hmmm i myt aswell update the diary! weight is up agen today plus can't believe how much i ate today!!! i suppose i shud b allowed 1 day a week. seems to be a trend. jus hope it doesn't ecalate!!!

DAY 13 - 11 dec 07 (ALREADYYYY!!!!)

2 brown toast
1 brown bread sandwitch with cheese and salad
strawberry yoghurt (144 cals)
1 tangerine
1 banana
1 cereal bar
about 1000 choccy biccys (AAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!)
2 litres water

alot of food . well not reaalyy but a lot of calories.

no excercise

although i did about 1.75 miles yesterday walkin wys today was mor sitting and plannin so not even enuff walkin.

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what's a coccy biccys ??

And I also wanted to say I agree with Omega about getting more protein. When you are dieting it is extremely important because it helps preserve muscle mass. If you aren't getting enough you will lose a lot of muscle along with the fat making you a "skinny-fat" person. I don't know about you, but I don't think that is the look most people are going for.

Are you a vegetarian??

haha i ment choccy biccys (chocolate biscuits).lol!! ive changed it now!! yeh i need more protein. i jus need to spend mor tym choosing wot i eat rather than going for anyfin that is healthy!!!

i aynt a vegetarian andi love meat!! agen its da laziness of preparing it dat lets me down and the ignorance of what has protein and what doesn't. i do need to sort myself out wid spending tym on choosing wot i eat and learning about foods. hopefully i will do dat as soon as i finish this week.

any advice wud be gud though.

thanx.

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Well one thing that I really love are the South Beach Diet Protein Peanut Butter Cereal Bars.They are only 140 calories and each one has 10g of protein. A lot of times I'll have 2 for breakfast (280 cals, 20g protein). They are fast, easy, and fill me up. Plus they taste soooo good. I'm seriously obsessed with them. They were on sale the other day, and I bought the rest of the boxes on the shelf! They might not be the best source of protein, but I'm sure they are better than nothing.

Other quick sources of protein for me are:

Turkey/chicken sandwiches
yogurt
cottage cheese (lots of protein)
Lean Cuisine Paninis (very processed I know, but once again they are fast, easy, and have 21 g protein)
Vegetarian Chicken patties (very processed again, but I love them and they have 10-15 g protein depending on the brand)
Protein shakes

I don't really take any time preparing food either, so I understand! I usually manage to get in between 50-80g of protein a day though. They might not be the highest quality sources of protein, but for now, it works. I'm sure it's better than me not getting any protein.

One great source of protein that I love is grilled chicken (esp with BBQ sauce!!) Whenever I go out to eat, I usually get grilled chicken or a grilled chicken salad. Hopefully when I'm older, I'll start cooking more and getting higher quality protein.

Just passing by to see if you're ok =)

Hi Angel

Meat, poultry and fish are all big protein foods. Lots of things have a little bit of protein in - but it makes a lot of sense to get some from the above if you are not vegetarian.

For information and some good ideas about protein - go to the challenges section. Look in the thread Holiday (Christmas) challenge week 5 bonus and read through. In between lots of recipes that people posted there are some good ideas of ways to increase your protein consumption.

I know how difficult it is to say no to chocolate biscuits (we all love them!!!) - but you would be much healthier if you did without them and had proper food instead. It really isnt a case of this 1500 calories which is almost all chocolate and a few bits of fruit is just as healthy as that 1500 calories which is protein, cereal, skimmed milk, fruit and veg.

Take care
Love
Margaret

thanx sweety.

i hate milk and yoghurt thats one ov my main probs. but i am gonna make a conscious effort to take in sum mor protein. i love cottage cheese and any oda kind ov cheese to tell u da truth so i will b gettin sum ov dat. and i luv chicken. had sum yday actually so hopefully ill keep dis up and tke in more.

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hey thanx 4 dropping in

well done on the loss!!! i jus noticed ure tickers gone down.

i'm ok. really tired though! going to a christmas concert school soon. m gonna b really dead by the time i get home and im teaching all day tomorrow. oh well!!

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thanx Margaret. i have been looking at protein foods and will start getting organised with my food soon. m gonna get som chocolate powder or something to add to the milk and also im beginning to have fruit yoghurt which doesn't taste so bad!! anyway m gonna try and add sum meat in aswell!

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I have my milk with weetabix and sweetener. If you let it go really mushy you can get quite a lot of milk in that in a big bowl.

thats true. used to have that as a kid but hated it!!! i cant stand milk if i can taste it. even f i have cereal i onli put enuf milk so the cereal is wet but i dont have to have the milk lol!!!

i really neeed to sop eating what i want and eat what is good for me instead!!!

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As you get older sometimes your tastes change.

A lot of adults like things like spinach and sprouts that they may have hated as a child. I didnt like those things at all when I was young and quite happily eat them now.

With some thought and possibly a little experimentation with things that you have not had recently you will hopefully find some things that are both good for you and you enjoy.

I must admit that I rarely have some of the things that I enjoy a lot because I know that they harm my weight loss project.

By eating healthily I have discovered that there are some foods that I do not really enjoy eating - but I do enjoy how healthy they make me feel. I really like feeling full of energy.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Great weight loss by the way!!!Congrats!!!

Yes my dad keeeps saying that that i need 2 try new things. im a bit set in my ways! i wil try though. and i am missing the excercise this past week because im feeling really rubbish and that mkes me eat more aswell!

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DAY 13 - 11 dec 07 update

Food

Rice and Chicken
1/2 litre water

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right so im up to date on all my posts now. I had such a busy day today. jus got back from the concert. the children were great!!! but ive gotta teach all day tomorrow and i jus found out today what im teachin but im sure itll b fyn. i need sum sleep though. its my 2 week weigh in tomorrow. thinkig about everything ive ate today and yesterday i am not very confident. I got sum home gym equipment today. cant ait to use it all. saturday i will start excercising agen!! so anyway my diary for today whatever i can remember lol. i dont c the point of this seeing as ive ate a lot of rubbish but here goes.

DAY 14 - 12 dec 07

Food and drink and excercise:
2 brow toast
3 bananas
1 apple
2 tangerines
3 cereal bars
1 bowl nut mix
1 slice cake
lots and lots of chocolate (staff room table agen!!!)
2 litres water
2 and 1/2 cups green tea.

no excercise and ive lost my pedometer sumwer today. mustav dropped it or left it sumwer. had such a busy day cant even think back. will hav to get another one or c if i can find it sumwer.
take care

nyt

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