Food Diary - 4/8/09

8.30am Breakfast – 400ml water, 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, 50g oats, 50g wheat free muesli, 100g 0% fat yoghurt, splash milk, 1 x nectarine, 250ml orange juice ****

1.00pm Lunch – 600ml water, 2 slices rye bread, 2 slices ham, tomatoes, cucumber, gerkins, Quark,

2.00pm 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk

3.30pm melon, mixed raisins and nuts

5.45pm 300ml water, plaice, fennel and other Mediterranean vegetables roasted, 3 mini new potatoes, small knob of butter for potatoes

7.00pm 300ml water

10.00pm 250ml s/skimmed milk

A Bit More About the "P" Type

Nutrition Guidelines

Diet should be high in lean protein (poultry, fish and some red meat), salad and green vegetables with some complex carbohydrates.
Do not do well on foods that have been altered by man - white bread, sugar, processed foods etc.

Breakfast should be a fairly substantial high protein meal.
Lunch should be a moderate meal and dinner a lighter meal than lunch.
Vegetables should be eaten with lunch and dinner.

Wherever possible eat fresh, unprocessed and organic foods

Food Diaries

Day 4 – 1/8/09
9.00am Breakfast – 400ml water, 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, 50g oats, 50g wheat free muesli, 100g 0% fat yoghurt, splash milk, 3 x apricots, 1 x nectarine, 250ml cranberry juice ****

10.30am 300ml water

1.00pm Lunch – cheese and tomato pizza, 300ml water (oh dear!)

4.00pm 300ml water, 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk ****

5.00pm 300ml water *****

7.30pm Dinner – Griddled sirloin steak, roast Mediterranean vegetables, roast tomatoes, ½ bottle red wine ****

10.00pm 300ml water, 250ml rice milk *****


Day 5 – 2/8/09
9.00am Breakfast – 400ml water, 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, 2 rashers bacon, 2 fried eggs, 2 slices rye bread, ½ tin baked beans, 250ml cranberry juice *** (too much fat really)

10.00am 600ml water *****

1.00pm Lunch - Cock-au-vin, green beans, carrots, few strands fresh pasta, chocolate egg custard, 330ml orangina **** (mum's home cooking, delicious but I'm not sure how many calories..... I only had a few strands of pasta so not too much wheat/carbohydrates)

2.30pm 250ml pomegranate fruit tea *****

5.00pm 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk ****

7.30pm 300ml water ****

8.30pm Dinner - lobster (I know, I know not your average Sunday dinner!) avocado salsa, ½ bottle white wine ****

10.00pm 250ml rice milk *****


Day 6 – 3/8/09
6.15am 1st breakfast – 400ml water, small banana

7.45am Breakfast – 500ml water, 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, kippers, rye bread, 250ml cranberry juice *****

10.30am 300ml water

12.30pm Lunch - 300ml water, 600ml cream of vegetable soup, big handful cashew nuts ****

3.30pm chocolate caramel square (oh dear – mum's cooking again!)

5.30pm 300ml water *****

8.00pm Dinner – salad with 2 hard boiled eggs, 3 slices German salami, tomatoes, rocket, watercress, red pepper, low fat yoghurt dressing, 300ml water, 330ml can appletiser ****

10.00pm 250ml s/skimmed milk

Like the Atkin's Diet?

When I was describing my new eating habits to a friend she suggested that it sounded like the Atkins diet. I think that was me explaining badly! As you can see from the food diaries here I am still getting PLENTY of fruit and vegetables. All I have done is shift the emphasis away from complex, starchy carbohydrates (bread, potatoes, pasta etc) and towards protein.

Food Diary 31/7/09

6.30am 1st Breakfast – 1 banana, 500ml water

8.15am Breakfast - 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, 250ml mango juice, 2 slices ham, 2 5min boiled eggs, 2 slices rye bread, 6 fried mushrooms ****

10.30am 500ml water

1.30pm Lunch – Roast chicken breast, 1/3 bag watercress and rocket salad, 6 cherry tomatoes, ½ avocado, 1 tbsp sesame seeds, 1/3 orange pepper, 1/3 red pepper, 300ml glass water **** (big enough?)

3.30pm 300ml tea with s/skimmed milk, 3 apricots ***

6.15pm 300ml water *****

7.15pm 300ml water, broad beans, feta and bacon with a dash of olive oil, 500ml can Heinekin ***

10.00pm 1/3 bottle red wine

11.00pm 300ml water, 25oml rice milk ****