Time to lose those excess kilos

Somehow since having my two kids my weight had crept up to...a lot.  A year ago I was technically obese.  I have lost 5kgs over the past year just walking every day but I am still overweight.

I'm 166cm tall and I want to weigh 65kg.  Nice healthy BMI and should be achievable.  A 65kg sedentary woman of my age needs about 8000 kilojoules per day.  A diet usually seems to aim for 6800kJ per day for weight loss.

I will be eating "normal" food.  Full fat milk, stuff my family eats, some indulgences.  There will be certain substitutions like the rice/corn thins for bread because they still taste good for much less kilojoules.  And alcohol consumption will also decrease.  Instead of sharing a glass of wine or beer with hubby I will only have a sip or two at the most.  I do eat low fat flavoured yogurts because in certain brands the low fat is actually nicer than the full fat.  I was amused to discover my low fat fruit yogurt and vanilla yogurt have less kJ than the full fat plain yogurt.  I guess my yogurts of choice don't overdo it in the sugar department.

We have chickens by the way so there are always plenty of eggs to be used.  Hence a lot of curried egg this and pancake that.

Saturday:

Waffle (home made) plus coffee  about 1260 kJ
Nectarine about 200kJ (need reliable source for actual amount)
3 rice/corn thins with one curried egg, cucumber and carrot about 950kJ (very filling by the way)
25g choc covered sultanas about 500kJ
sausage, wedges and vegetables about 2150kJ (again need reliable source for these)
choc fudge bar about 550kJ

Total for day one:

5610kJ plus maybe some nibblies like frozen grapes, and two sips of bubbly

Actually not too bad in terms of being hungry.  But I way under ate because I had the wrong data for egg and mayonnaise, so I now understand why I had nibblies at 3pm and after dinner.

Sunday

Pancakes (made from scratch) with maple syrup and coffee about 1740 kJ
Vanilla yogurt with banana about 850 kJ
Curried egg sandwich about 1470kJ
Rice cake with pumpkin dip about 300kJ
Peri peri chicken wrap, yogurt cucumber and salsa about  2000kJ
More chicken because it was so good maybe about 500kJ

Total for day 2:

6860kJ

Much more satisfying day.  Again had a small case of nibblies in the afternoon satisfied with the rice cracker and pumpkin dip plus a stick of celery

Monday

Boiled egg on one slice of pane de casa with Lurpak butter, obligatory coffee (talking full fat latte with half a teaspoon of sugar) and 100mL of juice about 1585kJ
Muesli bar and a cup of tea about 565kJ
2 Rice/corn thins with curried egg and cucumber about 800kJ
Kid's leftover icecream with my cup of tea about 360kJ
Spaghetti bolognese with salad about 2200kJ

Now Monday isn't over with but it looks like this is only 5510kJ for the day so far.  Maybe I can do eton mess for dessert tonight which will add about 1650kJ to the day.

Total for day 3 assuming I do dessert:

7160kJ

And I got to eat icecream and I can have dessert.  Hoorah for my new eating plan :)

Saturday will be weigh day - hope to see some weight loss.

Note - just found a more reliable online source for kilojoule counting.  I shall have more accurate meat, vegetable and fruit figures in future.

ETA Hubby brought home some gorgeous bread and the big kiddo wanted banana on toast in the afternoon.  No dessert today.  Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles (or doesn't in this case)

Revised kJ intake for day 3:

5510 + 900 + 500 = 6910kJ