Put DOWN the Nutella!

Arrrrgh Having a BAD knee day!!! My extra dodgy knee is HUGE right now and the other one isn't much better. Called work to say I'm not coming in before physio tomorrow, want to wait and see what she says, I really just wish this would go away!!! Or suddenly be better!!!! Doing my freakin head in!!!!!!!!!!


Did a bit of baking today, I made vegetarian pies and pasties. The mixture was sooooooo awesome!! It was mushrooms, broccoli, onion, garlic, sweet potato, pumpkin, a bit of feta and a bit of cheddar and I made my own shortcrust pastry with whole wheat flour.Had heaps of filling left over, think I might heat n eat it through the week when I'm feeling lazy!! Om nom nom. Oh and I ate one of the pies too, so adding that to todays intake...


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 4 of 84)



B: PB choc oatmeal cake (homemade)

S: Apple

L: A bowl of the pasty filling I made yesterday (HUGE pile o veg!) and a protein shake with skim milk
D: 5 homemade Mediterranean chicken meatballs



Total cals:[/b] 1208 Total deficit:[/b] 994

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 3526
 
Just got back from physio!!! After having a particularly dodgy knee day yesterday, I actually had a pretty positive session!!! My really bad patella is now moving almost freely again, I'm getting inflammation from instability in my joint caused by muscle weakness. SO... Got slightly harder lower body exercises now (YAY, get that strength back!) and should be walking around normally hopefully in a few weeks!!! She did some ultrasound on it to try to get rid of some of the swelling too. Happy days, can't wait till this is done with!!! Coming up on 6 weeks of being a cripple! And now there's light at the end of the tunnel :hurray:


Food and weight-wise, I think I'm doing pretty well this week. My waist has started to appear again, can't say if that's from weight loss though or because I was so bloated after being on holidays. Also I can start swimming now (not literally right now, we are having a random cool week so water is FREEZING!) but I can when it's warmer! Also have some definition happening in my shoulders/arms, so that's pretty awesome!!! And still haven't strayed from my plan, though it is only day 4... Feeling all around strong and positive today! Bring on holidays in 39 days!!!!!!


Here's some serious motivation/ inspiration for you. Bit of a tear jerker! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZuKF3dxCY
 
Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 5 of 84)



B:[/b] PB choc oatmeal cake (homemade)

S: Apple

L: Frittata I made with eggs, mixed veg and feta

S: Choc chip cookie dough Larabar

Post workout snack: Protein shake with skim milk

D:[/b] 5 homemade Mediterranean chicken meatballs



Total cals:[/b] 1470 Total deficit:[/b] 1017

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 4548
 
Mmmm, just put an oatmeal cake in the oven, smells AMAZING. I worked most of the day today, was REALLY boring!!! Had to use the computer for hours and I was so tired after a seriously shitty sleep last night. So Blah. Got work again at 6 tomorrow... then I have Mon off cuz it's a public holiday, and I work Tue-Fri cuz my roster has changed. So don't get 3 days off in a row anymore! Poos!


Planning on going for a swim tomorrow, wish me luck!


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 6 of 84)



B:[/b] Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S:[/b] Apple, 50g feta

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: Choc chip cookie dough Larabar

S (after swimming)- Piece of cheese

D:[/b] Homemade vege frittata



Total cals:[/b] 1570 Total deficit:[/b] 1020

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 5561
 
Ahhh. Ok. So ate up to maintenance yesterday and today, and it felt like bingeing.... but I think TOM is coming on so think that's got something to do with it. Didn't eat anything really that bad, yesterday I ate 3 small pieces of handmade gormet Tandoori pizza (you buy them from the deli here, it had fresh veg and chicken on it) and a few peanuts, and today I ate 2 wholemeal sandwiches with 4 extra of my homemade meatballs. I would consider it a 'binge' only because I wasn't hungry and I just did it cuz I could... grrr. Coulda been worse I guess!!!


Figured if I'm going to crave something sweet I may as well eat something half good for me, so I made 100% sugar free chocolate!!! In the freezer hardening up right now. Haha it tastes good, I got it all over my fingers so a bit of sampling went on! I used 60g coconut butter, 40g coconut oil, 1.5 tbsp raw cacao powder... dissolved the coconut ingredients and smashed the cacao into it (it's a bit lumpy) then poured it into a couple of chocolate molds I had... then smashed a handful of frozen berries and dropped it into the bars. Surprisingly coconut is kind of naturally sweet so it tasted good without the berries... but though I'd add em anyway! Coconut oil hardens at like 22 degrees so it's solid as long as it's in the fridge/freezer... has kind of a ganache texture. NOM!


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 7 of 84)



B:[/b] Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S:[/b] Apple

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: Piece of cheese

D:[/b] (not actually for dinner, just spread out through the day) Homemade berry chocolate



Total cals:[/b] 1264 Total deficit:[/b] 991

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 4704- hoping for a good weigh in Tue!


Also doing a workout tomorrow.
 
Weigh in tomorrow! No idea what to expect... I've been good this week but had a couple heavier days towards the end there, plus TOM is due and I'm already suffering a bit for that... Really, my goal was to be back at 69kg by tomorrow- but guess I'll be happy as long as I lose half a kg!! To be honest a few poor food choices were made, but tomorrow is the start of a new week and I plan for each one to be better than the last!


Goals for the week-

Now I can swim, I want to swim at least twice as well as doing a strength workout 3x! (BTW- my biceps and delts kinda just pop by themselves without me flexing now, they're just THERE! And I am getting back muscles- can see them when I flex and squint. Haha!)

Also, for the most part I avoided most processed foods... but still a few snuck in out of convenience/ crazy urge to eat while not hungry. Going to try to have a 'cleaner' week than last! And I'm aiming for a 5500 cal deficit for the week. BRING IT!


Also if anyone is interested, I was looking for recipes and stumbled upon a new blog: http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/, awesome recipes on here! Also really good explanations as to why you should avoid sugar, handy things to have in the cupboard, and a lot of other things. She has a couple of Ebooks too, after spending a few hours reading I just decided to buy them (really good BTW) A lot of the recipes are already on her page though! Just thought I'd share :biggrin: Also just randomly on the subject of recipes, my FAVOURITE food blog http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com just posted a clean recipe for tomato ketchup, and a few days ago there was one for an AWESOME sounding ice-cream made with oatmeal!
 
Afternoon all... thought I should put down todays food intake and plan for tomorrow. Worked today till 3pm, but was seated pretty much up till 1:30 doing computer work (OMG I would be terrible at an office job, I was SO bored and just wanted to keep getting up and moving around! Awful looking at a computer for that long too!!!) Did a workout when I got home. Food wasn't great, I mean there wasn't any junk food but today is pay day so we don't have much in the house right now... so NO veg anywhere in sight!! Doing a shop tomorrow!


Food today [/b](Day 8 of 84- 5 weeks till holidays! YAY!)



B:[/b] Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S:[/b] Choc chip cookie dough Larabar

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: 2 pieces of cheese

S: Raw orange and gubinge chocolate

S: [/b]250g punnet of the BEST strawberries EVER!!!!! OM NOM NOM!!!! (Not a SINGLE SOUR ONE!)



Total cals:[/b] 1364 Total deficit:[/b] 977

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 977


So yea, didn't really have dinner, just kinda snacked. And yes... No veg. Naughty me!


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 9 of 84)



B:[/b] Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S:[/b] Choc chip cherry torte Larabar

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: Piece of cheese

Post swim snack: Protein shake with skim milk

D:[/b] Mixed veg frittata



Total cals:[/b] 1506 Total deficit:[/b] 935

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 1912


Hmm so still not a great deal of veges... but going to sort it! Going to write out a shopping list and sort out what I'm eating the rest of the week. Put it off WAY too long planning meals in advance (rather than just the day before!)
 
Changed todays food up a bit... made a big pizza for lunch and loaded it up with veg. For the base I used 2 wholemeal Mountain Breads, and I put tomato paste in between them to hold it together... Came out really well!!!! So the base was only around 130cals all up and I had HEAPS of space for toppings!!! Awesome! Going for a swim a bit later when the day warms up a bit, then having a protein shake. So cals are still about the same for the day.


Edit- Just went for my swim!!! It was SOOOOOOOO nice!!!!! I was pretty slow going but I did it, 30mins. YAY!


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 10 of 84)



B: Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S: Choc chip cherry torte Larabar

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: Homemade roasted chickpeas seasoned with garam masala

D: Mountain bread pizza



Total cals: 1478 Total deficit: 863

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 2785
 
Heya Vero!! No worries, as long as people are interested I'll keep posting!!!


Irish- The base is like 130 cals (that's 2 mountain breads plus the tomato paste), then mixed veg is usually half a cup of mushrooms, 1/3 of an onion, 1/4 of a capsicum, spinach- that's only about 70cals altogether... then cheese I usually use 40-50g, and that can be anywhere from 100cals-150cals depending on the variety. So it's a really huge pizza and is roughly just over 300cals unless I add meat or feta!! SO GOOD!!! Oh and this is interesting, if you pop in to Google 'Mountain bread cookbook' the first thing to pop up is a free recipe ebook you can just save in PDF format. It's pretty cool, shows you how to make light sausage rolls and chips n stuff with mountain bread instead of pastry etc.


Actually ending the day on a 981cal deficit today instead of as above- eaten the same food, just walked around for a few hours more than I thought I would (at work and cooking). Here's tomorrow:


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 11 of 84)



B: Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S: Choc chip cherry torte Larabar

L: 5 homemade chicken meatballs

S: CHEESE!

D: Cooked quinoa with homemade broccoli pesto.. plus extra broccoli! Big sloppy green mess, haha!


I plan to swim tomorrow too!



Total cals: 1431 Total deficit: 1010

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 3920
 
Brocoli Pesto??? I like the sound of that ...you should publish a cook book....I am always hungry after reading your post lol!
 
Hiya Vero!!!! I made the broccoli pesto pretty much like a normal pesto, just used a steamed floret of broccoli instead of basil and used extra parmesan instead of pine nuts. Was GOOD! And the extra broccoli I chopped up and threw back in and stirred through the quinoa. Smells really good, and looks like green goo. Haha!


Kimmy- Before I was making my breakfast every night before (I have early starts at work) and I got over it pretty fast. What I was doing was cooking 50g oats in a cup of water, then adding a banana (nuke it in the microwave for a minute on high, it kinda caramelises and gets sweeter) then was adding either a tbsp of coconut oil or peanut butter, and a tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder (seasoned it with a bit of salt, cinnamon and vanilla essence) then blended it till smooth in my food processor. In the morning it was like a really awesome dense pudding! But yea, too much effort for every night. So I multiplied the recipe by 6, halved the water, left it chunky (mashed the banana though, and only used 5tbsp cocoa instead of 6) then put it in a cake tin and baked it for 30-40 mins at 180 degrees. I actually cut it into 8 pieces as I'm still fairly inactive during the day so calories are pretty low right now. After dividing it up I put it in separate freezer bags and then just chuck one in the fridge the night before, much easier!!! The coconut oil one comes out much cake-ier, when you put it in the fridge it gets more solid whereas the pb one is a little soggy.


Thanks Rainy, I feel like I'm on a bit of a roll at the moment!!
 
Irish- The base is like 130 cals (that's 2 mountain breads plus the tomato paste), then mixed veg is usually half a cup of mushrooms, 1/3 of an onion, 1/4 of a capsicum, spinach- that's only about 70cals altogether... then cheese I usually use 40-50g, and that can be anywhere from 100cals-150cals depending on the variety. So it's a really huge pizza and is roughly just over 300cals unless I add meat or feta!! SO GOOD!!! Oh and this is interesting, if you pop in to Google 'Mountain bread cookbook' the first thing to pop up is a free recipe ebook you can just save in PDF format. It's pretty cool, shows you how to make light sausage rolls and chips n stuff with mountain bread instead of pastry etc.
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Lucy do you want to move to Ireland and cook me all my meals?:p this sounds to die for:O:O i am gobsmacked that it only has that many cals!!:O is it very filling? How come the mountain breads are so low in cals?? and also is that the recipe you use to make yours?


Well done on doing so brilliant:) xx
 
Mountain Bread is really thin flat bread type stuff in a big rectangle- http://www.mountainbread.com.au/cgi-bin/index.pl?menu_id=48, they come in a heap of different flavours and have pretty much no more than flour and salt in them.... They are really thin (which is why you use 2 for a base) and they come out really crispy kind of like pastry. I just get them from the local supermarket for not much at all in packs of 8. This is the Mountain Bread cookbook: http://www.mountainbread.com.au/UserFiles/PDF/MountainBreadCookbook.pdf. I just looked at the website and it says it's an international product? And yea, that's what I normally put on my pizza!! If I want it a bit higher in cals, I'll add anchovies, olives, artichoke hearts, feta... Any or all!! They are really thin though, so you have to kind of spread the toppings out and make sure it's not too heavy so you can still pick up slices (I usually cut it into 4 big squares!) And yea, WAY filling! I think it's more of a mental thing though cuz they LOOK so freakin huge!
 
I just knocked off work, have a pretty big headache and feeling all around blah. Forced some food down but feel kind of ill! Not going to swim today, just going to chill out. Planning a heavier food day tomorrow, kind of a 'free' day I guess? I decided I needed a heavier day and decided I'd use tomorrow to eat whatever I want... so going to make this! http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/07/30/oatmeal-cookie-ice-cream/ Wade got me an ice-cream maker for Christmas that I haven't used, so I busted it out of it's box and stuck it in the freezer. Few subs I'm going to do, I'm going to use a tin of coconut milk and a cup of skim milk, and going to use coconut sugar, and not using any butter/nut butter as there's plenty in the coconut milk. Haha, so I'm going to spend my day eating cake for breakfast and ice-cream for the rest of it... and still end on a deficit. Wicked. (No veg, don't hate! Haha!) I'll go back to normal on Sun, I promise!


Food plan for tomorrow[/b] (Day 12 of 84)



B: Choc coconut oatmeal cake

S+L+S+D= Homemade ice-cream as above. Because I am a rebel, and I can. :biggrin: I blame TOM.



30mins of strength training tomorrow too.



Total cals: 1792 Total deficit: 448

Total calorie deficit since Tuesday[/b]: 4366
 
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