Posts by t17

I get a real lift from reading this thread, i feel i have a better relationship with food nowadays which is what we're all striving for i guess.

my question is, when will you all go from counting to just "having a normal relationship with food"? (as it might be called).

i know ive gone times without counting (just being relaxed about food) but its hard not to, its hard to recall what life was like before counting. not that counting to make sure you're getting enough is bad its just that it seems un-natural to me to count everything.

ultimately you're all doing great it seems and this is a great place for people with ED problems to come, i know it's helped me

keep up the weight gaining

Breakfast: Tin Tuna, Porridge (470)

am snack: whey, banana, strawberry, milk (299)

lunch: mega 4 egg ommelete, apple (474)

afternoon snack: ww pita, PB, ham (327)

dinner: chicken and chickpea curry + fromage frais with cucumber (491)

pm snack: muesli, milk, 54g almonds (558) lol biggest meal was nuts and cereal...

Grand Total cal2619 fat92 carbs251 protein210

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been a while since i posted, not been logging/tracking cals, trying to not think about food so much, working to an extent.

Wed, Sep 03 2008 Grade Grams Cals Coffee - Black 270 5 Water 356 0 Tuna - Chunks, in Brine 129 139 Peanuts, All Types, Dry-roasted - Without Salt B+ 28 164 Water 1,138 0 Peanut Butter, Smooth Style - With Salt B- 5 29 Mighty Oat - A Flapjack 6 25   Breakfast Breakfast Cereal - Porridge Oats, Scottish 50 182 Egg, Whole - Cooked, Hard-boiled B 100 155 Water 569 0 Coffee - Black 270 5 Salt, Table 0 0 Water 237 0   Lunch Bread - Wholemeal, Medium Sliced 72 163 Tomatoes, Red, Ripe - Raw, Year Round Average A 102 18 Gherkins - Pickled 36 5 Peppers, Sweet, Red - Raw A 82 25 Chicken, Breast, Meat Only - Cooked, Roasted B 86 142 Hummus B+ 50 89 Water 569 0   Snacks Pilchards - Fillets, in Tomato Sauce 120 136 Bread - Wholemeal, Medium Sliced 72 163 Water 569 0 Coca Cola, Diet 355 1

 total 1447 give or take, dinner still to come.

decided to log today... logged water too to see how heavy all my intake was.., this is befor dinner, which will be cottage pie. the mince used was 28%fat, but i fried and drained it 3 times.. the mash i made with skim milk s/p, its golden at the moment.

been keeping my mind off food by .. cooking!, for the family, cooked a variation of Lentil Rice Dish (Mujadarah Arabic Dish),  for family to take to work, also made them flapjacks and made chicken stock today, not really eaten that much today, will have to track and up intake when i start weight training. also bought a chinup bar today. How are you all?

i want everyone to keep trying their best, remember you wont turn into a blob overnight, even if you went overweight, which would likely take years, you could work it off.

remember the body is a remarkable thing and can take a lot of abuse that people throw at it, enjoy your food and try not to think about things tooo much, it would be heaven not to think about calories, does anyone remember not knowing/caring what a calorie was. them were the days.

tackle your fears and worries, dont make food the central part of your life, ED is all about control if you go too far in the opposite direction you still have a problem, but as long as you're not undereating being obsessive isn't too bad.

i know you all need to get enough cals to gain but thinking too much about it can just drive you crazy !

ramble over

fhchicky4 - i know what you mean, how could i deny myself all those good things for so long, i'm glad i'm back to eating bread again!! and pasta and all that.
how can you put sugar with strawberries au'natural is what i say ;-) but some sugar can be nice :D

Breakfast-ham slice+roast chicken THIGH MEAT! (not skinless boneless chickenbreast BLAND! for once lol), only  a lil though, the fat is where the flavour is at people! after nibbling that, POrridge with a touch PB and jam. then a homegrown organic apple about an hour later. (i'll have you know! thankyouverymuch!)

after yesterday i decided despite being lean i'm actually quite unfit, so after some sprinting. looking forward to doing a bit more cardio to up my fitness, and get me going, as i feel quite sluggish sometimes.

1030 snack sandwich=2slices of ham with tomato+bbq sauce on wm bread

one day i'll have the michael phelps breakfast! 3 fried egg sandwiches on white, with mayo cheese lettuce tomato and fried onions, 3 french toast with powdered sugar, 5 egg+cheese ommelate, 3 choc-chip pancakes and 2 cups of coffee. mmmmmmm.

aussie, good luck with the group tonight, you seem to be making progress, new potatoes are very good for you, especially with the skin on,  they have lots of vitamins and fibre for healthy digestion, i had some last night (probably too many) at least it wasnt with butter eh??, salmon and new potatoes is a match made in heaven, someday you might have it with hollandaise sauce !!, if it were still jersey royals season (best potato ever) id be eating wayyyy too many at dinner :)

charlieuk your intake looks great, i especially like the mini chocolate "binge"/hit mid day, and the shake with a brioche sounds tasty :)

how come everyone seems to eat their egg yolk?, i know it had the cals and the dietary cholesterol (which isnt linked to blood cholesterol) and the sat fats, but they are tasty and have the vast majority of the vitamins and nutrients in eggs, and they add cals which is what we want right? otherwise do you all just waste your egg yolks? i doubt you're making mayonaise! i never used to like egg yolk as a kid, now i'm on around 2 eggs a day haha.

they took the weights out of my wing chun kwoon (dojo/studio), as theyre moving, so i had to do some different training at home yesterday.

yesterday's dinner cold chicken, salad, new potatoes, mixed bean salad, boiled egg.

then pre bed packed in some nuts, peanut butter, fromage frais, raisins, ham i think too (it was a blur haha)

today@

breakfast guess what...tuna!, porridge/jam

snack, nuts+raisins, ham, pear

lunch, tuna/chili sauce, carrot, tomatoes (from the garden), 2 slices of toast, hummous ( i think i'm going to get magnesium poising or something from all this tuna)

not really counting but the cals to pop in my head when i'm picking foods, i'm like a calorie savant or something, people could just ask me instead of using labels!, it's fairly annoying when my brain evaluates everything, gets me a pretty balanced diet tho. peas out people

breakfast: tuna+ketchup+lemon, porridge+milk+plum

snack: toasted roast chicken sandwich with basil and tomato

lunch: hake en papillot,w onion lemon tarragon+ooil, on whole wheat pasta with peas sweetcorn and brocolli.

snack: tuna, pear

snack: sliced ham, wm pitta, hummous, fromage frais, nuts

out of interest, how much do people suggest i eat for maybe maintenance/gains at 6'4''/193cm, 19yo, Male, currently around 154lbs/70kg/11stone

the party was good except i felt sick, it was candy themed, and i ate lots of sweets, despite feeling ill, but i did eat more strawberries as they were the only real food really. but trifle, bonbons, and lots of other sugary rubbish too, had to eat something proper when i got home to try settle my stomach, feel a bit better now still a bit iffy.

brekkers: porridge w/skim milk, added some honey at the end :), half a tin of tuna with chili sauce, and an orange, trying not to think too much about eat every 2-3 hours!!! just eat when i'm hungry and do other things so food isnt like what my life is revolving around.

7:30 3 eggs, 2 wm toast

9:30 1 pear

workout + whey in water & banana

12:50 big bowl wm penne, with 1 tin tuna, onion,red pepper, homegrown chili&tomatoes, garlic and basil, +olive oil

lala yeah those peppers or other brands, are lovely, especially in a sandwich, but you have to eat it right away. i'm really bad with salt intake, and i i have prawns/tuna/whey at breakfast for extra protein.

supper was chicken breast baked in a tomato/oregano/garlic/basil sauce w/courgette+mushroom. and porridge with nuts and raisins, (yes i like to have my carbs as a bowl of cereal with meals when i can! coz i love cereal) (pb works better than whole nuts in porridge)

B- Oats, milk ,  jam,(300) tuna w/tomato relish+basil (80) (380)

then went back to sleep :)

S-tin of beans, i drain of most of the sugary goo (250)

L-~50g muesli,milk, (220) other half of tuna, with cherry toms and red pepper, (80) normandy fat free fromage frais with a chopped comice pear. (180) (480)

S-3 eggs. (240)

S-ham tomato cucumber sandwich on wm bread (200)

D- large chicken breast marinated in Ooil and lemon griddled (250) on a white burger bun (170) with veg (50) (470), then though bloody eat more! for the sake of it, some nuts, finger in the peanut butter (80) and an orange (80)

sooooo.... 2180.. is that enough? who knows... why does knowing you're still not eating enough give some sort of sick self gratification sometimes :(

B-50g Oats 250g milk, reduced sugar jam, half can tuna w/tomato relish+basil

then went back to sleep :)

S-tin of beans, i drain of most of the sugary goo

L-~50g muesli,milk, other half of tuna, with cherry toms and red pepper, normandy fat free fromage frais with a chopped comice pear.

S-3 eggs.

S-(before training???)

D-probably having grilled chicken breast burger (home style chicken royale)

do people ask themselves why people have chips with a burger when you've got a bun, or moreso why youd have craploads of bread with a pasta dish, its all about baaalaaannceee :)

i had 2 bowls of pasta last night even though i knew it was lots. it was after a wing chun lesson though.. yes chefs tend to overdo it slightly on the olive oil or other fats, but you have to accept it as part of your diet, and eating out is a treat anyway so try enjoy it, dont worry about the carbos or anything geta a nice tomato and basil or (i dont know if your vegi) a seafood pasta, i pretty much hate all creamy sauces which is good for me i guess. but just enjoy it :).

try to order what you WANT not what you think you SHOULD have. that's what ive been trying to do more and i feel happier with my choices. (my brain is more programmed to choose healthy things anyway so it seems)