Can we have a thread to list every day what we've eaten?

[shiningcadence]

Hi, I've recently started cutting down ready for my holiday at the end of Aug. also my 3 year old asked me why I had a big bum

I'm not calorie counting per se because I haven't got the time but I've cut down lots and am eating quite healthily most days.

I'm still tempted by the odd treat though and I think a massive motivation for me would be if I knew I was coming on here every evening to list what I'd eaten that day. Does anyone else else think this would help them? If so, please join!

I also think it might be helpful to see what others are eating to give me ideas for healthy snacks and meals.

Also, is anyone excercising as well as cutting down? I haven't got the time to do any 'proper' excercise (sahm with 3 dc, dh works long hours, no family nearby etc) but I've been doing squats and arm lifts when the dc are playing and have also been hula hooping in the garden - I find this a really good way to tone up my stomach. What excercises are others doing? Any tips for excercises that can fit around the dc?

I will be back this evening to list what I've eaten and what excercise I've done today - hopefully this'll keep me on track this afternoon :)

Tomorrow is the last "induction" day at work so after this there should be no more "drinks" afterwards. I know I could refuse to drink but people are so annoying if you say you won't and ask lots of questions etc, it's way too much hassle.

The thing is, artemis, I think if you stick to your calorie counting at home and don't go overboard there when there is no one around to throw wine and crips in your face and make it awkward to refuse, then you can allow yourself a little leeway when you're out and just try to have a slightly lighter day the following day. If it balances out over the week you should be fine.

See below: night in with some friends last night so way over my calorie count for the day. Today I'm going out for a run and will try to not have any snacks so that might make up for last night.

breakfast: porridge (hurrah! finally found one that I can eat without gagging), nectarine = 256 calories

lunch: M&S filled mushrooms again (the half-pack left from the day before); 1 dr karg 3-seed cracker, mini tub Philadephia lightest, tiny bit of shredded lean ham, a plum tomato = 269 calories

dinner: 2-egg omelette with lean ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, cooked using olive oil spray. Also a rocket, tomato and cucumber salad with a tsp M&S low-fat French dressing = 281 calories

snacks: dark chocolate rice cake, two glasses prosecco, handful of tortilla chips, few mini poppadums, piece of M&S chocolate brownie = have estimated this at 700 calories

Total 1500ish. Will do better today.

breakfast: weetabix

Lunch: small portion of Mexican rice

snacks: 4 crackers, apple, 2 plums, bowls of shreddies

dinnner: omelette, salad
rice pudding blob of jam

Wednesday I went out for a curry but I just had tandoori lamb and a small portion of rice. Yesterday was weigh in but as I feared my weight loss had ground to a halt. Only to be expected I suppose after losing 2lbs a week since 10th January.

Anyway today I was back on the straight and narrow;

Orange, porridge and ss milk

prawn and mango salad

cod with parmesan and breadcrumb crust, potatoes with 1/2tsp half fat butter and broccoli

banana loaf and yogurt with roasted oats, nuts and seeds and 1/2tsp maple syrup

STIDW - yum. is it all homemade?

breakfast 3/4 of a cinnamon bagel with vegan cream cheese and jam, black coffee

lunch 1 banana, 1 clementine, 2 mini chicken fillets and 2 mini sausages (= the dairy free option at work lunch

Snack/LAST work drinks - 3 cups of black tea, handful of ready salted crisps, 2 glasses of wine

dinner (BBQ) 1 sausage, large plate of green salad, tomato and basil salad, 2 crackers with vegan butter.

What a random day!

That does sound random, but plenty of fruit & veg so not unhealthy

Friday for me was:

breakfast half an Eat Natural bar, one oatcake with scraping of no-sugar peanut butter & rhubarb jam

lunch a Dr Karg 3-seed crispbread, half a mini tub of Philadelphia lightest, a plum tomato, a nectarine

afternoon snack out to Scandinavian cafe with friend. Had tea & a muesli bar thing that was mostly nuts, seeds and honey. Not unhealthy (especially compared to the other amazing cakes that I resisted) but still about a million calories

another snack half a bag of skinny sea salt popcorn

dinner whole grain pilau rice fried (in oil spray) with onions, peppers, mushrooms, courgettes, chicken and spices; a separate portion of green beans; a dark chocolate rice cake

No idea about calorie count for the day but have estimated 1185, including 320 for the muesli bar. That might be way off, though. It sounds a bit low given that I seemed to be eating all day. I exercised for half an hour though!

Most of it was homemade, mummaemma, but not the prawn and mango salad. Hope you had a good holiday BTW and ate at least one Devonshire scone.

Today I had the usual orange, Weetabix and ss milk for breakfast.

Lunch: Turkey, brie & cranberry sauce, one medium slice of bread and salad

Dinner: Chicken Piri Piri (recipe from the new HDs' book), potato wedges and salad

Snacks: Scone (300 cal in M&S instead 65 cal for my homemade mini scones ) Yogurt and raspberries

STIDW could you pass on the recipe for your super low-cal scones, please? Even with a blob of jam, I guess that would still come in under 100 cals.

Today I had:

breakfast real porridge (just made with oats, none of your fancy instant ones), teaspoon maple syrup, nectarine

lunch a leftover portion of the wholemeal pilau rice and veg thing from the night before

afternoon snack out with a friend for tea and cake. Happy to report the cafe sold packs of two biscuits that came in at 105 cals. Just the thing to go with tea & I didn't feel deprived

dinner chicken escalope, baked in BBQ sauce, celeriac, broccoli, mange-tout, green beans

evening snack slice of pineapple, small water biscuit with slice of goat's cheese & blob of chutney

Total 1028 cals (again am sure I have underestimated)

breakfast home-made porridge with blueberries, strawberries

lunch wrap filled with leftover veg + tomato sauce (squash, sweetcorn, chilli, garlic, olives, tomatoes, lettuce)

snack 3 crackers with vegan butter

dinner vegan tofurkey, steamed carrots, potatoes, roasted beetroot, squash, courgette, 1 glass wine.

that sounds very healthy, artemis. on a weekend, too!

today's for me was:

breakfast slice soy & linseed toast, rhubarb & ginger jam

lunch dr karg 3-seed cracker, mini-tub lightest Philadelphia, tomato, cucumber; pack of melon & pineapple

dinner home-made chicken korma, lentil & chickpea dhal, half a chapati. actually, I just remembered I barely ate the dhal as my husband had made it and it was far too hot

I've just realised that today has been dreadful in terms of fruit and veg. will make up for it tomorrow as stocked up on lots of fruit & veg today

Did you notice I kept discreet silence over what I ate yesterday though lurking

Let's just say it was not restrained...

breakfast blueberry porridge with strawberries

snack tea and 2 oat biccies

lunch 3/4 of a chicken breast in tomato and mushroom sauce, a large brocolli floret and 1 new potato

dinner 1 merguez sausage, corn-on-the-cob, 2 large scoops of roasted veg (courgette, squash, beetroot, carrot, potato)

I'll look up the scone recipe. In the meantime today I ate an orange and Weetabix with milk for breakfast;

lunch - beetroot and feta flan with salad

dinner - parmesan and herb crusted cod, potatoes and cabbage greens with chilli and garlic

snacks - carrot cake (HDs recipe) and yogurt and raspberries with roasted oats, nuts and seeds

exercise - 40 min in the gym and 50 min in the pool

Thanks, STIDW

Yesterday for me was:

breakfast apple and cinnamon porridge, dollop of stewed apples (unsweetened)

lunch a leftover BBQ chicken escalope, rocket & tomato salad, a Dr Karg crispbread, half mini-tub Philadephia, a milk chocolate rice cake

dinner more chicken salad! needed something quick I could just assemble from the fridge, so pretty much the same as for lunch, except with half a ball mozzarella. Very dull and uninspiring

snacks half bag skinny salted popcorn, fruit salad (half a kiwi, half a nectarine, handful of blackberries, handful of raspberries)

Husband is on kitchen duty tonight and is already muttering something about a giant pork rib and potatoes dauphinoise. Aaargh. Will have small portion of each so as not to offend and then stack the plate with veg. Going out for a run later so that should help too.

breakfast fruit salad (some grapes, blueberries, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 banana with 2 tbs vegan yoghurt)

snack tea and 2 oat biscuits

lunch plain poached chicken breast, broccoli, courgette, scoop of potatoes.

dinner spinach and tomato pasta

Thanks to a spectacular failure to multitask, husband's potato dauphinoise were not cooked in time to eat them, so I escaped those last night. Phew. Feel like I dodged a bullet made of pure carbs and fat.

breakfast apple & cinnamon porridge, some stewed apples, a nectarine

lunch pea & ham soup, dr karg crispbread, half a plum tomato, Philadelphia lightest

dinner oven-baked pork chop, broccoli, mange-tout

snacks another dr karg crispbread & lightest philadelphia, milk chocolate rice cake

Plus 30 minute run

Estimated calorie count 1200 (although as usual that could be way out as I have no idea how many cals are in a pork chop)

Going out for drinks tonight so will try to eat especially wisely today

God, has everyone deserted me?

breakfast Eat Natural cereal bar, peach, cup of tea

lunch pea & ham soup, dr karg crispbread, half plum tomato, Philly lightest

dinner chicken and tarragon casserole, carrot and parsnip mash

snacks chocolate rice cake, apple, 2 gin and tonics (realised after I'd ordered I should have asked for slimline but never mind)

As usual, estimated calorie count 1268 but really, who knows, as I have no idea about the chicken casserole.

Porridge this morning as getting ready for a run later.

YESTERDAY

breakfast porridge with sliced pear and blueberries

lunch mexican chicken slices, 1.5 slices brown bread, lettuce, tomato

dinner veggie sausages, spinach, new potatoes and green beans.

snacks 2 biscuits and chai tea

today

breakfast slice of brown spelt toast, vegan chocolate spread, banana

lunch chicken in soya sauce with noodles, fennel and tomatoes

snack 1 biscuit and chai tea

dinner tofu scramble (tofu stirfried with onion, garlic, spices, grated carrot) served with lettuce, tomato and 1/4 slice of home made flat bread
100 ml wine mixed with soda water and ice

Havent been on here for a week. I've been a greedy pig. Starting again today. When's shining back from her holiday? Will update food intake this evening x

And Rummi how u doing.

Oh good, I thought I was going to be the only one left here, sadly posting away my food intake every day

Yesterday:

breakfast porridge, unsweetened stewed apples

lunch butternut squash & sweet potato soup, a Dr Karg crispbread with Philly lightest, a tomato

dinner duck leg, carrot & parsnip mash, roasted courgette, pepper & fennel, small portion potato dauphoinoise

Ran for 35 minutes
Total calories (as usual, had to guess half of them): 1428

Oh, I forgot: snack DH went shopping and came back with a freshly baked pain au raisin for me. Aaargh. He is sabotaging my healthy eating efforts.

However, I ate only half of it and froze the other half. Estimated that at 200 calories although I think it would have been less. Am going to try to have a slightly more restrained day today.

Hey everyone! Mummaemma, i haven't posted for awhile, quite possibly from same of my awful diet!

Lurking, I felt like that too and dd post my intake on my own for couple of days. I thought I was putting everyone off with my bad food!

I will start again with yesterday. I had 2 toast with jam and tea. Chicken sandwich, tea, 2 Jaffa cakes. A banana. Dinner I made carrot and lentil soup eaten with crusty bread & butter. I was a bit disappointed with my home made soup. I got excited by the soup thread and decided to have a go.

My iron levels are v low and the doc asked if I was eating enough (I am not skinn, just average size 10/12). So that made me think about eating a lunch before I go out, usually I go out without eating lunch and end up famished that I grab chocolate to kep me going.

Catch you later.