Amy's weight loss diary

I like it, but personally I prefer cardi's that have buttons, as the front flapping drives me crazy. Only had one cardi like that and it drove me mad.

Miss selfridge is good for quality- In fact one of my favourite leopard print long tops is from there, I'm still wearing it now, have washed it at least 100 times in the past 5 years, and it still looks like new. I think its a quite youngish brand tho, we are probably at the upper range of their demographic. River Island's quality is good, their clothes have a certain vibe to them (if they were a person they would be down to earth but slutty), I find some nice bits in there. H&M is reasonably priced, and reasonable quality. I get a lot of bits in there. New look i hate. Full stop. Bad quality, don't like the style of their clothes. George at asda have some nice pieces at a good price.

But my most favouritest shop of all is Topshop. I love it. But can be expensive. But quite good quality. You could shop online if the shop is too much. I could get lost in the oxford street one. Too many choices!
 
Thank you, that's really helpful :)

I'm very tempted by this, but wonder if it would mess up my "no caffeine after 3pm" rule that holds me back from complete lack of sleep: There seem to be less low calorie beef slow cooker recipes out there than other types of recipe. It's driving me nuts.
 
As it's now "tomorrow", here's my food diary. I think I had a good protein day although my lunch was quite large so it made the day higher than it should've been given my dinner. I also learned the lesson of not assuming the calories on something before grabbing it- I had corn with dinner and sort of tipped freely because it's a vegetable. It's one of those exception vegetables, sigh.

Sunday 5 June

Breakfast: 40g oats with 303ml milk, 80g raspberries, 83g yoghurt, and a small dash of cinnamon. 4 cups of tea (37ml milk, 279ml tea; 35ml milk, 283ml tea; 30ml milk, 292ml tea; 28ml milk, 302ml tea)- all gone within a couple of hours of getting up, so hopefully I'll still sleep well tonight. Subtotal: 376 calories, 24g protein, 56g carbs, 5g fat. 26/61/12 (for those curious, the porridge on its own was 330 calories, 20g protein, 50g carbs, 5g fat. 24/62/14)

Lunch: 167g (2) tomatoes, 208g (1, very large) boiled potato with skin, 117g green canned lentils, 100g cottage cheese, dash of chilli powder (nearly a gram, scale couldn't decide whether it was 0 or 1). Subtotal: 365 calories, 24g protein, 64g carbs, 2g fat. 24/68/6

Snack: 282g (1, very large) orange. Subtotal: 138 calories, 2g protein, 35g carbs, <1g fat. (Oranges have protein? Wow, didn't know that)

Dinner: Turkey with citrus sauce, with 136g chopped spinach (from frozen- with 11ml lemon juice on top to help negate the problems it causes with iron absorption and release the iron in it, I hope), 211g broccoli (also from frozen), and 148g corn (also from frozen). Subtotal: 422 calories, 34g protein, 59g carbs, 6g fat. 31/54/14

Dessert: All fruit frozen. 80g black forest fruit mix, 80g raspberries, 80g blueberries. 70g natural toghurt. Subtotal: 130 calories, 5g protein, 22g carbs, 1g fat. 18/71/11

Total: 1433 calories (83%), 92g protein :hurray:, 238g carbs, 16g fat. 3119.1ml water consumption, 1365.5mg sodium (91%- most of that is the turkey, although I used the turkey on the system rather than the stats on my turkey, will check that out next time). Final split: 25/65/10 (good on protein, low on fat, I think)
 
^ I'll add that the tea I had was Darjeeling. If it's as high caffeine as other regular teas, it's incredibly deceptive. Very delicate flavour, possibly anaemic. (Still getting used to it. Made a pot today)
 
I have never actually looked at recipes for my crock pot (slow cooker), I just weigh my ingredients (whatever I have in the pantry) and toss it in lol, seems to work out ok most of the time :D
 
I think I'm too much of a control freak for that. Never quite sure how it'll turn out. Plus I feel I'm still learning with my cooking. I might make a version of this again: (but use dried instead of fresh rosemary, buying fresh herbs you only use a small amount of every time is a pain*)

* Maybe when I get back in Australia I should think about a little indoor herb garden. (Will have to be indoor- I don't have outdoor space and the winters here would certainly kill a herb garden)
 
I'm going out soon and am messing about with what I look like. I feel pretty good (worn with dark brown ankle boots with a small heel). The top and the jacket I got from a charity shop. :D

edit- not sure about tucking the shirt in but it seems a shame to hide the belt.
 
"With a small heel", eh? Says the girl that can't wear heels? ;)

You look SO great! Love the dark jeans. Personally, I'd be looking at doing a button up on the jacket, just under the boobs which will make your waist skinny and give you lots of curvy shape. Mmmhmm.. About tucking in the shirt - I think it depends on what the line of the shirt is at the bottom. If it's straight, then leave it out. But if it is one of those weird ones that tapers to almost a point or something at the front, tuck it in. Whenever I tuck something in, I always put my hands above my head as high as possible, then that pulls the shirt out a teeny bit. :)

Congrats on looking so Fab! Too bad about the lack of a head though... ;) haha
 
Oh - same applies to the red cardigan you linked to. I love the colour, but I'd wear it with some black ribbon or something around the waist. :) (I just took some pics of me in a cardigan thing like this...)
 
Hey Amy, I have to ask ... how is cottage cheese with a dash of chilli powder? I have never heard of that before. I love each, but never had it together!
I am definitely going to keep an eye on what you eat because it all sounds interesting! :)
 
Gorgeous outfit.
I like it tucked in too.
You look so slender.
 
Sorry, going to be a bulk reply, have been out/ busy. Had a sort of weirdish/ hardish day yesterday (related to seeing my friend, but not in a bad way. Too hard to explain)

decisionmaker said:
"With a small heel", eh? Says the girl that can't wear heels? ;)

You look SO great! Love the dark jeans. Personally, I'd be looking at doing a button up on the jacket, just under the boobs which will make your waist skinny and give you lots of curvy shape. Mmmhmm.. About tucking in the shirt - I think it depends on what the line of the shirt is at the bottom. If it's straight, then leave it out. But if it is one of those weird ones that tapers to almost a point or something at the front, tuck it in. Whenever I tuck something in, I always put my hands above my head as high as possible, then that pulls the shirt out a teeny bit. :)

Congrats on looking so Fab! Too bad about the lack of a head though... ;) haha
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Thanks :D The heel is very chunky, which makes it easier to walk on. And it's maybe 7cm? So not so bad. My feet were killing me at the end of the day though- I'd somehow managed to put quite a lot of weight on my left little toe.

The shirt is reasonably tailored but I decided to leave it tucked in. The only major problem is that it wasn't quite long enough to be tucked in properly and I kept having to mess with it (if I'd deliberately put my hands above my head it would've all come out). Was annoying, but worth it. This is one of those jackets (got from a charity shop- new, something similar goes for about 60 pounds. I got this for 8. It's in perfect nick) that only buttons up at the bottom, but I think the extra bulk of it undone evens out my top and bottom halves a little. (Will have to think about the undone when it gets colder. I suspect this is a late spring-early autumn item. Or winter when I get back to Sydney ;) )

I'd definitely tie up cardigans like that one. In fact, yesterday I went into a store (paper? cards? art supplies? sort of thing) called Paperchase and found some perfect ribbon for sashes, I'd probably do something like that. 5m of their thickest ribbon for a fiver, in a bunch of really nice colours.

Sunflower- sleep's been improving. Day after caffeine was almost perfect, day with tea was pretty good (I think my major problem is I'm a night owl, so I perk up around 10pm and can stay up until 3 without any dramas until the next morning). Last night (yesterday was caffeine free) wasn't so good, but I had a hard day so that's easy to explain. Think I still got about 5.5 hours, which is an overall improvement. I've actually had coffee today- I can't give it up. But I had it weaker than usual, the minimum my coffee machine will make (2 cups) and before 10am.

Ashy- I thought it needed something to perk up the flavour. I use it as a topping for vegetables and/ or potato when I do that. I still find the texture of cottage cheese quite weird, and to be honest it gets weirder when you combine it with hot food, but the flavour's quite good (just don't look at it, it looks... well, a little :puke: ) And thank you :) I try to keep my food appealing and varied for my own purposes- too many good and relatively affordable food places a short wander from my front door!

And thank you Ashy and Carrie on the comments on the outfit- yes, the grey jacket, red shirt, jeans is me. (I'm trying to keep up some anonymity so my head doesn't get a showing on this site)
 
This, with adaptations, is dinner tonight: It's in the slow cooker now. I used 200g onion, 5g garlic, 123 capsicum ((bell) pepper), 319g stewing steak, 5 sprays frylight (low cal cooking spray), 2 tins of chopped tomato, a tin of water (403ml), a teaspoon of dried rosemary, and half a teaspoon of dried oregano. Haven't worked out nutrition or servings yet- will be to serve 4 or 6 depending how it comes out.

And here was yesterday's food- sorry, as I said, had a bit of a weird day.

I'll point out again (as I know Ashy is fairly new to looking at this, and for anyone else who hasn't seen the disclaimer before) that all my dairy products are low fat, and your mileage may vary with the calories.

Monday 6 June

Breakfast: 35 oats, 301ml milk, 80g blueberries, 83g natural yoghurt. Subtotal: 315 calories, 19g protein, 48g carbs, 4g fat. 24/63/13

Lunch: a lentil patty, 14g of sweet chilli sauce (massive overpour!), an 82g tomato, a 64g hardboiled egg, and 157g (2) carrot. Subtotal: 370 calories, 16g protein, 48g carbs, 16g fat. 17/47/36 (sidenote: I fail at boiling eggs)

Snack: While I was out I was massively dehydrated- this was the cheapest low cal option by far. Bottle (1 litre) of low cal sparkling water with a hint of lemon and lime. 20 calories, 2g carbs, negligible other. 0/100/0

Dinner: serve of chicken and spinach risotto, and 131g green beans (from frozen). Subtotal: 504 calories, 18g protein, 84g carbs, 10g fat. 14/64/18

Dessert: Roasted rhubarb (idea is here: ) made with 199g raw rhubarb and 25g caster sugar, served with 102g natural yoghurt, and 49g frozen raspberries. Subtotal: 226 calories, 7g protein, 44g carbs, 2g fat. 14/78/8

Total: 1436 calories (82%), 62g protein :)cuss:), 228g carbs, 33g fat. 2677ml water consumption, 2156mg sodium (144%- risotto represents 95% of my allowance). Final split: 17/62/21. (sigh)
 
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