Weight / Fat loss

I like oats in the morning, but... have to make sure I go to the toilet before I set off for a bicycle ride.
I happened to have some serious cramps after stuffing my face with oats before a long ride.

Really? They work well for me, nice and easy to chuck together and keep my full for a while.
I'm starting to think about fuelling on the bike as well and eating porridge before I set out is a good idea, then eating banana/ flap jacks or fig rolls when I need carbs.

It's hard to find a balance of what to eat though as I want to be careful to not eat too much but at the same time not too little to risk bonking.

Really?

Old age probably.

Nah, I'm talking about these (should've used capital letters).
I went for the unflavoured cheeper ones and mix them with chocolate Impact Whey Protein, 350ml of skimmed milk and a banana. That will be almost 600 kcal

http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/instant_oats

Tried my own version of these, normal oats, in food processer and through and seive to make sure they were ground enough. Then add a few tablespoons to a banana and milk in a blender for breakfast.

I gave in and went to see a physio this morning, the excellent Dave Baker at Complete Physio over in Victoria. He uses ultra-sound so he can actually see what's going on. I have a tear on the rotator cuff of the left shoulder and a fair amount of fluid has built up but the tear is at the back not the front, have pretty good movement for a tear despite it being painful. He reckons it's an old injury that I've aggravated (probably by starting back at the gym late last year) and is probably as a result of trauma (crashed a motorbike and landed badly on that side years and years ago) but it will improve with a regime of exercise he's given me. If it doesn't improve then it'll need to be injected with steroids.

With the left knee there's 20% thickening of one of the main tendons that attaches to the knee-cap and a bit of fluid build up but not too much, I've caught it early so he reckons it'll calm down given enough time and the right exercise but could take about 8 to 10 weeks to go right back to normal.

Steel frames and pies for me!! mmmmm pie

What does that have to do with anything?

I wish I had the patience to work out how many calories I'm allowed and track everything, but I don't. It would also infuriate me that I couldn't get exact numbers for some things.

Today I've had 3 Weetabix with semi-skimmed milk, a little tub of oats, yoghurt and honey, a health bar thing and a bowl of soup from the canteen, as well as a flat white from Costa and a few cups of tea. Probably going to have a bagel with some emmental for dinner and a coffee. Rough guess, what's that add up to? Am I getting fatter or thinner?

Round it up, have a pint on top and go for a 20 mins jog. Balance restored.

A 20 minute jog? You want me to run a whole kilometre? Not likely.

Sparky whenever I'm unsure on the calorie count I just round up, that way you won't feel guilty with yourself.

Try myfitnesspal out, you'll be surprised on how much is on there database.

Also that doesn't sound like much your eating?
Here's today for me;

Breakfast
Nestle - Shreddies and Semi-Skimmed Milk (125ml), 60 g
Hovis - Brown Toast With Light Butter and Marmite, 1 slice

Lunch
Tesco - Hot Cross Buns, 1 bun
Warburtons - Wholemeal Bread 400g Loaf, 3 slice
Tesco - Spanish Chorizo Sausage, 25 g
Tesco - Brittish Red Apple, 1 apple

Dinner
Generic - Homemade Chicken Pasta Bake, 2 cup cooked
Tesco - Vanilletta Ice Cream, 55 g
Tesco - Freshly Prepared Juicy Pineapple Chunks, 50 g

Snacks
Go Ahead - Crispy Slices Forest Fruit (S), 1 container (3 slices ea.)
Tesco Light Choices - Veg Cup A Soup, 1 packet

Comes in under 1900 calories, ideally I want to be on about 1600 calories before exercise, but just working my way down there. Should be able to do it tomorrow with some careful planning, e.g. remove desert replace breakfast with 1 bowl of porridge as opposed to toast and cereal.

I've eaten pretty much whatever the fuck I want for the past 2 days.
What I've learnt- more exercise makes me eat less.
Feel bloated and fat.
Going to try and get up early and go to the gym.

I'd normally eat more than that, I guess. And I'm currently eating two plain bagels with cheese and a whole pot of hummus, so I'm not going to waste away.

Breakfast

Banana, fresh, 1 small (6" to 6-7/8" long) 93 24 1 1
California Navel Orange - medium orange (131g), 1 serving 62 14 0 1
Milk, nonfat, 250 grams 88 12 0 9
Instant Oats, 50 gram 194 35 4 4
Impact Whey Protein, 25 gram 98 2 2 21
BREAKFAST TOTALS: 534 87 7 35

Lunch

Tesco Spinach & Pinenut Pasta, 215 gram(s) 516 53 26 15
Cofee with Milk and 1 cube Sugar, 1 serving 60 0 0 0
LUNCH TOTALS: 576 53 26 15

Dinner

Grapes, 1 cup 96 25 0 1
Quorn Mince, 87 gram(s) 92 4 2 13
Lasagne Pasta, 1 serving 165 32 1 6
Cheese Sauce, 1 serving 107 0 7 0
Napoletana Sauce, 1 serving 40 0 1 0
DINNER TOTALS: 500 61 12 20

Snack

Hershey Special Dark Sweet Chocolate Bar, 10 grams 44 6 3 1
Slim Fast Chocolate Caramel Treat, 1 serving 95 16 3 1
Halawi date, 5 serving 125 0 0 0
SNACK TOTALS: 264 22 5 1

Post Workout Snack

Maximuscle Promax Diet, 60 gram 224 11 4 38
Tesco Tzatziki dip, 25 gram(s) 38 1 3 1
Salami Milano, 1 serving 90 0 7 0
POST WORKOUT SNACK TOTALS: 352 12 13 39

CALORIES    CARBS   FAT PROTEIN  

Totals: 2,226 235 63 110
Your Daily Goal: 1,500 - 1,850 169 - 301 33 - 72 75 - 162
Remaining Today: 0 0 - 66 0 - 9 0 - 52

20 mins interval training on a spin bike + strength training (squats, weights and shit) + 6 glasses of water so far and an apple before bed.

i've genuinely tried to hit my new calorie intake today, but trying to stick only to healthy foods and eating carrots, broccoli, eggs, turkey, ham and cauliflower i have fallen some way short.

looks like nuts are the way to go...

70.4 this evening though, so its not all good :s

sure i'll be closer to 70 again in the morning :)

If you're short of calories and proteins try those Instant Oats + Impact Whey protein then. It's really cheap for a protein shake.

Tried to paste it in, but it was a mess: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/SparkFood

How does that look for a day? I had a 6-mile commute each way, but otherwise sedentary. Dinner was surprisingly calorific. Need to work on better meals.

Sparky that food diary is set to private.

doesn't work but its what i use, decided i'm going to pick up some mixed nuts tomorrow to use to snack between meals, along with carrots.

going to try and replace my lunchtime crisps with something else as well, not sure what though.

Sparky that food diary is set to private.

Try again, sorry.

What I've realised is there are some foods you can eat tonnes off for literally bugger all calories, these are good most of the time for snacks when your not actually hungry, such as my 10am carrot fest, cup full of sloced carrots less than 60 cals.

I just drink looooads of tea.

But carrots and broccoli are also win

Never tried raw broccoli. Do you eat it plain?

Yeah it's awesome, I don't know why more people don't eat it raw, it's so nice and crunchy and really filling. I usually dip it in hummus but you could eat it on it's own too.