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Eating Journal... in all honesty

HazelM

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I'm starting this eating journal today. Just so I can feel really bad about having a cheat every now and again. :roll: Which is probably too often. So here goes, and for those of you that have opinions, I welcome your comments.

Today,

Breakfast 7am: Glass of Water with Apple Cider Vinegar

2 eggs

3 rashers of bacon (This is contrary to my normal breakfast as I had to use up the rest of the bacon packet)

Green Tea

9am: Long Black coffee

11am: Mango Tea and very small green salad.

1pm: Big red salmon and blue cheese salad

Banana

nuts and raisens

At this stage, after sitting down in front of the computer i feel lethargic and like a fatty. :shock:

Throughout today I have drunk probably 750mls water (normal intake for me as I'm in the bad habit of not drinking too much)

5.30pm: Big glass water and Apple Cider Vinegar

Dinner will post up tomorrow.. but I'm hoping I can stick to a protein shake and a spinach omelette. Who knows what might happen though because its FRIDAY and it's been a bloody terrible week at work. :doh:

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What's your stats etc? Are you doing low-carb? What are your goals?

I find when I'm feeling a bit tired and fatty, I'll down a litre of slightly warm water with lemon and it works a treat.

Im 22

approx 61kgs

171cms tall.

Goal just to lower my BFI and gain lean muscle.

So the diet is coupled with plenty of cardio and 3 weights sessions a week. its just hard to balance everything because I sit at a desk all day so for majority of the time I feel like a slob even though I'm not.

Yea I used to do the lemon and water thing but I find the Apple Cider Vinegar does the same thing. :)

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Friday Night 8th April

Protein Shake

2egg omellette with brocolli, spinach, capsicum

Black Tea

Late night snack, 3 rice crackers with blue cheese.

Saturday 9th April

Breakfast: Water with A.C. Vinegar

Black Coffee Banana

Lunch: Salmon and avocado Salad

5.00pm: Raw nuts and raisens

Dinner: small portion of mussels

2egg omelette with spinach, brocolli and smoked chicken

Tea

Sunday 10th April (may as well be lazy cheat day)

Breakfast: Water and AC Vinegar

Black Coffee

Creamy Mushrooms and bacon (cafe) Huge meal

1.pm: Banana and smoked chicken

3.pm: Tea and raw nuts

3 cookies and a piece of chocolate!!

Dinner: 2 small fillets Fresh Snapper

spinch and scrambled eggs with brie cheese

Green Tea

Hot cocoa

I moved house this weekend so my eating was fairly irregular and irresponsible.

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Monday 11 April

5.30am: Hill Running 1/2hour

Breakfast: Water with Apple Cider Vinegar and Psyllium

Boiled Egg

Herbal Tea

handful raw nuts

11 am: Herbal Tea

1.00pm: Salmon Salad

Nut Bar and some dried fruit

2.00pm: Black coffee

5.30pm: high intensity hill run 20min

free weights at gym 1 hour

light bike ride

Dinner: Big piece sirloin steak

1 egg

spinach

9pm: Green Tea

Such a busy day today, but I did my best.

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Monday 11 April

5.30am: Hill Running 1/2hour

Breakfast: Water with Apple Cider Vinegar and Psyllium

Boiled Egg

Herbal Tea

handful raw nuts

11 am: Herbal Tea

1.00pm: Salmon Salad

Nut Bar and some dried fruit

2.00pm: Black coffee

5.30pm: high intensity hill run 20min

free weights at gym 1 hour

light bike ride

Dinner: Big piece sirloin steak

1 egg

spinach

9pm: Green Tea

Such a busy day today, but I did my best.

Decent days eating... not a lot for your energy output but at least you kept it good food!

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At your height, weight and age you seem like you have a pretty low body fat, depending on how much muscle you have. How much weight are you looking to put on, because some of it WILL be fat.

I don't want to put on weight ha. But I know that I'll gain with the more muscle that I build. I'm okay with that as long as I can see definition and not the current fat layer that's over my stomach.

I'll post pics as soon as so the situation can be understood. :)

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Seriously chick I couldn't survive on that little food! But that's just me :) How do you feel since you've started? Are you energy levels up? Weight loss?

Yea I'm pretty good aye. I don't really seem to be shifting much, just sort of maintaining the same at the moment. but it's a slow process.

The first week was hard becasue I had to get used to no sugar and i got a bit dizzy. But now I'm sweet. :)

So,,, Tuesday 12 April :)

5.30 am: Hill Run 1/2 hour

Breakfast: Water and AC Vinegar & Psyllium

Boiled Egg

Black Tea

9.00am: Mango Tea

11.00am: Celery sticks and 1/2 a pear

1.pm: Big Salmon salad

other 1/2 of the pear

black coffee

2.30pm: dried fruit

5.30pm: Water and AC Vinegar

No exercise and no firebrigade because I sold my car after work Hoorah!!

8.00pm: Sirloin steak, Spinach and eggs

9.00pm: Tea and handful of pumpkin seeds.

(If I have alot of eggs and meat I tend to drop the protein shake.. this is probably a bad thing? I dont know)

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How can you carry on with a small breakfast? Hats off to you missey :nod:

Haha thanks, try this morning when I had a big glass of water and half a banana then ran to Orakawa. stuffed! lol. But I can cope with the small portions because of my gay desk job. I use barely any energy during the day except for my little typing fingers. :)

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How can you carry on with a small breakfast? Hats off to you missey :nod:

Haha thanks, try this morning when I had a big glass of water and half a banana then ran to Orakawa. stuffed! lol. But I can cope with the small portions because of my gay desk job. I use barely any energy during the day except for my little typing fingers. :)

Lol!!! Same.. but not gay ha ha ha ha ha

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Haha Harry. try working in Law.... the gayest lol.

Anyway I thought I would post today's meals now because I'm pretty good at sticking to my dinner plans now.

so today 13 April

Breakfast: Water and AC Vinegar

1/2 Banana

40minute run to orakawa bay (bush track)

"Be Charged" Tea

9.00am: Black Coffee

11.00am: Celery sticks and 1/2 pear

1.00pm: Protein shake with 1/2 soymilk 1/2 water (way too sweet)

raw nuts and raisens (which i used to hate but now love!!)

pumpkin seeds

4.00pm: probably more pumpkin seeds than i needed i.e. heaps.

5.30pm: Water with AC Vinegar

1/2 hour hill run

Free weight gym session 1 hour

light bike ride

8.00pm: sirloin steak with egg and spinach

herbal tea.

sssssoooooooooooo much study to do :(

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and I know my breakfasts are too small at the moment .. i'll work on that

:shock: Got that right! Even for a chick on the smaller side such as yourself, I'd say you're going a bit too far on the low-cal :-s

How are your energy levels through the day? It seems your only real meal is dinner? And then, how big is the steak you're eating? How many eggs? (sorry if it sounds like I'm grilling ya :P)

Are you going for low carb? Sorry if you've mentioned this, I didn't see you say that but only skimmed the thread and saw a bit of an absence of carbs...

Just my thoughts, but at the very least, I'd suggest a breakfast of some sort in the morning - oats, eggs, fruit, that sorta thing. But I think you've picked up on the need to add a little in the breakfast category :)

I'd also go a step further and say to add a little more substance to your lunch, protein shake and rabbit food should be for snacks IMHO! :nod: Pre-make yourself a salad, a sandwich, some sort of chicken meal... something like that. Nuts and seeds should be something you munch on in small amounts every now and again in between meals :)

The above is all just my (unqualified) suggestions, so hey, if what you're doing is working for ya, don't let me dissuade you! :grin: But I just think you need something of a little more substance in there, especially on the days you're active :nod: Good luck!

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I'm with Drizzt and VC... I think that with the amount of activity you're doing, and that diet, you run the risk of eroding lean muscle mass along with the bodyfat.

You've a heinous gap between sources of protein - from 8pm thru to 11 am. That's far too long (my unqualified 2c worth) - you really could usefully move that 11am shake to immediately after your morning run, along with the pear (swap the pear and celery).

Replace the protein shake in your lunch with real protein - chicken, tuna, steak, eggs, your choice. Many people here will tell you it's easy to use a George Foreman grill or similar to cook a batch of chicken or steak which is enough to last a few days. Slice it, along with celery, capsicum, tomato, cucumber, lettuce or other greens, and you can have an all-natural lunch with little mess or fuss.

Like VC said, the overall calories are probably low, desk job or no, which also won't help with confining your weight loss to bodyfat.

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I'm soo behind now. but will post yesterdays.

Morning: Apple Cider Vinegar and Water

2eggs and protein shake

Black tea

11.00am: 2 kiwifruit

nuts and raisens

1.00pm: salmon salad and protein shake and seed mix (pumpkin, sunflower, sesame and pinenuts)

3.00pm: ton of seeds (love them) and tea and red capsicum

5.00pm: ACV with water

Dinner: 2egg omellette with spinach and half a tin of salmon and lowfat cottage cheese and a protein shake.

followed up with black tea, and nuts.

Is this too much protein in my diet?

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