My Vegetarian Diet Day ?4 20/07/12

      Hi, this one is a day late and i can't remember much of what i was thinking yesterday. However the cupboard was bare and it was raining all day so i didn't go out to shop. You will see how that affects my diet. :-)

  Breakfast

      1 Banana 

      Small bar of dark chocolate, 85% cocoa

  Lunch

      1 wholemeal bread sandwich

   

    

Home made parsnip and blueberry jam :-)

  Dinner

      4 slices of pineapple

        

      1 can of vegetable soup

In a big mug 

      Chips and baked beans

  

Chinese takeaway chips 

+ 

a splash of brown sauce

salt and vinegar to taste

  Supper

      

      Valencia oranges

  Drinks

      Coffee, milky coffee, vodka, tea, water.

          Well i remember a little now, i did make the marvelous jam though the recipe and notes were in the lost notebook, so the recipe page hasn't gone up.

 There we are and Tich is giving me the heavy eyeball now, wanting to be taken out, so i'm off and you will have to make your own minds up about the healthiness of today's grub.

               Eat well and enjoy your food

                      Love from Pa

  

My Vegetarian Diet day ?2 18/07/12

  Hi, here i am again, too much walking yesterday did exhaust me and carry over until today, so it was a slow start :-)
  Diet is getting a bit repetitive and, as i thought yesterday, trying to keep up this intensity of healthy eating is a challenge. Today i cracked and had a small bar of chocolate, as well as adding pineapple and sultanas to my food.

  Breakfast

      2 Bananas

  Lunch

      2 x wholemeal bread sandwiches, brie with chilli, tomato, onion, 
      sweet pepper, sultanas.

  Snack

      40g bar of dark chocolate, 85% cocoa

  Dinner

      2 slices of honeydew melon
      2 slices of fresh pineapple 

      Traybake with sunflower oil

Before

After

      Sweet potato, butternut squash, bell pepper, mushroom, red 
      onion, garlic, salt and pepper to taste.

  Supper

      Valencia oranges

  Drinks

      Coffee, tea, sparkling water, red wine.

        There we have it, still pretty healthy and wholesome :-) with some photos i remembered to take today. Still not getting much else done about organising this blog but at least i am keeping up day to day. 

               So watch this space and enjoy your food.

                    Love from Pa 

              

My Vegetarian Diet Day 7 30/06/12

   Saturday morning and away we go, starting the day with Adventures in yoghurt making, the rematch, details on the yoghurt recipe page. Then away into a world of simple food, drink and weight loss, hopefully.

Breakfast

   3      Mugs of coffee, with milk.
   1      Banana

Brunch

   371g Vegetable soup [tinned] (water, vegetables 
            (26%)(potato, carrot, onion,, green pea,
            turnip, haricot beans), tomato puree, pasta
            (3.2%)(water, durum wheat semolina), 
            modified maize starch, sugar, potato starch, 
            salt, rapeseed oil, onion powder, yeast
            extract, herbs, colourings: beta carotene,
            paprika extract, thickener:guar gum, spices,
            natural flavour, acidity regulator: citric acid
   92g   White pumpkin seed roll.

Lunch

   1      Pint of sparkling spring water
   10g  Brie cheese
   8g    Chocolate (cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sugar,
           cocoa powder, Emulsifier (lecithins [soya]),
           vanilla extract.
           Cocoa solids: 85% minimum
           Fairtrade products: 99% minimum

Afternoon Tea

   1      Mug of milky coffee
   1      Mug of tea
   8g    Chocolate (as before)

   Brief excursion into Adventures with preserves, Parsnip and blueberry jam, which will have it's own page when i manage it.

Dinner
                       Egg chips and tomatoes

forgot to take a picture so here ia one of a funny sign i took earlier

   2       Eggs, fried in 
   10g   Sunflower oil
   200g Tinned chopped tomatoes (tomatoes [60%],
   tomato juice, acidity regulator: citric acid
   250g Chips (from the Chinese take away)
   1       Mug of tea 


Supper

   1      Mug of tea
   24g  Chocolate (as before)

   I can't believe i forgot to photograph my interesting dinner of egg, chips and tomatoes. Doh!.
   I also didn't photo my Adventures in yoghurt or Adventures in preserves. Lost the plot a bit, especially during jam making but there you go. Will get my little adventures up on their respective pages as soon as possible.
   On the plus side, i didn't skarfe the bar of chocolate all in one go.
   On the minus, chips from the Chinese, though i didn't eat the whole portion all in one go, look out for their reappearance in future meals.
   By the way, meal titles are more to do with the order things are eaten/drank in, and the gaps between, than any real correlation between food and title.
   

My Vegetarian Diet Day 1 24/06/12

Good morning world it's a brand new day. 
   The point of this thread is to see if i am really eating and drinking as little and as healthily as i think i am.
   So i hope to put put down my daily consumption as honestly and unforgetfully as i can :-)
   This is to show me what i really ingest as compared to what i imagine i do, because surprisingly for a vegetarian i am considerably overweight, needing to lose a good 3 stone.
   Which i can't seem to shift.
I blame that on many things but not my eating or exercising :-).
   Exercising is mostly confined to walking the dog 

                                   This is Tich, showing her support.

   So this is what i ate and drank on 24/06/12, the day England crashed out of the footy. That is my excuse for the glaring break in diet, nipping to the shop for more cider at half time.

Breakfast 
   1 Medium banana
   2 Large mugs of strong coffee with skimmed milk

Lunch 
   1 Medium banana
   350g 2% fat live natural yoghurt
   1 Glass of red wine (Chilean Merlot) 

Afternoon 
   1 Large mug of strong coffee with skimmed milk
   1 Pint of cider

Dinner 
   Mushroom stir fry :-
      4 dsps   Sunflower oil
      170g     Mushrooms
      130g     Co-op fresh egg noodles (cooked egg 
                    noodles 98% [wheat flour, water, 
                    pasteurised egg {free range}, salt,    
                    raising agent {sodium hydrogen 
                    carbonate}, preservative {potassium 
                    carbonate}, citric acid, colour {beta-
                    carotene}]. Rapeseed oil 2%)
      28g       Brie cheese

      Pinch     Medium curry powder
                   Turmeric
                   Cumin
                   Salt 

    
          So far so good, now i blame the footy.

Supper 

   3       Pints of cider
   80g   Milk chocolate hazelnut (sugar, cocoa butter, 
             dried whole milk, cocoa mass, chopped 
             hazelnuts[10%], whey powder [from milk],
             lactose [from milk], dried cream, emulsifier 
             [soya lecithins], vanilla extract.)
            Milk solids 14% minimum
            Cocoa solids 30% minimum
   130g Custard cream biscuits (wheat flour, 
              vegetable oil, whey solids [from milk], 
              glucose syrup, wheat starch, salt, raising
              agents [ammonium bicarbonate, sodium 
              bicarbonate],natural flavouring, colour 
              [ mixed carotenes]) 

My objects of shame

                Tich did offer her support when she saw me succumbing to dangerous cravings, which is why i only ate 80% of the offending foods ho ho.


   Well this has been cathartic for me, though i don't know how much interest it holds for others. 
   I do hope it will be revelatory and guilt me into shifting this weight. I hope guilt at bingeing doesn't stop me keeping this up to date.
   If you have got this far, then thank you for your company, if you want to follow this journey, comment, keep on my back so i don't give up, or anything else, i will be keeping these posts under the 'My vegetarian diet plan' thread. 
   I am keeping a note of consumption in a notebook (clue is in the name) and intend to update every or a least most days.
   Recipes and other stuff will be under different threads.


   Happy Eating Everyone


           love from Pa