Posts by oddbob86

Eggs - Scrambled, sunny-side up, or boiled? all of the listed

Potato - Fried, baked, roasted, or mashed?all of the listed

Berries - Frozen, fresh/raw, dried, or cooked/pureed?fresh/raw

Tomatoes - Stewed, paste, raw, or juice?stewed, paste and raw

Beans - Soup/chili, salad, or as a dip? chilli or soup

Corn - Whole kernel, creamed, or as a flour (ie tortillas, cornbread)?Whole kernal and as tortillias

Cheese - As sauce, in salad, or with fruit? on crackers..or as a sauce

Meat - Lunchmeat, main course, side dish, or salad?lunchmeat, main course occasionally

Nuts - On salads, stir-fries, desserts/snacks, or as butters?butters

Green veggies - in pasta, cooked as a side dish, or in salads?all of listed, yum green veg

Carrots - Raw, cooked, or in dessert? cooked

Milk - Pudding, smoothies, or by itself? breakfast cerial is all i use milk for

Rice - On its own, in desserts, in soups? on its own and occasionally rice pudding

Fish - Steamed, grilled/broiled, in soup, or raw? oven cooked in tin foil :)

Oats - Oatmeal, baked goods, or granola? all of the listed

I found a tool that will work out you BMR, it tells you how much you should eat to maintain your weight and how much you need to eat to loose a bit of weight and alot of weight.

Turns out my BMR is 2050 kcals (yikes) and to loose alot weight i'd need to eat 1528 kcals a day

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calc ulator.htm

Its my flat, i pay all the bills on the place, so it would be him who needed to leave.. which makes it even harder..

My life is already untangled from his, as i am finacially indpendent, i just need him to leave and i know he'll have trouble finding somewhere to live as he is in masses of debt with housing companies..

False - but i do like wiki how.

TPBM is wishing they are not at work today

I normally have Cereal with cold milk on workdays as its quick and easy.

But on weekends i normally have some scrambled egg on toast with fried mushrooms.. mmm love mushrooms

I feel sick...

But i'm sure my bf would love the munchy box, so i best not give him the idea..

Original Post by noblerev4040:

two slices with of whole grain bread with peanut butter and honey and a banana. Great lunch for me especially since i run an hour or so after lunch.

 mmm that sound yummy :P gonna have to do that

You will be addicted to it most likely.. but if you give up the cola you have more calories to play with therefore  you can eat more food! (always a good thing)

Cola has tonns of sugar in and tonns of caffine..

I don't personally like cola, so i don;t know the pain of cutting it out.

But i do suggest drinking alot less, and maybe drink a bit more water to balance it out.

I've found the best way to drink all my water :-)

I buy myself a big 750ml bottle of evian drink all that and then fill it up again with tap water or water from work. Voila an easy 1.5 litres.

And if i'm thirsty later i know i can drink more without me worrying i'm drinking Too much water..

Do exercise.. update: i didn't :( and buy that exersise ball : update i did and used it to watch tv on instead of the chair :)

Buy a swimsuit and plan to go swimming this week. can't find one :(

I've upped my calories from 1250 to 1500 asi felt like i was starving myself and denying myself foods.

But 1500 works for me as i can get all the nutrients i need without starving myself.

I'll update to see whether i do loose more weight on 1500 than 1250. but at the mo my trousers feel a little looser and these are a size 14 (i'm usually wearing 16's)

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why do you have a cookie jar?....  I'm pretty sure I wake up some mornings and could tuck down a big greasy bacon sandwich followed by a bar of chocolate if it was available.   But when I rock up in my kitchen at 6.30am the choices I'm presented with are... muesli, porridge oats, toast, eggs, fresh fruit, yoghurts... so that's what I eat.  Rule 1... make it easier for yourself to eat well than to eat badly.  Remove things you don't want to eat from your environment.... kitchen cupboards/car/desk.... and you're more likely to succeed.

Rule 2 .... Yes, absolutely make your healthy diet more exciting.  Who in their right mind can get motivated & enthusiastic about eating cottage cheese or 'egg white omelettes' (blargh!) day after day?    Don't even go there.  Think your day through in advance and deliberately plan it so that you're eating healthy food that is delicious, stimulating, filling....  Get the cookbooks and the chopping board out and rustle up something truly marvellous for those precious calories.  A spicy curry, some delicately seasoned seafood, a small seared steak, a lavishly colourful salad, some exotic fresh fruit .... the array of fantastically naturally healthy foods is enormous.  Make a plan, make a shopping list and be inspired.  Let the pleasure of what you eat keep you coming back for more....

Rule 3....  Don't be 'on a diet' or 'off a diet'... it's too rigid, too black and white, too unrealistic.  Say something like 'I'm never eating chocolate again' and you've instantly failed because you will, at some point, eat a piece of chocolate.  Decide that you're going to make better choices most of the time (not all the time).  Decide that this is how you're going to live from now on so it ahs to be flexible and fun... not a torture.  Include some not-so-healthy foods in the mix so that you don't feel deprived. 

The trick is to take it one day at a time... making each day a nice experience.... until one day you will find you are in a healthy eating routine and you no longer have to think about it quite so much.  Good luck

 

 

 Thats really good advice :) i can use that thanks

I am Giving up Alcohol :) as i don't drink very often so it wont be that much of a big deal for me

I do walk for 45 mins every weekday, and i like the idea of planning meals.. i need to start doing that.

Goimg shopping for a target outfit would discourage me not encorage me.

Thanks for the tips :).. just feeling a tad down and need to get back on track.

At the moment my incentive to exercise and log my calories this month is to buy myself a swimsuit and treat myself to a swim.. because i haven't been swimming in over 3 years.. so i think its about time i started again.