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 :)

Well done everyone! red, it's not a bad day, you know what you ate, you know why, I really think that when we put so much emotional value in food we cause problems for ourselves. You haven't had a bad day because of what you have eaten, nor should a day be made good by eating junk. The idea of comfort food, naughty cakes, good eating is charging food with so much emotion. I think that just awareness of what you're eating is the best way to long term benefit. it's eating mindlessly that leaves us overweight. That's why I think this thread is effective. Whatever you eat, it's mindful, even if in hindsight., For me, it means I've evaluated why I am eating and what.
That said,today I am over calorie wise
I have had
Breakfast- cornflakes
Dinner-spaghetti hoops and toast
Tea- pan haggerty (bacon, potatoes and carrots)
Snack- an apple and banana.
Drinks- a bottle of wine (not finished yet, but dh just opened the second bottle between us and we won't leave it unfinished I'm sure)

I wrote big long post then my battery on my phone went dead

Red- it's a one off, right yesterday off and move on. You've done so well this week.

Shining and pregnant- you've both had a good day (again) well done!

Manic day here, dd's bday party which I'd turned in to a house warming (8 months late) so 30+ people here which I catered for (6 loafs of bread for sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls, cake, cake and more cake)...HOWEVER, I've done so well if I say so myself

Breakfast- banana. Was cooking early so wasn't hungry.

Lunch-salad inc tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, spinach, rocket etc. home made chicken nuggets, low fat Greek yoghurt dip

Dinner-jacket potato and chilli with cheese

Snacks-shit loads of fruit. NO cake or treats. Late snack tonight was grilled chicken and mayonnaise.

My only 'fall' tonight has been vodka and diet lemonade x4! But I don't think that is bad.

Can't believe I've not had cake!

Da iawn fad! A birthday/housewarming sans cake is a feat not to be unrecognised! And vodka doesn't count- it's an occasion!

Da iawn is well done in Welsh. I probably shouldn't have had the fourth glass of wine. I forget which language is which ( my poor husband who doesn't speak Welsh suffers most, after a few I don't even realise I'm talking a different language and get angry that he's not listening)

Wow that must be so cool to speak another language and not realise! Do you shout explicit words at him when he pisses you off?

Yes all the time arguments are very confusing in our house

Right I'm going to confess now that I've just ordered an Indian takeaway. I've done so well this week that I'm just craving a bit of food.

So far today:
Breakfast- 2 poached eggs on 1 x wholemeal bread, handful cold naice ham bits off the left over sandwiches.

lunch - half a tuna mayo sandwich on wholemeal bread

snacks - whole raw carrot (as sticks), banana, little bitesize bit of birthday cake

dinner - ridiculously fattening masala curry AND nan bread!

Exercise - I've just finished a 45 minute workout DVD (Janice Battersby / Vicky Entlewhistle). Felt dizzy when I finished so know I've worked out and can justify my curry. I also went clothes shopping today and brought size 12's which pleased me. Whilst my bikini body isn't what it used to be, I feel much better until I see my bloated self after eating this lovely curry

Hope you have all had a good day so far

Enjoy your curry fadbook. I've just had a Maccy D's

We've been stripping wallpaper all day so were exhausted and hungry. I had breakfast - muller light yogurt and Jordan's Frusi bar. Then did a little snacking throughout the day - bananas, strawberries, packet of skips and a Rice Crispies cereal bar then had the Mcd's - veggie wrap, chips and Diet Coke. About to get back to the wallpaper stripping so hopefully will burn some of it off!

Chat tomorrow :)

Prynhawn da pregnant

Dwi'n siarad Cymraeg (Tipyn bach). Dwin'n hapus heddiw achos dwi'n bwyta McDonald's . Sut wyt ti heddiw?

That probably doesn't make sense because I haven't spken Welsh for years!

I don't blame you shine, I wish I'd have had McDonalds. I had a wetherspoons gourmet burger and chips. 600 cals more than the McDonalds I wanted. It wasn't even that nice.
I also had a Chinese soup with veg and pork meatballs. Very low cal and healthy.
Snacked on a caramel bar (dh bought it for me, I could hardly refuse)
I climbed about two mile up a mountain wimberry picking so did some exercise.
Dh is off this week, so I'm given to eat more, and tempted to bake, but I'm still going to log what I've eaten as it stops me mindlessly eating through the day.

Hi everyone, I'm back! Feels like I have inadvertantly wandered into a Welsh convention here I love it!

You are all doing great, Fadbook, I can't believe you had a big do and managed to not eat cake - well done, in my mind you more than earned that Indian!

I am sort of laughing at all the burgers, McD's, takeaways etc...it sort of hits a point and then you NEED that stuff once in a while!

Well, I am back from a night in a mobile home with dh and 3 kids under the age of 9 (dd brought a pal), it is not my idea of a relaxing break AT ALL, but the kids had a ball as we were right on the beach etc, we were catching up with friends there and their kids, so many glasses of wine were had and lots of rubbish food and I am feeling bloated and a bit crap today and dh's party is this friday and then we're off on Monday on our hols.

I was 11st 3lbs this morning, so back up 2lbs since last week - DAMN this, it is so fecking hard!

Today wasn't too bad so far

Breakfast: very small bowl all bran cluster cereal, low fat milk coffee
Work: coffee with low fat milk, sliver of colleagues birthday cake (had to!)
Lunch: seafood chowder (and it was more tomato based than very creamy), I slice of brown bread, glass of sparkling water
Snack: 1 chocolate rice cake
Dinner: don't know yet, was going to be bolognaise as kids need a 'proper' dinner after the weekend, but dh has gone out in the car with the shopping in the boot so will rustle something else for dc and we may have a prawn stir-fry later when they are in bed.

I am craving salt and sugar today though.........

Hi all,

red sounds like you had a lovely weekend. I think we rely on weight measurements too much - I've never relied on my weight as a measure of how fit and healthy I am so I think that as long as you're feeling more fit and toned - which I bet you will be after all the exercise you've been doing - then you're doing something right. We all have days where we eat unhealthily, it's an unsustainable goal otherwise. You did very well today though and I bet the bloated feeling will be gone tomorrow.

Today I was out shopping all day again - lots to buy for hols but I'm all done now (I think). So breakfast was at home: Muller Light yogurt, Jordan's Frusli bar and cup of coffee (skimmed milk, half a sugar).

Lunch was an egg mayo sandwich and a latte in the M&S cafe.

5 marshmallows and a Diet Coke.

Still haven't made myself any dinner, not sure what to have, I'm not feeling that hungry (for once ). Might go and have a pick at some carrot sticks and houmous and maybe a fruit salad - strawberries and bananas.

pregnant, shame about your Wetherspoons, I find them a bit hit and miss. Your soup sounds lovely though your Caramel too :)

Shining - good day so far, well done! I've been picking at fruit and veg today but blew it tonight (see below!)

Pregnantpause - weatherspoons food used to be lovely (I'm going back 10 years when the beer and burger was £2.99 and was amazing!) not so good these days. Can't believe the calories though! Bloody 2 mile hike up a mountain - you more than deserved your burger!

Red - you've done well too. Jeeze, I'm going to bring the thread right down now.

It started well but I've been on the road 10 hours today (travelling for work, absolute nightmare, covered about 450 miles....)...

Breakfast - porridge, banana, tea

Snack - plum, another banana

Lunch didn't happen as was delayed in traffic so straight in to meeting I drove down to (200 miles away) and come out 2 hours later starving. So nipped in to M&S. Got one of those Japaneese low calorie / 2 of your 5 a day thingy's (so rice wraps with loads of veg, pork and sweet chilli dip, not like a tortilla wrap).

Dinner - I'm in a hotel and quite a posh one (I'm not paying!) and so have had - duck croquettes with cucumber, corriander and springonion salad with chilli sauce (starter) and Brie rissoto cakes with balsamic tomato and pepper salad. Basically - deep fried potato in breadcrumbs with a bit of meat; and more deep fried carbs (rice) in breadcrumbs.

Oh and I had wine.

So tonights meal has wiped out the good effort I put in today.

There is a gym here and I've brought my gym stuff but forgot my costume (pool here too). I've never been a lover of gyms, they intimidate me - I feel like everyone is watching and I don't know what to go on!

Forgot to add:
1 filter coffee (chose this instead of latte) and had skimmed milk (but 2 sugars) this morning

1 vanilla latte - only me being exhausted and tired, pressed the button on the Express Costa machine in the Shell garage and went to counter to pay, only to realise I should have put the cup underneath (thought it was like the machine at work and pulled the cup down itself - I was tired!!) so I had warm vanilla milk

it is why I'm blonde!

Aww fad that's not too bad. Lots of fruit and veg packed in. And considering the day you've had you've done bloody brilliant. I also hate the gym! I find the idea of a kind of exercise simulation room very strange and I when I've been to the gym I'll be running along on the treadmill all sweaty, running alongside other sweaty people, thinking how embarrassing and bizarre the whole situation is. (I know I'm over analysing the whole thing but haven't been able to get past that 'weird' feeling). I think walking/running/swimming are much more enjoyable and it doesn't feel as though you're exercising for the sake of exercising, iykwim? Although I do know people that enjoy the gym.

Also, I ate a bowl if Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and am some carrot sticks and houmous for my dinner (strange combo I know ).

Hi is it too late to join in? I really need to monitor my food intake. I weighed myself yesterday and have put on 5lb in weight. Weight that took awhile to take off.

I also must must cut down on sugar. Addicted to it.

can i join please

3 weetabix milk
12 rich tea biscuits
6 crackers with spread
1 slice birthday cake
spaghetti bolognaise

not a great day!

sorry didnt introduce myself. mum to 4, weight has been creeping on over last 3 years, now need to lose a stone or 2. Love exercise do boxfit, zumba, combat and circuits but havent done any for 2 weeks as hurt my back so resting for a month. my mums taking us all to pizza hut tomorrow. going to have to watch them tuck in. too tempting to have some myself

Hello newbies, not my thread, but I'm sure you're welcome. The more people to bolster one another on the better I say
Fad- not paying, but no desert? You're a beacon of self control. With no real sustenance all day, I don't think it's too badnot over compensating.for my own eating today at all

breakfast- scrambled.egg
Dinner- pasta with onions and mushrooms fried in a small amount of bitter and fresh basil
Tea- take away pizza, I know no excuses but a friend is back.from China, unexpectedly turned up at my door and I wasn't going to cook when we haven't gossiped for two years. She brought wine, (and filled a guest room with no warning, she's bloody lucky I haven't had another child in the interim or she'd be stuck with the sofa!) I bought the pizza.

Oh good :)
Though I am quite ashamed to post my food day,
Tea, toast, butter & jam
Ham sandwich
2 pieces of fudge
Prawn cocktail crisps
Spinach &ricotta cannelloni ready meal
2 custard doughnuts and cup of tea
Fab lolly

I' m hoping that having to write what I've eaten will make me more mindful of my food intake.

Pregsnantpause, your day sounds quite good! No snacks is major achievement!

I forgot to say yesterday that my latte in M&S came with a lovely little biscuit which I ate . It was lovely though and worth the extra few calories. Just what I needed during a full day shopping :)

Hi newbies, all welcome :) I've definitely found that listing my food intake here helps to stop me gorging too much. Seriously, it really helps me to fight the temptation, knowing I'll be coming on here later to list everything.

Hope you all have a good day today. Chat later :)