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MRSMCAWBER wrote: »Ok I can't find where I typed up the coq au vin recipe so I will do it again (will be quicker thn keep looking):p
Thank yous o much - this sounds amazing
Start weight - 13st 6lbs
First goal weight - 11st 13lbs
Current weight - 12st 6lbs0 -
Well ive had a bit of a day here in sunny wales, my DS is off school poorly ive dyed my hair and its literally gone orange and to top it off ive not got a clue what to have for dinner lol, some fab recipes posted today il be definetely making the burgers for after my WI tomorrow evening thats my treat a huge chunky burger and crisps but think il do potato skins tomorrow since im being good with the burger too ....
my meals today are red day
hea1-350ml skimmed milk
hea2-picked a bit of cheddar earlier
heb1-28g fruit n fibre + a ryvita
heb2-3 w/w danish
breakfast - 28g fruit n fibre and milk hea+heb
lunch - heap of chicken no skin pickles lettuce tomato cuc and a little lf coleslaw(2 syns)
dinner - possibly quorn sausage and f/l egg sarnie im lost for tea ideas..
snacks-strawberries 6,apple,shape yoghurt,
syns - coleslaw 2 will edit latermay groc challenge £167/£280...0 -
I got my WI tonight and think I might have my first gain since I started 8 weeks ago, had terrible cravings yesterday for everything I shouldn't eat and been nibble stuff without counting syns...but I guess I'll find out in 3hrs time..
Today I've had
Breakfast: Weetabix, milk & banana (He A+B)
Snack: Apple:
Lunch Cold chicken and potato salad (Quark, garlic, spring onions, salt & low low mayo 2syns)
Snack: Cherries
Dinner: Chili con carne & Rice
Snack: Raspberries
Drinks: Water with lime slices
Edit: Woohoo!!!! I did better than I thought and got my first stone award :j:j:j
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Thanks claire, I've had a google and that looks like them. Just wanted to know I wasn't blowing SW out of the water, I haven't had any syns yet today so it'll be fine.0lbs/18lbs to get to club 100
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Hi Gals n Guys

Today is EE
B - banana bisks (1/2 heb) with ff onken vanilla yog (in new mag) with chopped banana, Cup of tea (dash milk 0.5syns) 1 ryvita crackerbread (1/2 heb) with tsp lemon curd (1)
L - Jacket pot with cheese and beans with side salad of cucumber, toms, lettuce, carrot and sweetcorn. I ate this in a cafe so i'm not sure about the cheese quantities. I'm going to count 28g as hea and use my syns for the rest
D - Shepherds Pie with pot and swede mash topping. (its my mums recipe so have to allow 3.5 syns for gravy!) served with 1tbsp of pickle (1) and mixed veg
S - Strawberries, grapes, 1 wine gum (1)
Syns 7 (+ the rest for the cheese and butter on my jacket!)All hail to the sale!!!!!! :beer:
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Vixie_Pixie- what are the banana bisks? Sound intriguing!
I've had one of those days where the syns have just crept up. Still below 15 but I thought they would be lower!
B-2 x Weetabix (HEB1), SS Milk (HEA1), Tsp Sugar (1syn)
L-Cheese Mugshot (2 syns), 30g WM Roll (3.5 syns), Pear
D-Jacket Potato, FF Cottage Cheese, Salad, Dressing (1 syn), Banana, LF Yogurt, Fibre Plus Bar (HEB2)
S-Ainsley Harriott Cereal Bar (7 syns), Cherries, Strawberries
= 14.5 syns:DYummy mummy, runner, baker and procrastinator
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:footie: Following on from my 'England versus' World Cup menu on Saturday (Southern 'fried' chicken & SW chips - nom nom nom) I thought I'd do the same Friday. Cue search for Algerian recipes, fully expecting to be doing a Moroccan tagine as there would be no Algerian dishes....... there are hundreds of them! So far have ruled out Camel Couscous & Warm camel strips and potato croutons drizzled with a little extra walnut oil :eek:.
Edit: Slovenia looks trickier - Stuffed Beef Entrails anyone? or maybe Dormouse Stew _pale_
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Anyone know how many syns are in Amoy Straight to wok succulent szechuan tomatoe stir fry sauce? Its 160g but i only had 2 teaspoons?.........Trying to work out if I am allowed anything else tonight
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:eek:Could anyone help me with syns on beefburgers.
I got them from butcher so no wrappers.
They are sold as steakburgers and I grilled and ate 2 with mushy peas!!
Thought if grilled and steakburger they would be lean, not too much fat dropped out on grilling. I wasn't counting any syns on Extra Easy. Should I??0 -
got-it-spend-it wrote: »Vixie_Pixie- what are the banana bisks? Sound intriguing!
They are yummy! With yog they give such a nice crunch! You only get 28g as a heb which isn't a lot but they can be bulked out!
You have them with 1 ryvita w/g crackerbread 
All hail to the sale!!!!!! :beer:
new beginnings...... new successes..0
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