Blueberry03's Diary

Week Six

Well, weighed myself today and I'd lost two pounds :) ive also lost another half inch around my upper and lower thighs. very happy with that.

In the last month i have:
Lost 4 pounds
Lost 6 inches around my body
Reduced my resting rate by like, 20bpm!
 
I've been reviewing my dailyplate.com entires for the past month, and have noticed a few trends which have lead to the plateau ive had for the last 3 weeks. kinda feel like kicking myself.

1) over the last 3 weeks i have improved my meals, but still binge on one item, which ill forget about the next day.
2) the supermarket is on the way home from work, i tend to go in to elevate boredom, so, very likely to buy something.
3) since starting a new job last month i have fallen on prepared meals. though it ups my calories for the day so im not starving myself (i dont feel hungry at work, for some reason) its high in fat, sugar and salt.
4) i watch tv too much, and eat whilst watching which promotes binging.
5) when cooking a large meal to use over a few days, i dont measure out portions.

this week i lost 2 pounds, i think mostly cause my debit card stopped working, and had a small amount of money on me:
4) i made 2 cheap meals to last 3 days each. they were both curries with prawns or chicken, with bulky stir fry veggies and an oil spray (1 spray = 1 calorie). very low in salt, sugar and fat.
5) couldnt afford prepared meals.
6) eating the same food everyday from my cupboard meant i didnt binge cause it got too boring.
7) i ate chocolate once this week-! only snacked on fruit or healthy, cheaper snacks.

Tasks for the week:
make all my meals, no excuses!
measure out meal portions
be productive with my evenings, no tv.
dont eat with the tv
replace binge foods with fruit, or healthy snacks if feel need to buy something in tesco.
phase out chocolate (ouch!)
eat something at work. ill be less tired so less likely to be lazy with food.

phew, what a long post! ill start putting up a diary to show what i am eating everyday, then at least the embarrassment will force me to change even more :p

Food Diary
Breakfast: ~290 calories
Tesco Instant Porridge ?g
Tesco Clear Honey ?g
Tesco Berry Medley 140g

Lunch/Snack: ~100 calories
Coffee + 1 sugar
Tesco Berry Medley 140g

Dinner: ~3-400? calories
Prawn Biryani Curry ?g
Amoy Medium Noodles 120g

woke up late and didnt have work, so, though it seems small its within like 6 hours.
 
Food Diary

Had another weird day where i sleep alot and feel too depressed/anxious to eat cause it makes me feel sick.

pretty much have just eaten plain chicken sandwiches and fruit, with soup inbetween. about 1200 calories. at least its not under 1200, but its not a good start.
 
Food Diary

Breakfast 270 calories
30g Instant Porridge Oats
30g Sultanas

Lunch/Dinner ~440 calories x2
Batch of veggie bolognese with pasta and grated parmesan

Snack throughout the day 111 calories
240g Black Forest Fruit

total: 1200 calories

didnt feel well to go buy food, so, just threw stuff together.
 
Food Diary

Well, hada 3 hour meeting all afternoon. had forgot to buy breakfast the day before, went over there.. free food!

Lunch
A ham and mustard sandwich 189 calories
2x tea with 1 sugar 36 calories

Dinner (brought back from meeting):
Half a cheese and onion sandwich ~150 calories
Two helpings of bread and pudding pudding, homemade ~500 calories
A tangerine 37 calories
Two mini cupcakes ~230 calories

fell asleep around 9am, so missed out on a meal.

~1100 calories
 
Hi Blueberry,

Congrats on the weight loss and inches lost so far! You seem to be doing really well. I know how you feel about chocolate, I have such a weakness for it, so I bought some sugar free hot chocolate mix, although I don't really like hot cocolate, I put two spoons of it in a small glass of skim milk and and it really hits the spot when I need a chocolate fix without the fat or hundereds of calories. I think we can still have the things we like just healthier versions of them, dark chocolate was a good tip from Tik as well, a lot less fat and suagr. Maybe buy indivudially pieces to make it easier to have one or two pieces then a big bar. Great job so far!
 
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Hey Janvier, thanks :) ive been replacing chocolate with mixed fruit, its working pretty well so far :)

Food Diary

still real low on food but tried to eat more today.

Breakfast 390 calories
Porridge Oats 60g
Sultanas 30g
3 dates

Dinner 630 calories
1 breaded chicken escalope
rice 30g
frozen sweetcorn, peas, cauliflour

Snack One 155 calories
3x tps Blueberries
Porridge Oats 40g

Snack Two 280 calories
Half can of chicken/mushroom soup
rice 15g
grated dehydrated cheese ?g

Total: 1450 calories
 
Food Diary

Still too low on money to buy two meals so had porridge/blueberries in the evening.

Breakfast 300 calories
Porridge Oats 60g
Blueberries 30g
Sultanas 15g

Lunch 540 calories
Breaded Escalope
Rice 45g
Peas 80g
Cauliflour 1/2 cup

Dinner/Snack 300 calories
Porridge Oats 60g
Blueberries 60g
Medium Tangerine

Total: 1140 calories
 
Week Seven

Edit: after tomrw i prob wont be able to get internet access, shall have to see. I lost another pound this week, plus, an inch around my bum.

This week I have watched an hour of tv. was alot easier then expected to stay away from it. plus, ive eaten no chocolate.

According to dailyplate.com ive reduced my average sugar intake by ~40-60g, and fat by ~10-30g cause i havent binged for one week. hopefully can keep it up.

Food Diary

Breakfast 310 calories
Porridge Oats 60g
Blueberries 40g
Sultanas 15g

Lunch 540 calories
1 Breaded Escalope
Rice 45g
frozen peas 80g
cauliflour 1/2 cup

Dinner 390 calories
Tesco Handmade Pork Pie 139g
rice 45g
frozen spinach 80g
cauliflour 0.5 cup

Total: 1240 calories
 
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Food Diary

other then the alcohol, not doing too bad so far this weekend. but cant believe just how many calories there are in a can of beer-!

Breakfast 345 calories
Porridge 60g
Blueberries 90g (left overs)

-travelling-

Dinner 700 calories
Coop Stir Fry Veggies
Coop cooked chicken
Coop Jalfrezi Sauce
Coop Rice

Evening
2 beers 385 calories

~1430 calories

Food Diary
Breakfast 100 calories
Malt Wheats Cereal
Semi skimmed Milk

Dinner 530 calories
Coop Rice
Coop Stir Fry Veggies
Coop Jalfrezi Sauce
Coop Tikka Masala Chicken
1 baozi

Evening 700 calories
3 beers

~1330 calories
 
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Food Diary

Well, went camping over the weekend. have tried to put what i ate into dailyplate and it reckons i ate 1200-1400 calories. however, i was eating junk food like crisps and instant noodles, so, will not be surprised if i havent lost much weight this week.

on the plus side, tho, i havent ate chocolate in 12 days! :p i got some free red bean paste over the weekend. its very sweet, and tastes great in porridge, so, ive replaced honey with it.
 
i went camping over the weekend and had alot of food, maybe 1800 calories, though i was walking alot so am not too fussed. i didnt drink alcohol or ate chocolate though.. its been 2 weeks since i ate any-! :) i got some free red bean paste when i was away.. its sweet tasting so been using it instead of honey in porridge.

Food Diary yesterday

Breakfast 300 calories
Porridge Oats 60g
Red Bean Paste 20g

Lunch/Dinner 690 calories
Coop Curry Sauce
Tesco Stirfry veggies
Tesco value Chunky chicken
rice 45g

Snack ~200 calories
Red bean paste ?g

~1190 calories

Food Diary today

Breakfast 300
Porridge Oats
Red bean paste

Lunch 300
Porridge Oats
Red bean paste

Dinner 300?
Coop curry sauce
Tesco stirfry veggies
Tesco Value chunky chicken
rice 45g

snack 200
red bean paste ?g

total: ~1100 calories
 
Week Eight

Well, I lost 2 pounds this week :) didnt lose any inches though, so, looked at everything from a whole. tbh, i use an excel program i fixed up to look at how much i lose every week/month since i started dieting.

Month 1
Inches Lost: 5.5
Weight Lost: 2 pounds

Month 2
Inches Lost: 3
Weight Lost: 5 pounds

currently i am 165 pounds, which is a pound off my first goal of 30 BMI :) next goal, 29 BMI at 159 pounds.
 
Week Eight

Since changing my diet 2 weeks ago ive been following these rules:

* record food everyday on livestrong.com
* no junk or processed foods
* eat veggies and fruit everyday
* limit cigarettes to 5 or less a day
* only drink alcohol socially
* no chocolate
* no cheese
* no peanut butter or jam
* no fizzy drinks
* no red meat
* no bread, crackers, biscuits, cake
* no added sugar or salt
* eat rice and couscous, limit potatoes, no pasta
* no cereal, just porridge

Things to work on:

* eventually form a meal plan
* no caffeine
* drink more water
* have at least 2 portions of fish a week.
* have at least 2 veggie main meals a week.
* replace one meal with soup/bread or salad everyday.
* make own soup
* start with doing 20 minutes of exercise everyday. can be anything from walking to using youtube videos.
 
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i bought some stuff to make homemade parsnip/apple soup.. well excited :) also going to try drink 4+ glasses of water a day. i found prawns for £2, so, ill buy them at some point for fish. also bought a small tub of cottage cheese, 75p, i dont think i eat enough calcium. got some cheap mushrooms for a veggie meal. still need to think of a meal plan.

Food diary

breakfast 325 calories
60g porridge oats
20g red bean paste
dash of coconut milk

lunch/dinner 730 calories
1 cut up turkey escalope (didnt realise is 310 calories-!)
80g sliced mixed peppers
packet of dry fajita spices
45g rice
2 tortillas
1 tbsp cottage cheese
1 tbsp houmous
1 tbsp mango chutney

snacks 75 calories
3 satsumas

total: 1130 calories

really tasty meal but each turkey escalope has 15g of fat in it. i guess split over 2 meals its okay.

glasses of water: 4
 
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Food Diary

breakfast 300 calories
porridge oats 60g
?g honey

2 meals in afternoon 380 calories
salad leaves with some houmous in a tortilla wrap. sounds odd but its really tasty.

dinner 360 calories
0.5 pack noodles
stir fry veggies
tikka masala sauce
chicken
a tortilla wrap

total: 1040 calories

want to eat more but im falling asleep!
 
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