Day one.....!

[NiCherry]

Ok. First 'official day of dieting done!

I think that it's due to the fact that I am actually thinking about what I'm eating, but I seem to have eaten loads....but not many calories? So, am I making good choices or maybe I'm not counting properly!!! My figures are below - am I missing something?!

Calories have been calculated using the fitbit app.

Breakfast - 2 slices wholeness toast with Flora pro-active light. =280 calls

Morning snack - 2 TUC cheese sandwiches (I know. I caved early!) =144 calls

Lunch - no time! Worked through lunch!

Dinner - chicken breast (baked with spices. No fats added) =156 cals

Broccoli, carrots, cauliflower (boiled and drained) = 189 calls Oven chips (counting a full serving, but only had 5 or 6 left over from everyone else's dinner! ) 146 cals. Total calls fir dinner = 491

Total cals for today (so far!) = 915!!

I've had no tea or coffee, but I have had almost 2 litres of water!

According to the nhs choices website for my height and weight (5ft 3in / 19st 7lb = BMI of 48.3) I should be consuming between 1769 & 2274 in order to lose weight slowly!! And I'm struggling to reach 1000! Well, I could if I put my mind to it, but it wouldn't be very diet-y!!!

So can anyone see if I am going wrong?

Cheers all!

[mandy_ydnam]

Well done on day one

I'm only on my first day so can't give any advice as I'm still learning but thought I'd drop by to say well done and good luck for tommorow x

[Portlandprincess]

Looks right....and it sounds good that you're eating when you're hungry. You sound like a goddess! You've got a few hundred in store for tomorrow if you need them too

[linggirl]

It is the no lunch that is t he problem. You really do need to eat something. Do youtake your lunch to work with you? You can eat a sandwich in 5 minutes - although it is obviously much nicer and better for you to take your time.

If you don't eat enough your body can go into starvation mode and retain weight rather than lose it.

As for the TUC biscuits, yum! I recently discovered that you can buy ordinary tuc in snack packs, with four in each sachet, thus solves my problem of wanting to eat a whole normal packet. Plus 2 TUC only total 50calories!

Good luck with the rest of your week.

[Jo4950]

Hi Nicherry,

You have done brilliant to get through the first day , but flower you really need to have more of your calorie allowance or you will start to feel deprived and then you will struggle to keep it up.

How about making your self something to take for lunch and eat it when you can, a chicken or tuna salad or even a sandwich and fruit. I love making up batches of veg soup and freezing them in bags in their portions. I just grab one in the morning and chuck it in my bag, defrosted by the time I want to eat and heat it up in microwave, having it with ryveta really low in cals but filling and keeps me going.

Hope day 2 goes brilliantly, remember we have too be kind to this old body of ours as it's the only one we have.

Have a fab first week.

[Victoria2012]

Well done, glad to hear you so positive, I'm mega positive today too bring on health!!!!

[PlumpDevon-Dumpling]

Well done! Thank you so much for listing your food as it has given me ideas that I would never have thought of. Off to buy some TUC biscuits. Good luck for day 2

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I think the missed lunch is the obvious missing link! I'm also for taking lunch with you. I've developed a serious packed lunch habit since starting this plan. You can control what you're having, and you can take snacks for planned snack breaks too. It just completely removes the chance of succumbing to temptations around you.

As for the bmi calorie range, aim for the lower end, say 1700 in your case. This should enable you to lose around 1-2lbs/week. If you can manage less go for 1400 as per the NHS 12 week plan, but definitely don't stay as low as 915. If you start to introduce more activity/exercise you may find this level unsustainable long-term. But good luck, sounds like you are very determined and focused and already having lots of good ideas for healthy meals