ā¢Breakfast ~ 3 scoops coffee Huel +400kcal, water
ā¢Lunch ~ 1 portion cocoa huelava, cup of coffee +400kcal, water
ā¢Dinner~ home made Thai green curry +500kcal approx
ā¢Snack ~ 3 corn thins w hummus +100kc
2 slices of bread and jam (craving sugar after curry?) 300kcal?
Total kcal in ~ 1700
Excercise ~ 90 mins dog walking (6.65km/8814steps) -445kcal
Total for day according to Samsung Health on my phone, which (wrongly)assumes I have my phone with me at all times,
11647 steps 505kcal burnt
Huelva kept me full for ages, like a lump of cement in the stomach. Maybe because itās pretty dense?
Past couple of days have been a bit of a blur - overdid the weekend partying somewhat. Back at work today though so hopefully Iāll be able to keep track again.
Not good at all - I donāt have your dedication Iām afraid. Everything has been very erratic recently and I seem to have lost about half my appetite but Iām not expecting miracles. I need to get more exercise as my diet is pretty okay.
It seems to have done the job. Also I had a blood test done a while back which indicated my sodium was very slightly low, and I was waking in the night with intense muscle cramps. That has also stopped. Woohoo!
Itās OK to eat salt as long as you drink enough water. An interesting thing I read about cramp and it seems to work for me: when you have a cramp, take a pinch of salt and put it in your mouth. Before it even gets into your system the cramp fades - itās as though your body knows itās OK to relax as the salt is there now.
Itās not that Iām anti-salt particularly. Just that as I have Huel 2 or 3 times each day, I noticed strong savoury cravings each evening, to the point where I would buy a bag of chilli coated peanuts or something similar to get my fix. I wondered if there was a connection between that, the low sodium blood results and the night time cramps. Adding a tiny pinch of salt to each Huel seems to have sorted it.
Sounds like your on quite the adventure!
Have you tried replacing the Huel bars for fruit instead? Maybe 2 Clemās or 2 Pears? Maybe try 2scoops of Huel instead of 3? Iād try to avoid sugary snacks like them delicious Snickers bars there just full of unwanted pleasures your body wants haha.
Iām no expert by the way but just maybe try experimenting with veggies and fruit for snacks. At the moment Iām on 2scoops for breakfast then fruit/water then 2scoops at lunch then just water, then a good old hearty meal because my fitness program to me ATM is pretty crazy. Even though your calorie counting, have you been making note of the fat contents of your snacks too? There the crazy ones that like to creep up on you!
Really well done with how your doing though, you weigh loads less than me so good for you but just keep trying different things like everyone says itās not a sprint itās a marathon.
Nothing wrong with the bars At least they are also pretty balanced and donāt leave you with cravings. Fruit doesnāt satisfy my hunger at all, it just spikes my blood sugar and makes me want to eat things like chocolate.
Ĺol, I wasnāt clear, when I said Snickers huel, I meant peanut butter and cocoa flavoured, not that I had put a Snickers bar in with the Huel. I use either regular pb, or the powdered type, depending what I have in the house, and either some chocolate favouring or some cocoa. Snickers themselves are not something I would eat, except in the event of a zombie apocalypse, perhaps!
Iām not a fan of fruit either, more of a veg person if anything. Iām not sure why, but fruit never appeals to me. Apart from bananas. And occasionally grapes. Berries are good, but thatās about it. Like you, I find it doesnāt satisfy my hunger at all, if anything it just makes me hungrier. And Huel gives me all the sweetness I can handle.
Iām a gutsy cow, and could never manage on just 2 scoops. Iād be hungry again pretty quickly and more likely to eat rubbish. I really enjoy huel, and really look forward to having it. Most of the time if I have something different, I get really annoyed if I donāt enjoy it like I used to/was expecting to. I end up wishing Iād just stuck with Huel. My downfall is savoury snacks like peanuts or crisps, so I try to keep rice cakes and hummus in the house to have at those dangerous times. Since Iāve been adding a tiny pinch of salt to each Huel, the savoury cravings have dissappeared.
there just full of unwanted pleasures your body wants haha.
At least they are also pretty balanced and donāt leave you with cravings. Fruit doesnāt satisfy my hunger at all, it just spikes my blood sugar and makes me want to eat things like chocolate.
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