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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 26, 2008 15:39:33 GMT 1
Breakfast: 3 slices of v lean bacon, grilled. Egg fried in fry-light & 3 crispbreads
I've brought some food with me....but whether I get to eat it or not is another thing!
Chicken sandwiches made with 3 slices hovis (small loaf) and extra-light philadelphia
Packet of French Fries
Banana
2 tangerines
vanilla yogurt
a finger of fudge! (only 130 calories...and I might need a treat!!! oh yes she did)
When OH picked me up he'd saved me a bit of home made chicken curry and rice...made without fat and with yogurt in the sauce to make it creammmmmmmmmmmmmy.....tasted really nice. I don't usually eat that late (9.30pm) but I was starving after the on call.
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Post by bogmyrtle on Oct 27, 2008 9:38:42 GMT 1
Thanks BM  We have the same amount to lose (more or less) so are trying to focus on half a stone at a time. We're saving £5 a week as well...so that by the time next spring comes around we'll hopefully be at least a dress size smaller....then we'll spend the dosh on something nice. ...and I'm not particularly active really. I might rush around at work but I'm not a sporty person by any means. The only thing I do is walk really....and not much of that...and garden of course. the traffic's too awful for me to use a bike, the swimming baths here are dreadfully expensive...and I'm a lazy git..... How can you be lazy? There's the housework, the gardening, the walking to and fro, and then work - it all adds up to more than you realise. Have just remembered - Malt Loaf - less than 4% fat, recommended by Rosemary Conley (just don't spread an inch thick of butter on it!) |
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Post by emseypop on Oct 27, 2008 9:44:54 GMT 1
Marshmallow, fruit gums and kit kats are all quite good diet treats, trouble is, it once I have a 'treat' I'm off the wagon. I started a diet on Saturday haven't stopped eating since, its psychological!  I'm organising a girls night out to a concert over christmas and all the girls i'm going with are size 8 or 10, i'm as big as the 4 of them put together! |
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 27, 2008 16:03:20 GMT 1
Marshmallow, fruit gums and kit kats are all quite good diet treats, trouble is, it once I have a 'treat' I'm off the wagon. I started a diet on Saturday haven't stopped eating since, its psychological! I'm organising a girls night out to a concert over christmas and all the girls i'm going with are size 8 or 10, i'm as big as the 4 of them put together! That would mean you are size 32 at best Ems and you are nothing like that. You are nice and and cuddly...... |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 27, 2008 16:29:21 GMT 1
How many eggs do you eat in a week Cheery? I have about 7 eggs The witch ;D I did a bit of research and know that I should keep it to 3-5 really..but it evens out in the end as some weeks I hardly have any.  Monday's diet diary. Breakfast: slice of wholemeal toast with scrambled egg (done in the microwave with a little milk) Lunch: Banana chopped up with an M&S vanilla v low fat yogurt with a big juicy pear and a packet of quavers. Dinner tonight is a home made beef casserole, made with lean braising steak, carrot, parsnip, leeks, thyme, tomato puree, & bovril stock. Topped off with thinly sliced tater that will soak up the gravy. Supper: I bought some nice strawberries and raspberries from the market this morning, might have a dollop of low-fat ice cream with them. ;D |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 27, 2008 16:35:36 GMT 1
It prolly looks like I'm eating too much to be on a diet...but sister and I used a book that you can use to calculate how much you can eat, according to how much you weigh at present. As I'm a BIG girl, I can get away with eating 1600 calories a day and still lose weight..albeit slowly. I'll have to cut down as I shrink but that's not a problem. I could lose the weight really quickly by going on a very low calorie diet...but don't see the point as I'm seeing this as a long-term project... |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 28, 2008 16:32:47 GMT 1
Breakfast: Bacon sandwich (3 slices lean bacon, grilled. 1 slice wholemeal bread) Apple. Lunch: A small butternut squash roasted. Salt & Pepper YUMMY! comfort food ! Dinner: Tuna steak, cooked with no fat on the griddle. 5 baby taters (boiled), salad, 'light' coleslaw. (OH is having chips and tomatoes with his ) peckish this evening...so have had 6 small water biscuits spread with philadelphia extra-light with 1 1/2 oz full fat cheese, followed by strawberries and 1oz ice cream. |
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Post by emseypop on Oct 28, 2008 17:41:53 GMT 1
Cheery your doing really well, it sounds like you are finding a tasty variety of things to eat, and staying strong even when you have to cook chips for others!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 28, 2008 19:10:42 GMT 1
How are you doing then chuck? In a way it's easier, still having to cook fattening stuff for others, it keeps me occupied.
I really must have cereal one day...keep forgetting as I love a cooked brekky.
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Post by emseypop on Oct 28, 2008 20:08:34 GMT 1
How are you doing then chuck? In a way it's easier, still having to cook fattening stuff for others, it keeps me occupied. I really must have cereal one day...keep forgetting as I love a cooked brekky. Dont ask-I'll try again next week. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 30, 2008 20:12:35 GMT 1
Yesterday I stuck to the diet (somehow) but I didn't write anything down...rather distracted by the upset at home.
BUT today I've managed to keep track.
Breakfast: back to bacon sarnies with 3 rashers of lean bacon, grilled & 2 slices of wholemeal bread. Apple.
Break: Packet of walker's Fench Fries and a tangerine
Lunch: Was too busy with son....
Dinner: Beef in oyster sauce, stir fry veg. Handful of grapes and 3 rice cakes. yum.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 30, 2008 20:13:17 GMT 1
Oh, and I lost another 3 lbs this week  |
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Post by floweringcherry on Oct 31, 2008 2:13:01 GMT 1
Oh, and I lost another 3 lbs this week Well done, you must be feeling very chuffed ;D |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Oct 31, 2008 13:51:10 GMT 1
Oh, and I lost another 3 lbs this week Excellent, well done! |
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Post by debbiem on Oct 31, 2008 14:04:36 GMT 1
That's brilliant Cheery, well done for sticking at it.  Your meals do sound really tasty though - you seem to be finding delicious alternatives to going down the chip road. I'm the same with breakfast - I know the benefits of cereal but I'd much rather have something cooked. My Weetabix gets eaten as a snack later in the day, if it gets eaten at all. Really well done - are you finding that your clothes are getting looser? You're becoming the incentive I need to get a move on and shed my far too many excess pounds. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 31, 2008 18:27:06 GMT 1
Thanks for the support chaps.
Breakfast: Special K with chopped banana and a vanilla mula light
Lunch: Jacket tater with cheese and salad.
Dinner: Home made beef curry cooked with v lean beef and little fat. Plain boiled rice.
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Post by debbiem on Oct 31, 2008 18:45:44 GMT 1
You must look forward to every meal, they look so yummy! And with no snacking (BAD snacking) in between I bet they taste gorgeous! I was thinking of you tonight when I pulled a sausage roll out of the fridge to gnaw on - it could easily be a banana, or a carrot....... You're putting me to shame! Well done again Cheery. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 31, 2008 21:02:30 GMT 1
I'm eating normal food really...must be else OH wouldn't eat it Just by writing it all down makes it easier to keep track. It was peculiar...big sis and I were in the GC restaurant and walked STRAIGHT PAST the cakes....blimey! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 31, 2008 21:03:42 GMT 1
Gosh....stirling albion.........
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 1, 2008 21:33:36 GMT 1
I've been REALLY busy today.....so my mealtimes have been a little strange....
Breakfast: 3 grilled lean bacon, scrambled egg and 2 wholemeal toast.
Lunch: too busy...
Dinner : 4pm...my first cuppa since 0700 ! Jacket tater blasted in the microwave, smothered in quorn chilli (leftovers from the other night)..a FINGER OF FUDGE and some grapes...have also grabbed some rice cakes and a packet of walker's french fries on the hop....
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Post by 4pygmies on Nov 2, 2008 9:56:02 GMT 1
Crikey Cheery, you are eating more than I do normally and still losing weight...how perfectly annoying! I do think Life is a teensy bit unfair.....please don't shrink to nothing though.......my lovely Cheery is NOT fat and NOT scrawny...she's just right IMO! AND she still has a waist.....sigh....... |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 2, 2008 14:18:37 GMT 1
You are lovely 4P...but I am too fat for my liking.
Anyway....today I've had
Breakfast: Special K with semi-skilled (it's what my Sister calls it) milk...
snack: packet of snack-a-jacks
Dinner tonight will be : Roast Chicken, baby taters, brussels, carrots and gravy....might have a bit of stuffing...ooer.....
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Post by emseypop on Nov 2, 2008 14:23:03 GMT 1
keep up the good work Cheery |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 2, 2008 20:24:23 GMT 1
oooh dear....sank to the depths of depravity today and had a couple of cheese and ham crusty cobs  OH and son were eating them and they looked sooooooooooooo nice.... Oh well, I'll be a VERY good girl tomorrow... |
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Post by floweringcherry on Nov 2, 2008 23:42:05 GMT 1
oooh dear....sank to the depths of depravity today and had a couple of cheese and ham crusty cobs OH and son were eating them and they looked sooooooooooooo nice.... Oh well, I'll be a VERY good girl tomorrow... I shouldn't worry Cheery, you are doing really well. They say that a little of what you fancy does you good. You can make reparation this week if you feel you must. |
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