Thanks Brunneria .The sausages were from Aldi but our butcher does some 97% ones ,It was just what we had in
I'll watch out for the meat content in future .Not sure that low carbing to the degree of having to weigh everything is going to suit me .I'll naturally pass on the pasta,rice,bread ,potatoes quite happily but I'm just not prepared to start weighing veg and everything I eat .Been there ,done that and I refuse to return to it .It just makes me more hungry and down .
I thought I'd eaten too much if anything !!
Susie - Frustratingly, for you, I agree with the others about a period of measuring and using myfitnesspal. I stress a period. Let's call it the foundations, or preparation for the way forward? I'm a fan of myfitnesspal, and once you have a few things in there, it takes moments to keep updated. If you have a smart phone, or tablet, you can even scan bar codes from supermarket labels. The site does all the breakdowns of the nutrients and adds up the calories, so it's just like jotting it down somewhere. You can run reports if you want to, and for me the big, big win is it becomes so simple to look back over what you've eaten, then match up with the blood scores you last had. That can be useful if you maybe have an unexpected high or low.
I started using myfitnesspal in December, for a few week, bit still record every morsel I eat and drink. Or to be completely truthful, I don't count the teas and coffees I might drink, but simply factor in a certain amount of milk I would get through in a day. I love it, but I am a data monster.
Recording this way, for a while at least, helps reduce the "I just don't understand that" moments.
I haven't measured anything for a while, but if, like this morning, I'm hungry and have a bigger portion of something, I just adjust the portion size in myfitnesspal, and it adjusts the numbers. Don't discount it until you've had a look and a bit of a dabble. These sort of stepping stones can make a huge difference.