Post Break Up Body

[BravingABikini]

Thursday - today is probably going to be a very OTT calorie count. I'm heading to London and meeting friends for an evening picnic in the park (31° today!). That probably means biscuits and carby things, but I'll donate healthy things to the pot and we'll see how it goes.

As for the morning, I had a pink lemonade tea after my run for c. 80 calories. Then I've made a very early lunch (eating at 11am) of steak salad. Steak is about 250 cal, then 170 in oils and 50 more in vegetables for 470 total. That means 550 before I get to London.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Sounds like a lovely evening, though! Enjoy.

 

[BravingABikini]

Goodness, you don't want to know the amount I ate!

Had 2 g&t and 2 beers. Plus about a punnet of cherries, plus 10? Cocktail sausages, half a pack of pringles, handful of nuts and olives and some potato and rice salad. And three cookie dough bites from M&S. Maybe tomorrow I will try to assign calories to all that, but for tonight that's enough.

It was a great fun evening, but I feel very bloated which I'm putting down to the cherries.

Attempt at calories:
G&T: 140 cal
Beers: 250 cal
Cherries: 100 cal
Cocktail sausages: 350 cal
Pringles: 600 cal
Nuts: 100 cal
Salad: 650 cal
Bites: 200 cal
Total: 2390 cal

 

[BravingABikini]

Ok, had a costa frappé on the way back from London today (350 cal), then a sweet tea (80 cal) and 3 cocktail sausages (100 cal). For dinner, the classic Friday wrap pizza (500 cal) plus a glass of g&t (70 cal).

Total 1200 cal

 

[BravingABikini]

Saturday - Had 2 sausages after my run (330 cal), an apple (50 cal) and a sliver of carrot cake (60 cal). Went to a school fair in the afternoon and had 2 g&t (160 cal).

Had a bit of hummus with mushrooms (50 cal), then for dinner, ate a burger patty (200 cal) with lettuce and cheese (100 cal) and a bit of chutney (50 cal)

Total 1000

 

[BravingABikini]

Sunday - terrible eating today. Feeling very hormonal this weekend. Irritable and snacky.
Morning had a banana (100 calories). Then 3 bowls of granola (800 calories) and a slice of cake (260 calories). Had 2 slices of cheese and two pieces of salami for a snack (300 calories). For dinner, had pork with cauliflower mash and green beans (400 calories), then ate an apple and some chocolate (500 calories).

Total: 2360 calories

With all the exercising I'm doing at the moment, I am going to give myself a few weeks to figure out what I'm doing with healthy eating. Right now I am all over the place.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Hope this week is going well, Babs. It's all gone very quiet in here again

 

[BravingABikini]

Helloo - I'm just having a few life changes. Moving to London on Monday and haven't been thinking about diet. I'll dial back in to everything in a week or so.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

ah good luck with the move! Don't blame you for not thinking about diet at the moment

 

[BravingABikini]

Just a note this morning as I weighed myself before heading out to London. My weight is exactly the same, but that's no surprise and if anything it's a good thing. I've been eating all sorts of rubbish the last week.

I'm not sure when I will next be able to weigh myself as I don't have any scales at the moment, but will get back into healthy eating and recording as soon as I can get a routine back.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Definitely sounds like a good thing when you have so much going on! Hope the move goes smoothly and you're settled in soon. I imagine new park and social runs will be a great way to build up a network as well.

 

[BravingABikini]

What have I been eating this week?

Monday - moved to London. I had to hang around all day until my lodging was ready so I had a cider and a duck hash at a local pub. Very calorific. 500 for the code and 1100 for the duck. Once I got to my place, I bought a pack of m&m's (330 cal), a Vimto (150 cal) and an oasis (100 cal). 2180 for the day.

Tuesday - had a healthy bowl from a local cafe. It was covered in hummus, so I might guess 800 calories. Then 3 gin & tonic 240 cal. For dinner I made a Tik tok recipe chickpea and cabbage lemon salad. It was really delicious, but I used too much oil and added feta, so I guess 1000 calories. I also had 500 calories of nuts. Plus went to the cinema and had a coke 300 cal and a pack of malteasers 500 cal. Total 3340.

Wednesday - ate left over salad 1000 calories, plus remaining nuts 500 calories, plus an apple 100 calories. Total 1600.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Hope you're settling in well. So many lovely eating places around London. The salad sounds AMAZING. Might have to give something similar a go.

 

[BravingABikini]

Hope you're settling in well. So many lovely eating places around London. The salad sounds AMAZING. Might have to give something similar a go.

There is the recipe I used, but I just used white cabbage and added feta: https://georgieeats.co.uk/shredded-hispi-cabbage-charred-lemon-salad/

This is my portion calorie estimates based on 2 portions: 150 cabbage, 150 chickpeas, 210 feta, 60 pine nuts, 50 cal panko, 15 mustard, 60 maple, 300 oil = 995 cal per portion.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Amazing, thank you. Away tomorrow, but will be giving that a go next week. They have Chinese leaf in my local shop which would work so well

 

[BravingABikini]

Thursday - ate salmon with pea and broccoli mash (600 cal), plus 5 custard creams (300 cal), plus one cider and one g&t (600 cal). Total 1500 cal.

Friday - started with Greek yoghurt (150 cal) with pine nuts (100 cal), maple syrup (40 cal) and an apple (100 cal). Lunch of remaining salmon and veg mash (600 cal), plus 5 custard creams (300 cal). Total 1290.