Hippo woman Food Account: day 46 Feb 26 2011

Another good and enjoyable Saturday as we went to the beach and I made great food choices too. :)

• Breakfast #1

2x small fresh oranges.  I woke up at the ridiculous hour of 6am - on a Saturday!! yeah - idiot.... :(
 So rather than cook or bother with any food prep fruit seemed the easiest and quietest option available.
No :) for eating healthy this time as waking up early was just plain dumb!

• Breakfast #2

4 baby potatoes and 2x sausages steamed. Adding sausages is a breeze as they steam too inside the bag!
The cooking method I use is so fab, delicious, and sooo no fuss - no mess brilliant that I want to share it with you.  Use this for any vegetable you choose. I also cook fish and chicken this way. Please try it.
Use microwave safe plastic bags only ( I always use 2 - 1 inside the other just in case ) Inside the bag place chopped potatoes, herbs, spices and seasoning then twist the top of the bag and lightly *seal it *
- I use a clothes peg for this as it's easy to remove later.
 ***NOTE: the bag is cooking inside the microwave - don't use a metal tie.
Place in the microwave and cook until done - usually about 6-7 minutes. The bag will go like a balloon and it will be extremely hot with steam trapped inside the bag - use caution when opening the bag.
I usually remove the peg then cut the bag to get at the contents. No fuss, no mess -- just throw the remains of the bag in the bin. Saves washing a pot, right... :)

• Lunch 

Half a cheese scone with butter spread on it.

• Afternoon Tea

Other half of the scone - buttered. Bet you guessed that one eh?  haha :)  Anyway it was a nice treat spread over 2 meal sittings. Good one :)

• Dinner 

Cheated and choose the steamed potatoe option again. Was a bit tired if the truth be known and took the shortest route to be fed and watered. lol  Still a healthy option gotta be happy about it. :)  Rose

Hippo woman Food Account: day 45 Feb 25 2011

Good day so far, in fact a really good day. :) Here is the breakdown

• Breakfast  

handful of fresh green grapes and a small packet of plain Brazil nuts

• Lunch 

Soup with one x chicken drumstick, 1x cabonesse (deli sausage), 1x onion, 0.5 cup of brown rice, 4x baby potatoes, herbs, spices.
1x bowl of this soup including the sausage.
2 slices of bread

• Dinner

Rest of lunchtime soup including chicken drumstick.
I have to say this soup was absolutely delicious and I will definitely be having it again in the near future. :) 

Hippo Woman Apology

This is a huge apology from me it has been weeks since my last entry and this has been due to a number of things. Firstly on the Feb 29 my computer had heart failure and had to go to the shop for a check up - it needed a full clean as it 'was running hot' and although they did a good job, I can only use it till it starts to get warm then it shuts off. So major pain but I can't afford to buy another computer at the moment so...there it is.
Now of course the earthquake has had a huge impact in fact it's a devastating blow to all New Zealanders.


GOOD NEWS THOUGH!  I have carried on with the eating plans i have been doing all this time and am very pleased to say I am loosing weight at a slow and steady rate. I will start the daily reports from today and will weigh-in on the last day of the month...easy to remember which day to do it then. Still on track, 3x :) :) :) Rose

Hippo Food Account: Day 28 Thursday 10 Feb 2011

Must really make the effort today to right a few wrongs.

• Breakfast 

1x 6" Subway 6grams or less fat - excellent !

• Lunch 

1x extra large Latte - really needed it and it was magnificent :)

• Dinner 

2 x pieces of friend chicken
4x potatoe pieces
delicious and not upset over the fried chicken as I was eaten at dinner and lunch. :)

• Dessert 

Got the crunchie munchies again so I had 5 ice cream cones .. Great choice for the crunch craving :)

Hippo Food Account: Day 27 Wednesday 9 Feb 2011

Just a quick write up today as it's late and I'm very tired. Here is it :

• Breakfast 

1x Subway footlong club 6gm or less fat :) wonderful start to the day.

• Lunch 

1x half a rockmelon with 1x tablespoon of brown sugar to sweeten. really nice on a hot day! :) :)

• Snack 

slipped up a bit and treated myself to a bag of candyfloss and I scoffed the whole bag - just couldn't stop :( I'm more disappointed that I couldn't stop eating it than anything else. Just have to be vigilant the next few days.

• Dinner

1x continental sausage - large
1x Camembert cheese 4 :( :( :( :(  cause i never should have eaten the whole thing - very bad mistake ! In fact a bad food day all round so going to bed Not a happy camper tonight. :( Rose NZ

Hippo Food Account Day 26 Tuesday Feb 08/ 02/2011

Still playing catch up :) here is the break down for today:

• Brunch

Major time management issues today. It's just the way it is sometimes. :)
2x poached eggs
2x toast
1slice of bacon - poached with eggs

• Afternoon snack 

1x beetroot sandwich using 2x slices of bread

• Dinner 

1x bowl of pasta spirals flavored with herbs, spices and seasoned with salt and pepper. Healthy and delicious

Hippo Food Account Day 25 Monday Feb 07/ 02/2011

Still chasing after myself and playing catch-up :)

• Breakfast

2x slices of toast
2x poached eggs
1x slice of bacon poached with eggs
marg
Again a healthy, sustaining meal to start the day with. :)

• Lunch

2x slice bread
Marg
beetroot slices
Cut into 4 smaller sandwiches so I would pace the meal and eat them slower - a tip from a friend that makes a lot of sense. I will do this with all my sandwiches from now on. :)

• Afternoon tea

1x slice of bread
marg
apricot conserve
A sweet treat for the afternoon, delicious and moderately healthy. 2x :) :) for choosing a wiser sweet option.

• Dinner 

1.5 bowl of plain pasta spirals
2x tablespoons of grated cheese
sprinkle of Italian herbs, salt and pepper for added flavor.
Super YUM! and super HEALTHY TOO!   All in all a wonderful food choice day.  4x :) :) :) :)  Rose NZ

Hippo Food Account Day 24 Sunday Feb 06/ 02/2011

This is a very late - as in 2 days late! report. No excuses, proper ones anyway, just got busy with stuff. I will do my best to rectify and catch up today. No more leaving it for days, it's just soo much harder that way. The only positive is that I've eaten the same stuff so memory not having too dance too much. Here we go:

• Breakfast

2x pieces of toast
marg
2x poached eggs
1x slice bacon poached with eggs
lettuce
Delicious and healthy and very sustaining which is very good. 3x :) :) :)

• Lunch

3x medium nectarines

• Dinner

1x half a pork chop - browned in canola spray.
lettuce, beetroot slices
2x eggs

Hippo Food Account Day 23 Saturday Feb 05/ 02/2011

Today tooth is still touchy but nowhere near as bad as yesterday but even so I am going to baby sit it for a while till I can get to the dentist in a few days. Good for the food choices eating tooth friendly meals so not all bad :)
Here is the account today:

• Breakfast/brunch 

2 slices of toast - extremely lightly toasted- tooth friendly style.
1x ripped up lettuce leaf
1x bacon slice - steamed/ poached
2x Poached eggs
I made a sort of my style eggs Benedict without the sauce element. The runny yolks not only served as my sauce they softened up the toast. It was delicious.I'm so impressed I'm thinking of having this for my dinner. :)

• Late afternoon tea 

I know i have timing issues with meals - again! sucks but there it is......
2x barely toasted slices topped with Marmite and lettuce.

• Dinner

Same as breakfast. I know this is only just staying in my 6x a day bread limit but it is within the limits and it is what I can eat at the moment. In otherwords - get over it because I am.......!

Hippo Food Account Day 22 Friday 4 Feb 2011

A positive day so far but I have a niggling tooth ache - you know the kind that come and go so you never quite know whether to bite the bullet and spend the dosh at the dentist or just stay the course and take a shit load of asprin and hope it settles down till the next scheduled visit. Anyway here is the food breakdown today:

• Brunch 

I figured rice was an easy option today so I made enough Mediterranean Rice for now and later.
1x bowl of rice with a 2 tablespoons of grated cheese

• Snack 

1x bowl of rice no cheese so good choice :)

• Dinner 

3x sausages chopped finely.  Tooth a bit niggle again so this was the easy soft option which will take me through till the morning. Not that good a choice but not too bad under the circumstances. Rose NZ

Moment Of Truth ....Weigh in Day 21

Jan 14 2011  Original starting weight  was        105kg  /  231 pounds

Feb 03 2011  First weigh in after starting blog  101kg  /   222  pounds    LOSS:   4kg /  9 pounds   :)

I know this is a very small loss - but it is a Loss so I am going to take it. And I did this with zero exercise!  :) :)
It's amazing I never thought it would work so fast without some form of exercise. Once I get back into the pool for some low impact water walking it will be ever better. But I am Very Happy Today!  Rose NZ

Hippo Food Account Day 21 Thursday 3 Feb 2011

A really good start to today. I need it to be after last nights debacle!

• Breakfast 

1x medium fresh Banana

• Lunch

2x punnets of fresh blueberries
3x chubbachubs - hard sugar-free lolly pops with a variety of fruity flavors.

• Snack 

6 x ice cream cones.

• Dinner 

A very small piece of rump steak - hand size
lettuce, tomatoe, pickled baby gherkins
chopped in a salad
2x poached eggs
A very good day with food and weight loss. I don't expect this every weigh-in but loosing 4 kg is fab this time.

Hippo Food Account Day Wednesday 20 2 Feb 2011

A good start to the day but as you will see it all went to custard during dinner. But more on that later - here is the breakdown for the day.

• Breakfast 

1x foot long Subway club  within the 6grams of fat or less range so good choice :)

• Afternoon Snack 

2 low fat yoghurt tubs
3x fresh peaches
five ice cream cones for a crunchy finish. Again great choices :) :)

•  Dinner 

OK this it the where the big let down occurs. After business house bowls we got some fried chicken and potatoe pieces on the way home.
1x medium drum stick
2x potatoes
lettuce, half a tomatoe and 1x cube piece of feta cheese in a salad
Not the wisest choices and to make matters worse I didn't stop there with the silly food choices! :( :(

• Dessert 

1x large Melting moment biscuit  that is possibly the worst food option out of all the choices today. 4x :( :( :( :(
So all in all a sad end to what should have been a great day. I promised not to beat myself up
and I won't - but I will be making exceptionally wise food choices tomorrow - especially as it is weigh in day.
 I was fairly confident that I had lost a bit of weight, but not so much now. Still I will persevere with this - I owe it to myself to continue along this path no matter how hard or rocky it gets.Hugs to all, Rose NZ