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

candlepower_2

today I will eat
B-porridge, freash fruit salad mostley berries
L_exotic warm mushroom salad(found recipe looks interesting)hm
D-beef and veggie sauce (from last night)brown rice hm
S-healthy nanna blueberry muffin/clotted creamrice pudding late night bargin
good luck to those that weigh in today.

CCP

newlywed - I'm glad yesterday's interview went OK, and I hope today's is good too. Fingers crossed for you!

Today's plan (written out in the hope that I'll stick to it and not succumb to something unhealthy for dinner like the last couple of days):

Breakfast - two wheat biscuits with raisins and semi skimmed milk
Snack - banana
Lunch - brie and lettuce sandwich; portion of marinated olives
Snack - chopped mango
Dinner - bean and courgette burritos, topped with a weeny bit of cheese (i.e. not half the block like I usually do ); pear for afters if I want one

That should be 7 to 8 portions of fruit and veg, too, which will partially make up for yesterday.

mlz1413

Hi Taplady, I couldn't find Tuscan bean soup but this is a Greek island country bean soup whilst I have the recipe book open!

serves 6 - 4 tbsp olive oil
2 sticks celery thickly sliced
1 med onion thickly sliced
1tsp cumin seeds, crushed
400g can tomatoes
1 tbsp tom paste
350g haricot beans (soaked & cooked per instructions or a can)
125g yellow split peas washed & drained
1.5 ltrs stock or water
1 tbsp lemon juice
salt & pepper
2 tbsp chopped parsley

fry onion & celery until soft, add cumin for 1 min, add toms & tom paste, beans & peas stir well and cover with water.
if using dried beans you can boil for 10 mins & simmer for 1 hr. if using a can heat through and simmer until peas have thickened the soup
add lemon juice, season and sprinkle parsley to serve.


A favourite easy diet recipe for me is:
chicken in a yogurt crust - serves 4
1 garlic chopped, 1 inch piece of ginger chopped, 1 fresh chilli chopped, 6 tbsp low fat natural yogurt, 1 tbsp tom puree, 1 tsp ground turmeric, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tbsp lime juice, salt & pepper
mixed above together
put 4 boneless chicken breasts on a oven proof dish and cover with the yogurt mixture
bake at 190 / gas 5 for 30-35 mins
serve with lime wedges and a salad - can be sliced and served cold or as part of a salad.

floyd

Another good day for me although I was starving today as I missed breakfast to go to the dentist

B: Nowt

L: HM veggie chilli and brown rice

Hm quorn bolognese with wholemeal pasta and a bit of garlic bread

S: A banana with my lunch and some vanilla ice cream with 2 crushed ginger biscuits on top after dinner ommmmm

Have a good week all

meanmarie

Today I have eaten:

B....clementine, porridge with milk, tsp sugar, banana, tea;

L.....ham sandwich, tea, weetabix brownie;

D.....Another ham sandwich, slice swiss roll, last weetabix brownie, tea;

Sn...apple, 2 gingernuts.

Good luck all

Marie

candlepower_2

newleywed-good luck with all your effforts at job hunting.I need to start looking soon I think.
A big thanks for pointing out the Tuscan soup made it in slow cooker and we all had some.Very tastey and full of healthy things.had some when I got in from the cinema late last night (better than previous habit of huge bag of minstrals and 2 scoops of some over priced icecream.)

today I plan to eat.

B granolagrated applelowfat yogurt
L Greek salad
D slow cooked chilli beef and vegtables egg noodles
S soup or oat cakes.

good luck to all.

taplady

Morning all!

candlepower - thanks for mentioning that the soup was good done in the slow-cooker:T I'll have to try it as i've never made soup in mine!

weigh in last night and have lost a pound this week:j - mainly thanks to my mother for not leading me astray when we were in Devon:D

Am working an 11 hour shift today so not sure about food.

B - 1 ww toast, muesli

L - pub lunch so hopefully a jacket spud

D - not sure whats on the menu at work but am taking a veggie burger as a standy by to have with either salad or veg.

lots of fruit and a yoghurt

have a great day all x

MrsWoolfe

Hello all!

Can I join? have been needing to lose a fair bit of weight for quite a long time, was doing quite well about a year ago...then went through some dark times, weight was last thing on my mind and suddenly realised I was back at my heaviest again

So last week decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and started meal planning and exercising, drinking lots and lots of water and logging everything online- which seems to help me stay on track!

Been reading this thread all week and think it would help to have some support, v difficult at the mo as am trying to get hubby to put ON weight while I try and lose it! Can you tell that we handle stress/grief differently??? At the moment I am just giving him larger portions of everything...but it's not easy!

thanks!

MrsWoolfe

mlz1413

Hi Mrs Woolfe,

I have the same problem as my fella works physically so needs lots of calories, last night was a classic as in - Him; would you like pudding & custard, Me; No, Him; oh yeah you don't like custard, Me; no a love custard I just don't have any calories left to use, Him Oh! (wish I could find that bang's head smiley!)

I try not to eat the carbs with dinner (ie rice, potatoes, noodles) or have a really small portion and fill my plate with veg / salad.

I buy single pot desserts like treacle sponge / spotted !!!!!! so that nothing is hanging around.

Also mackeral is calorie ladden but its easy to cook when I have salmon which is a really health option. He gets twice the meat I have.

Stress is a tough thing to handle and we all cope differently, well done for moving forward, take one day at a time and remember losing weight is not a race.

My food today is:
B: 2 Toast one honey, one peanut butter
L: ham, mixed peppers, sweetcorn wrap
S: banana
lasanga & peas (unless I shop for salad - which is unlikely!)

candlepower_2

Welcome Mrs Woolfe.
I have found it helpful just writing down what i have eaten.
Also helpful to see other,s meals /struggles too.
Stress is a strange one.

As you have indicated peoples reactions to it.
I learned recentley that being in a state of stress can affect your hormones ,cortisone I think and can lead to weight gain. someone sent me an article on it, particularly for women and girth fat if you see what I mean.
Well done for taking the first steps.