ie how do I make vegetables taste really good. The best vegetables I ever ate were made by the cook at the now defunct Crystal Lodge Health Retreat in the Blue Mountains.
The ingredients need to be affordable and easy to prepare as well.
This is my problem to solve today.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
It's that day
The one where it's been depressing and I just feel like throwing in the towel and eating what I like.
Oh well I guess tomorrow is a new day and I can hop back on the wagon.
I really thought that being realistic with what I eat would do it for me. So far the only thing which has ever worked for me is to get busy with my life and not even worry about what I am eating. I can't do that these days though - I have kids and I need to make sure they eat properly too.
Tough day.
Oh well I guess tomorrow is a new day and I can hop back on the wagon.
I really thought that being realistic with what I eat would do it for me. So far the only thing which has ever worked for me is to get busy with my life and not even worry about what I am eating. I can't do that these days though - I have kids and I need to make sure they eat properly too.
Tough day.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Did something different today, no afternoon munchie issue
I ate small amounts every 1.5 hours. Did not get insatiably hungry in the afternoon like normal. Among the yogurt, corn thins, salad and fruit I also had 2 scoops of icecream (72g of it to be precise) and a handful of chips (27g). Dinner was roast chicken and I haven't eaten anything since. I've actually eaten less kJ today than in previous days but I don't feel starved.
This is good.
This is good.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Body cooperate with me!
I haven't been able to weigh myself accurately for week 1 progress. However I have lost roughly 1 kilo. 4 more to go for it to be noticeable. No wonder people do 6800kJ a day and exercise like maniacs - for faster results. My only problem with that is knowing what to eat when you have reached your goal weight. After dieting are we forever looking at containers and weighing our food to make sure we aren't overeating. Or are we supposed to have achieved healthy eating habits.
I think I am going to have to count kJ until I can't remember how to count. I know it's only been a week but I guess I just know that I am prone to overeating. Sadly I am a good cook, and I love to feed my family with wonderful meals - it has not been kind to my waistline. Of course hubby and the kids are all skinny as. Must be all the tasting I do along the way.
Saturday was a fairly normal food day. Pancakes and coffee, corn thins with various toppings, afternoon pig out, chicken satay with heaps of vegetables and hokkein noodles for dinner. Managed to stay on kilojoule target somehow. Feel bloated today. Damn hormones.
Next Saturday will hopefully be more encouraging for me.
I have a dress I would like to fit into again. I figure the initial loss of 5 kilos will let me squeeze into it. The next 10 will make it almost swim on me - which will be just fine by me.
My self image of my body is all over the place. Many moons ago when I was 15 I had a gorgeous figure (no bust though) but I had no clue. I went to Germany, found myself a bust but also discovered my love affair with good food. Ever since then I have been up and down, again with no clue as to how attractive my figure was until after it was gone and I was seeing it in photographs.
Age 18 65kg
Age 19 56kg
Age 21 must have been less than 56kg because I was Skinny - possible even too skinny
21-30 usually muddling around 65kg
31 back down to 55kg - thank heavens I have the photos to prove it because I haven't been skinny since.
Granted I had my little girl at 32. The dress I so desperately want to wear again I bought after she was born.
The next time I stood on a pair of scales was when I was in my first trimester with my little boy.
35 77kg OMGWTF!
41 more than that
Sometimes when I look in the mirror I see curves in all the right places and a pretty face still looking at me. But sometimes I see beefy chick with fat stomach and face. I know it's just the hormones making my perception wonky but it is depressing nonetheless. Plus some 9 yo kid at my daughter's school told my kid that I was fat. She lumped some other mothers in there with me as also fat. I know it doesn't matter what this kid thinks of me but it was still pretty awful to hear my child repeating it to me.
Well back to it. Let's see how well we go this week.
I think I am going to have to count kJ until I can't remember how to count. I know it's only been a week but I guess I just know that I am prone to overeating. Sadly I am a good cook, and I love to feed my family with wonderful meals - it has not been kind to my waistline. Of course hubby and the kids are all skinny as. Must be all the tasting I do along the way.
Saturday was a fairly normal food day. Pancakes and coffee, corn thins with various toppings, afternoon pig out, chicken satay with heaps of vegetables and hokkein noodles for dinner. Managed to stay on kilojoule target somehow. Feel bloated today. Damn hormones.
Next Saturday will hopefully be more encouraging for me.
I have a dress I would like to fit into again. I figure the initial loss of 5 kilos will let me squeeze into it. The next 10 will make it almost swim on me - which will be just fine by me.
My self image of my body is all over the place. Many moons ago when I was 15 I had a gorgeous figure (no bust though) but I had no clue. I went to Germany, found myself a bust but also discovered my love affair with good food. Ever since then I have been up and down, again with no clue as to how attractive my figure was until after it was gone and I was seeing it in photographs.
Age 18 65kg
Age 19 56kg
Age 21 must have been less than 56kg because I was Skinny - possible even too skinny
21-30 usually muddling around 65kg
31 back down to 55kg - thank heavens I have the photos to prove it because I haven't been skinny since.
Granted I had my little girl at 32. The dress I so desperately want to wear again I bought after she was born.
The next time I stood on a pair of scales was when I was in my first trimester with my little boy.
35 77kg OMGWTF!
41 more than that
Sometimes when I look in the mirror I see curves in all the right places and a pretty face still looking at me. But sometimes I see beefy chick with fat stomach and face. I know it's just the hormones making my perception wonky but it is depressing nonetheless. Plus some 9 yo kid at my daughter's school told my kid that I was fat. She lumped some other mothers in there with me as also fat. I know it doesn't matter what this kid thinks of me but it was still pretty awful to hear my child repeating it to me.
Well back to it. Let's see how well we go this week.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Full fat latte with 1/2 tspn of sugar is 380kJ
And I'm ok with that.
Had the usual munchie attack this afternoon. Could be hunger. Could be boredom eating. Not that I am bored per se - just sedentary and only occupied with one thing. ie not distracted enough.
Anyway my food today (including unscheduled "binge" at 5pm)
Coffee (of course), a scrambled egg, one small piece of air fried bacon (love my airfryer - after it was cooked the bacon weighed 13g and according to AUSNUT that's 90kJ woohoo ) and toast, plus half a glass of juice. I made sushi for lunch - vegetarian. I probably ate two rolls worth. An apple. All good until 5pm which is when hubby made popcorn for the kids. I had popcorn, a leftover piece of pizza (which stepson could have eaten the other night after all, oh well) and a tiny piece of coconut chocolate. Sausage, wedges and stir fried veges for dinner.
About 6800kJ for the day. Spot on for if I was doing a diet.
Much like people are told to dress for the job they want, not the job they have, I was meant to be eating for the weight I want. Which should be 8000kJ per day. I know my body can handle the extra 1000kJ. But I seem to have a psychological barrier about eating that amount.
Maybe when school starts again and I am walking everyday again I will feel more comfortable eating that little bit more than I am now.
Had the usual munchie attack this afternoon. Could be hunger. Could be boredom eating. Not that I am bored per se - just sedentary and only occupied with one thing. ie not distracted enough.
Anyway my food today (including unscheduled "binge" at 5pm)
Coffee (of course), a scrambled egg, one small piece of air fried bacon (love my airfryer - after it was cooked the bacon weighed 13g and according to AUSNUT that's 90kJ woohoo ) and toast, plus half a glass of juice. I made sushi for lunch - vegetarian. I probably ate two rolls worth. An apple. All good until 5pm which is when hubby made popcorn for the kids. I had popcorn, a leftover piece of pizza (which stepson could have eaten the other night after all, oh well) and a tiny piece of coconut chocolate. Sausage, wedges and stir fried veges for dinner.
About 6800kJ for the day. Spot on for if I was doing a diet.
Much like people are told to dress for the job they want, not the job they have, I was meant to be eating for the weight I want. Which should be 8000kJ per day. I know my body can handle the extra 1000kJ. But I seem to have a psychological barrier about eating that amount.
Maybe when school starts again and I am walking everyday again I will feel more comfortable eating that little bit more than I am now.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Blogging really makes me think before I eat
I'm still eating but before I do I remind myself that it goes not only in my personal diary but on the blog too. Weighing food has also been an eye opening exercise. 30g of cereal is barely satisfying. 100g of yogurt is ridiculous. I used to laugh at Brian Regan's outrage at "serving sizes", and perhaps I wouldn't eat an entire tub of icecream and call it a serving, but I certainly eat more than two dessert spoonfuls which is what the 49g serving size on the carton seems to be.
For some reason I am reluctant to get too near the 8000kJ limit I have set myself. I am sticking somewhere around 1000kJ below that limit most days. But I am still eating the same food my family eats more or less.
I had what is basically Just Right for breakfast with 25g of chopped dried apple added to it. I was surprised to discover that I add 125mL of milk to my cereal in the morning.
Breakfast was a little late this morning so I didn't feel the need for morning tea. Lunch was 3 corn thins (and I admit I got this notion from Michelle Bridges and like them enough to keep eating them, not necessarily with her suggested toppings though). I had cream cheese on one (my favourite), peanut butter on another (meh) and butter, cheese and tomato on another - that little grind of salt I added was too much for me, but it was nice and I would do it again.
As usual in the afternoon the hungries hit me.
I ate a nectarine, a hard boiled egg figuring the protein would help me feel full (didn't happen), 160g of yogurt (a far more realistic serving) and then shortly before dinner a slice of bread with olive dip.
Dinner was butter chicken curry with indian inspired side salads.
That brings me to a grand total for the day of roughly 6900kJ.
At least I finally feel full tonight. I did get a bit of exercise in today in the form of gardening. That'll teach me toremove that horrid plastic trellis wire - once I had gotten rid of it I kept going until every bit of ivy was removed from the fence too. I don't even know where it came from. It wasn't there a year ago when we were building the house.
I am checking my weight (I know I shouldn't but I am) and I am definitely losing weight. I am encouraged by the progress.
Body fat % down to 32.1 Have to hit less than 30.
Oh and I did have a small serve of eton mess last night which was about 900kJ added to my food for yesterday.
For some reason I am reluctant to get too near the 8000kJ limit I have set myself. I am sticking somewhere around 1000kJ below that limit most days. But I am still eating the same food my family eats more or less.
I had what is basically Just Right for breakfast with 25g of chopped dried apple added to it. I was surprised to discover that I add 125mL of milk to my cereal in the morning.
Breakfast was a little late this morning so I didn't feel the need for morning tea. Lunch was 3 corn thins (and I admit I got this notion from Michelle Bridges and like them enough to keep eating them, not necessarily with her suggested toppings though). I had cream cheese on one (my favourite), peanut butter on another (meh) and butter, cheese and tomato on another - that little grind of salt I added was too much for me, but it was nice and I would do it again.
As usual in the afternoon the hungries hit me.
I ate a nectarine, a hard boiled egg figuring the protein would help me feel full (didn't happen), 160g of yogurt (a far more realistic serving) and then shortly before dinner a slice of bread with olive dip.
Dinner was butter chicken curry with indian inspired side salads.
That brings me to a grand total for the day of roughly 6900kJ.
At least I finally feel full tonight. I did get a bit of exercise in today in the form of gardening. That'll teach me toremove that horrid plastic trellis wire - once I had gotten rid of it I kept going until every bit of ivy was removed from the fence too. I don't even know where it came from. It wasn't there a year ago when we were building the house.
I am checking my weight (I know I shouldn't but I am) and I am definitely losing weight. I am encouraged by the progress.
Body fat % down to 32.1 Have to hit less than 30.
Oh and I did have a small serve of eton mess last night which was about 900kJ added to my food for yesterday.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Day 4
A little harder today. Guess the lower kJ intake just caught up with me.
Day 4:
2 slices pane de casa with Lurpak butter and jam and the usual coffee about 1985kJ (yeah won't do that again too many kJ and not enough fill)
Kids leftover banana on toast plus tea about 755kJ
200g of leftover homemade spaghetti bolognese and a nectarine 1600kJ
One stick of celery with peanut butter, 2 corn thins with Philadelphia cream cheese, 15g of choc covered sultanas and a cup of tea about 800kJ
100g of Domino's pepperoni pizza plus a salad about 1450kJ
Total: 6590kJ
Still good - have some kJ to spare - maybe dessert tonight instead. Just a teensy bit though.
Day 4:
2 slices pane de casa with Lurpak butter and jam and the usual coffee about 1985kJ (yeah won't do that again too many kJ and not enough fill)
Kids leftover banana on toast plus tea about 755kJ
200g of leftover homemade spaghetti bolognese and a nectarine 1600kJ
One stick of celery with peanut butter, 2 corn thins with Philadelphia cream cheese, 15g of choc covered sultanas and a cup of tea about 800kJ
100g of Domino's pepperoni pizza plus a salad about 1450kJ
Total: 6590kJ
Still good - have some kJ to spare - maybe dessert tonight instead. Just a teensy bit though.
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