Happy birthday!!

Happy 26th birthday to my gorgeous sister :D

I hope your greedy pig box was amazing!! I had that curry from yesterday with a cup of tea and a custard cream LOL

Mel's Diary - the valentines edition

Evening cocker!!

Right.. time to get down to business.. I got tobe up early in the morning with Emily argh!! I've had such a busy day today and tomorrow is going to be eleventy times worse!

Extra Easy

Lunch
Homemade tomato soup (forgot to take a flipping photo again!!)
garlic croutons (half a piece of bread, toasted, fried with garlic - AMAZING!!)

Dinner
Chicken tikka and egg fried rice with bhajis

 

 

 

 

 
There's nothing to see here - move on move on...  nothing to see!!!

oops :)  Lee got it me for valentines day ;) Being the good wife I am, I shared it with him - 10 syns for half - ow!!

Supper
Turkish Delight Muller
Few grapes
Mini Babybel light

Syns: 10 for doughnut + about 5 for bits and bobs I accidentally ate.. oops!!

Mel's Diary 13/02/2013

Had a really crazy day today - tomorrow will probably be no better! 

I have some cool news to share:

http://clarecurdcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

OK, on to the diary and then bed.  My fingers are sore from making icing roses!

Green day

lunch
Half an apple

Dinner
2 jacket potatoes and moms tomato quorn stew thing

Supper
Here's where it all went wrong!!

Lee baked a cake and has to slice off the top.. and I freaking love his cake.. so I ate the top.. whooops!!!

bowl of Weetabix crunch (2b's  1 A)

Total syns for the day: 5783.4

Mel's Diary - 12/02/13

Well.. where are yer?! Scumbag!!
 
I hope Kieren is feeling better the poor thing - that's the problem with having 3 kids.. it just keeps going on and on and on! Wait till you're scraping sick lumps out of the carpet with a spoon... (hope you're not eating an alpen..)
 
OK.. couldn't be bothered to write my diary but I need to so I can see what I ate and how my loss was.  I have Pizza hut on friday and valentines night thursday - things could get messy!!
 
Oh and birthday cake... I LOVE LEE'S CAKE!!!  It's so high in syns and calories though.. bums!!
 
Extra Easy Day
 
Lunch
Mel's homemade tomato chilli soup - I forgot to take a fluffing picture!!  Will take one next time - sorry!!
 
A few grapes
 
Dinner
Chicken and vegetable curry
egg fried rice (used brown rice and it was tasty - more nutritious and filling)
Homemade onion bhaji's (look a bit burned but they were lovely!)
 

 
then we had pancakes!  I made these by seperating 3 eggs, whisking up the egg whites with sweetener till they were fluffy.  Whisk up the yolk with vanilla essence and then gently fold in to the egg whites and fry.
 

 
They were alright - a bit like sweet eggs LOL but that's what they are - a French dish called sweet omelettes!  A bit of lemon soon sorted it out though.
 

 
 
Gabe was really serious about his pancakes:
 

 
Supper
Beetroot on toast with cheese (1B and 1A) BEST THING EVAH!!!!!!
1 mint penguin 6 syns
1 Turkish Muller Light Yoghurt

Total syns for the day: 6

Mel's diary 10/02/13

So, back on track this week with the diary.

I want to try and keep a diary all week so that I can see what I ate when I have a good loss.  People react differentely to syns and carbs so let's see!

It was weigh in today and I lost 2lb.  The damn scales only changed by one number though so either it wasn't quite 2lb or I didn't quite lose 4lb last week!

I hope you've been doing well!! I had an Alpen bar lemon tonight - it was very zingy but made a lovely change.  Have you had apple and sultana or cherry bakewell? The apples are my favourite :)

Anyway.. on to the diary - loads of love to you xx (as always!!!)

Green Day

Body Magic:
had a 4 mile walk with the kids in the rain - Emily got stuck in the mud so I had to pull her boots out (does that count as extra exercise?!).  According to the online calculator, this is 318 calories burned.  If I do that all week, it's an extra pound!

Lunch
Bamboo shoot stir fry with extra beansprouts and Quorn beef strips.

Sorry the picture is blurry - obviously I was starving!!



Dinner
Jacket potato's with baked beans and Lea and Perrins.  Grated cheese (3 syns).

New York cheesecake Muller light (1 syn) delicious!!

Supper
Weetabix crunch 63g (1.5 B's)
Alpen Light Lemon (1/2 B)
Sainsburys sugar free marshmallows x 4 (1 syn)
Sainsburys salt and vinegar popcorn (2.5 syns)

Used A in cups of teas and cereal - had to syn cheese - BUGGER!!

Total syns = 7.5



Mel's Food Diary 30/01/13

Hi Em,  I hope you are feeling well and the flu hasn't hit you too.  I'm really sorry to hear the kids are poorly.  Was going to phone you and then I thought you probably don't need the phonecalls whilst you're running off your feet!  I might phone you tomorrow anyway just to see how you are :)

I missed going swimming today, Gabe keeps crying and saying 'Emma' all the week, every time we pop out in the car he keeps thinking we're seeing you!  I feel terrible letting him down all the time and his little face when we turn up at Tesco.  Can you please be horrible to him next time?!

Extra Easy Day

Lunch
Edamame Stir fry with Quorn pieces and chilli's and a small amount of noodles

Snack
Pink Lady apple

Dinner
Chicken roast dinner:
carrot and swede mash
chicken - skin removed
roast carrots
roast parsnips
stuffing (2 syns)
Gravy (2 syns)
Green beans and sprouts
roast potato's

Pudding
Natural yoghurt fat free with vanilla essence and sweetener, strawberries and 2 mini meringue nests crushed on top (1.5 syns)

Supper
1 mini Babybel (to make up 1A after my cups of teas!)
2 Alpen Lights (1B) Went to Tesco to find Alpen lemon and still can't see them!
Penguin (6 syns)

Total syns: 11.5

Mel's food diary 29/01/2013

Green Day

Lunch
Batchelors chicken noodle deli box (2 syns)
We had a powercut so this was the only thing I could bloody cook!!

Snack
Banana

Dinner
Mixed breakfast- 2 Linda red onion sausages, heap of mushrooms, baked beans made spicy, scrambled eggs with spring onion, 2 slices of toast (1B)

Mini Babybel (1/3 of an A)

Supper
Watermelon
Glass of Alpro almond milk (rest of A + 3 syns'ish because I had milk in my tea's)
WW Cookie dough ice cream - tastes JUST like ben and jerrys!! (5.5 syns)
Ryvita salt and Vinegar (1B)

Syns total: A guesstimated 10.5 syns, maybe less!  Stupid powecut!! Don't eat the deli boxes, they're expensive and taste like flour - bleugh!! WW ice creams are only £1.50 at Asda but I like the chocolate and toffee pack much better and they're less syns!

Mel's food diary 29/01/13

Hope you like reading!! I found this very interesting article today:
http://www.redbookmag.com/health-wellness/losing-weight/speed-metabolism-yl

Extra Easy Day

Lunch
Big chunk of watermelon
Cup of tea

(Had no time for anything else - Lee was in bed because he doesn't get in 'til 5am and I was busy busy!)

Dinner
Chicken curry with pilau rice.
LOADED curry with mushrooms, peppers, onions, garlic, spring onions as a garnish and cauliflower.  Fresh tasted amazing!

 I also made these turkey burgers again with the cheese in the middle.  The kids had these and I have another batch in the freezer :D

Supper
Ryvita Mini's Salt and Vinegar (1B)
Glass of Alpro Almond milk (was nice as a drink) (rest of A after teas in day)
Turkish Delight Mullerlight
Weight Watchers Chocolate fudge brownie ice cream 5.5 syns
the ice cream was nice but it wasn't as nice as the normal chocolate one which is less syns. It also didn't actually have brownies in!!

xxx

GOOD LUCK!!!

I just saw your weigh in is today - I thought it was!!

Oh GOOD LUCK Em, I hope you kick it's ass!!!

Love you xx

Can't WAIT to hear how you did!!!

Mel's Food Diary 27/01/13

Green Day - The day Lee went away and I wanted to scoff chocolate at night

Lunch
Sunday Dinner - cost me a bomb in syns - could use an F word here!!
3 Quorn sausages (3 syns) cauliflower, green beans, carrot and swede mash, roast potato's, 2 Yorkshire puddings (5 syns), Gravy (2 syns).
Dinner syns = 10 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snack
New Muller Light Turkish Delight flavour.  Really nice, a bit odd but very creamy.
Tried to have a banana but Asda delivered me fruit all not ready to eat the stupid prats and ended up throwing it away - grrr!!!

Dinner
Thai Batchelors rice with 3 Linda Mccartney Red Onion sausages and some mushrooms.

Supper
Cup of tea (A)
4 Weetabix with new Alpro Almond Milk (400ml is an A, was a bit slimy.. will have to try it as a drink...) (2B+1A)

Syns for day = 10

New Lemon Drizzle Alpen Lights - not got any yet and can't see them on Asda but people got them in Tesco and they sound LUSH!!

Saw a new recipe, mcdonalds milkshake.  Freeze a Muller Light (keep stirring it or crystals will form and you will get a hard yoghurt..) then stir milk in - et voila!!  Apparentely mint and choc is the best.  I tried this once and it tasted like gone off milk lol

Ramblings, advice and Mcdonalds

Hello Em!

Sorry for a quiet weekend but Lee had wrestling so I was a little bit busy ;)

I weighed myself yesterday and had lost 2lb, so i'm back on target!

Tomato soup was a huge success - i'm really buzzing to make loads more soups as they were so easy and soup costs so much money but this is cheap!  I wish i'd took pics of it all but I was in the kinda mood last week where I just wanted to eat it LOL

Lee made an amazing curry, it tasted like we'd ordered it!! REALLY good!!!  Try a chicken curry, it's brilliant and also I recommend only using fresh green beans and cauliflower even though they're expensive.  It taste 400 times better!!

I can't remember when your weigh in day is but i'm so excited!! Like I said before, ignore how much weight Ian is losing.  Eventually his weight will slow down but yours should keep going at a steady pace.  Also, stop comparing  yourself to others and focus on your own goal.  God I wish you'd weighed yourself before your first week on the diet but even without that big loss, you've still lost a lot now!!  I'm really proud and excited for you :)

Lastly, I was looking through your eating plans last week and I think we got the wrong end of the stick here haha.  The superfree idea is that you make sure you're getting 1/3 of your plate superfree, that you snack on more superfree between meals instead of Mullers, Alpens and syns.  It seems like you just tried to eat superfree and nothing else hahaha!! Bless you!!I dont know if you managed it or if your body had an end of the week cheat, but well done! 

The idea of Slimming World is learning to eat for life.  There's no point losing weight if the food you're eating is not something you could stick to for life.  SO, you can't live every day eating salad and fruit so eventually you're going to binge or maybe even eat free foods again and your body will put on or not lose weight as much because it will have been used to such a low calorie diet. 

That said, sometimes me and Lee have a Chinese because we love sitting in with a film after a very hard week and the excitement of ordering a takeaway.  The syns are in the book and it's really reasonable - Chicken in black bean sauce or chow mein is the best.  ANyway, because Lee's lost near enough to his target, he always has chips (and still loses) and I have a handful of them (and I mean a SMALL handful)  just to taste lol boiled rice and chicken curry.  I've no idea how many syns it is but I still always lose a good weight.  On that day I snack on fruit and eat a very low cal lunch such as half a pasta n sauce bulked out with veg - or a soup.

Lastly, you mentioned before you was starving up town so I thought i'd add a few little tips.  Mcdonalds do a premium chicken salad.  They do it with bacon too but that's a few syns.  Chicken salad is free on extra easy and tastes great but is really expensive.  If you want to grab something quick (and if kieren wants something with cherry tomatos) then the 99p side salad is great but small - keep the tub for packed lunches!  Subway is a great option for food.  Ignore the smell of bread and get yourself a salad bowl!  You can choose from all the salad (no olives, theyre not free) and it inspires you because they cut it all in different shapes which makes me feel like it's more enjoyable so I copy at home.  In this, you can put in your meats.. there's grilled chicken or steak or ham.  It's a substantial meal and feels like you eat it forever!! Don't forget to ask for salt and pepper and make it into a meal with a big diet coke with slushy ice ;)

Or there's Asda - they do Jacket potatos or J Tats as me and Lee like to call them hehee!!  Jacket potato with salad or beans or both is a winner and if you have an A you can get some cheese (will be full fat though) or enjoy a hot drink because they do sweetener!

Lastly, the risky but enjoyable one is Boots.  They do loads of Shapers sandwiches for low cals and my absolute favourite is the Snack a Jacks cheeky chutney crisps (whatever they're called.. purple packet and spicy) with a really light Ribena, a shapers cream soda or diet cherry coke.  I work out my whole meal to less than 500 cals and it helps me out when im out for the day ie Merry Hill because if i've planned we're going to Boots, then I get excited for that.  If I don't plan it, then you get super starving and the smell of all the eateries makes you turn in to a mega cheat!! I always deduct  myself a B and then go on with my day as an Extra Easy and pretend this never happened and it's never effected my weight losses.

In fact, on the weeks where I had a little something - I lost more!! Go figure!!

On Mcdonalds, all the food has calorie values so you can work out syns easily but I wouldn't recommend that unless you're really fancying it and save up syns.  I had a Mcdonalds and it wasn't as great as I hoped and I felt terrible after.  It just didn't taste as good as home cooking so I felt like I cheated myself.  This was on christmas eve I think, can't remember!!

SO there we go, one huge post!!

Love ya xx

SATURDAY 26th JANUARY 2013

EMMAS FOOD DIARY
Green Day

BREAKFAST
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk  PART HEX A

LUNCH
tea, semi-skimmed milk   PART HEX A
coffee, sem-skimmed milk    PART HEX A
2 bananas
apple SF
pineapple SF
grapes
blueberries SF
2 Alpen bars, choc and fudge HEX B
peach and passion fruit muller

DINNER - STIR FRY (beutiful!)
quorn pieces
onion SF, carrots SF, green beans SF, garden peas, sugar snap peas SF, mange tout SF,
chicken and chilli low fat supa noodles
tomatoe puree SF, paprika, mild chilli powder
(asda subbed my baby corn :( and I forgot the bloody beansprouts!!)

DESSERT
apple SF
orange SF
manderin muller
blackcurrant sugar free jelly

SUPPER
4 weetabix  2 HEX B
semi-skimmed milk  HEX A

SINS FOR THE DAY = 0





HEY MEL!!!!
I've been on a bit of a food diary scive, sorry, the last couple of nights I have just had my dinner and fell asleep, my body is sooo tired, I had been doing loads of extra exercise and when we went swimming omg my poor legs!! I woke up this morning with musscle pain in my butt cheek! lol I can't get up the stairs, I'm blaming swimming :) I've been good though, no naughty cheating, but I can't entirely remember all my diary for the last couple of days, nothing interesting. Today we had stir-fry, omg it was delicious, you have got to try it.
Asda phoned today to cancel my delivery the same as they did with you, because the roads were too bad, blah blah and I was like, erm no, I don't think so, you've taken the money from the bank which leaves me scint, i'll have to wait 3-5 days for it to go back in, with no money to replace the food you havent delivered, I have 3 small children and I don't drive, UR JOKIN! They delivered it about an hour later hehehe
I'm really sorry to hear your feeling crap, don't be de-motivated and feel down, remember your not just doing this to loose weight, u've changed to be healthier and live longer. I always say a loss is always still a loss whether it's 1lb or 10lb.
I'm glad you noticed a difference, I always notice. Dad said to me just after christmas 'you wanna see how much weight our melanies lost, i never noticed before, but she looks good for it'
Ians a twat, he's loosing loads of weight and he still eats like a gannit, with his beer and cake sins. I can't even compete, but we'll see on monday, not long to go now, neeeeervous!
I love you no matter what xXx

FRIDAY 25th JANUARY 2013

Emmas Food Diary

BREAKFAST
Large lunch box from chippy, fish, battered roe, chips, curry sauce

LUNCH
KFC Big DADDY with extra Boneless Bap

DINNER
McDonalds Big Mac Meal SUPERSIZE plux extra cheese burger

SUPER
Chinese - Chicken curry, egg fried rice, chips

SNACKS
Snacked radomly thoughout the day on flakes and double deckers

:) :) :) PwAr WaT a DaY :) :) :)

Mel's Diary 25/01/13

Where have you gone to? I hope you haven't gone off the rails already young lady!! I hope you're alright and swimming hasn't murdered you :D xx

I can't be arsed to write my diary for today and yesterday LOL I made some onion bhajis which were really good (syn free) had a disaster though - there's a recipe to make up a bombay spice mix and then you take 2 tsp from it.  I didn't read it and put the whole bombay mix in which is around 17 tsp!! Had to run out to Tesco.. argh!!!!! and tomato soup which smells exactly like heinz but tastes better!! It's yummy with worcestershire sauce on top and it's superfree!!

Lee is away on sunday so i've got to try and do the kids tea and me something without the house setting on fire.. uhmm.. maybe i'll just have pasta on that day LOL

Hope you're ok anyway xx

Good News

Saw this and imagined you partying!!

New Healthy extra B update!!

1 slice of Warburtons seeded bread from a 800g loaf
2 slices of Warburtons seeded bread from a 400g loaf

:D

Mel's Diary 23/01/2013

These diary entries of mine are getting scruffier and scruffier.  Soon they will just be like:

 

today had a sammidge, eat loads of mullers n stuff.

 

Anyway.. on to today! Had a run about with G-breezio tonight and tickle fighted Emily.  Not too much exercise but I guess it all counts.  I'm DEAD tired, had a very late one with G last night (for a change). 

 

Extra Easy Day

 

Snack

Banana

 

Lunch

Salad made with leftover homemade coleslaw, lettuce, bacon, cucumber, tomato and peppers.  Loads of superfree!

 

Muller light vanilla and chocolate yoghurt.

 

Dinner

Chicken stew (weird green floaty bits are herbs like thyme and basil LOL) which was chicken, swede, parnips, carrots, onions, stock cube, herbs.  Then as a side to help myself to was roast potato's, yorshire puddings (Tesco value are 2 syns each), green beans and cauliflower, one fresh baked petit pain (1 B)

 

 

 

 

I've got one A left now.  I wish i'd got some Oatly chocolate milk in.  200ml is an A.  Might have some cheese melted on nachos or something with the salsa leftover from burgers (more superfree yay).  I have Tesco kids goodness ones and I think they're 4 syns a pack.

 

I hope your day has gone well Em xx Gabe has been crying for 'eemmmaaaa' all day, he was really upset about it, passing me the phone and everything.  I think he is a bit upset because his nana has gone and he keeps begging me to see her and doesnt understand why I wont take him.  Sometimes he puts his shoes on and stands by the door.  It's sad but he had a lovely time today and I think he will be so excited to see you next week!! xx

Mel's Diary.. sort of!

Well, after everything I said yesterday.. today was not a good day for me.  I've been having some personal issues lately (super heavy periods etc, thanks breastfeeding!!) and i've been so bloated, I felt disgustingly fat.  The whole diet, i've been walking on air thinking I feel so different but the past week, I just felt down on myself.  When I only got the 1lb weight loss, well, it just totally threw me downwards.  I really thought I was going to get down to the next stone bracket.  I was so deflated.

So, I have these secret pics on my laptop of me in my knickers and pants that I took when I started the diet.  From the front, side and back.  Oh gosh, they're bad in ways you wouldn't even believe.  I took more pics of me just before christmas and there was hardly no difference, I was gutted.  So tonight, I took some again - and they're different!  My belly was a big flabby mess before but this time it's smoother.  On the first pics, I couldn't put my legs and feet together my thighs were so fat.. on the second pics I had them all together naturally!  My face is totally different.  My back is still super flabby (i've got a belly on my back LOL) and my arms/shoulders.. but I can see a change!!

The problem is, my brain can't see any change in myself - and I think I just needed a week to catch up and get my thoughts together.  4 stone is a big change. 

SO, tomorrow, i'm weighing myself in the morning.. and i'm going to do this.  I'm going superfree, i'm exercising.. and i'm going to kick some mega butt! 

I never stopped being passionate or ate bad food or slipped back - I just needed some time to get my thoughts together I think.

You keep me motivated and energised and happy :)
I love you xx

Tuesday 22nd January 2013

Today I was out till 2pm and was mega busy, I never had chance to even catch a snack, I couldn't believe the hunger pains! I was so proud of myself when I could smell McDonalds and KFC and even resisted a mini donut when I was starving hungry. I proved myself today, I wanna change, I will change, 100% comitted!
Today I filled up on SUPA-FOODS and consequently ate a smaller portion of dinner, which was great! I also learned that by meassuring my HEX A I have been having way too much each day, I've probably been doubling the amount I am aloud. Tomorrow I shall continue to meassure 500ml semi-skimmed milk - 2 HEX A, which I put it bk into MY OWN milk carton to use throughout the day.

EMMAS FOOD DIARY

EASY DAY

BREAKFAST
missed!
tea, semi-skimmed milk    PART A
coffee, semi-skimmed milk     PART A

LUNCH
also missed!

SNACK
I was starvatious!!!
apple SF
kiwi SF
banana
pepsi-max

DINNER
left over curry and rice

DESSERT
2 apples SF
2 oranges SF
2 lemon greek yoghurts    1 SIN

SUPER
4 weetabix     2 HEX B
semi-skimmed milk   PART A
extra 250ml semi-skimmed milk    6 SINS



TOTAL SINS - 7

Mel's Diary 20/01/13

Extra Easy

Lunch
Leftover rice thing from the night before with a salad

Snack
Muller Yoghurt
Ate some Haribo's I was serving the kids.. oops!!

Dinner
Starter
Kachumber with poppadums (3 syns)
Chicken curry, special egg fried rice, bombay chips

Later on
Rocky Crispy 4.5 syns
Breakaway 5 syns

Today was a BAD day and i'm never like this.  I don't know what has happened to me but since I restarted the diet, the weight loss has really sucked so it's made me feel a bit deflated because I won't meet my birthday target.  I know that only 1lb soon adds up and that by keeping on i've lost 4 stone already.  The worst thing is, i'm really motivated and geared up to do the diet - I just keep making my days so messy.

Anyway.. new week, starting tomorrow morning! Got to go make a meal plan now.. if you plan your meals for the week, it takes forever but it makes shopping cheaper, your life easier (seeing what you got to cook for dinner and lunch) and you can keep the menu to repeat on another week or if you have a massive loss then you know it's a GOOD menu!!

Mel's food diary 21/01/13

Green Day

Lunch
Frittata with beans.  Fritatta is made using 3 eggs, green beans, peppers, onions, 2 chopped up Linda red onion sausage, 2 tbsp fat free fromage frais or yoghurt.  Whisk together, place in a frying pan and fry until it starts to set.  Sprinkle over some cheese (I use 3 syns worth, 26g and then say it's 1 syn for me between me, Lee and the kids) then throw under the grill to brown and finish cooking on the top.  Really yummy! (Great superfree too).  Beans are full of fibre and keep you full for longer, a great addition to a meal.. especially with worcester sauce!

Snack
Muller Light Toffee
Banana

Dinner
Burger and chips!
Scottish Maris Piper potatos tasted like butter, delicious! Mixed with carrots as chips and seasoned by sprinkling over a chicken stock cube before cooking.  I highly recommend garlic salt - so tasty to cook on chips!  Tomato sauce (loads of superfree in this), Homemade Coleslaw (tastes SO naughty, 1tbsp mayo goes between all of us!), fried mushrooms, gherkins. Weight Watchers Petit Pain (1B) and the rest of my cheese allowance :)

Supper
Alpen double choc
Alpen choc fudge (1B)
Club Orange (6 SYNS)

Syns for the day:
2 for Tesco Burgers
1 for Coleslaw and cheese
6 for Club
TOTAL = 9

SUPERFREE IS THE WAY TO BE, LETS LOOSE SOME CHUBBS!


S & SS FOODS;
Low or extra-low in energy density compared to others in same food group, these have extra slimming power. Choose these first to SPEED or SUPER-SPEED weight loss.


SUPER FOOD THAT I WOULD EAT from the list provided in slimming world book

FRUIT
S                                        SS
apples                                grapefruit
clementines                       melon, all varieties
kiwi                                   raspberries
manderins                         strawberries
oranges                             blackberries
papaya                              blackcurrants
pears                                 red currants
pineapple
satsumas
cherries

VEGETABLES
S
leeks
lettuce
bamboo shoots
bean sprouts
beetroot
brocoli
cabbage, all varieties
butternut squash
carrots
cauliflower
chillies
cucumber
greenbeans
musherooms
onions
passata
peppers
radishes
spring onions
sugar snap peas
baby sweetcorn
swede
tomatoes (inc puree)

I think the key to loosing more weight quicker is too concentrate on these foods therefore I shall be planning my meals around the superfree choices, lets see what happens in a weeks time...... Any meal suggestions will be greatly appreciated :) x

MONDAY 21st JANUARY

Well it's a new week and a fresh start for me, I went out and got weighed today and lost 2lb. I felt a little dissapointed because I have been trying extra hard this week and also have done extra exercise to try and boost my weight loss however a loss is always still a loss. I've lost 4lbs in total so far which is a quarter of a stone bringing me to 16st 9lb.
My aim this week is eat more superfree foods and to measure my HEX A amount each day to make sure i don't have more than I should.

EMMAS FOOD DIARY

EASY DAY

BREAKFAST
Busy morning, trantrums :( missed breakfast
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk       PART HEX A
1 coffee, semi-skimmed milk    PART HEX A

LUNCH
apple SF
orange SF
pear SF
strawberry SSF
3 banana
tea, semi-skimmed milk    PART HEX A

DINNER
chicken and vege curry with lemon rice -
chicken breast, mixed spice, chicken stock, passata SF
onions SF
carrots SF
cauliflower SF
greenbeans SF
brown rice - cumin, lemon, chicken stock, peas, onion SF and musherooms SF
diet coke

DESSERT
fruit salad -
apple SF
pineapple SF
orange SF
banana
2 lemon greek yoghurts      1 SIN

LATER
4 weetabix    2 HEX B
semi-skimmed milk    HEX A


1 SIN I didn't really fancy anything today because I've been quite full from the superfree foods which is exactly how it should be, GoOd StUfF! xXx

Emma's Food Diary

Sunday 20th January

Easy Day


BREAKFAST
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, don't bother with sweetner anymore     PART A
2 Alpen bars, choc and fudge, ummm        HEX B

LUNCH
muller pineapple
apple
handful raisins (that was the last of them...never again)     3 SINS
2 bananas
2 satsumas
tea, semi-skimmed milk        PART A
coffee, semi-skimmed milk          PART A

DINNER
2 Linda McCartneys thym and red onion FREE sausages (A-MA-ZING)
roast chicken
cabbage
carrots
peas
green beans
cauliflower
new potatoes
asda shit gravey       4 SINS
2 coconut greek yoghurts       1 SIN

LATER
2 weetabix        HEX B
semi-skimmed milk       HEX A

A gooooood day....8 SINS

Check this out..

http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/the-benefits-of-superfree-foods#.UPq_VR3CmDk

fantastic link, when u've cracked your soups, help me make mine!!!
I really like the idea of planning your meals around superfree food, when i do my meal plan for next week that is exactly what i will be doing, great page mel, thanks x

Mel's Donkey Diary 19/01/2013

Yo!!!

Here's me just chilling out in da snow..

OK, So.. i'm trying to get the kids to smile naturally.. when I think up a joke.. here it comes.

Why can't a snowman have a wee wee?? Because he's got SNOW winky!!! Get it!! Oh man.. am I supposed to be saying these things to the kids?!

Anyway.. moving SWIFTLY on..


Green Day (The day Mel had no food)

Lunch
Linda McCartney red onion sausages x 3, 2 pieces of wholemeal bread as toast (1B), beans, lea and perrins.

Dinner
Batchelors Chinese rice, diet coke chicken (made with Quorn pieces).  Mixed all together, was YUM!

Supper
1 peach tea from coffee machine (2 syns)
1 Muller Yoghurt
2 Weetabix (Yes please!!) (1B + 1A)
and some sort of chocolate I haven't decided on yet!!

SATURDAY 19th JANUARY 2013

I have been reading your posts, you seem really happy and excited, god i love the snow!! but it makes me feel like its nearly christmas and then i get excited but it's been and gone which makes me feel sad :( i'm all mixed up. I took josh to the shop to get him to sleep in the pushchair (and it worked) this afternoon and i kept getting stuck!!! because the snow was cloggin the wheels so i had to keep stopping and digging it out! The kids were outside with Ian making snow castles, they were great but my camera ran out of batteries so i only have the pics from yesterday. We were throwing snowballs at the cats and they were chansing them goin craaaaazy, it was all such good fun.
Anyway... it's getting closer to my weigh day, i'm so scared and anxious, i hope theres never a week that i gain, i had that thought yesterday ' oh why should i bother, i'm happy as i am' because i wanted a sla of chocolate and a greedy pic but i soon snapped out of it!! phew.
Thanks for the raisin info, I might stay away from them from now on...
Can you list me some good superfrees that you think i may like please?
What is scan bran??? Is it true it helps you slim quicker?
Can i have bran falkes for a B and how much?
Asda subbed my quorn meatballs for the asda meat free version, are they still free? They also subbed my springwater tuna for sunflower oil, grrrrrrrrr, so i have been in the book tonite nosing and i think it has cost me 5 sins :(   never mind

LOVES XXX

Emmas Food Diary - Easy Day

BREAKFAST
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner   PART A
1/2 fresh pineapple in
muller pineapple
choc alpen bar        1/2 B
2 handfuls rasins      4 SINS
banana
satsuma
handful red grapes
1/2 apple

LUNCH
2 slices Hovis Nimber malted whole grain min bread (is this one ok for b???)
quark (stayin away from butter)
fresh beetroot
ham
peach weight watchers yog    1 SIN   (bought them on offer from co-op because i thought they would be free, but when i checked the book it says flavoured yog is 1 sin )
apricot weight watcher yog    1 SIN
handful of raisins       2 SINS (didn't know they wern't free until i just read your post)
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner     PART A
handful red garpes
satsuma
banana apple
diet coke

DINNER
150g canned tuna in vegetable oil (damn ASDA)    5 SINS
MASSIVE salad (cucumber, lettuce, red ion, white onion, and grated carrot)
2 Large baked potatoes  (no butter, whoop whoop)
4 greaes of extra low fat cheddar     HEX A
   absorlutely loved this dinner, just my thing

LATER
toffee muller
peach and passionfruit muller
sugar free strawberry jelly

11 SINS  (damn raisins)

FRIDAY 19th JANUARY 2013

Fell asleep again, super busy day with kids. Burgers were amazing and i hate real mince, but u should try this one, tasted with mcdonalds, pics to follow once ian finds the lead i lead!! x

RED DAY
BREAKFAST
Banana
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner      PART A
1 coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweeter       PART A
handful red grapes
handful of raisins       2 SINS
1/2 fresh mango
mango and passionfruit muller
fudge alpen bar     1/2 B

LUNCH
tea, semi skimmed milk, sweetner    PART A
fresh beetroot
ham
2 slices wholemeal mini bread     1 B
quark (instead  of butter, waste of sins)
muller cranberry
choc alpen bar    1/2 B
2 bananas
satsuma
handful grapes
handful raisins    2 SINS

DINNER
slimming world chips made with potatoes and carrots (forgot u cant have them on red)
2 home made spicey burgers made with extra lean beef mince 3% fat, onion, chilli, chilli flakes, and tinned tomatoes.
3 bacon rounds
manderin muller

LATER
4 weetabix       1 B   6 SINS
semi-skimmed milk    HEX A

orange sugar free jelly
vanilla muller




10 SINS

Mel's diary 18/01/2013

Hey there mamma!!

So... I don't know if you knew this.. but holy poop balls - it's snowed!! We went to get the kids out of school early and Lee couldn't get home because all the cars had got stuck on the hill!  I was worried sick about him when nearly 2 hours had passed.  Anyway.. we've had a play in the snow!!


Which is probably the most fun bit of exercise i'll do all year (except swimming with my awesome sistah of course!!)

On to the diary.  Oh GOD.  Lee said, let's get a chink.  Now, we've had a Chinese numerous times.  I save all my syns, only  have a small lunch and then have a chicken curry with boiled rice and steal a few of Lee's chips rather than a whole bag to myself!  So far, i've still ALWAYS lost weight.. but I have this big dream right now.. and I want to achieve that dream so bad!  SO, I got all the snow cleaned up (god the house was a state) and dried and dressed us all.. and then made the kids sandwiches and me and Lee lasagne and chips.  Get me!!!

SO, Here goes!!

Green Day (not the band)
Lunch
Tomato and Basil pasta 'n' sauce with chopped up Linda Mccartney red onion sausages stirred through, petit pois and cauliflower.  NOM.

Snack
Strawberry Muller light (an oldy but a goodie.. haven't had this flavour in years and it was damn good!)

Dinner

Still got half left for tomorrow _ BOO YA!!!!

So here we have, lasagne, spicy chips and garlic bread.

Lasagne - We have run out of food.. so this was a bodge job!! I had no fromage frais to make the cheese sauce, so spread spinach with Laughing cow light cheese (AHAHAHAHAH) I kid you not! It was actually really good!! The top was plain passata, spread thin with cheese.

Garlic Bread - Weight Watchers Petit Pain (1B) With quark and garlic inside, then baked

Supper
2 Alpen Bars (1B)
Hot chocolate (2 syns)
Mint Club (6 syns)

Thank you and good night!!! I'm off to do some knitting.  I'm not even kidding you!!

LOADS OF LOVE xx

Mel's Food Diary 17/01/2013

Tonight was date night which is why i'm on late!  On date night we make a 'fakeaway' and watch a film together with no computers.  We also have a luxury pudding which is usually a mini tub of chocolatino Tesco ice cream for 8 syns :)

Extra Easy (must be 1/3 superfree)

Lunch
2 slices of wholemeal toast from 400g loaf (1B)
mushrooms (superfree)
scrambled egg

Chocolate and Vanilla Muller, robbed halfway through by G-Breezio!

Snack
Banana
Cup of tea

Dinner
Starter of new Special K crisps thai sweet chilli flavour (like poppadums, 4 = 1 syn) with tomato salsa
Main of bombay spiced chips, egg friend rice, chicken curry.
Diet coke cherry (LOVE Pepsi Max cherry but it's too expensive at the mo')

Desert
Ice cream (8 syns)

Todays Total:
11 syns (oops) ice cream + crisps
1 B on bread
1 A in milk in tea

I've been terrible for syns this week so expecting a BAD weight loss sunday! I'm never usually like this but Gabe has been really ill teething this week so i've been up all night feeding.  Anyway.. I think I know what my challenges will be next week LOL

So, i have just done my asda food shop, been having a nosey through those books u kindly gave me :) and found out mullers are free foods not sin free so i can eat 20 a day, so i kinda spent £18 in my shop on those babies...cannot wait for my shopping, hopefully it gets here with all this snow!! i have been eating alot of fruit to fill in those hungry moments, are rasins free?  and a i took myself on a  walk down to co-op this afternoon and walked bk, quite a hefty walk, beggin for a better loss on monday, not long to go now!!

Thursday 17th jan
Green day
Breakfast
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
alpen bar choc     1/2 B
2 bananas
lemon green yoghurt    1/2 SIN

Lunch
3 bananas
handful of raisins
apple
2 weight watchers yoghurts
cherry alpen bar

Dinner
3 baked potatoes
1 tin of beans
3 grates of cheese   HEX A 

Can't seem to eat much to day, sooo tired, i was trying to hoover this mornin and my arms were so heavy, need to get bk into swimmin training!
I've cut down to 10 fags a day, that probably still seems a lot to u, but i was on 34 a day at christmas.
Ian found out he can have a bud light for 5 sins, he was so happy he celebrated by.... having a bud light, what a waste of 5 sins, i could have had 10 coconut greek yogs for that!
I'm gonna sit bk and chillout with a slimming world mag now, what a day, what a life! cheers moo
Looking forward to ur post, love u lots x

Right so i missed last night because swimming nearly killed me and i fell asleep at 7pm lol so i have got some serious catching up to do, i have commented on a load of ur posts, check them out and i bet u wanna know what i ate yesterday!! bet u've been wondering if i ordered dominoes and was too ashamed to right my food diary hehe well i never.......

Weds Food Diary - Red day
Breakfast
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
fudge alpen bar    1/2 B
2 bananas
peach and pinapple banana muller
satsuma
1/2 apple
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner

Lunch
fresh beetroot
2 tiny toasts
2 teaspns flora extra light butter        4 SINS
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
2 bananas
satsuma
1/2 punnet green grapes
orange alpen bar      1/2 B
peach and passion fruit muller

Dinner
2 linda mcartneys sausages    4 SINS
6 fat/rind free bacon rounds
3 boiled eggs
2 tiny toasts
2 teaspns flora extra light      4SINS
manderin muller

Mel's Diary 16/01/2013

So, today I went swimming with some nutter.  She looked fab in her costume but I looked like a flabby blob - don't think i'll go out with her again heheh!!!

Had an awesome day today - thank you, I love you!!!

Green Day

Snack
Banana - felt like a treat eating that after swimming on an empty stomach!

Lunch
Garlic and mushroom pasta 'n' sauce with quorn pieces fried with garlic, onions and green beans.
Cherry Muller light

Dinner

Burger and chips with coleslaw and mushrooms

Tesco meatfree 2 burgers (2 syns for two) Tomato sauce, left it chunky - was AMAZING!! Coleslaw I made myself (1/2 syn for 1 tbsp Extra light mayo) chip, mushrooms and a slice of Low Low burger cheese (1/3 of an A) and chips made with King Edward potatos - NOM NOM!! OHHH and the petit pain from Weight Watchers that you cook in the oven (1B) and gherkins, don't forget gherkins!!!! :D

Supper
Cup of tea (remained of Healthy extra A)
Mint Club bar (6 syns)
Weight Watchers Toffee honeycomb ice cream (4 syns)
Ryvita minis salt and vinegar (1 B)

Total syns for the day: 12.5 Whoops!!!!

Mel's Diary 15/01/13

Nearly put 2012 then.. oops!

Well, coming on tonight and then getting a post from you has given me a massive boost.  It's hard to get time to come on every single night and it's hilarious at dinners when I have to run to find the camera (and go get the memory card I always flipping leave in the laptop!) - BUT it's been really motivational. 

I found myself hitting a wall, because i'm half way through.  Because i've reached that big target, I feel like i'm at the bottom of the mountain again trying to reach the next big target.  You have really energised me to give this my all.  Fab for thirty!!

I keep feeling excited too.. that you might be getting married - woooohoo how amazing will that be! Not in 2015 though please, that's my year and I don't want you showing me up hahaha KIDDING!!

OK diary..

Extra Easy Day

Lunch
Finally had those fish cakes! (mashed potato, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, seasoning, fried in fry light) with a bagged mixed salad topped up with peppers and tomato's.  I really hate bagged salad so I must stop buying that - it puts you off eating it!!

Orange and chocolate muller light (amazing!!)

Dinner

Chicken Kievs wrapped in ham served with carrot and swede mash, green beans, mushroom and a cheesy leek sauce. (2/5 of an A)

Supper

Hot chocolate 2 syns plus 3/5 of an A in milk
2 Alpen bars (cherry bakewell and chocolate orange) 1B
Weight Watchers chocolate and honeycomb ice cream pot 4 syns (Oh my gosh - incredible!! They come in a 4 pack with toffee flavour and are quite small but felt like a lot - loved it!!)
Milky Way Magic Stars 3.5 syns 

Total 9.5 syns is VERY high for me, but I fancied it all so I had what I fancied and it's still within limits!! :D

Well things have changed around here, i went a while came back and you've redecorated! I love it!
Today I made sin free chilli and rice, everyone loved it, pic to follow, card slot is on the blink tonight.

Emmas Food Diary - Tuesday 15th Janauary 2013
Green day

Breakfast
Peach and passion fruit muller
1/2 fresh mango
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner

Snack
Chocolate Alpen bar   1/2 B
Banana
Tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner

Lunch
Heinze spaghetti hoops     1/2 B
1 slice of toast with flora extra light marg 2 SINS
Manderin muller
Coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweenter

Snack
Banana
Satsuma

Dinner
Chilli made with mild chilli powder, chillie flakes, quorn mince, onion, red pepper, red and green chillies, passata, heinze 5 types of beans, carrots and tin of tomatoes
Rice
Can of Pepsi-Max

Dessert
Honey peach greek yoghurt   1/2 SIN
Coconut greek  yoghurt    1/2 SIN

Super
6 weetabix      2 B's    plus  6 SINS
Semi-skimmed milk     HEX A     

Can't wait for swimming tomorrow and to see you xxx

Perfect indian rice

Perfect Indian Rice

 

Ingredients

5 handfuls of Basmati rice, washed

1 chicken stock cube

1 lemon

1tsp turmeric

1 Spring onion

 

Method

Place your washed rice in to a sauce pan and fill with boiling water an inch above the rice.

 

Add a tsp turmeric and squeeze in the juice of 1 lemon (then throw the lemon in to cook)

 

Add a stock cube and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the cube.

 

Once the water is bubbling, place a lid on the pan and turn the heat down to really low.

 

Thinly slice your spring onions, diagonally.

 

After ten minutes, check on your rice to see if it has cooked.  Place on the plate then sprinkle spring onions over the top.

 

Et voila!

 

(remember turmeric is not to flavour, it's to colour.  Turmeric is a flavourant but it tastes horrible in large quantities, almost stodgy, so measure well!)

Sweet and Sour with Egg Fried Rice

Sweet and Sour with Egg Fried Rice

Syn free on Extra Easy day (Could substitute chicken for Quorn pieces on a green day)

Time to cook: 40 minutes

Serves: 2 greedy fat pigs

Ingredients

Sweet and sour
3 chicken breasts
2 peppers
1 onion
330ml diet coke
3 cloves of garlic
6 tbsp passata
1tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Egg fried rice
3 eggs
4 handfuls of basmati rice
1 chicken stock cube
1 handful of petit pois
3 Spring onions
1/2 onion

Method

1. Slice chicken breasts in to strips and dice onion, Chop your peppers into large pieces, place in to a frying pan sprayed with fry light and cook until chicken is lightly browned and onions have softened.
2. Add the garlic, chopped, and fry for 1 more minute.
3.  Add the worcestershire sauce, passata and coke, bring to the boil and then leave to simmer until you're left with a thick sauce.  This should take around 20 minutes.

4. Wash your rice and place in to a pan with boiling water from the kettle, filled to an inch above the rice. Add your handful of petit pois to the top. Bring to the boil.
5.  Add a stock cube and stir until dissolved, put a lid on the rice and turn down to low.
6. Spray a frying pan with fry light and soften half an onion, diced.  Crack in 2 eggs, leave it to set, then stir vigorously to create a chunky scrambled egg.
7.  After 10 minutes, check your rice.  If cooked, add to the frying pan with the egg and crack in one more egg.  Season well and add a dash of worcestershire sauce. Constantly tossing the rice over so it evenly frys.
 8.  Finely slice the spring onions and throw in to the rice, fry for one more minute then serve.

Enjoy!! It's amazing!!

Todays Food Diary - Monday 14th January 2013

Breakfast
Woke up late and was super busy so i missed breakfast
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
Coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner

Lunch
Was out so i never had lunch today

Snack
Finally got to eat for the first time today around half two and i was starvin!
Orange and chocolate alben bar   1/2 B
Chocolate alpen bar    1/2 B
Mango muller
2 teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner

Dinner
Vegetable curry made with chicken stock, passata, grated 2 onions and garlic, Mels spice list, cauliflower, green beans, carrots and onion.
Yellow rice made with 2 cardimons, tumeric and chicken stock (what was the method again... mine was a little stodgey??)

Dessert
Hartleys sugar free orange jelly
Manderin muller
Satsuma

Snack
Apple
Muller greek yoghurt - honey peach     1/2 SIN

Later
4 weetabix   2 B's
semi-skimmed milk    A


Not had a super hungry day today as usual so haven't used many sins, and don't really fancy anything. Ians had 30 Areo chocolate balls for his 15 sins as they are 10 cals each, two for 1 sin lol
I weighed myself this morning i have lost 2lbs!! Ian lost 2lbs too. YAY! Making my weight now 16st 11lb, bought small loaf of kingsmill tasty wholemeal, is that ok??? 2 slices for 1B???
Can't wait for your food diary....you always give me such amazing recipes :)