I love food but I eat far too much for my output this log is to go with the move your butt thread - please feel free to add yours or to advise me if you see i could do something to improve :)

 

getting older sucks - you have to work harder at everything!

 

yesterday log -

 

breakfast - bran flakes, blueberries, prunes, apricots & seeds, semi milk

 

lunch - tuna & egg, peppers, spinach, tomato -, salad cream - cranberries and cashews

 

dinner - salmon, cream cheese and spinach roll, green beans, broccoli and 2 new potatoes

 

 

3 coffees, milk and sugar

1L water

2 glasses of OJ

i peppermint tea

 

 

 

edited to add - im putting myself on low carb diet no bread or pasta for a while and am looking at reducing sugar too

 

chocolate icecream

1 bag crisps

Edited May 22, 201412 yr by Tracey

Now I'm hungry again. Thanks a lot T1.  :P

Your diary looks pretty healthy to me!

Tracey - have a look at myfitnesspal.com...

 

sign up and look me up! ;)

Reading your healthy meals as I finish annihilation of 4 cheese and crackers - oops. 

 

See you have spotted bread as a potential problem, that's a big one for me too. The other thing I noticed is my weight moves quicker if I drink more water.  That is an easy win to add. x

today

 

breakfast - boiled egg 3 new potatoes and salad cream (I know I am weird lol)

 

lunch - halloumi cheese salad, basil falafel and sweet potato

 

cranberries, blueberries and cashews

 

reduced fat snack a jacks (tastes like salted saw dust lol)

 

dinner avocado and tuna salad

 

3 coffees

2 herbal teas

water

 

a sneaky wine to celebrate  :P

What is salad cream?

salad dressing - tasty mmmm but not healthy lol

 

What is salad cream?

It's the same as Miracle Whip here.

too much in the pie hole - LOL

 

cutting back again - had a pizza :( but still no pasta :)

 

must stop eating out!!

baked beans

plum tomatoes

scrambled egg

 

chicken and veg soup

salmon teriyaki 

rice

red cabbage

 

out for tapas tonight - 5 dishes :(

kiwi fruit

 

4 biscuits (mum peer pressure!)

 

salmon brown rice and red cabbage

 

roast chicken

stuffed roast peppers with goats cheese, spinach and sun dried tomatoes

green salad

greedy piglet - stop eating crisps and cheese twirls this time of night!!!!!!!!

boiled egg

spinach

tomatoes

 

banana

 

green tea

white coffee

Tracey, I think that you are trying all the right things...but the snacks indicate that you are feeling hungry.

 

Fruit me dear. You know Allen Carr also wrote a weight loss book?

 

I'm not on commission, but myfitnesspal.com. You can put it on the phone, tap in what you eat and it will track the calories for you. Much better than guessing!

Tracey, I think that you are trying all the right things...but the snacks indicate that you are feeling hungry.

 

Fruit me dear. You know Allen Carr also wrote a weight loss book?

 

I'm not on commission, but myfitnesspal.com. You can put it on the phone, tap in what you eat and it will track the calories for you. Much better than guessing!

thanks stu I dont think my dinosaur of a phone will accept that LOL but will look at it on line :) x

 

 

edited to add - looked at the site a bit structured for me cant be bothered to weigh things but think I will try it - I got on the scales not too bad 9st 4lbs but then I am only 5`4"  :D (frightened to put the other leg on the scales now  :P  :lol:

Tracey...  about a year ago I started a diet... I gave up bread, pasta, and potatoes... I did not have to give up sweets and junk food because I did not eat them. 

 

I also started biking and now exercise on a regular basis,.. I see on another thread that you are getting motivated in this department as well.

 

So my thoughts for you are to go ahead and have a sandwich or pizza etc every other week...What I did was one week I would have a pasta meal... the next week I would have a sandwich or burger.  This way you don't constantly crave these foods that you are doing without. Don't focus so much on the carbs, there are a lot of really good foods out there that have carbs and your exercise will take care of them.

 

The other thing that you have to try is brown rice pasta. It is an excellent alternative for you and anyone else that wants to have less wheat/gluten in their diet.  I use the brown rice shell, fettuccini, elbow, lasagna, and tri-color swirls, each of them are very good. When you try them, cook them just like it says on the package, unlike reg pasta it is very hard to over cook. It tastes just like regular pasta to me, the only thing that you need to know is that it does not refridgerate well after cooked. For instance... If I am making a cold pasta salad, I only make enough that will be eaten that day and the next.  If not, by the third day the pasta starts getting firmer, sort of.  If you are doing a heated pasta dinner it usually is still ok on the 3rd day because you are reheating it.  My point is only make what you can eat or you will be wasting it. 

 

Note... there are other wheatless pastas out there, but it is my understanding that they are difficult to cook properly so I have not tried them.. the above is fine for me!

 

 

Oh.. BTW, Just like Colleen, you are not drinking enough wine!  :rolleyes:

Tracey...  about a year ago I started a diet... I gave up bread, pasta, and potatoes... I did not have to give up sweets and junk food because I did not eat them. 

 

I also started biking and now exercise on a regular basis,.. I see on another thread that you are getting motivated in this department as well.

 

So my thoughts for you are to go ahead and have a sandwich or pizza etc every other week...What I did was one week I would have a pasta meal... the next week I would have a sandwich or burger.  This way you don't constantly crave these foods that you are doing without. Don't focus so much on the carbs, there are a lot of really good foods out there that have carbs and your exercise will take care of them.

 

The other thing that you have to try is brown rice pasta. It is an excellent alternative for you and anyone else that wants to have less wheat/gluten in their diet.  I use the brown rice shell, fettuccini, elbow, lasagna, and tri-color swirls, each of them are very good. When you try them, cook them just like it says on the package, unlike reg pasta it is very hard to over cook. It tastes just like regular pasta to me, the only thing that you need to know is that it does not refridgerate well after cooked. For instance... If I am making a cold pasta salad, I only make enough that will be eaten that day and the next.  If not, by the third day the pasta starts getting firmer, sort of.  If you are doing a heated pasta dinner it usually is still ok on the 3rd day because you are reheating it.  My point is only make what you can eat or you will be wasting it. 

 

Note... there are other wheatless pastas out there, but it is my understanding that they are difficult to cook properly so I have not tried them.. the above is fine for me!

 

 

Oh.. BTW, Just like Colleen, you are not drinking enough wine!  :rolleyes:

thanks a lot scott i will certainly try that rice pasta

 

there seems to be a lot more gluten and wheat free products on the shell these days so i guess its try them and see

 

yes i agree to the treat meal once a week

 

the exercise is hit and miss at the moment but i will keep on until its more regular

 

thanks for your advice i really appreciate it :) especially the wine :)

thanks a lot scott i will certainly try that rice pasta

 

there seems to be a lot more gluten and wheat free products on the shell these days so i guess its try them and see...

 

Just remember... Gluten Free does not mean good for you, healthy, or low calorie...

There are a lot of really bad for you food products that can be gluten free.

 

Read your Ingredients and know what you are eating.