Trying to make sure I’m drinking enough water. Got this cute mason jar and metal straw over Christmas and I’ve filled it with cucumber and strawberries to give it a bit of flavour. It worked well yesterday so I’m hoping to manage another 2L today and to get over the headache!
Hope you have a great day guys! 🙂
Hi guys,
Just a quick meal plan as it’s only to tide me over until I can do a food shop. As I mentioned in my plan for the new year, I will be mixing up my EE and EESP days. I think I’m going to try and have around 4 EESP and 3 EE days – it just depends how I feel. But, I will be making sure if I have an EESP day, I will be following it 100% and if I fancy some potatoes or something, then I’ll change it to an EE day as it makes more sense to me that way!
Friday – SP day
Breakfast: spinach (s) and mushroom (s) omelet (p) with 15g grated cheddar (half HEA)
Lunch: carrot (s) and coriander soup with 30g philadelphia light (half HEA) and ham (p) on a wholemeal bap (HEB)
Dinner: sirloin steak (p) with fat cut off, swede (s) and carrot (s) mash with brussel sprouts (s)
Snacks: 3 clementines (s), half punnet of strawberries (s) and ham (p) and cucumber (s) on a wholemeal bap (HEB) with 2 tbsp light salad cream (3 syns)
Saturday – SP day
Breakfast: egg (p), bacon (p) and mushroom (s) on a wholemeal bap (HEB) with 2 tbsp ketchup (2 syns)
Lunch: soy salmon (p) with carrot (s) and swede (s) mash and peas (p)
Dinner: soy salmon (p) with broccoli (s), green beans (s) and peas (p)
Snacks: ham (p) and cucumber (s) roll ups, 3 clementines (s) and half punnet of strawberries (s)
I’ll add more syns in depending what I fancy. I’ll be doing a shop on Sunday I think so I will have another food shopping post for you.
It’s about 5pm now and I’ve just received my new mason jar (1L) with a metal straw and hole in the lid. I’ve been drinking non stop strawberry infused water and I have the worst detox headache 😦 I can’t wait to feel less bloated and lethargic. I hope these 2 SP days will mean I can start losing the 4lbs I gained over Christmas!
Until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Hope you all had a fab new year. As I mentioned in previous posts, I’ve given myself an extra boost with it being the beginning of 2015 and I had my first gain in 5 weeks so I want to get the ball rolling. I just want to say that I am in no way affiliated with this company and it’s all my own views and my opinions 🙂
So my boost is that I will be doing a DietBet game for the first six months of 2015. For those of you who aren’t aware of DietBet, you basically join a game and you put money in a pot (it’s an American company so everything’s in dollars but you can pay by paypal to avoid any transaction fees) and you are basically betting on yourself to lose a certain amount of weight depending on your start weight. I was first introduced to DietBet by Blogilates who hosted a 4 week game there. There are two types of game – a month long game which you bet that you can lose 4% of your body weight (DietBet 4) and a six month long game where you bet you can lose 10% of your body weight (DietBet 10 aka the Transformer). I’ve done the DietBet 4 a couple of times and won back in 2013 but I’ve not really thought about it since.
I have to say, before you get the wrong end of the stick and say it encourages binge dieting, etc, there are a lot of rules. The main ones being you have to be over 18, there are maximum weight loss thresholds whereby if you lose more than a certain percentage, you are disqualified and that you are unable to join a game if losing the 4 or 10% will bring you below a healthy BMI range (I think you can’t go below 18.5). You can find all the rules for the DietBet 10 here. At the end of each round, everyone who has reached their goal splits the pot. If you haven’t quite reached it, you get to carry on but forfeit the money in the pot.
During my DietBet 4 games, I really enjoyed the community there. Everyone is really supportive. The only difference is that although SW is supportive, when it comes to the public SW groups on FB (not the ones set up by your consultant for your group), it can be like going back to school with some bitchiness from some members which can be discouraging. It doesn’t matter what diet plan you are doing or what type of exercise, if you ask a question, there will be a friendly face to answer.
So this will be my first Transformer game. I’m a bit worried that I might not last the full six months but I’m going to do my best. I did my first weigh in yesterday. Unfortunately it was the end of New Year’s Day before I had a chance to jump on the scales and I had been eating leftovers all day so probably not the lightest I’ve been! Anyhow, for the first month I need to lose 3% which works out at just over 6.5lbs. I will be combining my DietBet with a mix of the new EE and EE SP plans to hopefully boost my weight loss and get some good losses on the scales.
Hopefully by the time June rolls round I will have lost quite a bit, found myself a dress for the wedding and feeling a lot more confident in myself, not forgetting a little extra pocket money if I manage to hit my goals 🙂
So I’m looking forward to the next few weeks. Hopefully I can make 2015 my year where I got rid of all my illnesses, the extra weight and get married to my lovely OH.
Until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Just a quick one from me. Sorry I didn’t manage to get any photos from my get together with friends. I was just so busy with food and then so hungry that I totally forgot – typical!
I did manage to go to weigh in yesterday though. Our group has been moved to a Tuesday which is a bit hard for me to get to as it’s earlier (6:15pm) and I don’t finish work until 6:45pm. I really wanted to go though as the new packs were out and I wanted to get my head around it before the New Year,
So, considering I haven’t been to group since mid-December and had been eating out non stop since then (I know.. don’t frown at the screen in disapproval!) I did gain but not as much as I originally expected. I weighed in at 15st 8lb (it was flitting between 7.5 and 8) with a 4lb gain. It’s not unexpected but I’m not angry either. I guess it didn’t help too much having weigh in the day after a massive dinner!
So yes, I am getting back on it (slowly). The next couple of days are going to be half SW days as it’s New Year etc but from the 2nd I will be doing the new plan and will hope to get a loss at the weigh in on 7th Jan – fingers crossed!
I will probably do a little blog post over the New Year about the changes to the SW plan once I get my own head around it. From first impressions though, it doesn’t seem too different and a lot more streamlined. On the SW facebook groups (the normal ones, not group based) there seems to be a lot of scaremongering about the new plan and people outright refusing to do the new one, etc so I want to make sure I have all my facts right beforehand as I wouldn’t want to set off WW3 (though that may have already happened in the FB groups!).
So, until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Happy Boxing Day! I hope you’re having a fantastic festive season – if you’re braving the sales today: good luck!
I thought I’d just give you an update on how OH and I spent Christmas yesterday. We had spent Christmas Eve watching all the Christmas specials until around 3am. We both opened a present at midnight (family tradition). So Christmas morning we woke up quite late – 11am for me as I promised my sister I’d make her dauphinoise potatoes to go with the roast lamb for Christmas lunch.
Lunch was at around 3pm as Dad had underestimated how long it took to roast a lamb leg! We had roast lamb, roast potatoes, mash, dauphinoise potatoes, carrots, sprouts, Yorkshire pudding and lots of gravy and mint sauce (not very SW, I know), followed by some Christmas pud & custard.
Presents followed and although I didn’t really want anything, I did get a few great presents. All the chocolates have been given to my OH to snack on when he’s gaming!
These are just a few of the things I received. OH got me a special money box as well as the bookmark/pen set (I love stationery and books!) and he made me a vase with little turtles and ladybirds which I thought was super cute. My mum bought me a watch (which actually fits – my wrists are usually massive and won’t fit normal watches). I also received an owl, some money, an iPod nano for my car and a vent phone holder (really useful).
No Christmas is complete without Christmas leftovers and in true form I got myself a lamb and mint sauce sandwich (again not SW friendly) but absolutely scrummy!
Now I’m tucked up in bed watching rubbish TV and having a snack of clementines. I’m feeling today’s food weighing down my stomach at the mo so I’m looking forward to more SW friendly food which seems kinder to my insides!
I think tomorrow (Boxing Day) will be spent prepping my food for Sunday so I don’t have to worry too much on the day. Other than that I think my house needs an absolute blitz. All my pre-Christmas baking has made my kitchen look like a flour bomb has exploded in it!
So, I shall leave you for now. I may blog on Sunday with all the (not-SW-friendly) food and then it’ll be back on the wagon for me.
Until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Sorry I haven’t posted much in the last couple of weeks. We’ve been overrun at work and I was inundated with my exam revision so my body’s been telling me to take a rest! I have been pretty busy with last minute wrapping and baking & now it’s nearing the end of Christmas Day, I’m finally snuggled up in bed, catching up on my favourite Youtube videos and generally just chilling.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic Christmas! We had a lovely Christmas dinner with a roasted lamb leg and lots of veggies (and mint sauce!). As I may have mentioned before, I’m having friends over for another Christmas and I’ll be eating as I want on that day.
FRIENDS’ CHRISTMAS MENU: roast pork belly with stuffing, dauphinoise potatoes, roast new potatoes, carrot and swede mash, sprouts, roasted parsnips, sausage meat stuffing with chestnuts and sage, pigs in blankets and gravy. We’re then having Chinese hotpot in the evening so there will be meat slices, enoki and oyster mushrooms, winter melon, chinese leaf, fishballs galore and prawns – so excited!
I will be eating relatively healthy from now until then. I haven’t managed to make the past two weigh ins as I’ve just been so busy. I’m looking forward to Tuesday’s as I believe we will be getting new packs! Definitely exciting to see what new changes are in store.
So.. to sum up, I hope you’ve all had a fantastic day and not worried too much about what is passing your lips. I hope you’ve had a great day with family and ready to bring in the New Year!
Until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Just a quick food shop update today. I spent a little more as I got a few things for OH’s Christmas snack box which isn’t on the list but I thought I’d mention it anyway. Total including all the snacks for him was £53.17 but I’ll update you on the total below.
Excuse the table weirdness in the middle – I ended up taking a panorama so I could fit everything in 🙂
Fruit and veg: mini corn on the cob, massive papaya, onions, baby spinach, tender stem broccoli, clementines, strawberries, bananas, baby potatoes, parsley, cucumber, leek, sweet potato, tomatoes, radishes
Everything else: Cathedral city mature selection bag, 2 Cathedral City vintage cheddars (on offer), sliced ham, pickled beetroot, Philadelphia Light with mediterranean tomatoes, cheese stick, jalapeño hummus, onion and garlic dip, low fat thousand island dressing, can of chickpeas, jalapeño coleslaw, value coleslaw, tarragon, bacon.
Total: £54.83 – £1.66 offers = £53.17 – £12.12 = £41.05
I don’t think the total would have been that high if I hadn’t lost it half way through and smelt the bread! Meant I bought a few things which were off plan and totally random! Also stocked up on my favourite Cathedral City vintage cheddar as it was only £2 a block and BBD was March 2015 so it’ll last a couple of months! Mental note for last time – STICK TO THE LIST!
Also picked up my first £5 voucher on the Morrisons Match & More Card – I think I’ve been shopping three times to get it and collected on my fourth shop so will be using that probably just after Christmas (voucher expiry is a year later so plenty of time to use it!) as I plan on using the £15 off a £60 shop at Aldi to get all my Christmas shopping in later this week.
So until next time.. x
Hi guys,
Just a quick round up session. I’ve been pretty busy with fitting Christmas meals out with my exam revision and work (yes, I’m to blame for poor planning and not wanting to punk out!). I’ll have a shopping haul soon as I went on Saturday but not yet had chance to do a write up yet – it’ll be soon, promise!
Breakfast – a few chicken and mushroom dumplings
Lunch – tomato speed soup (ss) with beetroot (s) and mozzarella (HEA) and wholemeal toast croutons (HEB)
Dinner: bacon with roast carrots (s), potatoes, peas (ss) and corn
Superspeed – 2, speed – 2
Total syns: about 15 for the dumplings?
Breakfast: bacon and eggs on 400g wholemeal toast (HEB) with ketchup (3 syns)
Lunch: chicken stew (s) with carrots (s), celery (s), mushrooms (s), broccoli (s), onions (s)
Snacks: rainbow swiss roll (10 syns?)
Dinner: burger in a bowl with a potato waffle and 3 dairylea light slices (HEA) with chinese cabbage (s), tomatoes (s), cucumber (s), onions (s) – 10 syns
Superspeed – 0, speed – 10
Total syns: 23
Breakfast: soy salmon with scrambled eggs
Lunch: burger in a bowl – 5 syns with chinese cabbage (s), tomatoes (s), cucumber (s), onions (s)
Snacks: rainbow swiss roll (10 syns) with strawberries (ss) and cherries (s)
Dinner: SW chilli dog on a not-so-SW half cheese stick with onion dip (20 syns?). Didn’t end up eating the coleslaw.
Superspeed – 1, speed – 5
Breakfast: Christmas lunch with my Mum and sisters – had a buttered brown roll, parsnip soup, a slice of turkey and roast pork with all the trimmings, about a third of the sticky toffee pudding (too sickly sweet) and half the mini mince pie and a cup of tea
Late lunch: half a cheese stick with bacon and egg and 3 syns of ketchup.
Dinner: friend’s Christmas do, had a fanta (stuck to diet coke after the one) with olives and half a chicken with half the coleslaw and the corn on the cob
Syns: WAY TOO MANY!
So that’s how the last few days have gone. I seem to have developed a sweet tooth which is unlike me and I’m going to try and get rid of it! Weigh in on Wednesday is going to be a bit of a nightmare I think as my Mum needs me to drive her to Malton in the evening so she’s decided on a girly dinner. As it wasn’t planned, I’m going to make sure that my choices are going to be more SW-friendly. I don’t think I can take any more hits this week. All this Christmas malarkey has worn what was left of my self control extremely thin. Definitely need to get this back!!
Until next time.. x
Hi guys,
So meal plan for next week. It’s getting closer to Christmas and I’m kinda hoping to get through Christmas and New Year relatively unscathed. I’m willing myself to stick to plan this week so it will give me some wiggle room over the holidays.
Sunday
Breakfast: syn-free sausages, eggs, 400g wholemeal toast (HEB) and baked beans (ss)
Lunch: Christmas lunch with Mum and sisters
Dinner: Friend’s Christmas Do at Nando’s
Monday
Breakfast: bacon, spinach (s) and mushroom (s) omelet with 40g reduced fat cheese (HEA)
Lunch: SW crunchy Thai beef salad (0.5 syn) with chinese cabbage (s), radishes (s), spring onions (s), carrots (s)
Dinner: SW rich beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, onions (s) and mushrooms (s)
Superspeed – 0, speed – 9
Total syns: 0.5
Tuesday
Breakfast: congee with beef slices, tomato (s), Chinese mushrooms (s), preserved cabbage (s) and spring onions (s)
Lunch: SW rich beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, onions (s) and mushrooms (s)
College snack: jacket potato with cheese (HEA) and baked beans (ss)
Dinner: SW crunchy Thai beef salad (0.5 syn) with chinese cabbage (s), radishes (s), spring onions (s), carrots (s)
Superspeed – 1, speed – 11
Total syns: 0.5
Wednesday
Breakfast: congee with beef slices, tomato (s), Chinese mushrooms (s), preserved cabbage (s) and spring onions (s)
Lunch: SW crunchy Thai beef salad (0.5 syn) with chinese cabbage (s), radishes (s), spring onions (s), carrots (s)
Dinner: SW rich beef stew with carrots (s), sprouts, onions (s) and mushrooms (s)
Superspeed – 1, speed – 11
Total syns: 0.5
Thursday
Breakfast: congee with beef slices, tomato (s), Chinese mushrooms (s), preserved cabbage (s) and spring onions (s)
Lunch: SW lamb hotpot with carrots (s), potatoes, sprouts, onions (s) (1 syn)
College: jacket potato with tuna (s) in light yoghurt and coleslaw (10 syns)
Dinner: SW chicken (s) and leek (s) pie with carrots (s), peas (ss) and mushrooms (s)
Superspeed – 1, speed – 11
Total syns: 11
Friday
Breakfast: bacon, eggs, mushrooms (s) and baked beans (ss)
Lunch: SW chicken (s) and leek (s) pie with carrots (s), peas (ss) and mushrooms (s)
Dinner: SW chilli con carne with rice (carrots (s), celery (s), peppers (s), onions (s)
Superspeed – 2, speed – 9
Total syns: 0
Saturday
Breakfast: spinach (s) and mushroom (s) omelet with reduced fat cheese (HEA)
Lunch: SW chilli con carne with rice (carrots (s), celery (s), peppers (s), onions (s)
Dinner: out for Christmas do
Hopefully I can stick to plan to give me a good little push with Christmas only a few days away 🙂
Until next time.. x
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