Lose inches - my diary (Please help)

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Everything I ate from 07/08/06 - 13/08/06

5 bowls of cereal (Special K) with semi skimmed milk
4 Snack-a-Jacks
4 Chocolate Digestives
11 Sausage rolls
4 square of a tuna sandwich
1 pizza
3 chicken bits
1 bowl of 1 wheatabix and semi skimmed milk
1 apple
3 Viennese Whirls
1 small plate of pasta bolognaise
1 packet of crisps
2 rolls with chicken mayo (1 with lettuce)
1 plate of Macaroni cheese
1 piece of Millionaires shortcake
Couple bites of tablet
1 ham and mayo small baguette
2 small bars of chocolate
1 jacket potato with prawns mayo and coleslaw
Indian takeaway

Saturday 12/08/06
Exercise - Skipping, small weights and stretches

Sunday 13/08/06
Exercise - Gym (not a lot as it is my first time back in a while), Sauna

Monday 14/08/06
Breakfast - Bowl of special K cereal with semi skimmed milk
Snack - Banana
Lunch - Chicken mayo salad roll
Snack - Flapjack
Dinner - soup
Exercise - Dancing for 2 hours

Tuesday 15/08/06
Breakfast - Bowl of special K cereal with semi skimmed milk
Snack - Banana
Lunch - Chicken Salad
Dinner - Sausage rolls
Snack - 3 chocolate digestives
Exercise - Horse riding for 1 hour and a half (trotting)

Wednesday 16/08/06
Breakfast - Bowl of special K cereal with semi skimmed milk
Lunch - Bagel with butter
Snack - small crunchie and a gingerbread man
Dinner - soup
Snack - strawberries and grapes
Exercise - Gym, stretches, weights, swimming and sauna

Thursday 17/08/06
Breakfast - Bowl of special K cereal with semi skimmed milk
Snack - small handful of nuts, banana chips etc
Lunch - soup
Dinner - will have mild chicken curry
Exercise - I will skip this evening

Can you advise on anything else I can do, what to eat, what not to eat etc.

I have lost weight and toned slightly since I have started.
 
First thing is to add up your daily calories, they seem really low. Losing weight is not about eating as little as possible, but eating a balanced load of nutrients.

Add them here
 
Keep in mind that you want to eat to be healthy, not just to lose weight. I don't see a single vegetable in that whole list, and just a little fruit. I'd say ditch some of the junk foods and replace them with lean meats (chicken and turkey breasts), whole grains, and healthy fats like you'd find in different kinds of nuts. As in the previous message be sure you're getting enough calories, or else your body enters starvation mode and drops your metabolism like a lead anchor. And finally, while soup is good for filling you up on a low number of calories, be very wary of the amount of sodium they contain. Too much can cause you to retain water, taking away from the 'toned' look you want.

Bob
 
Hi,
definately adding up your calories for the day as said above would be helpful. Eating too little is as bad as eating too much.

You may want to try slowly making adjustments in the types of foods that you eat. Try eating foods as close to their natural state as possible. Foods that have not been processed such as brown rice, chicken and turkey breasts, sweet potatoes, oats, egg whites, fruits and veggies are all great choices. Slowly try to incorporate more of them in to your diet. Try to eat a balance of protein and carbs in each meal.

Hope that helps.

Sarah
 
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