That's a lovely menu for the calories, Honey10 and lots of veg - I looked up chicken alexandra and it looks delicious and definitely something one might prefer someone else to cook! Enjoy your day and good luck withe plan.
What calorie range are you aiming for Honey? 1345 seems a little low.
Good evening dazzle, thanks for hosting. I'm intrigued by berry seeds, I haven't heard of them as something you can buy. Your dinner sounds *delicious*.
I'm taking the kids to Kew Gardens tomorrow, which means a relatively early start, plus I have a late shift at work in the evening. Busy busy!
B - skyr, toast with butter and vegemite, 335
L - egg mayonnaise and cucumber sandwich, Frazzles (my occasional guilty pleasure!), an apple, a slice of the banana loaf I made this afternoon, 845
D - baked sweet potato with tuna and cheese, salad, 375
I'll have a bite to eat when I get back from work, I have around 200-300 for this.
Sounds lovely diamondblock. I read the skyr and toast as one thing and was trying to imagine how that might work, when I realised that I've got the weekend brain in and clearly you'll eat them separately!!!
Baked sweet potato with tuna and cheese - so many lovely lovely things in one go for so few calories!
Evening all and thanks to Dazzle for hosting, loving the sound of that gammon. I used to do mine in pear cider, sooo yummy, but the kids object now!
Almost stuck to plan today, just the odd extra mouthful when cleaning away children's plates and baking cookies with them. Caught and stopped myself a few times, so good habits coming back.
Tomorrow, busy day, working at home, doing the school runs as hubby away, and weekly food shop.
B - super smoothie, with banana, avocado, mango, pineapple and cashew nuts. 300 cals
L - Bacon roll with a salad - 400 cals
Afternoon snack - pea snacks - 100 cals
D - duck in plum sauce with chunky veg - don't get excited, I'm not cooking it, this is a ready meal I picked up cheap and is perfect for my crazy Monday nights! 400 cals. Children have hot meals at school on a Monday, so nice to have something of my own choosing!
Hi Active_43 I'm liking the idea of fish curry, perhaps later in the week for me. I do hope the pantsness eases with a good nights sleep, and you enjoy your busy day tomorrow.
Hi All, and thanks for hosting dazzle it’s a great poster and really important to keep in mind. I love your gammon idea, I hadn't thought of doing it in the slow cooker.
My weekend’s been OK calorie wise, but no proper exercise because I’m still coughing and snuffling. I’ve done a lot of sleeping!
Monday I’m on my second day of 5 - 2 fasting days of 800 - 900 cals, I’ll have an apple if things get a bit desperate and rye toast and pb if I can’t cope.
B: coconut milk with milled linseed and pumpkin seed and raspberries 210
L: egg, spinach, mushroom scrambled in olive oil 280
Love that you have had a chilled day dazzle . your poster is a real truism.
Fab food all day, really could eat everything that you will be lucky enough to be eating.
Bit of a stressy day for me, and even tried not to write my DD so I could try and chill a bit - just made me worse as it is such an ingrained habit now. I will be very glad I have done it tomorrow.
Should be having a sandwich buffet lunch tomorrow but will leave as soon as the meeting has finished and drive back. I really wouldn't want to eat sandwiches/pastries and cakes any more.
Should have said crispy lamb. Basically a slow cooked fillet broken up (not quite shredded) and fried in coconut oil. I do it with lots of things and it is lovely.
It really perks up any pre cooked meat and I usually do batches in the sous vide (have to make the meat very tender for m husband) then I crisp it up to make it really tasty.
Hi Dazzle. Thank you for hosting. Lovely menu especially the slow roasted gammon.
I’ve had a busy but enjoyable Sunday with all the family round for a roast dinner. As usual I made far too much so will be having the same again tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’ll have:
B - smoked salmon, spinach, avocado and two scrambled eggs. 230 Cals
L-Humous with cucumber and carrot sticks 215 Cals
D- Left over roast lamb with carrot and turnips, mushy peas, parsnips, cauliflower and boiled potatoes ( no roasties left) and gravy 650 Cals
Total of 1,291 Cals from a range of between 1,250 - 1,607
Exercise will be walk in the park (literally)
Having an early night tonight after a busy day and not getting a lot of sleep last night as my grandchildren stayed over and the 16 month old had us up a lot during the night. I’ll look at all your menus tomorrow.
Thanks dazzle for hosting today's DD. A very pertinent message.
B: 25g porridge with milk, fruit and cinnamon.
L: 40g cheese & beetroot salad
S: Timpana and swiss chard curry
Drinks: Chai Latte (my new wake up drink. It has 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar, so I've dropped the honey from my porridge), usual plethora of strong coffees, diet tonic & angostura and water.
Hi Tiggerr I just looked up timpana, looks tasty - do you make your own? I thought it might be good cold as a packed lunch thing. Good to sub the sugar for the honey as well, I'm not a religious no sugar person but I do think the more you eat the more you want. Have a good day!
I do make my own. I made 3 large casserole dishes of it a few weeks back and froze it all down in portions and 'yes' it's good cold. Our parents used to bring it along for all day trips to the beach in Malta.
I'm not the greatest fan of all veg in it's fine natural state so I've got into currying quite a few of them. I'm finding so many fantastic and different flavours. This is what I'm trying later... food52.com/recipes/21940-in...
I got back very late on Saturday from my short break in France and am still getting to grips with everything so my menu for today is a bit random. We flew with that no frills Irish airline so feel sorry for those who may be stuck somewhere by the one beginning with M
Breakfast - porridge with mashed banana, linseed seeds and two coffees
Lunch - Tuna and mixed salad (still growing like mad in the garden) followed by yoghurt and runny honey
Supper - Baked salmon, jazzed up white rice (leftovers from freezer), broccoli and if I get organised..... apple crumble with custard
Snacks - pear and possibly an apple
Plenty of water.....found this a difficult one on holiday
Am planning on a brisk walk into town (to also post my first Christmas card to New Zealand by surface mail!) and get some fresh veggies from the market plus odds and sods.
Well done for getting back on it straight away. Good that you got back safely. So sad for all those who were expecting to go on holiday with the other airline.
I can sense that you're really struggling Bee and wonder whether having such a tight hold on the reins through the week, doesn't actually encourage you to splurge at the weekend?
What is it that you're doing at the weekend, that's making things fall apart?
Can you plan to change the record? No special meals, no alcohol and all socialising to be done outdoor, or at a sporty setting?
Just going for a walk, for the sake of it and taking time to look at what's going on around you, taking some pictures, chatting to a friend/loved one, rather than looking on it as exercise.
Do something wacky! Go belly dancing, ice skating, tubing. Just for fun, but away from food and alcohol.
Join Fizzylizzy13 for Stoptober.
Just try anything to get you out of the post holiday doldrums
Oh I do so agree with your advice, and thank you for it! It's a little trickier than it seems to keep the socialising limited to healthy fun things, which I actually would love even just a for a few weeks.. But I'm booked in for months ahead (extremely popular and in demand haha) for weekends that, at best, rock the resolve and at worst explode all good habits.
E.g. of upcoming weekends - wedding this weekend, birthday weekend for pal at the beach including a lavish meal out and a cocktail party, a wine and pizza night with my old pal, a weekend in Scotland with my sister which may involve a trip a "bottomless prosecco brunch", my own bday weekend with 2 nights out and a dinner out, A food tour, another tapas dinner party at our friends' new place.
Yes I can really fight and resist the things that are offered on my weekends but that's turning out to be much harder than being very strict on weekdays. My social life is pretty busy and it usually revolves around booze and dining out...And therein lies the issue!
In the end Beee, it comes down to what's most important to you and I'm sure your friends would rather you were happy and healthy, than miserable between knees ups
Oh for absolute certain! It's just not the easiest lifestyle to get balance in. My health is the priority, truly, but my friends and social life is also a priority.. and i want to have fun and eat drink and be merry. It's not necessarily that I'm pressured. But yes it makes things really really hard during the week and doesn't feel balanced the way I'd like. Good food for thought thank you moreless 😘
I wish could convince you that it is possible to have a great time, without alcohol and without going OTT with the food, but you're much younger than me and, unfortunately, we can never learn by other people's mistakes, only our own and I should know, because I've made millions of them!
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