Amy's weight loss diary
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I'm getting there, I think.
Need some ideas for mid-afternoon energy boosts. I'm quite out of it and it's 3pm- which is too late to blame on the fact I'm not a morning person and probably also too late to blame on the sleeping tablets (and I felt this way yesterday too, before I'd taken any). Caffeine is out of the question- too late in the day. The other thing I'd normally do would be sugar (which I don't want to do for obvious reasons) for chewing gum (which didn't have much of an effect yesterday). Vegemite sometimes perks me up too. Any other suggestions?
Need some ideas for mid-afternoon energy boosts. I'm quite out of it and it's 3pm- which is too late to blame on the fact I'm not a morning person and probably also too late to blame on the sleeping tablets (and I felt this way yesterday too, before I'd taken any). Caffeine is out of the question- too late in the day. The other thing I'd normally do would be sugar (which I don't want to do for obvious reasons) for chewing gum (which didn't have much of an effect yesterday). Vegemite sometimes perks me up too. Any other suggestions?
overtherainbow
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Maybe you could have a ripened banana? Lots of sugar, but natural sugars. You could also try washing your face with cold water, and maybe jumping about for 30 seconds or so in a toilet cubicle (preferably a disabled one lol).
I think I'm going to have to be more proactive about it, in any case (I try to avoid bananas, most of the time I'm not so fussed with them and they're a bit on the high calorie side for my liking. I'm hoping it's the result of last night's very good sleep and tomorrow will be better (most of the time after a really good night's sleep I feel worse that day and then only better after consolidating it).
I really need to get back into exercise, but I'm trying to wait for the RSI to clear up.
Amusing and happy news. I tagged my boyfriend in a post on Facebook the other day saying I was grateful for the help getting my new desk back from Ikea (and that he was silly carrying it most of the way himself given how heavy it was). His coworkers apparently asked him how he got it back, and he said he carried it. They asked how heavy it was, and he said "fairly light for a desk. 12kg". They were horrified, and said that was a lot. He said "oh, it's not so much, Amy's lost more than that in the time I've known her." (current weight loss is since April, I was heavier back in October) They were stunned.
(12kg= 24.45lb= 1.89 stone. I've lost 14.5kg= 31.97lb= 2.28 stone since October- numbers rounded to 2 decimal places)
Weigh in tomorrow morning.
Making this tomorrow:
Food diary, then sleeping tablet
Friday 17 June
Breakfast
0.1% milk 302 g 105.7
Sainsbury's porridge oats 35 g 124.6
Sainsbury's be good to yourself natural probiotic yoghurt 110 g 60.5
Spices, cinnamon, ground 0.7 g 1.7
Tesco garden fruit mix 80 g 27.2
0.1% milk 46 g 16.1
Coffee, brewed from grounds, prepared with tap water 245 g 2.4
Coffee, brewed from grounds, prepared with tap water 234 g 2.3
0.1% milk 99 g 34.6
Subtotal: 375 calories, 26g protein, 58g carbs, 3g fat. 28/63/8
Snack and lunch
Plums, raw 65 g 29.9
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 263 g 44.7
Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average 110 g 19.8
Tesco light choices plain cottage cheese 121 g 84.7
Spices, chili powder 1.2 g 3.4
Subtotal: 182 calories, 16g protein, 26g carbs, 3g fat. 32/52/16
Snacks:
Gala apple 133 g 66.5
Kallo Wholegrain rice cakes (10g- 1 cake) 20 g 58.0
Vegemite 11 g 21.0
calorie free tea 342 g 0.0 (rooibos and vanilla)
Graze Waldorf (28) 28 g 112.0 (walnuts, apple, and raisins)
Subtotal: 257 calories, 6g protein, 42g carbs, 7g fat. 10/66/24
Dinner:
Tarragon and Artichoke Chicken (405.624/serve) 405.62 g 343.7
Tesco very fine green whole beans 127 g 34.3
Waitrose frozen corn 59 g 57.8
Carrots, raw 196 g 80.4 (actually had these raw for once- I use the raw listing for steamed as well)
Bundaberg diet ginger beer (bottle 340) 340 g 27.2
Subtotal: 543 calories, 46g protein, 56g carbs, 13g fat.
Dessert/ after:
Strawberries, raw 99 g 31.7
Tesco light choices vaniletta 55 g 79.8
Water, tap, drinking 413 g 0.0
calorie free tea 277 g 0.0 (nighttime tea)
Water, tap, drinking 328 g 0.0
Subtotal: 111 calories, 2g protein, 19g carbs, 2g fat. 9/67/24
Total: 1469 calories (84%), 98g protein (99%), 202g carbs (77%), 30g fat (70%). 3018.9ml water consumption, 1719.3mg sodium consumption (115%). Final split 27/55/18
I really need to get back into exercise, but I'm trying to wait for the RSI to clear up.
Amusing and happy news. I tagged my boyfriend in a post on Facebook the other day saying I was grateful for the help getting my new desk back from Ikea (and that he was silly carrying it most of the way himself given how heavy it was). His coworkers apparently asked him how he got it back, and he said he carried it. They asked how heavy it was, and he said "fairly light for a desk. 12kg". They were horrified, and said that was a lot. He said "oh, it's not so much, Amy's lost more than that in the time I've known her." (current weight loss is since April, I was heavier back in October) They were stunned.
(12kg= 24.45lb= 1.89 stone. I've lost 14.5kg= 31.97lb= 2.28 stone since October- numbers rounded to 2 decimal places)Weigh in tomorrow morning.
Making this tomorrow:
Food diary, then sleeping tablet
Friday 17 June
Breakfast
0.1% milk 302 g 105.7
Sainsbury's porridge oats 35 g 124.6
Sainsbury's be good to yourself natural probiotic yoghurt 110 g 60.5
Spices, cinnamon, ground 0.7 g 1.7
Tesco garden fruit mix 80 g 27.2
0.1% milk 46 g 16.1
Coffee, brewed from grounds, prepared with tap water 245 g 2.4
Coffee, brewed from grounds, prepared with tap water 234 g 2.3
0.1% milk 99 g 34.6
Subtotal: 375 calories, 26g protein, 58g carbs, 3g fat. 28/63/8
Snack and lunch
Plums, raw 65 g 29.9
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 263 g 44.7
Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average 110 g 19.8
Tesco light choices plain cottage cheese 121 g 84.7
Spices, chili powder 1.2 g 3.4
Subtotal: 182 calories, 16g protein, 26g carbs, 3g fat. 32/52/16
Snacks:
Gala apple 133 g 66.5
Kallo Wholegrain rice cakes (10g- 1 cake) 20 g 58.0
Vegemite 11 g 21.0
calorie free tea 342 g 0.0 (rooibos and vanilla)
Graze Waldorf (28) 28 g 112.0 (walnuts, apple, and raisins)
Subtotal: 257 calories, 6g protein, 42g carbs, 7g fat. 10/66/24
Dinner:
Tarragon and Artichoke Chicken (405.624/serve) 405.62 g 343.7
Tesco very fine green whole beans 127 g 34.3
Waitrose frozen corn 59 g 57.8
Carrots, raw 196 g 80.4 (actually had these raw for once- I use the raw listing for steamed as well)
Bundaberg diet ginger beer (bottle 340) 340 g 27.2
Subtotal: 543 calories, 46g protein, 56g carbs, 13g fat.
Dessert/ after:
Strawberries, raw 99 g 31.7
Tesco light choices vaniletta 55 g 79.8
Water, tap, drinking 413 g 0.0
calorie free tea 277 g 0.0 (nighttime tea)
Water, tap, drinking 328 g 0.0
Subtotal: 111 calories, 2g protein, 19g carbs, 2g fat. 9/67/24
Total: 1469 calories (84%), 98g protein (99%), 202g carbs (77%), 30g fat (70%). 3018.9ml water consumption, 1719.3mg sodium consumption (115%). Final split 27/55/18
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caffeinehigh
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Ohhhh amazing, Amy. Amazing. Congrats on reaching the home stretch.
Stew was really good and filling. Bit high in sodium, which pushed me over my limit today (well and truly- I'm at 111%, the stew was 70%, so I wasn't doing badly beforehand). Same problem as before- I made it for the slow cooker so had to add extra water so the sauce was a bit weak. Not as bad as it was with the fruit casserole I made, it worked quite well (in fact I imagine a sauce with half as much water- what the recipe called for- would have been if anything too intense).
Little over on where I want to be calorie wise (although not over) because I ate too much earlier today as I was hungry. Trying to decide if I want dessert. At 1379 calories (of a maximum goal of 1745).
Little over on where I want to be calorie wise (although not over) because I ate too much earlier today as I was hungry. Trying to decide if I want dessert. At 1379 calories (of a maximum goal of 1745).
I'm going to do my food diary and get to bed, it's getting late (well, not really, but I'm trying to get more sleep at the moment).
Was going to take my own measurements as I've found a tape measure but they were completely inconsistent with my old ones (as in, I doubt I've gained 10cm on my hips since last time) so I'm not sure what my boyfriend did or whether his tape measure is different, but I'd rather be consistent.
Saturday 18 June
Breakfast:
0.1% milk 284 g 99.4
Sainsbury's porridge oats 35 g 124.6
Tesco garden fruit mix 83 g 28.2
Sainsbury's be good to yourself natural probiotic yoghurt 95 g 52.2
Spices, cinnamon, ground 0.6 g 1.5
Subtotal: 305 calories, 19g protein, 49g carbs, 3g fat. 25/65/10
Snack:
0.1% milk 44 g 15.4
calorie free tea 282 g 0.0 (black)
Plums, raw 61 g 28.1
Subtotal: 43 calories, 1g protein, 9g carbs, negligible fat. 17/78/4
Lunch:
Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), raw 125 g 76.2
Mushrooms, white, raw 121 g 26.6
Frylight Sunflower Oil Spray (1 spray- 0.18) 1.08 g 5.9
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 178 g 30.3
Tesco Green Lentils in water 117 g 99.4
calorie free tea 284 g 0.0 (white tea and raspberry)
Subtotal: 238 calories, 15g protein, 42g carbs, 2g fat. 21/69/11
Was starving hungry all afternoon so tried to make it good choices.
Snacks:
Gala apple 110 g 55.0
Graze Mulberry Flame 23 g 79.8 (mulberries and cranberries. Was pretty lousy)
Kallo Wholegrain rice cakes (10g- 1 cake) 10 g 29.0
Vegemite 6 g 11.4
Sainsbury's poppy seed crackers (1 cracker=20 calories) 8.35 g 40.0
Whole Earth Smooth original peanut butter 7 g 41.6
Water, tap, drinking 458 g 0.0 (rooibos and vanilla)
calorie free tea 257 g 0.0
Nectarines, raw 100 g 44.0
Subtotal: 300 calories, 7g protein, 55g carbs, 6g fat. 18/71/19
Dinner:
Boiled potato with skin 264 g 190.1
Water, tap, drinking 426 g 0.0
Water, tap, drinking 438 g 0.0
BBC Good food beef and veg stew (18 June)- total weight 3001 750.25 g 300.2
Subtotal: 490 calories, 30g protein, 79g carbs, 7g fat. 24/64/13
Dessert/nightcap
0.1% milk 320 g 112.0
Hartley's sugar free strawberry jelly (140= 1/4 of pack) 140 g 8.0
Water, tap, drinking 282 g 0.0
calorie free tea 287 g 0.0 (night time tea)
Subtotal: 120 calories, 12g protein (had the milk mostly for the protein), 16g carbs, <1g fat. 42/56/2
Total: 1499 calories (86%), 86g protein (87%), 253g carbs (96%), 20g fat (47%). 4135.2ml water consumption, 1675.6mg sodium (112%). Final split 22/66/12.
Was going to take my own measurements as I've found a tape measure but they were completely inconsistent with my old ones (as in, I doubt I've gained 10cm on my hips since last time) so I'm not sure what my boyfriend did or whether his tape measure is different, but I'd rather be consistent.
Saturday 18 June
Breakfast:
0.1% milk 284 g 99.4
Sainsbury's porridge oats 35 g 124.6
Tesco garden fruit mix 83 g 28.2
Sainsbury's be good to yourself natural probiotic yoghurt 95 g 52.2
Spices, cinnamon, ground 0.6 g 1.5
Subtotal: 305 calories, 19g protein, 49g carbs, 3g fat. 25/65/10
Snack:
0.1% milk 44 g 15.4
calorie free tea 282 g 0.0 (black)
Plums, raw 61 g 28.1
Subtotal: 43 calories, 1g protein, 9g carbs, negligible fat. 17/78/4
Lunch:
Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), raw 125 g 76.2
Mushrooms, white, raw 121 g 26.6
Frylight Sunflower Oil Spray (1 spray- 0.18) 1.08 g 5.9
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 178 g 30.3
Tesco Green Lentils in water 117 g 99.4
calorie free tea 284 g 0.0 (white tea and raspberry)
Subtotal: 238 calories, 15g protein, 42g carbs, 2g fat. 21/69/11
Was starving hungry all afternoon so tried to make it good choices.
Snacks:
Gala apple 110 g 55.0
Graze Mulberry Flame 23 g 79.8 (mulberries and cranberries. Was pretty lousy)
Kallo Wholegrain rice cakes (10g- 1 cake) 10 g 29.0
Vegemite 6 g 11.4
Sainsbury's poppy seed crackers (1 cracker=20 calories) 8.35 g 40.0
Whole Earth Smooth original peanut butter 7 g 41.6
Water, tap, drinking 458 g 0.0 (rooibos and vanilla)
calorie free tea 257 g 0.0
Nectarines, raw 100 g 44.0
Subtotal: 300 calories, 7g protein, 55g carbs, 6g fat. 18/71/19
Dinner:
Boiled potato with skin 264 g 190.1
Water, tap, drinking 426 g 0.0
Water, tap, drinking 438 g 0.0
BBC Good food beef and veg stew (18 June)- total weight 3001 750.25 g 300.2
Subtotal: 490 calories, 30g protein, 79g carbs, 7g fat. 24/64/13
Dessert/nightcap
0.1% milk 320 g 112.0
Hartley's sugar free strawberry jelly (140= 1/4 of pack) 140 g 8.0
Water, tap, drinking 282 g 0.0
calorie free tea 287 g 0.0 (night time tea)
Subtotal: 120 calories, 12g protein (had the milk mostly for the protein), 16g carbs, <1g fat. 42/56/2
Total: 1499 calories (86%), 86g protein (87%), 253g carbs (96%), 20g fat (47%). 4135.2ml water consumption, 1675.6mg sodium (112%). Final split 22/66/12.
Oh, and here's the breakdown of what went into my stew. (The water is about double what was required, but as it went in the slow cooker I needed to cover it)
(edit to add: recipe I was working from: )
Tesco stewing steak 386 g 443.9
Oil, olive, salad or cooking 11 g 97.2
Onions, raw 535 g 214.0
Mushrooms, white, raw 81 g 17.8
Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), raw 217 g 132.4
Carrots, raw 104 g 42.6
Celery, raw 71 g 11.4
Garlic, raw 11 g 16.4
Tesco beef stock cubes (cube=11g) 22 g 63.8
Trattoria Verdi tomato puree double concentrate 20 g 19.0
Sauce, worcestershire 5 g 3.9
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched 38 g 138.3
Water, tap, drinking 1500 g 0.0
(edit to add: recipe I was working from: )
Tesco stewing steak 386 g 443.9
Oil, olive, salad or cooking 11 g 97.2
Onions, raw 535 g 214.0
Mushrooms, white, raw 81 g 17.8
Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), raw 217 g 132.4
Carrots, raw 104 g 42.6
Celery, raw 71 g 11.4
Garlic, raw 11 g 16.4
Tesco beef stock cubes (cube=11g) 22 g 63.8
Trattoria Verdi tomato puree double concentrate 20 g 19.0
Sauce, worcestershire 5 g 3.9
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched 38 g 138.3
Water, tap, drinking 1500 g 0.0
overtherainbow
New member
Wow, you have lost more than the weight of a desk
So, your sleeping is finally getting sorted, but in a couple of weeks your are going to fly to the furthest time zone from here Arrrgggghhhh!
So, your sleeping is finally getting sorted, but in a couple of weeks your are going to fly to the furthest time zone from here
Arrrgggghhhh!That recipe looks awesome! Thanks for including the link. I love reading your food journal
. You're right - sleep is sooo important to weight loss and health! I am slowly learning that lesson as well.
. You're right - sleep is sooo important to weight loss and health! I am slowly learning that lesson as well.
jasper1
New member
hey amy!its been a few days!Its good to read you're feeling better and you sound happy!!!So you've lost more than a DESK!good work pays off!!!!
Admire your method of calculating everything!even when you're not feeling well you still keep strong!!!im going to check out those recipies
Admire your method of calculating everything!even when you're not feeling well you still keep strong!!!im going to check out those recipies
Thanks everyone Yeah, with the diet I just try to keep on as best I'm able. I find tracking really helps me- I update it as I eat, so if I get to a certain time and find I've eaten too much (for example, I like to have eaten under 1000 calories before dinner) I hold myself back as much as I can. It sort of just becomes part of the routine- I go to the kitchen, weigh it, eat it/ add it to the recipe, write it down. (If it's something simple I can hold onto a few numbers in my head until I get to the computer, something like a recipe I scribble it onto a piece of paper and work it out later)
I've lost more than a tiny desk:
Sleep continues to go well. I think I'm successfully retraining my body with the night time routine- these sleeping tablets are doing a great job of it. Not perhaps in the way you might be thinking- sure, I'm getting off to sleep at the moment because the tablets knock me out, but the sleep routine (before I take the tablets) is starting to get me there (last night as I was drinking my night time tea- before I'd taken the tablet- I started to feel sleepy. I usually don't feel sleepy at all when I go to bed)
Yeah, with the diet I just try to keep on as best I'm able. I find tracking really helps me- I update it as I eat, so if I get to a certain time and find I've eaten too much (for example, I like to have eaten under 1000 calories before dinner) I hold myself back as much as I can. It sort of just becomes part of the routine- I go to the kitchen, weigh it, eat it/ add it to the recipe, write it down. (If it's something simple I can hold onto a few numbers in my head until I get to the computer, something like a recipe I scribble it onto a piece of paper and work it out later)I've lost more than a tiny desk:
Sleep continues to go well. I think I'm successfully retraining my body with the night time routine- these sleeping tablets are doing a great job of it. Not perhaps in the way you might be thinking- sure, I'm getting off to sleep at the moment because the tablets knock me out, but the sleep routine (before I take the tablets) is starting to get me there (last night as I was drinking my night time tea- before I'd taken the tablet- I started to feel sleepy. I usually don't feel sleepy at all when I go to bed)