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Old 09-10-2008, 14:49
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Im wondering if im eating too much, and would be very interested to know how much others eat. It would be handy too to know if you are male / female along with height.

Basically I started a thread in advice as im putting on weight - rapidly. But i dont think i eat too much. Yeah I have an occasional piece of choccie, and an occasional biccie - but im not constantly raiding the biscuit tin.

I will start with yesterday, and i will be VERY honest.

I am 5ft 6inches ... and female.

Nothing for breakfast
A 'fish platter' roll which contained crab sticks and prawns mainly in a granary roll.
Bag of cheese and onion crisps
Lasagne for tea with a small serving of baked beans
4 chocolates from a box of Milk tray


So - what do you eat. Maybe everyone should do the day before, and list everything.
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Old 09-10-2008, 14:58
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Today.

Breakfast-2 slices of wholemeal toast with low fat spread and honey, cup of tea.

Lunch-Tuna and cucumber sandwich on Wholemeal. A blackberry & apple Nutri-Grain. An apple.

Tonight-Chicken, wholemeal rice and peas.

I'm on a bit of a diet at the moment.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:01
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Older female, a whisker under 5ft, 6st 8 lbs

Yesterday -

Morning
Banana about 10AM as I can't face breakfast

Lunch
2 Ry-vita crispbreads spread with Philadelphia light and a slice of ham
An apple

Afternoon
Two reduced fat Rich Tea biscuits

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast and salad - lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, tomato, carrot, balsamic vinegar
Handful of grapes

I drink tea (with 1 sugar) and coffee (no sugar) with skimmed milk throughout the day.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:06
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Breakfast.

A banana with the ends cut off covered in a duvet of yoghurt.

Lunch

Tomato salad and a bit of pizza shared with a friend.

Dinner

Lentil soup,courgettes and coconut and lime leaf rice.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:09
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Yesterday a typical day, I'm female, 45, 5ft 7 and a half inches, not telling you how much I weigh but think Nigella Lawson.

Breakfast - a bowl of porridge with a sliced banana, cereal and milk in summer

Lunch - some fruit, coffee

Dinner - that Sainsbury's roasted sausages and vegetables recipe that's on the telly
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:20
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So far you all sound VERY healthy. And theres me saying chocolate, crisps, lasagne
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:23
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Im wondering if im eating too much, and would be very interested to know how much others eat. It would be handy too to know if you are male / female along with height.

Basically I started a thread in advice as im putting on weight - rapidly. But i dont think i eat too much. Yeah I have an occasional piece of choccie, and an occasional biccie - but im not constantly raiding the biscuit tin.

I will start with yesterday, and i will be VERY honest.

I am 5ft 6inches ... and female.

Nothing for breakfast
A 'fish platter' roll which contained crab sticks and prawns mainly in a granary roll.
Bag of cheese and onion crisps
Lasagne for tea with a small serving of baked beans
4 chocolates from a box of Milk tray


So - what do you eat. Maybe everyone should do the day before, and list everything.
Eat some breakfast, lose the crisps and chocolate and have some salad with the lasagne instead of the beans. Drink plenty of water, get yourself some body exfoliating scrub and brush and use that in the shower once a day, go for a walk for between 30 and 60 minutes and I guarantee you'll lose some weight.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:28
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Eat some breakfast, lose the crisps and chocolate and have some salad with the lasagne instead of the beans. Drink plenty of water, get yourself some body exfoliating scrub and brush and use that in the shower once a day, go for a walk for between 30 and 60 minutes and I guarantee you'll lose some weight.
I do the walking as i walk my dogs for an hour each morning before work. I tried brekkie for 2 months, and put on weight ... so i stopped again.

I only had the choccie as i was bought a box of chocolates on sunday - and well, you have to eat them dont you

The crisps are a weakness though. I normally have one bag a day.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:29
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I try as best as possible to follow a low GI plan (IE I eat very small amounts of sweet things and have wholemeal carbs) BUT I haven't been so great at it lately!! I did however lose almost 3 stone on it a few years back and have been at my current weight ever since.

Breakfast: Wholemeal toast with low fat butter

Lunch (one of following): Soup with toasted cheese wholmeal sarnie / brown pasta salad / 2 slices of wholemeal toast and spaghetti hoops / chicken and coleslaw sarnie with brown bread

I will sometimes have a bag of Quavers if I am having a sarnie

Afternoon Snack: Yoghurt or Philly on crackers

Dinner: I have a normal dinner but with smaller portions and as I say I use brown rice or pasta instead of white and I have new potatoes or jackets as opposed to chips or baked spuds. So I have things like spag bol with salad / sweet & sour chicken with brown rice / chicken stir fry / chilli on jacket spud or with brown rice / marinanded chicken breast with new potatoes. I always try to serve dinner with a salad or some veg on the side too.

I don't deny myself anything (esp carbs!) but I do try to have the more healthy option of carb?

I did read your other thread and others have said its best to go to thr DR's and let them check you out Porky

Whoops - I didn't see 'the day before' part of the OP, mine wouldn't count anyway as I have a really bad gum infection so haven't been eating much at all....... So I've given you an average day!!
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:36
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I did read your other thread and others have said its best to go to thr DR's and let them check you out Porky
I thought i would see if i was just eating badly - hence the weight gain and the fact im getting older. Or whether it could be something else. I dont want to waste anyones time.

And looking at everyones food diaries so far, im a porker Porky and i should eat more fruit and veg Does an orange cream from the box of choccies count ?
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:38
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I thought i would see if i was just eating badly - hence the weight gain and the fact im getting older. Or whether it could be something else. I dont want to waste anyones time.

And looking at everyones food diaries so far, im a porker Porky and i should eat more fruit and veg Does an orange cream from the box of choccies count ?


Only at Christmas.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:42
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A typical day for me is (based upon yesterday):

Breakfast
A Banana

Lunch
Toast and a cup of tea

Dinner
Home made egg fried rice

A bit later
An apple, a kiwi and a clementine (normally 3 pieces of fruit after dinner along those lines)

And that's it - I rarely eat anything else in between, and am well aware that I don't eat enough in terms of calories.

Banana is good if you wish to eat some fruit but are worried it will leave you hungry. Funnily enough, eating most fruits makes me hungry. Oh yeah, fruit juice too.

Pamela, you forget it also counts on your birthday
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:43
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Don't eat breakfast.

Elevenses: Orange Juice and a bowl Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.

Lunch: Two apples, huge home made Turkey and Swiss cheese bloomer, Go Ahead bar.

Dinner: Pan fried salmon, noodles and veg stir fry.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:46
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Female, 28, 5ft 1in, 8st 4lbs

I try as best as possible to follow a low GI plan (IE I eat very small amounts of sweet things and have wholemeal carbs) BUT I haven't been so great at it lately!! I did however lose almost 3 stone on it a few years back and have been at my current weight ever since.

Breakfast: Wholemeal toast with low fat butter

Lunch (one of following): Soup with toasted cheese wholmeal sarnie / brown pasta salad / 2 slices of wholemeal toast and spaghetti hoops / chicken and coleslaw sarnie with brown bread

I will sometimes have a bag of Quavers if I am having a sarnie

Afternoon Snack: Yoghurt or Philly on crackers

Dinner: I have a normal dinner but with smaller portions and as I say I use brown rice or pasta instead of white and I have new potatoes or jackets as opposed to chips or baked spuds. So I have things like spag bol with salad / sweet & sour chicken with brown rice / chicken stir fry / chilli on jacket spud or with brown rice / marinanded chicken breast with new potatoes. I always try to serve dinner with a salad or some veg on the side too.

I don't deny myself anything (esp carbs!) but I do try to have the more healthy option of carb?

I did read your other thread and others have said its best to go to thr DR's and let them check you out Porky

Whoops - I didn't see 'the day before' part of the OP, mine wouldn't count anyway as I have a really bad gum infection so haven't been eating much at all....... So I've given you an average day!!
You forgot the wine.....
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:46
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Ah yes, birthdays too.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:49
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You forgot the wine.....
So did you

Wine is strictly for weekends (and Thursday's , and sometimes Wednesday's )
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:50
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You forgot the wine.....
Maybe i should of added alcohol too - as thats fattening isnt it.

yesterday i did have 2 glasses of vodka and coke. It was 'fat' coke too - not diet. Mainly because it was in, and i couldnt be arsed to go to the shop.
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:51
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Maybe i should of added alcohol too - as thats fattening isnt it.

yesterday i did have 2 glasses of vodka and coke. It was 'fat' coke too - not diet. Mainly because it was in, and i couldnt be arsed to go to the shop.
Bloody hell Porcupine, I could easily make you skinny. You'd be miserable but you'd be skinny!!
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:53
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Maybe i should of added alcohol too - as thats fattening isnt it.

yesterday i did have 2 glasses of vodka and coke. It was 'fat' coke too - not diet. Mainly because it was in, and i couldnt be arsed to go to the shop.
Alcohol is very fattening, again I try to use my 'lesser of the evils' rule. IE if I know I am going to drink alot I'll stick to vodka and diet coke.... although I must say I can get through a few bottles of wine a week (if I am out and about, I rarely drink when at home)
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Old 09-10-2008, 15:57
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Breakfast - I have 2 x shredded wheat with a banana on top with skimmed milk
Mid-morning - Satsuma
Lunch - Couscous Salad of some description
Afternoon - Apple
Dinner - Usually stir fry/ chilli / spag bol followed by a yoghurt. And also a bar of chocolate too.

Plus I do at least an hour's exercise every day.

I also use one of those online calorie counters so I can see exactly how much I am eating. I often have a blow out day on a Sunday where i stuff myself silly... I can then even it out throughout the week by not eating so many calories
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Old 09-10-2008, 16:04
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I'm not sure that I am terribly representative as I am 4.5 months pregnant so am putting on weight very rapidly indeed, but here is you go. (By the way, I am a 30-year-old woman.)

Breakfast - bowl of Cheerios with wheatgerm and semi-skimmed milk.
Lunch - bowl of homemade pasta e fagioli soup, bread roll, apple, single serving panna cotta
Snack - two tortillas with low fat crème fraîche (can I claim a pregnancy craving for that one? )
Dinner - homemade chilli with curly kale and basmati rice.

My diet could probably do with more fruit and veg and less dairy, but the milk in the morning really helped with my morning sickness, so I figure my body probably needs it at the moment. Before I got pregnant I was more likely to have a boiled egg and a slice of toast for breakfast and nothing sweet after lunch. Otherwise, not much has changed, to be honest.
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Old 09-10-2008, 16:17
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Male, 25, 6"2, probably about thirteen stone, although I haven't weighed myself since about April.

Breakfast: Two slices of white toast, tea with semi-skimmed milk and two sweeteners.

Lunch: Turkey salad sandwich, packet of crisps, orange, banana, apple.

Dinner: Prawn, pepper and pea risotto.

After dinner junk: 5 cookies, 3 slices of lemon cake, bowl of Frosted Wheats.

Could probably be a lot healthier if I cut out the after dinner junk (duh), but I run for about 45 minutes every day after work, and walk to and from work as well.
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Old 09-10-2008, 16:49
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Today so far...

Breakfast - Bowl of Crunchy Nut cornflakes

Lunch - Leek soup and a gammon roll.

Dinner tonight will probaly be a take away (I need to clean my house so the time I finish it will be too late to cook)

I think my major problem is Alcohol - I tend to sink quite a few bottles of vino and Vodka at the weekend
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Old 09-10-2008, 17:09
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brilliant thread!

i really couldn't tell you what i eat on a typical day, my life is quite hectic so it's never the same.

i am 23, female and weigh about 9st 5lb - 9st 7lb. i am 5'2.

breakfast: hot chocolate and a packet of rolos

lunch: tuna mayo on brown bread with sweetcorn, lettuce and cucumber (only ate half, wasn't hungry) bottle of water

dinner: will be having a chilled chicken tikka masala with basmati rice (ready made, goes in oven)

snack: a mini twirl

i am trying to lose a bit of weight, as you can tell, i am clearly not doing a very good job eating that crap
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Old 09-10-2008, 17:11
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Blimey there isn't much alcohol on this thread - Am I the only wino - I count is as part of my fruit allowance - all those grapes
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