Thurs – Sat Round Up

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Hi guys,

Hope you’re all well. I’ll break it to you now.. I’ve not had the best half week. You know when those F1 cars do the crazy tail spin around in circles? I feel like I’ve been in one of those since Wednesday evening and not managed to get myself out. Still spinning out of control! I’ve done some damage limitation today (Saturday) and look forward to starting afresh tomorrow.

Thursday

Breakfast: I was doing some Christmas shopping at 9am and ran out of the house without breakfast, which led me to arriving at Wilko’s about an hour in starving! I had a fried egg, bacon (removed the fat after the photo was taken), mushroom (s), baked beans (ss), a hash brown and a slice of toast. I’m guesstimating around 15 syns.

Lunch: a bit better – tomato speed soup (ss) with pickled beetroot (s) and I forgot about this morning’s toast (which I synned above) and had 2 slices of 400g wholemeal toast (HEB) cut into small crouton size.

Snack: My Mum then took me for a cup of tea. It resulted in said cup of tea and half a portion of nachos with chilli con carne. Massive massive fail. 20 – 30 syns?

Dinner: soy salmon with roast carrots (s), peas (ss), broccoli (s), green beans (s), sweetcorn.

Superspeed – 3, speed – 5

Total syns: way too many. 45?

Friday

I totally forgot to take any photos on Friday as I was manning a stall at a local school.

Breakfast/Lunch: spiced yoghurt chicken (s) with sweetcorn, peas (ss), broccoli (s) and green beans.

Snack: banana, clementine (s) Pretz sour cream & onion x2 (10 syns)

Dinner: siu mai, siu long bao and 2 chicken and mushroom buns. (syns : left, right and centre, I imagine.)

Superspeed – 1, speed – 3

Total syns: Not sure. Write off?

Saturday

Breakfast/Lunch: I ate some of these siu long bao (left) and cha siu bao (right). No idea on the syns.

Snack: I had a Mama tom yum vermicelli cup noodle. Again clueless on syn value.

Dinner: I had a few chips and I made chicken (s) pizza with peppers (s), onions (s), mushrooms (s), tomatoes (s), green beans (s) and some mozzarella (HEA).

Superspeed – 0, speed – 6

Total syns: I give up.

So, overall I’ve just had a seriously bad few days of eating. It’s not even that I’m binge eating on these things (which makes a change!). I’ve just not eaten strictly on plan at all – just a couple of meals here and there. I did do a cheeky weigh in on my own scales (which I discovered are pretty similar to SW, I think it shows half a lb more than SW scales when I weighed in last Saturday 10 mins apart) and I don’t seem to have gained. Yet. So I am giving myself a rhetorical massive kick up the backside to stick to the SW plan until weigh in. I did my food shop today and my food plan is all set. I have a couple of Chinese dishes on my plan this week which I think still work with SW. I’ll give a more detailed explanation on my next post as my previous post was just ridiculously long and I don’t want you to suffer again! 🙂

Until next time.. x

4Dec2014

Sun – Wed Round Up PLUS Weigh In Wednesday!

Posted in Daily Thoughts, Food Diary & Photos, Weight Loss by YT

Hi guys,

Hope you’re all well. It’s been a crazy few days at home and I woke up this morning with the realisation that I have an exam in two weeks – gulp! Sorry my food posts haven’t been as frequent and grouped up. I’m just finding the odd half an hour here and there to update 🙂 This is a really long post as I only have a few minutes to get this together before college so I suggest getting a cup of tea to drink as you read!

Sunday

Breakfast: 0% fat yoghurt with strawberries (ss), passion fruit (s) and bananas.

Lunch: roast chicken (s) with roast potatoes, roast carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s) and gravy (3 syns) with honey dew melon (ss)

Snack: OH & I went on a rare cinema date to watch The Imitation Game (which is fantastic, btw) so I snacked on half a regular salted popcorn (on another note, popcorn prices are OUTRAGEOUS at the cinema!) – 10 syns? I also spilt quite a lot of it on the floor >.<

Dinner: beef stew with carrots (s), roast potatoes, sprouts, onions (s), mushrooms (s) and pickled beetroot (s)

Night time snack: 3 clementines (s) and HEA & 1.5 syns of cheese (The small ones were 12g each – 36g altogether)

Superspeed – 2, speed – 10

Total syns: 19

Monday

Breakfast: Bacon sandwich using 400g wholemeal bread (HEB) with ketchup (2 syns) and an omelet with spinach (s) and 20g light red cheese grated (1/2 HEA)

Lunch: beef stew with carrots (s), roast potatoes, onions (s), mushrooms (s) and sprouts

Snack: clementine (s), pina colada Mullerlight and a banana

Another snack: honey dew melon (ss) and a banana

Another snack: Morrisons Saver ravioli and the rest of the breakfast omelet with spinach (s) and 20g light red cheese (1/2 HEA) and baked beans (ss)

Dinner: roast chicken (s) with roast potatoes, roast carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s) and gravy (3 syns) with Pepsi Max and 3 clementines (s)

Superspeed – 2, Speed – 11

Total syns: 3

Tuesday

Breakfast: tomato soup (s) (3 syns – the shop owner puts a little butter in but no oil) with 1/2 a sausage, beans (ss) and cheese (HEA) panini (Thank god for Mums and sisters to take some of the hit!) – about 10 syns

Dinner: beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, onions (s), mushrooms (s)

Snacks: 25g wasabi peas (4.5 syns), jacket potato with tuna in light natural yoghurt (4 syns), Pepsi Max, black coffee

Dinner: soy salmon with carrots (s) and roast potatoes

Snack: 3 clementines (s)

Superspeed – 1, speed – 6

Total syns: 21.5

Wednesday

Breakfast: Strawberry Mullerlight with strawberries (ss) and banana

Lunch: Garlic lettuce (s) with a little bit of beef in black bean sauce (4 syns) with 2 clementines (s) – not pictured

Dinner: tiny bit of a blow out! 2x Appletiser (12 syns), a lot of extremely fresh sushi (10 syns?) and I managed about a quarter of the bowl of noodles (7 syns – wasn’t a fan of the actual noodle itself!) and my OH ate the rest of the broth, meat and veggies whilst waiting for his dish)

Superspeed – 1, Speed – 2

Total syns: (far too many!) 31?

Weigh In Wednesday & Early Christmas Present off OH

So before the meal with my OH and friends, I popped to weigh in. My consultant was so poorly bless her and she still made it but as she lost her voice, I don’t think I missed much! As it was only 4 days since my previous weigh in, I was a bit nervous that I would just maintain or have a teeny tiny half lb off. I was really happy as I weighed in at 15 stone 5.5lbs and lost a lb which makes 5lbs in 4 weeks, which isn’t too bad for me. I’m just surprised I’m still losing as usually I would have had a small gain by now or maintained. I picked up my half stone award whilst I was at group and I’m hoping for a 1 or 2 lb loss next week. I really want to try and hit 15 stone by Christmas and although I have about 10 meals out with friends planned I really want to hit it. I would like to start the new year in the 14 stone range BUT I am hosting a Christmas meal for friends which I’m letting myself have the day to not worry about food too much, so that might not happen! I’ll have that in the back of my mind though so hopefully it will curb myself not to go crazy. That, or the non stop cooking will make me not hungry!

As an early Christmas present, my OH took me to Sweatshop on Sunday 🙂 I have really flat feet and walking more than a mile in normal shoes kills my feet and they just can’t cope with insoles. My friend had visited Sweatshop and came back raving about them so when OH was asking what he could get me for Christmas, I really wanted to go. The guy at the shop was super nice. I didn’t run on the treadmill tester as you would usually as the fact I was flat footed and also had wide feet ruled out several brands and types of trainers.

I ended up plumping for these Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 in white/blue/green. They cost a fair bit – £105! – but I have been walking non stop in them since Monday and at the moment I absolutely love them. I’ve not had any foot pain so far which is just amazing. I’m going to walk to work and back on Friday (2.2 miles each way) so that will be the real test. The reason why I wasn’t too fazed about OH spending this on me (which usually I’d object to) was that Sweatshop have a 30 day return policy so you can test your shoes OUTSIDE and still bring them back if they’re not right. You have to have some guidance in buying the shoes (i.e. you can’t pick them up yourself and assume they’ll do and return them) but I think that’s really good. Many trainers I’ve had before have been OK until I stepped outside on normal terrain and then killed my feet 😦

I’ll probably give another little update the more I use them, so look out for that.

Apologies for the ultra long post. I’ll sign off for now 🙂

Until next time.. x

1Dec2014

Food Plan – Sunday to Saturday

Posted in Meal Plans by YT

Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve all been enjoying my posts so far. I’ve liked the fact that they’re keeping me accountable with what I eat and although I’ve missed one weigh in, I’ve lost 4lbs since I started the blog and got my half stone award! I’ve been doing SW since August so it’s been a lot of ups and downs and maintaining so this is real progress for me. I hope it continues!

To the food diary-

Sunday
Breakfast: Bacon, spinach (s), mushroom (s) and cheese (HEA) omelet with baked beans (ss) and strawberries (ss)
Lunch: roast chicken leftovers (s) with roast potatoes, carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s), sprouts and gravy (4 syns)
Dinner: Beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, potatoes, celery (s), onion (s), mushrooms (s)
Superspeed – 2, speed – 9
Total syns: 4

Monday
Breakfast: Bacon sandwich using 400g wholemeal bread with ketchup (2 syns)
Lunch: Leftover beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, potatoes, celery (s), onion (s), mushrooms (s)
Pre-volunteering snack: Bacon, spinach (s), mushroom (s) and cheese (HEA) omelet with baked beans (ss)
Dinner: roast chicken leftovers (s) with roast potatoes, carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s), sprouts and gravy (4 syns)
Superspeed – 1, speed – 10
Total syns: 6

Tuesday
Breakfast: eggs and beans (ss) with strawberries (ss), honey dew melon (ss) and 0% fat yoghurt
Lunch: soy salmon with roast potatoes, broccoli (s), green beans (s) and carrots (s)
College snack: jacket potato with cheese (HEA) and beans (ss) and a tomato cup-a-soup (4.5 syns)
Dinner: Leftover beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, potatoes, celery (s), onion (s), mushrooms (s)
Superspeed – 4, speed – 7
Total syns: 4.5

Wednesday
Breakfast: Bacon, eggs and beans (ss) with strawberries (ss), honey dew melon (ss) and 0% fat yoghurt
Lunch: tomato speed soup (carrots (s), tomatoes (s), celery (s), onion (s), pickled onion (s) baked beans (ss)) with a grilled cheese sandwich (HEA & HEB)
Dinner: soy salmon and roast potatoes with carrots (s), broccoli (s), garden peas (ss), mini corn on the cob
Superspeed – 5, speed – 7
Total syns: 0

Thursday
Breakfast: 0% fat yoghurt with strawberries (ss), honey dew melon (ss), banana and pear (s)
Lunch: tomato speed soup (carrots (s), tomatoes (s), celery (s), onion (s), pickled onion (s) baked beans (ss)) with a grilled cheese sandwich (HEA & HEB)
College snack: jacket potato with tuna (s) in light creme fraiche (6 syns) and a tomato cup-a-soup (4.5 syns)
Dinner: SW lamb hotpot (1 syn) with carrots (s), garden peas (ss) and broccoli (s)
Superspeed – 4, speed – 9
Total syns: 11.5

Friday
Breakfast: Bacon, egg, mushrooms (s) with honey dew melon (ss)
Lunch: tomato speed soup (carrots (s), tomatoes (s), celery (s), onion (s), pickled onion (s) baked beans (ss)) with a grilled cheese sandwich (HEA & HEB)
Dinner: spiced chicken (s) marinated in 0% fat yoghurt with roast potatoes, lettuce (s), tomatoes (s), cucumber (s)
Superspeed – 2, Speed – 10
Total syns: 0

Saturday
Breakfast: Bacon sandwich with ketchup (2 syns)
Lunch: Leftover spiced chicken (s) marinated in 0% fat yoghurt with roast potatoes, lettuce (s), tomatoes (s), cucumber (s)
Dinner: chicken (s) pizzas with olives (1 syn), peppers (s), cheese (HEA), mushrooms (s), tomatoes (s)
Superspeed – 0, speed – 8
Total syns: 2

So that is the meal plan for the week. There are some days which are syn free but I haven’t figured out my snacks for the week so I expect the syns will come out higher by the time next week rolls round. Plenty of speed and superspeed foods so hopefully I will get that 1lb loss on Wednesday and it’ll keep me in good stead for the next weigh in 🙂

Until next time.. x

30Nov2014

Slimming World – Morrisons Food Shopping (Using £5 off voucher!)

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Hi guys,

Another food shopping blog from me. This week wasn’t as crazy as last though I’ve just realised I’ve forgotten something so may need to pop by again in a few days or so. So this week I just popped into Morrisons as there was a £5 off voucher off fresh fruit and veg in the Sun which I wanted to use. As I bought so much fruit and veg last week, I still have quite a bit left over – a melon, half of the punnet of strawberries, half of the clementines, half a pack of mushrooms, half a pack of sprouts, a pack of passion fruit, cheese and pears (there’s probably something I missed out!) so I just stuck to the staples.

Fruit and veg: 2 packs of trimmed beans, a broccoli head, pack of mushrooms, 2 packs of new potatoes, pack of onions, celery, 2 packs of bananas and a bunch of bananas

Fresh items: pack of turkey bacon, turkey ham, 10 eggs, pack of chicken legs (half for Saturday’s dinner and leftovers)

Cupboard items: 3 tins of sweetcorn, 2 tins of tomatoes, tin of carrots, pickled beetroot, 2 packs of beef stockpots and a jar of sliced black olives

Frozen items: garden peas and mini corn on the cob.

Cost – £21.43 (£26.43 before the voucher deduction) – average over 2 weeks = £87.28/2 = £43.64

This week was quite good money wise. My food diary for the week will be posted tomorrow 🙂

Until next time.. x

29Nov2014

Wed-Sat Round Up & Weigh In Saturday

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Hi guys,

Sorry for the wait on this week’s posts. I have to admit I haven’t had the greatest week and I’ve been crazy busy eating as I’m working so I keep forgetting to take photos. Next week I am going to be on it (like a car bonnet!).

Wednesday

Breakfast: Cheese on Toast (HEA, HEB & 3 syns). I had 2 slices of toast – was too hungry to wait!

Lunch: pork with roast potatoes, roast carrots (s), broccoli (s) and green beans (s)

Snack: banana, clementine (s) and a Chinese sausage and cheese bun >.< I’m guessing it will be around 15 syns or so. This spiralled into my friend’s birthday dinner. Moral of this story – DO NOT SUCCUMB. Bad things happen.

Dinner: Meatballs with tomato sauce and pasta with chips AND pizza??? (yeah triple carbs. Damn) and then a small piece of chocolate cake. 50 syns?! More? 😦

Midnight snack: roast potatoes.

Thursday

Breakfast: 30g Special K granola with 0% fat free yoghurt (with sweetener) and bananas, strawberries (ss), honey dew melon (ss) and a clementine (s)

Lunch: soy salmon with roast potatoes, roast carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s)

College snack: Pepsi Max with a jacket potato, cheese (HEA) and baked beans (ss) and a tomato cup-a-soup (4.5 syns)

Dinner: OH made whitebait with tomatoes (s), sweetcorn, chillis (s) with roast potatoes

Friday

Breakfast: a slice of toast (8 syns), tomatoes (s), mushroom (s), baked beans (ss), eggs, bacon – didn’t eat the sausage or the hash brown (gave that to my Mum!). 6 syns for oil.

Lunch: SW lamb hotpot (1 syn) with carrots (s), mushrooms (s), courgette (s)

Snack: HM chicken and sweetcorn soup (0.5 syn) and a banana

Second snack: ham and clementines (s)

Dinner: spinach (s), mushroom (s) and cheese (HEA) omelet with three eggs

Saturday

Breakfast: 30g Special K granola with 0% fat yoghurt, honey dew melon (ss), strawberries (ss), banana and a clementine.

Lunch: Chicken and chinese mushroom bun (x2) with 8 pieces of siu mai (a Chinese pork dumpling) – 30 syns? Bleh.

Snack: banana, turkey ham (s), pickled beetroot (s)

Dinner: Roast chicken with the skin on (6.5 syns) with carrot (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s), roast potatoes, sprouts and chicken gravy (3 syns)

Weigh In Saturday

So I weighed in on a Saturday this week. It’s been a mental week and with all my evenings being taken up Saturday morning was the nearest and most convenient. I prefer being weighed in the morning but the morning groups are so busy I never feel inclined to stay 😦 The quieter evening groups are more my thing I think.

But yes, last time I weighed in I was a half lb off my half stone award. Well guess what – I made it! 1 lb off! Finally! I really want to carry on the momentum so I’m going to try and be really good this week and not deviate too much. As I weighed in on Saturday, my next weigh in is Wednesday so I don’t think I’ll lose too much weight between now and then. I would like another lb off though… I just need to make sure I don’t go anywhere with my Mum – she’s a bad influence!

Until next time.. x

25Nov2014

Mon/Tues Round Up

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Hi guys,

Sorry to leave you in the lurch. It’s been a busy couple of days with my volunteering and college so I’ve been quite shattered. Plus it’s a friend’s birthday tomorrow so after college tonight I was making green tea cupcakes for her as I won’t have time tomorrow 😦

It is weigh in tomorrow. My consultant posted on Facebook that we should try and make the image therapy but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it just as I was thinking of doing a morning weigh in and I need to pick up my prescription before work (I’ve pretty much run out) so I can go see my friend after work. Plus image therapy doesn’t finish until around 10:30 so I’m cutting it a bit fine for work. So I’m still pondering what would be my better option as what she’s going to cover in class will be really helpful.

Also, I was wondering if anyone else had seen the speed/superspeed challenge? Someone posted in our group’s Facebook page about a blog which mentioned eating 8 speed foods (s) and 2 superspeed foods (ss) a day along with the 1/3 superfree each meal. So I’m going to try and see if it will speed up my weight loss a bit (along with keeping those Haribo treat bags out of reach!)

Monday

Breakfast: 3 turkey sausages with baked beans (ss) with strawberries (ss) and a clementine (s)

Lunch: Leftover cottage pie

Snack: Ham salad sandwich on 400g wholemeal bread (HEB) with pickled cucumber (s), cucumber (s), tomato (s) and a tbsp reduced fat salad cream (1 syn) with a banana

Dinner: a 3 egg omelet with spinach (s), mushrooms (s), 30g cheese (HEA) and turkey sausage with roast new potatoes and roast carrots (s) and Haribo treat bag (4.5 syns)

Total syns: 5.5 syns

Tuesday

Breakfast: Fat free natural yoghurt with passion fruit (s), strawberries (ss) and a clementine (s)

Lunch: 1.5 egg omelet with spinach (s), mushrooms (s), 15g cheese (0.5 HEA), baked beans (ss) and roast new potatoes. Pina colada Muller Light (gorgeous!) with strawberries (ss) and a clementine (s)

Snack: jacket potato with tuna (s) and light mayo (5 syns), tomato cup-a-soup (4.5 syns) – not pictured

Dinner: pork loin chop with roast carrots (s), broccoli (s), green beans (s) and roast new potatoes

I also dipped my finger (once!) in green tea cupcake batter and lychee buttercream (5 syns)

Total syns: 14.5 syns

It’s been a late one but all up to date now. I’m in a bit of a tizz about my buttercream as it looked a bit split (I think I added too much lychee juice) so it’s currently firming up in the fridge. Hopefully it’ll be looking better in the morning. Failing that, I’m going to try and blend it and smooth it out >.< Another thing is that this is the most unhealthy recipe ever despite it having green tea in! The amount of sugar and butter was enough to give me slight heart palpitations. It does taste good though. Such a bummer.

Until next time.. x

24Nov2014

Slimming World – Morrisons, Asda & Costco Food Shopping

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Hi guys,

So here’s my shopping for about a week and a half I reckon. I originally went to Morrisons as it was on the way home from work but I ended up having to do a top up shop at Asda where I usually go. I stopped by Costco for some fruit as they do the best clementines and strawberries plus we get our house toiletries, etc from there as it’s a bit cheaper.

Above haul from Asda and Morrisons. There were a few bits that I already had so it was mainly fresh stuff that I bought.

Fruit & Veg: 2 packs of tender stem broccoli, 2 honey dew melons, 2 packs of mushrooms, a courgette, celery, sprouts, pack of carrot & swede mix, pack of diced swede, 2 packs of passion fruit, baby spinach, green beans, bananas, pears, 2 bulbs of smoked garlic, pack of new potatoes.

Other items: Special K granola with apples and sultanas, 2 pina colada Muller Lights, 1 Snog passion fruit frozen yoghurt, 0% fat free natural yoghurt, pack of 3 mixed Cathedral cheeses, pot of mixed olives, 400g wholemeal load, block of reduced fat red cheese, sliced ham, tin of Sainsburys Saver ravioli (syn free!), 3 packs of salmon (on offer), a big pack of seafood sticks, 4 pack of baked beans, pack of frozen mixed veg steamer bags.

From Costco: clementines bagged and a case (these last a while!), 1kg punnet of strawberries.

In terms of cost it was a little high but I think a lot of it will last me around a week and a half at a stretch and with the salmon two packs will be going in the freezer for future weeks. I must also stress that I don’t use a lot of frozen veg and some of my personal preferences means that I will go for “higher quality” e.g. tender stem broccoli over normal. Slimming World can be done on a lot cheaper, I’m just a bit of a fuss pot!

Spend: Costco – £13.67, Asda – £16.65, Morrisons – £35.53. TOTAL – £65.85

Some of the meals I’ll be making I’ll probably freeze half of the batch in case I have a night where I just can’t be bothered to cook. So it is going to look a lot when you look at my meal plan. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve just had a really big meat delivery and I also had lean mince leftover from a previous Morrison’s offer. I might do a post on what is left so you can see. I try not to have too much waste and next week I’ll try and incorporate any stuff I have left.

I’m not sure if you’ll find it useful or if you read this thinking “omg that’s a massive spend a week!”. There is me and my OH. He shares some meals with me but he is allergic to egg and wheat so it can be difficult, especially as some meals he will just refuse to eat. It’s ok though as he is a real skinny minnie and he needs to put on a good few pounds. We are very much the opposite when it comes to weight and body size.

Anyhow, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading and I might make this a regular blog feature.

Until next time.. x

23Nov2014

Meal Plan – Sun – Sat

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Hi guys,

Just a quick meal plan as promised. Getting back on the wagon this week.

Sunday
Breakfast: Fried egg with beans and bacon. Yoghurt with passion fruit and strawberries
Lunch: Ham salad sandwich using 400g wholemeal bread (HEB)
Snack: Me and OH are going to our wedding cake tasting (yay! not so yay on the diet front though!) so I imagine there is going to be quite a lot of cake eating.
Dinner: SW Cottage pie with carrot and swede topping with broccoli and green beans

Monday
Breakfast: Syn free sausages (made by a butcher I found using chicken mince with about 5% fat) with beans, mushrooms and spinach. Maybe topped with a fried egg
Lunch: leftover SW cottage pie with veggies
Snack: Ham salad sandwich with 400g wholemeal bread (HEB) and a yoghurt with some fruit
Dinner: “naked” steak burger (less than 5% fat) with roast new potatoes and veggies

Tuesday
Breakfast: 125g Frozen YooMoo Yoghurt (4.5 syns) with passion fruit, strawberries and clementines. Cheese toastie using 30g cheese (HEA) and 400g wholemeal bread (HEB)
Lunch: leftover SW cottage pie
Snack: Clementines and a Muller Light
Dinner: Pork chop with roast new potatoes and veggies

Wednesday
Breakfast: Cheese toastie using 30g cheese (HEA) and 400g wholemeal bread (HEB) with beans
Lunch: Sainsburys beef ravioli 400g tin with clementines and a Muller Light
Snack: Sharon Fruit, Melon Slices
Dinner: Leftover SW cottage pie

Thursday
Breakfast: 30g Special K Granola (HEB) with fat free yoghurt and fruit
Lunch: roast new potato salad with salmon and broccoli
Snack: clementines, Melon Slices
Dinner: smash pizza with ham, sweetcorn, chicken and some olives (2 syns) with 30g cheese (HEA)

Friday
Breakfast: 30g Special K Granola (HEB) with fat free yoghurt and fruit
Lunch: smash pizza with ham, sweetcorn, chicken and some olives (2 syns) with 30g cheese (HEA)
Snack: banana
Dinner: syn free sausage with roast new potatoes and beans

Saturday
Breakfast: Mushroom and spinach omelet with 30g cheese (HEA)
Lunch: syn free sausage with roast new potatoes and beans
Snack: Options hot chocolate (3 syns with splash of milk) and chocolate rice cake (1.5 syn each)
Dinner: roast chicken with roast new potatoes, carrots, sprouts and gravy (3 syns)

That’s the plan so far. Hopefully it will pan out and I won’t change my mind too much from now until next week (or on the day as my OH has probably decided to cook something amazingly full of calories!)

My shop blog will be with you soon – probably will be tomorrow evening as there’s a few bits I want to get from Costco.

Until then.. x

22Nov2014

Crazy Crazy Week

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Hi guys,

Apologies for the lack of posts. It has been a crazy week what with being in London and this cough (almost!) killing me. I haven’t food optimised much and I didn’t make weigh in this week due to as soon as I was back, I had a lot of social commitments to attend which I couldn’t get out of so I literally haven’t been able to get home before 10pm since I got back from London on Monday. Tonight will be the first “early” night I’d have and I am doing my food shop as I won’t have time for the rest of the week with my volunteering and college. Plus, I really need to get back on the wagon! Flexible syns got thrown out of the window a bit due to London and also lack of planning since I’ve come back.

All the junk and the stress of my cough and not sleeping for more than 4 hours a night whilst in London took its toll and I had the worst breakout on my face. I hardly ever break out so that was when I knew I had to really make sure I was getting at least 7 hours and drinking more water at least as food-wise I’ve not been great at all due to eating out so much.

I haven’t taken photos of all my food this week so I’m kind of drawing a line under it all and making sure I stock up on some fresh fruit and veg (totally empty at the moment!). Below is my food log of the week which may or may not correspond with the photos above.

Saturday (London 1st day)

Breakfast: Granola with yoghurt and mixed berries with iced water

Lunch: Home made roast tomato tapenade stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon (3 syns) with sweet potato fries and a cup of tea

Dinner: Meal in China Town – if I could guestimate the syns I’d probably say around 20 to be on the safe side

Syns: 21

Remaining: 59

Sunday (London 2nd day)

Breakfast: Full English – scrambled eggs, fried eggs, poached eggs, bacon (cut the fat off), mushrooms, sausages, hash browns (15 syns?)

Lunch: Salad with houmus, quinoa, edamame (didn’t have the salad dressing), grapes

Dinner: half of that massive burger (couldn’t fit it in my mouth!) with fries

Syns: way too many…. 30 – 40? I’m just going to just go with it I think as it doesn’t get better.

Monday (London 3rd day)

Breakfast: double bacon cheeseburger and half large fries

Lunch: a frozen yoghurt with passion fruit seeds and half portion of grilled dumplings and an iced coffee

Dinner: dim sum with a relative in China Town

Tuesday (home)

Breakfast: ham and onion bun with a coconut tart

Lunch: Beans and cheese panini with tomato soup

Dinner: Lean corned beef hash with pickled cabbage and pickled onions

Wednesday

Breakfast: corned beef hash leftovers

Lunch: mushroom and pak choi buns

Dinner: pizza and a slice of chocolate cake as it was a friend’s birthday.

Thursday

Breakfast: beans and cheese panini with tomato soup

Lunch: eggs and bacon with beans

Dinner: turkey stir fry

Friday

Breakfast: mushroom and pak choi buns

Dinner: corned beef hash leftovers

Dinner: Chinese meal with my parents’ colleagues

Saturday

Breakfast: a Christmas wrap with roast chicken, roast carrots and parsnips, stuffing and cranberry sauce (my sister’s a bad influence!)

Lunch: corned beef hash leftovers

Dinner: not sure as of yet. Possibly turkey stir fry leftovers at this rate.

I’ll let you know how my meal plan goes for next week. Hopefully I’ll be able to post about my shopping if I’m not in a tizz as soon as I get home and I get a proper plan done this afternoon. I had a massive meat delivery the other day and spent a good hour and a half pulling all the fatty bits off before I put it in the freezer so it’s ready to use so I don’t think there will be too much – just fresh fruit and veg and any store cupboard essentials that need topping up.

Until next time.. x

15Nov2014

Friday Round Up

Posted in Food Diary & Photos by YT

Hi guys,

Just a quick one re: meals. I forgot to post yesterday so just doing a quick catch up on the train to London.

Breakfast: woke up really early for work so ended up with the lamb shank leftovers! Had it with sprouts, swede, carrots, broccoli and roast potatoes (1 syn)

Snack: an overripe banana which went down well with my sore throat!

Another snack of clementine and a Sharon fruit.

Lunch: HM lasagne (HEA & 1 syn)

Snack: two boiled eggs

Snack: around 2 syns of mixed olives

Another snack of banana

Dinner ended up sharing half of this salad box with my sister. I think I ended up eating the tomato pasta, egg, and the carrots, beetroot and cucumber at the bottom of all this pasta and potatoes

Total syns: I’m guestimating around 14 as I have no idea what was in the salad box.

Remaining: 80

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