My current diet - comments and suggestions most welcome!

[sarahbalfour]

Hello People!

As I mentioned in the post I've just made in the supps forum, I thought I'd post my daily diet here and see if there are any changes that I need to be making (I'm trying to lose the 21lb which has mysteriously crept up on me in the past 2 months!)

Breakfast

44g Flanavan's instant porridge (I'm staying in a hotel at the moment because I have no permanent address). I know it's 44g because it says so on the pot (I do not have access to my super-accurate scales at the moment; most of my stuff - including all my clothes - were left behind in Manchester (I had to leave there in rather a hurry!)

Mixed berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries) (obviously I just add a small handful of each as I can't weigh anything) or 1 small chopped banana or some chopped dried apricots. Whatever fruit I use, I add a tablespoon (guesstimate) of flaked almonds.
Mug of green tea
Multivit

Lunch

John West tuna or salmon Light lunch
Couple of oatcakes
Shape yoghurt
1 nectarine/peach 1 plum
More green tea

Dinner

This is tricky, because I have no cooking facilities. Usually it's pretty much the same as lunch, if I'm in, or I might go to Barburrito and have a chicken burrito, but I can't afford that every day (works out at nearly £30pw!)

Snacks will be things like oatcakes, Nairn's oat biscuits, fruit (fresh and dried) that sort of thing.

I am REALLY missing having a gym subscription! I just have to do as much walking around town as possible (I have an HRM (Polar F11) but I've not got the chest strap anymore (I've emailed Polar to request info on replacing it, but not heard back yet. I REALLY miss using it).

Can anyone help me out here a bit, please. I DETEST what I've become!

Cheers

Sarah

[comanight2]

your eating a lot of carbs, try and up the ratio of proteins to carbs...and some fats...

Whats your nearest shop? and have you got any money to spend on foods?

My advice would be drop the oatcakes, eat more cheese or nuts for snacking...

also start logging on Food Focus - Permanent Weight Loss , that way you can figure out how much your eating in terms of cals. Foodfocus will also give you a rough figure of how much you need to eat to maintain weight, if you eat under this (say...300kcal) youll lose weight. Keep the protein ratio high and the processed foods low and youll be in trim in no time at all. Dolly Rimple! :P

[sarahbalfour]

[QUOTE=comanight2;342360]your eating a lot of carbs, try and up the ratio of proteins to carbs...and some fats...

Right, okay mate, what do you suggest...? Remember I have NO cooking facilities, save a kettle.

I know that 'good' fats come from things like nuts but I don't have much willpower when it comes to things like that (open a bag of any kind of nut near me and you'll find 'em gone in about 30 seconds flat!) and they ARE highly calorific.

This is a B&B, but I wouldn't eat the brekkie they serve here if I was starving! White toast (no brown, I asked) croissants, bran-flakes, Frosties, Rice Krispies or corn-flakes, Tesco Value apple and orange juice (yes, I saw the cartons) and little pots of Muller Light.


Whats your nearest shop? and have you got any money to spend on foods?

The nearest decent-sized supermarket is the Tesco in Liverpool ONE. I have a little bit (probably around £25-£30pw) but I'm having to purchase convenience food (for lunch today, I had a Tesco own-brand tomato & herb pasta snack-pot with a tin of John West Weight Watchers tomato & herb tuna (total 305kcal).

My advice would be drop the oatcakes, eat more cheese or nuts for snacking...

But they're slow release (I'm trying to stick to a low GI diet) and I'm scared of cheese and nuts because of the calories. Just want the lump round my middle gone again (swear it wasn't this big yesterday - and I've got 2 lumps now! Going to weigh myself when I go to Boots next). On another forum (Muscle Talk - sure you've heard of it) I was told that oatcakes were a good idea.
(URL snipped so this will post) that way you can figure out how much your eating in terms of cals. Foodfocus will also give you a rough figure of how much you need to eat to maintain weight, if you eat under this (say...300kcal) youll lose weight. Keep the protein ratio high and the processed foods low and youll be in trim in no time at all. Dolly Rimple!

It is when you have access to cooking facilities - I don't. I MUST eat what I do because I don't have a choice.

If you can put me together a diet plan, I promise to stick to it rigidly for, say, a month (I've ordered some supps. When I get them, I'll ask you for a dosing routine for optimum results).

I want to try for 1.5 and 2lb/week. Are we allowed to mention ECA on here (just wondering if 'e's (as it were) are an example of an illegal substance?)? I've got a load of Es in Manchester and I've been asking for them to be sent on (I like them because they're the only thing that's ever worked as an appetite suppressant for me). Been trying to get them sent over here, but the person who's in charge of that kind of thing isn't responding to me!

I used to have a Polar F11 but I've lost the chest strap. Polar has told me that it's about £38 for a replacement, but I can't get them to tell me how I go about ordering it.

I'd LOVE to be able to start using it as an HRM again, instead of merely a glorified watch!

[comanight2]

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Right, okay mate, what do you suggest...? Remember I have NO cooking facilities, save a kettle.

half fat cheese, cottage cheese, quark, milk. You can buy cooked off chickens in tesco eh? just read the label and make sure there is no poop in it.

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I know that 'good' fats come from things like nuts but I don't have much willpower when it comes to things like that (open a bag of any kind of nut near me and you'll find 'em gone in about 30 seconds flat!) and they ARE highly calorific.

Thats true, but in a straight up fight between eating a few too many cals but being healthy and eating cr*p but keeping low cals, opt for healthy!

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This is a B&B, but I wouldn't eat the brekkie they serve here if I was starving! White toast (no brown, I asked) croissants, bran-flakes, Frosties, Rice Krispies or corn-flakes, Tesco Value apple and orange juice (yes, I saw the cartons) and little pots of Muller Light.

yeah....i got no answer here im afraid...

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The nearest decent-sized supermarket is the Tesco in Liverpool ONE. I have a little bit (probably around £25-£30pw) but I'm having to purchase convenience food (for lunch today, I had a Tesco own-brand tomato & herb pasta snack-pot with a tin of John West Weight Watchers tomato & herb tuna (total 305kcal).

Lookout for deals on the tuna and stuff, also mix the fish up a little...pink salmon is cheap as is sardines, maceral etc. Again with try and get the cooked meats

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But they're slow release (I'm trying to stick to a low GI diet) and I'm scared of cheese and nuts because of the calories. Just want the lump round my middle gone again (swear it wasn't this big yesterday - and I've got 2 lumps now! Going to weigh myself when I go to Boots next). On another forum (Muscle Talk - sure you've heard of it) I was told that oatcakes were a good idea.

The only macro nutrient the body can live without is carbs, so carbs should be the last thing in the shopping basket (im not saying they arent important at all...but if you wanna lose weight, cut them first). Also a pot of cottage cheese has some carbs, but mostly protein. very filling!

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I want to try for 1.5 and 2lb/week. Are we allowed to mention ECA on here (just wondering if 'e's (as it were) are an example of an illegal substance?)? I've got a load of Es in Manchester and I've been asking for them to be sent on (I like them because they're the only thing that's ever worked as an appetite suppressant for me). Been trying to get them sent over here, but the person who's in charge of that kind of thing isn't responding to me!

......I uhh.......Pass.

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I used to have a Polar F11 but I've lost the chest strap. Polar has told me that it's about £38 for a replacement, but I can't get them to tell me how I go about ordering it.

I'd LOVE to be able to start using it as an HRM again, instead of merely a glorified watch!

I have no idea what that is but you probably dont need it.....

As for diet plan, enter your details on FF and tell me what you calorific requirement is?

[dope540]

you could go to the liverpool uni gym. it's only a 10 mins walk up adn down brownlow hill. it's pretty cheap compared to the average high street gyms.

[stronglikewood]

It looks like the problem could be a combo of the burritos, oaty stuff and to a lesser extent the shape yoghurt (is it lowfat?). Not being able to go to the gym sucks, but is a reason why you need to lower the carbs a little. Switch to nuts and have salads instead of burritos more often.

[Was_once_fat_dave]

you could boil eggs in the kettle, just leave the lid open and it will keep boiling (kettles dont work off water temp, they work from the steam)

try this site Polar Wearlink

and sorry cant speak about ECA stacks on this forum I'm affraid.