rachfromwales
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So before I got married I weighed 13 stone. I realised that to look good on my special day i needed to loose around 3 stone. I didnt realise what I was doing at the time, but I basically did the weekday diet - restricting to 800 cals on weekdays and going a bit mad on weekends, but aiming to stick to the recommended allowance for women of 2000 a day. I ended up loosing the 3 stone in 5 months! yay!
so after i got married, i kinda lost the effort and went back to my old ways.....its been 3 years and i put on 5 stone! NOT GOOD! so after getting pretty down about it I tried slimming world - twice, both times for just 4 weeks. I lost half a stone each time. So, down to 14st, I now need to loose 4 to get back down to my ideal 10st weight.
I originally didnt want to go back to the weekend diet as it was really quite restrictive, however, after spending a LOT of money on food on slimming world, I have resigned to the fact that I actually NEED to do the diet again because thats obviously what works for me. Im going to give myself Christmas as my target date, and by then I really want to be back to 10st.....then i might look at changing my diet permanently for maintenance.
I have also decided to not only keep a food diary, but to post it here...Its crazy how many calories you can eat if you loose a bit of control, and the best way to stay in control is not to lie to yourself. so....here are the first few days... (oh and weighing - I DO NOT WEIGH. i feel it can make you feel down and be more harsh on yourself - I will weigh ONCE A MONTH MAX!)
Day 1.
Alpen Bar - 65
Soup - 152
Weight Watchers meal - 330
Crisps - 102
Babybel light - 40
egg fried rice - 144
Alpen - 70
Total - 900 + milk (not counting milk for the first few weeks to ease myself in again, but i have around 3 cups of strong tea using skimmed milk)
Day 2.
Soup - 160
sausages x 2 -128
tomato x 2 - 70
lettuce - 5
cucumber - 5
balsamic vinegar - 10
noodle pot - 233
babybel - 40
quorn slice x 4 - 64
penguin bar - 106
Total - 831 + milk
Day 3.
cottage cheese - 90
lettuce - 5
cucumber - 5
tomato x 2 - 70
balsamic vinegar - 10
quorn slice x 4 - 64
soup - 142
weight watchers meal - 226
mash - 89
tinned apples - 150
banana muffin - 103
Total - 944 + milk
Day 4.
Muffin x 2 - 206
kids tinned meal - 190
chilli - 194
egg fried rice - 288
Total - 872 + milk
Day 5.
Pizza base - 300
wine - 600
popcorn - 500
potato fritter x 3 - 116
turkey - 58
tomato puree - 20
cheese - 256
onion - 15
--------------------------------Below this line is calories AFTER i got drunk!
crisps - 102
crisps - 167
bread x 2 - 200
butter - 50
total - 2409
Day 6.
bread x 2 - 200
butter - 50
egg x 2 - 140
burger x 2 - 440
bun x 2 - 350
salad - 40
chips - 315
chocolate tart - 515
chocolate buttons - 410
sauce - 20
crisps - 600
Total - 3080 + milk -----------this is what happens when i dont pre-plan calories!
Day 7.
salad - 10
cottage cheese - 92
sauce - 10
tuna - 130
kids tinned meal - 190
penguin bar - 106
total - 918 + milk
so after i got married, i kinda lost the effort and went back to my old ways.....its been 3 years and i put on 5 stone! NOT GOOD! so after getting pretty down about it I tried slimming world - twice, both times for just 4 weeks. I lost half a stone each time. So, down to 14st, I now need to loose 4 to get back down to my ideal 10st weight.
I originally didnt want to go back to the weekend diet as it was really quite restrictive, however, after spending a LOT of money on food on slimming world, I have resigned to the fact that I actually NEED to do the diet again because thats obviously what works for me. Im going to give myself Christmas as my target date, and by then I really want to be back to 10st.....then i might look at changing my diet permanently for maintenance.
I have also decided to not only keep a food diary, but to post it here...Its crazy how many calories you can eat if you loose a bit of control, and the best way to stay in control is not to lie to yourself. so....here are the first few days... (oh and weighing - I DO NOT WEIGH. i feel it can make you feel down and be more harsh on yourself - I will weigh ONCE A MONTH MAX!)
Day 1.
Alpen Bar - 65
Soup - 152
Weight Watchers meal - 330
Crisps - 102
Babybel light - 40
egg fried rice - 144
Alpen - 70
Total - 900 + milk (not counting milk for the first few weeks to ease myself in again, but i have around 3 cups of strong tea using skimmed milk)
Day 2.
Soup - 160
sausages x 2 -128
tomato x 2 - 70
lettuce - 5
cucumber - 5
balsamic vinegar - 10
noodle pot - 233
babybel - 40
quorn slice x 4 - 64
penguin bar - 106
Total - 831 + milk
Day 3.
cottage cheese - 90
lettuce - 5
cucumber - 5
tomato x 2 - 70
balsamic vinegar - 10
quorn slice x 4 - 64
soup - 142
weight watchers meal - 226
mash - 89
tinned apples - 150
banana muffin - 103
Total - 944 + milk
Day 4.
Muffin x 2 - 206
kids tinned meal - 190
chilli - 194
egg fried rice - 288
Total - 872 + milk
Day 5.
Pizza base - 300
wine - 600
popcorn - 500
potato fritter x 3 - 116
turkey - 58
tomato puree - 20
cheese - 256
onion - 15
--------------------------------Below this line is calories AFTER i got drunk!
crisps - 102
crisps - 167
bread x 2 - 200
butter - 50
total - 2409
Day 6.
bread x 2 - 200
butter - 50
egg x 2 - 140
burger x 2 - 440
bun x 2 - 350
salad - 40
chips - 315
chocolate tart - 515
chocolate buttons - 410
sauce - 20
crisps - 600
Total - 3080 + milk -----------this is what happens when i dont pre-plan calories!
Day 7.
salad - 10
cottage cheese - 92
sauce - 10
tuna - 130
kids tinned meal - 190
penguin bar - 106
total - 918 + milk
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