Calorie Counting Diary - Mini Goals

Hi guys,

I've decided to start setting myself mini goals on here to try and motivate myself to lose those pounds a bit quicker! I'm aiming for 1,200 calories a day. So far I've lost 7lbs so my first mini goal is to get to the stone mark! 7lbs to go. My weigh in day is Monday so I'll let you know how I get on!

Thursday 6th March 2014-

Breakfast - Tea with semi-skimmed milk, 2 sweetners, apple (90cals)
Dinner - WW tomato soup with 4 ryvita crackerbreads & 2 extra light laughing cow triangles (192cals)
Tea - 120g sirloin steak, salad (lettuce, cucumber, carrot, red onion, pepper), 70g new potatoes, sweetcorn & 2tbsp lighter than light mayonaisse (446cals) & then!!!! 1/2 cadbury hollow easter egg (265cals) (I've been saving all day for the egg!! Can't wait!)

Snacks - Sugar free jelly (11cals), 1 pink n whites (50cals), Bubbles hot choc with splash of semi skimmed milk (50cals), ww mini bag of cookies (87cals)

Total for the day - 1191 calories.

I obviously haven't had my tea yet, just planned it. Can't wait for it. Does anyone else feel like their whole life just revolves around food when they are on a diet?! Or is that just me. Ha xx

Hey hun popping into subscribe!! yes even when your maintaining my life still revolves around food!! sorry to let you know that when you get to target it wont stop just you will be able to up your calories!!

Thanks steff!

Oh good! Glad I'm not the only one haha! Yeah. I know what you mean. Now I'm in the mindset I look at the calories in everything! Just reqlly hope I reach my goal! Feeling determined though! I'll let you know how I get on! Xx

Subscribing looking good!

Thanks guys! I've just been on to MFP forum (haven't really used it or looked at it before!) Yikes. Some of the responses to people's comments and posts are not nice! Pleased I chose minimins and this friendly bunch instead xx

Todays Food Diary - Friday 7th March

Breakfast - 400g strawberries, tea with semi- skimmed milk, 2 sweetners. (130cals)
Dinner - 64g Sirloin steak (leftover from last night ) with salad & 50g sweetcorn (236cals) + Skips (76cals)

Snacks - Pink n whites (50cals), WW mini cookies (87cals) , Galaxy bubbles hot chocolate with splash of semi-skimmed milk (50cals)

Total for today so far is 629 calories so 571 calories left for my tea. Hmmm what to have?

Mmm sounds lovely I had a salad from subway for lunch which was amazing! I have never been do excited over a salad haha! I haven't eaten much today and have 893 left for dinner. Im trying very hard to not have a dominos with them lol. Im thinking maybe thai noodles with salmon mmm x

food sounds good what did you decide for dinner? got to be 100 times better than my bloody cerial for dinner!! oh just realised you call dinner tea and lunch dinner

Hi Ladies,

Well, friday night I had Spaghetti Bolognese with wholewheat pasta although not a massive portion. I found friday hard for some reason. I think its because at work everyone always has friday morning butties with bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns, toasties (they smelled soooo good!) and I was sat there eating my strawberries. And then people had brought in cookies and sweets and everyone was just munching all day but I was so good and didn't have any!!

And then I had a very naughty saturday!! I make and decorate birthday, wedding cakes that kind of thing and went to cake international at the weekend where it was just cakes galore! And I may have had a sneaky bit of brownie and cakes! We made and took a healthy dinner though so I didn't feel too bad about it. But then!! I went to a 21st on saturday night, 3 course sit down meal, deep fried brie for starter, chicken, and then sticky toffee pudding then birthday cake (Yikes!!) But it was soooo worth it! I made myself drive to avoid any extra calories on top! And then we danced all night so hopefully that shifted a couple of calories. So all in all, Saturday was sooo naughty!!!

So yesterday, I made sure I was super healthy. I went for a run with my sister (we ran over to the stables where our horses are kept) then once we got there I went for a hack and did some jumping for a good 2 hours or so, so hopefully that helped. Then I had:

Breakfast- None (too busy running and riding)
Dinner - 4 slices Warburtons Milk Roll Bread (188cals), extra light laughing cow triangle (20cals), sainsburys low cal hot choc with a splash of milk (46 cals), Skips (76cals)
Tea- Stir fried veggies with soy sauce and king prawns with a small jacket with laughing cow triangle (385cals), snacksize flake (76cals)
Snacks- Half a cupcake from the cake show (oopsie, not that healthy!! I estimated it at about 300cals), ww mini cookies (87cals)

So yesterday came in at around 1178cals.

Today was weigh in day and I was optimistic as I'd been so good during the week and hoped my naughty saturday hadn't caused too much damage, and to my delight, I'm 2lbs down

And yep. It's breakfast, dinner, tea for me. Haha. Sorry if it's confusing!! xx

Today is going ok, but could be better. Finding it quite hard and feeling hungry, no idea why!

Breakfast - Summer fruits alpen light bar (63cals), tea with semi-skimmed milk and 2 sweetners (10cals)
Dinner - Vegetable stir fried veggies with prawns and soy sauce (258cals), 200g strawberries (66cals)
Tea - (haven't had it yet, just planned it) WW Lasagne, Salad (lettuce, cucumber, carrot, pepper), Small jacket with extra light laughing cow triangle. (451cals)
Snacks - ww oaty choc chip cookies, skips, a pink n whites, and a milkyway bar (311cals) Can't seem to get rid of the snacks! I like them too much! lol.

That leaves me with 41cals so I'll probably have a mini milk after tea too.

Don't know why but feeling fat and guilty with snacks today even though I'm still in my calories :-( xx

I allow myself treats on a weekend and snack on fruit etc through the week. I find that snacking on high carb stuff even if it's in my cal allowance means that I don't lose weight. We just have to shift it around to suit our own bodies xx

steff79 said:

Hey hun popping into subscribe!! yes even when your maintaining my life still revolves around food!! sorry to let you know that when you get to target it wont stop just you will be able to up your calories!!

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Lol, I'll second that - I think it's even worse when you reach goal; it's driving me round the bend at the moment, a total obsession!! :O xx

sounds like a good day wow you have horses errr I have 2 btw Jack who ive had since he was 4 he is now 21 and a happy hacker I have sharer for him just to keep him ticking over and Sybil that I showjump BSJA but she's never been great jumping indoors so ive come to the desition to hunt and hack when the showjumping season goes indoors and showjump in the summer.. we are actually hunting on saturday well thats if we have no more incidents!! she had colic a week ago but was actually fine as soon as the vet gave her some drugs so errr fingers crossed!! btw I have moved my diary to silver diarys it's nothing personal just that you only needed to type in my username and my diary came straight up!! my user name is also the same user name I use on other forums and pretty much my e~mail too!!

Thanks for the advice ladies!

I ended up having a different dinner last night as got home and had no ww lasagne. :-( So I had salmon and brocolli wedge melt instead with peas and no jacket so not feeling too bad Was also less calories in the end so it's all good!

Yeah, I love horsies and gets you out in the fresh air all the time. We kind of have 2 (me, my mam and sister), more like 1 and a quarter because we have a coloured mare and a minature shetland pony who is tiny and soooo cute!!!! Good luck hunting on saturday. xx

Yesterday, Tuesday 11th March 2014

Breakfast- Tea with semi-skimmed milk, 2 sweetners (10cals), double choc alpen light bar (65cals)
Dinner - WW tomato soup, 6 crackerbreads, 3 extra light cheese triangles, 125g Strawberries (283cals)
Tea - Roasted chicken, peas, brocolli, carrots, gravy, no roasties!!! :-( (456cals) , sainsburys low cal hot choc with splash of milk (46cals), 2 Finger cookie and cream kitkat (107cals)
Snacks - Bubbles hot choc with splash of milk (50cals), 2 pink n whites (100cals), skips (76cals)

Total Calories - 1193. xx

TracyGWill said:

Lol, I'll second that - I think it's even worse when you reach goal; it's driving me round the bend at the moment, a total obsession!! :O xx

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Haha, thanks Tracy, it's good to know I'm not the only one. I cannot kick my snacking. I just like them too much! But trying to swap them round. So instead of a biscuit, or weightwatchers bar etc, I'll have strawbs instead. Still hard though :-( xx

Cookies and cream kit kat mmmmmmm

I am so glad I havent seen a cookies and cream kit kat! That sounds so yum x

They are yummy!! And not too bad at 107 calories. Seriously, try them! Usually with choc i find I always want more as I'm only having minatures but the kitkat really hit the spot and I was fine for the rest of the night then!! xxx

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You are the same as me with your snacks - I can't give them up either!

You're doing great with the way you work your food within 1200 calories, I was on 1100 and didn't distribute them nearly as well which is probably why I didn't stick with calorie counting.

You are doing great, so keep up the good work (treats and all!) and you'll soon be at your first mini goal xx