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 :)

Thanks shining. See you ready with my list later. Hope you all have a good food day.

Afternoon everyone. Hope you all being good today. Am trying my best but so want to grab something sweet now. thought id come on here to try and resist the temptation. Shining it definately does help listing our food intake. Thanks for starting a great thread.

Hello Rummikub and Mummaemma, welcome!

It's getting harder to keep up with everyone's food lists now, but I just wanted to say - fadbook - your hotel dinner sounds delicious, wish I had that now!

I am rushing about like a lunatic all day and am hoping that some of that activity will counteract my boldness on the food front.

Breakfast: all bran clusters cereal, low fat milk, coffee
Work coffee x 2 (meetings)
lunch: egg salad sandwich, diet coke (too much caffeine today)
Snack: mug of decaf tea, cream doughnut (!) and it was delicious - I was in ordering a cake for dh's party on Friday and couldn't resist the display
dinner: bolognaise cooking now so will have some of that, I don't love it but dc do so I make it for them. Means I won't go over board portion wise.

I am really up the walls trying to get everything wrapped up in work for Thurs, dh's party Fri night with a lot to organize for that, then hols veyr early mon morning so need to get sorted for that, the day after we get back I go away for work for 4 days and then the day after i get home dc go back to school.

My 'd'-sis rang to see if I would make an appointment for her before the party (quite why she couldn't do it I have no idea) and then asked me if we were having fun getting everything ready - I proceeded to tell her the above and all that we have to do and she utterly rubbed me up the wrong way, basically suggesting I was too up-tight and should 'relax' more and 'go with the flow'. She is SUCH a pain.in. the. arse. sometimes ! Family eh?????

thanks for the warm welcome

Had a relaxing day today- am luckily enough to work term time only.
Mum took me and the kids to pizza hut for a treat and have just got back from kids swimming lessons.

Red - a busy week for you then. Where you going on holiday to? somewhere relaxing? sounds like you deserve a good break.

My Breakfast: 2 weetabix/semi skimmed milk
Lunch: 2 small slices of thin crust pizza with salad
Tea: baked beans on toast/ 2 slices wholemeal
Treat: a packet of fruit mentos
drinks: Sprite free, water, 1 cuppa tea

Evening everyone,

mummaemma if I find myself craving something sweet I down a glass of water and bizarrely, it stops the craving. In fact I find that drinking lots of water throughout the day really curbs the hunger.

red I think that all that running around and stressing out will definitely be burning calories. Sounds like you have a really busy (but fun) time coming up.

For breakfast today I had a Muller Light yogurt, some strawberries, a pack of Special K 'biscuit moments' and a coffee (half a sugar, semi skimmed milk - I'd run out of skimmed!)

Snack : 3 squares dark choc, handful cashew nuts

We were planning on meeting at the park today with a bunch of friends and their children but the sky was looking quite overcast so it was decided we'd meet at a local pub instead for lunch. I inwardly groaned when I heard this because it is so hard to eat healthy when out I find, there often just aren't any healthy options - I'm vegetarian so limited that way too. I was quite lucky today though as there was a lovely homemade vegetable soup which I chose and it was delicious. It did come with a small baguette and butter which I also ate. Dessert then and literally everyone else was having dessert so I didn't want to make a big thing of not having dessert so I had a rhubarb crumble with custard which was lovely.

I've eaten out pretty much every day the last week and that really has been my downfall but with it being the summer hols and being out and about with the dc I usually have no choice. But I think being mindful of it and choosing the healthiest option where poss means I'm still keeping on track with the weight loss. I am going to try and eat out/eat less takeaway from now on though. Less than 3 weeks till my holiday.

Dinner was an omelette with red onion and a coffee.

Also drank lots of water. No exercise today though. Just haven't had chance and loads to do tonight so no chance to later.

Oh well, hope tomorrow is better .

Hope you've all had a good day :)

X post mummaemma, you've had a great day, well done :)

shining - i love rhubarb and custard. my favourite
Glad you had a lovely day with friends. I must admit i don't drink enough. So will drink more and see if that stops the sugar cravings. So you and Red are on holiday soon. We're off to Devon week friday.

I wrote a post this morning but MN decided to play up just as I posted it, so it's not there now.

Made good choices today:

Breakfast - fruit bowl, coffee, apple juice, 2 x poached eggs, bacon with fat cut off, beans and grilled tomato (hotel breakfast, could have had EVERYTHING - crossiants, crumpets, sausages the lot). I did succumb to half a piece of fried bread though

Breakfast - on the go but chose tuna mayo sandwich on wholemeal

Dinner - grilled chicken salad with corn on the cob and (quite randomly) brocolli as it needed eating and I wasn't having potatoes. I did have half a white roll bap I have also had full fat mayo with my salad but I can't stand low fat stuff.

No snacks today as haven't been at home.

Welcome to the newbies! It's good to check in and write what you've had, it stops you eating things you shouldn't

Red and Shining - a good day really for you both, despite the traumas, well done!

Holiday in less than 48 hours now for me! Can't wait. Had toes done tonight and had tint on my lashes and eyebrows. Feel more excited now, one more day at work and it's manic. I'm been on my laptop tonight for over 2 hours and I'm still no where near where I wanted to be to hand over before going off.

Fad book that sounds very good for while being in a hotel! Hotel breakfasts are a license for gluttony (I remember!)

Today I had tea, toast, butter, peanut butter and jam
2 pieces of fudge, 2 custard doughnuts (leftover from yesterday)
Tuna mayo sandwiched
Do I need to list alcohol?? Vodka, and couple of cocktails

A bad day, but my need to socialise and for doughnuts out weighed all sense.

I will try that tip shining about drinking water to cut the sugar craving.

FAD -you did make good choices.. Breakfast sounds yummy. well done for keeping away from snacks. bet u cant wait til ur holiday.

RUMMI- lol you like your custard donuts. Me too. yep you need to list your alcohol too. be interesting to see if the water tip helps the sugar cravings.

this thread definately helps me. on a normal day i would have eaten, cake, biscuits, chocolate. and lots of it. Have really cut down. weighed myself the other day so interested to see if i lose anything this week.

Mumma, yes in total I ate 5 custard doughnuts in 2 days! I won't buy anymore now for months

So far, just tea and toast & jam and 2 glasses of water. I didn't buy any sweets at the supermarket to take away temptation (though have some left from last week, but will ration).

evening all,

having a busy day here so will just list food intake and run, but will be back later for a chat

Breakfast: all bran cluster cereal & low fat milk and coffee
Work: cup of tea
Lunch: M&S egg and cress sandwich, cup of tea, 1 rice cake with choc
snack: coffee and small (aldi) cream doughnut (my weakness obviously!)
no idea what we will have for dinner now. Bolognaise for dc from yesterday but don't know about dh & myself - am tempted to say 'take-away' as am up the walls but will root in freezer and see if there's anything there we can use up.....hmmm......which option will win??????

red What about a healthier version of your usual takeaway? So, say it was Indian, going for a tomato based sauce rather than a creamy one. You could go meat free too and save some cals there (though if you did indulge in something calorie laden I wouldn't blame you, you've got so much on and we do need extra calories when we're running around doing lots as you are!)

mummaemma Did the water help with your cravings?

fadbook Really good day for you yesterday. Your breakfast sounds lovely and you did so well not to binge I always binge at buffets. Did you manage to get everything ready for your handover at work? Ooh holiday, how exciting! Can't wait till mine :)

Rummikub I love custard donuts too, yum. So hard when you start to wean yourself off those kind of foods. It is doable though, promise :)

Today I had:

Breakfast: Muller light yogurt, strawberries, coffee (half a sugar, skimmed milk)

Snack: coffee, Special K biscuit moments

Lunch: jacket potato with marge and low fat coleslaw, cucumber, tomatoes, carrot sticks and houmous. I normally have my jacket potato with cheese and beans and it's one of my all time favourite meals (sophisticated tastes, me ) so it was absolute torture the prepare the dc's jackets with my favourite toppings :( I just kept downing water to distract me . Cheese is one of my downfalls, I love it. But I have banned it for the next 2 and a half weeks.

Snack: an apple

Dinner: a Dairylea triangle and 2 breadsticks.

Exercise did 5 mins of hula hooping, hoping to get on the wii for an hour later.

I think I may treat myself to another coffee and either a Jaffa cake or square of dark choc. I'll update again later.

Hope you've all had a good day :)

Haha just realised I totally contradicted myself by saying I'd banned cheese and then listing a Dairylea triangle . I meant I am banning the hard stuff, soft cheese ok as I'm not that fussed on it so won't over indulge :)

Evening Fad, Red, Shining, Rummi

Breakfast: weetabix, semi milk

Lunch: low fat sweet tai chill noodles, slice french stick (no butter)
fat free strawberry yoghurt

Snack: treat size twix

Dinner: Veggie burger in a bun, a few fries, salad (radish, cucumber, tomato, spring onion)
another helping of yoghurt.

Drank only water today. still getting the sugar cravings. really want to tuck in to a couple of kitkats. (going to try another glass of water)

Went on a 6 mile bike ride with the kids which was great fun.

Shining - is that hula hopping on the wii or can you really keep it up for 5 mins

oops sorry think i missed out PREG -evening to you too. Hope you have had a good day

I hula hooped for 5 mins but not non stop! Lol.

Bike ride sounds fun :)

If I get a bad sugar craving I eat a Jaffa Cake (they're 1g fat, 43 cals) or a pack of Special K biscuit moments (99 cals, 2.5g fat for 2 biscuits!)

Hi all, as well as tea and toast for breakfast, I had cup of tea and 2 pieces of fudge and 2 Oreos. Dinner was chicken & mushroom encroute with mash. Glass of orange juice.

I decided not to have an evening cuppa as then I'll want a biscuit.

Shining your lunch sounded so healthy and balanced. I'm a cheese lover too. I do dairy lea too for the slight cheese fix without masses of calories.

I used to love hula hooping but doubt I could do it now; my hips an waist don't quite work like they used to!

damm ! gave in to cuppa tea and 4 rich tea biscuits.

Rich tea are not so bad in biscuit world are they? When I'm paying attention to my food intake I tend to buy boring biscuits in case I want something with my cuppa. Currently, I'm buying tasty cream biscuits, fudge and doughnuts

Well, you know how I said I was going to have a square of dark chocolate or a Jaffa cake... I ended up having both

Oh well. I did an hour on the wii so think I earned it :) I'm loving the wii at the moment, I've got my own little routine on there now which I'm going to try to do every night. I start off by doing step aerobics to warm up then the hula hoop then the jogging. Next I do half hour muscle and yoga exercises - on the wii fit plus you can organise your routine and save it so that you don't spend extra time dithering over which exercises to do. I then cool down by doing another jog, another hula hoop, another step aerobics. I finish off by doing the heading game, just because it's fun . If anyone has a wii though definitely dig it out because it's a great way to exercise if you don't have lots of spare time. And it is a great workout, you can really feel your muscles working.

I agree with Rummikub, Rich Teas aren't so bad :)

Oh dear, I'm having a rubbish day :(

We were supposed to be having a delivery yesterday so stayed in all day waiting. I didn't mind staying in yesterday because we've been really busy lately so I thought it'd be nice to stay home and chill out and I had lots of things planned to do with the dc... Anyway, the delivery didn't turn up. They reckon they knocked the door and nobody answered. Well, I didn't hear the door and neither did the dc. So, they promised to redeliver today. I was paranoid about not hearig the door so have pent the entire day in the living room. I've got washing to put on the line, wallpaper to strip upstairs but I can't bloody do it in case they turn up. I've run out of milk and can't go to the shops. The dc are bored and haven't stopped moaning. Argh feel like I'm going mad.

So, because of my shit day I have had a massive binge :(

Breakfast was a Muller light yogurt, Special K biscuit moments and a black coffee (which was gross).

Snack: 5 Jaffa cakes
Handful of dd's hula hoops

Lunch was an omelette with red onion and tomatoes and low fat coleslaw

Snack: 5 little Milky Ways!
Another black coffee
Somebody please save me from myself! I can't stop munching my way trough the kitchen cupboards.

(And still no sign of delivery )

How are you all doing?

Oops forgot to list the packet of Walkers salt & vinegar too :(

Hello everyone,

Shining - that's a pain being stuck waiting for a delivery , I tend to eat mindlessly at times like that too. Hope you are sorted now and can leave your sitting room

I am finished work today for my hols - YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
And tomorrow is dh's birthday and party - YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Got a spray tan done today and so far it looks nice, very natural so I am delighted. Have appointment for hair and make-up tomorrow, I am rubbish at them so always try to get them done for occassions. I did not do great this week, but I can't worry about it too much, I am still lighter than when I started 2 weeks ago, so that can only be a good thing.

Today I had:

Breakfast 3 cream crackers with scrape of butter & jam, coffee
Work: coffee
Lunch: was late as had to run all over town after work sorting stuff - had an M&S low calorie hoisin duck wrap, bottle of water
Snack: had a cup of tea and a doughnut (left from yesterday)
Dinner: my parents are arriving tonight so will make a large chicken and veg curry with rice, chutneys on the side and poppadums - most likely a glass of wine later.

Tomorrow - god only knows - I have nice stuff in for breakfast for dh's birthday, then we'll have to dash about getting stuff sorted, having a family meal at 6pm so will eat light during the day. Then the party,we are have some very nice food lined up and tonnes of drink and black forest gateau for his cake so all bets are off tomorrow night

am sort of worried about the swimsuit now..........