Food Diary So through reading various health magazines and online articles I have stumbled upon the axiom that, in order to loose weight and effectively keep it off, one must monitor closely his/her eating habits; Thus allowing oneself to adjust their eating habits accordingly. Once this has been acomplished it is possible to lose weight more effectively. So what is this thread for, as the title would suggest, this thread is for hip forum members to keep diaries (if they wish) on their eating habits. The idea is to make us more aware of what we eat (well me anyway). I am 5'7 and weigh 91.6 Kg (electric scales) target weight: 65-75 Kg British 20 years old
Meals Today Breakfast - Cinnimon grahams 1 bowl Lunch - Super Noodles 1 bowl Snack - Ham & Cheese Sandwich Dinner - Chips and a Crispy Pancake Tomorrow's Plan more Vegetables Exercise 30 mins rebounder 15 mins cycle
Cool Idea. I was doing this on Self.com but find the site a bit pretentious Breakfast- (405) Iced grande non-fat mocha (185 calories) half of a rasberry bran muffin (90 calories) a banana (90 calories) plain cup of coffee w/non-fat milk-40 calories Lunch- (305) grande non-fat iced mocha (185 calories) citrus and mint salad (120 calories) Snack- (250) Chocolate dipped strawberries 5 (250 calories) Dinner- (550) 1 piece of veggie pizza (250 calories) chocolate dipped strawberries-6 (300 calories) total-1,510 calories. I take vitamins too. The strawberries were a gift. I couldn't help myself! ):
Cool thread! Today I consumed: coffee w/soymilk & cane sugar (150 calories) oatmeal (300 calories) vegetarian B.L.T. (350 calories) red beans & fajita chicken (300 calories) Toast w/pb & jam (150 calories) random bites and snacks including raw almonds, guacamole, and a bite of my boyfriend's pizza (about 200 calories estimated) =about 1450 calories total, lower than I planned. There's something just so cute and sweet about that
and a bottle of wine...add what like 1200 calories...and that is why I am fat! They are right writting it down does help you undersntat. nto that i am going to do anything about it.
Welcome BD & LF Good luck @Lace and feet a vegetarian B.L.T B.L.T= bacon lettuce and tomato how do you manage that
today Frosties 1 bowl mini chicken strip burger sandwich peanuts garlic bread chicken, rice, and peas. I'll take a leaf out of BD and LF book and record my calorie intake
maybe soy bacon? this can also be used for people wanting to gain weight too...people think they eat enough to start gaining wait, then when they start logging what they eat, they realize they eat nothing...
This is great. It made me not get that giant cookie I wanted because I knew I would have to be honest with myself when I typed this! Total-1,600 Calories 15 minute walk at lunch and 45 minutes of salsa dance lessons Breakfast-420 calories grande iced non-fat mocha-160 calories -blueberries and gronola w/ rice milk- 360 calories Snack 230 calories -Orange Juice-160 calories -tall non-fat latte- 70 calories Lunch- 550 calories -chicken with tomatoes and havarti on whole wheat 400 -lara bar 150 Dinner (about 400?) 2 pieces whole grain fench toast with maple syrup, apple butter and strawberries from my mom's garden
Like fitzy said, its soy bacon...imitation bacon, if you will. Today I had coffee, oatmeal, a large bowl of tomato-broccoli-garlic soup, a cup of pineapple chunks, an apple, and...another veggie B.L.T. Tons of water throughout the day too, as always. Does anyone (trying to lose weight, particularly) do "cheat days"? It's when you allow yourself to indulge a little once a week. Friday is my day and while I still eat healthy, I also allow myself to have a beer, dessert, or something cheesy. It REALLY helps me not go crazy with feeling as though I'm deprived. If I get a craving on lets say, a Tuesday, I tell myself Not until Friday" and that's the end of it. Then of course, when Friday comes around the craving is usually long gone and I'm happy that I didn't give in.
wow sorry for my ignorance that is weird. cheating days are supposedly beneficial, helps keep you on track.
cheat days are beneficial if you can control yourself - you want to indulge, but not go way overboard haha. i pretty much follow the 90/10 rule. it works for me right now. 90% of the time i'm on my nutrition plan, 10% of the time i go off and indulge in something. i don't have a specific day that i indulge on, if i crave something, i'll have a little bit and thats the end of it...most of the time i indulge after working out, which is a great time to eat a cookie or brownie because after a hard workout, the sugar in a cookie/brownie is easily broken up and used to replenish your body and most likely won't be stored as fat... thats just a general rule i follow. once i really get back into working out again - when my ankle fully heals - then i'll zero my nutrition plan in, to maximize fat loss. breakfast - 2 cups water 5 hard boiled eggs 2 sausage patty 4 pieces of 10-grain bread 1/2 grapefruit
cinnamon grahams Milkybar Eggs sandwich Toffee Crisp chocolate bar sensations crisps chili flavour/flavor chips 2x chicken dippers 1 crispy pancake 1 bbq rib omg this is terrible I am ashamed ill update the calories later
1,600 calories and no exercise at all today in fact sat in meetings or answered emails all day and did not have time to go for a walk ): Am starting outdoor yoga class in April with a friend and can't wait! breakfast (250) a grande iced non-fat mocha 160 calories a banana- 90 calories Lunch-680 orange juice - 180 calories pad thai with tofu and shredded carrots (500) non-fat grande mocha 160 Dinner (510) Lara Bar (160) soy chips (200) pomegranite juice with mineral water (150)
frosties chocolate muffin mini cheddar smarties egg mini chicken fillet salt fish and rice with green bannana yam
Wow, this is making me feel anorexic. I had one all-out gone-crazy "cheat day" last week, followed by a hormonal roller-coaster ride which made me bloated and retain water (unrelated) and a whole lot of feeling sick the last few days. When I have eaten I've been careful to make it foods that are nutritionally packed, like spinach. But it's been days since I've eaten much of anything substantial. I know that it's a bad habit, and I don't want my metabolism to think I'm starving... but I just have NO APPETITE. :&
So far today I've had coffee (150 cal), a turkey red-bell pepper sandwich (400 cal) with a (tiny!) serving of potato chips ((80 cal)all natural sweet Maui onion..my favorite), a handful of trail mix (100 cal), and about 1/2 a cup of pineapple (70 cal). I just added it up and I'm surprised that it only brings me to around 800 calories, as I'm feeling pretty satisfied and I got in a lot of exercise today. Dinner will be something with black beans and I'll probably blend up some chocolate Spirutein protein shake to have for dessert as I'm feeling a bit sweet-toothed today. I aim for around 1600 calories a day but sometimes I don't count, sometimes I eat less than that, and sometimes I eat more. I'm using the "just listen to my body" method and it works best.
