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Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 7. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

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  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    edited 19 September 2011 at 2:56PM
    The_Dragon wrote: »
    Ragz is it worth setting up an Old Style Christmas Challenge thread?

    (well done on the lb loss)Only if the weight loss Old Stylers who aren't joining in are getting fed up with hearing about it! I only intended it as a little extra thing in the whole thread, as long as it doesn't take over I think we're fine. Don't see the point in making new threads otherwise. I was thinking of requesting a whole new one after Christmas though as this one's getting a bit long and there's always a lot of new members in January!

    Lovetopaint - never fear, there's always next week and at least you didn't gain! Have a smilie for trying :)

    I weighed my pasta for lunch, it was 75g uncooked which ended up as 178g cooked. Had it with Sacla stir in sauce, was around 400cal total. I could make a less calorific sauce I think, those jars seem to have a lot of oil in.
    Anyone got a good low fat pasta sauce recipe?
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  • LittleMoog
    LittleMoog Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    for a plain (but tasty!) tomato sauce I use this receipe, based on the one from the river cottage cookbook:

    2tbsp olive oil
    3 cloves garlic (crushed/minced)
    1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes (or a fresh chilli chopped finely)
    1 tsp smoked paprika
    1 tsp oregano
    2 cans/cartons chopped tomatoes

    heat the olive oil and saute garlic (and fresh chilli if using) for 30s, add herbs and spices and stir for 30 seconds before adding the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer for 20 mins and then blitz to make a smooth sauce, or leave chunky. Check the seasoning - I often add a few pinches of sugar, if the tomatoes are very acidy, and a good grind of pepper.

    We use it all the time, it makes enough for 4 portions, and keeps well in the fridge. I worked out the calories ages ago, I think it was about 75 cal/portion. I use it to top pizzas, with pasta and bacon/chorizo, to top chilli-filled wraps for enchiladas etc etc....

    If you have fresh tomatoes to use up, saute with the garlic before adding spices, and bulk up with 1 can tomatoes.
    Little monkey born November 2012:j
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  • Having trouble focusing today, DH went off to Italy last night (well to stay at Newcastle Airport to be exact for very early flight this a.m.) I kept waking up, probably wondering if Harry was OK downstairs. He was fine of course but now I'm jet lagged!

    Going to have to record every thing I eat as things are not going the right way, had a sneaky check on the sacles (WI day is tomorrow) and its not going well, that left me quite down on top of the sleep deprivation. Any how took Harry up on the fell for a run at lunch time insted of the gym as he had so much energy I didn't think I could leave him alone...the destruction may have been apocalptic! He has torn up three cardboard boxes today in the office, despite being offered various new and exciting chewy toys etc. Like a child the best toys are the homemade ones.

    So, so far today I have eaten
    2 x Shredded wheat with ss milk, tbs plain yogurt and tbs raspberries
    1 bannana
    1 WM roll and 1 HM WM slice bread with sardines in tomato sauce
    Will have orange and apple for snack and having lamb and chicken (two very small pieces, found in bottom of freezer, too small to make one meal each) baked in oven with tomatoes and olives with HG roasted peppers (maybe stuffed with rice)

    CCP well done on reaching your goal. Well done to all losers and for the rest of us....like me, just keep plugging away! And yes I want to earn more smilies too
    "doing the best you enjoy, not the best you can tolerate, is truly the best you can do sustainably."
  • Afternoon All,

    Just a quick post as I'm due out again in an hour. I had a 3 hour shift at work which finished at 5 and am back again at 7.

    B: Raspberries with Greek yoghurt
    L: Cheese and tomatoes on toast. Apple, pear.
    S: HM scone and butter.
    T: Poached egg on toast.

    Exercise: By the time I walk to work tonight I shall have done 10 miles. 7 of those were on a walk with friend and dog this morning and the other 3 from backwards and forwards to work, shops etc.

    Rose
    Weight Loss Challenge 5/7/19 10st 6lbs
    Target 8st 12lbs

    Daily Steps Challenge 16,000
    Average daily steps: January 19,317, February 19,449, March 20,330, April 22,026, May 20,412 June 15,690
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    ragz wrote: »
    (well done on the lb loss)Only if the weight loss Old Stylers who aren't joining in are getting fed up with hearing about it! I only intended it as a little extra thing in the whole thread, as long as it doesn't take over I think we're fine. Don't see the point in making new threads otherwise. I was thinking of requesting a whole new one after Christmas though as this one's getting a bit long and there's always a lot of new members in January!

    Lovetopaint - never fear, there's always next week and at least you didn't gain! Have a smilie for trying :)

    I weighed my pasta for lunch, it was 75g uncooked which ended up as 178g cooked. Had it with Sacla stir in sauce, was around 400cal total. I could make a less calorific sauce I think, those jars seem to have a lot of oil in.
    Anyone got a good low fat pasta sauce recipe?

    Ah right! in that case you just need to keep us on track :D
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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    I stayed the same this week :( so am determined to lose at least a lb this week!

    So, feeling pretty pleased with today :)

    b - shreddies with skimmed milk - 181.5 cals
    l - humous with carrot sticks, celery, cucumber sticks and some raw pepper (108.62 cals), 2 raisin biscuits (152 cals) - 260.62
    t - 2 chicken fajitas with salad (620.5 cals), grapefruit (70 cals) milky way (120 cals) - 810.5 cals

    Exercise = -189.4 cals burnt on active game

    Total for today: 1063.22 calories
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  • Quick hello from me...shattered after 5 hours driving.

    B - Nothing
    L - 2 ryvitas with light philly
    T - Bacon carbonara and wholemeal spag
    S - 2 caramel snack-a-jacks

    Poor I know, will eat better tomorrow....
  • ragz_2
    ragz_2 Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    edited 19 September 2011 at 8:29PM
    The_Dragon wrote: »
    Ah right! in that case you just need to keep us on track :D
    I'll try ;) just don't expect me to set a good example :o

    Thanks for the recipe Littlemoog, have bookmarked it.

    Rosewood well done on all that walking, you must be shattered now!

    Had chilli con carne and brown rice for dinner. I weighed 100g of cooked rice, a guess as I wasn't sure what size a portion is. (As far as I can tell form googling it's half a cup, so I wasn't far off) It was only 3 heaped dessert spoonfuls, which didn't look like much but when it was mixed in it seemed like plenty so I'm glad I didn't have more.

    Rice and pasta are things I have real trouble with portions with as I've never known what one is meant to be. I just pile them on the plate until it's full then add the sauce. I am now retraining myself with the aid of scales...

    Mash is another one, apparently a portion should be a few tablespoonfulls... not a plateful!

    This guide on the Tesco healthy site had the best guide I can get so far, there is a good Fridge Guide to print off here but it is all US cup measures.
    Portion Sizes Table

    Just spotted this post on portions and platefuls by Valk_Scot on another thread and will quote it here as she is Spot On...
    valk_scot wrote: »

    The quick way to focus on this is to look at the plate as if it were a clock, divided into four. You should have 1/4 protein type foods, such as meat, 1/4 carb type foods such as pasta or potato,1/2 (2/4) veg. So if you're serving chilli or lasagne for example then it sound be served with an equal amount of vegetables, like a large salad. NOT an entire plate of lasagne btw plus a side salad, but both should fit on the same normal sized dining plate. (Even if you do actually serve them in seperate dishes.)

    Meals should balance this way across the courses or indeed entire day btw..don't have a stodgy main course plus stodgy pud, for example, and half of what you eat should be fruit and veg based. It's absolutely astounding how many folk base their meals on an excessively large portion of meat/fish/protein plus the same of carbohydrate and just add a couple of spoonfuls of veg as a garnish.

    If you think of meals like this then it doesn't actually matter what kind of food you prefer to cook ie spicey, no fish, only white food or whatever. as long as you set up the proportions right.
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  • LittleMoog
    LittleMoog Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    Thanks for that info Ragz, I think I'm definitely getting the balance wrong there :o I've been weighing all carbs for the last 4 years, as previously I just added a few handfuls of pasta etc, but I think we still have too much protein and not enough veggies so that's something I can work on. We have started eating most of our meals from our shallow pasta bowls, which makes smaller portions look bigger ;)

    Today's meals:
    Breakfast: fruit corner
    Lunch: granola bar, fruit corner, apple, clementine (bread mouldy when I went to make sarnies this morning :( so on emergency rations!)
    Dinner: Chilli enchiladas (HM beef and lentil chilli in 2 wraps each, baked in oven with HM tomato sauce and a sprinkling of cheese) peas and broccoli
    Little monkey born November 2012:j
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  • blondy24
    blondy24 Posts: 702 Forumite
    edited 20 September 2011 at 3:01PM
    Hello,

    Today's food will be a bit healthier.

    B - 2 x WM toast with a bit of butter and vegemite
    L - 4 x ryvitas with philly
    S - Apple and 1 x Cranberry, Almond and Pecan Bread, 1 x caramel snack a jack
    T - HM chilli with brown rice, low fat yoghurt

    Will also be drinking more fruit tea today.

    Exercise - Will definitely be starting on the wii fit tonight, as getting OH to set it up so determined to do it this time.
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