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Becky's Plan
  • Update once a week with measurements
  • Update daily with calorie count and foods eaten
  • Eat Organic as much as possible
  • Friday night is my -eat anything for dinner- night
  • Run on the treadmill at least once a week*
  • Walk to the supermarket at least once a week
  • Play on the Wii Fit at least once a week
  • Alternate the fruit and veg I eat each week
* A short run at least once a week is better than not running at all, and as time goes on and my caesarean scar heals up, I'll increase the amount I run.

This Weeks Measurements
Will update this later once I find a tape measure!

This Weeks Menu
Monday -
Tuesday
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple & semi-skim milk, banana & orange - 376kcal
Lunch: Baked potato & cheese, spaghetti from a tin - 350kcal
Dinner: Three Fajitas (tortilla, peppers, onion) - roughly 400kcal
Supper: Two slices wholewheat toast, butter and jam - 250kcal
Snack: Cheese and onion crisps - 90kcal
1466kcal total

Thursday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple, banana, few nuts - 350kcal
Lunch: None, I had a late breakfast and early dinner.
Dinner: Chilli Con Carne (100%, from scratch! :D) and rice - 600 kcal rough guess)
Supper: Boiled egg, two slices wholewheat toast, butter - 285kcal
Snack: 1 orange, 2 kiwi, 1 banana - 240kcal
1475 kcal total

Friday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple, banana - 300kcal
Lunch: Mackerel pasta, carrot and homemade cheese and onion dip - 300kcal
Dinner: Left over chilli con carne, two bread - 500kcal
Supper: Two slices wholewheat toast, boiled egg, butter - 270kcal
Snack: Two squares 80% dark chocolate - 100kcal
1470kcal total

Saturday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple, banana - 150 kcal (only ate half)
Lunch: Chicken soup, two pieces of bread & tin of spaghetti - 430kcal
Dinner: Waffles x2 and ravioli - 400kcal
Supper: Spam sandwiches - 750ishkcal
Snacks: Crisps, snowball - 200kcal
1930kcal total

Sunday I got up earlyish with my son so I had two lunches.
Breakfast: Oats So Simple - 200kcal
Early Lunch: Chicken soup, two slices wholewheat bread - 230kcal
Late Lunch: Noodles on one slice of wholewheat bread - 250kcal
Dinner: Sunday dinner made by boyfriends mum, and pudding - 550kcal
Supper: One slice of wbolewheat toast - 95kcal
Snacks: Cake at a birthday party - 250kcal
1595kcal total

Monday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple -200kcal
Lunch: Dolmio Spaghetti - 300kcal
Early Dinner: Chicken salad sandwich - 290kcal
Late Dinner: Organic fajitas - 350kcal
Snack: Packet of crisps - 130kcal
1270kcal

TuesdayWriting today early cause I have it planned out.
Breakfast: Boiled egg, two slices bread - 260kcal
Lunch: Tuna & sweetcorn mayo on jacket potato - 380kcal
Dinner: Cabbage, carrots & potatoes - 350kcal
Snack: Fudge cake - 150kcal
Supper: Slice of wholewheat toast, kiwi and banana - 260kcal
1470kcal total

Calorie intake to maintain weight: 14000kcal
Calorie intake to lose 1lb a week: 10500kcal
Calorie intake for week 1: 10676kcal
Calorie loss:
Slightly too many calories. It was the spam sandwiches that did me wrong! Better luck this up and coming week. :)
 
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Hi there!

How are you. How long ago did you have the c section. When I had mine I swelled up so much I could hardly walk for the 1st two weeks. I just wanted to say hi.
 
I hope your quest to losing weight will be successful. I will be checking this post once in awhile to see how are you doing.

Just have self control and consistency and I know you will be heading a successful weight loss quest.
 
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Thanks both of you. I had my c section four months ago. The scar has healed well and I'm back to my usual self, but if I run or overdo it, I get pain in my tummy, behind the scar.
 
Updated with todays menu. Measurements coming when I have a bendable tape measure! I did very well today, I have to say. No crisps or chocolate! I made chilli con carne from scratch for the first time, used kidney beans in a meal for the first time, and when I wanted chocolate.. I ate lots of fruit instead.

I have noticed I want to snack at night time, not in the day. I wonder why that is..
Tomorrow I think I'll steam some carrots as a snack. Sunday roast tomorrow, savoy cabbage, organic potatoes and carrots and broccoli. Might try that salmon with cheese spread for lunch..
 
I didn't plan my food for today and I went a bit crazy - just over 2000kcal which is my maintain calorie intake, not my weight loss intake. No win no lose for today I guess.
 
I can't believe I've kept this updated, but I have and I'm very proud of myself!

Three weeks ago I babysat for my niece and nephew in laws, and I weighed 13st 9lb on their scales. Today I got weighed and I was 13st 6lb! CHUFFED!

Also, had a scary moment last night. I've been eating very well for this week and last night I was starving, so I ate those fatty spam sandwiches, which was like 1000 calories in one go, pretty much. Anyway, my heart skipped a few beats, or something, and I was petrified. I literally thought that was it for me, I was a gonner. I knew I'd done wrong with that spam and I was so scared I chucked half up. I never make myself throw up and don't plan on it again, so I hope whoever is reading this doesn't think I'm stupid. I was just so scared, I wanted it out.

I refuse to eat like that again anyway, if I'm hungry, I'll just take the time to make something healthy. Dave, my boyfriend, he bought crisps, chocolate and coke before and asked me if I wanted some and I said no, and I really didnt want any. I didnt refuse because I didnt want to go off track, I just really truly didnt want to eat them and my first thought was, why eat them when they don't do me any good, thats just silly. Good, eh? :D Chuffed.

I'm just waiting until pay day now so I can go and buy more food cause I've ran out of healthy stuff. You can tell by reading my weeks menu. It's gone from great, to good, to worse. ^^ Sleep now, I'm knackered.
 
Hello

I am glad you are doing great!!! I remember getting pain behind my c section scar for about the first 6 month after it and also the first 3 months of my second pregnancy. Congrats on the weight loss and with the new baby!
 
Last week I ate 3324 calories, just 176 calories short of a full 3500kcal to lose one pound. I won't weight myself yet though. I'm proud of myself for sticking to writing my food menu down.

This Weeks Menu
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple, banana - 350kcal
Lunch: Tuna mayo sandwich - 350kcal
Late lunch: Meat and potato pastie, half slice of chocolate cake - 400kcal
Dinner: Savoy cabbage, carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy - 450kcal
1550kcal total
Thursday
Breakfast: Oats So Simple, banana - 350kcal
Lunch: Pizziola subway sandwich - 500kcal
Dinner: Beef burger, three slices of garlic bread, milkshake = 700
1550kcal total
Friday
Breakfast: Boiled egg, two slices of toast, banana - 410kcal
Lunch: Chicken pasta and salad - 300kcal
Late lunch: Chicken soup, wholewheat bun - 200kcal
Supper: Spaghetti on toast, egg - 460kcal
1470kcal total
Saturday
Breakfast: Bacon sandwich - 360kcal
Lunch: Fajitas- 300kcal
Dinner: Coley, veg and potatoes - 350kcal
Snacks: Three packets of crisps, some chocolate - 500kcal
1510kcal total
Sunday - HAPPY UK MOTHERS DAY! My first as a mummy :D x
Breakfast: Spaghetti, egg, toast - 474kcal
Dinner: Potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, beef - 500kcal
Supper: Bacon sandwich - 360kcal
1334kcal total
Monday
Breakfast: Tuna salad - 250kcal
Lunch: Soup and bread - 465
Dinner: Bacon sandwich - 360kcal
Snack: Chocolate - 200kcal
1275kcal total

I'm selling my treadmill tomorrow because I need room in my home, but I will be buying a smaller exercise bike to use. I'm doing well food-wise, now I need to exercise to kick up the weight loss. :)
 
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Tonight I'm ordering a burger and chips. I refuse to feel guilty for it! Back on track, right after I've eaten it.
 
Updated my menu. I missed dinner, it's very hectic with a four month old in your life! :D I'm happy though.

My house is finally coming together, and once that's sorted, my weight can finally be sorted too! I want to buy a small exercise bike, and am thinking of getting one with a cross trainer included on it. We shall see. :)

Need to get more fruit and water into my diet, and try not to go so long without food.
 
When my babies where little I used to prepare fruits in the mornint or buy the frozen ones and when I would breast feed or later on bottle I would make myself a smoothy so that way I got all the fruit and dairy some extra protein as well. Hopefully that helps you out!!!
 
I started off well today, and the more the day went on, the worse I got.
Need to restock my fridge anyway so will do that tomorrow and see how we go then.
 
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