Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 4th Quarter 2024

katejo

jennystarpepper said:

Having a senior moment, hopefully someone is going to explain maybe the obvious!

I cannot maintain or lose if I eat bread, however 2 slices of the Warburtons (55 calories per slice), small brown is 5G of protein so is a bit of a winner for me if I add in a protein filler.  So, looking for alternatives to bread, the old diet favourite (shudder) Crackerbread came up the same on Tesco and Sains. website as the same for nutrition. 





So, I have trotted off and bought some, ruddy box says per 5g slice, 0.5g of protein, not 1.4g as above and the calories as 20 (and not 40 as above).  All this is so I can have a bit of variety and a quick fix lunch if I need it, maybe I should just eat the box, it might be better than the contents. 

Thank you all. 

I refuse to cut bread out completely because I just couldn't maintain it! It's one of my favourite foods. I only buy good quality bread, mostly sourdough (wholemeal with seeds). No processed sliced at all because I don't like it. It fills me up so I don't need to nibble other unhealthy things. 

jennystarpepper

@katejo, unfortunately those of us with IBS have to manage as best we can, if you're doing what is good for you, then great.  You'll be smashing your target every quarter if you "don't need to nibble other unhealthy things". 

General_Grant

jennystarpepper said:

Having a senior moment, hopefully someone is going to explain maybe the obvious!

I cannot maintain or lose if I eat bread, however 2 slices of the Warburtons (55 calories per slice), small brown is 5G of protein so is a bit of a winner for me if I add in a protein filler.  So, looking for alternatives to bread, the old diet favourite (shudder) Crackerbread came up the same on Tesco and Sains. website as the same for nutrition. 





So, I have trotted off and bought some, ruddy box says per 5g slice, 0.5g of protein, not 1.4g as above and the calories as 20 (and not 40 as above).  All this is so I can have a bit of variety and a quick fix lunch if I need it, maybe I should just eat the box, it might be better than the contents. 

Thank you all. 

Obvious errors in the maths!  If the slices are actually 5g each then the calories per slice figure is actually for 2 of them in the table.  The traffic light section is for 5g.  [5g is correct if there are 40 slices in a 200g pack]

As for protein the portion calculation isn't even correct if the per 100g figure is correct.

I have seen the poor arithmetical skills on packets before.

jennystarpepper

@General_Grant, I did laugh, I thought Sains and Tesco had been 'copying homework'.

katejo

jennystarpepper said:

@katejo, unfortunately those of us with IBS have to manage as best we can, if you're doing what is good for you, then great.  You'll be smashing your target every quarter if you "don't need to nibble other unhealthy things". 

@jennystarpepper. Ok. I didn't know about the IBS. I was just thinking about bread being fattening in general. The Michael Mosely books seem to discourage bread and potatoes too. 

Pixie_Cosmo

jennystarpepper said:

Having a senior moment, hopefully someone is going to explain maybe the obvious!

I cannot maintain or lose if I eat bread, however 2 slices of the Warburtons (55 calories per slice), small brown is 5G of protein so is a bit of a winner for me if I add in a protein filler.  So, looking for alternatives to bread, the old diet favourite (shudder) Crackerbread came up the same on Tesco and Sains. website as the same for nutrition. 





So, I have trotted off and bought some, ruddy box says per 5g slice, 0.5g of protein, not 1.4g as above and the calories as 20 (and not 40 as above).  All this is so I can have a bit of variety and a quick fix lunch if I need it, maybe I should just eat the box, it might be better than the contents. 

Thank you all. 

Hiya, how annoying! Would pitta bread or oatcakes be a good alternative? I like pitta bread with soup - don't need butter with it. 

jennystarpepper

Thanks @Pixie_Cosmo, just had a look at the protein in a wholemeal pitta protein content and its good.  I try not to eat much bread / flour-based food, but this looks like a good alternative, should be easier to digest being a flat bread style bread, it's just to have as an alternative for a quick lunch, maybe once a week.

Winter is coming and salad won't be on the menu much.

katejo

jennystarpepper said:

Thanks @Pixie_Cosmo, just had a look at the protein in a wholemeal pitta protein content and its good.  I try not to eat much bread / flour-based food, but this looks like a good alternative, should be easier to digest being a flat bread style bread, it's just to have as an alternative for a quick lunch, maybe once a week.

Winter is coming and salad won't be on the menu much.

Also soup on its own isn't very filling. I need to dip something in it. 

Frith

Lunch - carrot, tomato, cucumber and king prawns

Tea - will be shakshuka

Only exercise was dashing out to cut the lawn as it is the only day without rain for a fortnight!

Pixie_Cosmo

jennystarpepper said:

Thanks @Pixie_Cosmo, just had a look at the protein in a wholemeal pitta protein content and its good.  I try not to eat much bread / flour-based food, but this looks like a good alternative, should be easier to digest being a flat bread style bread, it's just to have as an alternative for a quick lunch, maybe once a week.

Winter is coming and salad won't be on the menu much.

No probs, too much bread bloats me but wholemeal pittas are great! Plus they freeze well