Tobi
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I could feel my trousers getting tighter and tighter recently but blamed it all on my never ending PMS and bloating, thanks to my PCOS. Finally plucked up the courage and I weighed myself this morning... OUCH!
After the horrific moment of finding out that I did not at all maintain the 2.5 stones I lost earlier this year but put on 3 stones instead, I decided to go on a "pre pre op diet" with immediate start - today being Monday is a sad coincidence
Since the beginning of this year I did manage to make a habit of drinking diet fizzy drinks etc, alcohol intake minimum and limited to special occasions, no sugar in my tea or coffee with a small amount of skimmed milk, fat free yogurts, diet desserts so I'll just carry on with that.
As starting a diet today wasn't planned, I will have to do the best I can and make low fat, low carb food choices and plan a bit better for tomorrow.
I will know what to do better once I have my consultation with my surgeon which I cannot book for the following few weeks due to work commitments but this doesn't mean I can't start dieting on my own meantime. I want to lower my BMI to 40s before my consultation to be in the lower risk group and I need to do that ASAP.
So here we go...
Breakfast:
Special K Red Berries with skimmed milk - 300 calories
(It was a large-ish bowl and since I'm at work, I couldn't weigh it. Just to be on the safe side, I'll double the calories of a regular serving of 45 grams of cereal and say this breakfast is 300kcal.)
Mid-morning snack:
Sunbites Cheddar and Caramelised Onion - 120 calories
Lunch:
Salad - 30 calories
1 cal caesar salad dressing, 15 sprays - 15 calories
1% fat roasted turkey breast chunks - 200 calories
Lunch total 245 calories
Afternoon snack:
Pineapple slices - 80 calories
Late Afternoon snack:
Muller Light fat free yogurt - 97 calories
Dinner:
Sainsbury's be good to yourself tomato & basil chicken - 372 calories
Dessert:
I'll have another Muller Light later so that's another 97 calories
Total calories today: 1311 kcal
I was hoping I would stay around 1200 calories but starting unprepared, it's not so bad. Plus everything I had was either fat free or low fat etc.
Fingers crossed it won't be too bad this time as I'm working towards a goal which will help me lose more and make it easier!
Tobi x
After the horrific moment of finding out that I did not at all maintain the 2.5 stones I lost earlier this year but put on 3 stones instead, I decided to go on a "pre pre op diet" with immediate start - today being Monday is a sad coincidence
Since the beginning of this year I did manage to make a habit of drinking diet fizzy drinks etc, alcohol intake minimum and limited to special occasions, no sugar in my tea or coffee with a small amount of skimmed milk, fat free yogurts, diet desserts so I'll just carry on with that.
As starting a diet today wasn't planned, I will have to do the best I can and make low fat, low carb food choices and plan a bit better for tomorrow.
I will know what to do better once I have my consultation with my surgeon which I cannot book for the following few weeks due to work commitments but this doesn't mean I can't start dieting on my own meantime. I want to lower my BMI to 40s before my consultation to be in the lower risk group and I need to do that ASAP.
So here we go...
Breakfast:
Special K Red Berries with skimmed milk - 300 calories
(It was a large-ish bowl and since I'm at work, I couldn't weigh it. Just to be on the safe side, I'll double the calories of a regular serving of 45 grams of cereal and say this breakfast is 300kcal.)
Mid-morning snack:
Sunbites Cheddar and Caramelised Onion - 120 calories
Lunch:
Salad - 30 calories
1 cal caesar salad dressing, 15 sprays - 15 calories
1% fat roasted turkey breast chunks - 200 calories
Lunch total 245 calories
Afternoon snack:
Pineapple slices - 80 calories
Late Afternoon snack:
Muller Light fat free yogurt - 97 calories
Dinner:
Sainsbury's be good to yourself tomato & basil chicken - 372 calories
Dessert:
I'll have another Muller Light later so that's another 97 calories
Total calories today: 1311 kcal
I was hoping I would stay around 1200 calories but starting unprepared, it's not so bad. Plus everything I had was either fat free or low fat etc.
Fingers crossed it won't be too bad this time as I'm working towards a goal which will help me lose more and make it easier!
Tobi x