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.

Today I've had;

B: Belvita breakfast biscuits - 204

L: Ham and piccolo tomato sandwich and some salt and vinegar snack a jacks - 361

D: Sweet curry and sultana rice (YUM) - 727

S: A pear (54), raspberries (36) a Lindt ball (82) and 1 date (26).

153 left. Good day!

Thought today would be miles over as I went out for a special dinner with friends. As luck would have it though due to very slow service and a menu with some good calorie counted options I ended up less ridiculously over than I thought (and 14K of steps so who knows maybe they will balance things out a little….).

breakfast:
vanilla red bush with oatly, coffee with oatly
48

lunch:
Heinz cream of mushroom soup (one can)
one slice of sourdough toast with butter
356

dinner:
pint and a half of 3.8% lager
medium glass of white wine
beetroot and blue cheese starter
steak and fries
1365

snack:
Costa soy milk latte
173

total: 1942 (330 over target)

Well done @OneDayIWillLearn it's hard going out but your meal sounds yum!

Wednesday 23rd Oct:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 150
Oat bar - 250

Lunch: Egg sandwich - 400
Babyleaf salad - negligible
Pop chips - 100

Dinner: Broccoli - 50
Vegetarian 'popcorn chicken' - 150
Juice - 50
Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1400

I'm ok with that. No real 'exercise' today but quite active raking leaves, sorting out the house etc.

Today's food:
B. Toast with peanut butter & banana, toast butter & apple jelly
L. Pastrami sandwich
D. Pasta with tomato sauce & salad
1500 calories in total

Today I've had;

B: Belvita breakfast biscuits and a flat white with sugar - 323

L: Ham and cream cheese and piccolo tomato sandwich - 280

D: Morrocon giant couscous, chicken and roast veg - 599

S: 2 caramel snackajacks (102), a muller rice (170- outrageous- won't eat the rest of the multipack, not worth the calories!) and 1 date (26).

143 left. Good day!

Breakfast
vanilla redbush and a large instant coffee (both with oatly)
72

lunch
tub of fat free cottage cheese
banana, apple, satsuma
bag of proper corn
386

dinner
richmond veggie sausages x3
1/3 can of reduced sugar baked beans
medium portion of oven chops
light mayo and ketchup
2 pieces of baklava
826

Total: 1284 (target 1612)
Plus 12K steps

should balance out yesterday slightly!

Thursday 24th Oct:

Breakfast: Juice - 100
Pineapple - 50
Cereal bar - 100

Lunch: Houmous - 200
Cucumber and lettuce - negligible
3 x mini spinach muffins - 150
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Veggie sausages - 200
Parsnips, carrot, broccoli - 100
Butter - 100
Pear - 100
Halo top icecream - 100

Total: 1300. Honestly though I wouldn't be surprised if I weaken and have a small supper of some kind. I am so hungry!!!! I've been feeling quite cold today, maybe it's that? I've only had one walk though, of around 45 minutes.

I would definitely have something else if I was youn@SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter ! That all sounds a bit unsatisfying to me although compared to everyone here I am a bit of a lardarse.
Today;
B. Berries, granola greek yogurt (350)
L. Cheese leek & potato pie and peas (550)
D. So far 2.5 pints of peroni. (500?) I'm now off to a different pub where I might have chips or another pint or both.

Friday 25th October:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 100

Lunch: 3 x spinach mini muffins - 150
green pepper - negligible
Houmous - 100
leftover couscous - 200
Biscuit - 150

Snack: Bagel with peanut butter - 150
Banana - 100

Dinner: Scrambled egg - 300
Toast with butter - 300
Cherries - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Cake bar - 100

Total: 1750!! Everything seems to have gone to pot a bit! I am SO HUNGRY today!! I ended up having a supper of a cheese wrap and an oat and pecan bar last night too! I've not had any exercise at all today either. On the one hand I'm disappointed with myself, on the other hand I'm quite proud of myself because I went shopping and I was this close to buying crap to gorge in the car but I held off. So I don't know how to feel or what to think! I'm just hoping this hunger is not going to last or my diet is screwed!

Do you guys realise that today is 2 months til Christmas?!

Hello everyone, just popping in to say I'm on holiday til Tuesday so eating absolutely everything. Vaguely trying to log it all too just so I know, am 900 over today! So won't weigh in this week and will be back Wednesday :)

Have a lovely time! Are you somewhere warm and sunny? If so I'm very jealous!

Everything has gone very skewwhiff the last few days! I've been so hungry, barely exercised at all and went to a wedding yesterday which threw any notion of dieting out of the window!! I'm really trying to press the 'reset' button but it's hard!

Anyway, Sunday 27th Oct:

Breakfast: Banana - 100
Yoghurt - 50
Oat bar - 250

Lunch: Bread - 300
Butter - 50
Tomato soup - 150
Cheese - 200
Mango - 100
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Pasta - 300
Babyleaf salad - negligible
Mayo - 150
Juice - 100
Pear - 100
Halo top icecream - 100

Total: 2050!!!!

Oh my God! Seriously!? I only had one walk today, of about 30 minutes. Weighed myself and I'm 12.5, which is a loss of 2lbs, but still very firmly 'in the 12s'. I can feel myself giving up. How can I get myself back on track again?

I’ve also been AWOL - it was my birthday yesterday and we were away for the weekend so I was eating all sorts (and didn’t track). We are also away this coming week - I’ll try to eat more normally and track again but no scales so I won’t weigh in for another week and I doubt I’ll be able to stick to my goal every day.

I’m not going to lie, it was fun to let myself go a bit but it was also great to be on that trip feeling good about my body and noticing how much looser my clothes were. And I do actually feel ready to get back on the (relatively!) straight and narrow again now.

I wish I was somewhere warm and sunny! Sadly not! The wet climes of Scotland.

@SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter don't give up now, think of the long term, and how much weight 1lb a week is over a year. We're all rooting for you.

Just looking at your meal plan. What bread are you using? I use Hovis (or Aldi sometimes) 'best of both' and it's 182 for 2 slices. Instead of an oat bar, could you have a porridge pot? I currently love the grab and go quaker ones (golden syrup flavour) and they're 213 and so filling. The ready break sachets are even less. I've switched to Lighter mayo and it's fine and half the calories, not as creamy but you get used to it. Cheese, well it's hard to resist! But the calories are so high for so little, so I've been using a really small grater to make me think I'm having more, you could also try to the low fat versions of cheese?

@OneDayIWillLearn happy birthday!

@RainbowWife

Thank you, those are all good tips! I'm going shopping tomorrow so I'll try and stock up on some lower calorie filling stuff. I keep meaning to buy cottage cheese too, and forgetting!

Mon 28th Oct:

Breakfast: Bagel with peanut butter - 200
Smoothie - 150

Lunch: Cheesy mushrooms on toast - 500
Pineapple and mango - 50
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Gnocchi - 150
Sauce - 200
Lettuce - negligible
Cherries - 50
Yoghurt - 50
Cereal bar - 100

Total: 1550

Ok, not great but hopefully coming down again! I had one 25 minute walk and a mild workout of about 30 mins.

Tues 29th Oct:

Breakfast: Fruity porridge - 200

Snack 1: Iced gingerbread - 250

Snack 2: Bretzel - 400

Dinner: Cottage cheese - 150
Sweetcorn - 50
Red pepper - 50
2 x slices bread - 200
Mango - 50
Biscuit - 50

Total: 1400

I've had absolutely ZERO exercise today! Hope to make up for it alter in the week.

Yesterday went wrong. I didn't lay into the cheesecake or anything but I was so hungry I just ate normally. I think it probably came to around 2000-2200. I did do a bit of jogging though.

Thurs 31st Oct:

Breakfast: Banana - 100
Smoothie - 100

Lunch: Tomato soap - 150
Cheese toastie - 300
Cake bar - 100

Snack: popcorn - 50

Dinner: Pumpkin pasta - 500
Satsuma - 50
Halo top icecream - 100

Total: 1450

I walked for about 45 minutes.

This thread has gone very quiet! Has everyone given up?

I've had a 'cheat week', without meaning to. Just being hungry/going out/fatal Halloween chocolate! I'm disappointed in myself but keen to get back on track.

Monday 4th Oct:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 100
Cereal bar - 100

Lunch: Soup - 250
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Scrambled eggs - 300
Peas - 50
Toast - 200
Sausages - 200
Biscuit - 150

Total: 1450

One walk of about 40 mins

hi @SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter no not given up but been off track for ten days! I was back on it yesterday though.

breakfast:
vanilla red bush with oatly, two coffees with oatly

120

lunch
can of Heinz mushroom soup
packet of pop corn
277

dinner
jacket potato with homemade coleslaw, prawn mayo, tuna mayo, grated cheese
685

pudding
fat free yoghurt and raspberries
98

total
1180 (target 1600 so happy with that!)

I was up 4lbs at 12 stone 6.5lbs yesterday morning on my pre-holiday weight. Hoping some of that is water weight but it was a bit sobering!! Hoping I’m back in the groove now though. I’ve been really enjoying feeling the difference in how my clothes fit and I wore a swimming costume without thinking I looked awful last week so keen not to throw away all my good work!

@OneDayIWillLearn Hey! Well done for getting back on track. It's not easy after a break! It's fab that your clothes are feeling better! I've not got to that point yet. The only part of me that's visibly smaller is my boobs. My tummy is as big as ever and I'm still doing the 'wriggle and breathe in' thing when getting into my jeans. I tried on last years PJs and was disheartened to find they don't fit. I did weigh myself on Sunday though and apparently I'm down to 12.3, so half a stone lost since I started. We can do this thing!!

Tuesday 5th Nov:

Breakfast: Oat bar - 250
Juice - 100

Lunch: Flat bread - 200
Avocado - 300
Red peppers - 50
Cheese - 100
Cake bar - 100

Dinner: Broccoli - 50
Popcorn 'Chicken' - 200
Yoghurt - 50
Raspberries - 50

Total: 1450

Just one teeny tiny walk today, about 25 minutes

@SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter I started noticing the difference in clothes once I was about 10lbs down (and more so now I’m a stone down) so you probably aren’t far off! Half a stone lost is great 😊