Food diary - week one - 8lbs lost
I HAVE been advised many times to keep track of what I'm eating - at Weight Watchers, I lost four stone 10 years ago and the Tracker, where you record everything that passes your lips, was an essential part of that. Since then, personal trainers and a nutritionist have also said I should keep a record - the difference being, the personal trainer wanted to lecture me about what the 'right' and 'wrong' foods were and the nutritionist wanted me to understand more about what I ate and why.
I prefer the nutritionist's approach of course. Anyway, scintillating as it is, here's my first week's food diary - it's the sort of list that I would feel pretty smug about putting in front of any personal trainer. It's an honest account and at this stage I have to say I hope I can continue in the same vein. It's easy to say 'why wouldn't I?' but do you know what, if it was that easy, I'd be eight stone six.
Monday
Breakfast
Small serving Shredded Wheat Bite Size, 30ml-ish skimmed milk
Lunch
Asda slimmers' range Cup a Soup, packet of Hula Hoops - Stuck in office and nothing else in cupboard
Tea
Small fresh salmon steak, baked potato, (no spread/butter etc) small amount packet hollandaise sauce, large fresh salad - iceberg lettuce, cucumber, red pepper, spring onion
Snacks
None
Drinks
Water, Sainsbury's diet lemonade
Exercise
None
Tuesday
Breakfast
Orange juice and apple juice mixed, one slice wholemeal bread, Olivio.
Lunch
Wholemeal roll
Slice roast beef
Cucumber
1 tbsp Sainsbury's reduced fat coleslaw
Banana
Granola oats and honey cereal bar
Panda juice carton
Tea
One third packet of Sainsbury's 'wild mushroom' pasta
Half tub WW arrabatta (sp?) sauce
Mushrooms
One slice wholemeal bread
Cereal bar
Drinks
Water, 'diet' lemonade
Exercise
30 mins at gym - treadmill and cross trainer
Wednesday
Breakfast
One Weetabix
Three chopped strawberries
Chopped banana
30ml-ish skimmed milk
Lunch
Wholemeal roll
Generous helping light Philadelphia, cucumber and spring onion
Fruesli bar
Tea
Medium baked potato
Reduced fat Philadelphia
Salad
Four brazil nuts
Snacks
Apple
Drinks
Water
'Diet' lemonade
Exercise
10 mins cross trainer, 10 mins treadmill, 15 mins swim
Thursday
Breakfast
Cereal bar - about 100 cals
Mixed orange and apple juice
Lunch
Wholemeal roll, Light Philadelphia, apple
Tea
Curry and chips in pub on way to Wales
Snacks
4 reduced calorie cream crackers, Light Philadeplhia
Cereal bar
Drinks
Diet Coke
Water
Orange squash
Friday
Breakfast
1 Weetabix, semi smim milk
Lunch
2 slices wholemeal bread
hard boiled egg
tsp-ish mayonnaise
Tea
2 small boiled potatoes
trout fillet
three types of vegetables
2 small glasses Asti Spumante
Drinks
Water, diet lemonade
Exercise
Walking from Aberystwyth to Clarach over hill, walking in Aberystwyth
Saturday
Breakfast
1 Weetabix
skim milk
3 1 inch pieces French stick, Olivio and reduced sugar jam
Lunch
2 slices wholemeal bread
tuna, half tsp low fat mayonnaise
banana
Tea
grilled burger, white roll, salad
Snacks
handful wine gums
3 reduced calorie crackers, Light Philadelphia
2 cereal bars
Drinks
Diet Coke, water
Exercise
Walking on site, at Llangrannog, (in sea!)
Sunday
Breakfast
small serving Honey Nut Cornflakes
Lunch
3 small potatoes
carrot, brocolli, cauli
gravy from turkey
Tea
Half tuna baguette at Cafe Tempo
Snacks
4 brazil nuts
cereal bar
Drinks
Diet lemonade, sparkling water
Exercise
Walk to pool, swim
Weight lost
8lbs.
Comments