Post Break Up Body

[BravingABikini]

Weigh in day. I woke up early because I could feel that I'd lost a good amount this week. On my holiday, I had eaten carbs but otherwise had not had much food and had exercised a lot, so there should have been water weight to come off. On top of that it's been a very clean week.

7lbs off.

That's 5lbs over the last 2 weeks. Thrilled with that result. Puts me at 17lbs loss so far and almost half way to my weight loss goal.

A bit about my food yesterday, I stuck to the plan, but also sat and had 2 small glasses of wine with housemates in the evening. I was feeling very hungry/bored through the afternoon until the pizza, so dinner was very early for me.

Not sure of my food plan today, but I'm going to the ski slope to practice some of the things I learned on the mountain.

 

[BravingABikini]

Hoping that documenting my food for the day will stop me from having any more tonight, so here goes:

Had another lentil, halloumi salad, pesto thing for an early lunch. Around 350cal. Then went to the dry slope for 90 minutes.

After the slopes, I had a glass of wine at the bar there waiting for a friend to finish their lesson.

Back at the house I had the left over cauliflower mash and 2 sausages from earlier in the week c. 450cal.

Must be just under 1000 calories for the day. But we are about to settle in for movie night and there is popcorn, Oreos and cupcakes being passed around. Just stick to a cup of tea and we'll be fine.

 

[BravingABikini]

I think I need to add a couple of hundred extra calories to yesterday. I had an aero bubble, some pieces of popcorn, a little bit of buttercream icing from a cupcake. Buttercream - my goodness, I love it.

Today, I haven't had anything yet as I've been shopping all day, but there is a chicken roast in the oven. Can't wait!

I have nothing planned at all next week so I'm wondering about doing some exercise. Going for a couple of walks perhaps. Not sure but I'll have a think. Anything to avoid sitting in the house thinking about food planning.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

It can become all consuming, can't it? Getting out for a walk sounds like a nice idea. Weather's turned nice again here. My desk gets the sun, which is nice!

 

[BravingABikini]

Today I went for lunch with my mum. It was a random pub, so no calorie info. I ate a whitebait starter. Which was about 15? Flour coated whitebait with a bit of tartar sauce. I have no idea about calories, so let's say 400? Add to that 250 cal white wine. Dinner tonight, I'll try to stick to around 300 cal but I'm not sure what we are cooking yet.

This week so far has felt very easy, although I have missed target calories twice. The benefit of such a restrictive diet is you can over do the calories, and still be in deficit.

 

[BravingABikini]

Finished the day off with half a lamb steak, mint yogurt and salad for around 250 cal.

I got up this morning and did an unofficial weigh in - I've been doing that every Tuesday to get a sense of how my weight loss is tracking. I'm currently ahead of my goal for this week but I'm in the stage in my cycle where I always look my most lean, so I think my hormones are dumping water weight right now. This is the first time I've ever tracked scale results like this, so I'm really interested to see how/if weight loss results are affected by the time in the month.

Plan for today - I'm making everyone a big Bolognese for dinner and I'll have that with broccoli. I have been told to find a recipe that uses white wine and milk as that is the traditional way to cook it - I've never heard of that before, but interested if it makes a difference.

For lunch, I think a couple of boiled eggs and a cucumber with hummus.

 

[BravingABikini]

Spag bol was delicious. I could really strongly taste the tomatoes and onion in it. I was thinking about whether that's related to the recipe, or because I've cut down on sugar. I know you're supposed to pick out natural sugars a lot more. Anyway, I worked out a portion to be around 450 cal with the broccoli. Had 3 boiled eggs for lunch (250 cal), and a small glass of wine (100 cal).

Today, I am determined to get in a stack of protein. Even 3 eggs and mince is only 35g of protein. So I might do a protein shake for lunch, then something like chicken or tuna salad for dinner. I would like minimum 60g, so let's see how I do.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

It's hard, isn't it! I always think I'm getting protein in, then look at my stats for the day, and realise it's still not quite where I'd like it!

I had lentil Bolognese again last night - the Lidl packet one, but I think I'll probably make my own again going forward. It really was delicious. I am genuinely going to look like a lentil soon!

 

[BravingABikini]

It's hard, isn't it! I always think I'm getting protein in, then look at my stats for the day, and realise it's still not quite where I'd like it!

I had lentil Bolognese again last night - the Lidl packet one, but I think I'll probably make my own again going forward. It really was delicious. I am genuinely going to look like a lentil soon!

Hahaha, you're obsessed! Bolognese all round last night. I wonder if I was subconsciously inspired by you again.

I took a peek at the fast 800 recipe for low cal, high protein meals and they have a tarragon poached chicken for only 200 cal which is 40g of protein. Add 100 cal of veggies/sides to that for a healthy dinner. Then I'll do a protein shake for lunch which is 20g protein for 200 cal. I always add more milk and a bit of peanut butter so let's say it's actually 300 cal. That leaves 200 cal to play with. I could do a Greek yogurt dip with cucumber for another 10g protein, but will play by ear.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

They're just such a good way for me to get protein. I don't eat meat, and fish is expensive!

 

[BravingABikini]

They're just such a good way for me to get protein. I don't eat meat, and fish is expensive!

Hey, I'm firmly on the lentil train. But I try to limit because I'm restricting carbs. So I'll have them twice a week.

 

[BravingABikini]

My food plan went completely out the window. Ignore everything I said as ended up making a charcuterie board with a couple of housemates using some cheese and saucisson that I brought back from France. Make a tzatziki from greek yoghurt, and chopped up apple, celery and cucumber. I would guess around 500 cal in total, but the cheese, sausage and yoghurt are all high protein, so I think I hit 20g protein.

Still got poached chicken for dinner.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Sounds good though! Love "picky bits".

 

[BravingABikini]

Poached chicken was a success. It had another yoghurt-based parsley topping to impart some flavour. I was looking at my plate thinking it looks like those sad gym bro meals where they just have boiled chicken and broccoli. But, it's popular for a reason. Loads of protein and fresh and tasty and low cal.

Plan for today: housemate is making pulled chicken tacos for dinner. I'll pick up gem lettuce to replace the tacos. Recipes online suggest 350 cal, but I'll add 50 for cheese and vegetables.

For lunch, I'm going to have a tin of tomato soup at around 120 cal. And I'll add a protein shake with extra milk and peanut butter for 300 cal.

I've been invited to go day drinking tomorrow with some girls. 50:50 on the idea, but it's certainly shaping up to be a calorific weekend with Mother's day on Sunday. Ingredients for trifle, scones and sugar syrup for cocktails all got delivered this morning. Eep!

 

[BravingABikini]

Note to future me: Stop trying to make protein shakes. You hate them. Just stop.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

What are you using, Babs? Some are better than others, but I'm not a huge fan, either. I'm still trying to work through my "these are a good idea" shakes and overnight oats. I am close to just chucking them. Mainly because of all the weird and wonderful ingredients from my perspective.

 

[BravingABikini]

What are you using, Babs? Some are better than others, but I'm not a huge fan, either. I'm still trying to work through my "these are a good idea" shakes and overnight oats. I am close to just chucking them. Mainly because of all the weird and wonderful ingredients from my perspective.

Fast 800 Chocolate shake. My housemate had it already before I started the diet, and she swears by it. I have also been swearing...

In the mists of time I did use shakes on a meal replacement diet, so I know that I've been able to drink them before. But these ones are a miss.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Yeah, I'm not big on anything chocolate flavoured!

 

[BravingABikini]

Got a bit of food anxiety eating dinner last night as I hadn't made and portioned the recipe. Even though all the ingredients were healthy, I made 5(!)Lettuce wrap tacos. Could that still be healthy? Did I go way over? Either way it was yummy. I tried to stop at 4, but it was too yummy even for that.

Cheese, yogurt, pulled chicken, peppers, mushrooms, shredded carrot, wrapped in a piece of lettuce. 5 times.

Today the food plan is all up in the air. I'm going out for the day shopping & lunch. When I get back it's supposed to be pizza Friday which is already a 500cal meal. I'm thinking to substitute my full tortilla for a baby tortilla and make a 250cal pizza instead when I get back. That gives me 600cal to play with. That's a couple of glasses of gin and slimline tonic plus a light lunch. Can always go over a little.

 

[BravingABikini]

Well, of course the plan went out the window. I had 2 glasses of sparkling at bar 1. Then a salad and 2 more glasses of sparkling at bar 2. Then an old fashioned at bar 3. Then a dirty martini and another sparkling at bar 4. I also fit in a bit of shopping between these stops.

That's at least 700 cal in alcohol and probably 300 cal in salad. I've probably underestimated the alcohol calories, but I know that they are hard work for the body to digest, so I'll stick with the estimate. I did try to pick the least calorific option at each bar.

Sat on the train home now and will be in bed by 9pm. The beauty of day time drinking.