How am I doing .... ???

[munchkin]

Hey guys,

Having had a great 2 days on the plan and a very off-plan saturday night (let's not talk about it!) I have decided to restart for a clean 14 days induction.

Here's my menu plan for yesterday and today (well what I have planned so far anyways!)

Sunday:
Brunch (got up too late to fit in breakfast & lunch )
1/2 grilled tomato
1.5oz mushrooms in butter (1tbsp)
2 pork sausages (walls)
3 back bacon rashers (not the fat)
2 scrambled eggs


Dinner
2oz cheddar cheese in cubes
1 tbsp mayo
2oz lettuce
1oz cucumber
1oz radish
1 oz yellow pepper

Snack
induction friendly pancakes (2 eggs, 2 tbsp cream cheese, 1 tbsp butter for cooking)
Sour cream (2 tbsps)

I noticed on fit-day that I had a lot of fats yesterday and not too much protein so trying to up my protein intake!

Monday:
Breakfast
4 oz celery
1 tbsp cream cheese
2 rashers back bacon
(BTW really yummy start to the day!)

Snack
130g (drained weight) tuna in spring water
2 oz lettuce
1 tbsp mayo

Lunch
2 thick roast beef slices
1 tomato chopped up


Dinner
1 medium chicken breast
2 floweret broccoli
2 floweret cauliflower
2 oz green cabbage

Any help or suggestions (especially for breakfast) would be really appreciated!! Really want to make sure I am doing this to the book.

Thanks for reading

xx

[*Emma*]

walls sausages are a big no no! look at the nutritional info! they have tonnes of fillers in!

in fact most sausages in england are a no no, marks' used to do a 100% pork one that was okay but ive not seen it in a while.

when you said you had lots of fats what were the percentages? it is normal to be high in fat on this WOE, in fact it should be!

what are you scrambling your eggs with? not milk right?

[Elizellen]

Emma is right - most British 'bangers' are full of breadcrumbs or starches! I buy bratwurst or other german sausages which are mainly meat (99% usually) with just added spices instead.

Lately I have been making crustless quiches with cheese/eggs/cream/cooked meat/veggies and having a slice of this for breakfast and on-the-go snacks. Sometimes I make Pau's breakfast miniquiches in muffin tins (recipe for this is in our recipes database - link in my signature)

Another b/f food I often have is ham/cheese rollups made using a slice of ham and slice of gouda cheese rolled together to make an easy quick 'finger food'. With a few cherry tomatoes and a couple of these it makes a satisfying meal for me first thing.

[munchkin]

Thanks guys!

Will give the sausages a miss then in future - it didn't even occur to me that they would be bad! Is sausage meat ok if you buy it from the butchers? Just wondering whether I could make sausage meat patties or spicy meatballs?? Mind you I could use minced pork instead right!

The scrambled eggs were just eggs and butter in a pan - sooooo good and creamy! actually I could add some sour cream to them for a smoother consistency - but no milk!

Love the idea of cheese/ham rolls and the pastry-less quiche. Might give them a whirl tonight.

Yesterday's fit day showed 81 % fat, 15% protein, 4% carb
Today's is 32% fat, 64% protein, 4% carbs

Thanks xx

[*Emma*]

not sure on the sausage meat, best bet is to ask!

percentages dont look great for either day really hun

what you need to do really is when you are eating white meats, cook them with added fats, when its red meats dont, they have enough fat to them anyway...

You should be heading for 65% fat 5% Carbs 30% protein, it doesnt take much to change these around!

so today you could do with changing something... cook your chicken in butter?

add a couple of tablespoons of butter to your fitday and see what that comes in at

[munchkin]

DOH!!!

Please tell me this WOE gets easier!! Just been to waitrose to get some ham & cheese for brekkie - well all the packaged hams have sugars or dextrose or corn syrups added!!! WTF!! Opted for one off the deli counter that wasn't honey roasted and appeared to not have anything added (except maybe a bit of water)! Is that ok?

Also looked at pre-packed cooked chicken breasts - guess what loads of sugars added!! Just makes you realise what you've been putting in your face without realising it!!!

So am I right in thinking that pre-packaged anything is a no, and that I should be buying raw cuts of meat and cooking them myself???

just added 4 tablespoons of butter to tonight's chicken still puts my % as 62% fats 2% carbs 38% protein ... is that ok or do I need to re-jigg my menu some more!!!

[munchkin]

Ok - just had another play with fitday. Managed to get 65% fat, 3% carbs and 32% protein!! Woo hoo!! Bit of a trial and error thing really!!! Blimey - can't wait to be in the swing of this!!!

Thanks for all your help!! xx

[*Emma*]

great stuff! thats all ya need to do, play around some! you'll be there in no time!

[munchkin]

Hi Emma,

Thanks for all your help and patience!! Just worked out how to use the custom thingy on fitday so I've been having a play around Managed to plan everything for tomorrow and very close to your % guidelines so I guess it's finally starting to click into place!!

Is smoked salmon ok? Just thinking smoked salmon and cream cheese would be a lush brekkie!!

jayney

[*Emma*]

yep smoked salmons fine - just check labels to make sure theyre not adding any sugar or anything, in fact check the label on everything you eat! you wouldnt believe some of the things they add sugar too!! bacons a common one!