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
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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!
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!
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
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
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!
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
Monday, 28 January 2013
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!!!
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
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
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, 26 January 2013
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
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 :) :) :)
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
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
Thursday, 24 January 2013
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
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
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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
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, 22 January 2013
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
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!!
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
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
Monday, 21 January 2013
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
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
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
Sunday, 20 January 2013
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
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
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
Saturday, 19 January 2013
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!!
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)
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
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
Friday, 18 January 2013
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
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
Thursday, 17 January 2013
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
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
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!!!!
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!!!!
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
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, 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
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!)
Monday, 14 January 2013
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 :)
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 :)
Mel's Food Diary 14/01/2012
EXTRA EASY DAY
So, last night was hard.. felt a bit of a binge coming on so I had my syns.. all of them! Hot chocolate, velvet crunch, a yoghurt, grapes and an oreo - oops!!
Dying to know how much you've lost - i've been thinking about it ALL day!!
Lunch
Mushroom and Garlic pasta 'n' sauce with Quorn pieces cooked with mushrooms and onions. Green Beans.
Dinner
Diet coke chicken with egg fried rice
I thought it would be really wrong cooking with diet coke but everyone raved about it - and it's fantastic!! The egg fried rice was better than the takeaway, really pleased.
I didn't have a 1/3 superfree here, which is naughty. I need to try harder tomorrow to make sure the plate is a third superfree. That's the way to lose the weight!!
Supper
Tonight will be hot chocolate and 1B used on 2 Alpen Bars. Today I made a stop at Tescos and picked up loads of naughty snacks that are low syn. I'll post about them later :)
So, last night was hard.. felt a bit of a binge coming on so I had my syns.. all of them! Hot chocolate, velvet crunch, a yoghurt, grapes and an oreo - oops!!
Dying to know how much you've lost - i've been thinking about it ALL day!!
Lunch
Mushroom and Garlic pasta 'n' sauce with Quorn pieces cooked with mushrooms and onions. Green Beans.
Dinner
Diet coke chicken with egg fried rice
I thought it would be really wrong cooking with diet coke but everyone raved about it - and it's fantastic!! The egg fried rice was better than the takeaway, really pleased.
I didn't have a 1/3 superfree here, which is naughty. I need to try harder tomorrow to make sure the plate is a third superfree. That's the way to lose the weight!!
Supper
Tonight will be hot chocolate and 1B used on 2 Alpen Bars. Today I made a stop at Tescos and picked up loads of naughty snacks that are low syn. I'll post about them later :)
Sunday, 13 January 2013
My Food Diary 13/01/2013
Extra Easy Day
Lunch
A super quick lunch - vegetable stir fry.
We made this with super noodles light and a stir fry pack from Asda called 'edamame beans'. I LOVE Edamame beans.. it's hard to describe what they're like but they're so tasty!
Snack
Muller Light Vanilla and chocolate
Cup of tea
Some Grapes
Dinner
Melt in the middle turkey burgers on a petit pain ( Healthy Extra B) with chips and coleslaw (1 syn for mayo) and pickles.
Asda turkey mince (there are two types, you can only have mince if it's less than 5% fat.. so check the fat) seasoned and then shaped around a LIGHT babybel. You can have three light babybels as a healthy extra A. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes and when you cut the burger open, the cheese all oozes out. Most people do this with beef mince, but I don't eat that!
Snack
1 Terry's Twilight choc (1.5 syns)
Supper
Options hot chocolate 2 syns (Lee made it so i'm going to say 4 syns LOL)
Fun Size Milky Magic stars 2.5 syns
1 Oreo 2.5 syns
so that's 11.5 syns and I am going to have a packed of Velvet Crunch later! I'm due on any day now and I feel like I really want snacks tonight. Hot chocolate is always so good to help cure the sweet tooth and I make the most of it by sitting down and enjoying it.
Lunch
A super quick lunch - vegetable stir fry.
We made this with super noodles light and a stir fry pack from Asda called 'edamame beans'. I LOVE Edamame beans.. it's hard to describe what they're like but they're so tasty!
Snack
Muller Light Vanilla and chocolate
Cup of tea
Some Grapes
Dinner
Melt in the middle turkey burgers on a petit pain ( Healthy Extra B) with chips and coleslaw (1 syn for mayo) and pickles.
Asda turkey mince (there are two types, you can only have mince if it's less than 5% fat.. so check the fat) seasoned and then shaped around a LIGHT babybel. You can have three light babybels as a healthy extra A. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes and when you cut the burger open, the cheese all oozes out. Most people do this with beef mince, but I don't eat that!
Snack
1 Terry's Twilight choc (1.5 syns)
Supper
Options hot chocolate 2 syns (Lee made it so i'm going to say 4 syns LOL)
Fun Size Milky Magic stars 2.5 syns
1 Oreo 2.5 syns
so that's 11.5 syns and I am going to have a packed of Velvet Crunch later! I'm due on any day now and I feel like I really want snacks tonight. Hot chocolate is always so good to help cure the sweet tooth and I make the most of it by sitting down and enjoying it.
Feedback
Hi Moo,
My weigh day tomorrow, really nervous, i hope i have lost but considering i'm prolly having 30 sins a day in bread, maybe not this week. lol.
Had a bit better day today, manage to lay off the mullers a bit too.
I need to know what the allowance for milk is please, i was going to meassure it out in the morning and leave it in the fridge and just keep going back to it throughout the day, just to make sure i don't use too much and start goin into sins. Also how much cheese and how many dairylea lights are an A please? Can you please comment on my food diary for how many A's, B's and SINS i've had please? Are options light free? And lastley are quorn meatballs free? I really need some new free snack ideas mel, if you have any? Just to check i can have 2 A's and 2 B's on an easy day and an extra B on a red or green day when breast feeding??? Hopefully if i keep making changes eg, change bread, swap the mullers, eat more carbie food at lunch to cut out extra snacks, then i might be able to get right on track, thanks for helping me x x x
Hi Em
I'm so excited for your weigh in day - make sure you do it the same time every single week. One time I weighed myself in the morning instead of night and I was 4lbs heavier! You'd think you'd be lighter in the morning!
Your diary looks fantastic and i'm so proud of you! Really, I am!!
An Extra easy day is 1 A and 1 B.
A Green or red day is 1 A 2 B's.
Because you're breastfeeding, you add 1A and 1B whatever day you're doing. Ian also adds this because he's a man.
250ml semi skimmed milk = 1 A
42g of reduced fat cheddar = 1A
Dairylea original triangles - 2 = 1A
Dairylea Light Triangles - 4 - 1A
Laughing cow LIGHT triangles - 5 = 1A
Laughing cow extra light - 6 = 1A
For snack ideas etc, see the post I wrote to you last night
Quorn meatballs are free
Carbs are sugar so they make you crash, try to eat lots of protein. Protein is eggs, meat and Quorn. Protein makes you full for longer and is very slimming!
My weigh day tomorrow, really nervous, i hope i have lost but considering i'm prolly having 30 sins a day in bread, maybe not this week. lol.
Had a bit better day today, manage to lay off the mullers a bit too.
I need to know what the allowance for milk is please, i was going to meassure it out in the morning and leave it in the fridge and just keep going back to it throughout the day, just to make sure i don't use too much and start goin into sins. Also how much cheese and how many dairylea lights are an A please? Can you please comment on my food diary for how many A's, B's and SINS i've had please? Are options light free? And lastley are quorn meatballs free? I really need some new free snack ideas mel, if you have any? Just to check i can have 2 A's and 2 B's on an easy day and an extra B on a red or green day when breast feeding??? Hopefully if i keep making changes eg, change bread, swap the mullers, eat more carbie food at lunch to cut out extra snacks, then i might be able to get right on track, thanks for helping me x x x
Hi Em
I'm so excited for your weigh in day - make sure you do it the same time every single week. One time I weighed myself in the morning instead of night and I was 4lbs heavier! You'd think you'd be lighter in the morning!
Your diary looks fantastic and i'm so proud of you! Really, I am!!
An Extra easy day is 1 A and 1 B.
A Green or red day is 1 A 2 B's.
Because you're breastfeeding, you add 1A and 1B whatever day you're doing. Ian also adds this because he's a man.
250ml semi skimmed milk = 1 A
42g of reduced fat cheddar = 1A
Dairylea original triangles - 2 = 1A
Dairylea Light Triangles - 4 - 1A
Laughing cow LIGHT triangles - 5 = 1A
Laughing cow extra light - 6 = 1A
For snack ideas etc, see the post I wrote to you last night
Quorn meatballs are free
Carbs are sugar so they make you crash, try to eat lots of protein. Protein is eggs, meat and Quorn. Protein makes you full for longer and is very slimming!
EMMA'S FOOD DIARY-
Green Day
BREAKFAST
coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
1 slice of toast (but the wrong bread lol)
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
banana
peach and pinapple muller
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
SNACK
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
1 slice of toast
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
LUNCH
2 slices of the wrong bread
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
barely any - grated low fat mature cheese A
salad (lettuce, red cabbage, red onion, grated carrot)
1/2 apple
SNACK
summer fruit alpen bar light 1/2 sin
lemon greek yoghurt
coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
DINNER
2 linda mcartneys sausages 4 sins
mashed potatoe
carrots, peas, cabbage
gravey 4 sins
2 lemon greek yoghurts 1 sin
LATER
fudge alpen bar
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
Green Day
BREAKFAST
coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
teas, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
1 slice of toast (but the wrong bread lol)
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
banana
peach and pinapple muller
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
SNACK
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
1 slice of toast
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
LUNCH
2 slices of the wrong bread
1 teaspoon flora extra light marg 1 sin
barely any - grated low fat mature cheese A
salad (lettuce, red cabbage, red onion, grated carrot)
1/2 apple
SNACK
summer fruit alpen bar light 1/2 sin
lemon greek yoghurt
coffee, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
DINNER
2 linda mcartneys sausages 4 sins
mashed potatoe
carrots, peas, cabbage
gravey 4 sins
2 lemon greek yoghurts 1 sin
LATER
fudge alpen bar
tea, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
Update
If you look, i've commented on nearly all your posts.. so have a read if you're bored to make sure you don't miss any LOL
I cant believe we missed each other!! POO!!! I was having a little sleepover with the kids tonight, watching you've been framed and having loves so I didnt get on till late - sorry!
I'm so excited to see your diary, absolutely fab. Me and Lee were just discussing tonight how we want to get an ice cream maker because we miss Yogun Fruz (frozen yoghurt with maltesers.. yummmm!!!).
We made a fake trifle tonight and it was LOVELY!
Hartleys raspberry jelly,
topped with banana and custard Muller light as the custard
topped with Fromage Frais that had a tsp of vanilla flavouring in.
Grated choc on top (Lee had sprinkles)
About, 1/2 syn for quarter of a bowl!
I had a mini Mars which was a rip off for 5 syns. Oreo cookies are 2.5 syns each and I REALLY enjoyed mine!!
You know what's nice?? Alpen bars dipped in tea. Honestly try it!!! And, you can put Alpens in the microwave to make crumble :) People put this crumble on banana and custard mullers.
Your dinner looks amazing - i'm so proud of you and excited for your weigh in on monday. My weigh in is tuesday, so wish me luck!
I need to do more exercise - i'd love a treadmill but theyre too expensive. I wondered, did you think of having a Wii fit for your birthday?
Right, going to get some sleep now :)
As for the washing up.. you get used to it. The best thing we did is start making doubles. Then you have another dinner or leftovers for lunch.
How about Stew? Quick and easy to make.. one weight watchers petit pain is a B and they're 50p in Asda at the moment.
Great snacks are Mug Shots, Batchelors Deli boxes, Mixed exotic prepared fruits, light super noodles, mini meringue nests crushed into virtually fat free fromage frais and vanilla (seriously - get some, they're AMAZING) Velvet Crunch.
I dont eat breakfast, I just grab fruit to start my metabolism, can't deal with breakfast, never have done =/
This week im going to slice an orange in to segments and put them in to an orange jelly and serve with chocolate yoghurt.
Cadburys light trifles are to die for and 6 syns.
beans and omelette is quick, easy to wash up (can just throw beans ina jug in the mic) and free!
Try the curry - you will want to marry me!!
Don't forget sunday roast - chicken with no skin on, lina mccartney sausages (free for the red onion ones) roast potatoes done in fry light with garlic, roast veg (parsnips, carrots, butternut squash) and boiled veg. I do mash from swede and carrots to get more super free in. Then garden mint sauce and gravy which is syns or syn free if you do a watery one using a stock cube and thicken with instant mash or squashed onions. Yorkshires are 2 syns each.
I cant believe we missed each other!! POO!!! I was having a little sleepover with the kids tonight, watching you've been framed and having loves so I didnt get on till late - sorry!
I'm so excited to see your diary, absolutely fab. Me and Lee were just discussing tonight how we want to get an ice cream maker because we miss Yogun Fruz (frozen yoghurt with maltesers.. yummmm!!!).
We made a fake trifle tonight and it was LOVELY!
Hartleys raspberry jelly,
topped with banana and custard Muller light as the custard
topped with Fromage Frais that had a tsp of vanilla flavouring in.
Grated choc on top (Lee had sprinkles)
About, 1/2 syn for quarter of a bowl!
I had a mini Mars which was a rip off for 5 syns. Oreo cookies are 2.5 syns each and I REALLY enjoyed mine!!
You know what's nice?? Alpen bars dipped in tea. Honestly try it!!! And, you can put Alpens in the microwave to make crumble :) People put this crumble on banana and custard mullers.
Your dinner looks amazing - i'm so proud of you and excited for your weigh in on monday. My weigh in is tuesday, so wish me luck!
I need to do more exercise - i'd love a treadmill but theyre too expensive. I wondered, did you think of having a Wii fit for your birthday?
Right, going to get some sleep now :)
As for the washing up.. you get used to it. The best thing we did is start making doubles. Then you have another dinner or leftovers for lunch.
How about Stew? Quick and easy to make.. one weight watchers petit pain is a B and they're 50p in Asda at the moment.
Great snacks are Mug Shots, Batchelors Deli boxes, Mixed exotic prepared fruits, light super noodles, mini meringue nests crushed into virtually fat free fromage frais and vanilla (seriously - get some, they're AMAZING) Velvet Crunch.
I dont eat breakfast, I just grab fruit to start my metabolism, can't deal with breakfast, never have done =/
This week im going to slice an orange in to segments and put them in to an orange jelly and serve with chocolate yoghurt.
Cadburys light trifles are to die for and 6 syns.
beans and omelette is quick, easy to wash up (can just throw beans ina jug in the mic) and free!
Try the curry - you will want to marry me!!
Don't forget sunday roast - chicken with no skin on, lina mccartney sausages (free for the red onion ones) roast potatoes done in fry light with garlic, roast veg (parsnips, carrots, butternut squash) and boiled veg. I do mash from swede and carrots to get more super free in. Then garden mint sauce and gravy which is syns or syn free if you do a watery one using a stock cube and thicken with instant mash or squashed onions. Yorkshires are 2 syns each.
Saturday, 12 January 2013
BREAKFAST
Apen bar
cofee, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
3 teas, sweetner, semi skimmed milk
LUNCH
Passata pasta, with bacon and sweetcorn
lemon greek yoghurt
1/2 apple, banana and raisins
Alpen bar
DINNER
Hot KFC Chicken made with chicken breast, egg yolk, asda instant mash with some chilli powder and flakes
Cous cous made with 2 chicken oxo, roast garlic which i squeezed into it, roast red onion, carrots and baby sweetcorn ( later had second helpings and added peas and sweetcorn)
Sweet and crunchy salad made with iceberg, red cabbage, grated carrot, red onion and sweetcorn
SNACKS
Coconut greek yoghurt
Dairylea on severn seeds toast
Wholemeal Pitta with hot chicken and dairylea
Tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
Might have another cup of tea and a muller as the night progresses :)
Found it hard today, loads of cooking and dishes, need to find some better snacks so we're going to have a trip to asda tomorro to top up our fruit supply. Been having a really good chat with Ian, he's finding he's really starving alot lol we decided we need to swop some things that we normally have which are classed as a B to stop us from sinning, for example, we usualy have toast for breakfast so we are goin to swap it for manderin muller and an orange or grapefruit and also cut out the butter on our toast sins. Going to buy an ice cream maker so we can make muller ice cream to go with fruit and jelly, which sounds lovely. Still hoping i have managed to loose some weight for my monday weigh in, don't feel any smaller lol!!
Apen bar
cofee, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
3 teas, sweetner, semi skimmed milk
LUNCH
Passata pasta, with bacon and sweetcorn
lemon greek yoghurt
1/2 apple, banana and raisins
Alpen bar
DINNER
Hot KFC Chicken made with chicken breast, egg yolk, asda instant mash with some chilli powder and flakes
Cous cous made with 2 chicken oxo, roast garlic which i squeezed into it, roast red onion, carrots and baby sweetcorn ( later had second helpings and added peas and sweetcorn)
Sweet and crunchy salad made with iceberg, red cabbage, grated carrot, red onion and sweetcorn
SNACKS
Coconut greek yoghurt
Dairylea on severn seeds toast
Wholemeal Pitta with hot chicken and dairylea
Tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
Might have another cup of tea and a muller as the night progresses :)
Found it hard today, loads of cooking and dishes, need to find some better snacks so we're going to have a trip to asda tomorro to top up our fruit supply. Been having a really good chat with Ian, he's finding he's really starving alot lol we decided we need to swop some things that we normally have which are classed as a B to stop us from sinning, for example, we usualy have toast for breakfast so we are goin to swap it for manderin muller and an orange or grapefruit and also cut out the butter on our toast sins. Going to buy an ice cream maker so we can make muller ice cream to go with fruit and jelly, which sounds lovely. Still hoping i have managed to loose some weight for my monday weigh in, don't feel any smaller lol!!
Mels Food Diary 12/01/13
Today, i've been really craving sweet things. I managed to ignore it and now the cravings passed - thank god!
Lunch
Frittata (eggs, green beans, onions, peppers) with baked beans and mushrooms
Slice of melon
Dinner
Chicken and veg curry (green beans, onions, cauliflower) with spring onion rice
Supper
2 Alpen bars, cup of tea
I'll see how the rest of the day goes but I ordered some funsize chocs today so I might have some.. need to spend my syns or I won't lose weight!
Just so you know:
ALL funsize:
Maltesers - 5 syns
Milky Way - 3.5 syns
Mars - 4 syns
Starburst - 4 syns
Magic Stars - 3.5 syns
Lunch
Frittata (eggs, green beans, onions, peppers) with baked beans and mushrooms
Slice of melon
Dinner
Chicken and veg curry (green beans, onions, cauliflower) with spring onion rice
Supper
2 Alpen bars, cup of tea
I'll see how the rest of the day goes but I ordered some funsize chocs today so I might have some.. need to spend my syns or I won't lose weight!
Just so you know:
ALL funsize:
Maltesers - 5 syns
Milky Way - 3.5 syns
Mars - 4 syns
Starburst - 4 syns
Magic Stars - 3.5 syns
Green day 11/01/13
Lunch
Pasta and meatballs:
Made up a pasta n sauce country vegetables with water. This one is syn free, not all of them are.
Whilst cooking, did Quorn meatballs with onions in a pan, then added them together.
I always have a snack of something but I got caught up making dinner and missed it!
Dinner
Big Breakfast:
3 Quorn Sausages (3 syns), onions (chop an onion in to quarters then put in the oven tray to roast), peppers (leave as BIG pieces or they will burn), tomatos (chop in to quarters and sprinkle with black pepper then stick on roasting tray) all in an oven tray. The on the hob was beans, scrambled egg (eggs, Quark, dash of milk and seasoning) and sweded and carrots boiling. I mashed the swede and carrots then fried with lemon juice and a stock cube - was amazing!!!
Pudding
Hartleys sugar free Jelly (1/2 syn) with mixed frozen berries inside, Muller Greek cherry yoghurt tipped over (1/2 syn)
Supper
Cup of tea, made with sweeteners
2 B's of Shreddies (35g each) So 70g, with sweetener and semi skimmed milk.
Syns for the day: 4 (I usually eat some on the night but wasnt in a hungry mood today)
Healthy extras: 1A: milk in tea and cereals
2B's: 35g of Shreddies x 2
Pasta and meatballs:
Made up a pasta n sauce country vegetables with water. This one is syn free, not all of them are.
Whilst cooking, did Quorn meatballs with onions in a pan, then added them together.
I always have a snack of something but I got caught up making dinner and missed it!
Dinner
Big Breakfast:
3 Quorn Sausages (3 syns), onions (chop an onion in to quarters then put in the oven tray to roast), peppers (leave as BIG pieces or they will burn), tomatos (chop in to quarters and sprinkle with black pepper then stick on roasting tray) all in an oven tray. The on the hob was beans, scrambled egg (eggs, Quark, dash of milk and seasoning) and sweded and carrots boiling. I mashed the swede and carrots then fried with lemon juice and a stock cube - was amazing!!!
Pudding
Hartleys sugar free Jelly (1/2 syn) with mixed frozen berries inside, Muller Greek cherry yoghurt tipped over (1/2 syn)
Supper
Cup of tea, made with sweeteners
2 B's of Shreddies (35g each) So 70g, with sweetener and semi skimmed milk.
Syns for the day: 4 (I usually eat some on the night but wasnt in a hungry mood today)
Healthy extras: 1A: milk in tea and cereals
2B's: 35g of Shreddies x 2
Friday, 11 January 2013
My Food Diary;
Breakfast - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
Lunch - 1 dairylea, 1 slice of 7 seedsbread, banana, muller light, greek yoghurt, 2 alpen bars
Snack - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
5 mullers, 2 bananas, 2 apples
Dinner - 8 rashers bacon (all fat removed) 2 slices 7 seeds bread, 2 teaspoons extra ligh flora, salad (lettuce, carrot, red onion, red cabbage)
Dessert - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
2 mullers, 1 greek yoghurt, 2 apples, 2 bananas, 2 alpen bars
Snack - 4 weetabix, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
Snack - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
2 mullers, banana
Breakfast - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
Lunch - 1 dairylea, 1 slice of 7 seedsbread, banana, muller light, greek yoghurt, 2 alpen bars
Snack - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
5 mullers, 2 bananas, 2 apples
Dinner - 8 rashers bacon (all fat removed) 2 slices 7 seeds bread, 2 teaspoons extra ligh flora, salad (lettuce, carrot, red onion, red cabbage)
Dessert - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
2 mullers, 1 greek yoghurt, 2 apples, 2 bananas, 2 alpen bars
Snack - 4 weetabix, semi-skimmed milk, sweetner
Snack - tea, sweetner, semi-skimmed milk
2 mullers, banana
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