Breakfast: Porridge and mixed berries

60gramms oats: 225 cals
300ml semi skimmed milk: 147cals
100g mixed berries: 54

425cals for breakfast

Lunch: Chicken salad

200g beetroot: 86cals
56g feta cheese 140cals
15m olive oil: 123cals
salad leaves: 44cals
tea spoon mustard: 11 cals
200g chcicken breast: 328 cals

Lunch total 732

Dinner: Chicken curry



200g chicken breast:328cals
1 cup red pepper: 46cals
1/4 onion: 15cals
400ml coconut milk: 189cals

dinner total: 578cals

Day total: 1735cals

This....

Calories identical to yesterday! Nearly time for the weigh in though!


Breakfast: Porridge and mixed berries

60gramms oats: 225 cals
300ml semi skimmed milk: 147cals
100g mixed berries: 54

425cals for breakfast

Lunch: Chicken salad

200g beetroot: 86cals
56g feta cheese 140cals
15m olive oil: 123cals
salad leaves: 44cals
tea spoon mustard: 11 cals
200g chcicken breast: 328 cals

Lunch total 732

Dinner: Chicken curry

200g chicken breast:328cals
1 cup red pepper: 46cals
1/4 onion: 15cals
400ml coconut milk: 189cals

dinner total: 578cals

Day total: 1735cals

How do you find 1800Kcal /day? I weight considerably less than you (no offence) and can't do 1800 even though I'd like to. You seem to find it easy. If you keep up 1800 Kcal you'll make 100 KG by losing 8 KG a month to start with and tapering down to 2-2.5 KG close to the wedding. Make sure to lift (especially upper body for appearance) and you'll look pretty decent at 5'11 and 100 KG.

BTW, 189 Kcal for 400ml cocomilk is v. low, I presume you got the diet coconut milk? FYI that's just coconut milk + water and it's cheaper just to buy full fat coconut milk and add water.

I know the feeling, it's hard work. Subbed

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Like PGUK, geez, I would be a grumpy dude on 1800/day. Nice work so far, but if it starts wearing on you, it's better to bump up to 2k or 2.2k or so rather than quit entirely.

I also found it a little odd that you gave up gravy. Gravy, at least brown gravy, is mostly stock with just a little flour and butter. A full pint of the stuff should be under 200 calories, and most typical servings are well under 50. In terms of flavor/calorie, I think gravy is pretty darn awesome.

Hey mate thanks for the post!

So far it's going ok...

In regards to the coconut milk, I scanned the barcode using mfp and just used that.

Food choice at the moment has been ok. I tend to have the same lunch each week, but going to mix that up this week by buying some bulgur wheat, and having a differend kind of salad..

Generally I buy all the stuff on the weekend and prepare it for the week. So I'll have 5 tubs of salad for lunch ready to go... The same with dinner, but 2 different meals for the week... Thats stuff I usually dump in the slow cooker and eat when I get home.. (love slow cooker!)

My first test is going to be eating out this Monday...Its the missus's birthday.. We're going to a persian restauraunt, so mostly grilled meat. Going to pick the chicken, go without the starter, and ask for a half portion of rice instead of the plateful they normally give you...

Hopefully getting weights this month!

Thanks for the feedback and support! I've been keeping an eye on your blog, and your slamming it mate...thats awesome!

Thanks for the support!

Cheers mate!

Dude , your talking to a fat guy...To me Gravy was the definition of awesome!!!! But at the end of the day, my gravy is made from the dripping of the meat, and that is fat, not stock. Trust me if I could with good concious our gravy on stuff I would...

Also, because portion control is my thing where I generally suck, it's best to limit it, if I can otherwise it'll be midnight and id be walking the house dipping random stuff into the gravy pot....

To your point, the last roast I had, after I had a small amount, I threw the rest out, because I'd be too tempted!

In regards to the cal intake, your dead on.. At the moment is ok though, and isn't hurting too much... If it gets bad, I can up it a bit later, but at the moment, it's working!

Thanks for your support dude!

Keep her lit big lad

Doing well, good luck for the weigh in

Id never manage on a 1800calorie diet

Plus, no way a northern irish gravey is 50calories a go, at least 200 calories a tea spoon in in my house lol

No reason to even get the half portion of rice when you go out for dinner. Order meat + salad. Get extra tomatoes/olives/onions. Stay as far away from the pita bread as you can.

This. I'm not even a food lad. What kind of busto gravy are you eating, Wookie?

Most of meat drippings are rendered water and soluble protein. Do you even gravy separator bro? The stuff on the bottom ain't fat.

Bout ye?

Cheers fella for the support!

I have't even heard of this device!!! Awesomeness, I might have to do some research!

Weight:

Day 1 163 kg
Week 1 160.3 Kg
Today 157.3Kg

Total loss for this week 3kgs
Total loss since start: 5.7Kgs

Feelings: I said to myself that anything over 2kgs would be acceptable. So 3 is great :-)...but again. I know the first 2 weeks are going to be the easiest. Motivation at it's highest, weight coming off quick... Also again most of this is probably water..But it shows the change of diet is doing something!!

Just 1 step at a time, and this is just the second step!

I don't really like this line of thinking. The actual number you see on the scale on a weekly basis is somewhat out of your control and so as a single data point it doesn't matter a whole lot. Keep doing what your doing, trust the process and everything else should fall into place.

My concern is obviously a week where you do everything right and you don't hit that weekly goal. It seems important to me that you trust the process enough to see the week I just described as a success.

That said, its still exciting to see the number go down so hooray!

Nice weigh in! Go go go!

You are absolutely right of course....I should focus just on good decision making....

Thanks mate...it's just week 2...One step at a time!

Sorry I forgot to respond to this....

Truthfully I am in 2 minds about this:

On the one hand your right. Of course this would be the absolute right decision in regards to my cal intake.

On the other hand this is my gf's birthday and a day which I would say eating a normal meal would be rare and appropriate. If I can't eat out once in a while ...is this really effective long term?

I'm on chp3 of the body fat solution, and it talks about long term sustainability v.s. short term stuff.

I'm not intending to fall off the wagon, and I thought cutting the rice would be a reasonable compromise while still enjoying the meal experience. (I'm not even going to butter my rice which is the persian way!). ...

Thoughts...

This is why I recommended the guide to flexible dieting book. In it, the author recommends having a weekly cheat meal (meal, not day) - mostly, if not entirely, for psychological reasons. It won't ruin your diet, at all. So eat rice for your gf's birthday, it's no problem.

There are other mechanisms in the book to increase long-term compliance but weekyl cheat meals are just fine.

Hi Soul man thanks for the book suggestion. I will buy it as soon as I have finished the other one. I'm not very good at reading 2 books side by side, but will get on it...

I think I will have a bit of rice, but not the whole portion as the portion is about the size of Iran..Will take pics on Monday so we can eyeball cals!

Thanks for the input.

Iran sized portion of rice does sound a bit over the top. Definitely not where I would put some cheat calories at least, but then again I have a massive sweet tooth so would go straight for dessert and/or wine.

The only thing desert wise the restaurant does is Iranian ice cream......ok, but full of rose water....bit meh

Where the proper calories are , are in the starters....I would normally get an aubergine starter made of whey, aubergine and garlic, which is then drizzled in olive oil and more whey, which is mopped up with unleavened bread....I'm giving that a miss too :_(

Some day....just not in the next 6 months! Need to focus on reasonable choices!