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Clean Eating: Slimming World - Weigh-in - Week 6

2015-08-01T12:51:00.003+01:00

Hello, and Happy Saturday to you :) What are you doing with your weekend? I am in my painting gear ready to tackle my kitchen - I'm repainting today I've decided!
So, yes my weigh-in is a little tardy this week, but I'm doing it now before I get myself covered in paint - eeek!

Actually, I was really happy with my weight loss this week - it's a lot of weight for me to lose......but still never, ever enough to win 'Slimmer of the Week' :( It's stupid, it's just a silly sticker.......yet it's one, that is completely unattainable to me - Sod it, quite frankly I think I'll make my own sticker and certificate - haha, you think I'm joking right?!

But anyway.......I managed to lose a massive (for me.....) 2.5lbs. This is the most I've EVER lost in a week.......so yes, I deserve that sticker I'm not going to make ;)

So here we go: I went from 9st 6lbs to 9st 3.5lbs

Total Losses so Far:
Week 1: 0
Week 2: - 2.5lbs
Week 3: - 4 lbs
Week 4: -3lbs
Week 5: -5lbs
Week 6: -7.5lbs

It's also that time of the month to do my measurements, I can actually tell I've lost inches this month as my clothes feel bigger - and, unfortunately I'm back in my B cup bras again this week - Booo, I'm really going to miss my C cup boobies!!

So, here we go.......Starting Measurements taken on 27th June 2015!

Starting Measurements:

Bust: 36"

Waist: 29.5"

Hips: 39"

Measurements taken on 30th July 2015!

Bust: 36"

Waist: 28"

Hips: 38.5"

Not a massive inch loss, it looks and feels like I'm lost more if I'm honest.......but hey ho, clothes are fitting better and that's all that matters :)

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 35

2015-07-31T22:30:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 34

2015-07-30T23:43:00.002+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 33

2015-07-29T23:30:00.000+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Today, I've decided that I'm pretty crappy with computers. I've decided to download a new browser as the current one keeps lagging and the flash keeps crashing - and no amount of cache clearing or updating seems to work, I've given up I can't understand what it needs to work properly.....so I've got this new browser....only trouble is, it's being glitchy with my html - we'll see!
So today is the day before I weigh-in, and I can honestly say that I feel so much slimmer this past week, I feel like the inches are finally disappearing ( horahhh!) - and I've had one or two people comment that I've lost weight the past couple of days.....so it must be true right?

As I said yesterday, I'm not feeling especially hungry right now.....I mean, I'm eating my meals - mostly - but I've not been too concerned with anything inbetween....which is fine of course.....but this leaves me uninterested in food, and very impartial to cooking for everyone in the evenings. I'm also feeling kinda bored with my modest repertoire of SP/Clean meals. I need to rediscover some passion for some good-old-fashion recipe searching on the interweb; but I can't quite muster - or supress the right balance of....erm......focus, maybe? Yep - that!
.....it'll happen, just not today!

So anyway, moving swiftly on to what I ate yesterday!

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Lunch:
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
Lettuce
Tomato
Roast Chicken
45g Soft Cheese - HEXA

Dinner: Omelette
4 eggs
Mushrooms
Tomato
Seasoning
Spinach
Roast Chicken
1 tbsp Pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 2 syns

Snack:
Rice Cake - 1.5 Syns
Dark Chocolate 10g - 3.5 Syns

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea

Daily Syns: 9
Fitbit Steps: 8,429
Exercise:Pilates 20 minutes

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 32

2015-07-28T23:52:00.002+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 31

2015-07-27T11:30:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 30

2015-07-26T23:03:00.002+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Evening all........well, what a weekend huh? If you live anywhere near me down in good ole Suffolk then you'll understand the sarcasm in that previous question, right?! I had a few plans for the weekend, most involved leaving the house of course, doing fun family things.......taking the girlies for a picnic, going for a drive or just getting in the garden - failing that, I could get some washing done! Nope, not going to happen.......it has rained non-stop for a few days now and I'm seriously debating on whether or not I should start building that ark? Now that the school holidays have arrived, the last thing we want to be is trapped inside watching endless films like a bunch of lazy lay-abouts!
I'm crossing my fingers for ok weather tomorrow - please - LET THERE BE LIGHT!!! I'm not a grouchy moany cow - well sometimes perhaps......I'm just going stir crazy here - it might be the cabin fever setting in ;)

Here's what I ate yesterday :) I wanted a Saturday night curry, so decided that I'd follow a normal Extra Easy Day so I could have rice!!

Extra Easy Day
Breakfast:
35g Shreddies - HEXB
125ml Semi Skimmed Milk - HEXA

Snacks:
Apple
Satsuma

Lunch: Leftover Noodles
Dried Noodles
Chicken Breast
Oyster Sauce
Soy Sauce
Ginger
Garlic
Spring Onion
BeanSprouts
Carrots
Cabbage
Spinach

Snacks:
Strawberries
Banana

Dinner: Chicken Curry
Wholegrain Basmati Rice
Spinach
Chicken
Passata
Red Onion
White Onion
Garlic
Chilli
Herbs and Spices
Organic Peanut Butter 1/4 tbsp - 1.5 Syns
Dark Chocolate 6g - 1.5 Syns
Pure Honey 1/4 tbsp - 0.5 Syns
3 tbsp Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt

Snacks:
25g Homemade Popcorn - 5 Syns

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 8.5
Fitbit Steps: 9,249
Exercise: Swimming - Sit ups, plank, push ups and crunches

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 29

2015-07-25T20:07:00.001+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Evening all, hope you're all enjoying your weekends thus far - hey, it looks like the rain has lifted ;) Let us hope for a Sunny Sunday!
Yesterday was spent traipsing up and down the town centre looking for new glasses for the boy - he wants to do his driving lessons now he's old enough.....and apparently this means he'll need glasses! Before hand I'd semi ~~bribed~~ convinced him to join me in some lengths at the swimming pool. Yeah, now that was a big mistake........second day of the school holidays and the dramas of being a teenager were being played out before my very eyes. Oh dear, I'm glad I am much older, and slightly more wise to the emotions and mishaps of a teenage dilemma or two - to dump him, or not to dump him, that is the question?!

But aside from that, it was fine - we managed to do our lengths and escape pretty unscatched.

Here's what I ate Yesterday....... erm, a few too many syns had too - hey - It's Friday!!

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
1 tbsp Pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Lunch: Shapers Sandwich
Bread - Unsure of weight, but it wasn't a lot - HEXB
Tuna
Cucumber
Kettle Sweet Potato Crisps - 5 Syns

Dinner: Noodles
Chicken Breast
Oyster Sauce
Soy Sauce
Ginger
Garlic
Spring Onion
BeanSprouts
Carrots
Cabbage
Spinach
Dried Egg Noodles - 3 Syns

Snacks:
Strawberries
Raspberries
Banana

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea
250ml Semi Skimmed Milk - HEXA
175ml Red Wine - 6 Syns

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 16 - eeeeek!
Fitbit Steps: 16, 451
Exercise: Swimming - 30 Lengths.

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Weigh-in - Week 5

2015-07-24T23:23:00.001+01:00

Evening all - These Friday's keep on coming around don't they?!
I'm going to keep this one short and sweet as I'm going to put a film on with the hubby in a minute :)

So I've had an "okay" week, meaning I've been clean eating most of the time and sticking to my syn allowance for the better part.
I actually wanted to chat about something in this post, but for the life of me.....I can't remember what that was - Ooops, it could be the wine! Possibly! I'm sure it'll come to me anyway and I'll get back to it later in the week!

I weighed in as usual last night and I'm pleased to report that I have dropped **drummmmmmm Rooooolll" a massive 2lbs, and honestly...me being me, 2lbs is not to be sniffed at! Well chuffed!

I'm well on my way to target I think........I'll do my body measurements again with next week's weigh-in too!

So here we go: I went from 9st 8lbs to 9st 6lbs

Total Losses so Far:
Week 1: 0
Week 2: - 2.5lbs
Week 3: - 4 lbs
Week 4: -3lbs
Week 5: -5lbs

I'm going to carry on into next week eating mainly SP with a few Extra Easy days chucked in there too :)

Enjoy your weekend, lets hope the rain lifts hey?!

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 28

2015-07-24T23:06:00.003+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Evening folks, I'm enjoying a fabulous evening - I mean, the weather is too crap to actually venture out of the house to a pub garden or anything......alas, I have found my own entertainment in the form of diva soundtracks and very loud show tune singing voice whilst drinking red wine; possible prancing may be involved, possibly - doesn't sound very clean does it? It is fun though, and after all, it IS Friday ;)

As you'll tell by my food diary below, that yesterday I kinda missed my dinner and ended up with a bowl of shreddies instead. Yep, don't ask....let me just tell you it involved an omelette, peppercorns and a broken grinder. Needless to say, the bin ate more than I did last night!

So, all that aside, here's what I ate yesterday...........

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Maple Canadian Syrup - 2 Syns

Lunch at Work:
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
45g Soft Cheese - HEXA
Cucumber
Tomatoes

Snacks:
Plum
Satsuma
Apple

Dinner:
35g Shreddies - 6 Syns
125ml Milk - 3 Syns
(So annoyed about said omelette incident I totally forget to get a picture - not that it would look THAT interesting anyway of course)

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 11
Fitbit Steps: 14, 656
Exercise: Pilates, 60 minutes Boot Camp!!

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 27

2015-07-23T23:23:00.002+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 26

2015-07-22T21:53:00.003+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Blimey O'Reilly I think I'm going mad, like mental....or looney crazy or something! I'm still having immense cravings for shreddies (????) and boy-oh-boy did a bowl of those go down well last night.....Noooomm!! I seriously count myself lucky though that I wasn't craving something far worse, with sugar and cream.....and, and icing!!
I must admit, I've been feeling so hungry lately and no amount of strawberries, raspberries or chicken pieces seem to quite satisfy my hunger - maybe it's the SP, maybe it's not designed for long-term use? I do find myself hankering for more filling, tasty foods - I can't help it, after all, I'm only human! I also attribute the hunger to stress a little - I am stressed, I've a lot on my plate (yeah, I wish - no pun intended!) right now.....but I'll talk about that one another day :)

So anyway, Gav and I are catching up with a few of our tv programmes this evening, Hannibal being one of them; does anyone else watching this literally gag at times? or am I being such a girl about it? ha!

Here's what I ate yesterday.....

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Raspberries
1 tbsp Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Snack:
Satsuma
Apple
Apple

Lunch: Homemade Tomato and Basil Soup
Roasted Tomatoes
Onion
Basil
Oregano
Garlic
Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
10g Butter - 3.5 Syns

Snack:
Flat Peach
Satsuma

Dinner: Cottage Pie with Swede Mash
Pork Mince
Peas
Passata
Onion
Garlic
Carrots
Herbs
Swede (mash)
Sugar Snap Peas

Snacks:
Shreddies 35g - 6 Syns

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea
250ml Semi-Skimmed Milk - HEXA

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 11.5
Fitbit Steps: 17,968
Exercise: None!

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 25

2015-07-21T23:00:00.001+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 24

2015-07-20T21:51:00.004+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

I had the most amazing, relaxing chilled out Sunday yesterday......watching films (Lord of the Rings) in my pyjamas on the sofa, followed by a little bit of housework and a very, VERY long 2 hour soak in a dead sea salt bath, whilst watching another film on the laptop (The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel). Just what I needed :)

I also felt super hungry yesterday too, and no amount of fruit was curbing my appetite - I really fancied a croissant, or some sweet pastries - I don't know why I was all of a sudden craving these things.......not that I could have any anyway as I just don't buy those sorts of foods. Not to mention what the syn value would be - so I muddled through and have still felt quite hungry today too! Hopefully, I'll feel less hungry tomorrow - fingers crossed!

So here's what I ate on my chillout, super lazy Sunday.........

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Lunch:
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
2 Poached Eggs
Tomatoes
10g Butter - 3.5 Syns

Dinner:
Spinach
Roast Chicken
Sweet Potato (Occasional on SP plan)
Courgette
Swede
Carrot
Onion
Mangetout

Snack:
Apple
Satsuma
Strawberries
Raspberries
Banana
2 tbsps Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt (Occasional on SP plan)
1 tbsp Honey - 2.5 Syns
Snowconut Frozen Yogurt - 25ml - 2 Syns

Drinks:

Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 10
Fitbit Steps: 3, 407
Exercise: Nada!

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 23

2015-07-19T23:06:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 22

2015-07-18T21:27:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Weigh-in - Week 4

2015-07-17T22:52:00.001+01:00

Hello again, wow.......it's Friday again - Gav and I have been looking forward to taking a walk down to the pub by the river this evening and having a small red wine, whilst enjoying the boats, gulls and great company, however, we've been a house of illness this week; everyone (aside from me - yay for all that spinach!) has been struck down with this awful head cold thing. Gav right now sounds terrible and has no energy left after a week of working and fighting this illness. So, alas we've decided to stay in on the sofa with Netflix instead! So, I'll make this a quick update before we put a film on!

Yep, slight annoyance with yesterday's weigh-in........somehow I managed to weigh a whole one pound heavier?!?!?! Ermmmmm..... No idea......I think I was retaining water or something, because I weighed myself again this evening (a little naughty I know.....) and I'm 2.5lbs down on last night's weight. What the actual.........?! Odd-balls!

But anyway, it's irrelevant really as the only weight that officially matters the the Slimming World one, however it just goes to show how our weight can fluctuate and screw us over on weigh-in day, so, do not despair.......it'll catch up officially - maybe next week?! ;)

So here we go: I went from 9st 7lbs to 9st 8lbs - Boo!

Total Losses so Far:
Week 1: 0
Week 2: - 2.5lbs
Week 3: - 4 lbs
Week 4: -3lbs

Like I said above, I don't like to weigh myself in between official SW weigh-ins, but Actually seeing 9st 5.5lbs on the scales this evening assures me that what I'm doing IS working and I should continue on for another week as I am!!

Enjoy your weekend folks :)

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 21

2015-07-17T22:22:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 20

2015-07-16T15:50:00.000+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Good afternoon, I'm writing this whilst I'm stuck at work and whilst the sun is in full force outside! It's another one of those busy, busy Thursdays.....and I've already struggled to find food for lunch today; there's not much at our local shops in the way of 'Clean' or 'Slimming' so I'm somewhat hungry - boo!...... I really, REALLY need to do a food shop tomorrow!
Slimming World weigh-in later and then boot camp - afterwards, I'll look forward to a massive, and I mean MASSIVE dinner, of what? I don't know, we'll see ;)

Anyway......here's what I ate yesterday......as you can see, I had a normal Extra Easy day....

Breakfast:
2 Poached Eggs
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
10g Butter - 3.5 Syns
Grapes

Snack:
Satsuma

Lunch:
Whole Wheat Pasta
Chicken Breast
Cherry Tomatoes
Mixed Leaf Salad
Spinach
Garlic Mushrooms

Snack:
Rice Cake - 1.5 Syns

Dinner: Chicken Curry
Chicken Breast
Passata
Red Onion
Cherry Tomatoes
Spices
Garlic
Peanut Butter - 1 tbsp divided by 4 - 1 Syn
Almond Butter - 1 tbsp divided by 4 - 1 Syn
Coconut Oil - 1 tsp divided by 4 - 0.5 Syns
Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt
Wholegrain Rice
Mixed Leaf Salad
Wedge of Lime

Snack:
Satsuma

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Coffee
Fruit Tea

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 7.5
Fitbit Steps: 12,532
Exercise: None

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 19

2015-07-15T22:27:00.002+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

Good evening, it's another late one today......so apologies, I've been having my hair done this evening - bye bye dark brown and sprinkled grey roots :)

So yesterday I decided to pop down to the local swimming pool again to swim a few lengths - something I'm planning to do once a week from now on. The only thing was, I felt starving after all that swimming......and planned on popping to the local market to grab some fruit and veg on the way home.....however, I was a little late and they'd already packed up and were heading off. I love their fresh produce too, oh well.....I'll have to head back there on Friday for a top-up.......my fridge is looking somewhat baron right now!
All-in-all, it was a bit of a random food eating day - it's kinda what happens when you're out of the house most of the day!

Here's what I ate yesterday.........

Breakfast:
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Frozen Blueberries
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Canadian Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Lunch:
Mixed Melon
Nakd Cocoa Crunch Bar - 5 Syns

Snack:
Satsuma
Peach
Apple

Dinner: Mediterranean Soup (Homemade)
Yellow Pepper
Orange Pepper
Red Onion
Tomatoes
Sweet Red Peppers
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
Basil
Sea Salt & Pepper
1 tbsp Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt

60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
45g Full Fat Soft Cheese - HEXA
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Honey - 2.5 Syns

Drinks:
Coffee
Mineral Water
Fruit Tea
Aloe Vera Juice - 1 Bottle - 4.5 Syns

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 14
Fitbit Steps: 10,130
Exercise: Swimming - Breaststroke/Freestyle Combination - 30 Lengths.

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 18

2015-07-14T13:05:00.000+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

So several things have happened to me this weekend, mostly cleaning and doing mundane, yet necessary people things. I also like to prep some food on a Sunday for the week ahead - not every Sunday of course, just some; as you know, I'm not all that organised! So, there I am preparing some food, zapping my already oven roasted peppers and tomatoes - yep I'm making soup here- in my not-very-old, not-much-used blender, when half-way-to-smooth consistency the bloody glass jug cracks from bottom to top, but only on the outside it seems......so, quickly (after muttering a few unmentionables to myself and my blender) I transfer my lumpy excuse-for-a-soup to my much newer, food processor. Now, my food processor performs most excellently whilst chopping nuts, or stale bread.......but I now know that liquid foods do not process well, at least not in mine anyway - they kinda leak and burn your hands a little.

So this week I need to invest in another new blender, this will be my third one - obviously, I don't have much luck with them if I'm honest. Any recommendations are more than welcome :)

With all that aside, I have slightly lumpy soup this week for lunch - I don't mind too much.....anyway, here's what I ate yesterday......

Breakfast: Fruit
Grapes
Raspberries
Blackcurrants
Strawberries
1 tbsp Pure Honey - 2.5 Syns
1 tbsp Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt

Lunch: Mediterranean Soup (Homemade)
Yellow Pepper
Orange Pepper
Red Onion
Tomatoes
Sweet Red Peppers
Butternut Squash
Garlic
Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
Basil
Sea Salt & Pepper
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
10g Salted Butter - 3.5 Syns

Snack:
1 x Rice Cake - 1.5 Syns
2 x Satsumas
1 x Pear

Dinner:
Chicken Breast
Whole Wheat Pasta
Curly Kale
Mushrooms
Garlic
1 x Poached Egg
45g Feta Cheese - HEXA

Snack:
Satsuma
Apple

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Fruit Tea

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 7.5
Fitbit Steps: 12,100
Exercise: 60 (Killer Intense) minutes of Bootcamp

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 17

2015-07-13T16:59:00.002+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 16

2015-07-12T20:41:00.000+01:00

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Food Diary - Day 15

2015-07-11T22:25:00.002+01:00

This week I'm clean eating whilst following the Slimming World 'SP' Plan*: this allows me loads of S & P foods, plus 1 Healthy Extra A choice and 2 Healthy Extra B Choices and of course, the usual 5-15 syns daily. I may also incorporate some non S or P (Speed or Protein ) foods into my meals this week.

As anyone will know, it's all good and well to be......well, "good and well", to eat properly, to stay focused whilst at the same time, feel full, undeprived and stay on-plan - this is why Slimming World invented the marvellous thing known as 'Flexible Syns'; this allows me (the sinner slimmer ) to cut back on my syns, before or indeed, after the ~~overeating~~ event. Yep, this was me yesterday - it was a Friday and I felt like rewarding myself with some wine (in the pub with the hubby) and chocolate (on the sofa later) for my fabulous efforts over the past week or so :) ....... and why not indeed?! After all, this is what flexible syns are for right?

So, this is what I ate yesterday......

Breakfast: Porridge (again)
35g Porridge Oats made with Water - HEXB
Strawberries
Blackcurrants
Raspberries
1 tbsp Onken Fat Free Natural Yogurt
1 tbsp Maple Syrup - 2 Syns

Snack:
Peach
Pear

Lunch:
60g Wholemeal Bread - HEXB
45g Full Fat Soft Cheese - HEXA
Raspberries
1 tbsp Pure Honey - 2.5 Syns

Dinner:
Spinach
Mixed Salad Leaves
Cherry Tomatoes
2 x Hard Boiled Eggs
Wild Smoked Salmon
Roast Chicken
Sweet Red Peppers
Balsamic Vinegar
Sea Salt

Snack:
Nakd Bar - Cashew Cookie - 7 Syns
Dark Chocolate 10g - 2.5 Syns

Drinks:
Mineral Water
Fruit Tea
Red Wine (Shiraz) 175ml Glass - 6 Syns

TOTALS:
Daily Syns: 20
Fitbit Steps: 13, 861
Exercise: 20 Minutes Pilates in the Morning

Clean Eating: Slimming World - Weigh-in - Week 3

2015-07-10T17:07:00.004+01:00

Well, Hello there again, it's Friday!! Gotta love a Friday :)........I can't believe I've been clean eating whilst following the Slimming World SP plan for a whole 2 weeks already - I'm still finding it super easy, super delicious and I've been feeling amazing overall.
I must admit, having porridge every morning is getting a little tiresome and I'll have to mix that up a little bit next week......it's just so easy and quick to make on an otherwise hectic, sleepy morning.
There are still foods I am missing; mainly fresh smoothies, oils and peanut butter. Not to mention red wine - I do miss a nice glass of red!

I did buy some amazing smelling (not yet tasted) organic butter butter and almond butter last week from a health shop, but after working out the syn value it would be about 1 syn per 20gms for the peanut butter, which when I weighed it out didn't really amount to much at all :( Such sad days......as peanut butter is so good for you too!

Anyway.......to my weigh in at Slimming World: This week my weight was down to: 9.7lbs - so that's another 1.5lbs off - yay!

Week 1: 0
Week 2: - 2.5lbs
Week 3: - 4 lbs

Last week I had 2 (if I remember correctly) normal Extra Easy days, but I still tried to eat lots of SP foods on these days regardless.

I'll continue on with what I've been doing into next week. SP days mostly with the occasional normal day, for sweet potatoes mainly (hehe)......I'll also continue to keep my syns higher too :)

Have a great weekend folks!!