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My Food Diary for Today - Monday 2nd May
Hi, I have gone through and put in whagt I plan to have for my meals today - am trying sweet potato for the first time ever - hvae noticed i am going to be way over on my sugars today - can someone take a look and tell me if these sugars are all bad, or if some of them are ok as they are natural sugars.... I'm finding it…
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Gluten-Free Choc Brownies - 115kcals per serving!
I have made these several times - my mum made these for us when we were children! I substitute the sugar for sweetener. If you like super fudgy brownies, you will love these cocoa bean brownies. They are made without any flour and are gluten-free. Don’t tell anyone they are very high in fiber and made with beans. You have…
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8 cups of water.....
So I was wondering, what counts as a cup/glass of water? I have 2 sizes of glasses in my house, 250ml and 568ml I tend to take the 250ml to equal 1 glass and the 568ml to equal 2 glasses - and try hard to get to 8 glasses a day but then I read that a cup of water is a lot less than 250ml..... Is there a defined quantity of…
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woohoo - Sarah's first mini goal
So I started my new eating habits on 29th March 2011 Starting weight was 291.5lbs (132.5kg) My Goal weight is 226.5lbs (103kgs) Am taking it a stone (14lbs) at a time To allow myself to fall off the wagon early on, or to adapt to eating better and sneak in those treats, my goal was to lose my first 14lbs by 25th May 2011.…
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Reached my short term goal early
So my short term goal was to lose 14lbs in 6 weeks Turns out i've lost 13lbs in just under 3 weeks but I am new to dieting so it's probably water I was aiming for my first 14lbs to be off by 25th May 2011. Should I now change my goal so I am looking at 14lbs off within 6 weeks of now? Or leave it so it's within 9 weeks of…
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Much better Dinner than them old TakeAways
so i used ti live on takeaways - pizzas, curries, chinese, ready meals - u name it, i had most of it - my one night a week healthy option was a frozen ready meal Well, just had bbq marinated chicken, 200g potatoes, 200g carrots and 100g peas, all steamed - and all for approx 526kcals! I must admit, it was really nice. i'd…
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Under Calories but not hungry
So I used to stuff myself full of crisps, chocolate, chips and sandwiches - since changing my choices to healthy options, and drinking water (I never drank any water or dilute before) I am finding that I'm not as hungry - my body did crash for 2 days at the beginning but I think it was my body's wayof complaining as there…
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How long to give food to settle before walking
So I went for a wee walk earlier, and ate when I came home. have jsut had my dinner (chicken, potatoes, brocolli and peas) and am actually wanting to go for another wee walk, but am wondering if I need to leave it a while to let my food settle???? I remember my mum telling me to sit for half an hr after eating before…
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Easy Prep & Filling Fruit
I've never been a major fresh fruit and veg eater and now i'm finding it really hard to get inspired - I won't eat skins of fruit and cant have charp knives at work with me so apples are kinda a no-no Am looking for ideas of easily available fruit - perhaps try and get in my head a list of those which are lowest in…
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Looking for top 5 foods that have lowest kcals vs highest fi
I am finding that since i've cut out all my pizza, chinese takeaways and indian curries/rice/nann my digestive system is seriously affected does anyone know any good low kcal food that are high in fibre? I'm staying away from peanuts/cashews/other nuts i would normally head for sweetcorn or red kidney beans but i hear they…
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Opinions and Constructive Critisism on my Food Diary
Hi everyone, I joined MFP a few days ago, and entered all my foods for the past week or so to make my food diary. I am not the most active person and am very overweight so have set my goals quite low - I really do believe I need to get my body used to having far less - I know my stomach is stretched, and therefore takes…
