In The Beginning
Arriving back in Stockholm and standing on the scales was somewhat of a surprise as I thought I had not only lost weight but was keeping it off. Sad to see that I was in fact back to square one again weighing the same as I did last year when I got back from Kuwait. I am currently 6-7 Kg over my ideal weight of about 93 Kg so this year I am making a renewed effort to keep the weight off. I am keeping an HONEST food diary so I can see exactly what I am eating and be truthful to myself and also give primarily my wife a chance to point out my failings
So here goes, lets hope that I reach my goal
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Not enough fruit at all
Bannana is NOT the sort of fruit that counts to your MINIMUM of five a day
You MUST eat fruit.. apples oranges grapefruit pears etc.. it lowers your cholesterol. VETY important for loads of reasons!
HAVE you finished my bread? :-)
Are you still honest is what I want to kmow? Would your family be proud of you for telling the truth OR ...are you FIBBING! Woooooooooooo
IF what you say is true. I would say you are doing rather well. Depends if you are loosing weight or not I guess. If you over cook your veg then you won't loose weight. BEER.....BEER is bad! Guiness has 210 calories per pint! It is one of THE lowest beers for calories. A man's intake of calories per day should be 2006 calories a day to maintain your weight. Thats not even to loose weight. Just to maintain what you have now. Add to that the fact that you cycle to and from work then you will loose some weight but it will be slow and too many boozy beverages will make it a whole lot faster to put on than take off. COMMENT TODAY: BEER is FATTENING as is all alcohol. Have a glass of dry white or red wine. If you want to be really good have a Spritzer! Wine mixed with water.
Tomorrow's dinner
Potato stew...
onions
garlic
tomatoes fresh and tinned
ketchup
a stock cube
4 potatoes large or more if you want to make an extra lot....
cut onions and crush a garlic clove...
peel and thinly slice potatoes...
cook onions in olive oil as usual......
Add potatoes and tomatoes and bullion
put enough water to cover the potatoes
add a large spoon ketchup
allow it all to cook until potatoes are a bit mushy and water has evaporated enough to make it 'stewish'.....add salt ony if needed.
serve as a stew and accompanying it should be any vegetables you have at home like a salad or cabbage brocoli etc. NO bread. Salad would be best with crunchy veg and dont have too large a portion.
Love Susie
PS I think you doing great!
1. cu
Lentil soup
Curry powder 3tsp
onions x2 large
garlic x1 clove
half lemon
veg bullion x1 or 2
lentils (green and orange/red) two cups
carrots cut very small
bay leaves
black pepper
Fry onions and carrots gently until shiney NOT brown
add curry powder
add two bay leaves
add lentils and six cups of water (more if requited later)
Leave to cook untill lentils are very soft. Check regularly as lentils will tend to lower to bottom and burn.
Especially as water evaporates during cooking.
Add more water if required but it should be thicker rather than too thin.
Serve after having in some lemon slices added to soup bowl
A variation to this....on another occaision is to leave out the curry powder and add potatoes cut into smaller pieces.
List of MUST have's for shopping week
a handful of UNSALTED nuts EVERY day
soya mince
Sweet potatoes (yes you CAN get them from Tesco. These are better GI than ordinary potatoes
BROWN pasta and Spaghetti as well as white
Green pasta (with spinach)
Red pasta with tomatoes
Brown rice
Benecol margarine
Benecol cream
Soya yoghurts
Benecol yoghurts
Ryvita whole grain
apricots only 3 or 4 a day
soya milk ORGANIC (yes they do have it at Tesco)
porridge oats ORGANIC for porridge
Museli with nuts and fruit
garlic tablets Take 1 EVERY DAY
oat cakes eat 6 a day for your cholesterol clean out
Decaf coffee
herb teas ORGANIC
fresh lemons
lentils...green and red
herbs: basil sage oregano thyme cinamon cardamon black peppar low salt herbamare bay leaves
fruit such as apples and pears
melon
water melon
low cholesterol cheese
salad:
Tomaoes
cucumber
snow peas
dark green salad stuff
ruccola
unusual salad leaves
spinach FRESH leaves ORGANIC
onions red and white
carrots ORGANIC
radishes
celery
cabbage
Leskol cheese
tinned tomatoes
tinned beans low sugar and salt
tuna canned in water NOT oil
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
dark green cabbage
mushrooms
low cal mayonaise or better still egg free mayonaise
Soya sauce (mushroom)
peanut butter crunchy organic
At least twice a week:
Salmon or fresh Tuna
Treats
Shepherds Pie once a week
NO PIES
Cerial bars as a treat (they are very high in sugar)
Popocorn once a week (if possible low calorie microwave)
NOT SWEET
pate
wholemeal bread ONLY
eggs
These are things you should aim to buy every week
These things will give you a balanced diet
I dunno about Beef advertisements for a demi vegi bloke :-)
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