Food Blog Day 8

Hello everyone, had a fairly busy few days although one day was just chilling. So late putting them up but I was thinking we also need to make some time for ourselves.

So, Day 8 was weigh-in which I was pretty chuffed out. You can find the results in one of the other blogs called Weigh-in….

Breakfast – Fruit Loaf with Butter

Quick, easy breakfast!

2 slices Fruit Loaf with 10g Lurpak slightly salted butter

277 Calories; 11.4g Fat; 4.1g Saturated Fat; 37.4g Carbohydrates; 0g Natural Sugar and 14.6g Added Sugars; 2g Fibre; 6.1g Protein and 0.35g Salt

Morning Snack – Ham, Plum Tomatoes and Cheese Triangles

3 Slices Ham (76g), 2 Light Laughing Cow Cheese Triangles and 100g Plum Tomatoes

152 Calories; 4.4g Fat; 2.3g Saturated Fat; 6.6g Carbohydrates; 3.1g Natural Sugar and 3.4g Added Sugars; 1g Fibre; 20.3g Protein and 2.21g Salt

Lunch – Quiche with Vegetables and Tomato Ketchup

1/4 Ready Made Sainsburys Ham and Cheese Quiche, 1 Pack of Steamfresh Vegatables and 10g Tomato Sauce

376 Calories; 20.1g Fat; 8.9g Saturated Fat; 31.7g Carbohydrates; 5.9g Natural Sugar and 4.3g Added Sugars; 6.2g Fibre; 13.7g Protein and 0.51g Salt

Afternoon Snack – Canadian Maple Syrup Oat Bar

1 Nature Valley Wholegrain Oat Bar

192 Calories; 7.2g Fat; 1.1g Saturated Fat; 27.1g Carbohydrates; 0g Natural Sugar and 11.8g Added Sugars; 2.6g Fibre; 3.3g Protein and 0.31g Salt

Evening Meal – Jacket Potato with Cheese and Salad Cream plus a Clementine

2 Jacket Potatoes (220g), 30g West Country Cheddar Cheese, 15g Heinz Salad Cream and 1 Clementine

372 Calories; 15.1g Fat; 7g Saturated Fat; 47.3g Carbohydrates; 8.8g Natural Sugar and 3.1g Added Sugars; 5.3g Fibre; 12g Protein and 0.83g Salt

Evening Snack or shall I say Treat: Sweet Waffle with Bubblegum Ice-cream

This was my Ultimate treat after losing 5 3/4 pounds the first week of new outlook and healthier lifestyle!

1 Ready Made Sweet Waffle with 95g Bubble Gum Flavoured Ice-cream

447 Calories; 21.6g Fat; 13.4g Saturated Fat; 57.1g Carbohydrates; 0g Natural Sugar and 38.5g Added Sugars; 0g Fibre; 8.4g Protein and 1g Salt

Drinks – 3 Cups of Tea with 35mls of Full Fat Milk each, 3 Cups of Green Peppermint Tea and 1 Litre of Water

69 Calories; 3.6g Fat; 2.4g Saturated Fat; 4.8g Carbohydrates; 4.8g Natural Sugar and 0g Added Sugars; 0g Fibre; 3.3g Protein and 0.12g Salt

Day 8 Nutritional Totals

1885 Calories; 83.4g Fat; 39.2g Saturated Fat; 212g Carbohydrates; 22.6g Natural Sugar and 75.7g Added Sugars; 17.1g Fibre; 67.1g Protein and 5.33g Salt

Day 8 Nutritional Breakdown (Green = Met / Yellow = Over or Under by 10% and Red = This needs lookin at!)

1885 Calories (Recommended 1750) Over by 135 or 7.7%

83.4g Fat (Recommended 68g daily) Over by 15.4g or 22.6%

39.2g Saturated Fat (Recommended 19g daily) Over by 20.2g or 106%! Needs serious work…. Damn that blasted treat (LOL)

212g Carbohydrates (Should be 175g to 204g daily) Over by 8g or 2.9%

22.6g Natural Sugars and 75.7g Added Sugars (Should be up to 46g for a 1750 calorie lifestyle) Over by 64.5% – See, Ice-cream as a treat is my Kryptonite!

17.1g Fibre (Recommended 23g to 70g Max a day) Under by 5.9g or 25.7%

67.1g Protein (Should be 97.5g a day) Under by 30.4g or 31.2%

5.33g Salt (Recommended around 5 to 7g max) Actually got one!

So, above looks like a car getting stuck at a load of Red Traffic Lights and stuck in traffic…. That treat really put me under. Guess a lot more effort is needed for Day 9 if I can as I did so well on Week 1 and do not want to be falling off the bandwagon. It shows you that just by having an extra sweet treat what it does to your nutritional content for the day!

How is anyone else getting on with their lifestyle changes? Feel free to comment below.

Write soon (during the day sometime for Food Blogs Day 9 and 10 and more coming this week on nutrition….)

Hansi xx

What’s Coming in this Blog…

So, at present for Week 1, I have been concentrating on my Food Blog as you may be aware of.

Week 2, I am hoping to start writing a few blog posts about the different nutritional breakdown components of food like I do in my food blog.

Week 3, I will start to look more at the mindset as well.

Week 4, I will explore one avenue of spirituality on healing the soul.

Hope this gives you an insight to what will be coming as and when I get time.

Hansi xx

Food Blog for Day 3 – Quite Impressed with Myself!

So, it is getting easier to eat smaller portions I think and today was the Superbowl so I had a lie-in until 12pm and a later night the night before so I could eat during the Superbowl. I am shocked that I didn’t cave in really except having 1 luxury chocolate and I am impressed as I thought I would which shows me that I am definitely in a better mindset than I have ever been before on doing a lifestyle change. I think this honestly has an impact on whether someone is going to cave in or not.

Breakfast – Beans on Toast (again – might as well use up the tin)

1 piece of small seeded bread with 150g Baked Beans

Breakfast Nutrition: 225 calories; 4g Fat; 1.2g Saturated Fat; 32g Carbohydrates; 10.3g Sugars: 4.4g Fibre; 11.8g Protein and 1.5g Sodium

Morning Snack – Plum Tomatoes with Cheese Triangle and Red Grapes with a Babybel

This is a nice refreshing snack – sweet and savoury and creamy altogether!

80g Plum Tomatoes, 1 Light Cheese Triangle, 1 Light Babybel and 54g of Red Grapes

Morning Snack Nutrition: 146 calories; 5g Fat; 3.3g Saturated Fat; 13.3g Carbohydrates; 13.3g Sugars: 1.4g Fibre; 11.5g Protein and 0.73g Sodium

Lunch – Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff and Wholemeal Rice

Home-made Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff with Wholemeal Rice

Lunch Nutrition: 514 calories; 21.3g Fat; 15.1g Saturated Fat; 40.3g Carbohydrates; 5.4g Sugars: 3.9g Fibre; 36.2g Protein and 5.77g Sodium

This was really nice and got the thumbs up from the other half who said it was very enjoyable! Think I may start doing recipes at some point if I have some interest as I basically adapted a higher calorie version from 2 mushroom stroganoff recipes to create my own. I can probably get the salt and fat content down as well as I play around with this recipe in the near future.

Let me know in comments if anyone is interested! I had a third of this as well so could have had less but it tasted sooo good! While him indoors had two-thirds – if a man likes it, it must be good, that or his just used to my random recipes! I also had this as a lunch meal as it was dinner time for my darling beloved.

Afternoon Snack (Start of Superbowl Talking) – Toast with Honey

2 slices of small seeded bread with 2 tsp of honey and a cup of tea!

Afternoon Snack Nutrition: 307 calories; 6.2g Fat; 1.6g Saturated Fat; 53g Carbohydrates; 22.4g Sugars: 3.6g Fibre; 7.3g Protein and 0.74g Sodium

Good snack for keeping body awake for Superbowl!

Evening Meal – Sweet Potato with Coleslaw and Mixed Salad Leaves

184g Sweet Potato, side plate of Florette Mixed Salad Leaves and 50g coleslaw

Evening Meal Nutrition: 242 calories; 6.9g Fat; 1.2g Saturated Fat; 40.5g Carbohydrates; 11.1g Sugars: 7.8g Fibre; 4.1g Protein and 0.38g Sodium

Evening Snack – A Lemon Cheesecake Chocolate and Almond Milk Hot Chocolate

1 Hotel Chocolat Lemon Cheesecake Chocolate (Yes, I actually only had 1) and a Hot Chocolate made with 250ml Almond Milk and 15g Hot Chocolate powder. Also had a cup of tea between the evening meal and snack so calories are included.

Evening Meal Nutrition: 163 calories; 11.4g Fat; 4.9g Saturated Fat; 10.3g Carbohydrates; 9.4g Sugars: 1.2g Fibre; 3.6g Protein and 0.43g Sodium

It was the Superbowl and I had a craving for ice-cream but no, I decided on a luxury chocolate which I literally spent ages eating to savour it! It probably saved about 200 calories compared to a mini tub of ice-cream too!

Day 3’s Total Nutriton

Calories – 1597 (Recommended up to 1750) Yay – On track!

Fat – 54.8 grams (Recommended up to 68g) Yay – On track!

Saturated Fat – 27.3grams (Recommended up to 19g) This one is sooo hard to stay within! So was 8.3 grams over or 43% over.

Carbohydrates – 189.4 grams (Recommended 175 to 204 grams) – Yay – On Track!

Sugars – 71.9 grams (Recommended ) This one was bound to be over with my luxury chocolate but hey ho – it could have been a lot worse!

Fibre – 22.3 grams (Recommended 23g) So more aless spot on!

Protein – 74.5 grams (Recommended 97 grams) Under again, but I thought I had a reasonable amount – is this why people take protein powder?? Will have to eat more ham or something!

Salt – 9.55 grams (Recommended 5 – 7g max) Yes, I know – it is bad – try harder tomorrow!

Quite happy with what I have done for Day 3 – but need to watch out for Salt and Saturated Fats!

How are you doing?

Hansi xx