Came in just right for most of my nutritional tracking, however a little over on the fats. It must have been the chicken pie although it was only the filling as I took off the pastry and didn't eat it. It was a home-made pie at a friend for lunch so I really guessed the calories and used the tracker to take a stab at it. It will not be as high in fat so maybe I was better than the report says!
I am getting stronger every day about not drinking alcohol and have my new drink instead - sparkling mineral water with Angostura bitters in it. Refreshing and pink! It also contributes to my water intake.
The one area I really need to improve is my vegetable intake. To that end I have stocked up on the green stuff! Broccoli, green beans, salad leaves, green yellow and red peppers, snap peas ~ and I am also growing my own organic spinach and lettuce, as well as various herbs. I made a delicious butternut and apple soup last night topped with snipped coriander leaves from my garden. Yum!
At present I am looking through as many recipe books which have calorie counts in them. Fortunately there are enough of them to last a good few months of meals and I take great delight in putting sticky notes on the pages with enticing recipes with the right number of calories. There are now many little colourful sticky papers encouraging me to cook good low calorie meals. I do so love to cook (and eat of course!) and to find delicious slimming recipes is a joy.
My sister turned me on to Rosemary Conley's Amazing Inch Loss Plan on which she has lost 5 kg in 3 1/2 weeks and oodles of inches. As suggested in the book, I have taken an unflattering picture of myself (ugh!) and also noted down my measurements. That was pretty scary actually. The diet is very low in fat which is really hard for me as I am not a really big fan of low fat. I believe we need it. I use mainly grapeseed and olive oil which are healthy oils and if I use butter it is a mere scraping. The calories in the first two weeks are only 1200 - although I am aiming at between 1200 and 1550. I am happy with that and I am losing.
It has taken me just over a week to get into this way of eating but I feel I am in it now. The afternoons are the worst part of the day as I feel really hungry around 4 or 5. If I have a protein shake/smoothie it becomes a little easier. I add psyllium husk, berries, a little yogurt, a scoop of protein powder and some ground flaxseed. I may also add a teaspoon of xylitol, although I have recently learned that too much of that can affect the kidneys, or was it the bladder?
Isn't it strange how one day a certain foodstuff is a good thing and the next someone discovers something negative about it. Like margarine and butter, or eggs and cholesterol. One year it is good and the next it is not. Our parents didn't know anything like what we know today and they survived! In fact my gran and grandpa lived to their 90s and they ate everything. Lamb chops with fat, chicken with skin, pastry rich pies, creamy desserts, cakes and cookies...and my gran could cook up a storm. The Sunday lunch table was a sight to behold. If you didn't eat all your food she would say that you didn't like it - and if there was nothing left on the table, she felt she hadn't cooked enough! You couldn't win:)
I look forward to tomorrow and a new recipe, and lots of veggies. Bring it on!
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