Thursday 15.12.11 and a weigh in

Morning everyone out there.  Its snowing here this morning which has put me in quite a foul mood - yeh I know bah humbug and all that.  Today's food diary might look a bit familiar to yesterday's, so sorry about that but I do love leftovers and when Mr Dens is off at rugby its such an effort to cook for just me!  Anyway here we go:

Breakfast:

Same as yesterday apart from the cheeky addition of a little sprinkle of about 5 g of bashed up pecan nuts (that's what is in the jar on the far left).

Lunch:

Soup again! I've got that for lunch today too but seeing as its freezing cold and snowing outside I can't tihnk of anything better to have than a nice warm bowl of one of everything!

Snacks:

A royal gala and 30g cheddar cheese.  Apple and cheese has to be one of my all time favourite snacks - some people think its weird but if you havent tried it then make sure you do... because its delicious.

Dinner:

Yeh that doesnt look so appetising does it?  Mr Dens dished that up - I think his plating leaves lots to be desired!!  Was yummy though so looks arent everything.

Stats for the day:
5 a day?  Yup! banana, 2 servings in the soup, apple in the afternoon and broccoli and sweetcorn with dinner as well as the other veg in the stew.
Cals: 1274  Much better today (thanks for the pecans and cheese!)

And now for the weigh in....

I havent seen those numbers since I was a fresher and I only saw them then as I was rocketing up from 7st7lbs to 9stone in my first year! So i'm counting that as 7stone 12 lbs which is another pound off and 19 in total since January 1st.  Hopefully I can get a bit more off for next weeks weigh in and then i've got a bit of breathing space to enjoy Christmas.

Wedneday 14.12.11

Ok so it feels like i'm back in the swing of things, food for Wednesday was pretty good (and very tasty) so here you go:

Breakfast

So that's rpetty much the same as every day, no added sugar/no added salt muesli (50g) semi skimmed milk (60ml) a sprinkle of sunflower seeds, a banana, a fat free actimel and a cup of green tea.  I'm starting to get a bit bored of this lately so I might swap to porridge with some frozen red berries in to get a better variety of fruits.... we'll see!

Lunch:

Bet you won't guess what I had for lunch.......

No rocket and parmesan salad for me today - can you believe it?  That is what I call "one of everything" soup, I ended up making that when I wanted leek and potato soup but only had one leek and one potato so I decided to beef it up with a carrot and a celery stick, it also uses one pint of stock made with one stock cube and 1oz of butter to fry the veg in at the start - simple!!! (and delicious)

Snacks:

How sad does that look?  I didn't know many calories dinner was going to come in and to be totally honest I wasnt hungry in the afternoon because after work I was so busy cleaning the house - will try much harder today!

Dinner:

So that was beef stew which actually is a Jamie Oliver pie filling recipe its casserole steak, carrots, red onion, celery, a can of murphys, some beef stock, a tiny bit of flour and butter and then at the end a handful of grated cheese in it - which sounds disgusting but really its ace!

Stats for the day:
5 a Day? I should think so!  Banana, veg soup (at least 2) an apple, veg in the casserole, sweetcorn and broccoli, I think I might go off and polish that halo?
Cals:  1117 - too low again but that's from lack of snacks!  Will definately hit 1310 today.  I promise.

Tuesday 13.12.11

So here I am, back as promised... did you miss me?  Almost forgot to snap a couple of things yesterday, including my apple which i had to turn around for the picture as i'd taken a massive bite out of the back - whoops!  Anyway enough jibber jabber here's how Tuesday turned out:

Breakfast:

That's 50g no sugar no salt muesli, a sprinkle of sunflower seeds from the jar, 60ml of milk, a fat free actimel, a banana and a bottle of water - looks like loads doesn't it and to be honest that little lot kept me properly full until lunch.

Lunch:

Did you ever doubt that it would be anything other than a rocket and parmesan salad?  Mixed it up with a side of carrot sticks, my mum says that rabbits eat more for lunch than I do when I have this but I don't care it tastes lush!

Snacks:

Well you can't be good all the time can you???  The half chewed apple I had as a morning snack - check it out with all the leaves still on!  The toast was from a small wholemeal loaf and thats dairylea on there, i'm such a child.  Then there is my other favourite snack - clementines!  One around 4 and the other after dinner.

Dinner:

Apologies for the picture quiality, but I took that when it had just come out of the microwave so the steam got all over the camera lense!  That's cottage pie, made with lean mince and with carrots and peas in.

I feel a bit better now that i'm blogging my food again, like it might help to stop me going to mental on the food front.  I've got a meal out on Saturday night with the In-Laws so might not be able to take pictures without them thinking that i've gone mad but we'll see???

Stats for the day:
5 a day?  Yup I think so, banana, rocket, carrot, apple and clementines
Calories: 1169 which is a bit low, so i'll try harder today!

Oh Dear

Well I've been away, done the exam and then totally failed at getting back into blogging - naughty Mrs Dens!!!

So I'm back today having already forgotten to take pictures of breakfast promising that tomorrow I'll have the camera phone at the ready ALL DAY for anything that should make its way into my tum!  This weekend was a total blow out so here's hoping this blog will get me back on the straight and narrow - rocket and parmesan salad anyone???

Friday and a Fail

So here's how things looked on Friday.

Breakfast:

Same breakfast as usual, an actimel, 60ml milk, 40g no added salt or sugar muesli, 5g sunflower seeds, 10g porridge oats but wait.... check out that cheeky banana on the side.  The addition of an extra 1 of my 5 a day will become clear when you see what dinner was!

Lunch:

A classic.  Rocket and parmesan with carrot and houmous on the side for extra veggies.

Snacks:

Had half of the graze punnet in the morning around 11, an apple at 12 and the tangerines in the afternoon.  I've also started taking a multivitamin and an omega 3 supplement - so there they are too.

Dinner:
Now i'm going to point out at this stage that I have weekday food and weekend food.  Friday night for me falls into the latter, plus my sister was staying and she doesnt like food too healthy so here's dinner in all its glory.

That my lovelies is a Birdseye beefburger with one of those dirty bright orange cheese slices snuggled in a ciabatta roll, and servied with homemade paprika chips.  Probably the most beige dinner EVER. (it was yummy though)

Stats for the day:
5  a day?  Yup, 2 Clementines, 1 Apple, 1 Banana, Carrot and homous, rocket salad makes 5.
Calories: 1282 so just under my 1310 daily goal.

So now onto the fail.  I didnt take pictures of everything I had this weekend, mostly becuase i'd eaten it before i'd even thought about it and also because my family were around and I didn't want them to think it was some food obsession when really this is just a bit of fun and good for keeping me on the straight and narrow veggies wise! 

A week today i'll have also sat my final ACCA exam (hopefully, fingers crossed everyone that I pass) so I might not be blogging on here until then or not as frequently as i'd have hoped because I really do have to give it all my focus just for one more week and then i'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Day Two.... And a Weigh In

This morning I weighed in... to say i was worried about what I might see is somewhat of an understatement after last weekend (cocktails from a pyrex jug anyone?).  I usually weigh in midweek to see how i'm getting on and on Monday night I was +3!!  Somewhere inbetween then and now a weight loss miracle has occured and my weight is the same this week as last (a few ounces under actually) I put it down to MyFitnessPal and some lovely friends on a forum who keep me on track.

So who wants to see yesterdays food?  Presumeably you do seeing as you're reading this blog so here we go.

Breakfast:

Same as yesterday sorry, not very inspiring but it does keep me full up til lunch so if it ain't broke....

Lunch:

Leftover Beef Stroganoff, brown rice and some green giant.  This was yum - I love leftovers for lunch, a proper meal and minimal zero hassle.

Snacks:

Check me out!  Morning snack of my trusted gala apple and I also had half a punnet of Graze Banoffee Pie.  (Now I have to admit that I didn't eat the banana coins in there, they are beyond rank!)  Afternoon snacks were carrot and houmous and my clementines - next week when I go the shopping i'll try and get different fruits/veg because its only day 2 and its getting boring.

Dinner:

This is one of my all time favourite meals.  I'm revising for an exam at the moment and on Thursday Mr Dens plays rugby so i'm on my own as far as dinner and cooking goes, and I need something fast.  This is where the wrap pizza comes in.  In a few minutes all this:

Suddenly becomes this:

And yes that's another rocket and parmesan salad -i'm obsessed.

Round up for the day:
5 a day? Yes - Apple, Clementines, Carrot and Houmous, Sweetcorn, Mushrooms in the stroganoff, Veggies on the pizza and side salad so that's 6.
Calories: 1286 loads better than yesterday.

Day One.

For ages i've loved reading other peoples blogs, and even pestering some to update theirs or start a new blog just so I had something to keep reading!  Now i'm starting my own .....

The plan is to take a picture of EVERYTHING I eat every day.  If you're thinking that i'm a bit mental for doing this then you are probably right but there is a method to the madness.  After losing over a stone that I gained after my wedding last year I'm hoping seeing everything that goes in and fessing up to it here will help me make the best food choices that I can.  I also struggle to get my 5 a day and worry that my food is a bit repetitive and beige so I'm hoping that seeing it all laid out day to day will keep things on track! 

So here it all is, day one:

Breakfast

50g Muesli with 5g of sunflower seeds, 60ml semi skimmed milk, a fat free actimel and a green tea.  I have to admit it doesnt look very exciting or appetising but it does the job.

Lunch

This was lush.  I hate lettuce with the one exception of rocket which I love, add in parmesan and its heaven.  Popped in some carrot sticks and houmous for extra calories to keep me full.

Snacks

Seeing that on the plate it looks a bit pathetic.  In case you were wondering its 2 clementines, a gala apple and a graze fruit and seed flapjack (1/3 of a punnet).  Now I don't snack because i'm hungry, but becuase I know that I should and now i'm hoping it'll be a good way of packing in those extra fruits and veggies.

Dinner

A bit of an experiment actually.  On a forum someone suggested using beef stock and cream cheese to make a sauce for steak, that sounded right up my street so I decided to try it last night.... Shoved in onion and loads of mushrooms (another tick off the 5 a day list!) stock, cream cheese and some frying steak and Robert's your Mother's brother! Had it there with brown rice and half a pack of vegetable medley.

Had a small fail on day one - forgot to snap my yoghurt but I think i'll let myself off that, everyone knows what a yoghurt looks like right?  Must try harder today.

So food round up for the day:
5 a day? Yup, my count makes it 6 (apple, clementine, salad, carrot, veg medley and mushrooms)
Calories: 1181, too low - will do better today.