2010 Summer/Christmas Challenge

**Raupe** · November 15th, 2010, 06:50 PM

Yay, my snail moved!! Go snail, go!

**appletree** · November 15th, 2010, 08:08 PM

That is fantastic Raupe!

Can anyone run me through what you eat in the day (and how much of it)? I need some serious help!

**Raupe** · November 15th, 2010, 08:27 PM

Hehe, thanks Traveller and appletree!

Appletree: I don't know about anyone else, but I usually have an apple first thing in the morning, then I go for an hour walk and do some situps etc once I get home. After the exercise I have a shower, then eat brekky. I usually have a small bowl of cereal/muesli. but I make sure it's low in sugar etc (Avoid toasted muesli - high in fat). I get bored sooo easily with breakfast... Last week I had berry muesli with added all bran and this week I'm going with Special K. For lunch I have been eating heaps of salads. Saying that I am too lazy (or busy at times) to make it from scratch. So I just buy a salad mix from the supermarket or sumo salad. In the afternoon I have some berries or nuts (naughty ones! with flavour...

) or sometimes cake

when I'm at work... oops! Dinner is always different. I'f I come home late from work (8pm or later - can't be bothered cooking) we're having more salad

or subway. Otherwise I make veggie burgers, half meat half veggie lasagne (with wholemeal pasta sheets), and tonight we had sweet potato and chicken curry (home made and low fat with brown rice). So usually the busier I am the more salad we eat and the more weight I lose!! Crazy, hey? So guess who had a REALLY busy week this week! Hehe. Also I tried to half the amount I eat each meal... So I eat half (or 3/4) cup of cereal, and about a cup (usually less) of food for dinner. I used to always eat as much as dp, but turns out this ain't so good for me.

Hope that helps.

PS: it depends on how much you weigh right now. So for someone that is 20kg lighter than me this might be too much food...

But it works for me!

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · November 15th, 2010, 08:41 PM

Ok ladies i will do our updates tomorrow but after a week away i'm getting back into it, will start my food diary again AND if MGF is cancelled tomorrow i still want to mop so will do that and then head out for a walk (weather permitting of course) - PRMG hun if your free let me knowand i can come for a drive over your way.

Raupe

hun.. well done!

appletree - i normally have corn flakes or sultana bran for breakast (no sugar) and often half a pear or apple with it, snacks during the day would be banana, pear or apple, grapes etc
I have also bought the special K bars for something different, lunch is normally a ham & salad sandwich or cruskits etc.
Tea is anything really from pasta to rice to steak....

**appletree** · November 15th, 2010, 08:51 PM

I used to always eat as much as dp, but turns out this ain't so good for me.

Yep, this is me exactly... DF is 6 foot 6 though, so it really hasn't been good for me at ALL!

Ok, so i would say i am eating at least 2 times that amount of food! Yikes... I haven't wanted to play around too much with food because last time i did DS stopped gaining weight and it all went pear shaped. Maybe i need to tone it down a little though! I really don't need to eat as much dinner as i am though, tonight i made shepards pie (without the potato on top) and went back for a third bowlful just before bed! I keep telling myself that if i am hungry then the first person to suffer will be DS because it will take it from my milk first, but i think i am just making excuses to over eat as i wasn't actually hungry at all.

Today i had
2x wholemeal chia bread with vegemite and butter
chicken and corn cuppa soup
2x country grain rolls with left over roast chicken (tiny amount) and salad
6 berry pikelets
8 rice crackers
3x bowls of homemade shepards pie with no mash

**Raupe** · November 16th, 2010, 07:46 AM

Hehe, my DP is 6 foot 6, too!! And he was overweight, too! So just imagine how much I ate!

If you are BF, you have to eat 500 kcal on top of the "recommended" kcal amount for you! So I should eat around 1800kcal per day, but if I was BF I would have to eat 2300kcal. Does that make sense?

Maybe use CalorieKing online. You can track what you eat and it calculates all your kcal for you. After a while you know how many calories your food has and how many 'seconds' you can afford/get away with! Maybe cut out the third bowl of sheppards pie

and add some fruit as a snack somewhere? But NEVER be hungry! When you are hungry your metabolism slows down and as soon as you eat something your body will store it as fat, as it thinks you are in a hunger situation where it has to help you survive (by storing all calories coming in). So eat throughout the day to stay satisfied, but eat the right things!

Good Luck

**Miss.September** · November 16th, 2010, 10:37 AM

Raupe - well done! That's great, get moving Mr Snail!!

Appletree - I usually have a salad wrap for lunch, maybe a banana or a mango as snacks. I have sultana bran for breakfast. I hardly eat bread, might have toast on a Sunday if we have a hot breakfast, but that's about it. I looked at the food you're eating, and it looks like a lot, but I remember when I was breastfeeding and was STARVING all the time! I use runkeeper and myfitnesspal and between the two work out the calories for the day. It's getting easier working out the food too.

ZF -Thanks for the walk today. It's always nice to have someone to walk with.

Raupe's lasagne for tea tonight, can't wait!

**Raupe** · November 16th, 2010, 11:22 AM

Oh how exciting! Just remember I'm not really measuring anything... I just make sure the consistency of the sauce looks right... So you might have to fiddle with the quantities! It looks like a lot of veggies, but they cook down quite a lot! Good luck! I hope you like it

**Miss.September** · November 16th, 2010, 05:51 PM

Raupe, it was beautiful. Even got a yum out of DD, who is 19 months!!!! Awesome and better yet, leftovers for tomorrow night's dinner!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

**Raupe** · November 16th, 2010, 09:12 PM

Gosh, I'm sooo relieved! Hehe, I love leftovers! And it tastes just as nice the next day as it does the first. I'm so happy you and your family liked it!

**Raupe** · November 16th, 2010, 10:18 PM

ZF! I Looove your new avi! Whoohoo *wolfwhistle* You look hot!

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · November 17th, 2010, 05:21 AM

ZF! I Looove your new avi! Whoohoo *wolfwhistle* You look hot!

Ohhh i know right.. Sterla did an AWESOME job!
I thought maybe it's about time i had a ME Av instead of a me and the kids and i am working on myself so why not look super sexy like i will once i've gotten to my goal with the help of all you lovely ladies!

**~ Zarava Flutterby ~** · November 18th, 2010, 11:44 AM

How is everyone going, feeling fit & healthy?
I PROMISE tomorrow morning when i sit down and do breakfast with the girls i WILL update the stats before we go for a walk.
Today i was going to walk with Kate but her and little one are not feeling well so i drove into town anyway to get some stuff from the shops, decided why not do a lap around the block first

works out to be about a km so not great but still it was a walk.

BUT it's so gross outside now, prefect hot drink weather and i am having a caramel latte.. it tastes beautiful though and it's not often i drink coffee these days

Tonight we are going to FIL's for his birthday dinner and i have a feeling it's going to be KFC so today is my indulgence day and then hopefully heading out for a walk with Kate and PRMG tomorrow.

So how are you all going... keep us updated.

**Raupe** · November 18th, 2010, 11:50 AM

Aww, ZF that's nice! *EDIT: SNAP ZF! You were faster! My reply was to you previous post (reg Avi)*

How is everyone doing? It's been really quiet here lately! Well, yesterday I was in Uni all day, I was soooo busy, I didn't have any lunch

. I returned really late, had dinner and went to bed. I didn't exercise at all for the first time since I joined the summer challenge! I feel horrible

So today I did a long walk and 150 sit ups. But still, I wish I had time yesterday to do at least a little bit. Don't know what to make for dinner tonight. Any ideas for me?