A week on Iceland one pound(ish) meals: day one

Evening, all.  The first day has passed and gone.

Breakfast was a bacon and cheese slice with some mushrooms and tomatoes.  I was SO looking forward to this.  In past times, when John Menzies was still a thing, our branch in town had a coffee shop above and their bacon and cheese turnovers were to die for. 
I really enjoyed this.  It was a lot smaller that the one I remembered (which is just as well), the pastry was crispy, the bacon was flavoursome and it was nice and cheesy.
I'm glad I have another for later in the week.

Satisfaction score (i.e how much I liked the Iceland part of the meal) - I'm saying 9/10

With the tomatoes and mushrooms, it was 302 calories.

(and thirteen and a half swips!)

Here's the nutrition stuff.  Click on it to make it bigger.  Hopefully, it is readable.

I had half the pepperoni pizza for lunch (so  it was a also 50p) and the rest is back in the freezer for later in the week.

Twenty four swips - for half!!!

However, to my surprise, it was delicious.  The base wasn't too thick, the tomato sauce had real flavour, OK and the pepperoni was just what it should be.  On the other hand, the cheese tasted very processed.

I was glad of the salad to balance it out.  

Satisfaction score - 8.5/10.  It lost a bit because of the cheese but I did really enjoy it.  And half was enough!

Here's the nutritional stuff.
If you're not interested, just scroll down. 

I had an apple later on - it's been counted!

They didn't have the planned boxes of chicken and mushroom pies, or maybe they don't do them any more.   I wanted the lamb and mint pies but they have been discontinues which is a shame.  I got a box of four chicken and vegetable pies for £2.50 instead and they will feature more than I originally planned!   They're not huge but, with added vegetables, they were enough.

19 swips per pie.

You have to look inside a pie.  This one wasn't in any way stuffed but I've known worse.  There were seven small chucks of chicken, carrots, peas and quite a nice, albeit gloopy, gravy.  And it didn't have a soggy bottom.

On it's own it would be nowhere near enough.  With the veg it was a filling meal.

Pie satisfaction score:  7.5/10.  It was fine, nothing special.

And the nutrition stuff.

Let's look at the whole day's eating.  The number in brackets is roughly the recommended amount for a woman of my age.  I think it is open to debate in many ways but I looked at several 'independent' sources and they pretty much all matched so, for the sake of ease, I'm going with it.  

I didn't separate sugars or saturates

Calories (for everything):  1331 (1900)

Fats:  64.4 (74)

Carbs:  143.3 (255) - this surprised me

Fibre: 21.5 (30)

Protein:  42.6 (46.5)

Salt:  3.5 (max of 6)

So, even with the veg and the apple, it is deficit in every way.  I'm fine with the calorie deficit but very glad I'm just doing it for a week max.  The fats and the carbs are not what I would go for.  Not heart healthy and simple rather than complex.

But I enjoyed today.   Let's see how tomorrow goes now.