First of all, I need to apologise that I shan’t be around to comment on your menus for Saturday.
And in fact, I shan’t be posting my menus either - I am preparing this post in advance on Thursday evening, as my niece and her three year old toddler and five month old baby will be staying with me from Friday for the weekend, and I think I shall have my hands full!
So - welcome to anyone posting for the first time, this is what my typical daily diary might look like, just to give you an idea:
“Breakfast - boiled egg and toast and marmalade, 285 cals.
Lunch - cottage cheese with some salad and a yogurt, 307 cals
Dinner - 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!”
Now tell us what have you planned to eat and drink on Saturday 26th August.
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.
My tip for the day – you can only fail when you stop trying!
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Thank you for posting Hidden you certainly will have your hands full over the weekend, visitors and I presume, baby visiting ❤️ Have a lovely time 😊
I'm sure everyone will take the time to support and encourage each other in typical forum fashion 😊
Sounds like you have a wonderful weekend planned!
Today has been lovely, and busy. I took the kids to a farm, and I'm so tired now! I've just had a hot cross bun as it's a while before I'll have dinner, but I'm bang on budget so that's good.
Tomorrow's plan:
Breakfast - scrambled eggs with fried mushrooms and wilted spinach (with 2 tsp butter to cook the eggs and mushrooms), 300 cals.
Lunch - half a carton of spinach and celeriac soup from the depths of the freezer, with a cheese toastie, 600 cals.
Dinner - double potato and halloumi bake (a Nigella recipe that I've been cooking for about 15 years now I think!) with about half the oil she uses, and a green salad. 600 cals.
That will leave me with about 400-500, I'm leaning towards some good chocolate...
Couldn't agree more with that quote Trimmerteacher. Since joining here 8 months ago, I've been trying to follow that ideal. I've realised how long I've been stuck in lots of little ruts, attitude to food and drink just being a couple of those ruts. Now, when I remember, I question each thing that I do, why I do it and if I'm not content, why I don't do something else. I ramble (nothing new )...
Today's munching went pretty much to plan, apart from a small bag of homemade marshmallows that wended their way into the house. I don't think they'll ruin my day.
B: Porridge, fruit, cinnamon & honey
L: Fried egg on toast with baked beans.
S: I like the idea of Trimmerteacher's s & s chicken so I've decided to do that with some rice, peas and runner beans.
I agree with your ramble, it is so easy to get stuck in lots of little ruts and sometimes we need someone or something to jolt us out of it - better still if we can do it for ourselves!
Thanks for posting and looking after us TT, especially when you won't be around to enjoy the replies.
Have a fab time with your niece and the babes, I am sure you will.
Today I didn't get my lunch or my evening meal. Had a corned beef sandwich on gluten free bread for lunch, just didn't manage any dinner (grandchildren to look after) but will have berries and cream before I go to bed. Will try to do better tomorrow!
I bought an avocado today Ceals , will make a smoothie tomorrow I think for breakfast. Also have some feta cheese, not had it before, so I'm thinking of a filo pastry style pizza with feta and asparagus and maybe a little chorizo, will feta go with chorizo?
Oh Cracker, sorry to disappoint, went to Winchester for afternoon so didn't do it. Will maybe make for lunch tomorrow. Having Chicken Masssla tonight with cauliflower rice,
Good morning Im not posting a meal plan for over the weekend as I have visitors with a family christening tomorrow I have weigh in on Monday so I will be trying my best ! I have saved 1000 cals over the week so I have a few in hand I hope you all have a wonderful weekend
Thanks for hosting Hidden , you certainly are busy!
We had a great day on the boat yesterday, lovely sunshine/sunset. Lamb steaks were turned into a one pot wonder as less washing up but still tasty , with a couple of glasses of wine ,what a view we had! Day 2 of mini hol and hoping to sail to Swanage today after our eggs and bacon,tomatoes. 350
L: Stilton and avocado salad 400
D: To be decided. Either something from limited supplies onboard or a meal in Swanage if we can 'park' near enough.
Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday. Good weather's always a bonus 😎
Seeing as it's been suggested by my GP surgery that I don't lose too much weight too quickly as my heart rate has been a bit low lately, I decided to check out my recommended calorie intake on the NHS site. I may be making my life unnecessarily complicated but I'm going to try counting calories for a while in addition to following the Slimming World plan. So for today...
Breakfast - sugar-free Alpen and milk - 175 calories
Lunch - 2 slimming world sausages, potato, carrot and swede mash, with peas and sweet corn - 340 calories
Dinner - going out with friends to an Italian restaurant so not sure yet. I've checked out the online menu and quite like the look of Risotto Luigi, my NHS calorie range is currently 1628-2094. I've eaten 515 calories so far, so I have plenty of calories to play with this evening. I never eat a starter or a pudding and I don't drink so while I'm determined to resist the lure of the pizzas and anything with chips, I'm still going to enjoy my evening.
I've been losing weight successfully with Slimming World, I've lost 2 stone 2.5 pounds in 12 weeks, trouble is my heart rate has been dropping with my weight, my resting heart rate at the start was 72, now it's in the low 50's and it's been making me light headed at times.
I'm planning on sticking with the SW plan but thought it might be an idea to get a feel for how many calories I'm eating for a few weeks, just because my GP surgery suggested slowing down my weight loss a little. If I have an idea of my calorie count, it should make it easier to fine tune things so I don't keel over! 😂
WOW that is a massive loss in 12 weeks no wonder your heart rate is dropping as well
Personally (this is my own thoughts and I am NOT medically trained or anyway near enough knowledgeable) I would try and maintain for a few weeks to let your heart rate catch up - I suggest you follow what ever your GP has instructed you to do
Thanks, yes that's my plan. I'm hoping a greater calorie awareness will help me maintain or at least reduce the weight loss to about a pound a week for a while. Making haste a little slower is frustrating but sensible... still not going to eat pizza tonight though! 😂👍
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