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Nir
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Posted: 19 February 2007 09:39 am |
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Sunday
Cooked some green lentils (breaking the endless yellow-split-pea / marrowfat-pea cycle).
Mum drove me to the car boot sale where I spent £4 to repair the puncture I got in Wolverhampton. Also got (yet another) spare bike, an unresistable bargain (£10) but it isn't ridable as it needs a new inner tube (the bike guy ran out so we couldn't fix it there and then).
Mum took the unridable bike in her car and I, mobile once more  , cycled to NETTO (which isn't too far away from the carboot) to get a large cabbage for 39p (one of the few things that are cheaper there than elsewhere). Also got a packet of sage-and-onion-stuffing-mix, even though I recognised it would be refined grain and hence nutrient density 2. It cost 26p. Just fancied it (haven't had stuffing since New Year's Eve). I prepared the stuffing using the microwave - though it would have probably been tastier if I used the grill or the oven.
Before shops shut at 4pm I walked over to Sainsbury's and got some runner-beans and brussel-sprouts at good prices. Waitrose had some Quorn slices. Mum called from ASDA to ask if I wanted some ox-liver and a ready-meal of chicken breast, veg, salsa and tangelini pasta (the meal was down from £2.88 to 10p). I did. Mum brought over the shopping, and with both bikes indoors I now have 3 bikes in my home (though only one is in a rideable condition). I guess I want to safeguard against being stranded without transportation options!
The pasta was white (yet another refined grain). I spiced it and heated it under the grill until crisp (slightly burnt in places, oops). Portioned and froze most of the liver and Quorn (but had all of the chicken breast - explaining the high animal / protein count for the day).
Workout was Body Step and Body Pump (45 minutes each) - felt great.
spicy-potato-wedges pear green-lentils celery brazil-nut sage-onion-stuffing(113+57+51+57+57+113+154=602) cabbage veg(pepper zuccini onion) salsa chicken-breast<117> runner-beans brussel-sprouts tangelini(147) Quorn-ham-slices ox-liver<26> grapes
Totals: 2000, 117.5g protein. Animals 117+26=143 (7.2%). Rubbish 602+147=749 (37.5%). 892 is 44.6%. Refined grain (stuffing and pasta) has let me down today.
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Nir
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Posted: 20 February 2007 11:54 am |
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Monday
Cycled to Bletchley (now a novelty) for my First Aid course. Claire (from my Aerobics course) was there - otherwise everyone else was 17-19 and somewhat noisy. I guess I'm old if I think that! I passed the practical and verbal exams, I hope I did ok on the written paper (will find out in 2 weeks).
Bought flaxseeds on sale. Eyed up the 59p ice-cream at FarmFoods but didn't buy. Got my free drinks at IKEA (including a calorific hot chocolate) but luckily they had no samples out. Got reduced carrots and bread at ASDA [IKEA and ASDA are no longer on my daily route as I have no reason to go to Bletchley]. Made the gym for a Body Step class. Instructor Kim who remembers me from my first gym asked me (wearing her microphone) whether I passed my instructor course, so anyone over-hearing would now know about that.
Out of nowhere Sainsbury's suddenly discovered they had 26 heads of broccoli to sell (10p each). They were not there 80 minutes earlier. I bought the lot - the next few days will have more broccoli and less legumes in lue of vegetable protein!
My small fridge is now full. In fact there are 2 heads of broccoli outside the fridge, as there is no room for them. Too early to turn on the other fridge but if I have a couple more lucky shopping trips like this, I'll be alright. There was too much shopping to sort and I was a bit tired so I skipped Salsa. Apparently I didn't miss much though.
brussel-sprouts pear green-lentils sf-jello(25) TVP cabbage Quorn peanuts IKEA:hot-chocolate(100) celery Sainsbury's-sample:blue-cheese<28> beetroot ox-liver<50> broccoli wholewheat-bread raisins
Totals: 2000 calories, protein 102.8g. Animals 28+50=78 (3.9%). Rubbish 25+100=125 (6.3%). 203 is 10.2%.
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Nir
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Posted: 21 February 2007 11:05 am |
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Tuesday
Blood test for Iron at Doctor's. Blood test for glucose at pharmacy (random - 7.6 mmol which isn't a good result but they didn't tell me it would be best not to eat 2 hours beforehand). Blood pressure 124/76 (I think). 30 minute Bosu class. Got strawberries for £1 - weighed 817g which isn't exactly cheap, I guess I was treating myself. Nap. Body Pump class. Was thinking about increasing calories to 2100 (I don't seem to be gaining on 2000). Wasn't sure. Finally the food made the decision for me (which isn't clever).
broccoli pear cabbage peanuts soup(84) strawberries green-lentils quorn brazil-nuts cocoa-powder wholewheat-bread
Totals: 2100 calories, 109.6g protein. Rubbish: 84. 84 is 4.0%
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amazon
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Posted: 21 February 2007 03:51 pm |
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A Thai buffet lunch for £5, with a twist - it is all vegeterian, all the meat and seafood is made from shaped Soya. It was mostly healthy food, and I had plenty of salad. However I'm sure some oil was used in some of the cooking, and there would have been some refined flour too (in the dim sum, pancakes, noodles and rice, no doubt).
Would this be the Chi Vegan Noodle bar in St Martin's Lane?
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Nir
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Posted: 21 February 2007 04:17 pm |
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It is on a side-streat just off Totenham Court Road, possibly Percy Street. Red frontage, possibly just says 'Thai Buffet' in large letters, but I could be wrong.
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Nir
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Posted: 22 February 2007 01:54 pm |
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Wednesday
Attended first encounter of a numeracy course. There are just 5 people on this course. The instructor is a disillusioned ex-accountant.
Mum delivered some uncooked animal products that had been sitting in her freezer for a while (chicken breasts, sea bass and tuna) which she decided not to risk eating (more for me). I cooked them, divided into 50-calorie portions for freezing and ate the sub-50 remainder of each.
A new mobile phone has arrived, but so far I've left it in its box and I'll continue to use the old handset.
My sister has apparently twister her ankle, or worse. She can't actually leave her flat at the moment, so we are concerned. If she calls an ambulance they'll probably have to break gates and doors to get through to her and she'll be liable to her landlord for their repair. We hope she'll get well enough to hobble out before she runs out of food etc.
Felt lazy and decided to skip gym but made myself go bargain-shopping and as I was already all dressed and a hop away I crossed the road and did Body Combat anyway(which was fantastic, as always), picking up some strawberries and brussel-sprouts on the way home.
peanuts broccoli green-lentils pear cabbage brazil-nuts grapes pineapple carrot orange chicken-breast<29> spicy-potato-wedges sea-bass<15> tuna<6> 4-leaf-prepackaged-salad sunflower-seeds strawberries brussel-sprouts
Totals: 2100, 105.2g protein. Animals 29+15+6=50. 50 is 2.4%
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Nir
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Posted: 23 February 2007 02:50 am |
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Thursday
Morning lie-in, missing the Body Pump class (but I'm booked on the afternoon Pump anyhow).
Signed Nash into my gym using a Guest Pass. I did Body Pump, Abs and Bosu. Nash joined me on the Body Pump and Bosu classes. His technique was less than perfect (to be expected) and his endurance was also lacking (for someone priding themselves in having a gruelling 3-hours-of-martial-arts-per-week). Finally dipped myself in the swimming pool (after being in this gym for almost 4 weeks - about time!). I'm not a great swimmer - most people can swim circles around me - but I was still 30% faster than Nash. I'm such a competitive sod :-)
wholewheat-bread grapes sf-jello(25+25) crunchy-4-leaf-salad broccoli spicy-potato-wedges pear peanuts pig-kidney<50> carrot orange celery runner-beans cocoa-powder salmon<50> shreddies.
Totals: 2100 calories, 102.2g protein. Animals 50+50=100 (4.8%). Rubbish 25+25=50 (2.4%). 150 is 7.1%.
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Nir
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Posted: 24 February 2007 04:09 am |
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Friday
Today had a 'therapy' theme. Made the counsellor for the first time in 3 weeks [one week college was closed due to snow, the next week was half-term] and OvereatersAnonymous for the first time in 4 weeks [missed it once due to stolen bike, once due to salsa party and once due to a flat tyre]. Counselling spotlighted less-than-perfect relationships with sister and mother. Suggestion that I may be supressing emotions. Suggestion that my compulsive traits may relate to this.
Gym rest day (the first one since last Friday - I guess Fridays lend themselves to being rest days - the only class I would want to do is at the same time as my morning counselling session).
Yesterday mum tipped me off that various fruit and vegetables are half-price at LIDL so I popped there on the way to counselling, picking up a banana, sweet potato, cabbage, swede, melon, beetroot and pears (would have gotten more but there's a limit to how much I can carry on my back). On the way back from OA I snapped some reduced produce at Sainsbury's - little gem lettuce, sliced runner beans, brussel-sprouts and a vegetable mix (with baby corn). Also got the rest of OA's semi-skimmed milk container.
I've sorted today's food list by total calories - I guess it tells more of a story. Peanuts lead with a wide margin (32% of calories come from peanuts, providing 30.5g protein). Evidently I've had one kilo of both pears (fresh - almost all of today's purchase. I really like pears) and broccoli (cooked - still working through Monday's broccoli heads. providing 30.9g protein).
peanuts(672) pear(410) broccoli(239) sweet-potato(130) spicy-potato-wedges(98) carrot(90) banana(90) milk-semi-skimmed<89> brussel-sprouts(83) ox-liver<50> sea-bass<50> mix(baby-corn mange-tout carrot)(43) honeydew-melon(35) brazil-nut(21)
Totals: 2100 calories, 105.1g protein. Veg=683(318 of which is starchy-veg), Fruit=535, Nut=693. Animals: 89+50+50=189. 189 is 9.0%.
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Nir
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Posted: 25 February 2007 03:45 am |
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Saturday
morning workouts: Body Combat, Body Pump.
I've been feeling down today. I guess it started when somebody said something upsetting (no, I'm not planning to elaborate). Perhaps they have a point. Action is required by me. It feels like a chore. I've procrastinated and done nothing on that front [spending much of the day reading CPH diaries instead]. Probably related but not obviously so is that I'm now feeling "what's the point of my life?" i.e. I cannot see purpose, focus, direction. It just seems like survival.
A friend asked if I wanted to go for a drink, so I spent 3 hours in their company. They suggested I take up a new hobby etc.
Bargain-hunting at Sainsbury's yielded 16 bananas for 60p (majority made it to freezer, in 50-calorie portions), runner beans for 15p and a 'medeteranian salad' for 15p (consumed secretely while in pub). [I've obviously been reading too much of Jane's diary, as I now also have a kilo bag of Muesli = 57p]
11.35am: 11.1g Sainsbury's-sample:sausage<33>
12.25pm: 212ml semi-skimmed milk<106>
18.41pm: 3.6g Sainsbury's-sample:double-chocolate-chip-cookie(18)
12am: 28ml semi-skimmed milk<14>
Totals: 2100 calories, 104.9g protein. Animals 153. Rubbish 18. 171 is 8.1%.
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Nir
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Posted: 25 February 2007 02:38 pm |
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Ok, I'm finally fully caught up with the  forums again. [Well technically I'm caught up with everything except Turbo Jamming Crazy! which there is no hope I'll ever penetrate. That would be someone's full time job. No wonder the participants have no time to post in any other forum topics.]
I guess I need to find some other task to use for the purpose of procrastination.
Today is my 6th day at 2100 calories. I was doing 2000 calories for a while and there was no clear downward trend with my weight. So I was seriously thinking about reducing to 1900. So I decided to increase to 2100 instead - because there was also no clear upwards trend. It feels as though those Body Pump and other weight-training sessions are wasted if I'm not gaining muscle, and until my weight starts increasing I'm clearly taking too few calories for that. It really feels like I'm "brave" for risking that many calories. It shouldn't, but it does.
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Nir
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Posted: 26 February 2007 03:03 am |
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Sunday
I skipped the gym and did very little. Spent lots of time eating and preparing foods, for time-wasting purposes (e.g. having a bit of every vegetable I have in the fridge and every fruit I have in the freezer). At around 3.20pm I cycled to Sainsbury's and Waitrose for some bargains (and mum got me some stuff at ASDA). Got ripe bananas, tofu sausages, turkey ham, wholewheat bread, haddock and cherry tomatos.
I made chocolate milk with cocoa-powder, a couple of artificial sweetner pills dissolved in a bit of boiling water and the semi-skimmed milk I took home from the Overeaters Anonymous meeting.
Working out that raw cabbage has more protein than cooked cabbage (per calorie, that is), but put off by the cabbage toughness, I shreaded some in the food processor to make it more managable to eat.
Had both onion and garlic (raw - uncooked). The garlic made me think "this is 'too spicy'". Never had that reaction to garlic before.
The majority of non-produce calories were derived from wholewheat bread. I'm trying to finish the loaf I bought last week for 10p before starting on the next loaf. I cannot imagine a cheaper way to ingest 'healthy' calories than reduced-price wholewheat bread - but only if I eat the bread rathe than throw it away. (The non-reduced-price winner of the title is rolled oats, incidentally).
Yesterday I was doing the 5-distinct-meals-per-day model. Today I was feeding in calories: by time 't' (e.g. 2.36pm is t=14.6) I should aim to have have consumed (t-10)*150 calories (up to a maximum of 2100 for the day - I got active around 10am).
Small fridge is only half-full and contains just {celery, cabbage, beetroot, onion, potato, carrot} (I guess these are the most economic vegetables at the moment - notice that most of them are 'starchy'), but freezer is ridiculously stuffed and needs emptying. Always a good idea to have some room in the freezer to accomodate unexpected bargains.
10.45am 193ml semi-skimmed milk<97>
1.55pm 250ml sf-jello(25)
3.30pm 27g Sainsbury's-sample:roasted-chicken-thigh<70>
5.10pm 17g turkey-ham<17>
6pm 51g haddock<50>
Totals: 2100 calories, 105.6g protein. Animals 97+70+17+50=234 (11.1%). Rubbish 25 (1.2%). 259 is 12.3%.
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Nir
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Posted: 27 February 2007 12:41 pm |
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Monday
Stopped procrastinating long enough to have a clothes washing day. Cycled over to mum with a 3.5kg load, which she returned to me washed (and still dripping wet) later in the afternoon.
Workouts: Core (with a swiss ball), Bosu (with a bosu), Body Step (with a step).
Fantastic post-workout bargains at Sainsbury's, as I hit the shop at just the right time. Spent £3.05 and got 6 shopping bags, over 20kg of produce. Had to use a trolley to get it home. Had to switch the Big Fridge on again - which has got to be good news (it has been resting for a month - now it is half full).
Food projects: home-made chocolate milk; grated raw white cabbage; 'humous' made from marrowfat peas (instead of chick peas); opened jars of gherkins and pickled onions to increase variety of vegetables; chocolate-flavoured-grated-carrot; fruit from tins: pineapple (ok), 'fruit coctail' (tasteless); stir-fry (from freezer); finally finished last week's bread; aubergine(=eggplant) microwaved-and-food-processed into 'dip'; brussel-sprouts - microwaved and food-processed into a dip too!
Animals: semi-skimmed-milk(52) tuna-steak(50) Sainsbury's-sample:cheese(24) Sainsbury's-sample:salami(65) =191 (9.1%).
Rubbish: sf-jello(25) Sainsbury's-sample:stuffed-vine-leaves-oilly(19) =44 (2.1%).
Totals: 2100 calories, 104.2g protein. 235 is 11.2%
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Ella Luka
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Posted: 1 March 2007 02:45 am |
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Nir wrote: Monday
Stopped procrastinating long enough to have a clothes washing day. Cycled over to mum with a 3.5kg load, which she returned to me washed (and still dripping wet) later in the afternoon.
You weigh your clothes too? ::giggle: You're too cute!
Don't forget to let us know how the muscle building is going! I'm interested in seeing some measurements if you can get around to it.
By the way, Hummus rocks! If anyone ever has a chance to make it, you should! It's awesome with dipped pumpernickel bread and is an awesome source of fiber as well as lots of protein mmmmm mmm
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Nir
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Posted: 1 March 2007 04:17 pm |
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Ella Luka, I'm still trying to get the hang of how much washing is too much or too little for mum's washing machine [plus if it is a heavy load I want to feel sorry for myself for lugging it on my back ]
I've never done any measurements (other than weight and body fat % - and I guess I know I get into 28" waist trousers). I am currently slowly increasing my calories (recently up to 2100 - in a few weeks I may increase it further) and if my weight increases I shall (hopefully) not panic  , because it should be muscle. HOWEVER my last Hypertrophy workout (larger weights, low reps) was January 29th. Since then all my workouts were group exercise classes (which I love  ). Some cardio and some (Body Pump, Bosu etc) are muscular endurance. I'm still hoping for a gain but I know that this is not the most effective way of achieving it.
My excuse for doing exercise classes instead of hypertrophy workouts is that I enjoy them more and also that my endurance (as opposed to strength) clearly suffered from a 4.5-month absence from classes - but when I get weight gains I'll be very concerned that they are muscle gains and not fat gains, and may start doing more hypertrophy stuff just to cover myself.
I love the way that I have total control over home-made Hummus and can make it low-calorie.
Tuesday
I love dates and I wanted to eat some for breakfast. To maintain my protein intake at 19.7% of calorie I needed some lean protein for balance. Breakfast therefore consisted of dates, chicken breast and TVP.
Mum called to say that spring greens were cheap at Sainsbury's. I don't normally bother in the morning (bargains are usually an evening thing). I got 10 packets, the total was 50p. She then drove me to LIDL where I spent £3 more on their special-offer vegetables. I was cheerfully able to announce that I have now got a full large fridge (that's two full fridges: a small one, a large one - and a full large freezer too). Things can turn around so quickly.
I was due to have the first Spin class in almost 6 months (there is usually another class I want to do at the same time as spin - Tuesday is the exception) but the instructor was no-show. The anti-climax was so very familiar from my days at my first gym. I hope this won't be a common feature. It did take them a whole month to disappoint me. The second class, Body Pump, was running as scheduled.
post-workout bargains were an organic butternut squash (19p) and beef-kidneys (12p/100g). Made more 'marrowfat hummus' and balanced it with banana and pears
Animals: chicken-breast(50) semi-skimmed-milk(104) beef-kidney(79) =233.
Totals: 2100 calories, 103.2g protein. 233 is 11.1%
Wednesday
Had to get my breakfast in quickly before departing for the numeracy course. I prepared my breakfast (spring greens, prepackaged salad, marrowfat pea 'hummus', butternut squash) but didn't have time to eat most of it until the break (around 11pm - oops). A couple of people complained that my food was strong-smelling. Huh?
I then carried on to counselling (rescheduled from Friday to Wednesday - just for this week) and then was on college computers for an hour. Bottom line: at 3pm I had to quickly catch up on calories. 271 calories from peanuts came to the rescue. Got home and was busy for a bit and then had just half an hour (4pm-4.30pm) to increase my calorie total from 840 to 1296 (that's 456 calories): spring greens, chick pea hummus, banana, cocoa-powder, semi-skimmed milk.
Workout was a Bosu class (I was having the "I'm tired, really don't want to be here" feeling AND I was only using 2kg handweights instead of 3kg) - followed by Body Combat. Bargain was blueberries (2 x 10p) and bumped into friend Tracy and walked home together as her home is same direction as mine.
I was left with 804 calories for the day. Got back home and had an eating session from 9.08pm till 10.55pm. I had:
73g onion(microwaved)
218g blueberries
250g sf-jello
53g banana(frozen)
49g turkey-ham(frozen,microwaved)
401g brussel-sprouts(microwaved,food-processed)
192g spicy-potato-wedges(microwaved)
530g spring-greens(microwaved,food-processed)
158g banana(frozen)
4g peanuts
Notice that the food was heavy in places, weigheing a total of 1928g (fruit 429g, veg 1196g).
The reason I worked out the food weights is because I felt uncomfortably stuffed after the meal (and during the night, and maybe even the following morning).
Animals: semi-skimmed-milk(88) turkey-ham(50) =138 (6.6%)
Rubbish: sf-jello(25) =25 (1.2%)
Totals: 2100 calories, 103.5g protein. 163 is 7.8%.
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Nir
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Posted: 2 March 2007 04:08 am |
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Thursday
Main food theme was fruit-and-lean-protein, eating low-protein food and balancing with high-protein sources (animals, TVP and high-protein vegetables).
Got grapes, cantelope melons and cauliflower at the market (£3). I notice I'm a bit more willing to spend the cash than in the recent past. Workouts were Body Step and Body Pump. (The pump instructor mentioned afterwards that I was the only one in the class to actually smile.)
With sliced bread, have you noticed that the end-pieces weigh more than the regular slices? I started a new loaf today and the end-slice was 167 calories. I usually have my toast plain but today I had it with 'chocolate-spread' (2.5g cocoa powder, 3 x 0.001 kcal artificial sweetners, a tiny bit of boiling water) = 8 calories.
TVP chocolate pudding: despite being 'savoury flavour', the TVP still doesn't object to being sweetened. Take 30g of dried TVP, sprinkle teaspoon of cocoa powder on top and three artificial sweetner pills. Cover with cold water. Put in microwave for 90 seconds (to boil off the water). Stir with spoon. 107 calories / 14.7g protein.
It is often said that mashed cauliflower is just like mashed potatos. Today, for the first time, I actually experienced this. I cooked the head-of-cauliflower for long enough (about 14 minutes) and then showed some patience, letting the food processor do its job. Yummy. (625 grams.) Cantelope melon cubes - 400 grams.
I'm getting some intermittant back pain, out of no-where. Ouch!
Going to bed after 1am when I have early morning gym classes. Not clever.
Animals: chicken-breast(50) haddock(50) weight-watchers-mature-cheddar(50) =150
Totals: 2100 calories, 103.6g protein. 150 is 7.1%
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collegestudent
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Posted: 2 March 2007 04:31 am |
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Hey Nir -
Do you grind the TVP first? I'd imagine there's like thick chunks of TVP in the pudding otherwise. I am looking for lowfat chocolate options. It is my one addiction =)
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Nir
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Posted: 2 March 2007 11:32 am |
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my TVP is reasonably uniform - about 2mm across for the largest pieces, small enough for me. [I have seen 'chunky' versions that are like '10mm cubes' if not larger - but have never bought].
By using artificial sweetners with cocoa powder I get a versatile syrup/sauce that goes with almost anything (or a chocolate drink).
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Nir
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Posted: 3 March 2007 09:01 am |
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Friday
Workouts: Abs/Butt; Body Step. (I don't normally get a chance to do these as they conflict with my counselling).
Market bargains: cherry tomatos (9 x 250g -> £1) aubergines (4 -> £1). Actually I don't think the market bargains are getting any better - I'm probably just more willing to spend some cash on produce at the moment.
At Boots pharmacy they had free samples of 'ellactiva calcium chew'. According to the website, these toffee sweets are just 25 calories each. (It also says you shouldn't eat more than 3 a day - each one has 400mg of calcium). I had a couple (50 calories). Part of me thinks I should write them in the 'rubbish' section - I would have eaten these sweets even if they were not calcium-enriched, surely!
They remind us that "OA is not a diet or calories club" but several people consistently share that they haven't lost any weight for a while [and all they are doing for themselves is restricting eating to mealtimes and avoiding trigger-foods: not necessarily watching portion sizes, counting calories or making healthier or lower-calorie choices]. And you are not allowed to cross-share! That is definitely putting some strain on me, eating me from the inside that unless they address their nutrition they may well be unable to reach their goals because their fight against over-eating is distracting them from getting some basic nutrition education. Arghh! Oh. A couple of people collected their "2-months-of-abstinence" chips and I was jelous. That would have been me if it wasn't for my ugly eating at the buffet on February 13th! I'm still waiting for a convenient opportunity to claim a one-month chip.
Nash called from his car and I couldn't hear him (he was just using his mobile phone on 'speaker', held quite a distance away) so I asked him to call me when he got home. A while later I tried him at home and found the phone engaged. My thought process: I'm the only person who would consider calling him when he is out (as I get minutes with my mobile phone) but when he is home there are other people he would rather call so I fall down the list. I challenged him about this [saying he would call, but going ahead and calling someone else] and he said the other party called him. That would certainly be a convenient way out for him, but I suspect it is a lie he made up and thought he could get away with. Not the first time he's used such a line. I'm sure it all sounds petty to anyone reading this! I got back to him in two ways: for the brief conversation to establish why I was annoyed, I actually picked up the phone when it rang rather than calling him back, therefore causing him to be charged 10p for the call [which I'm sure hurt!] and for the next 2.5 hours I ignored the multiple (10?) calls to my home and mobile phones. If he is that reliant on me for phone company, perhaps he should prioritise me over those other people, who ultimately are not willing to stay on the phone all evening chatting to him? Anyhow, I just thought I'd embarass myself here by showing how petty I can get. There's every chance I'll be speaking to Nash as if nothing happened tomorrow, and this will be the only record of this blip. [Yes, Nash knows I keep a diary here, but he doesn't like reading anything so I think we're safe!]
I may be eating healthy foods rather than bingeing on chocolate and junk foods, but am I eating excessively? do the quantities I eat mean that I am over-eating? How about the _time_ I spend preparing and eating the food - is that excessive? Here are my 'heavier solid foods' for the day:
200g salad, 538g cantelope, 325g spring greens, 157g grapes, 477g cherry tomatos, 271g aubergine, 100g grapes, 362g cauliflower, 138g grapes, 100g soft-cheese, 328g grapes, 100g soft-cheese, 303g grapes, 240g cantelope, 240g cherry tomatos, 444g cantelope, 211g banana [Totals: 4534 grams, 4.5 kilos, or 10 pounds]
( Incidentally, look at this experiment 'The Evolution Diet' (eating 5kg of fruit+veg per day) ht tp://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/healthy/evodiet.shtml )
Today was a fruit day: I wanted to eat fruit and I wasn't afraid to use some animal products to supplement my protein intake to enable me to meet my protein range and still have the fruit. [and the skimmed milk was obtained from OA.]
Animals: beef-kidney(50) Sainsbury's:yogurt(22) soft-cheese(66+66) semi-skimmed-milk(119) =323
Rubbish: Waitrose:cookie(9) =9
Totals: 2100 calories, 102.8g protein. 332 is 15.8%.
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Nir
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Posted: 3 March 2007 11:17 am |
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Saturday
Breakfast: 233g cherry tomatos, 277g cantelope melon, 200g salad, 364g spring greens, 33g chicken breast, 158g banana. (1265 grams, 404 calories, 25.1g protein)
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 3 March 2007 05:35 pm |
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Nir wrote: Friday
Nash called from his car and I couldn't hear him (he was just using his mobile phone on 'speaker', held quite a distance away) so I asked him to call me when he got home. A while later I tried him at home and found the phone engaged. My thought process: I'm the only person who would consider calling him when he is out (as I get minutes with my mobile phone) but when he is home there are other people he would rather call so I fall down the list. I challenged him about this [saying he would call, but going ahead and calling someone else] and he said the other party called him. That would certainly be a convenient way out for him, but I suspect it is a lie he made up and thought he could get away with. Not the first time he's used such a line. I'm sure it all sounds petty to anyone reading this! I got back to him in two ways: for the brief conversation to establish why I was annoyed, I actually picked up the phone when it rang rather than calling him back, therefore causing him to be charged 10p for the call [which I'm sure hurt!] and for the next 2.5 hours I ignored the multiple (10?) calls to my home and mobile phones. If he is that reliant on me for phone company, perhaps he should prioritise me over those other people, who ultimately are not willing to stay on the phone all evening chatting to him? Anyhow, I just thought I'd embarass myself here by showing how petty I can get. There's every chance I'll be speaking to Nash as if nothing happened tomorrow, and this will be the only record of this blip. [Yes, Nash knows I keep a diary here, but he doesn't like reading anything so I think we're safe!]
Wow, this sounds like the way I would think! Lol. Maybe it is petty, but it still hurts. But this sounds like exactly the way I would react  
I really want some cantalope! Or...that other kind of melon that I can never remember what it is called. But Mom says they aren't in season and they won't be any good  Hurry up summer!
Thanks for your PM's!
clar
Last edited on 3 March 2007 05:37 pm by clarinetgurl
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ObsessedwithFitness
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Posted: 3 March 2007 05:44 pm |
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| You are not alone. It may be petty but I am sure you are right. If you feel Nash is lying, he probably is. Go with your gut instinct. I am sorry it hurts your feelings, Nir. I know how you feel. I have a "friend" (I am questioning WHY I am still her friend) who only calls me when she has "nothing else going on" what does THAT mean????? Yet, when I call she doesnt return my calls OR emails but she will TEXT message me when SHE KNOWS I AM NOT AVAILABLE. How convenient, right??? I know how you feel though. I am glad you didnt answer when he called you 10 times. Maybe he will learn to value your friendship more from now on.
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Ella Luka
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Posted: 3 March 2007 09:27 pm |
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clarinetgurl wrote:
I really want some cantalope! Or...that other kind of melon that I can never remember what it is called. But Mom says they aren't in season and they won't be any good Hurry up summer!
Is it the honeydew? those are awesome! The green one...mmmm 
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 4 March 2007 05:27 am |
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Yes, honeydew! Definitely yummy.
Sorry to encroach (is that the word I mean? it looks funny...) on your diary, Nir.
I think we must all have a friend to whom we are second best. the person they come to when everyone else is busy Sad, but true.
Hope you had a lovely day!
clar
Oh, since you are in the U.K--do you know what a whelk is? I think it is something you eat. It is in a book I'm reading...and it wasn't in my Webster's dictionary...
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Nir
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Posted: 4 March 2007 02:18 pm |
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Hi clarinetgurl, OWF and Ella Luka,
Thanks for your sympathies regarding Nash, as predicted we started talking again.
The melons I can easily get around here: Honeydew (solid yellow on the outside - had one last week), Cantelope (orange on the inside), Galia (similiar to cantelope on the outside but green on the inside) and watermelon (of different sizes - but always red on the inside). I'm not sure which one I prefer, but for calories cantelope works out fantastic at just 19 per 100g.
Actually I didn't know what a Whelk is either (Google is my friend). "Any of various large, mostly edible marine snails of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed, spiral shell, especially Buccinum undatum, which is commonly eaten in Europe." Well maybe it is eaten in other countries - the UK isn't big on snail-eating!
Saturday continued
Workout: Body Combat was most enjoyable. Body Pump was fine except that I placed my mat immediately under the air conditionair and then somebody placed theirs ever so close to mine (and when I asked if they would move a little, they refused to). Maybe they didn't see me and thought that I arrived after them? (because most people use a mat and a step). They eventually moved away a little. Anyhow that spot wasn't all that great because it was at the back - I'll forget about the air-conditionair and pick a more central spot next time.
That's all I normally do on a Saturday but on mum's advice I gave the Pilates class a go (because I've had a couple of short episodes of acute back pain this week). My instructor (Angela) is so versatile. Her style as a Pilates instrutor is so different from that as a Combat/Pump instructor. It was all teaching-points and she wouldn't shut up. Within minutes she noticed I was straining my neck and came over with a yoga block for me to rest my head on. How do I feel about Pilates? It isn't exactly an exciting class, but I am no expert. For example I couldn't do the 'advanced' levels of various exercises because they involve more skill than I have (do whatever it is - AND keep your hips stable so if they had a drink balanced on them it wouldn't fall...)
Afternoon plan was to see a film with my brother and then go to pub with him for a meal. (He has proposed all of this earlier in the week and I agreed.) I guess I was in a sensitive mood. He made a few comments which got on my nerve. He criticised my coat. He had an issue with me eating food (his fault - he turned up 15 minutes early so I had to finish my lunch on the move). He had an issue with me wearing my student identification (which I was thoughtfully doing to save on the cinema admission price). The final straw was that he was becoming uncommunicative, and also trying to 'lead' in that "I'm walking faster than you and I won't even look back to see if you're following" way. Well I decided that I was going to have a nicer time in my own company so I turned around and walked home. I guess my 'sensitivity' varies and he picked the wrong day to behave this way - maybe another day I would have put up with him.
It has been over 6 months since I was caught up with this other forum I am a member of. It is a forum that I joined way back in 1991 when I was 18 (and at university). It is fairly 'high-brow' and usually I just read rather than contribute - but it is still interesting to follow. I think I was quite immature at 18, replying to topics just to see my name in print and annoying everyone in the process, so there is much for me to undo over there
I have given up television on December 2003, that's over 3 years ago. Giving up radio at the same time was an unintentional side-effect - I don't feel so strongly about radio. In the evening I discovered the listen-again feature of what was my favourite talk-radio station (ht tp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml) and I intend to do a bit more listening!
Got over 3kg of pears for my £1 at the market. Ended up eating more animal products than usual.
Animals: chicken-breast(50) Sainsbury's-sample:chicken-curry(25) salmon(50) ox-liver(50) turkey-ham(50) haddock(50) =275 (13.1%)
Rubbish: Sainsbury's-sample:prawn-toast-fried(30) sf-jello(25+25) =80 (3.8%)
Totals: 2100 calories, 105.3g protein. 355 is 16.9%.
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ObsessedwithFitness
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Posted: 4 March 2007 04:52 pm |
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Nir,
I know you gave up television (and if I already asked you this a few months back please forgive me...I cant remember though)  but I am curious as to WHY? Is it because you feel programs stink or because tv causes inactivity which burns less calories than moving around? As an actress, I watch ALOT of TV. I kinda HAVE TO, as I can "write off" my cable bills for my business anyway AND I must know characters, plots and general ideas of which shows are about what so that IF AND WHEN an audition comes up, I can be fully prepared. This was actual instruction from my coaches. Anyway, even if I wasnt an actress, I think I would watch certain comedies and dramas, as they are entertaining-with the exception of much of the reality tv these days of course...So..I was just curious as to why you gave it up? Were you addicted to it? Maybe I am addicted. I certainly have to be home to watch shows or record them, I know that-thank goodness for TIVO!!
 OWF
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trimB
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Posted: 4 March 2007 07:48 pm |
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Sounds like you have been keeping busy and doing well lately, Nir. I noticed your "rubbish" percentages are pretty low.
Regarding the pilates... I too found it not very enjoyable the first time I tried it. Only when some rarely-used core muscles got a little stronger was I even able to have good enough form to feel the exercises working properly. I enjoy it alot more now, although sometimes I find myself feeling bored while doing it.
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Nir
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Posted: 5 March 2007 12:16 am |
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ObsessedwithFitness wrote: but I am curious as to WHY? Is it because you feel programs stink or because tv causes inactivity which burns less calories than moving around? [...] ...So..I was just curious as to why you gave it up? Were you addicted to it?
Yes, I was addicted. I had quite the set-up - approximately 10 video recorders (and 700 tapes) and two TIVOs (and a satellite dish), constantly recording all the channels, and me sifting through all my recordings. Jumping all the adverts [a few weeks ago Peter wrote about jumping adverts: that was my starting point. I then started to jump through program content too - to find the 'best bits'].
I had a full time job, but watching TV the way I was - it was like a second full time job. I could never miss a program. I could get through a 60 minute program in much less than 60 minutes, you see - but I could never miss it.
Check out www. whitedot.org. There is life beyond TV.
Within 6 weeks of giving up TV, I found myself at a gym - for the first time in 7 or 8 years.
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Nir
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Posted: 5 March 2007 12:22 am |
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trimB wrote: I noticed your "rubbish" percentages are pretty low.
Funny you should get this comment in - I've had a reasonable run since mid-February, but today (Sunday) mum invited me to do some bargain-hunting at ASDA. So today there will be plenty of Animals and Rubbish (and some stuff that qualifies as both, so I'll have to decide how to classify it ). There are 5 cakes  . I'm not finished yet - there's still 316 calories to go. Stay tuned.Last edited on 5 March 2007 12:22 am by Nir
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Nir
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Posted: 5 March 2007 02:36 am |
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Sunday
If what I eat doesn't interest you, you can skip the boxes (which makes it much easier to read ). I guess there is a reason why I don't normally list everything I eat. It would take too long!
Breakfast (10.40am till 12.45pm): 234g cherry tomatos, 237g microwaved food-processed aubergine dip (with vindalu spices), 112g pear (frozen), 2.47g brazil nut, 215g spring-greens (microwaved), 117g pear (frozen), 81g brussel-sprouts (microwaved - for too long), 312g white cabbage (raw,food-processed), 36g beef-kidney, 211g brussel-sprouts (microwaved), 105g pear (frozen), 53g banana (frozen), 5.15g peanuts, 9.19g shreddies (breakfast cereal - dry). [1730 grams, 618 calories, 34.6g protein (35.7 calories per 100g)]
Pre-shopping snack (2.05pm): 102g pear, 16.11g peanuts [118 grams, 141 calories, 4.8g protein (119.5 calories per 100g)]
shopping sample: 10.3g pizza [10 grams, 25 calories, 1g protein (250 calories per 100g)]
Shopping at ASDA was not best use of time (a bit more than two hours) and obviously de-railed today's eating, too. Spent £3 as follows:
tuna-beans-salad(with white pasta) 10p,
large custard tart 10p,
4-chocolate-fresh-cream-meringues 10p,
2.5kg potatos 30p,
tikka-chicken-breast-pieces 20p,
tandori-chicken-breast-pieces 20p,
uncooked-chicken-breast-with-separate-italian-tomato-sauce 3 x 50p,
uncooked-chicken-breast-with-separate-curry-sauce 50p.
Potatos have nutrient density of 35, chicken breast has nutrient density 11. There's plenty of rubbish, too.
post-shopping-splurge (4pm - 4.45pm): 92.9g 4xchocolate-cream-meringues, 51.11g tikka-chicken-breast, 50.85g custard-from-custard-tart, 7.16g tikka-chicken-breast [202 grams, 496 calories, 23.8g protein (245.5 calories per 100g)]
Workout: Body Step, Body Pump.
post-gym-splurge (8pm - 9.08pm): 210g italian-style-tomato-sauce, 200g curry-sauce, 90g tuna-bean-salad[mayo?not sure!], 110g custard-from-custard-tart, 23.12g tandori-chicken-breast, 25.53g chicken-breast, 13.48g tikka-chicken-breast, 8g calcium chew [680 grams, 504 calories, 30.5g protein (74.1 calories per 100g)]
last meal (10.50pm - 11.25pm): 375g white-cabbage (shredded), 230g italian-style-tomato-sauce, 315g pear (deep-frozen, food-processed into sorbet), 182g sweede(frozen,microwaved) [1102 grams, 313 calories, 11.3g protein (28.4 calories per 100g)]
Altogether 3842 grams (~ 8.5 lbs), so overall average is 54.7 calories per 100 grams.
Animals: beef-kidney(50) tikka-chicken-breast(76+11+20=107) tandori-chicken-breast(34) chicken-breast(38) =229 (10.9%)
Rubbish: ASDA-sample:pizza(25) chocolate-cream-meringues(357) custard-from-custard-tart(52+112=164) =546 (26.0%)
Totals: 2100 calories, 106g protein. 775 is 36.9%. Oops.
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Nir
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Posted: 5 March 2007 04:10 pm |
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Having read Jon Miller write about his Body Pump weights, I have decided to post mine. They are all in kilos - multiply by 2.2 to convert to pounds. Weight is for entire bar (both sides together):
Warmup: 12.5 kilo
Squats: 30 kilo (was heavier but may be causing me back problems so took it down)
Chest: 17.5 kilo bar (if I start with 20, I change down for last bit of song)
Back: 20 kilo bar (sometimes 22.5)
Triceps: 15 kilo bar (sometimes 17.5)
Biceps: 10 kilo bar (sometimes 12.5)
Lunges: 15 kilo (sometimes higher - never enjoyable)
Shoulders: 3 kilo dumbbells (sometimes 4), 7.5 kilo bar (sometimes 10)
Abs: a 5 kilo plate (if applicable)
Anybody else wants to post their current Body Pump weights (here or in their own diary)?
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Nir
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Posted: 6 March 2007 12:54 am |
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Monday
Normal workouts for a Monday are Bosu at 6pm and Step at 7pm. Except I probably won't make the Bosu class as I'm seeing my Doctor at 5.20pm, and at 7pm I have a Hulaerobics class instead (which is just 30 minutes). That's my thinking - so I make an effort and drag myself out of bed, have a quick breakfast [chicken breast, cherry tomatos, tomato sauce, sorbet made from frozen pears] and rushed to the gym for Body Jam and an Abs class (with a ball).
I've been taking Iron tablets for a year and my hemoglobin is getting lower (!) at 10.9 - so my doctor wants to me have an endoscopy to see what is wrong. I also wanted two diagnostics - one for Hookworm (mum's idea) and it has been a year since my cholesterol test so I wanted another one. I was able to then rush back and (just) make the 6pm Bosu class. Just as well as I then had to rush home (missing the Hula class).
Got home at 7.15pm and had just over an hour to eat 763 calories - because I have a Fasted blood test at 10.20am tomorrow, so I have to stop eating at 8.20pm. I'm not even sure if I can chew gum (so I'm not).
Food eaten weighed 4717 grams altogether (10.4 lb). Ordered here by total calories consumed over the day.
pear(277) spicy-potato-wedges(276) chick-peas(200) banana(150) chicken-breast(150) cherry-tomatos(126) peanuts(110) beetroot(108) honeydew-melon(100) carrots-boiled(83) ww-toast(80) tomato-sauce(70) onions-boiled(62) spring-greens(55) ellactiva-calcium-chew(50) Quorn-'ham'(50) green-lentils(50) aubergine-boiled(35) gherkin(28) sweede-boiled(25) pickled-onion(15)
Totals: 2100 calories, 108.5g protein. Animals: 150. 150 is 7.1%.
Today marks the 14th day at 2100 calories. Have I gained weight? Let's look at the last 21 morning weight readings (most recent first):
57.5, 57.0, 57.0, 57.0, 57.5, 57.0, 57.0, 57.0, 56.5, 57.0, 57.0, 56.5, 56.5, 56.5, 57.0, 57.5, 57.0, 57.0, 56.5, 58.0, 57.0
The 58.0 reading was the day after my binge at the thai buffet restaurant.
7 days average to Wednesday 21-February-07: 56.857kg.
7 days average to Monday 5-March-07: 57.143 kg.
Trend: 286 grams increase in 12 days, or 24 grams per day. Compatible with consuming a 'spare' 2205 calories, or 184 spare calories per day. If I did do that, my maintenance calories are 2100-184=1916, with RMR 1450 that makes my activity level a pathetic 1.32  .
Then again, perhaps we're looking at water fluctuations, and the trend is not statistically significant . If I eat up to 5000 grams of food a day (never mind drink), I should be grateful fluctuations aren't any wider!
[I need to make a decision: continue my experiment at 2100 for another week, or escalate to 2200.]
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Nir
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Posted: 7 March 2007 02:11 am |
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Tuesday
Started eating at 11.17am (when I got back from my fasted lipids blood test).
10 small pears (a bit more than 1 kilo), 54p. I 'deposited' them in the freezer and withdrew them, one by one. They're all gone now - as are all my other frozen fruit.
My best creation involved 178g honeydew melon and 105g banana. Slightly defrosted them (30 seconds in the microwave) then processed them for about 5 minutes in the food processor until unbelievably (ice-)creamy. Wow!
I was dressed and ready to leave for the gym, but part of me really wanted to lie down and skip the gym - or at least just do one class and not three. I did however drag myself there and execute the plan and (I think that) I'm glad I did. Workouts: Circuits, Spin, BodyPump. That's 4 hours if you include the time getting there and back.
Male teacher of Circuits class kept addressing us as 'girls' (I was the only guy, but still). Spin was a bit scary after a 5 month absence - it has quite a following at this gym, yet somehow I managed to resist it for the month I've been here. The girl on the bike next to me left after 22 minutes. The look of disapproval from the instructor and everyone else would be exactly why I didn't leave - even though I was bored and had enough and was equally ready to depart. Body Pump: I'm embarassed by the girl that uses a 20 kilo bar for the Chest track. Today I used a 17.5 kilo bar and I didn't 'fail' so I guess I have to try the 20 kilo bar (again) on Thursday.
Today is the day - I'm now up to 2200 calories.
Animals: tikka-chicken-breast(100).
Rubbish: sf-jello(25).
Totals: 2200 calories, 104.7g protein. 125 is 5.7%.
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Nir
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Posted: 7 March 2007 06:47 pm |
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Wednesday
Breakfast (7.50am - 8.50am): calcium chew, microwaved-stir-fry-mix, microwaved-cabbage, microwaved-spinach, microwaved-carrot, microwaved-swede, peanuts [912 grams, 400 calories, 19.6g protein, 43.9 kcal/100g]
Cycled over to numeracy course (enjoyable). Cycled to nearby IKEA for my complimentary hot drinks. Ended up with quite a bit of junk food though:
IKEA (1pm-1.30pm): hot chocolate (200ml, ~100 calories), sample:snow-covered-cake-ball (37.2g, 149 calories), 3 of sample:mini-dime-bar (13.4g, 67 calories), 35p ice-cream consisting of a wafer-cone (5g, 18 calories) and vanilla-ice-cream (122g, 195 calories), then another sample:snow-covered-cake-ball (36.3g, 145 calories). [213.9 grams(excluding drink), 674 calories, 10.1g protein, 315.1 kcal/100g]
Cycled back home. Added up the damage as of 2.30pm: 1074 calories and 29.7g protein (11.1% of calories from protein: too low). Decided to eat some nutrient-dense foods, to get back on track and help my body cope with poor choices. Incidentally every item here (except for sf-jello) is from the freezer!
Rescue lunch (2.30pm-3.30pm): 285g chopped spinach, 250g sf-jello, 204g garden-peas, 225g runner-beans, 34g tandori-chicken-breast, 245g brussel-sprouts [993 grams(excluding jello), 412 calories, 42.7g protein, 41.5 kcal/100g]
ps oops I see I've had more than 30g of protein in one sitting! let's hope that the spaced-out nature of this one-hour eating session counts for something here.
So, situation as of 3.30pm: I've had a kilo of good foods (mostly green vegetables) and overall daily totals are currently 1486 calories and 72.4g protein (19.5% of calories from protein)
As of now I've had 67.5% of my daily calorie allocation, and I should be satisfied, so now is a good time to pause. Perhaps a small snack before the gym but save most of the rest for post-gym meals!
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Nir
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Posted: 8 March 2007 02:08 pm |
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Wednesday continued
I joined a mailing list about BFFM and spent some time today looking at it.
Did not feel like making the gym, but did so anyway. Grabbed a handful [11.75g] of peanuts as I left home at 5pm. Surprisingly had plenty of energy for my Bosu and Body Combat classes.
Got 42 eggs for 70p at Sainsbury's and made an egg-white microwave-omlette when I got home (39 calories, 9.8g protein).
Earlier in the day, at IKEA, I stuffed both left and right coat pockets with mini-Dime chocolate samples, which I was repeatedly reminded about (every time I put my hand in the pocket to retrieve my keys). I used my simultaneous equations to figure how much Dime I could have whilst keeping protein at the required ratio. This turned out to be 12 Dime bars (53.06 grams, 266 calories). A most frivilous use of calories, but at least I'm getting rid of those Dimes so they're not a problem later on! Post-gym meal (9.20pm-9.30pm): [162 grams, 305 calories, 12.5g protein, 188.3 kcal/100g]
A two hour break (and almost fell asleep - woke up to answer Nash's call) and the last meal featured the 5 last mini-Dimes (109 calories), another egg-white omlette, some cabbage and [at this point I'd eaten plenty of protein and wanted to balance it with low-protein food, but unfortunately am all out of fruit, or indeed chocolate - and starchy vegetables didn't appeal at this point in the evening] finished the day with some raisins and some shreddies. In retrospect I didn't need the second 3-egg-white-omlette. Final meal (11.30pm-11.50pm): [387 grams, 336 calories, 15.8g protein, 86.8 kcal/100g]
2680 grams of food (~6 lb) for the day. The percentages are looking really ugly today. So many empty calories - I must not make it a habit.
Animals: tandori-chicken-breast(50) egg-whites(39+41=80) =130 (5.9%)
Rubbish: hot-chocolate(100) snow-cake(149+145=294) dime-chocolates(67+266+109=442) wafer-cone(18) vanila-ice-cream(195) sf-jello(25) =1074 (48.8%)
Totals: 2200 calories, 104.0g protein. 1204 is 54.7%
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Nir
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Posted: 9 March 2007 12:03 pm |
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Thursday
Mum visited early in the morning with gifts of frozen raspberries and mange-tout and selling me some mushrooms and broccoli. We also went to the market together and I bought 2 kilo of tomatos for £1. Mum wondered whether I wasn't concerned the raspberries are thawing. I wasn't - my plan was to have them for breakfast, as a sorbet (which was lovely!).
A couple of hours later mum returned. She was in an apeasing mood as a misunderstanding meant I was waiting for her, outside, for over 15 minutes. We started by shopping at LIDL (I got kiwi, apples, pears, carrots, onions) and then she drove us to IKEA. I was much better behaved than Wednesday. Kept the drinks to teas and coffees and my potato chips, cookies and dime chocolates came up to just 210 calories (yesterday was over 1000). It was quite relaxing - a far cry from some encounters with mum. We followed on to NETTO (couldn't find anything worth buying) and then back to the market. I found an almost-full pack of Chew-It sweets in the indoor shopping centre (they are individually wrapped). Mum is 1.56m and currently 62 kilos, making her BMI just over 25. On the one hand she is aware she's overweight but on the other hand she is following the practice nurse's advice which is that those over 65 (and she's approaching that age) do well to keep their BMI at 25 (a fat reserve in case of illness). I wonder how this sits with Dr Fuhrman - I guess he'll want people to be thin whatever their age? Mum mentioned that a few years ago, when she went as low as 52kg (BMI 21.4) she didn't feel too health. I think altogether I spent 4.5 hours with mum!
Crammed an eating session between 3 and 4.30pm and rushed off to the gym for a 30 minute Body Step and a 60 minute Body Pump. I'm finding myself having more energy in workouts. I wonder if this relates to increasing my calories. Dry-fried some egg white pancakes but this involved conditioning the pan and using some spray, so I estimated 15 calories for oil - still feels like a waste.
Animals: 3-egg-whites(40) =40
Rubbish: chickenVegetableSoup(84) sour-cream-potato-chips(35) 2-vanila-cookies(84) 4-dime-chocolates(91) 7-chew-it-sweets(91) oil(15) =385
Totals: 2200 calories, 103.6g protein. 425 is 19.3%. Not best - but better than yesterday!.
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Nir
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Posted: 10 March 2007 05:37 pm |
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Friday
Because of counselling and OA, the only gym class I can make is a 'Legs Bums and Tums' class. Actually they're going with the more fashionable 'Fab Abs, Killer Butt' title. Class started at 9.30am but never quite finished because the Fire Alarm went off and we were evacuated to the cold outdoors. It turned out to be a building-wide fire drill (not just the gym but other facilities in the Mall that it is part of). We were stranded outside long enough for me to contemplate asking for one of those blankets made of foil (I was wearing shorts and a sleveless vest and it was windy). Finally allowed in and I was able to rush off and just made my counselling appointment (which seemed productive).
After counselling got involved in multiple phone calls regarding some hassle I'm having. I am on a cashback deal where I pay £35 per month for my mobile phone (cellphone) and get some of the money back - except the phone company hasn't sent me a bill the date it should have, and the dealer is expecting that bill within a certain time-frame. Basically both companies are making my life difficult, hoping to get out of paying me £110 that I was already factoring as having received. If that is not bad enough, the problem is duplicated across my mother, two sisters, a sister's boyfriend and another friend. This is exactly the kind of stress that would have driven me to chocolate in the past - but I can see past that. I'm trying to be as practical as I can, 'sparring' with the customer service telephone operators of these companies.
I have written up my recipe for Tomato Ice Cream, why don't you try it.
By the time I was leaving for OA, I was already stuffed from the large quantities of foods I had in the afternoon. The apples, pears and tomatos were all used for making ice-cream (or sorbet).
At OA, I had the thought that perhaps my abstinance, rather than defined in terms of eating healthy (which I can do, generally speaking), whether it would be more meaningful to have an abstinance that restricted the volume or weight of the foods I eat (4275 grams from produce here!) or restrict the number of minutes/hours that I spend cooking and eating. I could start the process by having mealtimes, perhaps. Just an idea though.
Vegetables (2765g): 872g tomato, 447g runner bean, 265g brussel-sprouts, 259g cauliflower, 200g cabbage-cooked, 182g stir-fry-mix, 171g spinach, 129g asparagus, 111g mange-tout, 107g carrot-cooked, 22g broccoli
Fruit (1510g): 785g apple, 725g pear
Animals: egg-whites(39+15) ox-liver(50) milk(101) =209
Totals: 2200 calories, 109.7g protein. 209 is 9.5%
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Nir
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Posted: 12 March 2007 04:13 am |
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Saturday
Workouts: Body Combat and Body Pump.
Bargains: 19 bananas for 50p, 2.2kg pears for £1, 640g leeks for 40p.
An hour spent chasing those phone companies again. Made a little bit of progress there.
Nash visited and we walked together to Sainsbury's and back (nothing worth buying).
My Gym-E-Trainer At Home Exercise Guide DVD arrived, so I re-booted my laptop into XP (which has DVD-playing software, but no access to the internet). I didn't know quite what to expect from the DVD. Most muscle groups have a range of exercises, including using body weight, dumbells, barbell, cable machine, smith machine etc.; having seen so many exercises I'm finally on top of how exercises receive their names. I've seen books of exercises before (the guy that did my gym reprogram was looking an exercise up in a book) and the DVD is a logical extension of the book-of-exercises concept, except that the clip (just under a minute for each exercise) is more intuitive than a book could ever be. It is certainly comprehensive enough that I'll never be short of alternative exercises to target any muscle.
The unavoidable truth though is that my last weights hypertrophy session is still January 29th, and since then my weight workouts have all been endurance sessions - mostly Body Pump classes. What will it take to get me back into the gym?
Animals: semi-skimmed-milk(163) egg-white-omlette(26) =189 (8.6%)
Rubbish: chicken-veg-soup(84) Sainsbury's-sample:prawn-spring-roll(25) sf-jello(25) =134 (6.1%)
Totals: 2200 calories, 104.9g protein. 323 is 14.7%
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Nir
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Posted: 12 March 2007 11:55 am |
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Sunday
Made myself go through the entire DVD (yes, all 275 exercises) for no particular reason. A lot of exercises are very similiar to each other. For example, using the same cable machine but with a different accessory. Still, I wanted to know that I've seen every exercise before rebooting (and being able to go online again).
On Saturday I was trying for 6 meals (366 calories each, appropriately spaced) and the large gaps between meals were getting to me, so for Sunday decided to have lots of 200 calorie meals, every 2 hours or so (so original plan was 11 mini-meals!). The idea is that the next meal is never too far away, but I can eat it and then be in non-eating mode for a little while. This worked fine until I got too busy to eat.
Workouts: Body Step and Body Pump (as usual for a Sunday) but also Body Jam - just for fun. Actually all my workouts are just for fun - no one is making me workout! (Why do I work out? is it to lose fat, build muscle, reduce stress, release endorphines, pass the time, maintain a high fitness level, be allowed to eat more calories?...)
In a pattern resembling last Sunday, mum offerred a lift to ASDA. Everything except for the frozen spinach was a stickered bargain: vegetables (frozen spinach, cauliflower, shallots, red hot chili peppers), fruit (3 kilo bananas), whole-grain (4 x 800g wholemeal loafs), animals (lamb breast, lamb kidney, beef grillsteaks, beef medallion), rubbish (2 x 100g slices of cheesecake). I also found a packet of TicTacs (the green/orange ones) at the enterance to ASDA. Both my pre-ASDA and post-ASDA meals were suspect. Pre-ASDA at 2pm I had to eat very quickly and opted for 388ml of semi-skimmed milk as my 'meal' (later on realised that I don't have to panic about the milk, as I can freeze some of it). My post-ASDA meal at 5pm was a 100g slice of cheesecake (344 calories) and (to bump up the protein ratio, which was depressed by the cheesecake) 34g of chicken breast (50 calories). In my defence I had to eat very quickly and rush off to the gym again. My first act when coming back from the gym was to give away the second slice of cheesecake to my neighbour!
All the meats had to be cooked, portioned and frozen - and this took over 4 hours. During this time I wasn't very good about keeping to my meals arrangement - just too busy. Got through the last few hundred calories quite quickly just before bedtime: pears, banana, brazil nuts and peanuts.
I have a hypothetical question that I would like the answer to. Let us say that I (or anyone) had to eat 10,000 calories, at one sitting. This was a competition. Each competitor choses what food/drink to eat. To win, you must be able to eat your allocation of 10,000 calories (i.e. not wimp out after eating just 2,000 calories) and you must finish first. And perhaps the prize-money depends on how quickly you eat your meal - the quicker your eat, the bigger the prize. Ok, this quiz comes in two versions. Version 1: any food/drink at all. Version 2: only healthy foods (let's say those that have nutrient density of 20 or higher according to the Eat To Live book: that would be vegetables (of all kinds), fruit, legumes, whole-grain, nuts and seeds).
I think my first attempt at winning might involve eating (V1) chocolate (V2) (healthy) peanut-butter. Any other ideas?
Animals: semi-skimmed-milk(292) chicken-breast(50) lamb-breast(47) lamb-liver(3) beef-grill-steak(13) beef-medallian(34) =439 (20.0%)
Rubbish: toffee-cheesecake(344) tic-tacs(62) =406 (18.5%)
Totals: 2200 calories, 103.9g protein. 845 is 38.4%.
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ObsessedwithFitness
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Posted: 12 March 2007 06:46 pm |
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I have a hypothetical question that I would like the answer to. Let us say that I (or anyone) had to eat 10,000 calories, at one sitting. This was a competition. Each competitor choses what food/drink to eat. To win, you must be able to eat your allocation of 10,000 calories (i.e. not wimp out after eating just 2,000 calories) and you must finish first. And perhaps the prize-money depends on how quickly you eat your meal - the quicker your eat, the bigger the prize. Ok, this quiz comes in two versions. Version 1: any food/drink at all. Version 2: only healthy foods (let's say those that have nutrient density of 20 or higher according to the Eat To Live book: that would be vegetables (of all kinds), fruit, legumes, whole-grain, nuts and seeds).
I think my first attempt at winning might involve eating (V1) chocolate (V2) (healthy) peanut-butter. Any other ideas?
Nir, great job on giving away the other slice of that cheesecake!!
And to answer your fun hypothetical question...I, too love chocolate and peanut butter but can you only eat one certain "meal" or food during this competition or can it be a bunch of stuff??
Anyway..I would DEFINITELY opt for version 1 (the unhealthy one of course-I would never win the healthy one anyway-I would have to force myself to eat the foods in the first place AND they would fill me up WAY too quickly) So, I would eat cheese PIZZA for 10,000 calories if I could only choose one food. I could win that competition definitely if it were EXTRA CHEESE PIZZA!!!!  I was considering ice cream-but I would probably get very sick afterwards so I think pizza is my best bet!
If I HAD to choose version 2 (I would not enter this competition cause I could not win) I would choose peanut butter as well. (the full fat not reduced fat version)
Last edited on 12 March 2007 06:49 pm by ObsessedwithFitness
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Nir
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Posted: 12 March 2007 06:52 pm |
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I see no reason why you can't have a variety of things, as long as they add up to 10,000.
Of course, version 2 is more challenging - but I think it must be do-able, because even people who eat healthy can gain weight, if they are not watching their portions. (especially if they are binge-eaters).
I've created a new topic: Healthy 10,000 challenge where anybody can post their meals
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Nir
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Posted: 13 March 2007 05:17 am |
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Monday
Today was banana day. 1135 calories from frozen bananas. This would be why I opted for some animal proteins.
mid-morning workout: Spin, Abs; evening workout: BOSU (discovered this stands for: 'BOth Sides Up' - as it is usable both ways), Body Step
bargain: 12 prepacked salads (each about 200g) altogether for £1.30.
EDIT: I think I'm doing a bit better with my goal of not spending the whole day in the kitchen.
Animals: beef-medalian(50) lamb-kidney(50) egg-white(89) =189 (8.6%)
Rubbish: sf-jello(25) =25 (1.1%)
Totals: 2200 calories, 103g protein. 214 is 9.7% Last edited on 13 March 2007 05:20 am by Nir
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Nir
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Posted: 13 March 2007 06:03 pm |
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Nir wrote (31 Mar 2006): Good News 
My total cholesterol is 3.6 mmol/l, LDL is 1.86 mmol/l, HDL is 1.6 mmol/l, Triglicerides are 0.3 mmol/l.
(converting to American figures requires multiplying cholesterol figures by 38.67 and triglicerides by 88.57, giving, for any readers who can only interpret American figures:) total cholesterol 139.21 mg/dl, LDL is 71.93 mg/dl, HDL is 61.87 mg/dl, triglicerides are 26.57.
LDL to HDL ratio should be less than 3:1. It is 1.163
Ok, those were the figures last year [for test taken March 6th 2007].
I just go this year's figures and surprisingly they are worse
My total cholesterol is 3.3 mmol/l, LDL is 2.1 mmol/l, HDL is 0.9 mmol/l, Triglicerides are 0.6 mmol/l.
(converting to American figures requires multiplying cholesterol figures by 38.67 and triglicerides by 88.57, giving, for any readers who can only interpret American figures:) total cholesterol 127.61 mg/dl, LDL is 81.21 mg/dl, HDL is 34.80 mg/dl, triglicerides are 53.14.
LDL to HDL ratio should be less than 3:1. It is 2.333
So, compared with last year: bad cholesterol has gone up, good cholesterol has gone down. Why? I think I eat a lot better now than last year. Less animal products, less refined grains.
The only theory to grasp at is that I have reduced my intake of protein, so my carbs (good carbs!) have gone up and I've read somewhere that this can explain higher triglierides. However, I'm still quite confused. [yes, I am aware that these are perfectly good results - I was just hoping for a positive trend!]
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Nir
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Posted: 13 March 2007 06:05 pm |
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| I also have the glucose result, which is 4.4 mmol/l
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collegestudent
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Posted: 13 March 2007 09:07 pm |
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Nir -
Drinking any alcohol within a few days of the test can lead to elevated triglyceride levels. I am not sure if you drink or not or if you drank near the test, but that can affect levels. Also, as far as HDL is concerned - try to eat nuts to raise those levels. I know nuts are very calorie dense, but they are also very good for you. By nuts I mean tree nuts: almonds, walnuts, etc as opposed to peanuts (a legume!).
Last edited on 13 March 2007 09:11 pm by collegestudent
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Nir
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Posted: 14 March 2007 12:05 am |
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I do drink at times, but if I recall correctly the last time I drunk alcohol was new year's eve (and this test was in March). Thanks for the nut tip. It is a shame peanuts are not included!
I've thought up yet another theory about the triglicerides and cholesterol: this time last year I would have definitely been in a caloric deficit. Right now I am arguably at my maintenance calories. I believe that one of the theories is that calorie deficit, however achieved (i.e. whichever foods you eat - even saturated fats) causes improvements to cholesterol/trigliceride figures, so perhaps last year I was riding on the effects of that more marked deficit.
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Nir
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Posted: 15 March 2007 05:03 pm |
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Tuesday
Got to gym for the early Body Pump class, so I can give my evening cardio workout 100% (because I won't be "saving myself") for the follow-on evening Pump. Just as well I did, as I ended up not going to the gym in the afternoon and this was my only workout.
Doctor's surgery called and asked me to pick up some paperwork relating to an upcoming medical procedure, so I cycled over for those and whilst I was there also picked up the disappointing cholesterol results (see previous entry).
Rob made contact - not working today and in town centre, would I like to meet. Mum suggested I involve my brother (who I had not been speaking to for over a week). Bit my tongue and invited him. Saw Rob briefly on my own around 1pm and then again in the group context from 3pm till almost 11pm. Yes you read that correctly and I wish I had not thrown so much time that way. The best bit was when I was able to steal 20 minutes for a quick online session on the gym teriminal (we stayed in the same complex that had the gym) and I could catch up on email and CPH. I seriously need to assert myself a bit more.
Food pattern: early meals at 7.30am, 9.25am, 11.45am 2.15pm: each meal 200 calories and 20% protein i.e. dead on target. Breakdown within those meals remained on lean animal protein (egg white) balanced with fruit (frozen banana, and watermelon [got 2 watermelon for £1 at the market])
I spent no money in the pub. This did not stop me from consuming plenty of calories, mostly unhealthy. I had a total of four drinks - each was a hot chocolate with whipped cream on top (served with a complimentary biscotti). My brother had a chicken burger with fries at some point and I sampled a fry and some of the burger (which was breaded). Later on I ordered the mushroom curry meal (£3) - I asked for some vegetables in place of the rice and got some cooked carrots and broccoli. I only had about 1/3 of the naan bread and gave the rest to my brother (in exchange for some garden peas he didn't want). The meal was 519 calories, as follows:
322.0g mushroom-vegetable-curry(184)
42.5g naan-bread(128)
25.8g mango-chutney(75)
21.0g popadoms(63)
87.5g garden-peas(39)
73.4g carrot(18)
48.3g broccoli(12)
Got home, my calories were 2125, my protein was very low just 72.7g (a pathetic 13.7%). I made a 6-egg-white omlette and ended up at 92.1g (16.7% - still lower than usual). Actually I consumed 39g of protein (a bit too much?) in the space of one hour [there was a very long low-protein stretch, 2.30pm-10pm 643 calories consumed but just 13.1g protein in that stretch (8.1%)]. No wonder I was hungry.
Animals: egg-whites(195) =195 (8.9%)
Rubbish: hot-chocolate(400) naan-bread(128) biscotti(127) mango-chutney(75) popadoms(63) taste-of-breaded-chicken-burger(53) toffee-sweet(32) taste-of-fries(7) taste-of-potato-chips(5) =890 (40.4%)
Totals: 2203 calories, 92.1g protein. 1085 is 49.3%.
Wednesday
maths course in the AM. PM workouts: BOSU and Body Combat. Another visit to pub - much shorter this time (8.30pm - 11.30pm) and more interesting as we were also joined by my sister Hadar who is visiting today, and Rob's sister Verity. Came prepared with two servings of lean beef, some cooked Mange Tout and some peanuts. Had one Mocha (they were out of Hot Chocolate), about 100 calories' worth of the Nachos that my brother ordered for the table, some chocolate ice-cream and some chocolate-covering (this was shared three ways). At one point I selected the Chili Con Carne for a meal - but realised this would leave me with no calories when I got home so I played it down [so the only food ordered were the Nachos and the ice cream].
I briefly went over to say hello to Tracy (who turned 23 this week). I don't see her much these days. She mentioned her boyfriend wanted to encourage her weight-loss and promised he would give her one week of his wages if she got down to a certain weight by a certain date -- but realising that she might be motivated enough to now accomplish this goal and claim her incentive, he now buys her more high-calorie treats, which are expensive (but not as expensive as losing a week's wages) . Hmmm.
[Yet another example that I'm quite sensitive came in the form of an electronic communication which upset me, even though I know it shouldn't really.]
Meal patterns for the day:
7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm: each was 200 calories (protein averaged 19.1%). [1pm feeding was actually trimmed to compensate for luxuary-chocolates I scavanged around 9.20am at the course].
Food at pub setting consumed in time-frame 9pm-10.40pm totalled 617 calories and 34.9g protein (22.6%). Post pub meal at home 0.30am-1am totalled 383 calories and 13.4g protein (14.0%).
Animals: beef-medalian(150) egg-white(53) =203 (9.2%)
Rubbish: scavanged-luxuary-chocolates(134) Nachos(106) chocolate-around-ice-cream(102) Mocha-drink(100) chocolate-ice-cream(68) biscotti(23) =533 (24.2%)
Totals: 2200 calories, 105.5g protein. 736 is 33.5%
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Nir
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Posted: 15 March 2007 05:32 pm |
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| I've just realised that next Wednesday (21st) will be challenging foodwise. I'm having an ultrasound test at 4pm. I must fast from 10am onwards. Realistically I won't be able to eat after 8.30am - and then if the test is delayed I may only be able to eat at 5, 6 or 7pm. I must pack some food with me in case the test doesn't take long and I can make the gym, because I certainly don't want to be working out till 8pm with just my pre 8.30am breakfast!
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Nir
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Posted: 16 March 2007 03:44 am |
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Thursday
AM workout: Body Pump
AM shopping: £1 for over 2kg of sweet potatos (love those)
PM shopping: Mum dropped off a coupon that I could exchange for a free SlimFast milkshake, which I redeemed on the way to the gym [212 calories] There were also several things to sample [179 calories]
PM workout: Body Step, Body Jam, Ab Attack
Food patterns: Started day with 200-calorie-meals at 5.50am and 8.30am. At 10.30am instead of heaving a 200-calorie-meal, had 100 calories of peanuts to tide me over for an hour. I then seem to shift to that pattern in the afternoon [100 per hour]. In the hour to 4.30pm I doubled my eating, ending at 1200. The pre-gym visit to Sainsbury's unexpectedly increased intake by almost 400 more calories. Post-gym eating 8.30pm-11.30pm was not in multi-meal format: final 600 calories. initial emphasis on vegetables that would fill me up. Ending with sweet potatos and bananas, to quickly use up the last 200 calories (without resorting to peanuts).
Yet another day where perentages aren't looking great. I want to say I'm a victim of circumstances but it is an excuse that won't wash.
Animals: SlimFastMilkShakeCafeClasssic(212) semi-skimmed-milk(154) Sainsbury's-sample:stilton(52) lamb-breast(50) Sainsbury's-sample:pate(17) =485 (22.0%)
Rubbish: Sainsbury's-sample:noodles-and-stir-fry-sauce(99) sf-jello(50) Sainsbury's-sample:cracker(11) =160 (7.3%)
Totals: 2200 kcal, 103.3g protein. 645 is 29.3%
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 16 March 2007 06:14 am |
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Congrats on the low cholesterol! I'll let you know when my total cholesterol is lower than yours. (Don't hold your breath waiting.)
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 17 March 2007 11:43 am |
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I wouldn't mind higher cholesterol if it was caused by increased HDL though.
Friday
Workout was 'Fab Abs Killer Butt'.
I asked the counsellor if I could have my appointment on a different day (just so I'll end up being able to make another gym class). A bit silly, isn't it? As it happens it turns out that in 3 week's time he stops working on Fridays so my appointment was due to be moved either way.
At OA they mentioned they need to have a Group Consciousness. Our voluntary contributions are not enough to make the rent on the meeting room, it would appear. I guess next week I'll find out how much the monthly rent is. There are anything from 5 to 10 people turning up and I wonder whether my current contribution covers 1/5 or 1/10 of the rent (or perhaps even less). I'm not working at the moment so my funds are limited, but I might consider paying more (up to a point) as I find the meetings quite valuable. It is funny, because tradition 7 says "there are no dues or fees" and here I am thinking about it in terms of "what is the most I am prepared to pay for one month of OA membership" i.e. to think of it as a monthly membership like a gym membership. In other news, I collected my ONE MONTH OF ABSTINANCE chip!
Bargains included chicken liver, fresh pineapple chunks and lots of prepackaged salad.
Meal patterns: I did my 'meals' (200 calories for 2 hours), first strictly and then roughly, until the 5pm feeding (consuming enough to take me up to 8pm). Resumed eating at 8.52pm but those last 850 calories weren't consumed in quite so ordinary a fashion. Gradual feeding 8.52pm-11.10pm of 612 calories, a short break/nap, and a quick burst at 0.30am for those last 239. It wasn't all eating though - I did listen to some radio comedies and even read a few pages of a book I got out of the library today. What a scary book - it weighs just over 2 kilos and has over 800 pages - and each chapter has lots of scientific references at the end. It is called 'Exercise Physiology'. I don't think I'll be reading all of it though.
I'm out of bananas (and indeed all fresh fruit) but I do have plenty of sweet potatos left. I keep having this evil thought that I should buy a 100g bar of chocolate and incorporate it into my meals the same way as I do fruit. Probably a mistake. It will certainly not be kind to my percentages - and in practical terms I'll probably find myself going hungry. But will this stop me from doing it?
Speaking of percentages, look at today's fantastic percentages. No rubbish at all! Animals are under 10% (and if I wasn't aiming to be vegeterian/vegan, those wouldn't have been counted as a negative).
Animals: beef-medalian(50) chicken-liver(50) beef-stewing-stake(50) =150 6.8%
Totals: 2200 calories, 105.4g protein. 150 is 6.8%
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