Charles Diary. Feel free to help out!
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Cate
Long term member
You are continuing to do very well Charles. I think most days your food seems fairly well balanced. It was light on yesterday but sometimes that's what our bodies feel like. I have some protein with every meal & snack on protein if I'm hungry in between. Bananas are really good for energy when you're exercising I find (great golf food). Congrats on yet another loss! Cheers, Cate.
Yeah, banana's are good in a lot of ways!
Day 10!!
Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg and 1 slice of bacon.
Lunch: 1 can of plain tuna and 1 banana.
Dinner: 2 and a half chicken patties with tomato sauce and cheese, green beans, corn and peas.
Daily Exercise: 34 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: One 8 ounce glass of milk. Rest was water.
NOTES:
I felt really hungry today although I did go a bit overboard with the chicken. I purposefully had 2 chicken patties but I didn't want to waste the half one...
Either way, I don't regret my decisions today. (By the way, we had dinner later then usual so my anticipation for food was killing me)
Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg and 1 slice of bacon.
Lunch: 1 can of plain tuna and 1 banana.
Dinner: 2 and a half chicken patties with tomato sauce and cheese, green beans, corn and peas.
Daily Exercise: 34 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: One 8 ounce glass of milk. Rest was water.
NOTES:
I felt really hungry today although I did go a bit overboard with the chicken. I purposefully had 2 chicken patties but I didn't want to waste the half one...
Either way, I don't regret my decisions today. (By the way, we had dinner later then usual so my anticipation for food was killing me)
I'm not really aiming for a certain amount of calories.
The dinner might of been about 600-700 calories or something.
I am not really eating that much, maybe 3 to 4 times less then what I used to eat before this diet started.
Since I only ate a ridiculous amount before, not sure how much I should eat now and which hunger to ignore. So my solution was to eat 3 meals a day with a snack if I truly could tell I was hungry or had a small meal before the snack.
Maybe, if you never really considered how much/what you are eating, it would be a good idea to weigh/count how much you are eating for a week or so. Pretty sure there are apps around to make it less of a hassle but since you´re eating very simple meals for the most part I think calculating it yourself wouldn´t be that much work. Then again: doing it by feel has advantages as well. The thing about weight loss is that everyone has to find a method that feels right and matches their personality...
KnowAndDo
New member
When I started out I looked into a BMR calculator and used that as my target calorie goal. You can eat lower than your BMR's worth of calories but from what I read, it's generally not recommended for any real length of time. The main idea of the BMR calculator is that it gives you a rough estimate of how many calories you would burn if you were completely inactive. I've never been one to count up all the calories eaten per day but I generally aim to make sure I get at least 1700 at my current weight.
Day 11!!
Breakfast: 1 can of plain tuna.
Lunch: 8 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs (Family got take-away, Hungry Jacks.)
Daily Exercise: I didn't feel like walking today and I couldn't risk being sore at work today.
Liquid Intake: Water and one 8 ounce glass of milk.
NOTES:
I work casual and today I had work from 4pm to 9pm. Surprisingly, I wasn't very hungry when I got back but I was really thirsty.
I think the water and activities limit my hunger so it's hard to have more.
If I start suffering ill effects from the low amount of eating then I'll do something about it but until then I guess I'll just live on. (I don't feel any worse then when I eat a-lot.)
Breakfast: 1 can of plain tuna.
Lunch: 8 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs (Family got take-away, Hungry Jacks.)
Daily Exercise: I didn't feel like walking today and I couldn't risk being sore at work today.
Liquid Intake: Water and one 8 ounce glass of milk.
NOTES:
I work casual and today I had work from 4pm to 9pm. Surprisingly, I wasn't very hungry when I got back but I was really thirsty.
I think the water and activities limit my hunger so it's hard to have more.
If I start suffering ill effects from the low amount of eating then I'll do something about it but until then I guess I'll just live on. (I don't feel any worse then when I eat a-lot.)
I do eat banana's. Yesterday I just so happened to not have any fruit or veg.
Yeah, avoiding take-away is an important one for me. I never really liked take-away even before I started dieting so it's not that hard to not have any.
Day 11!!
Breakfast: 1 banana.
Lunch: 7 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings and 1 raw carrot.
Snack: 1 raw carrot.
Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognese. (I did get seconds)
Daily Exercise: 1 hour and 4 minutes of walking. 50 minutes of praticing basketball.
Liquid Intake: Two 8 ounce glasses of milk. Rest was water. (Sort of craved milk today.)
NOTES:
Instead of being annoyed at the fact I ate so much for dinner today and yesterday I will instead look at the positives to motivate myself to keep going and possibly avoid further temptations.
1. Avoiding sugary substances like soda, flavored milk, candy, chocolate etc.
2. I'm exercising a-lot and got into practicing basketball.
3. Lowered my wheat intake.
4. Lowered snacking completely. At most I'll have one snack and it will mostly be small and healthy.
5. Lowered time on computer since I can't go on the computer while walking or playing basketball.
I probably missed some but I do feel better noting the ones I can think of.
On other news, I'll be weighing myself DAILY from tomorrow on-wards since I bought myself my own weighing scale! I'll be weighing myself in the morning every day then post it along with my food and drink intake!
Breakfast: 1 banana.
Lunch: 7 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings and 1 raw carrot.
Snack: 1 raw carrot.
Dinner: Spaghetti Bolognese. (I did get seconds)
Daily Exercise: 1 hour and 4 minutes of walking. 50 minutes of praticing basketball.
Liquid Intake: Two 8 ounce glasses of milk. Rest was water. (Sort of craved milk today.)
NOTES:
Instead of being annoyed at the fact I ate so much for dinner today and yesterday I will instead look at the positives to motivate myself to keep going and possibly avoid further temptations.
1. Avoiding sugary substances like soda, flavored milk, candy, chocolate etc.
2. I'm exercising a-lot and got into practicing basketball.
3. Lowered my wheat intake.
4. Lowered snacking completely. At most I'll have one snack and it will mostly be small and healthy.
5. Lowered time on computer since I can't go on the computer while walking or playing basketball.
I probably missed some but I do feel better noting the ones I can think of.
On other news, I'll be weighing myself DAILY from tomorrow on-wards since I bought myself my own weighing scale! I'll be weighing myself in the morning every day then post it along with my food and drink intake!
Butterfly88
New member
Reading over more of your food intake I think you're okay in protein. It was just that one day.
Thanks.Yay for those carrots! I must say: you are great for taking on board what other people tell you. Don´t get too stuck on the numbers on the scale; you´ll probably see them fluctuate quite a bit and not always for a good reason.
I won't let the scale get me down. I'm more proud of my life style changes more than the weight loss.
Day 13!! (Didn't realize it said Day 11 yesterday... Yesterday was actually Day 12.)
Breakfast: 1 can of plain tuna and 1 raw carrot.1 can of plain tuna and 1 raw carrot.
Lunch: 7 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Snack: 1 raw carrot.
Dinner: 1 bowl of burrito meat with cheese and 1 banana. (Mom made Burrito's but since I had wheat yesterday I decided to avoid it today.)
Daily Exercise: 40 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: Water.
Daily Weigh-in: 104.2kg (It's very interesting.)
NOTES:
Not much to really say.
Am loving the chicken wings.
Breakfast: 1 can of plain tuna and 1 raw carrot.1 can of plain tuna and 1 raw carrot.
Lunch: 7 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Snack: 1 raw carrot.
Dinner: 1 bowl of burrito meat with cheese and 1 banana. (Mom made Burrito's but since I had wheat yesterday I decided to avoid it today.)
Daily Exercise: 40 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: Water.
Daily Weigh-in: 104.2kg (It's very interesting.)
NOTES:
Not much to really say.
Am loving the chicken wings.
The new weight may just be caused by the different scales (this is your first weigh-in on your own scales, right?), or may be due to water retention (working out a lot when your body isn´t used to it will have your muscles hold on to extra water and the wings and burrito meat probably had quite a bit of salt too). No worries
Day 14!!
Breakfast: 1 small raw carrot.
Lunch: 6 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Snack: 1 mini drumstick ice-cream. (End of the second week so decided to try something sugary.)
Dinner: Sweet and sour chicken with rice.
Daily Exercise: 20 minutes of walking/running.
Liquid Intake: Water.
Daily Weigh-in: 104.6kg
NOTES:
I tried running a-lot but had to stop after one lap due to my hip hurting. (A few days ago I tried doing a jumping contest thing with one of my sisters and guess I hurt my hip..)
Breakfast: 1 small raw carrot.
Lunch: 6 coles mild spicy barbacue chicken wings.
Snack: 1 mini drumstick ice-cream. (End of the second week so decided to try something sugary.)
Dinner: Sweet and sour chicken with rice.
Daily Exercise: 20 minutes of walking/running.
Liquid Intake: Water.
Daily Weigh-in: 104.6kg
NOTES:
I tried running a-lot but had to stop after one lap due to my hip hurting. (A few days ago I tried doing a jumping contest thing with one of my sisters and guess I hurt my hip..)