instead of a burger, i ate...

just trying to shed some chub

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Whoops! I may have fallen off of my accountability wagon, but I didn't go too cray cray. I'm back, and ready to be strict with myself! Now I'm going to sit in the corner and think about what I've eaten!

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Day 3 - lunch Gluten free whole meal pasta 50g mushroom, carrots, peas, broccoli, spinach and pine nuts + 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and mixed herbs Approx calories: 310

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Day 3 - breakfast To celebrate the first day of Autumn I treated myself to a medium Starbucks pumpkin spice latte (with cream 😁) Approx calories: 360

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Day 2 - Dinner Whole grain rice and quinoa 110g, tuna, spinach and spring onion with 1/2 tablespoon of extra light mayonnaise. 1 bottle of sparkling water and 1 expresso for desert. Approx calories: 450

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Day 2 lunch Small banana & 1/2 pack sainsburys vegetable ramen noodles Approx calories: 365!!!! I'm so annoyed at myself for not planning lunch and I kind of ran out fuel so grabbed noodles.. Then I checked the calories for a pack and was horrified - I used to eat these like snacks! I could eat 2 together. So anyway, I halved the packet and feel as though I wasted my lunch on something that didn't fill me and was horrifically calorific! Bleugh!

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A Day In.. How I'm feeling

This morning I woke up feeling motivated! However, last night around 9pm I was just about ready to throw in the towel, hunger went from 0-100 real quick. This is some thing that has occurred every time I try to get on top of my eating. I just tried to distract myself, but it definitely was something I was super aware of. Not sure what the answer is to the late night cravings yet but hopefully it's a phase and I can train my brain into a better habit.

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Day 2 - breakfast 2 boiled eggs with one slice of granary bread Espresso and sparkling water Approx calories: 235

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Day 1 - Dinner Waitrose chicken and vegetable soup 1 slice of Hovis soft granary bread Bottle of carbonated water Approx calories: 365

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Day 1 - Lunch Crunchy nut porridge 30g Skimmed milk 60ml Approx calories: 340

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Day 1 - Breakfast 2 poached eggs, kale and spring onion (lightly fried with 1kal) 1 pint of water Approx calories: 175 cal Compared to my usual breakfast of 2 slices of toast slathered in butter, an okay start?!

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Some insight

Welcome! This is the beginning of something big for me. To those on the outside this is just another fat-so making a weight loss page, but for me it’s a tool to get control back of my body and life. Like most overweight people, I have struggled with my weight for a long time, and stayed at a weighty plateau. Recently I have noticed things going further in the wrong way, and I want to stop that, and turn it around all together. So seriousness aside now, this blog for me will be an incentive and give me accountability for my habits. 

I am going to be posting my meals, like the instagram filter loving girl I am.

I am going to post exercise that I have undertaken

I am going to post struggles that I have

but most importantly...

I am going to post how I gained control in my eating and lost weight and got my health back.

I thought about making this a private blog, but I think there are so many people like me out there going through the same thing, and maybe we can help one another?!

This should be fun! x