7 pounds Junked in July :-)

miss_nadine_x

Hello Slimmers, Good to see some familar faces and some newbies too - welcome:D!

Im trying to listen to my body and only eat when im hungry so I didnt have any breakfast today, I really wasn't hungry at all! I know that this isn't good for you but I wasn't gonna eat just for the sake of it.

Intake so far :

1 cup boiling water with juice of half a lemon squeezed in

L : Vegan mac & cheese (100g brown pasta, 2.5 tablespoons nutrional yeast, mustard, tumeric & paprika) served with shredded lettuce and cucumber; 2 apricots

Plan for the rest of the day

D : Home made pizza! with onion; tomato; green olives; tomato puree;chilli flakes; broccoli; vegan cheese

S : choc soy milk

More water with the other half of the lemon lol, green tea/black coffee

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lightisfading

miss_nadine - where do you get your nutritional yeast from? I'm veggie but would really love to cut down the cals on dairy stuff and seen loads of yummy looking vegan recipes

tara747

coffeeholic - I had another shake this morning and it was MINGING but it seems to have done the trick... I didn't snack all morning and am just about to have lunch now!! That is unheard of for me. How did you find them the last few days? Congrats to you on the weight loss and LOL at you running holding your boobs! :rotfl::rotfl:

alared - thanks for the tips! I shouldn't but I do like the daily weigh ins as they focus my mind! How did you work out your calorie limit?

miss_nadine, your menu for today sounds gorgeous!!!!

AdrianHi - you are so right, eating well has to be a lifelong habit rather than a 'diet' which has a start and end. You've made me think about my fruit intake too. I know fruit is healthy and all, but it doesn't really fill me up. Often I just have a piece of fruit to give me something to do when I get the urge to munch. I guess a carrot is better than an apple for the old blood sugar. Maybe even replace with lower calorie/lower sugar fruits like berries? What's your take on protein? I find that the more protein I eat, the more satisfied I am.

Right, I'm off to have my HM soup, yummy.

Rainbowchild

Ok weighed myself with morning and am 16st 11lb - please it on the front page The Dragon.
So far today have eaten:
Breakfast - 2 slices of brown bread, lowfat spread and marmite
Lunch - Ham salad with the first of my homegrown lettace!, tomato, onion, cucumber, raddishes and low fat cottage chesse
Snack - 1 banana
And for dinner I plan to have steak and veggies

tara747

p.s. Dragon, can you put my starting weight on the front page? Can't remember if I asked or not xo

miss_nadine_x

lightisfading - I get it from VeganStore online, However when it arrived it had burst and I lost about 1/5 of it:(

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AdrianHi

tara747 wrote: »

Maybe even replace with lower calorie/lower sugar fruits like berries? What's your take on protein? I find that the more protein I eat, the more satisfied I am.

There is an expression in computer programming / IT "TIMTOWDI" - There Is More Than One Way To Do It.
If you really want to have some sweet fruit in your day find a time, type of fruit and space for it in your calorie in take and have it.
One solution to keeping blood sugar steady might be having the berries after other food that has what it takes to keep your appetite satisfied for longer. May be this is protein, carbs or a mixture of the two.
Try it out for a few days, if it works for you stick with it.
Other than making sure I have some each day protein intake isn't something I have focused on so don't really have a view. Will read with interest what others have to say on this.

I'm thinking for people starting out calorie counting this month (or not succeeding yet), the best thing to do is experiment for a a week or two and find a pattern of food intake that keeps appetite satisfied, is a balanced diet and puts calorie intake 500 under what you burn (so the more active need to take in more). Don't get concerned with actually loosing weight to start with.
Some people find their body resists loosing the fat to start with, mine did, it took 3 weeks before the weight started coming down.

alared

tara747 wrote: »

alared - thanks for the tips! I shouldn't but I do like the daily weigh ins as they focus my mind! How did you work out your calorie limit?

http://caloriecount.about.com/

If you enrol and put in your details and starting weight and your target,it tells you how many calories you`re allowed per day and over what period.
Losing 2lbs per week is thought to be "safest".

Years ago and I mean years ago I bought a book called "your greatest guide to calories" published by Slimming Magazine,which gives you the calories of everything.
Don`t know if they still publish it,but there are others that will do the job.
I know there are sites online that you can find out the calories in food and drink, but having it close at hand and being able to look it up instantly is better than going online to search.

Much easier these days with calories on most packets.

tara747

alared - thanks, I must go on that site and get my caloire requirements.

AdrianHi - I just had some post-lunch cherries, they were lovely. OK, lunch was an hour and a half ago. :rotfl: But I see what you mean.

The_Dragon

miss_nadine_x wrote: »

lightisfading - I get it from VeganStore online, However when it arrived it had burst and I lost about 1/5 of it:(

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Have you complained to them? they should have packed it better