2010 Summer/Christmas Challenge

I use a food diary online, which has a database of foods. So I enter what I am eating and it works out the rest. If the brand I am eating is not on their database then I read the packet and find the closest one. Here is my diary for today (I enter it in advance so I can plan dinner) Sorry if ti is a bit hard to read, I have copied and pasted it.

Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber
Crispbread With Bran, 2 Slice 80 20 0 2 6
Oscar Mayer - Deli Style - Turkey Breast - Oven Roasted Thin Sliced, 2 slices 15 0 0 3 0
Kasih - Hommous, 20 g 36 3 2 1 1
Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 1 cup 122 11 5 8 0
Breakfast totals 253 34 7 14 7

Lunch
Woolworths - Smoked Chicken Breasts, 75 g 184 0 1 21 0
Lettuce - Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw, 1 cup shredded 10 2 0 1 1
Cucumber - With peel, raw, 0.5 cup slices 8 2 0 0 0
Kasih - Hommous, 20 g 36 3 2 1 1
Lunch totals 238 7 3 23 2

Dinner
Woolworths - Smoked Chicken Breasts, 75 g 184 0 1 21 0
Homemade - Cheese White Sauce, 4 Tablespoon 152 6 12 6 0
Sainsburys - Spagetti Cooked, 96 g 128 26 1 4 0
Dinner totals 464 32 14 31 0

Snacks
Oreo - Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, 1 cookies 53 8 2 0 0
Apples - Raw, with skin, 2 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) 144 38 0 1 7
Kiwi fruit, (chinese gooseberries) - Fresh, raw, 1 fruit without skin, medium 46 11 0 1 2
snacks totals 243 57 2 2 9

Totals 1,198 130 26 70 18
Your Daily Goal 1,200 165 40 45 14
Remaining 2 35 14 -25 -4
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber

I need to drink more water too. That is a good goal for this week... 8 glasses a day...

traveller that is a great tool...

Double, oops

I think using an online food diary was one of my saving graces when I lost weight - great food intake Traveller.....but about those Oreo's ;).....hehe!

I give online food diaries a big thumbs up!!

Wow i had never thought of finding somewhere online to enter my info and get all that... can you PM me some details hun... i wonder how much i intake on a daily basis....

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I think using an online food diary was one of my saving graces when I lost weight - great food intake Traveller.....but about those Oreo's ;).....hehe!

I give online food diaries a big thumbs up!!

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:lol: in my defence, a diet that does not include regular chocolate in small portions, and occasional alcohol, is a diet that does not last long in my house

It's not too late to join, is it?
I'd love some motivation and support and all that jazz. I know I can do it, I just need a little push along the way.

Also I feel like I need to step out of the shadows here on the forum and feel like I'm part of something instead of being the shy chick in the corner and not wanting to say something wrong or feel invisible. Phew, that felt good to get out.

I'm still deciding whether I wanna add my starting weight and that. I know I should but give me a few days, okay? :doh:
I'm also trying work out my goal weight. Can we do like a mini goal weight, then change it along the way? I don't want to get too far ahead of myself and feel like I can't make it. (I work better with little milestones, I think)

Sorry about the rambling. I hope you're having a fabulous day!

If anyone has an iPhone?
Go Meals is associated with Calorie King and is helpful for knowing what is what i.e carb, fat, protein intake.
Also I use iMapMyRun so I can calculate how far I walk of a day, I use it to motivate me to beat my times each day and increase the distance travelled.
I also use another app called TargetWeight to record my weight.

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It's not too late to join, is it?
I'd love some motivation and support and all that jazz. I know I can do it, I just need a little push along the way.

Also I feel like I need to step out of the shadows here on the forum and feel like I'm part of something instead of being the shy chick in the corner and not wanting to say something wrong or feel invisible. Phew, that felt good to get out.

I'm still deciding whether I wanna add my starting weight and that. I know I should but give me a few days, okay? :doh:
I'm also trying work out my goal weight. Can we do like a mini goal weight, then change it along the way? I don't want to get too far ahead of myself and feel like I can't make it. (I work better with little milestones, I think)

Sorry about the rambling. I hope you're having a fabulous day!

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welcome Jewel :D

small goals are great IMO. I started with a clothing goal (to fit back into my jeans) and it was only once I had lost a fair bit that I started weight goals.

Traveller - its important that you have recognised that - all the more power to ya! :)!

ZF - I used calorie king ;).

Ok- exercise was fabulous, big tick :) 3k run, 1k row, 12k cycle and 5 weights circuit (4x15 reps of each)

Food, big thumbs down :( DD didn't like her lunch so i ended up eating two bowls of pasta (i made double for her dinner as well), on top of my well intended velish pumpkin soup, and then i added in 2 slices of pana di cassa bread with butter... How can i salvage this? I was thinking of having a tuna salad (tuna, lettuce, corn, tomato, cucumber) for dinner instead of the family dinner. I am breastfeeding, so i am giving myself 500 additional calories, but i think all this pasta was a bit over the top!

well done on the exercise :D After a lunch like that, I would generally not eat the family dinner and have a bowl of soup or a salad instead.

Ok ladies i had 2 feral teething kids and it was nice outside so i did the dishes, 2 loads of washing, mopped the floor then drove to the closest town (could walk IF there was a footpath and it wasn't 100k country road) and took the girls for a walk.. according to runkeeper i walked 1.72km in 30min (was a little less but i wrote 30, and we stopped a couple of times).. that was pushing 2 kids in a pram when i haven't walked 'properly' in years.
I :heartbeat: walking and i've missed it but man it hurt, also didn't realise how steep the hills were in that little town with 2 main roads so some of my travels were on gravel.. pmsl.

Girls enjoyed themselves and i got out and about, might have to do it more often.

Kate - did you want to go for a walk wed or thurs morning? says light showers wed or top of 19 thurs.. my appt isn't til 12 in romsey so i could go for an earlyish walk about 9 - 9:30 on thurs!

I went for a walk too. I managed 0.8km before it started bucketing down rain. Since i'm still not 100% over my bronchitis, i got DH to come get me so i didn't end up with pneumonia or something. Never realised how stuffed my back is. My pelvis must really be out of alinment. Time to see the Chiro i think. The walk itself was ok though. Not as unfit as i thought i was.

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Kate - did you want to go for a walk wed or thurs morning? says light showers wed or top of 19 thurs.. my appt isn't til 12 in romsey so i could go for an earlyish walk about 9 - 9:30 on thurs!

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Sounds good. Aim for 9.30 Wednesday and then we have thurs as a back up or we can walk both days?

I was hoping to go to the gym tonight, it will depend whether I get DHs CV done beforehand as to whether I will have time. If the weather is nice we might all go out for a walk after dinner.
At least when I start the new job I will have a walking buddy for lunchtimes, so that should be good.

Traveller hun can you check out my food diary for yesterday.. i think i did well.. i wasn't trying or anything either, maybe i should show DP this.. he thinks i sit at home and eat all day.. IF i am eating like this and still gainging or staying the same what the hell is wrong with me.

Today is MG, i WILL reists the choccy biscuits and soft drink or juice and stick with water, crackers and fruit... :)
Had fruit and half a slice of toast this morning... also started having mint green tea with breakfast.

Hey ZF! You stll have to update my details on the front page ;) Hehe thanks hun :hug: