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.