Tinyshoes Food Diary - comments welcome!

[tinyshoes]

Hi everyone! :wavey: Well here I go again…..I’ve had food diaries on this site before and have switched between SW and WW a few times! The last time I was on WW was this time last year when I was trying to lose a few more lbs in time for my wedding and honeymoon! I managed to get down to 10st and I felt ok at that weight. Then came the wedding :love047:, fantastic all inc. honeymoon in the Maldives :candledinnerabsolute paradise!) and then Xmas and I managed to put 10lbs back on! So all year I have been messing around doing a couple of weeks of WW then a couple of months of SW and even tried Slimfast for 3 weeks and I’m still the same weight as I was after Xmas haha! Anyway I’ve decided enough is enough and I’m turning back to WW which is the only diet that seems to work long term for me (I lost 3 stone on it about 7 years ago, most of it stayed off too!). I started back last Saturday when I weighed in at 10st 10lbs and have managed to stick to it, even over the weekend I was good which is usually when I go off the rails! :break_diet:I always have a Friday night treat although I am trying to cut the portion size of that to limit the damage. I would like to lose the 10lbs I have put back on. I am not a fan of exercise but am trying to keep myself more active at home rather than just sitting on the sofa all night watching the soaps lol! I will try to update daily – any comments or suggestions are very welcome, I have found this site very helpful in the past……oh I'm on 19 points a day (ish!), will weigh in on a Friday morning and am not attending classes......Wish me luck...

Last few days menus:

Saturday 14th August – 10.10
B: 30g Cheerios with ss milk (3)
L: 1 x bread roll (2), chicken (1), Velvet Crunch crisps (1)
S: ½ Twix (2), 1 x LC egg/cress sandwich (2)
D: LC tomato/chicken pasta meal (6)
S: Milky Way Stars snack size (2)
Total: 19

Sunday 15th August
B: Oatsosimple (3)
L: Pink iced doughnut finger (6?)
S: WW mini cookies (1.5)
D: Shepherd’s Pie – 125g x lean mince (3), 200g mashed potato (2.5), ¼ packet mix (0.5), 15g lf cheese (1), gravy (0.5)
S: Coco Rocks Cereal bar (1.5)
Total: 19.5

Monday 16th August
B: 2 x Weetabix (2), 125ml ss milk (1), 100g strawbs (0.5) = 3.5
S: Alpen Light (1)
L: 2 x wg rice cakes (1), 2 x apple rice cakes (1), 30g Phili (0.5), 80g cottage cheese (1.5), celery/toms (0), banana (1) = 5
D: Shepherd’s Pie (7)
S: WW cheese bites (1)
S: WW choc biscuit (1.5)
Total: 19

 

[tinyshoes]

Tuesday 17th August

Breakfast = 3.5
40g Bran Flakes (2)
125ml ss milk (1)
100g strawbs (0.5)

Snack = 1
Alpen Light Choc Fudge

Lunch = 5
Mini fridge raiders (1)
WW wm pitta (1.5)
15g rf cheese (1)
Lettuce (0)
Nectarine (0.5) & small banana (1)

Snack = 0.5
Apple

Dinner = 5
2 sweet chilli chicken kebabs (2)
30ml rf sour cream (1)
200g homemade spicy jacket potato wedges (2)
Salad (0) = 5

Dessert = 2.5
Ambrosia rhubarb crumble pot (2.5)

Snack = 1.5
WW mini cookies

Total: 19

 

[tinyshoes]

Wednesday 18th August
So far so good this week, feeling really positive and I 'feel' like I have lost a little bit of weight off my tummy, hope it's not just wishful thinking!! Here's to another 100% day!

Breakfast = 4
100g Cheerios Clusters (1.5)
Mandarin Mullerlight (1.5)
Funsize banana (1)

Snack = 0.5
Apple

Lunch = 4
3 slices LC Ham (1)
90g LC Cottage cheese (1.5)
Salad - lettuce, tomato, cucumber (0)
3 x sesame ryvita (1.5)

Snack = 1
60g Red Grapes (0.5)
Mini milk (0.5)

Dinner = 5.5
Tesco LC Piri Piri chicken meal = 5.5

Snack = 3
Kit Kat (2.5)
Options Drink (0.5)

Total: 18

 

[tinyshoes]

Thursday 19th August
WI tomorrow morning! Looking forward to it actually coz I do feel like my trousers are looser. I have never been someone who has big losses each week and I guess I'm within my 'healthy weight range' anyway so losing does get harder, but fingers crossed, I would love to have lost 2lbs!! Have had 5 100% days, 6 including today barring any self sabotage attempts later haha! On a Friday I will be careful all day and only use half my points up til Dinner, but will have a treat at night without counting points (prob Chinese mmm) so Friday will never be 100% on plan.

Breakfast = 3
30g Bran Flakes (1.5)
125ml ss milk (1)
50g Strawbs/50g Rasps (0.5)

Snacks = 2.5
Alpen Light Choc Fudge (1)
Choco Leibniz biscuit (1.5)

Lunch = 3.5
3/4 tin tuna (1.5)
WW wm pitta (1.5)
Salad (0)
Nectarine (0.5)

Snack = 1
Mini Twister ice lolly

Dinner = 6
Chinese pork (3)
1/2 pack Uncle Ben Rice (3)
Roasted red pepper/babycorn/courgette (0)

Snack = 2.5
Curly Wurly

Total = 18.5

 

[tinyshoes]

Friday 20th August - First WI!! Dern dern deeeeeeerrrn..drum roll please...3lbs off!! Can't believe it I'm so pleased with myself, especially as totm is imminent (hence all the chocolate in today's food diary below, sometimes you have to go with it hehe). Good loss for me in one week. Am going to be having a ‘treat’ night tonight, but will try to stick to max of 25 points as this would be my ‘maintenance’ allowance so shouldn’t hurt for one day . Straight back on 19 points Saturday! Here's to another 100% week....

8:30 Breakfast = 3.5
30g Cheerios Clusters with 125ml ss milk (3)
Nectarine (0.5)

9:30 Snack = 1.5
WW mini cookies (1.5) - far too early for a mid morning snack haha, but I'm starving today, and I know why, I hate being a woman sometimes. Gonna be tough today, I will want to eat all day and it will be chocolate I want!! Grr - hormones!! Am going to try and sip drinks all day rather than snack all day!

13:00 Lunch = 3
WW wm pitta (1.5) - think I'm getting addicted to these, loving them!
1 slice LC ham/15g Phili (0.5)
Lettuce/toms/cucumber (0)
Velvet Crunch Cheddar & Spring Onion (1)

16:30 Snack = 4
Cadbury Chomp OR Freddo (2)
2 x wm bread (1.5) with Phili (0.5)

20:30 Late Dinner = 9ish
½ plain chow mein (2)
1/3 portion chips (3?)
1/3 portion beef satay (2)
1/3 portion bali chicken (2?)

Late snack = 3.5
Galaxy Ripple

Total = 24.5ish (chinese points guestimated)

 

[Smirky]

hey hun your meals sound amazing!!! keep it up! made me hungry now hehe hope you've had a good week!

btw which bread rolls do you use which are 2points please? only ones i've found low are the ww ones but sometimes im in a rush so cant wait 10mins for them to bake in the oven ha thankyou! xx

PS: also what are cheerios clusters please? sound YUM i love cheerios got addicted!

 

[tinyshoes]

hey hun your meals sound amazing!!! keep it up! made me hungry now hehe hope you've had a good week!

btw which bread rolls do you use which are 2points please? only ones i've found low are the ww ones but sometimes im in a rush so cant wait 10mins for them to bake in the oven ha thankyou! xx

PS: also what are cheerios clusters please? sound YUM i love cheerios got addicted!

Hi there thanks for reading and commenting! I've done well this week, lost 3lbs which is a really good loss for me in one week! Really pleased with myself today

The bread bun was just on the small side ha so I took 1/2 a point off! so it was a guestimate I have to admit to that.

The Cheerios Clusters are really nice. Basically just Cheerios, with some small cluster type things mixed in that taste vaguely vanillary (not sure that's even a word ). After being on SW, it's nice to be able to eat what I call 'kiddy cereal' sometimes rather than just bran/wheat type cereals. Anyway thanks again, and I'd better go and update my diary etc....here's to another good week!!

By the way, well done on your fantastic losses!! You're doing so well you must be so proud of yourself!!

 

[Elkay]

Very well done on your 3lb loss - it's such a motivator to have a good loss isn't it. Your meals look really good - I love looking at what other people eat, it's so easy to get stuck into a rut of eating the same things so it's great to get some new ideas.

Keep up your good work and good luck for the next week.

Lesley
X

 

[tinyshoes]

Very well done on your 3lb loss - it's such a motivator to have a good loss isn't it. Your meals look really good - I love looking at what other people eat, it's so easy to get stuck into a rut of eating the same things so it's great to get some new ideas.

Keep up your good work and good luck for the next week.

Lesley
X

Aw thank you so much, it does feel good to have a good loss just got to keep my motivation up now and keep having losses! You've been doing really well hope I managed to do so well in my first month! I love looking at other people's food diaries too for inspiration!

 

[tinyshoes]

Wow well what a fantastic but very busy weekend!! I have managed to stick to WW which is a great achievement for me on a weekend , and dern dern deeeeerrrrnnn...I became an Auntie to a gorgeous little boy!! So lots of shopping was done haha! Here are my food diaries for Sat/Sun.

Saturday 21st August

Breakfast = 4
2 x wm bread (1.5)
1 x frylited egg (1.5)
2 tbsp baked beans (1)

Lunch = 4
1 x bread bun (2.5)
1 slice turkey/scraping light salad cream (0.5)
2 x Quorn mini eggs (1.5)

Snack = 1.5
Coco Rocks cereal bar

Dinner = 6.5
1/2 pack carbonara pasta n sauce (3.5)
Birds Eye Peri Peri chicken chargrill (3)

Total points = 16.5 but had one full sugar coke so not sure how many points that would have been to add to this total

Sunday 22nd August

Breakfast = 3.5
40g Honey Nut Cornflakes with 125ml ss milk

Lunch = 5
1/2 pack carbonara pasta n sauce (3.5)
2 x Quorn mini eggs (1.5)

Snack = 2
Special K high fibre bar milk chocolate

Dinner = 6.5
Tesco LC sweet chilli chicken noodles

Snack = 2 (est)
10 Galaxy Counters

Total points used = 19 sweets may have been more than 2 but have done lots of painting and walking this weekend so not too worried if they were a point or so more.

 

[tinyshoes]

Monday 23rd August
This week could be a bit of a hormone power battle haha! Totm and chocolate cravings are not a great combination so I'm going to schedule chocolate into my points every day so that hopefully will help me stay on track. Wish me luck!

Breakfast = 3.5
30g bran flakes (1.5)
125ml ss milk (1)
Small banana (1)

Snack = 1
Alpen Light Choc and Fudge

Lunch = 4.5
2 x bread (1.5)
Sains BGTY egg mayo sandwich filler (1)
French Fries (1.5)
WW toffee yoghurt (0.5)

Dinner = 6.5
Sains BGTY ham/mushroom tagliatelle
Dessert = 1
WW lemon cheesecake yoghurt

Snack = 2.5
Curly Wurly (yum!)

Total points used = 19

 

[tinyshoes]

Tuesday 24th August
Yesterday went well, I only had the chocolate I had included in my points so I feel good about that!! I also did over 2 hours of painting (walls) last night so burned a few calories off doing that! Here's to another good day...

Breakfast = 3
2 x Weetabix (1.5)
125ml ss milk (1)
60g strawberries (0.5)

Snack = 1
Alpen Light Choc and Fudge

Lunch = 5.5
2 x wm bread (1.5)
Sains BGTY Egg mayo filler (1)
French Fries (1.5)
Funsize banana (1)
WW Vanilla Yoghurt (0.5)

Dinner = 5.5
2 x sweet chilli chicken skewers (2)
250g Homemade potato wedges (2.5)
30ml Sains BGTY sour cream (1)

Snack = 4
Cadbury Freddo (2)
Cadbury Chomp (2)

Total points used = 19

 

[tinyshoes]

Wednesday 25th August
Another good day yesterday, although I must try to use my points on something other than chocolate for snacks! But I have an excuse this week - hormones!! And I'm so so busy at work and at home this week is flying by, just hoping I can keep track of my points and keep trying to plan food properly or that's where it will all fall apart! I don't 'feel' like I have lost anything so far this week but I guess again that could be down to hormones so I'll be happy with 1lb loss this week if it happens, fingers crossed!

Breakfast = 3.5
2 x Weetabix (1.5)
125ml ss milk (1)
1 small banana (1)

Snack = 1
Alpen Light Choc and Orange

Lunch =5.5
80g pasta twists (4)
60g Phili x light (1)
Nectarine (0.5)

Snack = 0.5
Mini milk

Dinner = 6.5
WW spaghetti bolognese meal (5)
1 slice Tesco Light Choices Garlic Bread (1.5)

Snack = 1.5
Coco Rocks cereal bar

Total points used = 18.5

 

[tinyshoes]

Thursday 26th August
Still busy busy busy!! Still don't 'feel' like I have lost anything this week but we will see tomorrow. Choc craving seems to have worn off a little bit today I'm quite proud of myself for sticking to points this week it's been tough!

Breakfast = 3
2 x Weetabix (1.5)
100g strawbs (0.5)
125ml ss milk (1)

Lunch = 5
Bread roll (2.5)
LC extra light triangle (0.5)
Velvet Crunch (1)
WW strawb tart yoghurt (1)

Snack = 1
Small banana

Dinner = 8.5
2 x potato waffles (4.5) was shocked by how high these are!
3 x fish fingers (2.5)
1/3 tin baked beans (1.5)

Snack = 2
10 peanut M&Ms (2?)

Total points used = 19.5 oops maybe a point or so more not sure on M&Ms value, but have had an unusually busy week this week so hopefully should be ok.

 

[tinyshoes]

Friday 27th August 2010 2nd WI - lost 2lbs!!
Feeling really happy at losing 2lbs this week, especially as it's totm! This weekend will be tough (diet wise, but great otherwise ) as got a wedding do tonight and a wedding all day tomorrow. I'm planning on sticking to points today, having a day off plan tomorrow - I'll eat a sensible breakfast, then the wedding meal and will just choose as sensibly as I can at the buffet at night. Straight back on it on Sunday Should be ok as normally I'd have a take away at the weekend anyway. Depending how bad I am tomorrow I can always drop a point a day next week to make up for it if I have to. Here's to another good week, and hopefully another loss

Breakfast = 3
30g bran flakes (1.5)
125ml ss milk (1)
100g strawbs (0.5)

Lunch = 6
Chicken pasta mugshot (3)

Mandarin Mullerlight (1.5)
Coco Rocks Cereal Bar (1.5)

Dinner = 5
Chicken (2)
McCain wedges (3)


Snack = 3
4 x Malibu & diet cokes at wedding do

Total points used = 17

 

[tinyshoes]

What a fantastic weekend!! Not the best foodwise but I tried to be careful where I could!

Saturday had sensible breakfast, then 3 course meal at around 4pm which was soup, then like a sunday roast and a small cake type pudding. Around 10pm had two small triangular sandwiches, half a very mini quiche and a very small square choc brownie. No idea of points at all but didn't eat much in terms of volume today so hoping not too bad!!

Sunday 29th August
Meant to be back on plan, was until around 7pm when I had been out all day and couldn't be bothered to cook and had a chinese although to be fair I only ate half as much as normal because for some reason I got full really quickly!

Breakfast = 3.5
40g honey nut cornflakes (2.5)
125ml ss milk (1)

Lunch = 6
WW chicken fahita wraps (4.5)
Coco Rocks cereal bar (1.5)

Dinner = ??
1/4 portion chips (3?)
1/3 portion beef satay (2?)
1/3 portion bali chicken (2?)
1/3 portion fried rice (3?)

Small bag revels (3.5)

Total points used = around 23 I think! Not too bad, again, not alot of food just not great choice for Dinner!

 

[tinyshoes]

Monday 30th August
Right, back on plan today! Haven't planned my food though so will have to be careful! Especially having had an 'off plan' weekend more or less! Will try to stick to 18 points a day til WI this week due to the weekend I've had! And I may be facing a 'sts' this week due to having lost so much (for me) in my first 2 weeks then having an 'off' weekend! I'll be happy with that though as long as I don't gain!!

Breakfast = 3.5
30g Honey Nut Cornflakes (2.5)
125ml ss milk (1)

Snack = 2.5
Biscuit (1.5)
Alpen Light (1)

Lunch = 4.5
4 x rice cakes (2)
1/2 tub cottage cheese (2)
WW toffee yoghurt (0.5)

Snack = 2.5
Kit Kat

Dinner = 5
Tesco LC thai red curry meal

Snack = 2
Special K High Fibre bar dark chocolate (love these!)

Total points used = 20 oops 1 point over!

 

[likklebex]

Wow! You are doing really well! I am into my second week - get weight for 2nd time on Weds. I hope i do as well as you!! Guna keep following your diaries x

 

[tinyshoes]

Wow! You are doing really well! I am into my second week - get weight for 2nd time on Weds. I hope i do as well as you!! Guna keep following your diaries x

Aw thank you so much! I'm just hoping I can keep it up, yesterday was difficult getting back on plan after a so-so weekend! Good look for your weigh in this week

 

[tinyshoes]

Tuesday 31st August
Yesterday was tough sticking to plan, I went one point over too! Must try harder today!

Breakfast = 4.5
2 x Tesco Wheat Biscs (2)
125ml ss milk (1)
Medium banana (1.5)

Lunch = 4
WW wm pitta (1.5)
3 slices LC ham (1)
30g Phili (0.5)
Lettuce, tomato, cucumber (0)
WW rasp tart yoghurt (1)

Snack = 0.5
Mini milk

Dinner = 5.5
Tesco LC Piri Piri chicken meal

Snack = 2.5
WW mini choc/orange cookies (1 - hubby ate 3 so taking off 0.5 point)
WW choc biscuit (1.5)


Total points used = 17