Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 8. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

minicooper- I would be so cross if someone stole my food. I remember being a student in a house share (the other housemates were working full time) My budget was £10 a week for food, plus an extra £10 at the start of each term which bought teabags, ketchup etc. My landlord had builders in and they were helping themselves to my teabags- using a half a term's worth in two days. Nowadays I prepare DH lunch every day in an insulated lunch bag because it gets stolen from the staff room fridge :mad:

JackieO thats a fantastic achievement, well done :T

Food diary for today:
B: weetabix, raisins, ss milk
11am: One round multigrain toast. Tuna mayo, tiny bit of cheese grilled on top.
L: Small baked potato with some tuna, sweetcorn, mayo. Stir fry cabbage, red pepper, mangetout. (Spray oil, soy sauce, level tsp sweet chilli sauce)
Two spoonfuls of DS's leftover noodles- I binned the rest.
Creamy chicken pasta (a favourite in our house, basically 2 chicken breasts chopped small and browned in wok, pasta cooked with 2 chicken oxos, not too much water, then stir in a tin condensed chicken soup and chicken) Broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, chopped cherry toms. Fed me, fussy toddler, DH (large portion) and enough for DH and DS's lunch tomorrow.
S: orange, apple, 1 belvita biscuit, 1 mini egg.

Ate quite a lot as you can see, but all done in a low cal/ smaller portion way than I would have done previously. Still suffering with this cold and tired tbh . I will be thrilled if I manage a STS this week, will not be surprised if I put weight on tho.

According to Channel 5 (The Wright Stuff) this morning, the average person spends £110 per month on takeaways. :eek:
Meanwhile last night on BBC we had people who couldn't afford to eat due to having debts while also living on benefits.
Shocking stuff. My grocery bill is averaging about £90 a week (about 20 of that is baby milk, nappies, wipes etc. Used to spend lots less but finding it difficult to cut it down much and still have plenty of fruit, veg and some treats for DH and DS. But takeaways are a rare event.
Trying to think about portion sizes both when cooking and serving. Trying to retrain my brain that food waste is food that is binned but also food that goes in the mouth when the stomach is already satisfied. Eating DS's leftovers etc is treating myself as a human bin.

Yesterday... B one slice wholemeal toast two poached eggs
D two seeded salad rolls
T steak chips peas salad (all served on a small plate)
S banana & apple
E two two hour walks

fluffysox wrote: »

Creamy chicken pasta (a favourite in our house, basically 2 chicken breasts chopped small and browned in wok, pasta cooked with 2 chicken oxos, not too much water, then stir in a tin condensed chicken soup and chicken)

That sounds nice fluffysox...do you add in the water the pasta cooks in, or do you drain it away?

fluffysox wrote: »

According to Channel 5 (The Wright Stuff) this morning, the average person spends £110 per month on takeaways. :eek:

£110 a month :eek: Do we believe this figure? because if that's the average that means there are people spending a lot more than that!

I wonder if they made it clear if that was "per person"...if someone asked me how much I'd spent on a takeaway and I'd bought for a family of 4, I'd say the whole price?

I try not to have takeaways too often (honest guv ) but I have probably 2 or 3 per month. My favourite costs £4.70, so that's £10 - £15 per month (just for me, if I have one with family obviously it costs more, cos mum pays, doesn't she!)

It's a cost thing, and a healthy eating thing...there's a little part of me which wonders how long I could eat takeaways for before I got bored with them , if I didn't know that I'd get fat (well, fatter ) I'd love to find out :rotfl:

£110 a month :eek::eek: I could believe one of my housemates spends that much, but am shocked if that's the average!

Had another massive sinus headache again today, think i'm allergic to the pollen that comes put at this time of year. Had some more 'sorry for myself' treats, and skipped the gym again.

Also think because I know it's a gain tomorrow, i've just let myself continue to eat badly... Time to meal plan for next week!