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Old 2 Jan 21, 03:53 PM  
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What I had been doing, and plan to go back to, is a shake in the morning, so about 200 cal, then a bar at lunch with fruit both times as well. This was working when I was at work as I’m out and about every day so it makes it easy.
I didn’t think I would have liked it but it was fine. And I had been losing weight.
My problem is actual food so I reckoned I just needed to remove it. I enjoyed a proper meal for my dinner at night.
I tracked it all on my fitness pal.
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Old 2 Jan 21, 05:08 PM  
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I'm disabled and can't do much in the way of exercise, so for the last 8+ years I've used MyFitnessPal to record everything I eat and drink.

I can only have up to 1200 calories a day, or I put on weight.
Until I started logging everything I had no idea how many calories I was eating... and drinking; what a shock I had.
A massive one for me was milk, didn't realise how calorific it is, in the quantity I was consuming it daily anyway.

I hate cooking, so live on Ready Meals most of the time and try to keep those under 400 calories if I can.
But sometimes I do cook using my slow cooker; I'll batch cook Bolognaise, Chilli, Stroganoff and Stew/Casseroles.
I measure out everything, so know how many calories and how much fat etc I'm eating.
I generally make up a whole meal when I use the slow cooker, include mash/rice/pasta and then freeze it together... so I've made my own Ready Meal.

The big thing is knowing how many calories are in something and then figuring out how much to eat, without leaving yourself hungry.
I've never been one for eating breakfast, so my calories are split between lunch and tea, with chocolate or crisps as a snack.

There's loads of recipes out there, already calorie friendly or ways of adapting your favourite recipes to make them healthier.

Good luck OP.
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Old 3 Jan 21, 09:39 AM  
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Yes I'm going to wean myself off breakfast and go back to 16/8. It's an easy way of cutting down and actually very good for your body as it has time to heal itself while not digesting food.
I find as well if I eat breakfast I’m actually more hungry earlier wanting a mid morning snack whereas if I eat nothing I can go to lunch time quite easily, it’s like eating early kick starts my stomach/mind to want food.
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Old 3 Jan 21, 11:38 AM  
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Originally Posted by Trouble3 View Post
I'm disabled and can't do much in the way of exercise, so for the last 8+ years I've used MyFitnessPal to record everything I eat and drink.

I can only have up to 1200 calories a day, or I put on weight.
Until I started logging everything I had no idea how many calories I was eating... and drinking; what a shock I had.
A massive one for me was milk, didn't realise how calorific it is, in the quantity I was consuming it daily anyway.

I hate cooking, so live on Ready Meals most of the time and try to keep those under 400 calories if I can.
But sometimes I do cook using my slow cooker; I'll batch cook Bolognaise, Chilli, Stroganoff and Stew/Casseroles.
I measure out everything, so know how many calories and how much fat etc I'm eating.
I generally make up a whole meal when I use the slow cooker, include mash/rice/pasta and then freeze it together... so I've made my own Ready Meal.

The big thing is knowing how many calories are in something and then figuring out how much to eat, without leaving yourself hungry.
I've never been one for eating breakfast, so my calories are split between lunch and tea, with chocolate or crisps as a snack.

There's loads of recipes out there, already calorie friendly or ways of adapting your favourite recipes to make them healthier.

Good luck OP.
I have never thought of counting milk 🙈 whenever I diet I try to fill myself up on decaf coffee with milk 🙈
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Originally Posted by Floridatilly View Post
I have never thought of counting milk 🙈 whenever I diet I try to fill myself up on decaf coffee with milk 🙈
It's the thing that a lot of dieters miss; they track what they eat, but not what they drink. I drank way too much milk, as I loved it... a glass full, lattes etc several times a day.
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Old 3 Jan 21, 06:50 PM  
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I second the Pinch of Nom. We have 3 cookbooks and the food is Delicious. Portions are good size as well, just add veg as usual. DH is 6ft3 so need quite hearty meals (as I’m only 5ft3 I need to be more careful). Would also recommend logging food intake for a week (Fitbit, my fitness pal, good old pen and paper will do). It’s not always the meals that are the issue but the unseen snacks you don’t notice. Tiny chocolate off the tree (not an issue now &#128514, small piece of cheese, clearing of kids/partners plates (1/4 sandwich), 1 biscuit often turns into 2. Odd roast potatoes left in fridge to make bubble and squeak.
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I was dieting before Christmas and am back on it tomorrow. I switched to skimmed milk and tried to have less of it and more water. I have a small portion of all bran for breakfast, fruit mid morning and couscous salad for lunch or a mini wrap with lean ham and sliced toms and cucumber etc, no dressing. Muller lights for pudding and more fruit. For our evening meal, I use the less than 5% mince to make burgers and have with slimming world Syn free chips. I also make a fake fry up, by cutting off all fat from the bacon and using fry light to fry the eggs. I also make fried potatoes with added garlic and onion, all done in the fry light. I find it easier to think of dishes we like and then make them much lower in calories. Grilled salmon with veggies is another fave. Also search online for diet recipes and tailor them to your tastes.
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Home made soup for lunch is on my meal plan this week, nice for when it is cold and can’t face having salad at lunch and tea. If you don’t have one a stick / hand blender is fab. Also wanted to mention that the NHS now have an app to log food and drink, and weekly weigh in
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Home made soup for lunch is on my meal plan this week, nice for when it is cold and can’t face having salad at lunch and tea. If you don’t have one a stick / hand blender is fab. Also wanted to mention that the NHS now have an app to log food and drink, and weekly weigh in
This is what I was just coming on to say. I made lentil soup today, counted all the ingredients to save as a recipe on my fitness pal, and it comes out at under 250 cal per portion. I have had this for lunch and dinner today and will be the same again tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Floridatilly View Post
I have never thought of counting milk 🙈 whenever I diet I try to fill myself up on decaf coffee with milk 🙈
Nearly everything you swallow will have calories!
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