Posted: 26 May 2004 at 4:52am | IP Logged

Monday 24th May

Breakfast:  3 snack a jacks = 114 cals

Mid morn snack:  3 snack a jacks = 114 cals

Lunch:  3 snack a jacks = 114 cals

dinner:  weigth watchers cooked meal, chicken, pasta & veg = 330 cals

drank 2 large glasses of water and 2 teas = 40 cals (for tea)

total= 712 cals

no excercise cos i was not in the mood but washed my car for half an hour and hoovered the house!!! 

Tuesday 25th May

Breakfast, mid morn snack and lunch as the previous day.

mid afternoon had another 2 snack o jacks with 2 slices of ham = 102 cals

dinner: whole lettuce, large tomato, small tin of tuna in brine with lemon juice, mixed them up to form a salad = 162 cals, did not finish all.

3 glasses of large white dry wine   my only vice i am afraid = 900 cals!!!!

late night snack about 9.30 pm 1 snack o jack = 38 cals

total for the day= 1382 cals - have gone over my 1000 cals a day or less!!!

No excercise either, oh yes 2 teas aswell = 40 cals

I shall have to do better today!!!!

Posted: 27 May 2004 at 1:00am | IP Logged

May 26th

Breakfast:   3 snack o jacks = 114 cals

Snack:  3 snack o jacks = 114 cals

Lunch: 3 snack o jacks with 3 slices of lean ham= 153 cals

Dinner:  Salad: whole lettuce, tin of tuna in brine, 2 boiled eggs, 1 tomato, a few slices of cucumber, half a small beetroot, 1 tbsp of olive oil, lemon juice. = 487 cals but only ate half of the salad.

2 glasses of dry white wine oooops = 600 cals

2 large glasses of water thru the day & 2 teas = 40 cals

Total = 1264 cals

Will have to do better tomorrow

Posted: 27 May 2004 at 2:59pm | IP Logged

are you sure its as much as 600!!

Mine was only 213cals for 2 med glasses of wine!!

Posted: 28 May 2004 at 1:05am | IP Logged

Hi

Yes, I have a large glass!!!  It takes approx 250/300 ml.  So thats about.  Actually you are right. Theres 87 cals in a every 120 ml. I have calculated it wrong!!!!  So its about 200 cals per glass not 300, GOD I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW!!!!  You have made my day.  Say that mind I am not telling what I had to eat yesterday 'cos I didn't do very well, my friend came round and I cooked.  I shall start again today............................

Posted: 01 June 2004 at 6:14am | IP Logged

Hi

Well I won't be posting my food diary from last Frid, Sat, Sun & Mon.....Did not do well at all.  Hubby and son wanted pizza on Frid.  Couldn't very well sit there and watch them eat pizza, so I had some aswell    Saturday was a bit better but probably went over my calorie allowance, sund had parents round for lunch, roast of course.  Mon,  my son wanted Mcdonalds.......  I don't think i'll keep a food diary, its too depressing!!!

Posted: 02 June 2004 at 2:15am | IP Logged

Hi

Thanks guys you have made me feel better

Tuesday:

Breakfast: 1 packet of quaker spudz = 133 cals, 1 mug of tea: 25 cals, 2 large glasses of water with my evening primrose and cod liver oil with vitamins tablet which I have every morn.

snack: 2 quacker cheesy snack a jacks= 76 cals.  I am also drinking more water now.  No more tea and coffee at work!! I bought in one of those large star wars plastic cups, (my sons!!) and I use that.  It holds loads!!!  I am certainly going to the toilet more often!!!!  Anyway................

Lunch: 4 cheesy snack a jacks= 152 cals

snack: 2 cheesy snack a jacks = 76 cals with 2 slices of ham = 26 cals

Went out for drinks with sister, no dinner but 3 glasses of dry white wine= 500 cals...............

Came back and my hubby and son had left me some chinese, not much but I was hungry so I had that.  Don't know the calories but I would guess at 400 cals.

Exercise: running up and down the stairs 50 times, but not all in one go!!! Every fifteen mins did 10.

Total calorie intake:  approx: 1388/1400 cals  Not bad but still not good.  I know you guys think that my 1000 cals a day is low but I am still convinced thats the best way to do it.  I just wish I could stick to it.  Guess what I am going out tonight aswell!!!  I'll let you know how I got on

Posted: 03 June 2004 at 1:12am | IP Logged

Wednesday:

Breakfast:  4 snack a jacks= 152 cals

Snack: 4 snack a jacks = 152 cals

Lunch: 4 snack a jacks = 152 cals

snack:  apple = 40 cals

Exercise: gravity walker for 30 mins = 200 cals lost?

Went out with friend so had 4 glasses of wine= about 800 cals?

Dinner: some italian toasted bread with garlic, tomato and cheese, very yummy, had 2 small ones= 400 cals?

I drank about 8 glasses of water.  total cals= 1696 less 200 from exercise, so 1496.  I am fed up with the snack o jacks, if i see another one i shall scream.  I shall have a look in the supermarket at the weekend for something different to eat.

Posted: 04 June 2004 at 2:24am | IP Logged

Hi

They are made by Quacker and are made from rice & corn.  They come in different flavours, sour cream and chive, cheese, caramel and you can either buy them in crisp size bags or in cakes.  1  10g cracker or cake contains the following:

Cals = 38

carb= 8.2g

fat= .3g

fibre= 0.2g

sodium= 0.1g

I have tried downloading a picture but I can't do it.  

Try going to this site 

http://www.sweetiebag.com/sweets-chocolates/Quaker%27s-Snack-a-Jacks---Crispy-Cheese-Flavour-30g-315.asp

Posted: 04 June 2004 at 2:32am | IP Logged

Thursday

Breakfast:  4 snack a jacks = 152 cals

snack:  4 snack a jacks = 152 cals

lunch:  large-ish handleful of twiglets = not sure about the cals but lets say 200

snack: apple = 45 cals

dinner:  my husband made a spag bowl, I made him drain the fat off the meat though = not sure about cals but lets say 500

3 glasses of wine = 750 cals   ooops

Total = 1799 cals, sh*t!  I didn't do any exercise as well cos its time of the month and was feeling a bit low.  Oh well....................

I bet you tonight my hubby and son will want pizza, aaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Posted: 07 June 2004 at 4:48am | IP Logged

Well I am back, not that I have been anywhere but back at work.  Right todays food so far and will be:

Breakfast:   3 snack o jacks & mug of decaf tea = 154 cals

Snack:  3 snack o jacks & mug of decaf coffee = 154 cals

Lunch:  greek style yoghurt = 150 cals

snack: pear = 50 cals?

Dinner: Tuna salad - whole lettuce, 1/2 tomatoes, half cucumber, small tin of tune in brine, lemon juice = 272 cals, about!

white wine spritzer = 100 cals

mug of decaf coffee = 40 cals

1 large white wine = 250 cals

total= 1170 cals less 200 of exercise = 970 cals

Exercise = 30 mins on gravity walker = 200 cals lost (hopefully)

8 glasses of water

Posted: 07 June 2004 at 6:02am | IP Logged

Its funny i was just about to say why i think you were bloated!!I feel bloated once amonth when i have my cycle and i think its the same as you.You have just said its your time of the month and i garentee its to do with that!! salx

More on the snack o jacks.........i never knew what the were either and i was just thinking maybe if you had a nice bit of lean meat with some green veggies or if you are at work,and its hard to have cooked food hows about some fruit and a nice healthy sandwich on oat bread or whole grain high in fibre brown bread?!Then it wouldnt get boring and it would be better all round and hey you can always bubg in the odd snack o jack thats if you arent sick of them!salx

Posted: 08 June 2004 at 1:36am | IP Logged

Hi Sal

You've changed your sign!!!  I like it.   Yes you are right the snack o jacks are boring so i've knocked them on the head now.  Yesterday was the last ones.  And yes they are high in carb aswell.  Yeah when I get my periods, yuk, I get really bloated but also I think the snack o jacks were having a bad effect on me.  I was eating so many of them!!!  No more now.  I am introducing low fat yoghurt and pears into the diet and i will be alternating from salad one day to weight watchers meal the other day.  We'll see how it goes. 

Posted: 08 June 2004 at 4:49am | IP Logged

Tuesday 8th June

Cup of tea this morning.  Large glass of water.

So far today I've had one cracker, not feeling hungry.  35 cals

2 large glasses of water.

Tonight might be going to a BBQ, thats only if hubby has got over his hang over from last night when he went out.  Serves him right!!!!!

If we don't go I shall have a weight watchers meal - 350 cals.  I think I will have the chicken with pasta, yummy.

I shall probably have a glass of wine, yeah!! 240 cals

30 minutes on the gravity walker.  I HATE EXERCISE!!!!

Posted: 08 June 2004 at 6:37am | IP Logged

Oh i love exercise but when i get on the forum i find it hard to stop writing and by the time i go to do me work out .....Amber is awake so best go do it before she gets up.

Yeah ive been meaning to change it for a wile but didnt know how but figured it out in the end!I like ying yang

now that summer is here i tooo will be having more salad,mind you we dont get much of a winter here in spain!!ha ha ha

Posted: 09 June 2004 at 2:32am | IP Logged

Wednesdy 9th June

Breakfast:  cup of tea and 1 small bag of twiglets = 126 cals

Snack: low fat  lemon flavoured greek style yoghurt & coffee = 175 cals

Lunch: 4 finn style crackers with 2 slices of thin ham = 106 cals

Snack: pear = cals 50?

Dinner: Tuna salad as on Monday = 250 cals

2 glasses of dry white wine = 500 cals

Exercise: 30 mins on the gravity walker plus watering the garden with my watering cans as hubby has not yet fixed hose pipe, but good exercise.  Last time I did this it took 45 mins up and down, up and down!!!!

Total cals = 1208 cals less the exercise cals which is about 250 or so.

Not bad!!!!

Posted: 09 June 2004 at 9:20am | IP Logged

I doubt 2 glasses of dry white wine gives you 500 calories. It's probably half of that or less, I guess. The only thing that can give you 500 calories from 2 glasses would probably be full-fat milkshake!

Your meals throughout the day have a very low caloric content! And I know this sounds silly, but what are Twiglets?

Posted: 10 June 2004 at 1:22am | IP Logged

Hi

I only drink large glasses which contain abou 240 or cals each!!!  As for the twiglets, they are yummy, you should have them in singapore, go to the following link to find out more.  Some people like them some don't!!!

http://www.taquitos.net/snacks/detail/index.php?snack_code=712

Posted: 10 June 2004 at 4:06am | IP Logged

10th June

B: greek style yoghurt = 145 cals, orange flavour

S: small bag of twiglets = 96 cals

L: 4 finn crackers, 2 slices of lean ham with some cucumber = 136 cals

S: pear = 50 cals

D: weight watchers meal, don't know which one yet! = 300 cals

S: low fat yoghurt = 80 cals

2 large glasses of dry white wine = 480 cals

2 cups of tea thru the day and drinking lots of water.  I have noticed that my skin is far better since I have been drinking water more and not so dry.  Good eh?

Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:09am | IP Logged

It says on the site that Twiglets taste like burnt something and is 89% fat-free, which means it contains 11g fat for every 100grams (3.5 oz).

Yep your food entry for 10th June sounds really good! Well done!

Posted: 11 June 2004 at 9:36am | IP Logged

I don't feel like exercising at the moment either... Too hot.

Yes I know what Marmite is, unfortunately I've had bad experience with it.  When I was younger we had a maid at home and she poured half a jar of Marmite into my porridge and I got sick that night. I will never forget the taste of Marmite.

There is a trick if you find out that you don't like wholemeal bread (it's the brown one you're talking about). They happen to be very dry without margarine, but if you want the fibre and all that, you can switch to whitemeal bread. It's still got the wholesome goodness except it's softer and easier to swallow!  Take that from my experience.

Posted: 13 June 2004 at 8:33pm | IP Logged

Hi

Not been feeling well recently.  I don't know what it is feeling really bloated, I look as if I'm 4 months pregant, God that brings back memories!!!  Stomach hurts aswell, feels like some sort of food posioning but can't think what it could be cos the diet is still the same.  Have started eating brown bread, wholemeal which is really nice.  Have stopped the bio yoghurts cos thats when the problem started, I think.  Also I am not drinking as much water either.  I don't know what I shall be eating today cos the thought of good at the moment is making me feel sick

Posted: 14 June 2004 at 12:23am | IP Logged

Maybe you've got an allergic reaction to those bio yoghurts? It could be possible. And I think I'd better leave out whatever I learnt in biology class about microorganisms in our food because it will only make you queasy.

Hope you're feeling better now. Just drink more water and see how it goes.

Posted: 14 June 2004 at 9:31pm | IP Logged

Hi

Well guess what?  It wasn't a stomach bug, as I didn't have a runny stomach if you know what I mean.  The pain was in my lower abdomin and very tender touch, and after I thought about it it was exactly the same pain I had about 5 months ago when I suffered from an ovarian cyst.  First time ever in my life!  But thankfully it went by itself, otherwise the doctor said I would have to have a laporoscomy, or something like that, to get rid of it.  Thank god it left of its own accord   I'm not having a doctor messing about in there.  They wanted to stick a small camera up there to see how bad it was!!!!!  Hey I said the last time anybody had such a close view was when my son was born and I intend to keep it that way.  The doctor said that I could get it from time to time.  I am feeling a lot better today but still very tender.  I did eat yesterday cos I started to get hungry, so this is what I had:

B:  small weight watchers tuna in tomato & basil sauce and one can of asparagus in water = 132 calories

S: two small pieces of wholemeal ground bread with 2 slices of lean ham and one tomato = 180 calories

L: one small slice of bread with ham and cucumber = 90 calories

D: the same as breakfast = 132 calories

In between I drank lots of water and 3 cups of decaf tea and one can of V8 which is a vegetable drink, very yummy.  Mostly made of tomato but with carrots, celery and spinach = 155 calories (including the tea)

Total calorie intake = 700 cal approx.

NO WINE!!!!!!

No exercise though, obviously.!!!!!