Laura's Diary

[~Laura~]

Well i had intended on going on slimming world but so far havent started it and instead i seem to be calorie counting which isnt something i enjoy doing.

I really need to write things down though which is why ive started a diary. Ive had 2 gains in my 2 weeks of dieting, so im either going wrong somewhere or the fact that im now doing exercise is playing a part in it.

Day 1 - Wednesday 6th June

3 x Cadbury Creme Egg - 175 = 525
Meringue Nest - 55

King Prawn Wonton Soup - 88

Greggs Sausage Roll - 360
2 x White chocolate chip cookie - 510

Chicken -170 ish
250ml Korma Sauce - 423
Rice - 215
Half Garlic Nann Bread - 180

2 x Glasses of Pepsi Max - 3

Total = 2529
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = 11

Exercise

1.5 mile walk

 

[~Laura~]

Day 2 - Thursday 7th June

Small Tub of Sour Cream & Onion Pringles - 207

Prawn Wonton Soup - 88

Birdseye steamed rice - Egg Fried - 265
Tesco Piri Piri Chicken - 1 breast - 285

Birds Custard - Half packet - 53
McVities Golden Syrup Cake - 1/2 - 435

Box of Galaxy Amicelli - 1043
Half a pot of Ski Strawberry Mouse - 40

2 x Glass of Pepsi Max - 3

Total = 2419
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = 121

 

[Blueway]

Hi Laura

I would recommend setting up an account My Fitness Pal if you're calorie counting.
If you enter your stats and how much you want to lose it will give you an idea of how many calories a day you should be eating. It's also really
handy for logging your food.
Good luck.

 

[~Laura~]

Yeah, I'm on it. It says i should have 2540 a day, and thank you

 

[laurenmay]

Hiya, do you mind me asking what your stats are? As 2540 seems a high amount of calories for a female to consume daily to lose weight x

 

[~Laura~]

Diet: Calorie Counting
Height: 6ft2in
Start Date: 20th May 2012
Start Weight: 25st2.4lb
Current Weight: 25st4.8lb
Goal Weight: 13st0lb

My fitness pal has the same details and thats what its came out with.

 

[~Laura~]

Day 3 - Friday 8th June

Greggs Sultana Scone - 210
Lurpak light butter - 54
Hartley's Strawberry Jam - 77

Prawn wonton soup - 116

Chip Shop Battered Sausage - 450
Chip Shop Chips - 394

Cadbury Creme Egg - 175
Cadbury Caramel - 225
Small tub of pringles - 207
3 x Glasses of Pepsi Max - 4

Total = 1912
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = 628

Exercise

12 Mins on Cross Trainer - 200 cals burnt

 

[jules1981]

Good luck Hun

I forgot about the little tubs of pringles-Might have to get some for some treats, as me and hubby would have soon munched our way through a big tube-that way I can still have them and add them into my daily amounts

xxxx

 

[~Laura~]

thanks, I have an alterior motive to eating them lol, the containers are great for making loofah soaps. plus they taste nice which is a bonus, but im the same as you, if i got i big tube i'd have them all gone in next to no time.

 

[~Laura~]

Day 4 - Saturday 9th June


Greggs Scone - 210
Lurpak - 108
1/2 Jacobs Cheese Oddities - 57


Prawn Wonton Soup - 116
Bar of Cadbury Bubble chocolate - 530


Ugo's Chargrilled chicken & Mozzerella Sandwich - 229
40g Bernard Mathew's wafer thin ham - 42
Ambrosia Rice Pudding - 156

3 x Glasses of pepsi max - 4


Total = 1452
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = 1088

 

[~Laura~]

Had a bad day today, just couldnt stop eating


Day 5 - Sunday 10th June

2 Slices brown Toast - 122
Lurpak light - 54
Hartleys Strawberry Jam - 77

Prawn Wonton Soup - 116
McDonalds Cheeseburger - 300
McDonalds small fries - 230
1 Chicken Nugget - 70

2 Aunt bessies Yorkshire Puddings - 100
Tesco garden peas - 28
Tesco Mashed Potato - 191
2 Roasted Chicken Legs - 535 (quite small so maybe less calories)
Bisto chicken gravy - 15
White Magnum - 260

Cadbury Creme egg - 180
Milky way funsize bar - 69
Jacobs Cheese Oddities - 114
Cadbury creme egg ice cream - 170

3 x Glasses of pepsi max - 4

Total = 2631
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = -91

 

[~Laura~]

Day 6 - Monday 11th June

5 Barrats Foam Bananas - 38
Zugo Bacon & Cheese Panni - 428

Breaded fried scampi - 237
Homemade Chips - 312
Cheesecake - 257

2 Richmond thick Sausages - 375
Tesco mashed potato - 191
Garden peas - 55
Fried Onion - 92
2 Fried Mushrooms - 7
Colemans Sausage casserole mix - 40

1 Glass Pepsi Max - 1
1 Glass Pepsi - 100

Total = 2208
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = -332

 

[jules1981]

Hi hun, i have days where i am starving too I have found skinny soups, I get them from sainsburys I find that they fill me up fairly well but not everyone likes soup, or wants it in the middle of June!

xxx

 

[Mrs CC]

Hi hun, i have days where i am starving too I have found skinny soups, I get them from sainsburys I find that they fill me up fairly well but not everyone likes soup, or wants it in the middle of June!

xxx

Thats what Ive been like today, soooooo hungry. Thankfully since Ive had tea Ive not been too bad. Soup is a really good idea, most veggie ones are low in cals and really do help take the edge off hunger. How many cals are in the skinny soups and what flavours do they do?

Laura, well done on cc so far. I noticed you said you'd originally thought about slimming world. Personally I much prefer cc, it lets me eat whatever I want as long as I stick to a limit. Good luck with your journey!

 

[~Laura~]

I'm not a big soup person. Think its because I used to always have it and got stick of it. I like the wonton soups I've been having though. 116 cals and it fills me up.

But thank you. Calorie counting seems to be working so far. Think I'll keep my slimming world books incase things don't go right with it then I have another option to go on

I like mfp, I keep track on there aswell as here and it's good seeing what I eat and I've been suprised at sone foods not being as much as I've thought

 

[jules1981]

Thats what Ive been like today, soooooo hungry. Thankfully since Ive had tea Ive not been too bad. Soup is a really good idea, most veggie ones are low in cals and really do help take the edge off hunger. How many cals are in the skinny soups and what flavours do they do?

Laura, well done on cc so far. I noticed you said you'd originally thought about slimming world. Personally I much prefer cc, it lets me eat whatever I want as long as I stick to a limit. Good luck with your journey!

mrs CC I have only had the butternut squash one its 103 cals per 1/2 tub, also have a tom and lentil one in the fridge yet to try it its 105 cals per 1/2 pot. not sure what other flavours they do.

I am always cold so love soups

Laura glad CC is working so far, i always look at slimming world and think there recipes look yummy

xxx

 

[~Laura~]

Day 7 - Tuesday 12th June

Jacobs Cheese Oddities - 114

Wonton Soup - 116
Greggs Chicken Bake Pasty - 450

2 x frozen fresh fish filets - 200
McCain Oven Chips - 316
1/2 Tin Baked Beans - 164

4 Glasses Pepsi Max - 5
Cadbury Cream Egg Ice Cream - 170
Sour Cream & Chive Snack a Jacks - 92
Bottle Strawberry Ribena - 225
60g Barnard mathews turkey ham - 63

Total = 1915
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = -625



Day 8 - Wednesday 13th June

2 Slices toasted brown bread - 180
Lurpak - 54
Strawberry Jam - 77

Wonton Soup - 116

Half a bag of Uncle Bens boil in a bag rice - 85
Uncle bens Light Korma Sauce - 159
Chicken Breast - 231
Quarter Tesco Garlic Nann Bread - 90

Birds Low fat custard - 42
Half a McVities Golden Syrup Cake - 435
20 Flying Saucers - 100
100g Cadbury Mini Eggs - 485

3 Glasses pepsi Max - 4

Total = 2058
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = -482



Day 9 - Thursday 14th June

Golden Syrup Quaker Oats Porridge - 221

2 Slices Warburtons Tiger Bread - 180
4.5 large hard boiled eggs - 347
lurpak - 108
lighter than light mayo - 36
wonton soup - 116

1/2 container dolmio bolognaise sauce - 88
250g tesco lean mince - 310
2 cups spagetti (probs not right as i'm not keen on spagetti so dont eat much) - 442

2 x Glasses pepsi Max - 3
16 Haribo Milk Bottles - 256
Barrett candy sticks - 140


Total = 2504
Daily Total = 2540
Remaining = -36

 

[Cas3]

How you getting on Laura, we've started around the same time x

 

[~Laura~]

things were alright until the last 2 days, i keep eating loads of sweets. Yesterday i had 200g of haribo milk bottles which is 500ish calories, and i had a few strawberry candy sticks. Today i went to greggs and instead of just buying a sandwich i bought a bag of 5 jam donuts and ive eaten 3 of them at 250 cals each. just threw the others in the bin. ive done alot of exercise today, 3hrs of walking which according to my fitness pal means ive burnt 1199 cals but i dont like using my exercise cals. Going to have to though as im now left with just over 400 cals for dinner and i think it'll come in over that.

 

[~Laura~]

Day 10 - Friday 15th June

Starbucks fruit toast - 485
Lurpak 20g - 108

Greggs Honey Ham Sandwich - 410
Greggs Strawberry MilkShake Donut - 370
3 x Greggs Jam Donuts - 750

2 x Small chicken breasts - 150
TGI Fridays Mashed Potato - 210
TGI Fridays 1/2 Brownie Obession - 620 (i didnt have a brownie obession, but i did have what equalled to half a brownie in my popcorn brownie sundae)
Vanilla Ice cream - 201

500ml Pepsi - 100
Starbucks mango passionfruit frappuncio - 114
barrett candy sticks - 70

3hrs of slow walking which apparently burned 1199 cals according to mfp. Dont normally eat my exercise cals, but had a bad day so needed to

Total = 3588
Daily Total = 3739
Remaining = -151


Day 11 - Saturday 16th June

2 x warburtons crumpets - 196
lurpak - 108

Zugo chicken & cheese panni - 229

Roasted veg cous cous - 188
birdseye chicken kiev - 300
Tesco garden peas - 55

Cadbury cream egg - 180
barrett candy sticks - 280
3 x pepsi max - 4

Exercise

15min walking downhill - 112
20min walking uphill - 320


Total = 1540
Daily Total = 2972
Remaining = -1432