spice - OMG chocolate is my weakness, but I have managed to be good and not have any this year so far
Calorie King has given me 1700 calories a day and so far I'm managed to be just under in the calories but go way over on the fat so have to look at doing something about that. We had Taco's (from the old el paso kits) for dinner last night and I didn't think they would be as bad as getting takeaway but when I entered it into Calorie King, I nearly fell off my fitball!!! I had 3 taco's which apparently has 51.5grams of fat!!!!
Tomorrow is going to be a challenge as it's my sisters birthday and I'm making the cake and a lemon meringue pie. Hopefully, everyone else eats it before I get a chance to
OMG, Laranna, my family love those tacos. I might have to make myself something different next time they want them.
Spice, yep I'm a massive chocolate addict. I still allow myself a very small bit and I will slowly cut it down. I really will go crazy without it.
I'm not cutting calories ATM because I'm still bf, but I'm doing my best to make the healthiest choices. I think by cutting out the fast food and icecream it'll make a big difference, I'm already feeling less bloated.
I really want a Wii Fit!!! It sounds like so much fun. I wonder if I can hold out to my birthday in April!!
Getting back on track here. Whilst there is chocolate in the house, I don't see a real problem with a Ferrero Rocher day I had a look at Calorie King, it says I need to be on 2000 calories a day, the amount of carb it suggested just shocked me. Still debating whether to use it to track my eating, thinking I might be better off just working out what a good carb level is for me and just monitoring that. Have an online friend who really understand carbs and breastfeeding, so I will see what she says.
Exercise today has consisted of chasing after one of the goats for 20 minutes, gee the silly girl can move fast.
scone- you should be fine so long as you stick to tomato based pasta's (vegetarian ones will be the lowest), make suer you only order a small or entree sized serving, have a side salad with your meal to help fill you up, and stay away from garlic bread, because from memory 1 slice will be at least 6 points. Also try and drink water or diet drinks, and if you really feel like desert maybe share one with your DH, and remember to go for an extra long walk tomorrow. Oh and a good tip I learnt for a ww leader was to always order your meal first so you cant be swayed by other peoples choices and change your mind.
Ali - I just looked at the Fasta Pasta menu on their site, and omg, almost everything is cream based! There is one thing I love there , and always get it, will just have to WALK tomorrow! Thanks again!
Yeah for small mercies - I wanted a snack... I was feeling a bit peckish - and I had a sliced up carrot.... me!! I did that! I said no to bickies and loads of other crap and I had a carrot!!
Went to the Zoo and whilst everyone ate their chips and hamburgers etc with coke for lunch- i had vegetarian sushi, fruit salad and water. I enjoyed eating it and was so proud of my self for making the correct choice. I haven't done any "exercise" as such but I'm sure pushing a pram and carrying a 2yo around for a minimum of 4hrs in the stinking heat counts for something. I need to nip to the shop and will take the dogs for a walk down when it cools a little then DH and i going to have a wii tournament tonight. Its funny DH wants me to lose a few kg's but all day has been asking me if i want ice creams, coke, chocolate etc etc i told him he knows I'm been good and his response is well you don't have to starve yourself. He has seen me eat but thinks if i don't eat rubbish I'm starving lol.
OHH proud of myself this morning for breakie i really wanted raisin toast with lots of butter. I let myself have one piece but didn't use ANY butter i just cut a banana up to put on top.
I did have a few sips of DH soft drink in the car on the way home as i was out of water and dying of thirst but other than that a ripper day for me.
Good for you TK! I was tempted by a fruit cake thingy in the fridge but I had the size one one teaspoon...jeez thats sad lol. I'm off to go for a bike ride now, lets hope my bum still fits on the seat lol
Girls, just a note, based on my personal experience, with Calorie King.
It is a brilliant tool.
The calorie intake it gives you does, however, always seem to be high. You can however, change these figures in your CK profile.
My personal trainer is a real advocate of Calorie King, and is adamant that I still maintain a food diary through Calorie King (which I do, and it keeps me SO on the straight and narrow!) BUT for fat loss, she has put me on 1200 cals. (I am no longer BF'ing.)
That 1200 cals is broken down into:
26g fat
135g protein
105g carbs
This is easy to do, and is loads of foods, but is only a lot of food if I choose really healthy options.
The moment I have a "blow out" of any description, those figures are all out of whack.
BUT, the good thing about it, combined with 6 x 45 mins of exercise per week, is that the high level of protein means that my metabolism has sped up amazingly.
For example, the past fortnight I have indulged in all the usual Christmas "stuff", I have not counted calories at all, and I have not put on any weight at all........
Just my experience, so thought I would share........
Lucy, how do you set the figures in the profile... it is probably really obvious but I can't seem to find it. Also, can I ask your opinion - I thought 1500 was pretty ok - and I feel better when I come in under it... so should I just leave it?
WOW, you girls can talk!!!!!!! Took me half an hour to catch up!
Well, I've had a pretty good day today too. Eating well and have exercised. Breakfast of toast and vegemite and coffee with skim milk at about 5.45 (DD is a VERY early riser-5am today !) then rice bubbles with banana at about 7.30, then we went to wiggles playland and I chased DD around there for an hour, and had a ridiculously expensive chicken, cheese and avocado sandwich and water, and dinner was chicken, salad and pasta. Snacks of fruit and I just had a nestle low fat choc mouse, YUM! And lots of water in between.
Not really, really great eating (rice bubbles should have been porridge or weetbix or something better, white bread for sandwich, pasta at dinner I could have easily not had and probably had too much sweet fruit like nectarines and mango) but much better choices and the best I could make while out too.
I went for an hour walk pushing DD in the pram, then I went up the shops later which was a 20min walk. As well as chasing DD at wiggles! So very good for exercise! Hope I can keep that up!
I'm not doing any kind of diet or shakes or anything here, just trying to make the right choices. I know about healthy foods (GI, low/salt, portions, servings per day, calories/kj, blah blah!) and I know what is optimal for weightloss for me. If I could afford it I would do weight watchers and get a gym membership, but I can't so I will do it this way! I am a member of Calorie King too, but I'm just too lazy to use it all the time! I do use some recipes, and I have calculated my calories etc. I would be on 2000 a day too, cause I'm still bf'ing, which does seem alot. For those of you on higher calories and having trouble eating the right amount, you could try having the full fat versions of things- milk, cheese, yoghurt.....all healthy foods when not eated to excess!
I'm a chocaholic too, especially when AF is due. I just can't even have chocolate in the house cause I have absolutely no willpower with it. I would just eat the lot. If I want it I have to walk up the shops to get it. Sweets are my downfall. I have a hugely sweet tooth. I have no other addictions, I can look at chips, soft drinks savoury snacks and not want them at all, but sweets, any kind- cakes pastries, chocolates, bickies- I will devour in a second, LOL! That's why I have gotten myself some of the nestle desserts. I don't normally eat 'low' fat' diet stuff (even when on WW I just tried to make the right choices and eat a little of the fatty stuff like cheeses and yoghurt, only low fat I have is skim milk) especially with artificial sweeteners in them, but these are yum! And they will satisfy my sweet tooth when I'm DESPERATE.
Last edited by MrsFabuloso; January 3rd, 2009 at 07:52 PM.
I had a look at Calorie King, it says I need to be on 2000 calories a day, the amount of carb it suggested just shocked me. Still debating whether to use it to track my eating, thinking I might be better off just working out what a good carb level is for me and just monitoring that. Have an online friend who really understand carbs and breastfeeding, so I will see what she says.
i told him he knows I'm been good and his response is well you don't have to starve yourself. He has seen me eat but thinks if i don't eat rubbish I'm starving lol. 
!) then rice bubbles with banana at about 7.30, then we went to wiggles playland and I chased DD around there for an hour, and had a ridiculously expensive chicken, cheese and avocado sandwich and water, and dinner was chicken, salad and pasta. Snacks of fruit and I just had a nestle low fat choc mouse, YUM! And lots of water in between. 
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