So I'm back into the swing of things once again... I've been terrible at this I know! Still, this time around I'll be monitoring my protein/carbs/fat ratios as well! Here goes:
Overall daily aims -
protein - 85.4g (341.6 kcal)
carbohydrates - 366g (1464 kcal)
fat - 68.37g (615.4 kcal)
Breakfast - Reese's puffs with semi-skimmed milk
protein: 2g
carbs: 22g
fat: 4.7g
calories - 160
Post-workout snack - 200ml Chocolate Almond Breeze with 1 scoop of vanilla MyProtein Impact Whey powder
protein: 20g
carbs: 18.5g
fat: 4.1g
calories - 196
Lunch - 2 slices multiseeded bread with Lurpak organic butter, 3 slices of Quorn smoked ham and a 150ml glass of Innocent smoothie (mango and passion fruit)
protein: 19g
carbs: 66g
fat: 22g
calories - 549
Dinner - Marks & Spencer naan bread with 1/2 packet of Quorn Tikka Masala and 180g of Tilda Basmati rice
protein: 24.1g
carbs: 97.5g
fat: 19.6g
I'll keep updating throughout the day, this is just what I've had so far :)
Monday, 11 February 2013
Monday, 4 February 2013
Foods I enjoy eating (inspiration for future meal plans)
So I came up with this idea earlier today whilst getting annoyed at myself for over-indulging. I thought: "If I write down all of the meals which I enjoy (the ones which are actually pretty good for you) then I can use this as a base for my weekly meal plans". And so, here is a list of meals which I enjoy eating on a pretty regular basis. I'm going to gradually add to the list if I discover more meals and such, but for now here are the basics. Hopefully this gives people meal ideas, and maybe encourages some of you to make a similar list!
Breakfasts:
-Peanut butter and banana on a wholemeal toasted bagel
-Porridge with sliced strawberries (semi-skimmed milk)
-Bran flakes with a small handful of raisins and semi-skimmed milk
-Scrambled eggs, grilled tomato and vegetarian bacon (for the days when I am craving a fry-up)
-Smoothie (green smoothie in earlier posts)
-Greek yoghurt with granola
-Fruit salad using seasonal fruit
Lunches:
-Salads (Greek salad, tomato salad, strawberry and tomato salad)
-Carrot sticks with hummous
-Tesco beetroot, cheese and cracker pots
-Food Doctor lentil wholesome pots
-Beans on toast (wholemeal bread)
-Toasted wholemeal bagel with cream cheese and Quorn smoked ham
-Quorn cocktail sausages with a dipping sauce
-Subway (honey oat bread with cheese, toasted, with lettuce, cucumber, tomato and light mayo)
-Soup (homemade potato and leek or lentil soup, or Heinz tomato soup)
-Pasta salad (Pesto, pine nut and veggie parmesan)
Dinners:
-Marks & Spencer mango and sweet chilli stir fry
-Sweet potato mash with some feta cheese
-Amy's Kitchen frozen ready meals (for when I am craving a pizza or something a bit more unhealthy)
-Baked potato with a small handful of grated cheese, some beetroot and salad
-Homemade sweet potato chips with a Greek yoghurt dip
-Quorn meals
Snacks:
-Mango
-A few squares of dark chocolate
-Smoothies
-Bananas
-Strawberries
-Tassimo hot chocolates (low calories for a chocolate fix)
-Trail mix
-Luna bars (When I'm going for long walks and stuff)
-Greek yoghurt with honey
-Yoghurts in general (as a healthier dessert option)
-Frozen yoghurt (")
Breakfasts:
-Peanut butter and banana on a wholemeal toasted bagel
-Porridge with sliced strawberries (semi-skimmed milk)
-Bran flakes with a small handful of raisins and semi-skimmed milk
-Scrambled eggs, grilled tomato and vegetarian bacon (for the days when I am craving a fry-up)
-Smoothie (green smoothie in earlier posts)
-Greek yoghurt with granola
-Fruit salad using seasonal fruit
Lunches:
-Salads (Greek salad, tomato salad, strawberry and tomato salad)
-Carrot sticks with hummous
-Tesco beetroot, cheese and cracker pots
-Food Doctor lentil wholesome pots
-Beans on toast (wholemeal bread)
-Toasted wholemeal bagel with cream cheese and Quorn smoked ham
-Quorn cocktail sausages with a dipping sauce
-Subway (honey oat bread with cheese, toasted, with lettuce, cucumber, tomato and light mayo)
-Soup (homemade potato and leek or lentil soup, or Heinz tomato soup)
-Pasta salad (Pesto, pine nut and veggie parmesan)
Dinners:
-Marks & Spencer mango and sweet chilli stir fry
-Sweet potato mash with some feta cheese
-Amy's Kitchen frozen ready meals (for when I am craving a pizza or something a bit more unhealthy)
-Baked potato with a small handful of grated cheese, some beetroot and salad
-Homemade sweet potato chips with a Greek yoghurt dip
-Quorn meals
Snacks:
-Mango
-A few squares of dark chocolate
-Smoothies
-Bananas
-Strawberries
-Tassimo hot chocolates (low calories for a chocolate fix)
-Trail mix
-Luna bars (When I'm going for long walks and stuff)
-Greek yoghurt with honey
-Yoghurts in general (as a healthier dessert option)
-Frozen yoghurt (")
Fallen off the wagon a bit... (An explanation)
So... I haven't updated in a week. And what a horrific week it has been (food-wise). My birthday was yesterday, so in the run up I let myself go a bit.
Saying that, I have made a monumental discovery: I DON'T actually need to lose any more weight. In fact, I'm nearing the 'underweight' mark for my height. And so, I need to eat healthier (upping my calories slightly) and go to the gym more in order to get the body which I have desired for so long.
I'll start by posting what I ate yesterday, and then hopefully get into the swing of things again soon!
Breakfast - Caramel macchiato (Tassimo) and a scrambled egg roll
Lunch - Slice of chocolate birthday cake
Dinner - Went to a local vegetarian restaurant. I had:
Starter - Homemade hommous with toasted fresh-baked bread and a tomato chutney
Main - Risotto (Leek, cheese, butternut squash marinated in lemon juice, loads of herbs and a rocket salad
Dessert - Ginger and lime ice cream in a chocolate ganache bowl, served on top of a small orange drizzle cake
The meal in itself was delicious, and I'll definitely be going back in the near future!
It wasn't the healthiest of days but it was my birthday, so lets forgive and forget...
So far today I have had:
Breakfast - 2 small pancakes with nutella, a small glass of semi-skimmed milk
Lunch - The Food Doctor lentil pot (a healthy pot noodle is the only way I can describe it! The same concept), a banana
Dinner will probably be a baked potato with some cheese and beetroot, and I may have some dark chocolate later on.
Saying that, I have made a monumental discovery: I DON'T actually need to lose any more weight. In fact, I'm nearing the 'underweight' mark for my height. And so, I need to eat healthier (upping my calories slightly) and go to the gym more in order to get the body which I have desired for so long.
I'll start by posting what I ate yesterday, and then hopefully get into the swing of things again soon!
Breakfast - Caramel macchiato (Tassimo) and a scrambled egg roll
Lunch - Slice of chocolate birthday cake
Dinner - Went to a local vegetarian restaurant. I had:
Starter - Homemade hommous with toasted fresh-baked bread and a tomato chutney
Main - Risotto (Leek, cheese, butternut squash marinated in lemon juice, loads of herbs and a rocket salad
Dessert - Ginger and lime ice cream in a chocolate ganache bowl, served on top of a small orange drizzle cake
The meal in itself was delicious, and I'll definitely be going back in the near future!
It wasn't the healthiest of days but it was my birthday, so lets forgive and forget...
So far today I have had:
Breakfast - 2 small pancakes with nutella, a small glass of semi-skimmed milk
Lunch - The Food Doctor lentil pot (a healthy pot noodle is the only way I can describe it! The same concept), a banana
Dinner will probably be a baked potato with some cheese and beetroot, and I may have some dark chocolate later on.
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Food diary - January 26th, 2013
Breakfast - Fruit and oat bagel toasted, 1 half drizzled with honey and the other half spread with a bit of Lurpak lighter
Lunch - Tesco beetroot, crackers and cheese pack with half a bottle of Naked mango smoothie
Dinner - Tesco finest cheese and asparagus filo parcel with some salt and pepper potato wedges
Snacks - malteaser bunny, small slice of cake
Calories - 1,800
Not the best of days by a large stretch, but it's the weekend so I'm blaming it on that (tut tut!)
Lunch - Tesco beetroot, crackers and cheese pack with half a bottle of Naked mango smoothie
Dinner - Tesco finest cheese and asparagus filo parcel with some salt and pepper potato wedges
Snacks - malteaser bunny, small slice of cake
Calories - 1,800
Not the best of days by a large stretch, but it's the weekend so I'm blaming it on that (tut tut!)
Food diary - January 25th, 2013
Breakfast - Half a bottle of Naked mango smoothie
Lunch - An oatcake and a Hovis digestive with some arran cheddar cheese
Dinner - Some pasta with a Quorn chicken arrabiata sauce, also had 3 chunky chips
Snacks - Nutz over chocolate Luna bar, melting middle chocolate pudding and a glass of semi-skimmed milk
Calories - 1,499
Not the best of days but I feel that because I never had a big breakfast or lunch, I snacked more later on.
Lunch - An oatcake and a Hovis digestive with some arran cheddar cheese
Dinner - Some pasta with a Quorn chicken arrabiata sauce, also had 3 chunky chips
Snacks - Nutz over chocolate Luna bar, melting middle chocolate pudding and a glass of semi-skimmed milk
Calories - 1,499
Not the best of days but I feel that because I never had a big breakfast or lunch, I snacked more later on.
Food diary - January 24th, 2013
Breakfast - Scrambled egg, beand, grilled tomato, 1 vegetarian sausage and a slice of wholemeal bread toasted with butter. Small bowl of muesli, glass of fresh orange juice and a mini chocolate chip muffin (We went to an all you can eat breakfast place, so I tried to stick to mainly healthier options)
Lunch - 2 slices 50/50 bread toasted with melted cheddar cheese
Dinner - Amy's Kitchen light and lean spaghetti Italiano (This was lovely, and only had 200 odd calories! Perfect after eating a load of rubbish earlier)
Snacks - 2 jaffa cakes, 1 square of dark chocolate
Calories - 1,520
I'd like to add that this was an estimate of calories - I didn't know how many calories my breakfast contained and so I may be severely off the mark, if so I apologise!
Lunch - 2 slices 50/50 bread toasted with melted cheddar cheese
Dinner - Amy's Kitchen light and lean spaghetti Italiano (This was lovely, and only had 200 odd calories! Perfect after eating a load of rubbish earlier)
Snacks - 2 jaffa cakes, 1 square of dark chocolate
Calories - 1,520
I'd like to add that this was an estimate of calories - I didn't know how many calories my breakfast contained and so I may be severely off the mark, if so I apologise!
Food diary - January 23rd, 2013
Breakfast - 2 weetabix and some cornflakes with warm semi-skimmed milk
Lunch (if you can call it that!) - Starbucks grande iced caramel macchiato, slice of fairtrade chocolate chunk shortbread
Dinner - Marks & Spencer Count On Us cherry tomato risotto
Snacks - Some mango
Calories - 1,331
Lunch (if you can call it that!) - Starbucks grande iced caramel macchiato, slice of fairtrade chocolate chunk shortbread
Dinner - Marks & Spencer Count On Us cherry tomato risotto
Snacks - Some mango
Calories - 1,331
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