My Food diary - Suggest me a substitute

~Chameleon~

terra_ferma wrote: »

Your advice is not just wrong, it's dangerous.
You obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Thank you! :T

inkypinky999

Breakfast

Breakfast (08:00 AM) : Tea-30 ml milk no sugar : 25 kcal , 2 Wholemeals toast & butter : 150 kcal
Snack (10:30:00 AM) : Ryvita Thin Snack 30 kcal
Lunch (12:30 PM) : : Omlette Baton : 250 kcal , Orange medium 50
Mid afternoon (14:00 PM) : Tea 30 ml milk no sugar
Snack 16:30 : Orange medium 50 kcal
Evening Tea (17:30) : Tea : 25 kcal, toast & some chickpeas curry : 120 kcal
Dinner (19:45 PM) : Wholemeal Pita & filled shredded chicken + salad + 3 baby potatoes with Nandos sauce 385

Almonds {throughout day} 90

I think I am eating too less and not getting right calories, what can I change in above to get some right nutrients?

~Chameleon~

inkypinky999 wrote: »

Breakfast

Breakfast (08:00 AM) : Tea-30 ml milk no sugar : 25 kcal , 2 Wholemeals toast & butter : 150 kcal
Snack (10:30:00 AM) : Ryvita Thin Snack 30 kcal
Lunch (12:30 PM) : : Omlette Baton : 250 kcal , Orange medium 50
Mid afternoon (14:00 PM) : Tea 30 ml milk no sugar
Snack 16:30 : Orange medium 50 kcal
Evening Tea (17:30) : Tea : 25 kcal, toast & some chickpeas curry : 120 kcal
Dinner (19:45 PM) : Wholemeal Pita & filled shredded chicken + salad + 3 baby potatoes with Nandos sauce 385

Almonds {throughout day} 90

I think I am eating too less and not getting right calories, what can I change in above to get some right nutrients?

You could try cutting out some of the bread/bread products as it seems you're eating it them every meal? What's an omelette baton? Is that an omelette in a bread roll? Increase the eggs to 2-3 and cut out the bread, add some veg like peas, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes and a little cheese. This will help keep you fuller for longer.

If you don't have eggs for lunch then have them for breakfast instead. A couple of eggs scrambled with a couple of grilled chipolatas or bacon (plus mushrooms/spinach/asparagus/tomatoes etc). Adding more veg overall would help too but the above certainly looks to be an improvement on the first post I read, well done :T


Oh and please don't restrict your calories to 1000/day... that's highly irresponsible advice and one to be ignored. You should see a good steady loss at 2000kcal per day and review it monthly as your weight comes off. Try to get some exercise in too. What activities do you like?

inkypinky999

thanks Chameleon, I am not very much stuck to keeping under 1500 or meeting 1000 kcal, I just want to eat right things in right amount...

what i feel now is being too calorie cautious i am missing good calories

...Baton Omlette is basically onion/tomm. egg omlette in a baton. I do eat lot of eggs mainly in breakfast...not sure i can eat veg in breakfast i will try on a weekend coz weekday morning is in kind of rush..

i may try to add some chicken liver dish

~Chameleon~

inkypinky999 wrote: »

thanks Chameleon, I am not very much stuck to keeping under 1500 or meeting 1000 kcal, I just want to eat right things in right amount...

what i feel now is being too calorie cautious i am missing good calories

...Baton Omlette is basically onion/tomm. egg omlette in a baton. I do eat lot of eggs mainly in breakfast...not sure i can eat veg in breakfast i will try on a weekend coz weekday morning is in kind of rush..

i may try to add some chicken liver dish

A lot of people struggle to eat veg for breakfast but I love it. Avocado is a another favourite. If you're short on time you could always hard boil half a dozen eggs and keep them in the fridge for snacks and breakfast on the run. If you can increase your protein and good fats (nuts, avocado, oily fish, butter, whole dairy etc) and reduce processed food (although I've not seen much evidence of this in your food diary) and the bread stuff you'll feel much better, How are you with fish, chicken, meat etc?

Liver is good especially if you're low in iron but iron is also found in green vegetables such as kale, broccoli so that would help. Also have a small glass of orange juice with it as vitamin C helps the body to absorb iron better.


ETA: you mentioning chicken livers has just reminded me of a dish I've not made for some time now which is dead easy, done in one pot and extremely filling and healthy. It's also good to take in for lunch as it's easily reheated in a microwave. It's similar to a dirty cajun rice but I use pearl barley instead of rice. I also use pork or turkey mince, chicken livers and spinach. I'll dig out the recipe if you want it.

inkypinky999

hi Chameleon..thanks yes I will like the recipe...

~Chameleon~

inkypinky999 wrote: »

hi Chameleon..thanks yes I will like the recipe...

No problem

This is the one I originally adapted it from...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pearl_barley_with_21752

I replace a third of the mince with chicken livers and also add some ground coriander and cajun spice (about ½tsp of each) to spice it up a bit. The wine is optional and I don't bother adding it if I'm using spices as it's pointless. I just increase the stock slightly.

I also bung all the stock in one go and leave it to simmer for around 30mins. I then switch it off even if it still looks a bit sloppy as the barley will continue to absorb the stock whilst cooling.