Get in the swing for Spring - Slimming World support thread 2017

Hi all and thank you for the welcome.
So far today I've had:-
B. Overnight oats
L. Ham and pease pudding with cherry tomatoes beetroot new potatoes and a boiled egg
T. Quorn chilli with plain rice and Parmesan cheese
Syns so far a hifi bar, will have another one later with a decaf coffee made with semi skimmed milk

Well done kathyrnha both on your brilliant loss and your good news.

Thanks for the chart Shala. Doubt I'll make target at the end of the week - I have a horrible cold and 'need' to eat sweet things, probably because I can't taste much. They say feed a cold, starve a fever but I don't think it was an instruction!

Hi , my menu plan for Wednesday

Breakfast. Bran flakes A/B mixed berries.

Lunch.. vegetable soup bread roll,6 syns pear.

Dinner..burger h/made. New potatoes carrots, garden peas , gravy 2 syns

Extra. F f yoghurt.clementine.
8 syns.

Today's menu:
Breakfast: wholemeal toast,Flora light (1/2syn),Marmite,followed by a pear and an apple

Snack: apple

Snack/late lunch:hard-boiled egg,potato,carrot

Tea: fish-cakes ( syns for flour coating only-not very nice,next time will syn for breadcrumbs),mashed potato potato,sweetcorn,peas

Snack:mini rice cakes (3.5syns)
sugar in coffee (2 syns+ splashes of skimmed milk)

HEA:Skimmed milk in cups of tea

Tete I was thinking about your question of offending people only this morning.Generally,people know I have been on and off SW for 6 years,and most my friends and customers would have no problem if I said "No thank you.Trying to be good at the moment".However,this morning(as every fortnight),I was working for a client who has just turned 89,and cares (at home)for his wife,who has dementia.Every time I visit,he has one of those coffee pots on, that stays hot all day,and you can pour a hot coffee anytime.Everytime I go there,he feeds me copious amounts of coffee,despite the fact that at home,I would normally drink tea.I have never said anything,because I do enjoy a coffee for a change.
I have been working for them for 2.5 years,and only about 4 weeks ago we were chatting,and I can't remember how it came up,but I suggested something about him having the coffee on for all the different carers,hair-dressser,podiatrist,etc that come through the house."Oh,no",he says."We don't have the coffee on all the time-I only put that on when you are coming over.Rest of the time,we drink instant,or,more usually,tea!":rotfl::rotfl:.

Even worse,now I am back on SW,I didn't have the heart to say to him today that,actually,I don't want sugar in my coffee,and do you have a sweetener (even though I bet he probably does ).And then,to make it even worse,this morning (not always),he said to me "You've got a sweet tooth,haven't you?Here,have one of these",and offered me a chocolate-coconuttybite-sized thing ,which I took because he expected it,and told myself it would be rude to refuse.THEN,even worse,I folded it into a tissue and discretely put it in a tissue to bring home and bin.Isn't that bad?Poor man.Paid for that with his pension money .

A good week last week, but I am dead on a stone, and want to take a good step in to the stone below next week, so determined for another good week.


Today's plan:
Breakfast - overnight oats
Lunch - cheese salad
Dinner - chicken stir fry
Snacks - strawberries and Skips


HA - milk and cheese
HB - oats
syns - salad dressing (0.5), Skips (4)