Weight ok but still need to keep an eye on cholestrol because I'm not taking statins. Been a bit of a struggle the last 3 weeks (post op), and as a result last week my diet took a bit of a hit - but all good - supermarket this morning, chicken, turkey, prawns, along with a range of fresh fruit and vegetables. They got Jersey potatoes in the shops now, bit expensive for what they are, but you only get them for one month of the year (maybe more) so had to buy, will have them with a salad tonight..
Example Started with a black coffee Then electrolytes 1000 mg of potassium 10.30am 500ml water with 1tablespoon of with the mother apple cider vinegar. 11am omelette , home made sweet potatoe hash browns , spinach, rocket salad tomatoes, salsa and hot sauce .. 1 omega capsule, 1 multi vitamin, d3 and collagen capsule. Pistachio whey isolate.. 3g creatine 3pm meat balls with bean sprouts, mushrooms, onions, soy sauce, salad, tomatoes. Concentrated greens drink. 7pm wholewheat bagel with 1/4 homemade burger , salad tomatoes, mozzarella Malted chocolate whey protein Applesauce , almond flakes, blueberry, raspberries, strawberry, whipped cream , organic maple syrup and dark chocolate chips
Not sure this the place to add this but just seen off this posh breakfast. very nice and those poachies were top notch £16 though.
I can see the message coming through from all who have posted their meal plans is cut out carbs, go protein. I concur I switched to oatbran for breakfast about 2 months ago. Better than porridge and regular oats if you want to reduce blood cholesterol @brb
I wouldn’t say cut out carbs. Everyone needs carbs. It’s just an easier way to cut down on calories. For some people (me) it’s better to go higher carb, lower fat. Consume few enough calories and you lose weight no matter how you consume them.
I’d add you want to be getting something close to 2g of protein per kilo of bodyweight within that too but for pure weight loss the only thing that matters is a calorie deficit.
Yeah I'm not really into that bran shhite. Tbph I'm quite happy with just a mug of coffee (no sugar) in the mornings, if I do want something to eat, I'd happily just eat a piece of wholemeal toast. Recently I've been having some of those bagel thins (raisin and cinnamon) or even fruit bread one day last week. If I'm hungry, particularly around mid-morning or even midday I'll have some Flahaven oats with chia and flax seeds - I always use oatmilk as well, although I will water down the oatmilk otherwise it will be way too thick. . . For the late meal of the day I will have something like chicken, turkey or fish with salad or veg - I had cut out potatoes for a while but Jersey's are out now, so spuds are back in for a while lol. In the evening during the football I will try and stick to just eating fruit, so tonight it's strawberries and maybe some small easy peel oranges. I also keep boxes of dates in the fridge, the ones you use to have at xmas with a fork, although they don't come with a fork anymore. Anything in truth that stops me eating sweets and the dreaded chocolate!
Dates are a brilliant sweet treat. Low GI sugar and packed full of fibre. Even better out of the freezer too, like a crunchy brittle boiled sweet.
I've never been a breakfast person, but since changing my routine to running in the morning I've had to go some form of oats. Did the usual, having porridge so I have the energy to do the run otherwise it's really hit and miss. I'll either run for England or feel like **** after about 1km. Then I saw this piece on oat bran. It's not the bran flakes ****e btw, nowt to do with regular 'bran' stuff. It's basically a part of the oat groat which helps reduce cholesterol, whilst still providing the energy to do the runs. Looks like porridge but taste wise I find it's a bit grainier in the mouth than regular rolled oats but I never ate the thing for the taste anyway! Late meal I'll usually eat within an hour of exercise to let it burn off which means I can be a bit more lenient with food choices so if I've worked out more then I'll have rice or pasta, otherwise I'll go lean, like you say fish, chicken (or beef). ALWAYS have plenty of vegetables with everything I eat. My salads always include loads of raw onions. Then my usual cucumber, tomatoes, olives etc. Also often have walnuts and brazil nuts but prices are going through the roof so only have those 2/3 times a week now.
Mate we've done this discussion before, I'm not doing it again - stick to your DIY, you'd probably take out my heart and replace it with a fooking radiator yer mad bastard.
