakfast - fat free natural yogurt with banana and raspberries.
Lunch - 5 scan bran HEB with fat free cottage cheese, carrot, pineapple, melon, mango.
Tea - spaghetti bolognese, onions, mushrooms, chopped tomatoes, HEA cheese.
Syns - 3 cadburys choc fingers 5.5.

Please tell me if you think I'm doing anything wrong, thanks

Are you trying to compensate for yesterday with today? The reason I ask is because your lunch looks tiny! In general your breakfasts don't look big enough to me either. I think you are getting enough super free, so well done for that, but I'm not convinced you are ate acting enough. If you are not hungry, then great, but make sure you are eating enough.

The reason i say that is because it is possible to put your body into starvation mode by not eating enough - this means your body just holds on to any calories you give it, and you don't loose weight.

But as i said, as long as you are not going hungry, you're doing fine.

Originally Posted by JezVonSavage

Hello! I find that a diary helps to keep me on track, although it's very rare that I actually post any food in mine Just general ramblings!

I've lost a stone in a similar amount of time, I've enjoyed myself so far but this has defo been a "crunch" week. I've been a heifer! Looks like you are doing everything right- just don't rob yourself of a HEX!! That's 6 free syns there x

I have no idea why I missed that 2nd HEB, it's the first time I have in 6 weeks, I knew by tea time that I hadn't had it and really didn't feel hungry enough to eat anything else. Will try not to make a habit of it though lol

Originally Posted by kingleds

Are you trying to compensate for yesterday with today? The reason I ask is because your lunch looks tiny! In general your breakfasts don't look big enough to me either. I think you are getting enough super free, so well done for that, but I'm not convinced you are ate acting enough. If you are not hungry, then great, but make sure you are eating enough.

The reason i say that is because it is possible to put your body into starvation mode by not eating enough - this means your body just holds on to any calories you give it, and you don't loose weight.

But as i said, as long as you are not going hungry, you're doing fine.

Sunday's breakfast was not good, I got up late and had a very lazy morning, plus had a bit of a funny tummy so didn't have anything else.
And trust me when I say that I'm very rarely hungry!!! If I wasn't eating enough I wouldn't be able to stick to it, I absolutely love my food and sometimes think that my portion sizes are a bit on the large side!! Oops! But the plan seems to be working for me so far
I write everything i eat down in a little book at home and even keep a log of how much exercise I do, usually about 1 - 1 and a half hours a day walking. Thank god for the dog lol

Mmmm really enjoying today so far, even if I have had to go to the dentist!! Lol.
Working this afternoon so hoping OH will cook something nice for tea later. I have a bottle of the first cape cafe collection 5.5% rose wine which, correct if I'm wrong, is only 12 syns for the whole bottle!!

So far today (Tuesday) -
Breakfast - mullerlight with chopped apple and banana.
Lunch - turkey and ham salad bowl from subway (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, peppers and jalapeños. Orange and grapes.
Snacks - 2 alpan light bars HEB
Syns - light mayo 3? And wine for later 12.
And whatever we have for tea, yum yum!!

Well.......tea was a chicken chow mein from the chippy! Alot more syns than i was hoping to have....but I enjoyed every mouthful!!! in the books it says 7 syns but there was waaayyyyy more than the 300 and odd grams there! So if I say 12 syns (???) maybe for tea, there was loads of mushrooms, onion, cabbage and carrots in it so I'm saying they are my super free with it, maybe not quite a third but good enough for me, it is valentines day after all lol.

Ps. The wine is going down extremely well!!!! hehe!!!

Wednesday - extra easy

Breakfast - grapefruit and 3 kiwis. 2 alpan light bars HEB.
Lunch - spaghetti bolognese with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes, onions. 2 oranges.
Tea - chicken breast salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, spring onions, fat free cottage cheese and 2 hard boiled eggs. Cheese HEA. Pineapple later if I feel like it.
Not planning on having any syns today.

Well I feel fab this morning!! really wish I'd have taken my measurements when I first started as I'm curious to see how many inches I've lost. My jeans are constantly falling down and i desperately need to go and buy some new ones I might treat myself later on this afternoon after I've met up with my friend for a girly catch up. (we're not really meeting up in the pub.....honest lol). Will only be drinking diet coke as I'm driving so syn free there. And I'm not planning on eating anything as we're meeting at 2.30, so all good there too

Still feeling fab! had a lovely afternoon out with my friend from school. I hadn't planned on having anything to eat but the packets of quavers behind the bar were calling to me lol

Thursday - green

Breakfast. Pineapple, 2 kiwis and 2 alpan light bars HEB.
Snack. Banana.
Lunch. Low fat supernoodles, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms. Cheese HEA.
Snack. Quavers.
Tea. 4 ryvita HEB, with cottage cheese and grated carrots. Fat free yogurt with chopped apple.
Syns 4.5

Need to add onto today's - 4.5 syns for 3 cadburys choc fingers and an options hot choc 2 syns, Ooops!!

Weigh in tomorrow!! Eek! So far today.....
Friday.

Breakfast. Fat free yogurt, chopped apple and 2 alpan light bars HEB.
Lunch. Low fat super noodles, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, spring onions and cheese HEA. 2 oranges.

Planning to have cottage pie for tea made by my OH, have reminded him that I need loads of veg in it.
Off for a long walk with the dog though first this afternoon.

Well we've got no mince so cottage pie is out the window lol, decided on gammon with mash, carrots, garden peas, sweetcorn and gravy 3 syns.
Prob should add to my weeks syns the OH's valentines choccies I've been nibbling at since Tuesday!! So adding an extra 20 syns for those (2.5x8).
This weeks syn total = 76.

I lb off! Not bad I suppose considering