I’ve started this thread because I really need to stop eating junk food and I think that putting in writing what I eat will really help me to control my cravings.
This will be a great diary for anyone who is trying to lose weight or keep fit in general.
I think it’d be great if we could all add our reason for joining this thread. I’ll start:
My reason for joining this thread - to start eating healthily and tone up. I am a UK size 8-10. My aim is not to lose weight but to start eating healthily and maintaining healthy eating habits as I always seem to feel tired and lazy due to snacking too much!
this is a gooodddd idea!!! i reallly need to lose some weight!! im a UK 12-14 and want to be a comfortable 10. im excercising 20 mins on the cross trainer before each meal and i burn 200 calories each time, so thats like 600 calories a day.
So far.
Brunch.
Grilled chicken and cous cous salad...with peppers onions tomatoes cucumber and sweetcorn.
1 cupa green tea.
Afternoon meal....half a pepper and 2 carrots with oil free home made hummous.
Dinner lentil soup...i.e. a yummy spicy daal..but no bread or no rice.
Snacks....strawberries or blueberries.
I will update at the end of the day about what ive actually eaten.
Inspiron your brunch sounds delicious! I've never tried cous cous!
I've had a day off work today and had a very busy morning so wasn't able to have a proper breakfast. However made sure to have a well balanced evening meal.
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Breakfast**
Banana
Glass of water
Lunch
Some seviya left over from yesterday
Dinner
Chaneh chaval
Aloo gosht
Salad
Yoghurt
Snacks throughout the day
Packet of Nice 'n' Spicy nik naks
1 jammy dodger biscuit
Snacks are my real issue even though I have recently cut back loads on the amount I'm consuming. Now that I've stopped eating so much chocolate I don't even think about it or miss it, which is a good thing really.
thanks Amor!!! as i have time ive discovered that healthy food can be tasty!
I love fruit youghurt and granola for brekkie!! yummyyyy, also if i put some fat free yoghurts in the freezer and sometimes have them after dinner as a dessert they are pretty close to eating ice cream :)
jammy dodgers are my all time favourite biccy!!! i was going to have them as my treat meal this week but im going london on monday with a friend and we are eating at a lebaense place so im saving up for that!!
this is a gooodddd idea!!! i reallly need to lose some weight!! im a UK 12-14 and want to be a comfortable 10. im excercising 20 mins on the cross trainer before each meal and i burn 200 calories each time, so thats like 600 calories a day.
So far.
Brunch.
Grilled chicken and cous cous salad...with peppers onions tomatoes cucumber and sweetcorn.
1 cupa green tea.
Afternoon meal....half a pepper and 2 carrots with oil free home made hummous.
Dinner lentil soup...i.e. a yummy spicy daal..but no bread or no rice.
Snacks....strawberries or blueberries.
I will update at the end of the day about what ive actually eaten.
I am no expert but here is what i found that helps.
I started working at this place where they have a canteen which has a salad bar. I guess being semi broke helps that I was only able to afford that salad and water for lunch. Mind you there are soooo many different varieties of salads some that i have not even heard of before. I love it. And its so tasty. So I found that switching just one meal a day really helped me. Also i guess another factor was that it is a 15 minute walk to the station from home and 10 minute walk from station to work. So walking roughly 50 mins a day. I have found that my pants have started to fit more losely. Mind you I eat galore on the weekends prob evens out.
But I guess just changing one meal a day and maybe getting off 1 stop before your station and walking the rest. In one month you can really see the difference. And saves you on Gym fees :)
Lunch
Cheese and Onion pasty (had to grab something quickly as I forgot to take lunch in to work)
Dinner
Roast dinner - chicken, potatoes and carrots.
Chocolate and Vanilla ice cream
Today:
Breakfast
2 slices of french toast
Lunch
Muffin pizza
Dinner (which will be later on this evening)
Fresh saag & one roti
I have managed to not snack on crisps/chocolates/sweets for the past 2 days so am feeling rather happy with myself lol. I don't count the ice cream as being naughty, you need a bit of sugar in order to have a balanced meal :P
And Zash01 I totally agree, walking does wonders for keeping the body toned! And it doesn't feel like a chore like exercising does!
inspiron u really eating healthy food and also less portion size as well. we(me an dhubby) decided to control diet in order to loose weight. mainly we decided not to hav eroti ot rice at lunch and also less roti at dinner along with decrease in portion size.
so how long u have been on this diet and what r the results.
breakfast:
1 slice of white bread with fried egg
one cup of tea
my hubby does not want change in breakfast , so this will remain as it is.
lunch:
2 roasted chicken pieces(equal to 2 legs)
salad
tea
dinner:
rice with corn,pea and chicken
raita
salad
for snack is mostly tea, so add 3 cup of tea and 1 cup of coffee.
