Day 19 (week 3) DD

Breakfast:
Strawberry yoghurt (90 cals)

lunch:
ommlette (total 199 cals)
-2 eggs (140 cals)
-1 red onion (40 cals)
-1 red pepper (19 cals)

Day 18 (week 3) UD

Lunch:
Leon Moroccan curry

Dinner:
steak and wedges

Dessert:
2x rice cakes with chocolate topping

Day 17 (week 3) DD

Lunch:

Tuscan bean soup (270 cals)

Day 16 (week 3) UD

No breakfast as I slept in late

Lunch:

Ikea meat balls and cinnamon bun with Logan berry juice (the hot dog and fries in pic are the bf's)

Dinner:

Homemade quiche  

Day 15 (week 3) DD

Breakfast:

Yoghurt (99 cals)

Lunch:

Omelette (200 cals)

Dinner:

Omelette (200 cals)

Day 14 (week 2) UD

Breakfast:

Sausage sandwich 

Lunch/dinner:

Roast chicken, potatoes and salad

Dessert:

Pop cakes 

Day 13 (week 2) UD

Breakfast:

Toast

Lunch:

Cheese I toast 

Dinner:

BBQ sausage

BBQ chicken drumstick

BBQ mini steak

Salad

Roast herby potatoes

Dessert:

Birthday cake

Alcohol:

1 kopperberg

2 red wine

Day 12 (week 2) DD

Breakfast:

Raspberry yoghurt (90 cals)

Lunch:

New potato tomato and egg salad (165 cals)

Dinner:

Egg and ham salad (145 cals)

Day 11 (week 2) UD

Breakfast:

Bacon butty

Lunch:

Salmon superfood salad

Dinner:

Homemade lamb burgers with feta cheese and roast peppers. Served with homemade spicy potato wedges, sour cream and chilli sauce 

Day 10 (week 2) DD

Breakfast:

Raspberry yoghurt (90cals)

Lunch:

Cheese and crackers

Prawn salad

Dinner:

Stir fry (200 cals)

Week 1 weight loss

2.2 pounds :D I am we'll chuffed with it. That brings me down to 10 stone 4.8 pounds. That leaves me with13.8 pounds to lose to get to my upper weight goal. If I carry on losing the same amount I could be there in 6-7weeks, so by 1st/8th July

I must remember slow and steady wins the race!

Day 9 (week 2) UD

Breakfast:

Cheese and marmite toastie

Lunch:

Leon Persian chicken wrap

Dinner:

Sausage casserole

Ben and Garry's peanut butter ice cream

Day 8 (week 2) DD

Breakfast:

Yoghurt (90 cals)

Lunch:

Prawn cocktail salad (90 cals)

 2 rye crackers and cheese (97.5 cals)

Dinner:

River cobbler 150g potato, and 85g peas (201 cals)

Day total:

479 calories

Week 2 food basket and meal plan

Pears

Spring onion

Lemons

Salad box

Cherry tomatoes 

Chicken breast

Garlic

Mushrooms

Stir fry vegetables 

Peppers

Mint

Broccoli

Sausages

River cobbler

Bulgar wheat

Casserole veg

Tiger loaf

Skimmed Milk

Groundnut oil

Meal plan

Saturday:

Sausage sandwich

Superfood salad

Sunday:

Fajitas

Monday:

Yoghurt

Cheese and crackers

River cobbler, potatoes and peas

Tuesday:

Sausage casserole 

Wednesday:

Yoghurt

Cheese and crackers 

Stir fry

Thursday:

Not sure

Friday:

Not sure

Day 7 (week 1) UD

For breakfast I had:

1 pear

For lunch:

Nachos

Dinner:

Fajitas 

Day 6 (week 1) UD

For brunch I had:

Sausage sandwich 

For diner I had:

BBQ burger

BBQ hot dog

BBQ chicken wings x 3

Ginger beer x2

Day 5 (week1) DD

Breakfast:

Yoghurt (90cals)

Lunch:

Rye crackers and low fat cheese (195 cals)

Dinner:

Leftover Wednesday stir fry (100 cals)

Boiled egg and 3 asparagus (93 cals)

Day 4 (week 1) UD

Breakfast:

Slim fast shake (230 cals)

Lunch:

Leon Persian chicken wrap (517 cals)

Snacks:

Cocoanut (350 cals)

Dinner:

Nandos chicken, fries and salad

Day 3 week 1 DD

Breakfast:
Yogurt (90 cals)

Lunch:
Rye crackers (4 x 30 = 120 cals)
Low fat herb cheese 50g (75 cals)
Total lunch: 195 cals

Dinner:

Noodles: (14 cals)

50g chicken breast (58 cals)

Stir fry veg (55 cals)

Sause (50 cals)

Total (177 cals)

Day total:

462 calories

Day 2 (week 1) UD

This morning I had for breakfast:
Cheese and tomato toastie (344 cals)

For lunch I had:
Leon original superfood salad (526 cals)
Small can of coke (63 cals)

Snacks:
2 x Shortbread biscuit (50 cals)

For dinner I had:
Roast baby potatoes 250g (190 cals)
Peas 200g (140 cals)
Half rack sweet BBQ ribs (348 cals)
2 tablespoon low fat mayo (26 cals)
Sruracha hot chilli sauce (10 cals)
Meal total : 774 calories

Day calorie intake:
1807 calories

Today I have been a bad girl!!! I couldn't resist a free giveaway full fat coke and two biccys in the office. I am quite disappointed with myself.

One of my favourite dinners is ribs and fries. I made a lower calorie version for myself tonight, I halved the portion of ribs and exchanged my American style fries with little roast herby potatoes. I added a large portion of peas to fill up on and bulk up the plate so I would not feel like I was missing out on anything and nicely full

Rhi x

Week 1 food basket and meal plans

Food basket

Monday 13th 2013
Waitrose 
Potatoes £1.25
low fat yogurt £1.00
Ryvita dark rye £0.99
Crunchy peanut butter £1.79
veg stir fry £1.00
can of tuna in brine £1.00
Low fat soft cheese £0.96
Chopped tomatoes £0.59
Thin sliced turkey ham £1.00

Total £9.58

Amazon (Should arrive on Thurs/Fri)

Eat Water Zero Calorie Pasta and Noodles 200 g (Pack of 5)' by Eat Water £10

Total £10

Thursday 16th may

Coconut £1.00

Meal plans 

Monday (DD)
yogurt, ham salad sandwich and not sure

Tuesday (UD)
not sure but ribs, potatoes and peas for dinner

Wednesday (DD)
yogurt, soft cheese on rye and tuna jacket potato


Thursday (UD)
not sure

Friday (DD)
yogurt, yogurt, soft cheese on rye and (if my noodles have arrived) stir fry

Saturday (UD)
not sure

Sunday (UD)
not sure



Rhi x

Day 1 (Week 1) DD

So I am starting on a down day (500 cals)

For breakfast I have had:
1 Asda smart price low fat strawberry yogurt (99 cals)

For Lunch I have had:
Ham and lettuce sandwich on rye, no butter (190 cals)

For Dinner I have had:
Tuna and lettuce on toasted rye, plenty of salt and pepper, plus a squeeze of lemon juice (230 cals)


Total: 519 cals


Rhi x

Introduction

So Today I start the 5:2 diet.

So all guns blazing I am ready for this. I am sick of the way I look and how it makes me feel. I an 5"3 and weigh 10st 7. which puts my BMI at 26.5 That is 1.5 higher than the 18.5-25 healthy range... not alot, but enough to say I am slightly overweight.

I do not want to loose a drastic amount of weight, I have been skinny before. I do not belive at a skinny 8st7 it suited me or more importantly I felt good at that weight. I'm a girl that loves my boobs and bum (and so does my bf ). I do not want to be skinny, my aim is to be healthy and less flabby. My goal weight is between 9st and 9st5. So an aim of a BMI between 22.34 and 23.2. I do not have a date that I want to reach my goal weight, I would like it to be sooner than later. BUT I know that slow and stready eventually wins the race.

So the 5:2 works by eating a healthy diet 5 days a week (up days) and fasting for two days (down days) a week (max 500cals)
I have done some reading on the diet and I have discovered that there is a temptation to go crazy on the up days which cancels out the goodness and weight loss of the down days. So I a going to calorie count (to my best ability) on the up days allowing myself between 1500-2000 calories.

Also as I am feeling up to it I am also going to (for the time being) do 4 up days to 3 down days. Making this in fact a 4:3 diet. Down days being Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Up days being Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

I am a keen cook and think about 24/7 which is why I think this diet is for my because if I have a craving for a treat I would only have to wait until tomorrow. I hope to use this blog to catalogue my experiences and share any recipes I come up with to feed myself throughout this diet. I am not nutritionist and I have no education in the subject. Anything I post on here will be my own opinion, ideas and experiences. Some of it I will have researched some of it I have completely made up.

I hope to post what I eat each day, a weekly shopping basket, recipes and any experiences I have. I am attempting to post everything I eat to help keep track and count my daily calories, as well as give ideas of a daily menu. The shopping basket to keep track on cost and to see my plan meals in advance.

Up Days (1500-2000cals) will use symbol UD. And Down days (500cals) will use DD

I hope that if anyone sees this blog enjoyed reading about my experiences and I urge them to comment and share any info, ideas and tips if possible

Thank you,
Rhi x