'Opinions' on my new diet

Unreg1980

I drastically changed by diet about 2 weeks ago after being sick of being overweight (not hugely mind you)

I started reading a Patrick Holford Book - Low GL Diet Bible and found it very interesting and put it to work straight away. I've also scoured this forum and others and found some great info re low-carbing and low GL diets.

This was my diet, say a month ago:
Breakfast 9am : White Scone, Butter, Jam
Tea x 2

Mid Morning 11am: Chocolate, Tea x 2

Lunch 12.30pm: Large White Baguette/Panini with Chicken, cheese & Coleslaw, another choc bar

Dinner 7pm: Chilli con carne w/white rice, Or Chicken with Potato Gratin, Or Spag Bol, or Lasagne etc

9pm I used to get the munchies - so Toast and Jam and maybe 3/4 Biscuits

Drank 8-10 alcoholic drinks at wkend - Bulmers or Vodka w/red bull etc
Always got a take away on Sunday - either Dominos Pizza or Chinese
and a can of coke

Always drank 2ltrs of water per day

That was my diet in a nutshell, always tired and cranky and irritable. Im 5 Foot 4 and 11st 4 and Female.

My Diet now:

Breakfast 9am: Porridge w/Flax Seeds, Skimmed Milk and handful of Berries, Tea x1

Snack 11am: Apple, Tea

Lunch 12.30pm: Chicken Stirfry & Veg with v small amount of brown rice, or Brown roll with Tuna Cheese and Lettuce, Fat free Yoghurt, Plum

Snack 3pm: 2 Oatcakes w/hummous, or a carrott with Hummous

Dinner 7pm: Breaded cod with half a plate of Veg & Cauliflower Mash (Some potato in this) or 3 Egg & Ham Muffins, or Chicken Stir fry with Brown Rice

Snack 9pm: Either oat cakes, a carrot

Completely eliminated chocolate, sweets, take aways, cordials, fizzy drinks, white bread/rice/pasta

Cut down on drinks, and when drinking I have Bulmers Light or Vodka & soda & Lime
Running on Treadmill for 20 mins, walking for 10 mins x 3 times per week.

2 ltrs of water per day

Im shocked at myself I have kept with this plan and very happy with myself, I feeeeel much better - BUT i've not lost anything at all. Stayed the exact same weight!
Is there anything I am doing wrong !?

El_Dangeroso

How big's the brown roll?

Do you really need those three snacks a day? Apple and tea at 11 fair enough, but those oatcakes do add up.

It's good to give the old digestive system a break, eating 6 meals a day isn't necessary if you are eating filling food at mealtimes. Chuck an egg in with brekkie.

Diet othewise is a tad low in good fats, chuck in the odd bit of avocado, salmon, real butter or olive oil. Sneak a tbsp of sour cream into that mash, makes not snacking after dinner so much easier and you'll feel like you're eating the same amount of food.

metamorphosis

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

It's good to give the old digestive system a break, eating 6 meals a day isn't necessary if you are eating filling food at mealtimes. Chuck an egg in with brekkie.

Important point raised here imo. I used to think that i needed to eat5-6 smaller meals a day because i was always on the go. When i got into a habit of eating 3 times a day, it worked great. All eating 6 times a day did for me was make me hungry when i really wasn't. I actually look forward to siting down to decent meals whereas before i kinda quickly shoved food back on the go. May not be the case for you though

Red Cortina

metamorphosis wrote: »

Important point raised here imo. I used to think that i needed to eat5-6 smaller meals a day because i was always on the go. When i got into a habit of eating 3 times a day, it worked great. All eating 6 times a day did for me was make me hungry when i really wasn't. I actually look forward to siting down to decent meals whereas before i kinda quickly shoved food back on the go. May not be the case for you though

The 5 or 6 meals a day thing didn't work for me either. Ended up thinking about food all the time. And was always hungry after eating an absolutely tiny meal:( Found it much more satisfying to eat a decent size meal a few times a day

Unreg1980

Id have the 9pm snack prob 4 nights out of 7, but I agree the oatcakes do add up, and they are bloody addictive! Im not purposely eating 6 meals a day either though, im recognising the signs when i reach for a bar or the times when I do -and ibefore the sugar cravings set in im replacing it with fruit/oatcakes/a carrot

El Dangeroso - I do use Olive Oil and butter, Avocado is a no no, just cant eat it. As for fish I dont know what or where to buy decent fish, Ive only ever eaten breaded cod and bunged it in the oven. I wouldn't be a huge fish lover so I'd need something mild-tasting

Suppose one of my issues is, since imo i'v changed my diet considerably - why haven't I lost 1 pound?!! Really thought I would be down at least 3-4 lbs after 2.5 weeks

irishh_bob

heres my daily diet , im a country boy so my tastes are a tad conservative , no cafe lattes for me

breakfast = 7 . 45 am = muesli ( swiss style , bought in lidl ) + two slices of home made brown bread , gave up eating toast

lunch = 1. 30 pm = potatoes , veg varies from day to day carrotts , cabbage , green beans , peas , brocoli etc , meat = pork chops on one or two days per week , fish on a friday , beef on a sunday and chicken makes up the other days , eat around five biscuits with a cup of tea after dinner but most of em are plain rich tea

evening tea at 6 . 30 pm = ham and chees sandwich + more home made brown bread , my mom makes thee best brown bread in the country and insists on leaving a few cakes with me each week

i only eat three times in the whole day but they are big meals , i dont drink alcohol anymore because im on painkillers all the time ( suffer from chronic pain having had a bad accident over three years ago :mad:) and they dont go down at all well with alcohol , ive given up eating chips and burgers ( dont like them anymore anyway ) and only get a chineese thee odd weekend , only eat ice cream once a week aswell

smiles302

@irishh_bob

Is that not too much carbs? (I'm new to this whole thinking of food in terms of nutritional value)