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Andy HB's Conscience Thread

How many weeks will it take him?

  • <= 2 weeks

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • > 2 and <= 3 weeks

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • > 3 and <= 4 weeks

    Votes: 7 53.8%

  • > 4 weeks

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Total voters
    13
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Good luck Andy!

Hmm bake your own bread, thats something i would like to try 🙂
 
tracey w said:
Good luck Andy!

Hmm bake your own bread, thats something i would like to try 🙂
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Well, my breadmaker bakes it, which feels a bit of a cheat! But it does need the right stuff putting into it first. 🙂

Anyway, another dribble upwards this morning to ....

200 lbs

I'm not too concerned though, perhaps last week's loss was a little 'too good to be true'. Also, although my cooked breakfasts are not too bad calorie-wise, I think they're just too much when combined with my small beef burger at lunch. Unfortunately, I got my thought processes wrong and had taken the burgers out of the freezer, so have to use them. I also had a very generous glass of Dalwhinnie whisky last night which would have added to the calories.

Anyway, it's the same meal plan today as it was yesterday (except no unscheduled whisky this time!).
 
dont forget Andy that weighing every day will show natural increases and decreases.

the weekly one is the one that matters. Personally i dont think you are using too many calories for all your activity. You are doing fine! 🙂
 
Dribbled back down to .....

199.6 lbs

Back on to the porridge this morning.

Breakfast : Porridge with nutmeg & honey. Orange juice & coffee.
Elevenses : Tea (ordinary PG Tips today, none of that fancy lemon stuff)
Lunch : (get this!) Borlotti Bean, Bacon & Ditalini Pasta soup. Small beef burger and 1 clementine.
Main : Chicken & Bacon in onion & tomato sauce. New potatoes, carrots & peas. 1 apple.
 
I'm back to ....

199 lbs

Same diet plan as yesterday (last of the beef burgers!).
 
Fantastic Andy - well done! I knew you would do it!
 
Just call me "Steady Eddie"! 🙂

An insignificant, but comforting, drop to ....

198.8 lbs

Breakfast : Porridge with nutmeg & honey. Orange juice and coffee.
Elevenses : Bacon bap & Tea (ordinary).
Lunch : Mackerel on two pieces of toast. 2 clementines.
Main : Baked Sea Bass, new potatoes, carrot, green beans & peas. 1 apple.
 
Loads of sitting around on trains and then a nice meal out has resulted in an increase. But I'm still below the 200lbs so am content with that.

I am not doing anything in the next week, so fully intend to have a good one. I want to be at or near 197lbs by the end of it.

199.6 lbs

Breakfast : Porridge with nutmeg & honey. Orange juice & coffee
Elevenses : Tea. 1 pear.
Lunch : Mackerel on two pieces of toast. 1 clementine.
Main : Trout, new potatoes, carrot, broad beans & peas. 1 apple.
Bedtime : Drinking Chocolate (a late addition)
 
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Aaaand back again! 🙂

198.8 lbs

It was a good exercise day yesterday, 6 mile walk in the morning and 10km row in the evening.

Today's meal plan is ....

Breakfast : Porridge with nutmeg & honey. Coffee (run out of orange juice!)
Elevenses : Slice of fruit loaf. Tea.
Lunch : Beans on two slices of toast. 1 clementine.
Main : Chilli con carne, new potatoes, carrot, green beans & peas. 1 apple.
Bedtime : Drinking chocolate.
 
I'm busy doing nothing, working the whole day through,
Trying to find lots of things not to do.
I'm busy going nowhere. Isn't it just a crime?
I'd like to be unhappy, but, I never do have the time! 🙂

199 lbs

It's another rowing day today, so we'll see what happens tomorrow eh?

Today's meal plan:-

Breakfast : Porridge with nutmeg and honey. Coffee (still no orange juice!)
Elevenses : Just tea.
Lunch : Beans on two pieces of toast. 2 clementines.
Main : Chicken in mushroom & sweetcorn sauce (Ok a tin of sweetcorn mixed in with a tin of condensed mushroom soup and a bit of milk). New potatoes, carrots, broad beans & peas. 1 apple.
Bedtime: Hot chocolate (with a hint of nutmeg - I like nutmeg!)
 
0.2lbs?? Just 0.2lbs?? Lucy, I blame you for suggesting that I had that whisky. 😉

198.8 lbs

Today's plan is :

Breakfast : Porridge and banana. Orange Juice (yay!) and coffee
Tenses : Two slices of seeded granary bread (see 'Great' Bread Thread)
Lunch : Mackerel on two slices of toast. 1 clementine
Threeses : Lemon Green Tea (to make up for the lack of elevenses)
Main : Lamb in sweetcorn & mushroom sauce with new potatoes, carrot, peas and green beans. 1 apple.
Bedtime : Hot chocolate (with a hint of nutmeg)
 
🙄I don't think I actually suggested you had one Andy - I was merely suggesting it may appear you had had one already!!

Its still a loss so well done!😉
 
Okey Dokey, things are looking down! 🙂

198 lbs

I'm finally back below my initial target weight and, as of this moment, could add 0.2 lb to the group weight loss total! But, I'm just going to have to wait until Sunday for that (assuming I lose any more).

Today's meal plan :-

Breakfast : 2 pieces of toast with marmalade. Orange Juice & coffee.
Elevenses : Lemon Green Tea
Lunch : Lentil & Smoked Bacon soup & 2 slices of bread. 1 clementine.
Threeses : A slice of fruity loaf.
Main : Lamb in sweetcorn & mushroom sauce with new potatoes, carrot, peas and green beans. 1 apple. (boring!!)
Bedtime : Hot chocolate
 
That main sounds fantastic...............are you refering to the apple when saying boring?
 
novorapidboi26 said:
That main sounds fantastic...............are you refering to the apple when saying boring?
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No, it's just the same meal that I'd had yesterday and the same mushroom and sweetcorn sauce that I had with my chicken the day before that and the same mushroom and sweetcorn sauce that I'll have tomorrow with something (not yet decided what).

It's just as well I like it isn't it! :D
 
How much sauce have you got...............lol🙂
 
novorapidboi26 said:
How much sauce have you got...............lol🙂
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It's always a good idea to have plenty of sauce. :D

(actually it's simply a case that a tin of condensed soup and a tin of sweetcorn do me two days and I don't feel like using my chopped tomato/onion combo today)
 
Andy - you are doing so well.
Is the fruit loaf good for weight loss? Do you have it on its own or with butter?
Whats the statistics on it - it sounds nice.

M might have a go at your sauce idea - it sounds nice.
 
Andy, do you have good levels after that breakfast? amazed you can get away with marmalade and orange juice!
 
lucy123 said:
Andy - you are doing so well.
Is the fruit loaf good for weight loss? Do you have it on its own or with butter?
Whats the statistics on it - it sounds nice.

M might have a go at your sauce idea - it sounds nice.
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I'd say that the fruit loaf needs to be used sparingly and I usually scrape it with some light olive spread. I don't have the details for it yet, but will do the calculations when I make it next. But it's not going to be too different (except the sugars will be higher) to my seeded granary which comes out at (per 35g slice) ...

Cals : 92
Protein : 3.9g
Carbs : 15g (of which sugars 1.0g)
Fat : 2g (of which sat fat 0.3g)
Salt : 0.2g

I'll be doing a test of my fruit loaf during one month (maybe February)
 
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