Slimming World - a Christmas countdown!

redmel1621

Sprouts...............food of the devil, in my opinion;):p

I've not been on for a couple of days, I have poorly babies, they have been terribly draining!! To cheer me up dh decided to surprise me with some flowers and a box of chocs!! I worked out the syn value of the cocs to be about 100 for the whole box!!! Good job I shared them with dh and the 3 boys;) Anyway to compensate for what I did eat of them I am having barely any syns for the rest of the week:cool:

I don't know if any of you watch cook yourself thin, it is actually really good.... It is quite close to the principles of slimming world, in that she basically cuts right back on oils/fats removes skin/fat from meat and subs 0 fat yog/from frais in recipes!!!

I had (from the show) the garlic mushrooms on toast this morning, I slightly adapted it, in that I only used 1 tsp of olive oil and had it on a pitta cut in half...that made it a HEb and 1syn (made it for me and dh) It was fab, I would definitely do it again, so quick to make and so tasty..

I have got leek and potato soup for lunch....delia recipe (adapted;))

dizzyk

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hiya -glad you liked the burgers :T was it the ones with gherkin and capers in? They are seriously scrummy aren't they!!
I got my dress from www.yoursclothing.co.uk ...
they have some lovely stuff

Dizzy n lisa -glad Im not the only one who loves nobbies... I buy at least 3kg a week in winter (they don't taste their best until the frosts arrive do they?)
I always cook loads and eat them cold -then again I also like cold cabbage -much to hubbies disgust :rotfl:

My OH thinks Im pretty wierd & disgusting too :rotfl: hey maybe were related somehow



Back in my eating bread days - cold sprout sandwiches were one of my favourites now i just cook loads and pick them cold from the pan everytime im near the cooker

MIL has an allotment and since me joining the family she has to make sure she pays extra attention to the sprouts :rotfl:

oooooh there is an upside to this nasty cold weather after all eh

trixietoes

I love sprouts tooooooo :D all veggies infact, I get withdrawal symptoms if I don't have any for a while. Fruit not so bothered about.

WI today... a stinking 0.5lb. Oh well, will do better this week.

Today (green)
B - Mushroom & cheese fritatta (A) sauce (1)
L - couscous salad (F) olives (1)
D - Chicken Thai Green Curry (B + 3) Rice (F)
Snx - Choc (4) Banana & yog (2)

joedenise

I don't post very often but always read the thread and answer queries when I can but after an amazing WI I just wanted to share my happiness :):) I reached Club 10 and target this week:j:j:j.

Now I just need to work out how to maintain at this weight!!!

Denise

calamityclare

:j well done joedenise :j

i also love sprouts yum yum

i have done really well and this week and had hardly any syns, so got quite a bit saved for my big fat buffet chinese tomorrow woop woop

sarymclary

:j :j Congratulations joedenise, thank you for sharing your fab news with us! :T :T

I have to admit I'm not a great sprouts fan, but I do like cabbage, much to my OH's dismay. When he sees it going on the plates he groans, but I make him eat it anyway, and just tell him it's good for him.

Remember me saying I was going to make some apple pies the other day? Well it ended up being a whole day of baking, because I c0cked up on my initial quantities when making the pastry, and as a means of trouble-shooting potential disaster, I decided to just up the quantities of all other ingredients.... then ended up with about 4kg of pastry! We now have 3 dozen mince pies, 3 dozen individual apple pies, 2 turnovers, and 2 family sized apple pies! Thank goodness there was room in the freezer, but the temptation to have a pie has definitely undermined me the past couple of days. I've worked them into my syns, but being homemade, there's no telling whether I'm counting the correct amount. I'm going for about 9.5 syns, does that sound about right?

I've not posted meal plans for the past day or so, so here they are:

Yesterday:
B - Porridge [HEB], banana, strawberries
L - Bacon, eggs, beans, tomato
D - Eat Smart Sausages x 3 (1.5 syns), mash, carrots, peas, gravy (2 syns)
Snack - apple pie! (9.5 syns)
Milk [HEA]

Today's plan is:
B - Muller, banana
Snack - lamb hotpot that's cooking!
L - Bacon, egg, tomato, spag. hoops
D - lamb hotpot (if I don't eat it all first!) (2 syns for gravy)
Milk - [HEA]
Kellogs Fibre + bar [HEB]
I may have another apple pie later... so another (9.5 syns) potentially! I'm so glad I froze the rest!

Crikey it's soooo cold here today. We may not have got the snow, but it's still very icy here.

Lisa26 I reckon you're not that far away from me, if you're in Lincolnshire, and near Lincoln. I'm not sure how near Lincoln you are, but Nottingham can be a good bet for shopping, and it's not likely to have snow there, and easy to get to down the A46. Nice if you fancy a change of scene for shopping. Otherwise there's Meadowhall in Sheffield too.

I'm off to put the heating on now, as I'm struggling to feel my toes they're so cold!

msgnomey

B: weetabix HEB milk HEA sugar 1syn

L: muller apples mince pie and 4 tbspns custard (several squillion syns) 2 quality street
5 syns

T: sw chips beans & HM burgers with mini baby bel (HEA)

not brilliant hmmmm

consultant31

Hi all

Sorry I've not been around much lately but felt the need to drop in and wish Dizzy a fab holiday - not long now - and to congratulate all the people who try so hard (whether you're getting the losses or not, you still deserve a pat on the back), but specially MrsM wth your great losses and inspirational recipes (by the way, your dress is just gorgeous).

Impossible to go back through all the posts I've missed cos you don't half go on lol, but I'm hoping to have more time to read and ost after the hols. At the moment my DDs need me, Mum's not too well and Christmas is looming............I just wish I could split myself into 3 and then there'd be plenty to go round.

Happy Christmas to everyone, keep plugging away, try to stay on plan as much as possible, but don't stress too much if you can't, there's always another day :A

:xmastree: :xmassign: :snow_laug

blackberry-rum

Hello all, well I am quite pleased that I ate at pizza Hut last night with friends and managed minimum syns, ie for a starter I had the Romano peppers stuffed with rice and topped with spicy breadcrumbs, so I counted 2 syns for the breadcrumbs (they weren't needed in any case) then pasta with arabiata sauce so even if I assume there's a bit of oil in the sauce, and it didn't taste or look oily actually, it's still only a few! And it wasn't bad, except the pasta was overcooked and was strange tubelike stuff and they didn't offer any parmesan but thts probably a good thing!

Those who have lost half a pound: look at what's on my scales <<<< there: that's half a pound of fat. Rejoice. It's a handful gone.

I have to go back and grab a quote, seem to have missed it.

blackberry-rum

redmel1621 wrote: »

Sprouts...............food of the devil, in my opinion;):p

I've not been on for a couple of days, I have poorly babies, they have been terribly draining!! To cheer me up dh decided to surprise me with some flowers and a box of chocs!! I worked out the syn value of the cocs to be about 100 for the whole box!!! Good job I shared them with dh and the 3 boys;) Anyway to compensate for what I did eat of them I am having barely any syns for the rest of the week:cool:

I don't know if any of you watch cook yourself thin, it is actually really good.... It is quite close to the principles of slimming world, in that she basically cuts right back on oils/fats removes skin/fat from meat and subs 0 fat yog/from frais in recipes!!!

I had (from the show) the garlic mushrooms on toast this morning, I slightly adapted it, in that I only used 1 tsp of olive oil and had it on a pitta cut in half...that made it a HEb and 1syn (made it for me and dh) It was fab, I would definitely do it again, so quick to make and so tasty..

I have got leek and potato soup for lunch....delia recipe (adapted;))

and there was me thinking that'd be free :rotfl:

the mushroom thing sounds good, I'll check out 4OD and see if I can find it. Better put a space or a dash in there, it looks like a bra size. 4 -OD