THE 400 LB DIARIES: TRYING TO GO ON VACATION

2020-07-24 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 12 min

Casual check-in vlog where Chantal (Foodie Beauty) briefly updates viewers about getting back on medication, low energy, and restarting healthier eating and exercise habits while showing meals from the day. She prepares/eats a dinner of jasmine rice, vegetables and seven large black tiger shrimp seasoned with Old Bay and garlic, mentions a vacation countdown/tracker and plans for bathing suit shopping, and talks about ordering an exercise ball and using MyFitnessPal for calorie/macro tracking. The video also features her cat Sam doing attention-seeking antics.

Video guide

  1. 0:06 — Intro and cat antics
  2. 1:42 — Medication and low-energy check-in
  3. 3:38 — Breakfast and eating update
  4. 4:11 — Dinner: shrimp, rice and tomato
  5. 5:05 — Vacation countdown and social plans
  6. 5:34 — Seasoning and cooking notes
  7. 8:27 — Fitness plans, exercise ball and MyFitnessPal
  8. 9:55 — Coping strategies and mood/food journaling
  9. 11:48 — Sign-off

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Pet — Sam: Cat who appears throughout the video and interacts with Chantal.
  • Person — Pete: Person mentioned as going for a walk with Chantal.
  • Food — hard-boiled eggs: Breakfast item Chantal says she ate earlier (not filmed).
  • Food — cereal: Part of a repeated breakfast with berries, cinnamon and lemon milk.
  • Food — berries: Served with cereal for breakfast.
  • Food — cinnamon: Added to breakfast cereal and berries.
  • Food — lemon milk: Described as part of breakfast.
  • Food — tomato: Included in the dinner plate shown on camera.
  • Food — black tiger shrimp: Seven large shrimp served as the dinner protein; referenced as a serving size in MyFitnessPal and described as low in fat and high in protein.
  • Food — jasmine rice: Rice served with vegetables; measured with a three-quarter cup measuring spoon and cooked in vegetable broth.
  • Food — vegetable broth: Used to cook the jasmine rice.
  • Food — hot sauce: Mentioned as a condiment for the meal.
  • Food — Old Bay: Seasoning added to the shrimp.
  • Food — garlic powder: Seasoning used with the shrimp.
  • Food — olive oil: Used to saute the shrimp (one tablespoon mentioned).
  • Food — peppermint gum: Pack of sugar-free peppermint gum purchased to help curb cravings.
  • Food — apples: Mentioned as an example of items whose barcodes she scans in MyFitnessPal.
  • Food — frozen vegetables: Mentioned as an example of items scanned in MyFitnessPal and used in meals.

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