A boring thread of calorie counting/whatever accountability

[AspirationalTallskinnylatte]

Hi, fucking hell, I'm trying to gradually make changes and loose weight sustainably but I keep falling off the wagon to the point that I'm flat lining/ beginning to trend upwards so I'm going to try calorie counting instead for a while while I get back down. Threads like this have helped me in the past, but I'll probably only post weight I what I've eaten - anyone want to join & encourage each other?
I'm 5 foot 10, 88kg and would like as a first goal to eat 1500 -1600 calories a day and get down to 85kg before Christmas, with a longer term goal of getting to 80kg and possibly staying there, possibly getting to 75 (which is actually a healthy weight for me.

I'm in please!
I've been gaining a stone a year for the last few years. I'm now 88kg or 13st12 and only 5"2
I'm on day 9 of this weight loss programme at the gym and down 4lbs at weigh in yesterday. I'm allowed 1,578 cals/day and feeling really hungry. Hoping that will subside soon
I had bacon and (boiled) eggs for breakfast, a tuna mayo sandwich for lunch and Greek salad with chicken for dinner. I could even have 2 glasses of wine which helped! Good luck all x

What works for me is making sure dinner is substantial enough or having a more balanced snack apple & cheese, hummus & celery or something like that if dinner was really early.
Then just have a herbal tea if you want something while you're watching telly or whatever.

im on a calorie defecit 1300 it was absolutely killer at first but my body has got used to it and 1300 does me everyday what gets me through is when I reach my goal weight which I’m not far off 9 pounds il be able to have 2k a day to maintain so I’ve got my sights on that! If you put your goal weight into mfp you’ll be pleasantly surprised that this won’t go on forever and that’s what keeps me motivated xxxx

Thank you. Yes I agree about needing something crunchy. Maybe I will get some wholemeal bread for toast for an evening snack and count it.

So have already planned out my eating for the day, posting it here to keep me accountable

Greek yoghurt, chia seeds, summer berries, cherries
Protein shake with half a banana and some strawberries
Protein yoghurt
Super nutty wholefood salad from M&S, pack of hot smoked salmon, pack of cocktail beetroot
Several cups of tea

Just under 1400 calories

Exercise:
4 walks between 10 and 30 minutes (should be around 15000 steps)
35 minutes resistance training (heavy weights)
30 minutes static bike
5 minutes running on treadmill

@afrikat Very impressive exercise stats. Do you have a dog to keep you company on walks?

Visted a relative and went out for lunch today so had to make the best of the limited choice available.

Shredded wheat milk and walnuts
3 quorn sausages and 2 eggs (left the chips and beans that came with)
Salad sandwich natural yoghurt and apple

@ToddlerMumma Have you been a gym member long?

I don't have a dog, but have a lovely lake on my doorstep which is a nice 20 minute loop which I try to do multiple times a day if WFH. I am also 25 minutes walk from the office and the train station so walk there and back if working in office / getting train anywhere. I have a long list of podcasts I'm working my way through and really enjoy the alone time 😆

I try and do the resistance training 3 times a week and cardio 4-5 times, which I'm really in the habit of now and fully enjoying it. Getting so much stronger and fitter

Hello! A mate turned up unexpectedly yesterday so I went over a bit:
B. Toast & marmite 350
L. Veg box fritata 650
D. Pasta pesto romanesco 350)
Plus two pints of peroni (500) was on track for a really good day til then 😂 onwards!

Yesterday didn’t end well…..2 toast, bag of crisps and piece of chocolate cake. I logged it all, which helped put it in perspective in terms of the whole weeks food. If I was not logging I probably would have eaten half a pack of biscuits.

Today I have eaten
Shredded wheat with milk and walnuts
Salad sandwich with chicken
Mushroom and cauliflower curry
Natural yoghurt and apple.

Hey loved reading this post I have 10kg in total but keep falling of the wagon, I’ll have good days there a stressful one with the kids and I just keep visiting the fridge 😂 big emotional eater here, how do most of you survive without snacks ? Or do you take the off fruit here and there ?

@Hellobell Im clearly not qualified to give best advice in the light of my last post. BUT logging food intake really helps. It’s a total pain when you first start, but most people have regular foods/meals they eat every week, so if you calculate/log it once, it’s easy to repeat. I know I “failed” yesterday due to not drinking sufficient fluids (long bus journey x2 and had to avoid needing a toilet. I also ran out of whole meal bread so eat cheap white stuff that was not as filling. Lunch was low protein too, the quorn sausages were 200 cals each and I think that was mainly cheap fats.

The days I stay on track are planned, plenty of fluids, high fibre, good amounts of protein and good fats from olive oil and/or nuts/seeds.

I personally find if I snack on fruit alone to can trigger sugar cravings.

@SilverPearl@Hellobell yes I think days I plan always work out better. Yesterday not being one of them (hangover and period) in the interest of confession I had
B. Toast and marmalade (400)
L. Baguette, hummus, salad, lentils chips, bar of dairy milk (1000)
S. Cake (500)
D. Bruscetta, 2 cans of elderflower (500)

Today is better:
B. Tomatoes on toast (300)
L. Potato, onion & artichoke hash (600)
D. Will be mushroom risotto which I've not added up yet

Hope everyone is having a good day x

@AspirationalTallskinnylatte Logging and planning meals really helps 🙂Lunch today sounds good. Was it Jerusalem artichokes in the hash? I love them, but hate the preparation if they are very knobbly.

Food today was
Shredded wheat with milk and walnuts
Wholemeal chicken salad sandwich
Chicken with cauliflower, sweetcorn and beans
Natural yoghurt with pumpkin seeds

How is everyone doing? My cold is nearly over so will get back on the strength trading again.

Hi @SilverPearl no, it was artichokes in a jar that needed using up. I developed a real hatred of Jerusalem artichokes for the reason you say - just such a pain to prepare - also I don't need any more encouragement to fart 😂

Big win today - completed a weights session! I’ve “done” strength training for about 25 years (am old) with varying levels of commitment from 3 times a week to get a six pack down to zero at times due to injury and/or life getting in the way.
I’ve completely lost my sense of identity since 5 years ago having to give up work to care for various family members.

I’ve joined this thread as part of the process of trying to dig myself out of a low patch and the simple act of respecting myself enough to stick to a calorie goal and get back on the training is really helping.

Today I’ve eaten
Shredded wheat with banana
Chicken salad sandwich
Sweetpotato with feta
Natural yoghurt with pumpkin seeds

Total calories 1450

Hope everyone is having a good weekend

I've had a few drinks over the weekend and haven't calorie counted but have also been really active so should have broken even. Planning on having a couple of weeks completely on plan now to try and get a few more lbs off

Well done @SilverPearl ! You're doing better than me, I think (hope) I've been roughly at maintenance over the weekend and I have done quite a lot of walking.

Today's food
B. Greek yogurt peacans honey
L. Tomato soup bread & butter mini battenburg
D chicken in Parma ham, garlicky greens, roast tomatoes, corn on the cob, ice-cream

Husband was poorly today, so have been mopping his fevered brow. No formal meals, I grazed all day.

2 slices whole meal toast
Apple
Natural yoghurt
Chicken salad sandwich
2 slices whole meal toast
4 digestive biscuits

Amazingly, as I didn’t use butter/mayo/jam on the bread this lot came in at 1400 calories. I was disappointed in wanting the biscuits, but logging them made me stop when I had hit the calorie goal, rather than mindlessly eating more.

Walked 9000 steps.

@afrikat I hope you are successful over the next 2 weeks
@AspirationalTallskinnylatte Your menu always looks good. We have sweetcorn in the garden, I have to fight the squirrels for it. I feeds them oats in the home they leave the cobs alone.

Todays dinner was a “fridge raid” effort to use up spare ingredients. Wouldn’t recommend 😬

1400 Cala today in the form of:
Apple and natural yoghurt
Beans on toast
Cod steak with kale and sweet potato

Hi @SilverPearl hope your husband is better today.
I've managed to stick to under 1600 calories today
B. Toast and marmite
L. Spanish omelette, apple with a spoon of peanut butter.
D. Tandoori chicken thighs, rice, salad
S. Hot chocolate

@AspirationalTallskinnylatte Thank you, he is feeling better today 🙂🙂

Hi everyone. I'd like to join please! I'm really keen to haul myself onto the wagon I tumbled off last Christmas. I was around 10.4 on Christmas Eve. I'd love to get back to that for this Christmas but realistically I think about 11 stone is my target. I'm currently 12.10. I'm going to spam this thread with my food and exercise diary to keep accountable, as I find that really helps.

Mon 23 Sept:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 150
Oat bar - 215

Lunch: Potato salad - 200
Cheese and onion rolls - 350
Lettuce and cucumber - negligible
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Greek salad: 700 (it was very heavy in olives and feta!)
2 x folded flatbreads with butter - 250
2 x plums - 50

Total: 2165

Oh dear. That's not a great start. 😧It's a wake-up call to see it written down though. I had just one leisurely walk of around 40 minutes.

Onwards and upwards!!!

I'm in! Using Nutracheck and I've lost 11lb so far (SW 22.3). I also lost a stone before I started calorie counting by coming off a horrible medication!

My daily allowance is 1643 and I've only rarely gone over, and not by much.

Today I've had;

B: Aldi strawberry fruit yogurt with granola pot (I have these every day) - 195

L: Half a chicken and tomato sandwich, half a Covent Garden chicken soup - 341

D: Butternut squash dahl and rice (Gousto meal) - 528

S: Cotton candy grapes (88), strawberries (37) with chocolate squirty cream (93), 2 dates (52)

309 left. Good day!