My October food diary

[FurrySlipperBoots]

Sorry Mumsnet, this isn't going to make interesting reading! I just want to use the forum as an online diary so that I'm sort of 'held accountable' for what I'm eating. I've lost a couple of stone already this year but I'm still about a stone overweight. My initial target is to be 10 stone by 1st November. I'm 10.7 at the moment. I'm hoping to get by with less than 1400 cals a day.

1st October -

Lunch: Cottage cheese - 150
Sweetcorn - 50
Red pepper - 50
Flat bread - 100
Plum - 50
Cake bar - 100

Snack: Gherkins - 50

Dinner: Falafel - 200
Houmous - 150
Celery - negligible
Flat bread - 100
Starwberries - 50
Cake bar x 2 - 200
Yoghurt - 50

Total: 1300

Just one dog walk today, around 50 minutes

Hi good luck with the weight loss. I'm finding that having breakfast is helpful in stopping me eating junk midmorning...

Thank you! I don't tend to get hungry until lunchtime, so having breakfast is a mistake for me I find!

2nd October -

Lunch: 1/2 an avocado - 150
Red pepper - 50
Flat bread - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Banana - 150
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Courgette soup - 100
Houmous - 200
Celery sticks - negligible
Bread - 200
Plum - 50
Raspberries - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1300

3rd October -

Breakfast: glass of smoothie - 100

Lunch: Wrap - 200
Babyleaf salad - negligible
Sweetcorn - 50
Red pepper dip - 50
Banana - 150
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Sausages - 200
Avocado - 150
Lettuce - negligible
Wrap - 200
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1450

Just the one dog walk today

4th October -

Lunch: Wrap - 200
Light mayo - 50
Cheese - 100
Cucumber, baby leaf salad - negligible
Yoghurt - 50
Banana - 150
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Pasta - 300
Tomato sauce - 100
Salad - negligible
Salad dressing - 100
Strawberries - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1300

No exercise at all!! It's been such horrible weather.

5th October -

Lunch: Wrap - 200
Babyleaf salad and cucumber - negligible
Red pepper dip - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Raspberries - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Tortellini - 350
Spinach sauce - 100
Apple and strawberry juice - 100
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1250

Apart from 20 minutes playing football with the children, no exercise at all!

Can I ask why you dont use a food tracker app? I tried a few and tbh cant find one that is simple and to be point.
And I'm so nosey actually like reading what other people eat!

I don't feel the need to. I prefer just to round to the nearest 50cals and hope for the best! Besides, I don't feel like a tracker app would hold me to my diet in the same way as other human beings!

6th October - Lunch: Spicy Mexican rice - 500
Lettuce - negligible
Apple and strawberry juice - 50

Dinner: Veggie kiev - 300
Broccoli - 50
Strawberries - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1500

20 minutes running round the garden, plus a 20 minute dog walk.

Good luck. Although I’d be absolutely starving if that’s all I ate!

7th October -

Breakfast: Tropical smoothie - 200

Lunch: Indian bits and bobs with mango chutney dip - 200

Snack: Gherkins - 50

Dinner: wraps x 2 - 400
Houmous - 350
Cucumber, celery, baby leaf salad - negligible
Plum - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1300

Just 20 minutes of walking today! I've really got to up my exercise. I just weighed myself and I've only lost 1lb this week. A loss is a loss, of course, but I was aiming for 2lbs a week so I could get down to 10 stone by November. And then ruin it all by eating parkin

If you’re only half a stone away from your goal, 2 lb a week is unrealistic. You would need a daily 1000 calorie deficit for that which, unless you’re very physically active, you won’t be able to achieve. 1 lb a week is much more sensible. Your diet also seems very high in sugar and processed foods too and there is little to actually fill you up. I would struggle to do exercise on that because it’s not enough. I think that if you cut out sugary stuff like smoothies and cake bars and ate a balanced protein-rich whole foods diet, you’d get better and more sustainable results. I guess it depends on your goals. If it’s just to lose weight for a particular event then fine. If your aim is to sustain weight loss long term, then this way of eating will lead to almost inevitable failure because it would be very hard for someone to keep this up and they’d fall off the wagon, as over 90% of dieters do. If you can’t see yourself following your current way of eating for life, you need to rethink it.

Blooming heck you've got good will power. I know you didn't ask for suggestions but can I very gently say that you might make it far easier for yourself by substituting nuts or avocados with the same calories for the cake bars and smoothies. They will fill you up far more and you can retain yourself to stop craving sweet stuff.

@ Loseastonein21years Thanks! I'm not leaving myself hungry, as the veg/salad I'm having is quite a lot. 1/3 of a cucumber at a time, or half head of lettuce, or a saucepan's worth of broccoli. It's filling without being too calorie intensive!

You're right it's fairly sugary, but then, heck, it's nothing compared to before! Heck I used to empty a packet of biscuits at a time! So 2 cake bars may seem like quite a lot in a day, but they're a major detox to what I was on! As for smoothies, I can't face food early in the morning, and I don't like drinking water at that time either, so it's a way of getting fluid in as well as an energy boost.

8th October -

Breakfast - Apple and strawberry juice - 50

Lunch: Fancy milkshake (I know, I know, but I went to a cafe with a friend for the first time this year!) I don't know but I'm guessing around - 400.

Dinner - Egg cress mayo - 300
Lettuce - 50
Avocado - 200
Flat bread - 100
Banana - 150
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1400

2 x 20 minute walks today, with a bit of running thrown in one the second one.

9th October -

Lunch: Tortellini - 350
Avocado - 150

Snack: Smoothie - 200
Chocolate brownie - 300

Dinner: Minestrone - 300
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1500

Oooo dear. I did have an hour's dog walk though.

10th October -

Lunch: Olives - 200
Minestrone - 300
Cake bar - 100

Snack: Yoghurt - 50
Banana - 150

Dinner: Sweet potato - 200
Broccoli - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Raspberries - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1250

40 minute dog walk today.

Great stuff, keep it up!

Thanks!

11th October -

Lunch: Flatbreads x 2 - 200
Light mayo - 100
Green pepper, spring onions and cucumber - 50
Cheese - 100
Plum - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Risotto - 400
Lettuce - negligible
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1250

25 minute dog walk today.

12 October -

Lunch; Plant based hoison wrap - 400
Root veg crisps - 200
Lean smoothie - 100
Banana - 100

Snack: Gherkins - 50

Dinner: Huge vat of salad - 50
Salad dressing - 150
Protein balls - 300
Raspberries - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1500

50 minute dog walk today.

13th October -

Lunch: Avocado - 200
Red pepper - 50
Flat bread - 100
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50

Dinner: Southern style 'chicken' pieces - 300
Mixed veg (carrot, peas, broccoli, sweetcorn, pepper) - 200
Butter - 100
Plum - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1250

45 minute dog walk

14th October -

Lunch: houmous - 200
Wrap - 200
Baby leaf salad and cucumber sticks - negligible
Strawberries - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Gnocchi - 300
Pesto - 200
Spinach - 50
Icecream - 300

Total: 1450

Tried to take the dog for a walk but she refused, so had a bit of a dance instead.

15th October -

Breakfast: Smoothie - 100

Lunch: Halloumi - 300
Flat bread - 100
Houmous - 200
Cucumber - negligible
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Mushrooms - 50
Rocket - negligible
Red pepper dip - 100
Cheese - 200
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1350

No exercise at all!

16th October -

Breakfast: Juice - 100

Lunch: Roasted veggies and couscous - 300
Pop chips - 100
Strawberries - 50
Cake bar- 100

Snack: Red pepper dip and lettuce - 50

Dinner: Sausages - 150
Sweet potato - 200
Parsnip - 100
Pear - 100
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1350

No exercise again today!! It sucks being back at work, I have no time or energy for working out.

17th October -

Breakfast: Smoothie - 200

Lunch: Winter vegetable soup with chickpeas - 200
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Butternut Squash & Provola Girasoli - 300
Lettuce - 50
Mayo - 200
Manky ancient biscuit - 100
Cake bar - 100
Icecream - 100

Total: 1350

No exercise again!!