What I Ate Today: 02/01/2013

EXTRA EASY DAY

I completely forgot to take any pictures yesterday, sorry! But will do a quick update on what I ate.

Breakfast- Tea (FF) with sweetener (FF) and semi-skimmed milk (1 1/2 SYNS).

Lunch- Tomato & Herb Pasta Mug Shot (FF)

Dinner- 1 Piece of dry toast (4 1/2 SYNS) with baked beans (FF), lean bacon (FF) and cheese (HEA)

Snacks- Coffee (FF) with sweetener (FF)  and semi-skimmed milk (1 1/2 SYNS).
               1 hifi bar (HEB)
               1 plum (SFF)
               Walkers baked stars (4 1/2 SYNS)

SYNS- 12 SYNS

I really failed on super free today but I desperately need to do a food shop! Will be getting some bits today to last me until Monday (will be making a soup to last a couple of days) and then I can do a bigger shop.

So there we go, not a great day super free wise but did stay under syns. Weigh in tonight but I'm not really expecting much of a loss if anything, just because I've been lucky the last couple of weeks!

Will let you know later/ tomorrow! 

What I Ate Today: 15/12/12

EXTRA EASY DAY

Normal food posts will now be resumed! I have just posted my weekly weigh in below and you will see that I gained 1lb this week. I am quite pleased with that as it is low considering I wasn't really on plan at all last week. So I'm hoping to get back on track this week as Thursday will be the last weigh in before Christmas. I've got 58lbs to go until my target of 8 stone which I want to be at by my 21st birthday in September. I know that this is do-able but I seem to always take the scenic route with weight loss, hopefully not too much this time. With 37 weigh ins until my birthday that means I'd have to lose about 1 1/2lb most weeks with a little extra. That is do-able right?

Anyway, onto the food.


So I started my day with a merry cup of Cadburys options hot chocolate (2 SYNS) with some skimmed milk (2 SYNS). I also ate my advent calendar chocolate- it's a robin I think? (1 SYN) and a hifi bar (HEB). I really don't like that I've already used this many syns this early but I'm wanting cheese with my lunch so saving my HEA for that.

I love cheesy (HEA) jacket potatoes (FF) so I really like that you can still eat them when on slimming world. Using reduced fat cheese also means that you can have 45g of cheese instead of the usual 23g. I ate two with some Joe's Sausages chipolatas (FF). If you haven't already, please check his website out here. All of his meat products are completely syn free and he makes flavoured sausages, burger, grills etc. Really tasty. I know there is no super free here but I naughtily haven't got any super free in at the moment and I thought better me still following plan even if I can't fit the super free in. I will try and pick some fruit up on Monday though.

At about 3ish, Oliver and I went to see my sister and my boyfriend (they are good friends and live together in a group, weird I know but I actually met him through my sister!) I managed to stop myself from having a nice cuppa and instead enjoyed a fruit tea (FF) unfortunately I didn't get a pic sorry!

We got home at 5:30ish and since I'd picked some up at the local shop, I had an apple (SFF) before making a dinner of pasta (FF) , Joe's Sausages chopped up (FF) and a tomato sauce made with pasatta (FF) , worcestershire sauce (FF) and a little fajita seasoning (1/2 SYN). After this I had a nice drink of peppermint tea (FF).

I'm now make-up free and in my pjs about to watch The Dark Knight. I think I'll probably end up eating another apple (SFF) and drinking some more peppermint tea (FF) before going to bed.

So back on track then eh? Check me out! Hopefully this week will continue this way, with a bit more super free!

SYNS -- advent calendar chocolate (1)

                skimmed milk (200ml) (2)

                hot chocolate (2)

                fajita seasoning (1/2)

TOTAL -- 5 1/2 SYNS

(SFF) Super Free Food

(FF) Free Food

(HEA) Healthy Extra A

(HEB) Healthy Extra B

What I Ate Today: 01/12/12

EXTRA EASY DAY

I started my day off with a lovely cup of coffee (HEA)  (it seriously saves my life!) and a hifi bar (HEB) , yummy yummy. I was taking leftover bolognese to my sisters' house for lunch and popped to my mums' on the way to pick up my advent calendar :D Oh yes it's December! I just love Christmas :) I ate the 1st yummy chocolate :) (1 SYN)

So I had pasta bolognese (FF) for lunch at my sisters' house, but this time with a sprinkle of cheese (3 1/2 SYNS). Tasty :) (The picture is from last nights meal, I didn't get snap happy today, oops!)

I had dinner at about 7ish as I had gone to my mums for a little while after being at my sisters' house. (I had a hot chocolate (2 SYNS) there but like I said, didn't have my camera sorry!)  I made the diet coke chicken (FF) again with slimming world chips (FF), was even tastier than last time! I probably ate too much but it was sooooo good! (Again, photo is from last time, sorry!) I also had an apple (SFF) to get a little super free.

I am going to be having another coffee in a few minutes to warm me up using the rest of my (HEA). That's about it for today!

Apologies for the complete fail that is todays post, my phone is really annoying to use so I take photos on my camera!

SYNS -- advent calendar chocolate (1)

             cheese (3 1/2)

             hot chocolate (2)

TOTAL -- 6 1/2

(SFF) Super Free Food

(FF) Free Food

(HEA) Healthy Extra A

(HEB) Healthy Extra B

What I Ate Today: 30/11/12

EXTRA EASY DAY

My sinuses and head are giving me hell this morning :( I so so hate being ill! Anyway, I started my morning with a cup of coffee, (anyone else feel like they can't function without one?) using skimmed milk (HEA) and sweetener (FF). About an hour later (I never eat as soon as I get up) I had bacon (FF) and brown sauce (1 SYN) on a wholemeal roll (HEB) and a bowl of grapes. I had this with a glass of diet pepsi (I cannot give up fizzy drinks for the life of me!)

For some reason I got hungry again quite early so I made my lunch at 12. I had leftover chicken in thai green curry paste (1 SYN) with a cheesy (3 1/2 SYNS) jacket potato (FF) and salad (SFF). It was very tasty, though I didn't quite finish the chicken as I prefer it warm! I don't usually like to syn my cheese but it was 50% less fat so I could have 25g for this amount of syns and I know that I'll have another coffee later and use all of my milk allowance!

As I ate lunch quite early, I started cooking dinner at about 4:30pm. I made spaghetti bolognese using passata (FF), worcestershire sauce (FF), a beef oxo cube (FF), garlic (SFF), onion (SFF) and peppers (SFF) for the bolognese and then obviously spaghetti pasta (FF). I probably gave myself too big of a portion, which unfortunately is a bad habit of mine, however, I didn't eat it all and stopped when I was full :) I ate a banana (SFF) afterwards to get in some more super free.

Later on I had some left over spag bol and an apple, I forgot to take a picture of the apple but I'm sure you all know what one of those looks like ;) I'll probably have a cup of coffee shortly, using skimmed milk for the rest of my (HEA) and sweetener. 

So that's it, my new format post! I'm thinking this looks prettier than before :)


SYNS -- brown sauce (1)
             thai green curry paste (1)
             cheese (3 1/2)

TOTAL -- 5 1/2

(SFF) Super Free Food

(FF) Free Food

(HEA) Healthy Extra A

(HEB) Healthy Extra B

What I Ate Today: 19/11/12

Extra Easy Day

Breakfast-

tea with sweetener and skimmed milk (healthy extra A)

hifi bar (healthy extra B)

Lunch- 

wotsits (4 1/2 syns)
bowl of fruit

4 1/2 syns

Dinner-

spaghetti bolognese using lean mince (2 1/2 syns)

2 1/2 syns

Snacks-

a few of Olivers hula hoops (3 syns)

coffee with skimmed milk (healthy extra A)

3 syns

9 1/2 syns today 

Not too happy about the crisps, don't know where my willpower went today! However, still under 15 syns so shouldn't worry too much!

What I Ate Today: 18/11/12

Extra Easy Day

Breakfast-

millicano coffee with sweetener and skimmed milk (healthy extra A)

hifi bar (healthy extra B)

Lunch- 

jacket potato with cheese (3 syns) 

3 syns

Dinner-

pork medallions

roast potatoes

carrots

broccoli

mashed potato (1/2 syn)

gravy (1 1/2 syn)

mint sauce (1/2 syn)

2 1/2 syns

Snacks-

coffee with sweetener and semi- skimmed milk x2 (2 1/2 syns) 

tea with sweetener and skimmed milk (healthy extra A)

2 1/2 syns

8 syns today :)

A Quick Slimming World Guide

As it is my first post, I'll give you a quick guide to a slimming world day. 

There are 3 plans that you can follow whilst on slimming world, they are; red, green and extra easy.

On a red day you are primarily eating meat, fish, meat substitutes, fruit and vegetables and you can eat as much of this as you like. You  need to limit your carbohydrates.

On a green day, you are primarily eating pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables and you can eat as much of this as you like. You need to limit your meat, fish and meat substitutes.

On an extra easy day, you can eat as much meat, fish, pasta, rice, potatoes, fruit and vegetables as you like.

All plans work. People are shocked that the extra easy plan works but it really does. However if you want to either boost your weight loss or you have dietary requirements that restrict you from eating carbs or meat then red or green maybe best for you. 

You can either stick to one plan or alternate days if you like. I will be mostly following extra easy with a few red days thrown in.

I'll tell you about extra easy as this is the most popular slimming world plan and the plan that I am following today.

You have a list of fruits and vegetables that you can eat unlimited amounts of, as well as unlimited amounts of lean meat, fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and various other foods. The only limit is your appetite, you DO NOT need to weigh foods. You can also have 2 healthy extras, one A choice and one B choice. A provides you with calcium whilst B provides you with your fibre. ALWAYS choose once from each list daily. I won't list everything as the list is long as this is what membership is for ;) 

Lastly you have your syns. These are for anything that is not unlimited. Your alcohol, chocolate, crisps, cakes, takeaway etc. Treat food really. You can have between 5 and 15 a day. Everything has a syn value, the list is in your food directory (you get this when you join).

I'm afraid this is all I can really tell you. I could go on about it forever but I am among the members who want to help others as much as I can but also not be unfair to members who pay by giving all the information away. I just want you to understand my food diaries when I am writing about syns and healthy extras. Please just post a comment if you want to now anything in particular and I will always try to help you.