Welcome to a brand new month! We're well into Autumn now, and I've seen plenty of soups and casseroles popping up in peoples menus.
An extra warm welcome to any newbies out there, and of course to the regulars. This is the place to come to plan your meals and exercise, and get ideas and inspiration from other people. Planning really can help focus your mind, and I'm certain it's helping me stick to my commitments.
So, let me know what you're having, and if you're planning any exercise.
I'll be working on an early shift tomorrow, but we get a good breakfast so I can't complain!
B - grilled bacon, fruit scone with butter, 400
L - the last of the lentil and bacon soup, Peters Yard crispbreads and cream cheese, 390
Afternoon snack, as lunch will be early - banana sandwich, 375
D - sweet potato, pepper and halloumi bake, salad, 595.
This leaves me with around 100-200, I may have a little Green and Blacks
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Hi diamondblock and thanks for hosting. Your menu sounds nice. I need to work out some new recipes as I'm getting a bit bored with my usual meals. Tomorrow I will have
B- overnight oats with seeds, blueberries and drizzle of honey 400
L- out at a buffet which is dangerous, but I will stick to salad, cold meat, fruit. Still trying to cut down on carbs, so no bread or pasta salad which they usually have, 500
D- usually have poached egg on toast for evening snack after a Sunday buffet, but to avoid the carbs I will swap it for 2 egg omelette with feta cheese 300
snacks - apple, orange 70, tea and coffee 150
that's still short of my 1700 target if I've estimated the calories right, so I'll have a handful of nuts in the evening
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Thank you for the quote, it is so true. We have already started on the stews, cottage pies for Autumn. This is a bad time of year for me for weight loss as I love Autumn foods and Halloween, bonfire night and Xmas on the way you start to go into hibernation mode. The danger foods I have to look out for is Apple pie and custard, Apple crumble and custard, toffee apples and yes you have guessed it...more custard.
Don't deny yourself what you love, Water_baby . I make custard from scratch with semi skimmed milk, no sugar, and serve it in tiny bowls with a fruit pudding - tomorrow apple and blackberry crumble, again made with no sugar, tiny amount of fat to bind the crumble which is a mix of oats, bran flakes and wholemeal flour. Yum!
Well I'm back from our hols and hauling myself back on the wagon. Thanks for hosting Hidden , love the wise words about a little progress each day! Your menu sounds well-thought out, as do the others on here. Getting into the soup season, I see.
Well I need to try and be fairly strict after a week away, and it won't be easy as I've planned a roast dinner tomorrow!
So breakfast will have to be low cal - fruit salad and cottage cheese, 111cals.
Lunch is Hairy Dieters ham salad wrap, 325 cals. Need to use up the lettuce in the garden!
Dinner is roast pork, windfall apple sauce, roast pots, carrots and broccoli, followed by blackberry and apple crumble and custard, 837 cals.
Total 1273 cals. And no nibbling while I'm in the kitchen!
Hi Hidden . Thanks for hosting and a very apt poster. Your halloumi bake sounds delicious.I'd love the recipe!
I've got the grandchildren sleeping over tonight and the rest of the family coming over tomorrow for 'Mamma's Sunday Roast' I always use to say that nobody cooked a Sunday roast like my mum and now my children say the same about mine!! Hubby and I have been busy this evening preparing the veg while watching Strictly, to free us up to play with the children in morning.
I used to love a jam sandwich if someone else made it-at least that is what I always said. Can't remember anyone ever making me a jam sandwich, thank goodness.
The halloumi bake recipe is here, though I use less oil than it states. I love it, it's one of my favourite comfort food recipes. foodnetwork.com/recipes/nig...
Thanks for hosting Hidden I will certainly settle for a little progress each day.
Love the sound of halloumi bake.
Today went well for me. My trial cauliflower pizza base was scrumptious, certainly didn't taste of cauliflower and I will be making it again. Also did my Wk3 Run3 of C25K, very pleased.
Brunch tomorrow will be a two egg omelette with 100g mixed exotic mushrooms, avocado, 50 g Ossau Iraty sheep's cheese, 20g butter. 894cals
Then it is off to my granddaughter's 5th birthday so no idea what we will be eating. My son in law is a fabulous cook so will just choose carefully. I will allow 800 cals.
Total 1694 with a range of 1585-2037.
Can't report my macros as i have no idea what party food I will be eating!
I think that's about 1500 calories. I will be having skimmed milk in my drinks and this evening a drinking chocolate before bed. I think that will take me up to 1700.
Not much doing on the exercise front today pottering around my flat and may have a wake locally after brunch. I am feeling very lazy today. First day back on my own. I told everyone I wanted a days peace. First for a while
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