diet_oh's Journal

Day Three
Wednesday, January 31 2007

1 Yakult Light (65ml - 30cal)
1 Banana (110cal)

1 Stupidly Healthy Sandwich (226cal)
1 Banana (110cal)

Dinner - 3 bowls steamed rice with stir fried belly pork and kimchi, choi sum with garlic, and yakitori skewers. NOM.

Calories not counting Main Evening Meal: 476cal

(Yes, I like bananas. And yes, I'm experimenting with cooking korean food :) )

Day Two

Tuesday, January 30th 2007

1 Yakult Light (65ml - 30cal)

1 Glass Fruit Smoothie (130cal)
1 Banana (110cal)

3 Slices Wholemeal Bread (330cal)
2 Slices Cheddar Cheese (200cal)
3 Sticks Celery (bugger all calories)

1 Large Bowl Spaghetti Bolognaise (leftovers, yum)

Calories not including Main Evening Meal: 800

Restarting! :)
Hello there! I bet you all forgot that you had this on your friends list. This was myself and Chris' abruptly terminated experiment in recording what we ate as a form of diet control - I wouldn't call it a failed experiment because we did both lose quite a lot of weight, but we did stop doing it, and in the interim (as recorded in my main journal) I've ended up putting back on most of the pounds I lost!

So I'm going to be using this journal again to record what I'm eating - it's really just a convenient way for me to keep track of my diet, so feel free to get rid of this journal from your friends list if it's clogging up your friend page. If you do decide to leave it on, I'm not looking for encouragement when I eat well or anything like that - but a rude comment if I ever miss updates would be appreciated :)

Monday, January 29th

1 Yakult Light (65ml - 30cal)
1 Innocent Yoghurt Drink (250ml - 235cal)

2 Slices Wholemeal Bread (220cal)
1 Banana (110 cal)

1 Large Plate Spaghetti Bolognaise
1 slice wholemeal bread (110cal)

Total Calories excluding main evening meal: 705 kcal

Monday, July 10th
Brunch:
Bageutte roll with turkey, salad and mayo. Large slice of tomato/cheese pizza.

Dinner:
Two weetabix and a handful of corn flakes, with skimmed milk.

Successfully avoided eating the incredibly rich and sticky looking chocolate pudding and ice cream that the rest of cunts-south were stuffing their gaping faces with when I got home in the evening. Rewarded this morning by dropping two pounds when I stood on the scales. Hurrah! Now only a stone away from being the lightest I've been since I was 18...

Sunday, July 09th
Breakfast:
One white roll with light cream cheese and chorizo; small glass of fruit smoothie.

Lunch:
Three sandwiches with cooked ham, pickled gherkins, light cream cheese and tomato relish on white bread.

Dinner:
Medium sized sushi buffet with a small amount of tempura and katsu. One bottle of Asahi.

Friday and Saturday
Still doing okay, ish. I think weekends are going to be the tough bit for me, but I'm fine with that - as long as I get the weekdays right, then I can't be doing too badly.

Friday:
Breakfast:
Two weetabix w/ skimmed milk; one small glass of fruit smoothie.

Lunch:
Small tomato and grilled mozerella starter; main course, medium plate of egg pasta with spring vegetables. Assorted breads. A cappuccino (small) and a dark chocolate truffle (very small).

Drinky!
Pint of staropramen (strong lager).

Dinner:
Medium sized sushi set (8pcs + 6 pcs of roll). Equivalent of two starters - kimchi, yakitori, kara age and agedashi tofu. Half pint of Sapporo.

Saturday:
Breakfast:
Two small white rolls with thin slices of chorizo and light cream cheese.

Lunch:
Low-fat chicken salsa wrap (small); Innocent smoothie; black unsweetened coffee.

Snack:
Pot of strawberries with a small dip of clotted cream.

Dinner:
Buffet sushi! I did eat quite a lot of the deep-fried stuff as well as sushi, sadly, but still probably not a huge amount overall.

Two days of entries...
Whoops, forgot to update yesterday's foody gets! Two updates in one, then. I'm not sure what has given me my newfound willpower, but doughnut-related accident aside, I've done pretty well in the last few weeks. Both

snackuro and I can pat ourselves on the back I think, for now at least! :)

Wednesday, July 5th

Breakfast:
Glass of orange juice; two weetabix with skimmed milk.

Lunch:
Large plate of spaghetti bolognase (leftover yums!).

Dinner:
Two grilled beef burgers. One burger bun. Slice of mozzerella cheese. Small amount of lettuce and tomato salad with vinegarette dressing.

Thursday, July 6th

Brunch:
Finished off leftover spaghetti bolognase (fairly large plate); glass of fruit smoothie.

Dinner:
Toasted sandwich - two slices of bread, eight thin slices of chorizo, slice of mozerella cheese, some sliced tomato.

Breakfast:
Two weetabix w/ skimmed milk. Glass of orange juice.

Lunch:
Salad sandwich - white bread, light cream cheese, tomato, lettuce, two thick slices of cured ham, light mayo.
Small pot of strawberries with unsweetened single cream. 90 calories, the label claims!

Dinner:
A large plate of spaghetti and bolognase sauce.

Snacks:
Two doughnuts. Krispy Kreme - death to Rachel and Pchan! DEATH! Also, cup of white tea with one sugar.

Results! I had been hovering around the 15st mark for some time - some days 15st 1lb, some days as much as 4lb or 5lb - but since returning from Ireland I seem to have tumbled permanently below that mark, and now weigh in at between 14st 10lb and 14st 12lb.

Rachel, if I ever see you enter this house with a dozen doughnuts again, I will actually force feed them all to you >:) If Pchan demands doughnuts, bring him a couple of them! Maybe one each - not a DOZEN! :(

Breakfast:
Two weetabix w/ skimmed milk. Glass of berry smoothie.

Lunch:
Salad sandwich - white bread, light cream cheese, tomato, lettuce, thin slices of roast beef, light mayo. YUMS.

Dinner:
Salad - lettuce, tomato, onion, roast beef pieces, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, grated parmesan cheese.

Snack:
Bottle of apple and mango J20

Healthy FHOOOOOOOO!

Bringing it all up to date - the last week!
Being on holiday is no excuse for not updating, although I plead diminished responsibility on the grounds of not actually having an internet connection for the past week. However, find in this post, helpfully behind a cut, a full list of what I've consumed in the last nine days of not updating! Fascinating reading, no doubt - feel free to ignore unless you're REALLY bored in work.

Basically, I think I've done pretty well - but it's obvious that as with so many things, lack of self control while drinking is a bit of an issue. I have no intention of ceasing boozing - I'd rather be chubby and have fun than be thin and joyless, frankly - but I do need to stop eating pizza, doughnuts and other assorted unnessecary snacks while I'm drinking!

To my surprise, however, I don't seem to have lost more than about three pounds in the last couple of weeks of sticking to this. I'm going to persevere at my current diet and see how it goes, rather than trying to cut back much more - I'm keenly aware of how easy it is to fuck your body up by starving it, and it's astonishing how easy it is to be malnourished even when you're overweight!

( The list, as threatened! )

Rob - June 22, 2006
Breakfast:
2 weetabix w/ skimmed milk

Lunch:
Plate of lasagne - more leftover gets!

Dinner:
Tonkatsu don
Gyoza
Oolong tea

Snacks:
Black coffee!

Largely healthy, I think, except maybe the gyoza! I'm finding adjusting to smaller portions a bit weird - I shouldn't have ordered the gyoza at all, because when they arrived (after my main meal had), I didn't really want them at all, but still felt compelled to eat them (although I pawned a few off, har!). My eyes are definitely bigger than my belly at this point, although not literally since to achieve that I'd need to have the BIGGEST FACE IN THE WORLD.

I haven't been listing drinks, by the way, except when they are above zero calories; in general I drink water or diet coke, both of which are zero calorie, so it's not really worth listing them.

Rob - June 21, 2006
Not a great day today - healthy, but too much food consumed!

Late Breakfast:
Medium sized plate of chicken chow mein (leftover yums!)

Lunch:
Three slices of bread w/ Philadelphia light

Late Afternoon:
Flatbread with houmous and peppers (about 250cal)

Dinner:
Large plate of lasagne. Very large plate, in fact :)

Snacks:
Black coffee! Fresh fruit salad! (Both from Starbucks)

I guess Lasagne could in theory be healthy, but I doubt it's healthy the way I make it - loads of butter, cheese, steak mince and red wine goes into those sauces :)

Rob - Starting again...
Okay, so this pretty much dwindled into nothingness after a while, last time around. Chris didn't feel that he could stick to doing it, and it's a surprisingly tough thing to go it alone on - however, since I'm not actually the only person I know keeping one of these journals any more, I'm going to give it another shot. I've actually maintained a relatively healthy diet since I stopped updating this, but with regular misbehaviours which have meant that my weight has stayed consistent at just under 15st - still nearly 10lb less than it was when I started, but not the rate of loss I'd hoped for :)

So, today I ate...

Breakfast:
Small glass of fruit smoothie

Lunch:
Two slices of bread (thin)
A few tablespoons of peas and sweetcorn
Half a plate of chicken/pasta dish (300cal approx)

Late Afternoon:
Chicken salad sandwich on wholegrain bread.

Dinner:
Large plate of chicken & veg noodles

Snacks:
A pickle! A black coffee! A small plate of fresh fruit!

... I guess at least my snacks are a lot healthier now :)

Rob - Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, and weigh-in!
After a weekend of being bad, I've tried very, very hard to be good.

Tuesday
Breakfast: An Apple
Lunch: Tin of tuna, tin of sweetcorn, dollop of low-fat salad cream, four slices bread
Dinner: Steak and oven chips, with peppercorn sauce

Wednesday
Breakfast: Two slices bread w/ flora spread
Lunch: Vegetable stir fry w/ noodles
Dinner: Pasta bake with sausages and cheese

Health-me-do! I'm basically sticking to the idea of small, healthy meals during the day, drinking lots of fluids, and then having a decent sized but healthy meal in the evenings. And, combined with being conscious of doing a bit more exercise...It's working!

My weight on the scales this morning was 14st 13lb. In total, I'm down nine pounds since I started keeping this journal. For those of you viewing in metric, that's around four kilograms.

That's quite a rapid rate of weightloss, but I'm not too concerned; I saw a similar effect when I previously dieted down from 18st, and I'm fairly sure it's not water loss since I'm keeping myself well hydrated.

Chris - May Day Bank Holiday Weekend
First of all, a confession: I've totally forgotten what I ate on Thursday or Friday last week. From now on, I endeavour to write everything down, as I eat it. However, I can tell you that I didn't eat any junk food, only good things.

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Saturday wasn't as bad as it could have been. I went with the housemates to Wagamamas and ate Chicken Ramen. In the evening, I drank a copious amount of alcohol, almost all sweet cocktails, and while I was quite good at not eating too much bar food, I also wasn't exactly conservative. Dinner was a bowl of cereal, which was about as much as my drunken hands could create.

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Sunday wasn't so bad. I had a Starbucks Panini with an Innocent Water for an early lunch, about ten bits of nigiri sushi for a late lunch, and late in the evening I had a pizza from Firezza, who use lovely fresh healthy ingredients, but nevertheless I have no doubt that it was very, very high in calories.

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On Monday, I had a toasted chicken sandwich, but then I had a MASSIVE ice cream dessert. For dinner, I had three chicken fajitas.

All in all, the weekend has been a failure, and when I weigh myself tomorrow I highly expect that I will be back up to 15st 3lbs, if not heavier. On the upside, I can now do 30 7.5kg weights on each arm, and I can do 20 sit-ups. I'm also going to try and starting doing Nic's patented Lambeth Bridge Run. Hopefully, this will make me be slim!

Rob - Weekend of Badness!
Ugh. I don't think that a combination of Stu's birthday and Rachel's WANTON DISREGARD FOR MY FIGURE has done me any favours over the weekend.

Saturday:
I didn't do too badly to begin with. Popped out for lunch with Pete, Nic and Chris to Wagamama at Victoria, and had:
Mushroom and Spring Onion skewers
Ebi Raisukaree - basically a prawn red curry with some steamed rice.
A glass of "Raw Juice" - carrots and other such goodness, I believe
Then it all went to shit. For Stu's birthday, I drank a vast amount in the way of cocktails and wine, and then ate an enormous quantity of yakiniku - although I guess since this is all grilled meat, veg and seafood with only a bit of Korean-style fried rice with it, it's probably quite healthy. Still - I can't imagine I shed many pounds on Saturday! Sads!

Sunday:
A day of rest after the madness - for my diet, as much as anything else! I ate...
Breakfast: A fried egg and bacon sandwich. Okay, so not THAT healthy.
Lunch: Lots of yummy, healthy sushi from Itsu
Dinner: Two slices of bread, a red onion, some pickled chilli peppers and lots of grated cheese.

Monday:
Rachel and Yuri will be the death of me.
Veggie Quiche with side-salad. HEALTHY. I AM DOING WELL.
Giant "Copa Paradiso" ice cream parfait from Ciao near Leicester Square. DOH! DOH DOH DOH!
Many glasses of wine. Consumed in the park - does this make them healthy? No? SADS!
Chicken fajitas. Several. Four maybe? Not massively unhealthy, but a very big portion. SADS!

I shall have to be incredibly well-behaved this week to make up for this foolishness :(

Rob, Friday April 28th
Not such a great day from a food perspective, I guess - well, it would have been fine, if I hadn't gone and drunk five pints in the evening. SADS!

Breakfast - A Nectarine, two weetabix w/skimmed milk
Lunch - Small plate of sashimi w/ rice and miso soup. Nobu yums~
Snack - Chicken and sweetcorn mayo sandwich on wholewheat
Snack - M&S fruit tray of mango, melon, kiwi, blueberries and pomegranate
BOOZE ME DO - Five pints of Guinness. SADS!
Dinner - Plate of fried rice w/ beef chilli.

I did, however, go swimming again as planned, and this time managed 16 lengths - a marginal improvement over last time, but an improvement nonetheless. I feel far less pained and knackered this morning than I did after the first time, too. HEALTHY WINS!

Rob - Thursday, April 27th
Right! Aside from happies based on weighing myself earlier, here's what I did today foodwise...

Breakfast - A Nectarine
Lunch - Vegetarian Calzone, small amount of ciabatta with balsamic vinegar, Double espresso (no sugar)
Snack - An Orange
Dinner - Plate of steamed rice with chicken and pak choi

Pretty healthy by and large, I think! I used Nic's free weights a bit as well - I'm going to try and start doing that on a daily basis, to build up my upper body strength a little. Swimming again tomorrow~!

Rob - Update and Weigh-in
Swimming update!

My life is suffering. Did you know that your shoulderblades could ache? THEY CAN. Fuck me I'm unfit :(

Weight update!

However, I did just weigh myself and... *drum-roll* I'm down to 15st 2lb. That's six pounds lighter than I was last week, which indicates to me that I probably weighed myself at an inopportune moment then (although I thought it was before I ate in the morning - hmm), but also suggests that I have dropped a few pounds. Bonus!

Rob - Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th + swimming!
Monday
Breakfast - Two weetabix w/ skimmed milk
Lunch - Three slices wholemeal bread, one tin tuna, one tin sweetcorn, dollop of low-fat mayo
Dinner - Big plate of pasta with healthy tomato/veg sauce, a sausage and some cheese.

Tuesday
Lunch - Leftover pasta from the night before - quite a large bowl.
Snack - Two pieces of M&S flapjack roughly the size of a postage stamp cubed. Does this count as A Bad? :(
Dinner - two fajitas filled with fried rice, beef chilli and a little cheese.

Wednesday
Breakfast - A nectarine (wow, fruit! Thanks Rach (I assume)!), Two weetabix w/skimmed milk
Lunch - Smallish bowl of fried rice w/ big spoonful of beef chilli
Dinner - Large plate of chicken + noodle stir-fry, made as healthy as possible!

I think I'm doing okay, all in all. I've cut out snacking, by and large, and my eating during the day seems healthier. Next step - cutting down dinner portion sizes, and eating less fried rice and more steamed rice...

Went swimming with Jon today! First time in weeks and weeks that I've been, and god, I felt it. When I stopped, I could do 30 lengths comfortably enough; today, I was back to being unable to do more than two lengths without a short rest, and I hit a wall at about 14 lengths where my back was threatening to lock up and my shoulders were actually trembling uncontrollably. RUBBISH. The plan is to do this three times a week until I can do 60-80 lengths comfortably. That's over two kilometres, at which point I'll be happy that I'm no longer rubbish in the water - I think it'll basically be up there with what I used to be able to swim as a teenager.

I noticed Chris doing a sneaky weigh-in, so I think I'll do one of those in the morning too and see if anything has changed... :)

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