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today hasn't been exciting... the scale still showed 70.3 in the morning so i was a bit ..meh about it. was looking forward to seeing a 70...

anyway... i am going out for a drink later but i'll only have a diet coke-and i am good at sticking to it... the rest of the day looked like this:


breakfast: 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

morning snack: 1 banana

lunch: pita bread with portion of hummus, 7 cherry tomatos and half a cucumber cut in sticks to dip in the hummus

afternoon snack: 1 total 0% yoghurt with 1 tablespoon of honey

dinner is cooking now and it's gonna be a jacket potato with a tin of tuna (in brine) and 30 grams of low-fat cheddar cheese over it

total for the day is 1300 kcals again (adding 200g of semiskimmed milk for coffees)... i really need to start doing excersise or i don't think i'll be able to see under 70 as soon as i want to.
:D have fun!
 
yeah, that exercise is whats gonna do it for ya! You seem to be doing terrific on calories and food tho, keep it up :)
 
yehaw!! or a fluke?

....i dunno how to explain this but the scale today showed 69.6... i cannot understand how it can happen since it was still at 70.3 yesterday.

but i keep the number, am cheered up, but i don't hold much hope it will be as low tomorrow... maybe lucky time at my morning toilet.. (blush)

anyway... i WILL excersise today and when i got dressed this morning i put on my sports gear so i won't have an excuse not to.

food wise, the plan is as follows:

breakfast: 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 banana

lunch: 1 pita bread, 1 portion of hummus, 7 cherry tomatos and half a cucumber in sticks for dipping in hummus

snack: 20 grams of almonds

dinner will be 2 pork chops grilled (trimmed of visible fat first) with 150 grams of steamed broccoli and a portion of gravy over it

adding the usual 200g of milk for coffees... it will be 1400 kcals for today

have fun and pray for me to excersise.. grrrr
 
disaster!

today has been another fiasco eating wise... really difficult to combine social life + healthy controlled eating.

so i left the house again for what i thought would be a short time- only it didn't happen like that. i met a friend downtown for a coffee, and we ended up with another friend for lunch and then spent some more time downtown for shopping and another coffee...so i have no clue what my lunch had it in calorie-wise, and even though i tried for what seemed a good option from the menu it ended up being not so much one.

anyway..lets start from beggining:

breakfast: 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk
50 grams of semiskimmed milk in a coffee


then i was off and it looked like this:

2x tall skinny lates from starbucks.

wagamama lunch-- i had something that looked like spicy chicken and veg in a red chilli sauce on a bed of noodles. i had only a few forkfuls of the noodles and just tried to pick the chicken and the veg but i have no idea overall how many calories that was and their website doesn't have any info. which is a shame as they're a big chain here and maybe they should. anyhoo.
maybe 10 edamame beans.


got back home with a sigh of relief and had what was planned for my dinner, which was 75 grams of wholewheat pasta with bolognese sauce (exactly how i make it is on another post further up)

calories total? no idea... but it shouldn't be more than 1500. hopefully.

good night
 
Take it as a learning experience! Don't think of it as a disaster. The problem with "lifestyle changes" is we start them by doing some serious hard work- counting calories and focusing on what we eat; but we don't take into consideration that real life involves restaraunts. We've all gotta just learn how to deal with it, and make up for it later :) I did that on Saturday- decided not to go out because I was just to damn scared of drinking a million calories... No worries- I think it seems like ya did pretty good :D
 
thanks jess :) it is indeed very difficult to combine your ideas of healthy eating/calorie control with the rest of the world. also especially difficult when you don't feel like looking like some sort of ocd person when your friends propose to grab a bite out.

i am good with passing on things many times, heck i've even seen one of my mates here eat two whole pizzas while i stood there and watched, sipping my diet coke, but many times you just can't help it.

another problem i face is that 1. i am a late eating person, so if i have a lunch out i also have to have dinner otherwise i will be starving and not be able to sleep

and 2. if someone proposes we have dinner instead it means i have used up allocated calories for the remaining day so i only have a specific amount for my planned dinner, so eating out still leaves me at a disadvantage.

now...how to find a balance.. i WILL!!!! somehow.

anyway, today's been quiet, i stayed home and socialized through the beautiful power of the internet.

this morning the scale showed 69.5 so whoohooo!

food wise:

breakfast: 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 banana

lunch:1 wholewheat pita bread cut in half with 1 sliced tomato and 30 grams of low-fat cheddar over the halves-->grilled--> mmm

snack: 22grams of almonds

dinner is going to be 75grams of wholewheat pasta with the remaining bolognese sauce from last night

adding the usual 200g of milk for coffee brings us to 1500 for the day.

:D
 
Your balance can be exercise! If I know I am going to be eating out or going out I usually try to get a good workout in beforehand to give me some extra room. Or I make sure to get the workout in the next day. The day out with your friends sounded like a good time not a disaster - you have to have fun too! Just make sure to get back on the wagon the next meal and drink lots of water - your doing great, keep it up!
 
if people keep repeating to me how important excersise is, it might sink in eventually LOL!

today has been good calorie-wise :) and i believe activity-wise, i didn't do much excersise per se, but i took two strolls downtown so i got some walking in.

anyway..foooood:

morning: 30g special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 medium banana

lunch: 1 carrot, eaten raw. 1 pita bread with 1 chopped tomato and 30g of low-fat cheddar

snack: 1 tall nonfat late from starbucks

dinner:
i grilled a big turkey breast, boiled a whole bag of boil in the bag brown rice and stir fried 200g of mushrooms.

when all was cooked, i had half of each --->the other half tomorrow

adding 200g of milk for coffees, total for today 1500 kcals.
 
quiet day

scaled today showed 69.4

i think....i am re-evaluating my goal and will go for 65 at the moment and see how it feels when i get there

i sooo wanted to excersise today!! unluckily, my ipod decided to die almost as soon as i started my routine and i couldn't go on without music... i only did my warm up and 1 song :/ tomorrow..definately more cos i made a new playlist and cannot wait to dance up and down the stairs to it

food wise:

breakfast: 30g special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

lunch: pita bread cut in half with a sliced tomato and 30g of low fat cheddar, grilled. 1 carrot eaten raw

snack: 1 banana sliced and mixed in 1 total 0% pot

dinner is gonna be the remaining stuff from yesterday: turkey breast (1/2), stir fried mushrooms, and 1/2 bag brown rice, dollop of gravy

adding 200g of semiskimmed milk for coffee---> 1500 kcals


i am thinking of starting having my coffee black, the 200g of semiskimmed milk don't add too many calories but they can be used for a snack instead :/ i dunno... i've always had my coffee white and with sugar so i have already gone really far with not having sugar in it since september... i'll think about it and maybe try and see how it goes...

x
 
proud of myself :)

today i've made myself proud excersise-wise.

it's a cold snowy day outside but yet i did jump at the opportunity when a friend suggested we walk her dog at a local park here, even though i got a bit frozen in the process. walking on snow/slippery ice MUST be more calorie efficient than plain walking!

anyway, afterwards, when i got home, i didn't use walking as an excuse but i pushed myself and also did 20minutes of steps on the staircase (much to the amusement of my roomate).

this morning the scale showed 69.3

hoping for a bit better for tomorrow :)

OH! and also no milk in coffee today! yehaw! even though it tastes funny and much stronger i am sure i'll get used to it the same way i got used to no sugar in it. to be honest..it's better to replace those milk calories for a snack anyway.

foooooooooooood:

brekkie: 30g of Special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 medium banana

lunch: 1 carrot, eaten raw. 1 wholewheat pita bread sliced open with 1 tomato cut over those slices and 30 grams of low-far cheddar and grilled.. i am really enjoying this for a lunch it reminds me vaguely of pizza but nothing close to calories

snack: 1 total 0% yoghurt with 1 tablespoon of organic honey

dinner will be 4 fish fingers (fish sticks for the yankees of the forum) with a small tin of beans in red sauce

evening snack: 200g of green seedless grape


total = 1400 kcals.

:D
 
not feeling too great today--inside
but outside all's good and i managed 20 minutes of steps as well.. quite some progress. i am really ashamed of myself those 20 minutes almost kill me every day... well i need to get my fitness levels up..need to.


food: breakfast 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 banana

lunch: wholewheat pita bread cut open, 1 sliced tomato and 30 grams of low fat cheddar and grilled

snack: 1 total 0% yoghurt with 80 grams of unfrozen unsweetened red berry mix

dinner will be 3 vegetarian sausages with 200grams of broccoli and a portion of gravy

evening snack will be 200 grams of green grapes


no milk in coffee still :)

total for today = 1300 kcals

x
 
today has been another freezing cold snowy day. i am just happy of the fact that if i am shivering at least my body's burning kcals to keep warm :p

foodwise today has been good

breakfast: 30 grams of special K with 100 grams of semiskimmed milk

lunch: 1 pita bread grilled with 30grams of low fat cheddar. 1 medium banana

snack: 1 total 0% yoghurt with 1 tablespoon of honey

dinner: 1 jacket potato with a tin of tuna in brine and 50 grams of low-fat cheddar

snack: 230 grams of green grapes

total= 1400 kcals

tomorrow the REAL challenge starts as i am flying back home for christmass and new year.. which means a lot of friends/drinks/lunches/dinner.. jesus i am gaining weight just thinking about it

i'll try my best and keep you updated but wont be able to weigh myself until i am back :(
 
no idea!

sooooo it's been some days since i last wrote here..and so many things have happened!

i got stuck in gatwick for two days because of "adverse weather conditions".. had to rearrange two flights, only had choice between macdonalds or burger king for my food..but still i feel that i didn't do too bad.. no way of knowing though...

i finally made it to my mom's home in the early hours of wednesday :/

i have been trying to be very very good with what i eat and still havent had any other drinks than water,plain coffee and diet coke. my mom went shopping yesterday and i gave her a list of things that i want to have around, like 0% yoghurt, wheat melba toast, almonds etc so at least in the house i have all my healthy snacks..

hopefully it'll go well and i'll be able to combine the fun and the nutrition

xx
 
sometimes our choice of food is limited but as long as you made the best choices posible, it all you can do, Hope you have a good christmas :)
 
i am back from christmas and i have to get myself back on track. christmas has been just a fun time, with lots of friends, family and social gatherings and i have been both very good and very bad.

very good= almost no alcohol! with the only exception being new years eve, i didn't have anything but perrier whenever i went out.

very bad= food.

i have no idea even now what it's true effect have been as i am going through TOM since yesterday. but the days will soon tell.

the most important thing is getting back on track :)

so today, food

breakfast: none. no food in the house, and waited until my roomate was up and about to take me shopping (he's the one with the car)

snack: 1 medium banana

lunch: 1 pita bread with 1 sliced tomato, 1 slice of ham, 30g of low-fat cheddar, and 1 carrot

snack: 200g of low-fat strawberry yoghurt

dinner: 1 small turkey breast, grilled. 200g of broccoli, 1 portion of gravy
+ 200g of green grapes

evening snack will be 4 pieces of melba toast with 2 triangles of laughing cow extra light cheese

total for today= 1200 kcals.

onwards!
 
so..yesterday both a great thing and a scary thing happened.

i am going back to greece for two more weeks come tuesday :)

it's great since if i stayed here i would just wait for the next uni semester to start, not so great for my diet again, but this time i will be even better

i still cannot say for sure since it's TOM but today the scale showed 68.8, which means i lost half a kilo in my two weeks in greece over xmas.

but tomorrow my hormones can be at a different level and the scale can show something different. so i am not holding on to that. but what i can say is that i did not gain either otherwise it would've been higher.

so... SCARED!


i need to be able to eat efficiently both when i am alone here and when i have 200 social temptetations/minute back home.


anyway

food today (was uni day so i had to have everything packed and with me)

breakfast: 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk

snack: 1 medium banana

lunch: 1 pita bread with 1 triangle of low-fat laughing cow cheese and 1 slice of ham. 1 pita bread with 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of peanut-butter (this is a fantastic dessert, by the way)
1 medium skinny late

snack: 30g of hazelnuts

dinner will be 4 fishsticks with 1 small tin of baked beans + 200g of green grapes


total= 1500kcals.

go go
 
Greece! I'm so jealous! Everyone goes to cool places but me, lol! I hate TOM too, cuz its always a different number. grr. Keep on trekkin!
 
hahaha yes greece if by far the coolest (not literally) place in the world. but sadly i am still in snowy england.

anyway, scale today showed 68.9, let's see what tomorrow brings again


food today:

breakfast: 30g of special k with 100g of semi-skimmed milk

snack: 1 medium banana

lunch: 1 carrot. 1 pita bread with 1 sliced tomato, slice of ham and 30g of cheddar (low fat)

snack: 200g of green grapes mixed in 200g of fat-free strawberry yoghurt


dinner will be 1 medium jacket potato with 30grams of low-fat cheddar and 1 tin of tuna

for further snacking i'll have 100g of dried apricots ;)

total==> 1700kcals.

i have been having a huge appetite battle lately, in all fairness the last month. dunno how to handle it but been trying.
 
today has been so quiet.. stay in home-couch potato quiet. i really hate this snow.

tomorrow i am travelling down to london to stay at a friend's house and then flying out on tuesday. so will be a busy bee, but today.. hmeeeeh


anyway..

food: brekkie 30g of special K with 100g of semiskimmed milk
snack: 1 small banana
lunch: 1 pita bread with 40g of low-fat cheddar, 2 slices of ham, 1 tomato, 1 carrot
snack: 250g of fat-free strawberry yoghurt with 80g of green grapes

dinner will be 2 pork escalopes with 200g of broccoli and a portion of gravy

i have 200g of dried apricots to snack on afterwards

total will be 1700kcals again :(
 
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