Robin your lunch sounds so good, did you make it ?
If so I would love that recipe
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Robin your lunch sounds so good, did you make it ?
If so I would love that recipe
Yes. It's spring mix salad chopped mango, chopped peanuts, chives and chopped bell peppers.
Dressing is a store bought thai vinagerette.
I'm thinking next time to add those Asian crispy noodles that I've seen in salads.. but no idea how much fat that would be?
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That sounds so good. I'm going to grab the ingredients on Friday when I go to the shop
Thank you :D
Not sure of the fat in the noodles, I would imagine high as they are fried right ?
Ya I think they are unfortunately. 😐Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsSparkles
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Congrats on your move Robin. We moved into a dream home 11 months ago and it has been awesome to walk in everyday and say, I love this house.
Awe thank you! I cannot wait to get settled!Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlieCat
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Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - new potatoes with low fat mayonnaise, spring onions, tomatoes, beetroot and a hunk of mozzarella
Dinner - homemade low cal mushroom risotto and garlic bread
Yesterday was as predicted a disaster.
This morning I was still bloated
Yesterday ....
Breakfast - Skipped
Lunch - Mojitos, Chips, Guac, Salsa, There was a Mexican food van....and I went back for more than 4 Bean Tacos :giggle:
I had a slice of birthday cake too
Dinner - Tasting Menu, 6 courses of stuff I cannot even calculate in calories ! And 4 glasses of fizz
Today
Breakfast - Nothing
Lunch - Toast
Dinner - I'm cooking a Butter Bean and tomato casserole, and making a salad (just tomato, iceberg, cucumber, and low fat Helmans dressing)
Tasting menu yum!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsSparkles
Today
Breakfast - Nothing
Lunch - egg mayonnaise sandwich from Sainsbury, Baked crisps, and a nectarine
Dinner - Chinese all you can eat with girlfriends! Plan is to drive, then I won't consume loads of calories in alcohol and I normally fall of the diet if I get tipsy! Gonna just eat veg spring rolls, stir fry vegetables and noodles. Fingers crossed my will power holds.
It was delicious, I would have tried to pace myself...but alcohol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by weeziewoozles
All you can eat Chinese sounds amazing !!!!
It would be if I could eat all I wanted!!! I did really well though and actually the restaurant catered brilliantly for vegetarians imho. For starter I had Cantonese lettuce wraps which were basically large pieces of iceberg lettuce, a plate of cooked chopped veg and hoisin sauce. So while the others were scoffing duck and pancakes I had those. Plus they did mushroom satay not just chicken. For main I had noodles fried with mushrooms and beansprouts, Chinese vegetables in garlic, vegetable curry and two fantastic jumbo prawns in Kung Po sauce. Delish! My totals are therefore estimated but I think on targetQuote:
Originally Posted by MrsSparkles
My first post here!
I'm generally sticking with three meals a day - delaying until around 1030am to eat - coffee at 9am.
I'm vego already so have lots of good veg ideas which you guys might like.
- tomato or pesto pasta
- veg & paneer (or chickpea) curry with rice
- grilled tofu with veggies, I also love marinated tofu skewers with vegetables
- tofu burritos
- haloumi & pumpkin salad
- cauliflower soup / minestrone
- bruschetta
- baked sweet potato stuffed with veggies
- veggie pizza with a little feta
I'm finding it very hard to give up my chocolate addiction & am basically hungry all the time, despite eating 1800 cals & getting high end protein & fat! Do you just get used to that?? I never realised how much I ate before, basically constantly!
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You definitely get used to the low blood sugar feeling in the morning and the hunger. I've found that filling up on rice, bread, pasta and potatoes, plus tonnes of vegetables, helps me.
Yesterday was
Breakfast coffee
I went to mall so I had a small cheat--pumpkin spiced latte as well
Lunch
1 cup rotinni pasta with pesto and parmesan
Dinner
Raman noodles cup
Romain lettuce salad with feta and cucumbers
Fat free Italian dressing
Balsamic vinagerette drizzled
Snack late night
Cup of chips
Halloween candy
I need to stop late night snacking I think. My attempt with be in a week or two...
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I was doing so well and losing weight and cardio everyday and this past week I gained over 2 pounds :( I had a day or two that I did not do the greatest but I was sure I continued losing... but now I'm super determined to keep tracking and staying within the limits this week!!
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Having only eaten Veggie and not a huge portion last night I still put on 1.4lb. But eating out in a restaurant you're just guessing calories aren't you so I'm not surprised
Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - artisan baguette with egg mayonnaise and tomatoes
Snack - red wine and pistachio nuts
Dinner - two weight watchers wraps as vegetable fajitas with a little homemade guacamole, some Kettle Chips and red wine
I would hazard a guess that a fair amount of that weight increase is due to water retention from eating food containing a large amount of salt and msg xx
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Yup!! And the bags under my eyes and lethargy this morning too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kittybear
I get that too after a meal out, it's the salt for sure, as it comes off after 5 days.
Yesterday
Breakfast : Crumpets & Margarine - I just couldn't skip it as I was starving at 9am
Lunch : Butter Beans in Passata with Quinoa...think that was too nutritionally dense, but ran out of white rice.
Dinner : Home Made Veggie Chow Mein (Ramen noodles, stir fry, and low sodium sauce)
2 Diets Ginger Beers & A bag of corn crisps from the baby section
Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - low fat crustless quiche, new potatoes with low fat mayonnaise, spring onions, tomatoes and beetroot.
Dinner - veg fajitas again with weight watchers wraps, a little guacamole and Kettle Chips with some red wine
Yesterday
Breakfast: bagel with low fat butter, black coffee
Lunch: pitta, low fat houmous, cucumber, nectarine, 2 custard cream biscuits
Dinner: spicy veg stew (nicer than it sounds!) with a baked potato and a bit of mozzarella on top
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Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - pub lunch for friend's birthday, baguette with roasted veg and mozzarella, with chips/fries
Snack - G&T and pistachio nuts
Dinner - vegetable stir fry with noodles and black bean sauce with red wine
Breakfast- decaf coffee and a pastry
Lunch- veggie burger with slice of cheese and tomato on a slider bun with a banana and a piece of chocolate.
Dinner- Homemade chicken noodle soup (my serving without the chicken) and a roll with an apple and a small piece of chocolate.
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Hi Ladies- anyone have issues from the LE diet in terms of skin issues or itchy or rash. I am itchy all over and little red spots where I itch. I want to think it is a vitamin deficiency because I am also bruising like crazy. My legs look like I went through a war, bruises everywhere.
I've not no. Vitamin deficiency sounds plausible xQuote:
Originally Posted by GirlieCat
First Meal @1pm : Cassava, Chickpeas, Ketchup
Dinner : Veggie Colling Caterpillars & crisps
Literally the worst day for eating, just couldn't be bothered
I'm not sure about the itchiness/rash but the bruising could be to do with losing weight. If you have lost a lot of weight and are at a lower weight you have less fat/padding to protect you when you bump things etc so more likely to bruise. My legs are starting to look similar. I am sure there is a more complex answer probably related to nutritional intake but I am not sure exactly what that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlieCat
Today:
Breakfast: coffee, plain bagel, blackcurrant jam
Lunch: Pitta with leftover vegan curry inside (cauliflower, carrot, courgette, coriander and chilli), one cookie and some grapes
Dinner: pasta, mushrooms, corn, chilli, mozzarella and red wine
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Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two weight watchers wraps filled with chopped tomatoes and spring onions and low fat mayo, and Baked crisps
Snack - at BFFs daughter's Bday party and they were making pizzas. So I had half a pizza that I topped with tomatoes, mushrooms, red peppers and a little cheese, and had salad
Dinner - at a friend's Bday party. She'd organised a buffet so it was hard to resist but I had bread, cheddar, pickle, doritos and quiche.
Definitely went over approximately 2000cals, 63g fat, 60g protein
Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - mother-in-law invited us over for Sunday Roast. For anyone not British this involves meat, gravy (full of meat juices), roast potatoes and parsnips (both cooked in lots of oil/fat), Yorkshire puddings (batter baked in oil) and lots of green vegetables. I did well considering I ADORE her roast potatoes. I had a ton of green veg (kale, leeks, broccoli), six pieces of potato, three of parsnip and two Yorkshire puds, plus some Gravy
Dinner - half a bagel (that DS3 decided he didn't want) egg mayo sandwich from Tesco with Baked crisps and white wine
Totals approximately 1688cals, 52g fat, 48g protein
Ive had dry skin, and even am getting facial acne, and some on my shoulders, never had this before.Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlieCat
Also bruising like a banana.
Breakfast : Toast, baked beans, and mushrooms
Lunch : Wrap with white rice, coconut milk, and no salt salsa
Dinner : Veggie sausage, corn on the cob with margarine
Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two small jacket potatoes with a little butter, spring onions, tomatoes, green beans and kale
Dinner - I ate early with the boys - two weight watchers wraps filled with fajita vegetables and a little cheddar, and red wine
Realised that I was under my totals so I've just had:
Snack - mini pizza sub and red wine
Totals 1600cals, 44g fat, 47g protein
Interestingly my scalp and neck are quite itchy at the moment too!
Breakfast: black coffee
Lunch: two small pittas with a little mozzarella and rocket; one cookie
Dinner: two quorn sausages, jacket potato, salad followed by a peach and two custard cream biscuits
42g fat, 48g protein
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Hi ladies thought I would jump in here. I have been trying to cut back on my calories, fat and protein since Saturday. I am using myfitnesspal to track these. Each day is just getting more worse for me, I am just plain starving, weak and can't think straight. I am so used to eating a meat at just about every meal so trying to cut that out has been so amazingly hard. I have been trying to stick around 1600 calories, but each day I get less and less, Saturday was 1600, Sunday was 1,500 and Monday was 1,100. I just don't know what to eat!! I am picky which does not help at all. My nutrition for yesterday as 1,100 calories, 41g protein, 98g carbs and 35g fat. Anyone else picky and help me out here with some tips!?
I forgot to add that I can't figure out how to put all of my nutrition into just meals, I find that the small meals that I do eat just leave me starving so I need to have a couple snacks during the day. I just need to figure out a new routine, but having a very hard time doing that.
Norskie, other than meat, what would you normally eat? Just eat those things. No food is off limits. I am a very picky eater. I eat like a child would but I haven't given up anything except meat (some Items I eat much less than before). It is hard to push myself to get enough calories some days but those days I throw in something rare like ice cream or a soda. Your body will adjust and you won't be as hungry then just start throwing that snack item into your meal time. Mind over matter, if you keep snacking, your body can't get used to not snacking. I hope you are doing three meals and not jumping straight to two meals only. You got this, just be patient with yourself and your body. Week 1 is the hardest.
Have a read through this thread and you'll probably spot patterns. I think most people try to have rice, pasta, potatoes or some kind of bread to fill them up.
I like having bread/bagel/crackers/wraps or jacket potatoes with either hummus, cheddar or mozzarella, and salad or vegetables for my lunches. They're normally about 600 cals and I eat about 11:45.
When the boys eat their tea I get hungry watching them so I have a G&T or glass of wine with some crisps or nuts as a snack at about 5pm - about 300 cals.
For dinner I have vegetables with either rice, pasta, potatoes and sometimes pizza. So vegetable curry, veg chilli, veg fajitas, veg pasta, potato gratin, veg enchiladas, veg stir fry, veg burger, veg tagine, veg risotto etc. I also have wine so my dinner is about 700 cals at about 8pm.
Oh and yes black coffee and diet sodas are great to help you between meals