Apologies for putting this on so early, but we are planning to go out to a quiz (no food, just slimline tonic for me!)
I hope you’ve had a good week so far. Welcome to anyone posting for the first time, just look at what the others do and follow suit.
So, what have you planned to eat and drink on Saturday 15th July?
Tell us what your calorie intake should be and the total calories that each meal contains, what exercise you have planned and if you have a tip to share please do share it.
For all the regulars, I love seeing all your menus – thank you for sharing your brilliant ideas!
Well I’m off on holiday tomorrow, so this will be my last carefully counted day for a week, but I don’t want to spoil my hard work of the past few months, so I shall do my best to make sensible choices!
So tomorrow for breakfast I shall have boiled egg and toast and marmalade, 285 cals.
Lunch will be cottage cheese with some salad and a yogurt, 307 cals (need to eat up what’s in the fridge!)
Dinner will be chicken sweet and sour stir fry, 338cals.
Total so far 859 cals, leaves plenty for that cheeky glass of Sauvignon blanc and some more fruit, nectarine and peaches, love that summer fruit.!
Exercise - well now my poor old dog can’t walk very far at all, it will have to be the green gym and some housework.
My tip for the day? You can either make excuses, or you can make something happen. It’s never too late in the day to make a start!
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Good evening Trimmerteacher and thanks for hosting. Hope you have a wonderful holiday and find some enjoyable good choices for food.
Great tip, no excuses for me just because I'm off out for the night, saved enough calories for a few glasses of wine, just need to stay off the snacks and know when to stop!
Tomorrow I'm planning for me to be a bit tired, so a bit more comfort food planned than usual.
B - Wholemeal seedy toast with butter, two eggs and cherry tomatoes - 370 cals
L - Tomato soup, gorgonzola and wheatbran breadsticks - 260 cals
D - Chicken pie, potatoes, cauliflower from the garden, carrots and apple sauce - 550 cals
Total 1180, that leaves plenty for some Saturday wine or chocolate, or fruit or whatever takes my fancy!
Thanks for hosting TT and enjoy your holiday, I am sure you are well ready for it.
I am on a business overnight meeting (Grrr!) so breakfast and lunch will be sensible choices off the menu (I have nor chosen my meal for tonight and will be wishing the calories I had left for it.
Evening meal when I get home? I suspect my husband will want chowder as I was not at home to make it today. That is fine it is easy and 416 calories.
I know I have not been able to share much of my planning but I still believe it is important for me to do it as it will keep me on track tomorrow.
great tip, be sure to enjoy your holiday and thanks for hosting
Saturday will hopefully turn out like this....
B - one slice toast, peanut butter, jam, coffee - 200
L - Tuna, Mayo, red onion filled finger rolls - 591
D - chilli chicken pasta - 860
comes in at 1651 leaves me 100 - 400 to work with for snacks if needed. Hoping with the peanut butter, tuna and chicken it will be filling and i won't need snacking!
min 3 glasses water, logging onto MFP. no exercise done today so will need to get walking tmro weather permitting if not, i will do 10 mins on bike. (starting with 10 as haven't been on in ages!🙈)
Great planning allycan and good luck with your bike! I can't stay on mine more than 15-20 minutes as the saddle I'd too hard!! Lol😂 Hoping for a better saddle on my real,bike (when I get one)
oh has to be the nut butter first, jam on top! Now I'm thinking to myself why!!? I don't think I've ever tried it the other way about.....i think its maybe because of the order i say it! 😂
We have visitors all weekend so I'm going to try for a sensible weekend! Wish me luck!
Bacon or egg rolls/toast tomorrow, I'll put some fruit out too, you never know!! I'm allowing myself 400 calories.
Soup for lunch, home made yellow pea, red pepper and tomato, with a piece of fruit. 200 calories.
Dinner is help yourself Mexican feast with veggie chilli, both Quorn and Chicken paprika, (teenage vegetarians to cater for) red peppers and onions, salsa, rice and wraps. Meringue with strawberries and cream or ice cream for dessert. G&T (or 2) 800 -1000 calories.
Exercise . . . Very little in all probability! But I've done heaps today so that's ok.
Tip of the day. No food or menu problem is too big that a bit of forethought can't solve.
Have a lovely weekend everyone! Onwards and downwards 😊
Basically an onion, carrot, red pepper, split peas (soaked if possible) and passata. Couple of veggie stock cubes. Bring to the boil and simmer for about half an hour, then blend.
I usually use lentils but I'd run out. The split peas give a creamier texture. 😊
Well done on catering for so many options.. No panic in there at all. It all sounds lovely and filling. I hope you enjoy their visit and all that lovely food.
Ok so i have now found the menu for where we are eating tonight and after a lot of salivating I have made the choice of ..........
Chicken Ceasar salad - no calorie content on there so have found on MFP the one for wetherspoons which is 428 cals for theirs so i will use that as a guide
So I am changing my breakfast from bacon butty (as no darn bacon in the house - perhaps the mouse ate it lol) to 3 egg omelette with onion and peppers and 3 naughty coffees (already drunk ) 312 cals
Lunch - will remain as chunky veg soup 120 cals
Banana and Clementine for snacks 110 cals
Total = 968 cals thus leaving me plenty of calories to waste on alcohol as well as perhaps have a starter - I am not a pudding person
Love the image and a great tip trimmerteacher. Have a great holiday.
Tomorrow I am in a netball tournament. We do not have a reserve so no breaks! A bit difficult as at a school, no cafe so need to bring enough for the day.
B - omelette with 2 chicken Italia sausages and some cheese - 300
L - livlife bread 4 slices filled with beef and spinach. - 520
D - chilli and courgetti and carrotetti ( or whatever it is called) - 250
S - a packet of nuts and 2 boiled eggs to keep me going. I have a cashew and nut bar too. So more than normal but will be running around. 500
Exercise - lots of netball!
Tip - go out and make the most of this lovely weather.
wish i was where you are wakywoo! It has rained all afternoon here! ☔ your dinner sounds interesting....is it like chilli con carne with the veg instead of rice?? Or maybe I've got it completely wrong!🍴
Hi Hidden Thank you for hosting, I prefer it being put on early, as can post the night before, but when it's late, I often can't post till the next evening before it closes!! Your poster says so much.. We don't want to undo all the work we've done too easily!! And a great tip to keep in mind to.
Tip for today... When nothing seems to happen with what you're doing.. Don't do nothing! Change what you do and look for improvement.. Stick with what works for you and enjoy the changes.
You are welcome - I have just changed my food for today too as now found the menu where we are eating tonight as well as no darn bacon in the house for breakfast lol
Hi Mimirossi it is delicious... Depends on where you live.. You can buy it in most markets where there is a good fruit and veg stall, I got mine at Milton Keynes market on Tuesday. Some super markets and Asian shops sell them too...
So versatile to cook with.. fried, grilled, baked, boiled.. I hope you find some, maybe google where to buy near you?
That sounds like a great menu, Mimirossi, even the chocolate! Did you find out what your calorie intake should be now? It's just that you have a difference of 1000 for these last 2 days and I wondered what you were aiming for?
I wish I had a trampoline! That sounds like great fun!
Haha, sorry! I meant 1465 for Friday! I had better edit that!
Yes I love the trampoline. We got it for our children from a friend whose family had stopped using it. We had loads of fun on it when they were growing up and so did their cousins. Now mine are 23, 20 and 19 and they never go on it, so I thought I would!
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