Thank you dazzle a great poster for visual reminders. I will be back with my menu for tomorrow later...
Thanks for hosting, dazzle, and for posting early. How are you getting on with the BSD? I'm umming and ahhing about it at the moment!
I have a scary hospital appointment tomorrow morning that I'm expecting will go into the afternoon. I'm bringing a selection of nice munchy things for lunch if needed, or (hopefully) the appt is short and sweet I can have it at home!
B - fried egg and mushrooms, sourdough toast with butter, 298
L - spinach and hard boiled egg, banana, almonds and salted milk chocolate, 350
D - Bolognese with green beans and grated cheese, 467
Excellent poster dazzle and thank you for hosting.
Had a slighty boring day doing necessary chores in the house and garden and so am not feeling very inspired at the moment. Anyway here goes:-
B - porridge with fruit and two coffees
L - Leek and potato soup, tuna salad and yoghurt
S - the remains of what I am cooking tonight which is a hotch potch of chicken, shallots and mushrooms with peas and mashed potato, apple crumble (f I can be bothered) with cream
Snacks - fruit
Water - I have now taken to drinking it half cold and half boiled which I find more comforting in this getting chillier weather
Exercise - no clue at the moment but possibly a walk in the morning or afternoon
Enjoy your Monday everyone and for those who still work have a good week
Enjoy your day dazzle😀 I have a basic plan for meals ( meat/ protein)but leave the detail until I cook. Going to work it all out in advance this week and see how it works for me. Will be an interesting experience and a first. That’s me going to be busy for the next few hours lol
Thanks for hosting dazzle . Very good poster. I am also on the blood sugar diet and just starting week 3. How far along are you? I have managed to survive a 21st birthday weekend and avoid a chocolate explosion cake!
Monday:
B - boiled egg 70
Lunch - veg soup, coconut muffin with turkey and tomato 270
D - cottage pie with celeriac mash and cauliflower - 290
I found it on slimspirational grub - a member of bsd group. Lots of other good things too.
The recipe is dead easy and takes less than 5 minutes!! You will need a microwave and a round shaped glass or plastic microwave proof tuppleware about muffin sized.
Almond flour serves 1 - 195 calories
1 egg
1.5 tsp melted butter or coconut oil
2 tbsn almond flour
1 tsp milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
Dash salt
Coconut flour serves 1 - 145 calories
1 egg
1.5 tsp melted butter or coconut oil
1 tbsn coconut flour
1 tsp milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
Dash salt
Mix the melted butter, milk and egg briefly in the ramekin, add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix well till combined. The coconut flour will be clumpier so mix it well. Zap in the microwave for 1 and a half minutes. Allow to cool for a minute or so and turn out. Leave to cool for a further 2 minutes before slicing in half and toasting lightly.
Thanks for hosting dazzle I definitely want to be eating forward food.
i have just come back from holiday and have managed not put nothing on, and indeed lose 0.25lbs, very pleased. So I am going to try something new.
I have not been able to count calories whilst I have been away I just had to rely on my (now) reasonably well developed sense of what is good for me and make sensible choices. Hence I am going to try not counting calories for two weeks (if my nerve will stand it that long). It will be an interesting experiment.
So for tomorrow...
Brunch: Crispy lamb fillet with spinach and avocado, (gosh I have missed my avocado whilst I have been away).
Dinner: Chick pea, turmeric and quinoa stew with sprouts, tender stem broccoli and cabbage.
Interestingly, I only ate two meals per day whilst I was away - breakfast and dinner so I think two good meals per day suits me.
Looking forward to getting back into the swing of planning and feeling pleased i stocked up the freezer before I went away!
My tip would be understand yourself and your eating habits.
hi ceals, well done on losing whilst on holiday, that is impressive. It'll be interesting to see how you get on over the next 2 weeks, hope it goes well
I like your tip Ceals. I am finding out about myself all the time. It's funny, but I used to think tracking your food was a waste of time but now know that if I don't unhelpful things end up on my plate. Also know too many carbs make me bloated and sabotage any good intentions.
Holiday was fab thanks. It is a real fingers crossed experiment - ridiculously nervous about it - but I have just done it for ten days in a hotel with amazing food so i just need to knuckle down and do it!
Good luck for dropping the calorie counting over the next two weeks Ceals. I stopped calorie counting as soon as I could, around 2 years ago, and have returned to counting for a few weeks here and there (as needed), but as you say that awareness is there now. It's good to maybe re-check things every few weeks or so (your two week initial trial sounds perfect). But watch out for 'portion creep' - it can happen to the best of us
Sound advice as always Ruth. I guess the scales will soon let me know but the trick will be not letting there be a scale creep in tandem with a portion creep. I lose weight so very slowly but can put it on very quickly!
Really good to lose whilst on holiday....you are so right about understanding yourself....im a newbie but all the posts here help answer the question for myself
D- lasagne with those sheets of butternut squash instead of pasta 450
stewed rhubarb, guessing it's about 70
snacks - apple, carrot 50
tea and coffee 150
target of 1700, so may need to have extra snacks. Following a birthday, the house is full of cake, chocolates, wine and coca cola. I can resist the coke, I've put the cake in the freezer and I'm taking the chocs into work tomorrow, so hopefully I will avoid caving in. Hope everyone has a good day
Well done rutheliza - getting rid of temptation is a good idea. I have cleared the house of 21st birthday cake and left over choc bars are for the trick or treaters!
Sun sets around 7ish but heading toward 9pm setting. Makes it hard for Guy Fawkes so most people wait till the weekend when the kids can stay up later.
Looking forward to finishing the garden. Walking around today like I'm 90 lol
Thanks dazzle ... after a week of poor choices, I needed a little refocusing on how to view my food. Loving that labeling technique and will try to hang on to it.
B: 25g porridge, fruit & cinnamon. Tom juice & worc sauce, chai latte and coffees
L: Depends upon what's on the dinner menu where I'm working but will decline dessert.
S: Timpana with veg curry.
Other drinks: Diet tonic & angostura, water and more coffees
Ex: Jogging (until I'm weary... currently doesn't take too long)
Good luck with the jogging Tiggerr, I'm starting again this week although I expect it will be more of a walk to start with. Must remember to put cinnamon on my porridge, bet that is lovely.
Hope you have some good menu choices for your lunch.
I find the cinnamon almost as much of an addiction as the porridge. I did try other spices at the beginning of my porridge journey but I didn't like them enough to even use them occasionally for variation.
Lunch is at an old people's home and they always have one or two of the 'old classics'... nomnomnom!
Well done for planning in advance not to have dessert - I find it a real bonus to have decided that I will not be eating dessert before I go to eat anywhere. On a very rare occasion the decision will be that I am eating dessert - but then I do it very mindfully.
Likewise. I've made a lot of new meals just from ideas that I've come across here. Makes eating more interesting. One of the first things was a cauliflower pizza, which I would never have imagined beforehand.
Good evening all and thanks to dazzle for hosting. Love the sound of your pork steaks.
Well, first of all a big thank you to all of you who have been haunting me in my kitchen, I've resisted all extra mouthfuls today due to a crowded kitchen full of my virtual friends looking over my shoulder and making me be much more mindful. My family now think I'm slightly nuts, but whatever works is good for me! I stuck completely to plan and am very pleased.
Tomorrow is a work at home day, first after a week off, so time to deal with the 3pm snack demons. I'm starting by planning healthy snacks for that time.
B - porridge with rhubarb and ginger yoghurt - 400 cals
L - bacon and duck eggs, with lightly fried tomatoes, onion and peppers - 400 cals
Snack - satsuma and kiwi - 60 cals
D - chicken chunks marinaded in sweet chilli, served on a bed of lettuce, mini dry roasted potato cubes and roast yellow pepper - 470 cals
Total - 1330 cals.
Exercise - brisk walk/jog, plus food shop at lunchtime.
Thanks Ceals, interestingly it is the most thorough planning I've done in a long while and I'm looking foward to the meals massively, more than any other day recently.
There is a message in there somewhere Salcheq. Although I am not counting calories at the moment I am certainly planning. Indeed I also planned on holiday as I know the hotel where we stayed so well i was able to plan my food really well.
A nother new week. Thank you for hosting today's DD dazzle. Today for breakfast will be porridge made with water and a banana and a little maple syrup and coffee made with skimmed milk. 250.
Lunch egg sandwich. Tomato sauce. 400.
Dinner veg curry brown rice. 600.
1250 cals I will have 2 biscuits with a drink in the afternoon. Also milk with my drinks so that should bring me to 1500.
I will be doing a walk for around 1 hr with the healthy hearts club.
I hope everyone else has has a good day and I will be looking at what everyone else is eating after my walk.
Not sure if I could ever function on the BSD but am intrigued!
Would like to give myself a pat on the back this morning for going a week with no booze. There was a large glass of red in last night's dinner but I wasn't bothered about having anymore once it was open.
Today's plan:
B. Overnight oats with cherries and blueberries
L. Leftover superfood lasagna
D. Fish parcels
Haven't calculated calories yet but probably around 2000
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With regards to your meal plan, there is a good variety there but not many calories? Are you counting calories? Eating too little is the biggest cause of weight loss failure so please check your target calories on the nhs BMI checker.
Good morning Dazzle. You sound confident with your Blood Sugar Diet menu. I hope it continues to work well for you.
I'm back after a social weekend, didn't post on DD but I was careful with my choices. Also I fitted in a third run and even braved the scales (a rare occurrence for me these days!) So my overall conclusion is last week was a good week.
So here I am with my non calorie counted, maintenance meal plan to start another week off well.
B porridge with 25g oats, 150ml almond milk, 1tsp peanut butter, 50ml soya cream (the honey is now successfully cut out)
L veggie salad plate: cucumber and tomato salad, baked broccoli pieces, couscous with mixed in pine nuts, sundried tomatos and herbs, and homemade hummous.
Snacks: 2 x coffees with soya milk, 2x dark choc coated kallo rice cakes with 2 tsp peanut butter, victoria plum
D nut cutlet with charlotte potatoes, peas and baked beans
Evening drinks: 250ml raspberry kombucha, tomato juice with worcestershire sauce, chai tea
A novel new use for honey! I still have it in my chai tea and in honey and mustard salad dressing. But I felt it was possible to cut it out of the porridge and discovered soya cream along the way. There is also oat cream - might give that a try too
My meals for the next few days will be challenging as I’m away down to Edinburgh for a few days to see my eldest son and daughter. He rarely gets more than one day off at a time so it’s going to be good to spend sometime with him 😊
Breakfast is banana with yogurt, seed and nut sprinkle.
Lunch is vegetable soup and then a pork sandwich later as I’m having my haircut at lunch time so will split my lunch!
Dinner - I’ve no idea! I’m hoping after a later lunch I will manage with some fruit and nuts (eaten on the journey) but we’ll see!
I’ve alrwdy done 30 minutes of strenuous cardio, and some general stretches, so I’m all set!
Tip of the day- don’t worry if you can’t stick to set mealtimes, there is always a solution to be found 😊
I had a travel day on friday, so I totally understand the conundrum re meal timings. I ended up buying a nice veggie wrap and beetroot juice when I arrived in manchester, to stow away in my bag and rediscover while on the train back. It's definitely worth planning ahead even if it's just a matter of making mini plans as you go along. Happy travels
Great planning Bongo Do you ever add veg in with your pasta? I like stuffing it full of veggies, adds extra flavour. Even swapping the tomato puree for fresh tomatoes really helps with getting your 5 a day etc. I used to use tomato puree all the time too but now I don't even buy it
not yet, but I have a River Cottage recipe for chilli and cabbage pasta which I like but son hates.
The idea was to get ready for if we have no cash for two months due to the changes to Universal Credit, I am too picky what I eat to be happy with food bank fare so I'm organising a diy version and this week I'm testing it out. There is loads of sorrel and cabbage in the garden, and I may buy in broccoli as it hasn't grown much this year, and it's meant to reduce cancer risk in quantity. Loads of spices help too, especially turmeric. Curry is coming up later on.
Mad I know but it's my way of re-assuring myself just in case.
Do you have a local community garden? I get loads of fresh veg etc for free, some of it I don't know what it is but part of this process is about experimenting with new healthy options. Often there are lots of herbs to pick, lots of apples, various veg etc around at the moment. Your son might not mind the chance to get muddy too
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Enjoy your Sunday on a Monday menu lomarstar I also don't like wasting food! Also the main thing is to make sure the healthy eating is enjoyable, that way it's easy to keep going long term. Sounds like you're really looking forward to your menu today. Enjoy
Your menu sounds so delicious! You should try and post more often as I’m sure lots of people on the forum would be interested in your meals. I especially like the sound of your Jamaican chicken!
I'm very late posting, been a busy morning, thanks for hosting dazzle , hope your 800 cal day goes well. Some lovely sunshine, so some gardening and dog walking will be my exercise.
B: Fairly usual porridge with hot water, a few almonds, blob ff Greek yoghurt 250 cals
L: Spicy carrot and coriander soup with a half a tin of pinto beans. 300
D: Leftover venison stew, green beans 500
Jelly with raspberries and ff yoghurt 100
An over maintenance weekend to make up for, so will try not to have much else other than a splash of milk in drinks. Enjoy your meals today everyone.
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Daily Diary Saturday 21st October
