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What do you Eat

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LauraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 06-Oct-17 14:24:51

Suzi Grant, from Alternative Ageing, has made a video about this: www.gransnet.com/food/suzi-grant-what-i-eat-in-a-day

Hope it's useful smile

Greyduster Fri 06-Oct-17 11:18:35

A good day for me is one weetabix and three prunes for breakfast, no lunch unless an apple or a banana, grilled fish and a green salad for dinner followed by a yoghurt. And four cups of coffee spread through the day and no alcohol or fizzy drinks (which aren't my thing anyway, but I have discovered Aldi's Diet lemonade which is just the bees knees!?).
A bad day? No breakfast, but maybe a sandwich and some crisps for lunch, or if DH has come back from the supermarket with a bag of sausage rolls..... well, you get my drift! If there is chocolate or cake around I will eat it. Then dinner will be something meaty with potatoes and vegetables, but I have never learned to cook for two and so I make, and we eat, far too much! I made a moussaka yesterday, fully intending to keep a portion for the freezer, but DH fancied another helping and, well, you don't just want to freeze a wee bit do you? So there you have it. I am fighting to get down below ten stone. If I don't find the discipline soon, I will never make it! Eating our main meal late doesn't help. And now - 'Winter is Coming'......

Serkeen Fri 06-Oct-17 10:48:12

I have often wondered what a slim person eats in a day. I am 10 stone 9 but would like to loose some weight.

Yesterday for eg I ate

Breakfast 2 boiled eggs one slice brown bread seeded toasted

Lunch Baked vegetables for

Diner Angus steak burger and around six chips

Snack 7 Dates

That was quite a good day... On a bad day I would eat far too many snacks in the form of crisps and I can manage a whole bag of popcorn on my own quite happily

I usually have a 20 minute walk most days

What is a good day for you and I am soo interested in what is a bad day too smile