Hello everyone.
I have never posted before so this is all a bit new to me!
I am a bit unhappy with my weight. I am 5.6" and 9 stone 8lbs. I know it's far from overweight but I have always been 8 and a half to 9 stone so I feel heavier than I should be.
I thought posting on here might help me to motivate myself. I am very keen on exercise, I do about 2 40 minute workouts a week and sometimes run and swim. I go to the gym and also do high energy workout DVDs. Im not sure where I am going wrong, I do eat a lot of fruit so this could be the problem?! I am also vegetarian. I would welcome any cmments about my food diary!
Today:
B - 60g porridge oats with skimmed milk & water. Cup of tea no sugar.
Snack - 2 apples. Cup of tea.
L - I plan to have 60g basmalti rice and butternut squash.
Many thanks!
Hotchoc24
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Okay so I had 2 apples for another snack.
D - 2 choc snack-a-jacks, bunch of grapes and options hot chocolate. Not great I know but couldn't be bothered cooking! How lazy!
I won't have any thing else now.
Hotchoc x
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Okay so I had 2 apples for another snack. D - 2 choc snack-a-jacks, bunch of grapes and options hot chocolate. Not great I know but couldn't be bothered cooking! How lazy! I won't have any thing else now. Hotchoc x
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Well, I'm no nutritionist, but since no-one else has replied yet, I'll offer my 2p worth!
It looks as though you're eating mostly carbohydrates (with quite a lot of sugar) and very little protein. You need more protein, particularly as you're exercising. Sources of lean protein for veggies...hmm....do you eat eggs? Most of the fat is contained in the yolk, so eat more whites than yolks if you want to lose weight. Tofu and soya? Pulses have some protein in, too. You could eat nuts, which are very fatty, but apparently they contain mostly the unsaturated fats you need to stay healthy, and don't tend to pile the weight on as fast as saturated fats, so they're good to eat in moderation.
Hope this helps. There are some very knowledgeable people who post on here, so hopefully you'll get a more educated reply soon!
ETA: load up on the vegetables too.
Hi
thank you so much for the reply! I definately do need to eat more protein, I do eat fish but not that often. I also love quorn.
Yeaterday I had
B - 60g porridge oats with skimmed milk & water. Cup of tea no sugar.
Snack - 2 apples. Cup of tea.
L - carrot sticks, 2 choc snack-a-jacks, options
Snack - 2 apples, 2 oat biscuits.
We were staying in a ahotel last night so I had a BIG dinner of bread, goats cheest, smoked haddock, potatoes and veg, and then chocolate fountain! eeek!
Today I had
B - Meusli and bran flakes with skimed milk and a few hazelnuts (in hotel so didn't weigh)
S - 2 rice cakes, options and 2 apples
L - 2 Quorn sausage butty on brown bread with squirt of ketchup.
For dinner tonight im having a big salad (lettuce, new potatoes, sweetcorn, hard boiled egg) and another options (I think im addicted!).
Not the greatest day today.
Hotchoc xx
thank you so much for the reply! I definately do need to eat more protein, I do eat fish but not that often. I also love quorn.
Yeaterday I had
B - 60g porridge oats with skimmed milk & water. Cup of tea no sugar.
Snack - 2 apples. Cup of tea.
L - carrot sticks, 2 choc snack-a-jacks, options
Snack - 2 apples, 2 oat biscuits.
We were staying in a ahotel last night so I had a BIG dinner of bread, goats cheest, smoked haddock, potatoes and veg, and then chocolate fountain! eeek!
Today I had
B - Meusli and bran flakes with skimed milk and a few hazelnuts (in hotel so didn't weigh)
S - 2 rice cakes, options and 2 apples
L - 2 Quorn sausage butty on brown bread with squirt of ketchup.
For dinner tonight im having a big salad (lettuce, new potatoes, sweetcorn, hard boiled egg) and another options (I think im addicted!).
Not the greatest day today.
Hotchoc xx
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