After about 9/10 months of doing NoS, I've decided to start a check-in, just to see if I'm really eating the way I think I am. When I started NoS, I decided to forgo the check-in thing, cuz I used to do that and note down calories in my pre-NoS days and I hated that, but this is different so here goes.
Yesterday..Monday..
Breakfast: green tea + orange
Lunch: bread bun with roast pork inside+ red apple
Dinner: one grilled sausage, roasted sweet potatoes and boiled cabbage...was yum, opted to have one sausage instead of two, after seeing the calories...yikes.. the sweet potatoes filled me up anyway so I didn't feel like I was depriving myself by having one sausage instead of two. Finished off with one juicy red apple.
Exercise: went to gym..20 minutes cross-training, 20 minutes jogging on treadmill, and 100 situps
Went to salsa class as well, so that's more exercise.
Good day overall.
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Tuesday:
Breakfast: green tea+ banana+ orange
Lunch: sausage bread bun + apple
Dinner: rice + 'fragrant chicken' curry+ watermelon (yummy!)
Funny stuff: had three love hearts when offered by someone..dunno how many cals they are..but they're sooo teeny ( like mints)I don't think they count. Also had a diet cola..but diet soda is my only vice and i only have one or two 500ml bottles every two weeks, so I don't count that as an S.
Exercise: none
Breakfast: green tea+ banana+ orange
Lunch: sausage bread bun + apple
Dinner: rice + 'fragrant chicken' curry+ watermelon (yummy!)
Funny stuff: had three love hearts when offered by someone..dunno how many cals they are..but they're sooo teeny ( like mints)I don't think they count. Also had a diet cola..but diet soda is my only vice and i only have one or two 500ml bottles every two weeks, so I don't count that as an S.
Exercise: none
Wednesday:
Breakfast: watermelon+ green tea
Lunch: glass of milk+ one large bowl of cereal ( I like my cereal dry!) + 1 banana
Dinner: Stir fried noodles with prawns and lots of veg+ watermelon again
Baked my friend's birthday cake but resisted eating bits as I went along. We're giving her the cake today so I'll probably have a slice.
Exercise: 1 and a half hours salsa class
Breakfast: watermelon+ green tea
Lunch: glass of milk+ one large bowl of cereal ( I like my cereal dry!) + 1 banana
Dinner: Stir fried noodles with prawns and lots of veg+ watermelon again
Baked my friend's birthday cake but resisted eating bits as I went along. We're giving her the cake today so I'll probably have a slice.
Exercise: 1 and a half hours salsa class
Thursday: took an S-day
Breakfast: green tea+ 1 banana and few slices of watermelon
Lunch: medium portion of french fries ( last day of placement so had fries from greasy chip shop down the road).
Snack: one teeny slice of birthday cake
Dinner: two slices of homemade veggie pizza and some boiled cabbage
Drinks: two glasses of wine, 7 vodka redbulls. Definitely screwed up glass ceiling but at least I was keeping track of how much I was drinking, so I think that's a good start.
There's some birthday cake left over today which I'm going to resist.
Breakfast: green tea+ 1 banana and few slices of watermelon
Lunch: medium portion of french fries ( last day of placement so had fries from greasy chip shop down the road).
Snack: one teeny slice of birthday cake
Dinner: two slices of homemade veggie pizza and some boiled cabbage
Drinks: two glasses of wine, 7 vodka redbulls. Definitely screwed up glass ceiling but at least I was keeping track of how much I was drinking, so I think that's a good start.
There's some birthday cake left over today which I'm going to resist.
Had sorta a crazy weekend NoS-wise, but I went away to visit a friend over a weekend so it was kinda a mini-holiday, so im not stressing over it. Plus thats what S weekends are for!
Friday
breakfast: sardine sandwich (hungover food)
lunch: instant noodles
Dinner: salad+ one slice of quiche+slice of ham+ boiled egg+ chicken drumstick
hot cross bun ( had to do some virtual plating, and they barely have any sugar in them, so i'm not counting this as an S).
Half a bottle of rose wine
SUCCESS
Saturday
Breakfast: cereal without milk + coffee
Lunch (on a beach!): sandwich roll with coleslaw, ham and cheese, coke zero, 1 banana, two mini chocolate bits
Snack: one scoop of ice cream + cone
Dinner : at nice Italian place..starter of mozzeralla bread+ seafood risotto (yum), half a bottle of white wine.
Drinks: 1 mojito+ 1 cosmo+ two vodka cokes..
Post-going out snack: fries+ 1 piece fried chicken+ two cadbury creme eggs+ half of a large chocolate egg
I'm glad there's no failure option for S-days, because in retrospect, I'm slightly disgusted by how much I ate, but I have to tell myself to NOT feel guilty about it.
SUNDAY
Breakfast: cup of tea
Lunch: sunday roast.. roast lamb+roast potatoes+ carrots+ broccoli
Snack: Dorset cream tea.. cup of tea + scone+ jam+clotted cream ( in this gorgeous seaside town called Swannage!)
Dinner: cheese on toast
Dessert: streudel+ice cream
ate rest of chocolate egg, cuz I thought there was no point keeping such a teeny bit of chocolate to tempt me in the house all weekend..so polished it off.
All in all, one of my crazier weekends, but at least I wasn't continuously binging out of guilt all weekend ( apart from that post-alcohol binging episode).
It's a bit scary and embarrassing to admit all my food habits online, I have to say...
Friday
breakfast: sardine sandwich (hungover food)
lunch: instant noodles
Dinner: salad+ one slice of quiche+slice of ham+ boiled egg+ chicken drumstick
hot cross bun ( had to do some virtual plating, and they barely have any sugar in them, so i'm not counting this as an S).
Half a bottle of rose wine
SUCCESS
Saturday
Breakfast: cereal without milk + coffee
Lunch (on a beach!): sandwich roll with coleslaw, ham and cheese, coke zero, 1 banana, two mini chocolate bits
Snack: one scoop of ice cream + cone
Dinner : at nice Italian place..starter of mozzeralla bread+ seafood risotto (yum), half a bottle of white wine.
Drinks: 1 mojito+ 1 cosmo+ two vodka cokes..
Post-going out snack: fries+ 1 piece fried chicken+ two cadbury creme eggs+ half of a large chocolate egg
I'm glad there's no failure option for S-days, because in retrospect, I'm slightly disgusted by how much I ate, but I have to tell myself to NOT feel guilty about it.
SUNDAY
Breakfast: cup of tea
Lunch: sunday roast.. roast lamb+roast potatoes+ carrots+ broccoli
Snack: Dorset cream tea.. cup of tea + scone+ jam+clotted cream ( in this gorgeous seaside town called Swannage!)
Dinner: cheese on toast
Dessert: streudel+ice cream
ate rest of chocolate egg, cuz I thought there was no point keeping such a teeny bit of chocolate to tempt me in the house all weekend..so polished it off.
All in all, one of my crazier weekends, but at least I wasn't continuously binging out of guilt all weekend ( apart from that post-alcohol binging episode).
It's a bit scary and embarrassing to admit all my food habits online, I have to say...
TUESDAY
Breakfast: green tea+ box of raisins
coffee
Lunch: big bowl of granola+ orange
Dinner: rice+ stir fry with chicken, cabbage, mushrooms, courgettes+ red apple
Exercise: twenty minutes treadmill+ twenty minutes cross training+ 100 situps
It's Easter break over here and all my housemates have gone home, but I'm still around as we only get one week off and I don't live locally enough to justify flying back
I know a few other people who haven't gone home but can't really call them up cuz I've got lots of revision to do for finals which are next week. So this loneliness coupled with the boredom of being alone, is making me want to eat/snack. I have to keep telling myself it's only a week........
Breakfast: green tea+ box of raisins
coffee
Lunch: big bowl of granola+ orange
Dinner: rice+ stir fry with chicken, cabbage, mushrooms, courgettes+ red apple
Exercise: twenty minutes treadmill+ twenty minutes cross training+ 100 situps
It's Easter break over here and all my housemates have gone home, but I'm still around as we only get one week off and I don't live locally enough to justify flying back
I know a few other people who haven't gone home but can't really call them up cuz I've got lots of revision to do for finals which are next week. So this loneliness coupled with the boredom of being alone, is making me want to eat/snack. I have to keep telling myself it's only a week........Wednesday:
breakfast: granola without milk+ green tea
Lunch: rice+ leftover stir fry
Dinner: chicken curry with naan bread+ 1 glass of wine
1 glass of wine later in evening
Exercise: twenty minutes treadmill+ twenty minutes cross training
Keep getting these random urges to snack out of boredom...but managing well so far. go me!
breakfast: granola without milk+ green tea
Lunch: rice+ leftover stir fry
Dinner: chicken curry with naan bread+ 1 glass of wine
1 glass of wine later in evening
Exercise: twenty minutes treadmill+ twenty minutes cross training
Keep getting these random urges to snack out of boredom...but managing well so far. go me!
Thursday:Breakfast: tea+ naan bread
Lunch: Fiorentina pizza from Pizza Express
cup of skinny latte
Dinner: granola + glass of wine ( weird dinner i know but i was not too hungry after the pizza)
I finished the whole pizza..felt a bit guilty but on the other hand, I was meeting an old friend for lunch, and I didn't break any NoS rules so I guess I shouldnt feel guilty at all. This is what I love about NoS, normally having that whole pizza would make me come home, feel guilty, and binge on whatever was in the house, but now I can come home, appreciate how full I am, and have a lighter dinner.
Exercise: none apart from walking round the shops
Lunch: Fiorentina pizza from Pizza Express
cup of skinny latte
Dinner: granola + glass of wine ( weird dinner i know but i was not too hungry after the pizza)
I finished the whole pizza..felt a bit guilty but on the other hand, I was meeting an old friend for lunch, and I didn't break any NoS rules so I guess I shouldnt feel guilty at all. This is what I love about NoS, normally having that whole pizza would make me come home, feel guilty, and binge on whatever was in the house, but now I can come home, appreciate how full I am, and have a lighter dinner.
Exercise: none apart from walking round the shops
Friday...
Breakfast: granola+ green tea
cup of skinny latte
Lunch: chicken curry+ two slices of bread ( i like dipping bread into the curry sauce..yummy!) + grapes+ lemonade
now it all goes a bit weird cuz i had this craving for more granola ( dunno why)
Snack/Dinner: granola+ apple
I had this around 4pm then skipped dinner, so im counting the day as a success as the granola ended up being my dinner, and still stuck to 3 meals. Normally the granola 'snack' at 4pm would have triggered off a binge but I knew it would still be ok if I skipped dinner ( was too full anyway)...so I didn't do a guilty binge. I love NoS!!
Breakfast: granola+ green tea
cup of skinny latte
Lunch: chicken curry+ two slices of bread ( i like dipping bread into the curry sauce..yummy!) + grapes+ lemonade
now it all goes a bit weird cuz i had this craving for more granola ( dunno why)
Snack/Dinner: granola+ apple
I had this around 4pm then skipped dinner, so im counting the day as a success as the granola ended up being my dinner, and still stuck to 3 meals. Normally the granola 'snack' at 4pm would have triggered off a binge but I knew it would still be ok if I skipped dinner ( was too full anyway)...so I didn't do a guilty binge. I love NoS!!
SATURDAY:
Brunch: noodles+ green tea
Skinny latte
Dinner: one sausage+ fried egg+ couscous
Dessert: one slice of chocolate cake and small scoop of chocolate ice cream
SUNDAY:
Breakfast: sardine sandwich
Snack: bowl of granola
Lunch: bacon sandwich
Dinner: scampi+ french fries+ steamed vegetables
Dessert: one slice of carrot cake+ small piece of chocolate
Late snack: one bowl of granola ( this sometimes happens to me, late sunday night panicking about the week ahead)
Brunch: noodles+ green tea
Skinny latte
Dinner: one sausage+ fried egg+ couscous
Dessert: one slice of chocolate cake and small scoop of chocolate ice cream
SUNDAY:
Breakfast: sardine sandwich
Snack: bowl of granola
Lunch: bacon sandwich
Dinner: scampi+ french fries+ steamed vegetables
Dessert: one slice of carrot cake+ small piece of chocolate
Late snack: one bowl of granola ( this sometimes happens to me, late sunday night panicking about the week ahead)
Weds
Breakfast: green tea+ granola cut with bran flakes
Lunch: medium portion of fries ( bad i know)
Dinner: went out for indian. Poppadom+ 3 onion bhajis+ half paratha+ half lamb curry. Starter was included in the meal but did some virtual plating and was so full that only had half of my main course.
2 glasses of rose wine.
Exercise: none, been really bad on the exercise front. Going to gym today.
I'm going to cut down on my skinny latte because although low calorie, its still more calorific than my normal coffee. So im lettign myself have one a day.
I normally only have fruit for breakfast and all this granola is making my pants get tighter. Stepping on the scale tomorrow and scared of how much weight ive gained!
Breakfast: green tea+ granola cut with bran flakes
Lunch: medium portion of fries ( bad i know)
Dinner: went out for indian. Poppadom+ 3 onion bhajis+ half paratha+ half lamb curry. Starter was included in the meal but did some virtual plating and was so full that only had half of my main course.
2 glasses of rose wine.
Exercise: none, been really bad on the exercise front. Going to gym today.
I'm going to cut down on my skinny latte because although low calorie, its still more calorific than my normal coffee. So im lettign myself have one a day.
I normally only have fruit for breakfast and all this granola is making my pants get tighter. Stepping on the scale tomorrow and scared of how much weight ive gained!
Friday
Br: green tea+ granola
Lunch: granola again
Dinner: thai stir fry noodles with chicken and veg
strawberries+ blueberry yogurt
Feel really bloated..dunno if ive gained lots of weight over the last two days or its just cuz im on my period but I've got a dinner party to go to today and i look pregnant in my dress!
Br: green tea+ granola
Lunch: granola again
Dinner: thai stir fry noodles with chicken and veg
strawberries+ blueberry yogurt
Feel really bloated..dunno if ive gained lots of weight over the last two days or its just cuz im on my period but I've got a dinner party to go to today and i look pregnant in my dress!
Saturday
2 S's: 'buffet' snack after dinner..at friend's birthday..this was at around 9 pm, but didn't eat that much..one piece of fried chicken, one teeny slice of pizza, a sausage roll, and a samosa..no seconds..had less dinner because i knew i was going to be eating this
very small slice of birthday cake
Sunday:
bit of a disaster
4 S's in total
1. snack of kit-kat bar at 4
2. scone with jam
3. ice cream+ banana for dessert
4. munched on some cereal after dinner
feel really disgusting now.
Gym on sat morning. no exercise on sunday.
2 S's: 'buffet' snack after dinner..at friend's birthday..this was at around 9 pm, but didn't eat that much..one piece of fried chicken, one teeny slice of pizza, a sausage roll, and a samosa..no seconds..had less dinner because i knew i was going to be eating this
very small slice of birthday cake
Sunday:
bit of a disaster
4 S's in total
1. snack of kit-kat bar at 4
2. scone with jam
3. ice cream+ banana for dessert
4. munched on some cereal after dinner
feel really disgusting now.
Gym on sat morning. no exercise on sunday.
back for summer..as I've been backsliding a bit.
Yesterday..thursday.
Breakfast: milk tea+ one fried dough stick+ half a biscuit
Glass of apple juice
Lunch: 2/3rd portion of chicken bake+ one small chinese bread bun
Strawberries
Glass of apple juice
Cup of milk tea with condensed milk and sugar
Dinner: fried rice+ chilli con carne+ half a biscuit
Strawberries and mangoes
Glass of diet coke
Yesterday..thursday.
Breakfast: milk tea+ one fried dough stick+ half a biscuit
Glass of apple juice
Lunch: 2/3rd portion of chicken bake+ one small chinese bread bun
Strawberries
Glass of apple juice
Cup of milk tea with condensed milk and sugar
Dinner: fried rice+ chilli con carne+ half a biscuit
Strawberries and mangoes
Glass of diet coke
Had two very idiotic S days. I thought I'd gotten this S weekend thing under control but coming home from college has thrown my eating habits into disarray again. I keep telling myself that at least my N days are okay so I'm going to focus on that aspect now.
Sunday night..actually felt like I was going to throw up after dinner, although didn't eat that much..had a snack at 5 pm and felt full before dinner..had a large-ish dinner and lots of fruit afterwards and felt really bad. Never again. Maybe NoS is reducing the capacity of my stomach..
Monday
Breakfast: grape nuts+ milk
Lunch: bowl of watermelon and few slices of mango
Dinner: fried rice+ stir fried veg. Watermelo+ seven strawberries
Exercise: one hour walking
Sunday night..actually felt like I was going to throw up after dinner, although didn't eat that much..had a snack at 5 pm and felt full before dinner..had a large-ish dinner and lots of fruit afterwards and felt really bad. Never again. Maybe NoS is reducing the capacity of my stomach..
Monday
Breakfast: grape nuts+ milk
Lunch: bowl of watermelon and few slices of mango
Dinner: fried rice+ stir fried veg. Watermelo+ seven strawberries
Exercise: one hour walking
majorly screwed up.
Breakfast: milk+ samosa
Lunch: noodle salad
Now here comes the 'precipitator' bit...my aunt made these biscuits fresh out the oven and told me to try one..they were teeny..smaller than the size of my fist..and she would have been offended if I'd said no and couldnt even use the excuse "im too full" because they were soo small..i told myself i would virtual plate..
so...cheese biscuit
Dinner: noodle salad+ watermelon
My mom served me a really huge portion for dinner and again couldn't say no because it's my favorite dish and she made if especially for me. Told myself I would skip fruit. Then I had a huge bowl of watermelon and felt really guilty so ended up binging with lots of cereal eaten right out the box, two mini packs of oreos, about three spoonfuls of pudding.....
ugh feel disgusting now. This is the first time in three months Ive binged on an N day. And just because of that one small biscuit.
so BIG RED
Breakfast: milk+ samosa
Lunch: noodle salad
Now here comes the 'precipitator' bit...my aunt made these biscuits fresh out the oven and told me to try one..they were teeny..smaller than the size of my fist..and she would have been offended if I'd said no and couldnt even use the excuse "im too full" because they were soo small..i told myself i would virtual plate..
so...cheese biscuit
Dinner: noodle salad+ watermelon
My mom served me a really huge portion for dinner and again couldn't say no because it's my favorite dish and she made if especially for me. Told myself I would skip fruit. Then I had a huge bowl of watermelon and felt really guilty so ended up binging with lots of cereal eaten right out the box, two mini packs of oreos, about three spoonfuls of pudding.....
ugh feel disgusting now. This is the first time in three months Ive binged on an N day. And just because of that one small biscuit.
so BIG RED
I've been tremendously backsliding. I now have 4 red days this month which is one of the most I've had recently..as I try to keep my red days to 2 a month maximum.
I was going to start afresh today but my housemate's mom bought a chocolate cake from this amazing bakery so I decided it would be a) rude to refuse and b) I wanted to eat it as it wasn't an everyday thing. I am still giving myself a red for it though.
Starting from tomorrow I'm going to try and get to 21 days again.
Rest of today was okay. Managed to limit myself to that one slice of chocolate cake and that hasn't triggered a binge which I am quite proud of.
I was going to start afresh today but my housemate's mom bought a chocolate cake from this amazing bakery so I decided it would be a) rude to refuse and b) I wanted to eat it as it wasn't an everyday thing. I am still giving myself a red for it though.
Starting from tomorrow I'm going to try and get to 21 days again.
Rest of today was okay. Managed to limit myself to that one slice of chocolate cake and that hasn't triggered a binge which I am quite proud of.
Okay I'm going to start doing a regular check in because of a recent mod to my NoS. Instead of having N days and S days, I'm going to give myself seven S-events a week and use them as it goes along.
I'm going to post my S events on here to keep track of it, instead of using a conventional habitcal.
My week starts on Monday so since it's Saturday now I have two S-events to use...today's and tomorrow's.
I'm going to post my S events on here to keep track of it, instead of using a conventional habitcal.
My week starts on Monday so since it's Saturday now I have two S-events to use...today's and tomorrow's.
Saturday: No S-events. Was going to have dessert after dinner but was too full and by the time I remembered later it was 11 so went to bed instead.
Sunday: slice of amazing lemon cake given to us by housemate's mom.
Might have dessert after dinner as I still have my S event from yesterday. Or maybe I'll save it for the following week. Who knows? I'm liking my new mod.
EDIT: Dessert after dinner: jelly, fruit and ice cream
Sunday: slice of amazing lemon cake given to us by housemate's mom.
Might have dessert after dinner as I still have my S event from yesterday. Or maybe I'll save it for the following week. Who knows? I'm liking my new mod.
EDIT: Dessert after dinner: jelly, fruit and ice cream
Bump. I'm back.
Decided to start NoS again due to recent weight-gain. Made this decision after lunch, so lunch wasn't great.
Lunch: bbq chicken, bacon and caramelized onion baguette. Apple. Small slice of strawberry cake.
Then got bored after lunch and there was some leftover pizza lying around so...
One slice of veg pizza then a cereal bar.
One starbucks flat white.
Dinner will prob be couscous with salad and a yogurt.
Decided to start NoS again due to recent weight-gain. Made this decision after lunch, so lunch wasn't great.
Lunch: bbq chicken, bacon and caramelized onion baguette. Apple. Small slice of strawberry cake.
Then got bored after lunch and there was some leftover pizza lying around so...
One slice of veg pizza then a cereal bar.
One starbucks flat white.
Dinner will prob be couscous with salad and a yogurt.
back again.
Lunch: hummus salad, grapes
Dinner: chicken currry with rice.
S: chocolate creme egg and some leftover easter chocolate. Need to stop eating easter chocolate
Tomorrow is my friend's birthday so plan to limit S to one slice of cake.
N day strategies: if I screw up, limit the screw up to ONE and distract myself like brush my teeth or listen to a song
Lunch: hummus salad, grapes
Dinner: chicken currry with rice.
S: chocolate creme egg and some leftover easter chocolate. Need to stop eating easter chocolate
Tomorrow is my friend's birthday so plan to limit S to one slice of cake.
N day strategies: if I screw up, limit the screw up to ONE and distract myself like brush my teeth or listen to a song
mods I have come up with to make me stick to this better.
Still allowed a green if pre-declared S day (e.g. birthdays) and S limited to one
Allowed a green for 'accidental' S's (e.g. someone offers me food and I accept it before I realize its an N day, or someone wont take no for an answer). again limited to ONE
to avoid fudging during lunch on N days (normally packed sandwich/fruit/cereal bar etc), anything outside what I have infront of me when I start eating is an S. ( can't go buy chips after lunch and try and pass it off as part of my meal)
Still allowed a green if pre-declared S day (e.g. birthdays) and S limited to one
Allowed a green for 'accidental' S's (e.g. someone offers me food and I accept it before I realize its an N day, or someone wont take no for an answer). again limited to ONE
to avoid fudging during lunch on N days (normally packed sandwich/fruit/cereal bar etc), anything outside what I have infront of me when I start eating is an S. ( can't go buy chips after lunch and try and pass it off as part of my meal)
Further mod: allowed GREEN on weekends provided I stick to an afternoon snack and an evening snack.
Today
Lunch: sandwich buffet sort of thing, only had 1 plate
Sugar-free ribena
Dinner: one dish chinese takeaway + second serving
Chocolate cake for friend's birthday
One glass of red wine
One cup of coffee
RED
Today
Lunch: sandwich buffet sort of thing, only had 1 plate
Sugar-free ribena
Dinner: one dish chinese takeaway + second serving
Chocolate cake for friend's birthday
One glass of red wine
One cup of coffee
RED
Breakfast: PB+ J sandwich (day old)
Lunch: leftover chinese takeaway
Snack: cereal bar. one cup espresso chocolate
Dinner: chilli con carne and rice
Dessert: ice cream drizzled with syrup
I ate too much dinner and feel a bit stuffed. next time i'll stop eating when im full regardless of how good it is.
Lunch: leftover chinese takeaway
Snack: cereal bar. one cup espresso chocolate
Dinner: chilli con carne and rice
Dessert: ice cream drizzled with syrup
I ate too much dinner and feel a bit stuffed. next time i'll stop eating when im full regardless of how good it is.
breakfast: toast and peanut butter. Green tea
Lunch: chicken salad with olives, roast peppers, few pistachio nuts, lettuce, tomato etc. Dressing on the side ( i didn't make this!)
about 1 L of water sipped during day
One can sugar free Red Bull
Dinner: pasta in tomato sauce with mushrooms, peppers, and chicken
One can diet coke
I need to quit my diet coke habit.
I think after years and years of twiddling with NoS, I've finally gotten the whole one plate thing. I used to have 'healthy' desserts after lunch and dinner like pot of yogurt, fruit bowl etc thinking it didn't count because it was healthy.
Now I've realized that at the end of the day, a calorie is a calorie. If I'm overeating by 100 calories a day, this can still lead to a 6 pound gain in 6 months ( which is what happened to me). Now if I want fruit and yogurt, I'll have it for breakfast.
I'm not going to rigidly start counting calories but be more aware of them. I think I've greatly abused NoS in the past by eating the unhealthiest foods on N days like fries, chips, huge baguettes for lunch, etc then binged on the weekends just because I could. I need to start being more responsible for what I put in my mouth.
Lunch: chicken salad with olives, roast peppers, few pistachio nuts, lettuce, tomato etc. Dressing on the side ( i didn't make this!)
about 1 L of water sipped during day
One can sugar free Red Bull
Dinner: pasta in tomato sauce with mushrooms, peppers, and chicken
One can diet coke
I need to quit my diet coke habit.
I think after years and years of twiddling with NoS, I've finally gotten the whole one plate thing. I used to have 'healthy' desserts after lunch and dinner like pot of yogurt, fruit bowl etc thinking it didn't count because it was healthy.
Now I've realized that at the end of the day, a calorie is a calorie. If I'm overeating by 100 calories a day, this can still lead to a 6 pound gain in 6 months ( which is what happened to me). Now if I want fruit and yogurt, I'll have it for breakfast.
I'm not going to rigidly start counting calories but be more aware of them. I think I've greatly abused NoS in the past by eating the unhealthiest foods on N days like fries, chips, huge baguettes for lunch, etc then binged on the weekends just because I could. I need to start being more responsible for what I put in my mouth.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal with water, splash of milk, one tbsp PB and drizzle of golden syrup.
Found out that one tablespoon (15ml) of golden syrup has 80 calories!!
So now I'm allowed to have PB or golden syrup not both.
Lunch: Starbucks: Iced americano with sugar free hazelnut, falafel panini (342 calories, good choice if you're ever at the bucks..tasty too)
1 bottle water sipped throughout day
Dinner: Bernard Matthews southern fried chicken fillet (282 calories and you get a really big-sized fillet), half a baked potato, 1 tbsp coleslaw, salad.
Sugar-free squash and water.
Cup of green tea.
Managed to avoid the diet coke today yay.
Found out that one tablespoon (15ml) of golden syrup has 80 calories!!
So now I'm allowed to have PB or golden syrup not both.
Lunch: Starbucks: Iced americano with sugar free hazelnut, falafel panini (342 calories, good choice if you're ever at the bucks..tasty too)
1 bottle water sipped throughout day
Dinner: Bernard Matthews southern fried chicken fillet (282 calories and you get a really big-sized fillet), half a baked potato, 1 tbsp coleslaw, salad.
Sugar-free squash and water.
Cup of green tea.
Managed to avoid the diet coke today yay.