Everyone has one so why not..

[mondatoo]

Turkey is a far better alternative to chicken

Will get Turkey on the list next time and see how it goes.

[mondatoo]

what were typical meals for you as a kid?

Healthier than now.

try and replicate those then

The stuff I've just bought is healthier than I've ever ate, did you miss that post ?

[hector62]

Mr Monda, cous cous is really nice but you do need to add flavour to make it interesting. You can buy the ready flavoured Moroccan type or add your own flavours as you make it like chilli oil, lemon juice, pine nuts, or any strong spices.

[mondatoo]

Mr Monda, cous cous is really nice but you do need to add flavour to make it interesting. You can buy the ready flavoured Moroccan type or add your own flavours as you make it like chilli oil, lemon juice, pine nuts, or any strong spices.

Will report back my findings Thanks.

[KarmaDope]

I noticed that everybody is going on about your food - but what do you drink?

Fizzy drinks/vimto/ribena all bad. Water & Green Tea good.

Julie has recently mega changed her diet - I'll pick a random work day from her food diary:

breakfast - 4x 90% pork sausages/tomato and 2 eggs in an omelette

snack - olives, 7 nuts and a pear

lunch - tuna, peashoots and tomato

snack - carrot, celery and portion of biltong

dinner - chicken, sausage, bacon, roasted vegetables in a stew

snack - raspberries, blueberries and kiwi.

drink - 3 litres of water.

I'd have to get her to come on and explain diet in more detail, but it is literally no sugar, no processed foods, no alcohol, no caffeine, no wheat - full of protein, vegetables (so carbs are here), fruit and water. Since she started this she's lost a shedload of weight, gained a shedload of muscle (although trips to the gym have helped there) and she has so much more energy it is ridiculous.

[mondatoo]

I noticed that everybody is going on about your food - but what do you drink?

Fizzy drinks/vimto/ribena all bad. Water & Green Tea good.

Julie has recently mega changed her diet - I'll pick a random work day from her food diary:

breakfast - 4x 90% pork sausages/tomato and 2 eggs in an omelette

snack - olives, 7 nuts and a pear

lunch - tuna, peashoots and tomato

snack - carrot, celery and portion of biltong

dinner - chicken, sausage, bacon, roasted vegetables in a stew

snack - raspberries, blueberries and kiwi.

drink - 3 litres of water.

I'd have to get her to come on and explain diet in more detail, but it is literally no sugar, no processed foods, no alcohol, no caffeine, no wheat - full of protein, vegetables (so carbs are here), fruit and water. Since she started this she's lost a shedload of weight, gained a shedload of muscle (although trips to the gym have helped there) and she has so much more energy it is ridiculous.

I was posting what I was drinking earlier but it's just always the same, 2/3 pints of water a day and 4/5 pints of cordial juice.

Drinking this :

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272947344

Have two sugars in tea, would rather not drink tea than have no sugar in it so just drinking two cups a day.

When I get on the beers will post what I have, don't really drink that much anymore.

[Doobs]

I noticed that everybody is going on about your food - but what do you drink?

Fizzy drinks/vimto/ribena all bad. Water & Green Tea good.

Julie has recently mega changed her diet - I'll pick a random work day from her food diary:

breakfast - 4x 90% pork sausages/tomato and 2 eggs in an omelette

snack - olives, 7 nuts and a pear

lunch - tuna, peashoots and tomato

snack - carrot, celery and portion of biltong

dinner - chicken, sausage, bacon, roasted vegetables in a stew

snack - raspberries, blueberries and kiwi.

drink - 3 litres of water.

I'd have to get her to come on and explain diet in more detail, but it is literally no sugar, no processed foods, no alcohol, no caffeine, no wheat - full of protein, vegetables (so carbs are here), fruit and water. Since she started this she's lost a shedload of weight, gained a shedload of muscle (although trips to the gym have helped there) and she has so much more energy it is ridiculous.

Lots of fat and low carbs is surely going to make a mess of you in the long run.  There's clearly a lot of good stuff there and she us getting lots of exercise which makes up for it. 

[KarmaDope]

I noticed that everybody is going on about your food - but what do you drink?

Fizzy drinks/vimto/ribena all bad. Water & Green Tea good.

Julie has recently mega changed her diet - I'll pick a random work day from her food diary:

breakfast - 4x 90% pork sausages/tomato and 2 eggs in an omelette

snack - olives, 7 nuts and a pear

lunch - tuna, peashoots and tomato

snack - carrot, celery and portion of biltong

dinner - chicken, sausage, bacon, roasted vegetables in a stew

snack - raspberries, blueberries and kiwi.

drink - 3 litres of water.

I'd have to get her to come on and explain diet in more detail, but it is literally no sugar, no processed foods, no alcohol, no caffeine, no wheat - full of protein, vegetables (so carbs are here), fruit and water. Since she started this she's lost a shedload of weight, gained a shedload of muscle (although trips to the gym have helped there) and she has so much more energy it is ridiculous.

Lots of fat and low carbs is surely going to make a mess of you in the long run.  There's clearly a lot of good stuff there and she us getting lots of exercise which makes up for it. 

Its not low carbs though i think. She has a lot of veg, things ive never bloody heard of before like celeriac, aubergines etc, along with loads of spinach, leeks, celery, and sweet potato.

[mondatoo]

FFFFFFS

Followed that BBC recipe to keep adj as it's for 10 ppl, faded a few mishaps, then followed the direction to put in 200ml of Water, jeez, trying to salvage it but obv guna be abs shit now, wiiiiiiiii, such a clown.

[mondatoo]

Obv lacked in flavour after the water mishap, still tasted ok though, will give it another shot through the week.

[EvilPie]

Commendable effort Ray but seriously just buy those sauces I told you about.

I guarantee that they're tastier than what you've made and looking at that BBC recipe they're better for you as well. I'd take a guess that they're cheaper than buying the ingredients separately as well for an added bonus.

Unless your goal is to learn how to cook and you actually enjoy the preparing it yourself process then you're wasting your time.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but I've been through it all before myself and it's just the way it is.

[mondatoo]

Commendable effort Ray but seriously just buy those sauces I told you about.

I guarantee that they're tastier than what you've made and looking at that BBC recipe they're better for you as well. I'd take a guess that they're cheaper than buying the ingredients separately as well for an added bonus.

Unless your goal is to learn how to cook and you actually enjoy the preparing it yourself process then you're wasting your time.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but I've been through it all before myself and it's just the way it is.

Not harsh, took ages and I'm defo not looking to be any kind of competent chef. Threw away 3/4 of the Double Cream and Yoghurt, will defo give those curries a go. I will probably give my own another go just because I've bought the stuff but after that will get onto it with those.

Wasn't disagreeing with you when I did comparison, just wondered.

Any suggestions on smaller meals/snacks that I can have as my 2nd meal/Supper, could give soup a go, I like soup but partly because I'd always have loads of bread with it. I'm thinking crackers are ok if I cutout cheese and butter and can just have the salsa dip on them. Seems like I shouldn't be having toast or cereal but not sure what I can replace them with ?

[mondatoo]

100g Chicken:     

Energy 110 Cal
Protein 23.5g
Fat 1.7g
Saturates 0.5g
Sodium 0.1g
Salt 0.3g

100g Brown rice :

Energy 335 Cal
Fat 2.8g
Saturates 0.8g
Carbohydrate 74g
Sugars 1.9g
Protein 6.9g

Total :

Energy 445 Cal = 17.8%
Protein 30.4g = 55.3%
Fat 4.5g = 4.7%
Saturates 1.3g = 4.3%
Carbohydrate 74g = 24.7%
Sugars 1.9g = 1.58%
Sodium 0.1g = 4.2%
Salt 0.3g = 5%

[mondatoo]

They above wasn't enough to be one main meal so just had Sea bass with Chilli and Garlic with New Potatoes and Carrot's, Cauliflower and Brocolli.

Enjoyed it, was a bit dry, obv expectadly so, but was nice.

Sea bass :

Energy 160cal
Protein 19.4g
Fat 9.2g
Saturates 2.1g
Omega 3 1.5g
Sodium 0.1g
Salt 0.3g

1 x New Potatoes :

Energy 190cal
Fat 1g
Sugar 3g

Vegetables :

Energy 103cal
Fat 1.5g
Saturates 0.5g
Carbohydrate 12.3g
Fibre 7.25g
Protein 5.75g
Salt 0.3g

Total :

Energy 453cal = 18.12%
Fat 11.7g = 12.32%
Saturates 2.6g = 8.7%
Carbohydrate 12.3g = 4.1%
Fibre 7.25g = 30.21%
Protein 25.15g = 45.73
Salt 0.6g = 10%
Sodium 0.1g = 4.2%
Sugar 3g = 2.5%
Omega 3 1.5g = I assume % of this is never going to be an issue.

[EvilPie]

Just focus on calories, protein, carbohydrate and fat Ray.

Try to aim for 10% fat overall and protein/carbs around 45% each and you can't go far wrong.

Also not quite sure where you're getting your %s from as they don't add up to 100

What you should be noting is something like below:

Sea bass :
Energy 160cal
Protein 19.4g
Fat 9.2g
carbs 0g

1 x New Potatoes :
Energy 190cal
Fat 1g
Protein 0g
Pretty sure there should be some carbs in here......

Vegetables :
Energy 103cal
Fat 1.5g
Carbohydrate 12.3g
Protein 5.75g

Total:

453cals
25g protein (51%)
12.3g carbs (25%)
11.7g fat (24%)

So your macro nutrients here are 51/25/24. This is high in protein, low carb and medium to high fat although it's wrong as there would definitely be some carbs in your potatoes.

If you want to trim down then 45/45/10 would work really well.

Choose your total calorie intake that you want to aim for to suit your goal (weight loss, weight gain or maintenance) then try to work your macros roughly around that. Everything else falls in to place.