Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 6. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

black_taxi_2

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im single lazy when it comes to cooking my own food.chips every day isnt uncommon.lov crisps.

today i never had chips or crisps

kellogs corn flakes-semi milk

mushroom soup--two slices toast

chicken roll
cheese roll

i could kill a kebab/chinese or a fish supper

i will look at receipies on here

my exercise is 0.not joining gym.but i live near a canal.so i can walk 30 mins oneway--then back.1 hour a day--nice wildlife

pnq06

black_taxi wrote: »

grateful for replys

im single lazy when it comes to cooking my own food.chips every day isnt uncommon.lov crisps.

today i never had chips or crisps

kellogs corn flakes-semi milk

mushroom soup--two slices toast

chicken roll
cheese roll

i could kill a kebab/chinese or a fish supper

i will look at receipies on here

my exercise is 0.not joining gym.but i live near a canal.so i can walk 30 mins oneway--then back.1 hour a day--nice wildlife

black taxi your diet mainly consists of carbs (chips/2x toast/2x bread rolls) which isn't a good thing when trying to loose weight- A lot of the other slimmers on here struggle to cut bread out so instead they limit there intake and look for other things to compensate like rice/oat cakes which have less calories and fat. I had a conversation with a friend earlier and she said that bread sticks are psychologically more filling cos there is more work in crunching them- wether thats true for everyone or not I don't know but maybe worth a try...

You don't need to go to a lot of effort when cooking- my fav thing to "grab" at the moment is either a slice of low calorie bread or a pitta and ram a load of salad in with a bit of humous or throw some veg in the steamer (pre-packed from the fresh bit will be ideal for you as you'll be getting a variety of veg cut up and washed ready to cook- I personally think the little extra bit that it costs to buy pre-packed is worth it as I often eat a meal alone and find I get better variety and convenient size).

Maybe consider having something a little "heavier" for breakfast- It will last longer in your tummy- Beans, egg, veggie sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and low calorie bread won't work out to be much in calories (aprox 500 cals) and 'may' last 2 meals if you snacked on extra fruit. Just an idea otherwise porridge with honey to sweeten it is fab for filling up on! But I can't stand the stuff since I binged on it a few years back :rotfl: xx

pnq06

Another idea black taxi- How about replacing 1 slice of bread that you normally have with your soup with salad instead? Again pre-packed is great as you get a huge variety which would otherwise cost you a fortune to prepare and then waist as you wouldn't be able to eat all the leftovers in time!

Or pasta salad- You could even eat that whilst working!

Or Fish, new potatoes (with skins on for fibre!) and salad..

JoJoB

beccam - pepper pasta is top of my to do list! I roasted some veg last night ( probably a bit mushier than recipe requires, but ti'll do) so might make it for dinner tomorrow.

Feeling horrid today, have come down with a cold/throat infection. Managed 9000 steps yesterday. Stuck to plan apart from tha addition of strawberry split icecream and 2 slices of bread and butter.

Plan today is:

breakfast: fruit n fibre (300 cals)

lunch: mushroom soup (300 cals) toast with mackerel pate (200)

dinner: salad with tuna mayo (lite) and coleslaw (400)

snacks: melon, grapes, apple

taplady

morning all!

black taxi - there's some good ideas from pnq:T a more substantial breakfast than cornflakes might help a lot, eggs are good for filling you up and keeping you going - scrambled or poached on a slice of toast with some mushrooms and beans is good and you could add some bacon too. It just requires a little more time than a bowl of cereal however if you are going to change the way you eat you will need to spend a little time preparing your food. The prepared stuff in the supermarket is good - vegetables or bags of salad but they are expensive although probably not as expensive as takeaways;)

A few posts back is the recipe for SW chips which are fab so you dont have to give chips up:j

The walk by the canal sounds ideal to start your exercise off:T

Last day off today for me. Not planned dinner yet but will try and keep it healthy.

B - boiled egg on toast

L - tinned salmon and salad

D - ?

snacks - mullerlight, snackajack, banana

have a good day all.

Marion - good luck at your weigh in x

JoJoB

Black taxi - the walking plan is good, have you thought about getting a pedometer? Doing 10,000 steps a day is supposed to be good for weightloss so I have been aiming for that and you soon get to know how many steps your usual routes are.

As for food on the move - I think the best thing is to prepare something the night before in one of those plastic locktite lunchboxes. Some lunchboxes have compartments, so you could have different things in each section depending on what you like - ideas could be cous-cous, hummus, coleslaw, pasta salad, green salad. Then a sandwich bag with things like carrot batons and slices of red pepper (to dip into hummus).

Or you could make your own very substantial layered salad in a lunchbox. I do this for my OH and it lasts him all day - as i make one for him to take to work the night before I also make myself a bowlful for the following day. I do it this way:

1st layer - some grated carrot
2nd - iceberg lettuce and spinach leaves
3rd - slices of tomato or few chopped up cherry tomatoes
4th - some shavings of parmesan cheese
5th - bit more iceberg
6th - tuna and sweetcorn in lite mayo
7th - coleslaw

It lasts him all day and is very filling, and gets lots of good stuff in your system. I find there's not too much wastage if he has same again the next day - that uses up the rest of the tuna mayo etc, and carrots and tomatoes keep in the fridge for a while while a bit of iceberg can be added to most meals (baked potato and salad, fish and salad, quorn fillet and salad). The salad can be tweaked by adding other stuff you like - I put in chopped peppers and egg mayo instead of tuna, goats cheese instead of parmesan - depends what is in the fridge really.

You could experiment with making some of the low-fat curries that have just been posted up. Have one with rice for dinner and put the leftovers in a lunchbox for work the next day.

I know you say you are lazy when it comes to cooking, so perhaps think of one dish you really like and we can come up with a low-fat easy way of cooking it. I love fish supper for instance, so will make fish n chips once a week but making low-fat chips and making sure fish isn't breaded (adds loads of unnecessary calories!).

newlywed

Hi all, welcome all newcomers.

Hi frogga and well done for it only being a mini blip

Just to add to JoJo's comment - if you do get a pedometer - don't try to go for the 10,000 steps a day from doing nothing - you'll be so tired you'll just eat rubbish food anyway (or is that just me ) Work out roughly how much steps you do on a normal day - use this as your base and then try and increase it by say base+ 1k steps for a week (with 1 or two rest days in the week where you just do your base rate), then base + 2k steps for a week (with rest days) etc.

That's what I've been doing the last few weeks and finding it much better and more energising rather than tiring

When I tried to do too many steps each day the first week (as I thought I could jump straight in a 8k a day when I usually do 2k) and ended up having to drag myself out of bed for work by the end of the week as I was so tired - not really the goal :rotfl:


Anyway....

food for today:
b: potato farl, two poached eggs and two veggie sausages.
l: tinned salmon with rice salad
d: salmon fillet (didn't plan that too well did I?) and roasted veg

snacks - grapes, apple, pear.

Aiming for no mini milky way/choc this week and see how long I last :rolleyes:

Lunch time walk looks like it will be in the rain but need to get at least 7k steps today plus need to go get my car tax

kadiya

black_taxi wrote: »

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i could kill a kebab/chinese or a fish supper

I felt EXACTLY the same the first night OH and I DIDN'T reach for the takeout menu, and it'san absolute killer!You have my complete sympathies,especially as your job will take you past those kinds of places.
Like someone else said, your diet is heavy with carbs so WATCH OUT for those cravings and definitely the withdrawal, most possibly headaches and/or mood swings:eek:
I sometimes think it's quite scary what food can do!
Try to stock up on protein to fill you up if you can, like fish, chicken, turkey,small amounts of egg and cheese, believe me, it will make a difference!
If you want something thats like what you find on the high street takeaways, why not get some marinade for your chicken/turkey etc?
Means you have to prepare and cook before hand, but may be worth it in the long run?

Ok, now I've rambled on...!lol
I've had a couple of rubbish days, not totally fallen off of the wagon in terms of food, but have been quite stressed out so have skipped some meals (including breakfast today) and went a bit mad on the Yorkshire puddings yesterday
Have got quite a lot on this week, but am going to try and make sure I eat!
May have a tunafish salad for my lunch and have some chicken breast in for dinner time, but not 100% sure what to make yet :rolleyes:
May make a fruit crumbly thing for pud (more fruit than crumble, which my children prefer lol), will have to wait and see yet
Right!Better get on with things!

pnq06

Morning All,

kadiya- hold it together hun- you CAN do it!!!! Hope this week is less stressful for you....

Well today is going to be a pretty regular day for me

B: Musli
L: Salad (I got hungry last night or rather early morning and ate the veg that I saved for today )
Not sure yet....
S: Fruit

When it stops raining then I'll pop over to the co-op to stock up on cous-cous... Might also venture into aldi to see fruit and veg they have for 49p :j

newlywed

pnq06 wrote: »

Might also venture into aldi to see fruit and veg they have for 49p :j

This is the super 6 according to the web ...
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_range/4862.htm