What have we eaten today

[CrazyBrit]

Carrots are a fab snack. But I love the taste of carrots, so that might just be me I'm also keen on baby plum tomatoes, as they're just a little sweet enough to not need salt or other flavourings.

If you snack a lot, try to snack on vegetables rather than fruit, as on the whole the sugar content in veg is lower. If you're a low-volume snacker though then apples, oranges, pears and such could be the ticket. Be careful with bananas, as the larger ones can be around 150 calories

 

[CrazyBrit]

Also, I'm sure I posted somewhere about how drinking alcohol impairs weight loss, but I can't find it anywhere, so here are the basics:

Alcohol is converted to acetate by your body. Acetate survives in the bloodstream long after the last of the alcohol has been converted.

Like glycogen (that stuff sugar is converted into for storage), acetate is a fuel which is easier to burn than fat is. And animal bodies are very lazy when it comes to selecting energy sources - they will always select the path of least resistance, because it is the most efficient route.

It is far easier for your body to use that acetate for fuel than it is for it to bother breaking down some body fat to burn, so it does. And that drink you had two or three days ago is still available, supplementing whatever's passing through the lining of your stomach and into your bloodstream.

So while alcohol itself may be gone from your body a day or two after drinking it, your body is no longer touching fat stores for the energy it requires.

That glass of rose isn't your friend

 

[dreamingmaid]

Much better attempt at staying on track then yesterday. Hooray!

B: Porridge With Skimmed Milk 166
S: Slice of Homemade Banana Bread 159
L: 1/2 M&S Chicken Casserole 330 (quite calorie dense but sooo yum)
S: 1 Banana & Yoghurt 180
D: Chicken Stir Fry 430
S: Raspberries, Strawberries and Grapes with Creme Fraiche 139
Milk 1/2 pt Skimmed for tea and coffee 115

Total 1519

Exercise: 40 high intensity fitness dvd

Wow, looks like loads of food. Am happy with that

 

[~chickydee~]

For breakfast i had a bowl of fruit and fibre
lunch - ham and onion sandwich
1/4 of a tin of pineapples yum yum

tea - jacket potato and prawns
then as a snack had a muller light toffee yoghurt

 

[Jot]

Oh some brilliant info on here tonight!
It keeps me motivated


B Small banana 100
Skinny latte 100

L. Chicken sandwich 300
low fat yog 120
Skinny latte 100

D lasagne & veg
1 slice garlic bread 600

3 quality street 120
2 apples 100


1540

 

[Jot]

Hi everyone,

todays food so far

B Whole meal toast with butter 200
Cold chicken 200

L carrot & coriander soup 260
Bread 100

D Turkey steaks with veg 300



1060 enough left for a couple glasses of wine tonight.

 

[sugar_fiend]

Crazybrit - I know that wine isn't the best thing to have, but having cut out chocolate and 99% of all the rest of the carp in my diet I'm gonna treat myself sometimes. I just can't be good all the time.

Todays Menu

B - Hard Boiled Egg chopped, in half a wheat wrap - 170

L - Lentil Soup - 130

D - Variation on Spag Bol 500

Total 800 + snacks

 

[CrazyBrit]

Not suggesting anyone cuts out all treats. Just bear in mind I've no idea of your regular eating habits from one day's meal, so I was simply offering information.

 

[Kerry-Ann]

Thought I would join in...

Breakfast - Honey Nut Loops - 160 cals.

Lunch - Half a jacket with beans - 400 cals.

Snack - slice of toast with light soft cheese - 130 cal.

Dinner - Probably soup - 100 cal.

About 790 cals plus water x

 

[Rachmagl]

Thought i'd join in aswell, its helpfull to have it down somewhere where i can compaire. Im trying to stay down to 1500 calories max. Finding it hard though, i like my booze, beer aswell... not good.

So far today...

Breakfast - None, got up faaaaar too late

Lunch - 2 slices wholemeal toast and banana - 300ish (not sure how many calories are in a small banana exactly, keep hearing different amounts)

Glass of mango smoothie - 130

430ish so far

that leaves me with around 1070 to play with tonight, hopefully laying off the booze and keeping it down to as little as possible.

 

[HungryHealthyHappy]

Erghh....can't stay away from chocolate today. Totm, so that might have something to do with it, but just keep eating. When i wasn't "dieting", I was never into chocolate, but since I have been watching what i'm eating, i want it constantly. I guess I am wanting what I know I can't have a lot of.
Today...
B: Special K and coffee
L: Jacket potato with cottage cheese, bolognaise and salad
D: Will be home-made veg masala
S: LOADS of chocolate

 

[tonix]

Quite a crappy day for me

B: up late so grabbed a banana on way to school
L: was starving after shopping so by 10am I had 2 bagels with lite philli
Struggled on til Dinner : 1 and half gammon steaks with mixed salad
and a kitkat afterwards!

About 1200 calories... over my 1000 aim.

Exercises done, and snowball fights with the kids and walking dogs, cleaned windows in & out lol! So hopefully burnt a few off too!

 

[dreamingmaid]

Good day today thankfully

B: 2 Weetabix w s/skimmed 200
S: Small Slice Granary Toast with Jam 100
L: Tesco's Salmon and Cucumber Sandwich 280
S: Grapes and Yoghurt 144
D: Chicken Tikka Masala and Rice 350 (a very low cal recipe which was delicious
S: Berries and Creme Fraiche 171
Milk: 115

Total 1360

 

[Amby]

Hiya.. today I had..

B = 1 piece of wholemeal weight watchers bread and 1 egg... 100 calories

L= 2 pieces of wholemeal weight watchers bread spoon full of tuna, onion, peppers and lettuce... 150 -200 calories

S= Muller light vanilla yoghurt yum yum... 100 Calories, 2 carrots, some pepper sticks

D= Heinz meat ball soup...245 calories!!

Exercise = about 2 hours on exercise bike over the day :flirt2:

 

[HungryHealthyHappy]

I just made some banana bread with chocolate chips in. Ooops.

 

[klizw]

Think I've done fine today, although I did feel hungry when I was out this afternoon but managed to hold off.

B - 1 weetabix, hot s.skimmed, tiny trickle of honey - 110
- 100g grapes - 64

L - Home made veg soup - 250 (approx)

D - Chicken + broccoli pie - 320
- small slice of wholemeal bread (to soak up the sauce!) - 55

Snacks - Hartleys sugar free jelly - not worth counting! (only 3 per pot!)
- Walkers baked crisps - 100
- Snackajacks popcorn - 48
- 1 slice turkey - 21

TOTAL - 968

WOOPEEEEEE!!

 

[chocolatecat]

I've had:

B: 60g (eek!) coco pops with 1% milk 330cals
L: Beef & tomato pot noodle 400cals
S: 2 x choc mousse 120cals
D: Homemade turkey mince curry with brown rice & roasted red pepper around 400cals

Total: 1250

A little over but I'm happy with it - at least it wont result in a gain!

 

[Amby]

B = Nothing up to late!! :cry:

L = 2 spoon fulls of tuna, lettuce, onion and pepper on 2 pieces of weight watchers bread..and a muller light toffee yoghurt.. 220 calories

D= Jacket potato, Half a tin of weight watchers baked beans and a side salad of lettuce onion and pepper.. 350 calories

a successful day but now craving food.. have done about hour and a half on the bike as well

 

[klizw]

I'm not surprised your craving Amby, your body will be shocked, you must have burned more on the bike than you've eaten! Eat something!

I'm on track again today

B - 1 weetabix +semi skimmed +honey = 110
L - sandwich with 55kcal bread, turkey, tsp coldslaw +lettuce = 150ish
- tangerine - 30
D - WW crispy sweet +sour chicken + rice = 342
- WW toffee desert - 174

Total so far - 806

Ill have supper later too, maybe some hovis crackers with pate yum yum

 

[dreamingmaid]

I agree, Amby please eat more than that....that's not a healthy amount of calories, especially with the amount of exercise you have done.

Anyway, here's mine
B Ready Brek with Nutmeg 166
S Apple 70
L Leftover Chicken Masala 274
S Banana, Yoghurt, Skinny Cappucino 232
D Beef Goulash 395
S Fruit with Creme Fraiche 150, 2 finger kit kat 107
Milk 115

Total 1509