I made porridge with half porridge oats , half tesco muesli , made with water and a sprinkle of salt with 3 chopped up dried apricots - oooh it was yummy :o)
dinner : shredded cabbage, grated carrot, tomato , cucumber and some savoury rice with 2 salad little new potatoes - I find if i have some rice /potatoes it stops me cheating later in the day.
handful of dried apricots and a couple of cashew nuts (not salted or roasted ).
a kiwi fruit
Only 2 cups of coffee - YAY pat myself on the back , I normally have about a dozen cups, all with sugar and milk.
does anyone out there know anything about nutrition , how am i doing ?
I am finding myself less hungry than i expected, not sure if it's the orlistat. I haven't had any of the bowel probs with it either.
I'm not sure how i'm doing for calorie intake, I haven't a clue if i'm losing weight , but i am losing tummy. I feel less tired. I feel really good that as yet i haven't cheated.
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those apricots are great for minerals , vitamins and fibre. Watch out for dried fruit quantities ... I go mad on them to get my sugar hit, but I try to remind myself how much the equivalent of fresh fruit would be and whether I'd knowingly eat that much.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are getting sensible quantities though.
How is your protein intake? Fish is great, especially the oily varieties. Excellent on vits, mins, healthy oils, for helping with depression, and healthy heart, etc. Tinned mackerel fillets in spring water are ideal for snacking, and sit on the shelf all the time just nicely!
You can add smoked mackerel fillets to quark (a fat free cheese) and make a mackerel pate which is delicious on high fibre ryvita.
I eat ryvita broken up in milk with raisons for breakfast (too often probably, as it is good to vary what you eat).
Another great breakfast is fat free fromage frais with fresh mango! You can also drop some oats in there.
If you want to make your own crunchy oat cereal ... soak oats and cinnamon (for example) in a bit of fruit juice then roast it slowly on a low heat, turning it periodically until it dries out. Then add dried fruits and some nuts (maybe, as they are quite high in fat but excellent in minerals, etc~). You can be sure there is no added rubbish and you can sprinkle it on top of yoghurt or fromage frais, and even use it as a crumble topping on stewed fruit. It can help you to avoid all those prefab cereals that are really bad for you because of the processing.
I think I'll put that in a post about ideas for breakfasts.
x
Comment from Mardi ....
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, for some reason google wont let me leave a comment on your looze
it site.
I know a wee bit about nutrition and I just want to tell you to up your
protein, if you are a veggie you need to have 80-100gm of protein per meal
things like
3/4 cup of oats
200gm natural low fat yoghurt
2 eggs
100gm tofu
100gm cheese
80-100gm beans/legumes
Hope this helps
Mardi
Oh and you really shouldn't have more than 2 average pieces of fruit a day
as they have a higher carb content than say raw carrots, celery. Cucumber
Cheers
Mardi
Yay for you! WIsh I was being as 'good'.
ReplyDeleteLizxx