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Re Counting Calories

Toria — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:36:30 +0000

I have decided it’s time to recount my calories – what I mean is I am going to make sure that I am eating what I think I am. As we know by now I eat mainly the same meals each week and over time it’s possible I rounded numbers up or down, forgot the exact numbers or my portion sizes crept up etc.

It’s a long time since I actually counted calories in my staple foods – assuming that I already just know them.

So over the next few days I am digging out the scales, reading the labels and making sure I know exactly what’s going into my body

My own calorie book

Toria — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:54:29 +0000

It’s been a while since I last blogged, how naughty of me.

As I mentioned in my last post I did count my calories obsessively for about a week just to get an idea of what I was eating and making sure nothing had slipped – I checked the packages of everything, even the things I thought for sure I knew and I weighed everything also.

I am pleased to say there were no major surprises. The crab sticks that I thought were 12 calories each are actually 18 calories each but other than that everything was about what I had been counting it as – phew.

I now have a book containing all the ‘common’ calories in the foods I eat regularly so as long as I keep my portion sizes in control I am good to go

What I wouldn’t give..

Toria — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:49:27 +0000

..to relocate to somewhere warm and sunny right now. I am having one of those weeks where everything is just going wrong. My parents are jetting off to Greece tomorrow which is just making me so jealous…I wish I were going with them, and could just stay there forever.

La Costa Property Solutions are a well established real estate agents based in Marbella, they provide Property Management and long term rentals. If actually relocating is more than just a pipe dream on a bad day for you, and you are interested in heading to Spain then check this company out.

Main goal changed

Toria — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:07:19 +0000

Oooh look at that, I changed my main goal in the sidebar from 10 stone…as it has been since I started this journey, to 9.13 – yes it’s only a 1lb change, but I was thinking about it the other day and realised…why stop at 10 stone? That was my initial goal because I wanted to weigh less than I did when I started seeing my other half 5 years ago. But 1 more lb would make me into the 9 stone range, it’d make me less than when I started seeing my other half, it’d make me into a single figure number, it’d make me officially weight less than I have done in my whole adult life.

So yeah, a small change it might be…but it’s a good one

Let them eat cake!

Toria — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:05:35 +0000

Being my birthday…well, technically yesterday now, but since I have not been to sleep yet it still counts…I allowed myself a slice of lovely gooey coffee cake, I can’t remember the last time I had cake. I had requested that no one get me any naughty foods, and mainly people obliged….but my poor Dad was distraught at the thought of no coffee cake, it’s his favourite and a long birthday tradition in my family – so he went ahead and made one himself – this is insane, my Dad hasn’t never made a cake in his life, but he did a pretty good job

I have to say though…I feel sickly now, really sickly. I only got a small piece, so it’s not like I gorged…I am not sure now if it is just in my head, because I know I just ate something naughty, or if it’s really made me a little sick simply because I am no longer used to such sugary foods? Either way, I won’t be going back for seconds – which can only be a good thing