Thread: Mel's Food Diary

Hi,

I have started to write everything down as I haven't been doing this yet. So I thought that I would share my diary with you all to keep me on track.

I am loosely following Rosemary Conley as I started off following her healthy eating plan about 8 years ago so I am used to it and know what I am doing as when I have not been pregnant I have maintained my weight in my goal range.

Anyone else following Rosemary Conley or counting calories?

I have started to fill in an online diary again which is here:

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJ...elissarobinson

June 13, 2006
Foods


Apple, raw ( 1 small (2-1/2" dia) (approx 4 per lb) ) 63
Complete Bran Flakes, Kellogg's (formerly 40% Bran Flakes, Kellogg's) ( 1 cup ) 128
Milk, cow's, fluid, 1% fat ( 10 fl oz ) 128
White potato, baked, peel eaten, fat not added in cooking ( 8 oz, raw, yields ) 199
Cheese, cottage, lowfat, low sodium ( 0.34 cup ) 55
Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing ( 3 cup ) 39
Salad dressing, low-calorie, NFS ( 3 tablespoon ) 62
Yogurt, fruit variety, nonfat milk, sweetened with low-calorie sweetener ( 0.9 6 oz container ) 77
Cheese, Tomato & Basil Tortelloni ( 150 gram ) 388
Snowpeas (pea pod), raw ( 1 cup, whole ) 26
Strawberry Fruit Split ( 2 serving ) 160
Total 1325

Activities

Time Spent Cals Burned
Aerobic, general 0:50 240
Total Calories Burned 240

How's it going Mel? That online diary is amazing! Think I will have a go with it too - anything to help eh? I'm following Rosemary Conley by the way. Not going to the classes just sticking with the diet. Are you attending the classes?

Just had a weekend off as my hubby is off work this week and we did lots of socializing as I worked really hard for the first half of the week I still lost weight this week, I was a bit surprised this morning but I am not complaining.

So I am back on track with todays food:

Banana, raw ( 1.5 small (6" to 6-7/8" long) ) 139
Carrots, cooked, from fresh, NS as to fat added in cooking ( 1 small (5-3/4" long or less) ) 31
Complete Bran Flakes, Kellogg's (formerly 40% Bran Flakes, Kellogg's) ( 1 cup ) 128
Ham, sliced, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat ( 2 very thin slice, shaved slice ) 55
Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing ( 2 cup ) 26
Milk, cow's, fluid, 1% fat ( 10 fl oz ) 128
Mushrooms, raw ( 1 cup, NFS ) 18
Salad dressing, low-calorie, NFS ( 1 tablespoon ) 21
Yogurt, fruit variety, nonfat milk, sweetened with low-calorie sweetener ( 1 6 oz container ) 86
Pear, raw ( 0.5 small pear (approx 3 per lb) ) 41
Peach, raw ( 0.5 small (2" dia) (approx 5 per lb) ) 17
Pork chop, NS as to cooking method, lean only eaten ( 1 medium (5.5 oz, with bone, raw) (yield after cooking, bone and fat removed) ) 169
White potato, roasted, fat not added in cooking ( 2 oz, raw, yields ) 48
Cauliflower, cooked, from fresh, fat not added in cooking ( 1 small head (4" dia) ) 59
Beans, string, green, cooked, from fresh, fat not added in cooking ( 1 cup, fresh ) 43
Gravy, mushroom ( 1 cup ) 64
Baked Alaska ( 0.5 Quantity not specified ) 127
Strawberries, raw ( 1 cup, NFS ) 46
Cocoa with nonfat dry milk and low calorie sweetener, mixture, water added ( 1.9 packet dry mix with 6 fl oz water ) 93

Total 1338

Hi miam,

I like the online diary as it also has reports that tell you if you are meeting all your targets for calcium / vit c etc. It gets quickier to fill in after you have been doing it for a while, there are better sites in the UK but this one is free.

I'm doing ok at the moment even tho I have just had 3 days off as I bought some new fitness dvds to motivate me and I have been tracking my food which keeps me on track.

I'm not going to Rosemary Conley classes, I would like to but my hubby's work shifts are not compatable with the class. I went to classes after my second son was born and really liked them but I didn't like the fact that I had to pay each week even if I didn't go as with family commitments I had to miss some.

Well the weekend off turned into a week and a half off.

I have had no self control as I have felt very tired which is my main trigger for over eating, but have been good today.

Fingers crossed for remaining the same when I weigh in tomorrow or to only have gained a pound.

Todays Food.

Oats, raw ( 0.6 cup ) 187
Ham, sliced, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat ( 2 very thin slice, shaved slice ) 55
Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing ( 4 cup ) 52
Milk, cow's, fluid, 1% fat ( 10 fl oz ) 128
Salad dressing, low-calorie, NFS ( 1 tablespoon ) 21
WW Cherry or Blackberry Fromage Frais ( 1 serving ) 64
Coleslaw dressing ( 1 tablespoon ) 61
Tomatoes, cooked, from canned, NS as to method ( 1 cup ) 46
Mushrooms, raw ( 1 cup, NFS ) 18
Pasta, cooked, corn-based, NS as to fat added in cooking ( 3 oz, dry, yields ) 264
Pepper, sweet, red, raw ( 0.5 small (5 per pound) ) 10
Pepper, sweet, green, raw ( 0.5 small (5 per pound) ) 10
Lentils, dry, cooked, fat not added in cooking ( 0.5 oz dry, yield after cooking ) 44
Gravy, mushroom ( 0.3 cup ) 19
Quorn Fillet ( 1 serving ) 47
Shape Yogurt - Strawberry/Raspberry ( 1 serving ) 55
Cheese, Cheddar or Colby, low sodium ( 0.5 slice (1 oz) ) 56
Strawberries, raw ( 7 oz yields ) 57
Blackcurrant Fruit Split ( 1 serving ) 72
Cocoa with nonfat dry milk and low calorie sweetener, mixture, water added ( 0.8 cup ) 50
Chocolate, milk, plain ( 2 miniature bar ) 72
Total 1386

I like Rosemary Conley classes too, especially when they were doing Salsa as the exercise element. But I would much rather do a 'proper' exercise class as I need something a bit more challenging.

I had a few days off the diet too - my brother has been visiting from England so I had a few more nibbles and glasses of wine than I would normally. Still lost a pound though which I am pleased with.

How have you got on the last few days?

I rushed my youngest son into hospital on Monday and we stayed in until yesterday afternoon so I lived on Chocolate and crisps from the nearest vending machine. So I am not looking forward to jumping on the scales on Monday morning.

We are back homeagain and my son is on the mend but he is still clingy - understandably and so is my daughter who is 18 months who I had to leave at home so she doesn't want to let me out of her site either so I'm not going to calorie count for a few days but try and eat properly.