Let's record what we're eating to help each other

[hopeful13]

Frilly you are doing absolutely amazing and seem to really have got the hang of this X

[Frilly Lady]

Thanks hopeful, I feel as though I'm eating more than I normally do just less nutritious foods but I suppose I have to take into account I'm exercising more. I think about you often and hope you are doing ok. Will pm you soon. Xxx

[weeziewoozles]

Just had my first breakfast since starting LE. I was feeling so hungry and the boys were being difficult. There was one leftover sausage in the fridge so I chopped it up, added an egg, some spring onions and mushrooms (trying to pretend I was following LE principles) and put it in a WW wrap. Yummy with a black coffee! A bit like a breakfast burrito or something. Shame I did it today as we're out with friends tonight for Japanese food. But I'm planning on having veggie only and not eating as much as I normally would (I'm completely gluttonous). Plus I'll just have salad and a wrap for lunch, so I shouldn't go too far over. It'll be my first meal out on LE too. We'll on this time round anyway! I'll get through it! X

[LacePrincess]

weeziewoozles, one day off the plan doesn't matter! We all need a cheat day now and again, it's good for you.


TODAY:

-skipped breakfast since I had my FET scan appt this morning, got a yummy After 8 skim milk decaf latte on the way home. I'll estimate around 150 cals to allow for the flavour shot and the milk.

LUNCH - 1/2 cup cottage cheese with strawberries & cinnamon, half english muffin with cream cheese, green beans, hard boiled egg. Half a granola bar for dessert. 340 cals

3pm - Metamucil with diet gingerale

Some sort of light workout this afternoon, feeling tired but will do something not to strenuous.

DINNER - homemade baked 'healthy' chicken nuggets, veggies, rice. 500 cals.

DESSERT - apple crumble, 250 cals.

Total - aiming for 1200-1300 cals.

[weeziewoozles]

I do agree Lace! I just managed six months of LE last year with hardly a cheat!

[eleena2014]

10.30am- coffee,toast and jam
2.00pm- Ham and cucumber sandwiche,diet Pepsi and small cake
5.00pm- coffee and a few biscuits
8.30pm- 2 potato waffles,fishcakes,beans and sweetcorn, diet coke
Cals Approx - 1338
49g- fat
47g -protein

[dkay1]

Hello ladies. I'm still new to all of this. I've been on the diet for a couple of weeks now. I have no idea how to count calories. I do know how to eat healthy and am a good cook. I'm seem to be eating really healthy food like loads of veg and salad. I've started eating a bit more as I was loosing weight fast, I don't have that much to loose. How do you work out calories?

[LacePrincess]

Hello ladies. I'm still new to all of this. I've been on the diet for a couple of weeks now. I have no idea how to count calories. I do know how to eat healthy and am a good cook. I'm seem to be eating really healthy food like loads of veg and salad. I've started eating a bit more as I was loosing weight fast, I don't have that much to loose. How do you work out calories?

Use a site like caloriecount.com or myfitnesspal.com, and buy a food scale. You really do have to weight EVERY ingredient and add it up when cooking from scratch to know for sure.

Don't forget to count condiments too, those often get overlooked. You don't have to even bother with non-starchy veg but do count fruit.

I've memorized the counts for most commonly used foods for me, but when I need to look something up I usually just punch it into google and it'll pull up the result right away. Really, the key is a good scale that goes down to the gram.

You don't really HAVE to count calories if you don't want to and you're getting the results you want. It's just my preferred way of losing/maintaining weight.

[wannabowbaby]

Per my SparkPeople tracker- keep in mind I'm still nursing part time and this is my very first day even THINKING about LE

2005 calories
265 carbs
71 fat
76 protein
14 fiber

1247mg Potassium
4442mg Sodium
0 folic acid
14% RDA Zinc
36% RDA B12
1% RDA Vit E
124% RDA Calcium
78% RDA Magnesium - and this is WITH my supplement for muscle cramps and nursing aversion :/

Calorie breakdown 32% fat, 53% carbs, 15% protein. Spark says goal is 20% protein so not too bad there at reducing protein.
Overall I feel like I didn't do TOO bad for my very first day. But DAMN that sodium is HIGH. Apparently two of my wonderful homemade enchiladas alone throw me over the sodium goal. Not to mention the Cheez-its I ate for a late breakfast...

And I USUALLY have great potassium intake... No white potatoes today LOL

[LacePrincess]

Today's plan:

Skipping breakfast, just a cup of coffee with 2 tsp nondairy powdered creamer and a bit of flavoured creamer, 35 cals.

Going to try a workout with no food first, LOL, we'll see if I crash hard!

LUNCH - Club sandwich, green beans. Some kind of fruit, maybe strawberries or pineapple. 1/3 cup diluted pomegranate juice. Half granola bar and a few pieces of licorice for dessert. 495 cals.

3pm - Metamucil in diet gingerale

DINNER - Veg & blue cheese omelette, fries with sweet & sour sauce. Fresh pineapple. Choc mint tea with 2 tsp non dairy creamer. 535 cal.

DESSERT - Ice cream with toppings, half a choc chip cookie, bit of milk to dip in. 280 cals

Total - 1345 cals