Hello one and all, and welcome to Sunday's daily diary. Sorry for the late posting, I meant to do this before Strictly but I missed my moment!
I'm just coming to the end of my 12 week NHS weight loss plan, and my husband said today 'you're looking slim!'. He is not the most observant man around!
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 on an early shift but I'm hoping to pop out to see two of my children take part in the Remembrance Day parade.
My food plans for tomorrow:
B - canteen breakfast (probably bacon followed by a homemade fruit scone)
L - chickpea soup
D - moussaka and salad
I haven't done my calculations yet but it will be in the region of 1600-1800.
Exercise will be about 16 million steps at work
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Today was a wonderful day. Stuck with the meal plan and had a good workout at rowing. Bit busy, we had the junior team, men's and ladies team. I'm still struggling with nerves when it gets too busy on the water. I don't want to capsize again.
Breakfast overnight oats with blueberries toast and coffee.
Exercise - cycle to the rowing club and back 7.5 miles in total. 6 miles of rowing 🚣🏽
Lunch - a chicken salad. But if my daughter is with me it may change. Her last day off before work. She'll want to eat out.
Dinner - baked chicken casserole with mashed potatoes
Great that you had a good day rowing and all that cycling too ShadowDee . With that amount of exercise you'll soon be a shadow of your normal usual self!
Tomorrow i am hoping to go to parents for lunch so i am sure pudding of some sort will be involved so hoping to have a fairly low breakfast and tea
B - overnight porridge - smaller portion with (my newly bought) berries
L - at parents
T - gammon salad with small baked potato
Not too sure on calories - what i know totals around 1000 calories (but that is guessing at some of the food that my parents will have - they are quite predictable and it is Sunday!!)
hope you're enjoying the new puppy. Is she house trained yet. I remember that being the hardest bit. Does the puppy not chase the hens? Our dog once had an unfortunate incident with a chicken
It’s hard work, but we only had one puddle today, which is enormous progress! She hasn’t chased the hens as she hasn’t been given the chance, but hopefully like most Farm Collies, she will ignore them as she gets older. 🐔🐶🐔
Thanks for hosting Hidden . Very good poster.Hope you enjoyed Strictly as much as I did. Moussaka and salad will be delicious I'm sure. 16 million steps!! Are you serious? I managed 7,598 today and was pleased with that. lol
My menu will be;
B - A full English, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms and scrambled eggs 356 cals
We're going to our daughter's tomorrow for a Sunday roast and as she's a vegetarian she'll probably do a nut roast for herself and I'll join her with that while the others have meat. I'm sure there'll be a dessert but as she knows I'm counting calories I hope it's something I can indulge in. I'm allowing around 900 cals with a glass of wine, but could be more. Calories I mean, not wine!
Exercise - A family walk before our roast in late afternoon.
I did enjoy it! Maybe I did exaggerate a *little* with my steps. My activity tracker died, but it used to count around 20k on a Sunday. No wonder my feet ache!
Have a lovely time at your daughter's, it all sounds great xx
target of 1700 so still a bit low. The kitchen is looking a bit bare till I get some more shopping, so I'm scraping around trying to find suitable snacks to reach my target.
good idea, we're out of seeds. But I can do a dressing. Think I'll have to pop to the corner shop later when I walk the dog. Next shopping day is Tues and I was hoping to hang on as there is loads in the freezer, but we've run out of eggs, seeds, milk, etc
Just my kind of menu rutheliza . I've decided not to do a grocery shop this week apart from some fresh veg, and use whatever's in the cupboards and freezer. There's always something you can make and save money at the same time.
What a true poster Hidden ! Even though I am 16 lbs lighter; OH is the only one who has noticed. I did have a trouser slippage at a body balance class on Friday, but luckily tied a tight knot before I was noticed for the wrong reason!
Tomorrow we may go on a 4 mile walk to a lovely waterside cafe for brunch if the rain holds off. They do a lovely 3 egg omelette. A nice walk home for roast chicken dinner with celeriac roasties or mash with brócoli.
Made a wonderful seed cracker this evening. A variety of seeds, chia seeds and water. Spread on a tray and bake for an hour. They made lots more than 10. Next time I will make a half batch. You don't need much and delicious with a sliver of cheese! Here is the link:
Hi Hidden the colder weather has impacted but average 2.5 lbs every week. The best bit is having no inclination to touch anything sugary at all. I do have some smaller work clothes but a few more pounds and they will need replacing.
For me, my face shrunk first which was very noticeable and quite odd More than usual that is. 16lb is a great loss, so here's to more trouser slippage (in the best posssssible taste )
That walk and brunch at a waterside cafe sounds idyllic.
Very much taking your tip to heart lately and enjoying every moment.
Good evening Diamondblock. Thank you for hosting today and hope you have a good day. I will have Brunch tomorrow egg beans and a veg sausage. Don’t do this usually but I thought I would try it. Then in the evening I will have. Sausage meat free casserole which I pinch from MissyBeee. I am not going out tomorrow so I will be having a very easy day. I want to try and get the wood and nails from my hallway up the carpet was taken up but nails are every were. I want to paint it. I will try and use Sunday as a fasting day so I don’t want to go over 900 calories. I do hope everyone has a good Sunday then you will have a good week ahead.
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Good luck with your fasting day, I recently tried this a couple of times and was surprised at how easy I found it.
Morning Hidden and thank you for hosting today's DD. Huge cheers for getting to the end of the 12 week plan and for your hubby actually spotting the positive changes that you've forged.
Liking your menu, especially the moussaka... nomnomnom
B: Tiggerr's eggs Benedict with samphire. Tom juice & worc sauce, black teas
L: Last of the choccy cake
S: Tuna, pasta, chili, tomato and olive bake with a cheese topping.
D: Diet tonic w Angostura and water
Ex: No jogging today just some core exercises.
Is it possible to do more than 15 million steps in a day
Just had it and although my cheat's eggs benedict wasn't perfect the whole thing tasted really nice and one I'd do again. Haven't had samphire for nearly 20 years when I first met OH. It actually tastes better than I remember.
I'm aiming for 5 steps today, those were Diamondblock's
Yep, that's why I had it in the fridge because a few days ago I did it in foil with some haddock, veg and white wine. I was going to post a pic but you couldn't see the fish underneath all the veg Never thought that sentence would have come out of my mouth... more like 'couldn't see fish because of all the potatoes'
Hi moreless, aiming for 1200 cals. Love fruit and veg so by the end of the day these little additions add up. Plan the bare bones and add on as I go. Thanks for asking, love my food too much to starve myself lol 😂
Hi Kelly and welcome to the daily diaries, and well done for starting to plan and for remembering to plan in things like the hot choc at rugby! Have a great day.
Hectic day yesterday but good so am late with my DD for today:
B - bacon, mushroom, beans and two coffees (to keep me going as I shall be going to the city's Remembrance Day service at the war menorial and I shall have to more or less walk there and back!)
L - tomato soup, tuna and green salad, yoghurt
S - finally eating the chilli con carne that I have had in the fridge for a few days, brussels and no potato, might venture to make a pud!
Water - shall ration it this morning as could have problems later on
Snacks - fruit
Exercise - walking to and back from war memorial - at least one and a half hours of walking
Tip - Remember all those who gave their lives for our freedom .....
I have to say I did plot my route going there....just in case ..... wink wink
Got he grand daughter staying so lots of excel use! Planning a slow cooker beef stew which is mostly veg so that should come in on target if I can stay away from snacks today. Hoping to follow recent advice and eat a bit more at proper meal times this week
Good morning all and thanks to diamondblock for hosting. Enjoy your moussaka for tea, how lovely, especially after all those steps at work!!!
Nice weigh-in today for me, I'm now 0.4kg or 1lb away from target. So this week I'm going to be planning away like crazy, I haven't been this weight since way before having children, probably for 20 years - although I have to say the body doesn't look quite like that of a 21 year old, despite being the same weight!!!!
Anyway, today is a lovely Sunday and looks like this:
B - full fat Greek yoghurt with a banana and single cream - 300 cals
L - leftover spaghetti carbonara - 400 cals
D - Chicken pie, 2 small roast potatoes, piles of brocolli, cabbage and carrots with a bit of gravy and apple sauce - 700 cals.
Total 1400 cals. No snacking or wine for me today. Think I've almost accidentally become teetotal!!
Exercise - not a lot still, maybe a kick about in the park with my little boy.
Just reviewed my menu and thought 'that does not look like the food of someone on a diet'. And that is why I've been successful here I think when nothing else worked. I'm just eating normal food, leftovers, roast dinners. All about the quantity of portion sizes and not mindlessly eating extras. And getting quality calories in - hence the lack of alcohol, I can't be wasting potential food calories on wine any more!!!
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