Come diet with me

[Glenshee]

This thread is for everyone who wants to stick to their diet, and would like to benefit from public support in doing so.

Rules for participants:

1. Define your own limits - post them here or keep to yourself, but be clear and specific about which foods are allowed and which ones are not;

2. Keep your diary - post here on a daily basis what you've eaten, and how this deviates - if it does - from your goals;

3. Be honest;

4. 1 month commitment required - which means that even if you have a diet slip, you are still expected to keep posting your daily reports (and hopefully get back on track in the meantime) until at least 1 February;

Feel free to talk about anything health and diet related - especially the difficulty you're facing when trying to change your eating habits - but please be supportive and sensitive to other people's decisions/choices. Negative or judgemental posts about somebody else's ability to keep to their promises strictly not allowed.

Remember - this thread is more about making it happen than talking about it.

Believe in yourself! You're doing this to become a better YOU.

Monday's report:
Breakfast: Oatibix, skimmed milk.
Lunch: Vegan salad.
Dinner: A bit of a disaster here. Plan was: chorizo and lentil casserole. I usually put in half a pack of chorizo, was planning to put in only 1/3. But had a few probs putting the DC to bed and DH thoughtfully decided to get the dinner on the go while I was with them. He put in the whole chorizo!
So damage limitation was that I ate as small a portion as possible and froze about a third of the casserole, but I reckon I still ended up eating more chorizo than usual!
(it was yummy though)

Oh, and I am also very pleased to say that I spent all yesterday afternoon in a staff development workshop and did not touch a single biscuit!

tilly thats wonderful honey!well done you
fluffyanimalthats class self control on the biscuit front
i couldnt get the damn internet on here again yestdp has had a look and rescued the techno dinosaur
so yesterday
b;rice krispies and sunseeds
lunch;bogeyman soup
snack;banana
dinner
fish fingers,oven chips,raw peppers and baby corn cobs
ev snack;natural yogurt and few flaked almonds

todays report
breakfast;cornflakes and sunseeds
snack;banana
lunch;bogeyman soup.cheese and beet sarny
snack;low sugar muffin
dinner;veggie filled yorkshire pudding,carrots and greeen beans
natural yogurt

i cant get over how calm i feelkids are pleased and have stopped offering me a sweet/snack when they have one.treated myself today to a pack sesame breadsticks for snack tomorrow...usually treat wouldve bin shares in cadburysor cake...lots and lots of cake

Hi all, couple of days to update for me, one good, one not quite so good.
Monday bfast: grapenuts, raisins, actimel
Lunch: chilli and green beans
Dinner: smoked salmon, innocent vege pot, natural yoghurt
Snack: packet of snack a jacks

Today bfast: porridge and raisins
Lunch: carrot soup, chicken sandwich
Dinner: smoked salmon, innocent vege pot with green beans
Snacks: (here's where it all goes wrong) 2 packets of snack a jacks, 2 oatabix yoghurt biscuits, 3 chunks of toblerone (DH's chocolate still untouched on top of cupboard but DD2 made fatal error of telling me she didn't like toblerone much, so really I was doing her a favour )

Have been really hungry today so snacking not good but would have been SO much worse if not for having to report here. Now off to watch the Biggest Loser for inspiration.

Hello every1 reporting to prevent myself snacking. I had a relatively good day today

Breakfast: chicken, 1 pita bread
Lunch: pilau
Dinner: carrots, satsumas

Snaks: 2 scoops ice cream(oops),

Impressive biscuit refusal fluffyanimal

Have we lost some recruits ?? Seems a bit quieter the last couple of days

Anyway, mine today

B: Smoothie
Snack - Biscuit (not sure what it was - a little chocolate cinnamon thing)
Lunch - Jacket potato, cottage cheese, ham and tomatoes
Dinner - Thai Chicken Stir Fry and rice. 3 salted caramel buttons

2 coffees, lots of water

I've been logging my intake on myfitnesspal.com and most days, I'm eating somewhere around 1,200 calories

Tilly meant to say well done, that's amazing
fluffy impressive willpower, hope you felt suitably smug
liveinazoo d'you think your zen like calm is catching? I could really do with some, have ranted all round work and home today

Not too bad today:
Breakfast: no sugar muesli
Snack (oops): 2/3 of a pain au chocolate
Lunch: cheese and salad granary roll, slim a soup
Dinner: veggie pizza

Woolwif, arf at your 'helping' with the Toblerone. No good when you have loads of chocolate in the house, though. I reckon DC's Christmas haul will last till Easter.

Tuesday's report:
Breakfast: Oatibix, skimmed milk
Lunch: Miso soup, vegan salad
Dinner: 1 chicken fajita with salsa (avoided the cream dips).
Snacks: 1 sachet Options hot chocolate - only 40 cals and provided a well-needed chocolate fix; 1 small DC-made shortbread biscuit.

Tilly, I'll check out myfitnesspal, sounds useful. I'd like to know if my healthy choices are in fact lower calorie.

Have been ill. Just getting better but ate nothing for 2 days. So how come I'm the same weight?!!!

Today:
No Breakfast
Lunch - Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Panini.
Afternoon - 2 small choc chip cookie biscuit things.
Dinner - will be chicken pie & chips however I will do small pie portion, small chips and extra veg to make up....

wolfwif
sending you vibes of zen like calm
todays report
breakfast;cornflakes and sunseeds
snack;banana
lunch;broccoli and mint soup.cheese and beet sarny
snack 3 sesame breadsticks
dinner;pasta,peas,green beans and sprinlking cheese
ev snack(to be eaten shortly)natural yogurt and flaked almonds

Evening all

Hope you're feeling better EustaciaVye

Today's report from me

Brekkie - Smoothie & cereal bar
Lunch - Sardines on Granary toast
Dinner - Home made salmon fishcakes, salad and flagelots
Snack - 1 plum and half a banana. 2 cups of coffee. Lots of water

Feckin shred dvd is still not here

I was away (work). Very tired right now. Not been good days. Doh.

Monday:
B - rice with sautéed veg
2 glasses of water
1 barley coffee
L - mashed potatoes with mushrooms, detox tea
another barley coffee later
- travel/away: -
Snack - 2 bananas, apple, 2 'Eat Natural' yoghurt bars, green tea
2 glasses of water
T - veg salad, a bit of bread, loads of water

Tuesday:
B - English breakfast: beans, mushrooms, omelette, 4 hash browns, camomile tea
3 coffees throughout the day, one cookie and one piece of chocolate cake
L - potatoes, asparagus, salad
T - bacon sandwich, apple, grapes, juice
late evening - 3 large pieces of strawberry jam pie, 2 cups of tea

Today:
barley coffee
B - porridge with honey
2 glasses of water
L - chips, raw veg salad
snack - 2 'Eat Natural' bars with chocolate layer
2 cups of green tea
one cup of black tea with milk
T - sandwich (wrap) with duck and lettuce; split peas and potatoes soup
barley coffee

Well done everyone else who keeps posting and making an effort. Fab!

I also had a coke today at lunchtime :(

liveinazoo zen like calm clearly arrived, have been a much nicer person to everyone today :)

Good day today...
Bfast: grapenuts, actimel, raisins
Lunch: piri piri chicken salad sandwich, diet coke
Dinner: vege bolognese, orange, diet coke
Snack: packet of snack a jacks, packet yoghurt raisins plus lots of water and one cup of tea.

Plus did a Zumba session that almost killed me

Welcome Jolyonsmummy :) Will be looking forward to your reports! Thanks for joining. How old's your little one? :)

Hello and welcome Jolyonsmummy :)

Not too bad today:
Breakfast: sugar-free muesli
Lunch: cheese and salad granary roll, pack of oaty bites
Snack: half a shortbread biscuit, banana, melon
Dinner: quorn chilli and rice
Handful of leftover Christmas Maltesers for pudding!

My Shred DVD has not arrived yet either. Wonder if MN is responsible for a worldwide shortage? ;)

Today:

B - Poached egg, flax toast, tomato juice
L - Spinach salad w/ goat feta, mandarin slices & balsamic, cup of homemade soup w/ lots of veggies
Snack - grapes, a few crackers
D - Smoked salmon, colcannon potatoes, steamed baby leeks, roasted tomatoes w/ red wine vinegar & olive oil

Meg - what is quorn?

Hello Jolyonsmummy! :)

quorn is a meat substitute, it's a processed food made from fungus. You can buy quorn sausages, quorn burgers, minced quorn etc, and they are suitable for vegetarians.

hello jollyonsmummy
todays report
Breakfast;cornflakes and sunseeds
snack;banana
lunch;spinach soup.cheese and beetroot
snack;3 sesame breadsticks
dinner;broadbean,carrots,broccoli and cheese.pasta
ev snack(to be consumed shortly)natural yogurt and sunseeds

Had another migraine this morning :(, I am a little concerned that last night's chocolate may have been the trigger. I had to give up coffee because the caffeine triggered them, and there is a little caffeine in chocolate, would be gutted if I couldn't have any at all! Anyway at least it's a good incentive to avoid choc for a week or two, then I'll see what happens when I reintroduce it.

Anyway, today:
Breakfast: shredded wheat
Mid-morning: bowl of cornflakes (post-migraine I always feel hugely hungry)
Lunch: quorn ham bagel, bag of oaty bites
Afternoon (still hungry): huge fruit salad with low-fat yoghurt, breadsticks
Tea: mushroom and cheese omelette, waffles, salad