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The Slimming World "Countdown to Easter"

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  • h007
    h007 Posts: 1,774 Forumite
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    edited 8 April 2011 at 3:06PM
    Hello all :wave:

    I've been away from the thread for awhile due to illness (vertigo/viral labrinthytis), I didn't feel up to following SW whilst so ill. But I'm feeling better now so today was Day 1 back on plan :) I've put on a bout 4lbs since being ill (2months) so not that bad.

    Green day:

    B - oats (HEB), FF yog
    L - HM SF carrot and lentil soup, salad, potatoes, mayo (2syns)
    D - omelette - onions, garlic, pots, peppers, eggs, cheese (HEA), sauted pots in olive oil (HEB), LF ketchup (2syn)
    Snacks - 2 x small bananas, HB egg, pickled onion space raiders (3.5syns), pear
    Drinks - water, squash, coffee (milk = HEA)

    Total syns = 7.5

    I still can't really exercise yet as I feel too dizzy but hoping to get back to gym soon.

    Hope you have all been doing well on your SW journeys

    x
    you have had it for 2 months and still dont feel better?

    oh no - i have had this for 3 weeks now and was hoping it would be going soon!!

    must admit i have been eating quite badly since being ill - just dont feel like cooking or making any effort when my head is spinning!!
    but hopefully i havent done too much damamge in the last few weeks and as i start feeling better i am sure i will eat better too
  • BanburyBride
    BanburyBride Posts: 223 Forumite
    Mrs M - can you enlighten me on what all this shredding buisness is about?
    Does it work and is there anything on the web where you can take a look at it?

    Thank you!

    I am doing the 30 day shred DVD by Jillian M and it is brilliant!! The first day after I couldnt hardly walk after it but now I have been doig it for a week I can feel I am ready to nearly move up to the next level!

    its only 20 mins so easy to fit in but you have to do it everyday - well thats what I tell myself so I keep doing it, I know some people skip some days!

    I love it

    I bought it on play.com about 10 days ago for just over a fiver and the only other thing you need is weights - I just use tins of toms
  • Skintslimmer
    Skintslimmer Posts: 518 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote: »
    Well kind of - he worked for the government. He was only a temp ( despite being there for years) and thus yesterday he was told, you have to go, no money for you, clear your desk, escorted out of the building. They told him a few days ago that he was secure until October.

    :(

    That's awful, here's hoping there's something much better just around the corner for him. :)

    Today's diary:

    2 x Linda Mccartney sausages (4)
    smash
    vlf mayo (I actually like this!) 1
    a) cream cheese, a) mozarella
    b) 3 pogen b) 3 pogen
    pesto (6)
    Beetroot salad (YUM! thanks to whoever posted the recipe - would you mind popping it on the recipe thread too? I can't remember exact quantities)

    Hmmm not many fruit or veggies in my day yet. I'm thinking of making a nice butternut squash and sweet potato soup later on so that'll help.

    By the way, when I was grating my carrots for the beetroot salad I remembered a top tip from the old style board, which was to add grated carrot to mince dishes to bulk it out. It
    disappears into the sauce, and many people reported back happiy that they got it into their vegetable-shy families without them noticing it in cottage pie and the like.

    I don't cook many meat dishes these days, but I have tried this in the past and can confirm it works :) If you make the sauce from tomatoes and onions, the addition of carrots would help to push up the superfree content. I'm sure it must be possible to make a pie to the rules of 1/3 to 2/3 for EE, without the need to add extra veg to the plate. Result!

    Final point of musing. Its a glorious day here, spring is here and soon it will be summer. Perhaps we could share some really nice summer recipes? I personally love a good gazpacho, made from tins of good quality tomatoes (you don't want value range for this one), finely chopped bell peppers, onions and garlic, cooked off and cooled, then chopped fresh herbs stirred through with cucumber. Its the taste of summer holidays! :D
    Nothing tastes as good as riding a horse feels
  • Hi all! 1st day using the SW method. My and my partner are doing it together, however as she is the one going to the group (as I stay home and look after the baby) its difficult as we find ourselves argueing over the booklets from the starter pack and especially the food diary! It there anyway we can get another copy, either hard copy of even in pdf format so i can stick it on my iphone? Cheers guys and gals.
  • dizzyk
    dizzyk Posts: 4,101 Forumite
    Hi all! 1st day using the SW method. My and my partner are doing it together, however as she is the one going to the group (as I stay home and look after the baby) its difficult as we find ourselves argueing over the booklets from the starter pack and especially the food diary! It there anyway we can get another copy, either hard copy of even in pdf format so i can stick it on my iphone? Cheers guys and gals.


    Hi

    If you're partner goes to group she will have access to SW online via her group membership - I think there is an Iphone app available on there.
    Also you should be able to print off hard copies of the food diaries
  • autumnflower
    autumnflower Posts: 188 Forumite
    Hi all! 1st day using the SW method. My and my partner are doing it together, however as she is the one going to the group (as I stay home and look after the baby) its difficult as we find ourselves argueing over the booklets from the starter pack and especially the food diary! It there anyway we can get another copy, either hard copy of even in pdf format so i can stick it on my iphone? Cheers guys and gals.

    Can't you scan the food diary and booklets, and print a copy off? I personally just use a little reporters notebook to write my food diary in.
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    afternoon all
    Well done on the losses :T and hope the poorly ones are all better soon

    Well I cadged a lift with hubby this morning -I got him to throw me out at the supermarket *he did stop the car first of course* and then I tootled around for an hour or so I then walked back, I went in search of a very illusive item - SHOES , and still came away without any -let it be known I HATE SHOE SHOPPING -god, send me to the dentist rather than looking for s*dding shoes *ok -rant over* :o ....
    anyhoo on the good news I did get some bargains (close your eyes Dizzy )-like packs of 2 "ready to eat" hass avocados for €1.29 -so I grabbed 3 (well my other 2 are on the worktop with my bananas and STILL won't soften :mad:-I also got some herb mixes for making doner kebab, shish kebab etc -now I saw them before xmas and they were €4.40 per 100g box -they were showing up today at €2.20 -BUT they came through the check out at €1 -I got 4 varieties and I will be going back for more -they had about 8 varieties and there are no sweeteners or salt in them so they are FREE :j

    Sorry I caused confusion with the "shredding" it is indeed Jillian Micheals -I have never loved a workout DVD so much :j -in the first 2 weeks I did it 12 times and lost over 20cms -7.5cms coming off my waist :eek: -this week Im doing it on alternate days -just so my body doesn't know what to expect -lets be honest Im not going to look like her in 30days anyway :p so there is no hurry...

    Anyway Im on another red, carb curfew -and it should look like this:-
    banana
    apple

    frittata (0.5xA)
    ratatouille (0.5)
    71g frozen peas
    (B)
    melon
    pineapple
    fibre plus (B)
    avocado -whoop whoop (7)will adjust when I weigh it ;)
    prawns
    lettuce
    cucumber
    tomato
    peppers
    onion
    tickled cabbage
    tickled beetroot

    250ml semi (A)
    125ml semi (0.5xA)
    2tsp camp (1)
    activia (2.5)
    So I make that 2A+B and 11 syns

    The fritatta is stunning -its bacon, onion, red pepper, feta and sliced baby tomatoes mmm and there are 6 more wedges in the fridge too :j, I have also develope an addiction to my home made version of ratatouille -so I need to get the ingredients for more tomorrow on the way back from the lake ;)
    Whilst Im waffling -I have also realised this week that a carb curfew really suits me :eek: - I swear Im eating even less than normal and not mindlessly munching on fruit all the time :shocked: -so not only am I taking less food on board BUT it means my costs should come down as I won't be ploughing through enough fruit to feed a baby gorilla like I used to :laugh:

    It is glorious here -and hopefully it will stay the same over the weekend, if so we are going for a tootle around the lake...

    have a lovely day everyone and keep at it..we are getting there :j


    Sunday - 6.5 syns
    Monday -4.5 syns
    Tuesday-5.5 syns
    Wednesday 8.5 syns
    Thursday - 5 syns
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,737 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Can't you scan the food diary and booklets, and print a copy off? I personally just use a little reporters notebook to write my food diary in.


    Thanks for reminding me about food diaries. I write mine in a reporter notebook too but I do it in 4 columns (syns, HEs, free and superfree) as this helps me keep up the superfrees if that column's looking a bit empty. I dont do it all the time, just when I need to get back on track after straying. Yesterday, our consultant was raving about the online diaries. I had a look but wasn't impressed as it doesn't separate free/superfree or seem to take account of quantities in any way. It told me I was having a green day when I knew I wasn't as I'd had plenty of ham. Maybe I was doing it wrong?:o Has anyone else tried it?

    EE:
    B:NAS squash, bacon, scrambled egg, mushrooms and tomatoes, HE toast and HE milk in teas
    L:ham & salad sandwich, half a melon
    D: gammon, SW chips, mushrooms, tomatoes and peas
    S: may have a bowl of berries and definitely some wine syns! (I'm fancying a nice chilled white)

    DH said our dinner is like breakfast with chips:rotfl:The problem is that he chooses/cooks whatever we have for breakfast but dinner is down to me. Perhaps we should talk to each other!

    Good to see you back dizzy.;)
  • confused57
    confused57 Posts: 587 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    WELCOME RICHY (AND OTHER HALF) Other half can get extra food diaries if she asks. We can have as many as we like. Otherwise scan in and copy off like someone suggested earlier. Good luck. x
  • autumnflower
    autumnflower Posts: 188 Forumite
    MRSMCAWBER wrote: »
    afternoon all

    Sorry I caused confusion with the "shredding" it is indeed Jillian Micheals -I have never loved a workout DVD so much :j -in the first 2 weeks I did it 12 times and lost over 20cms -7.5cms coming off my waist :eek: -this week Im doing it on alternate days -just so my body doesn't know what to expect -lets be honest Im not going to look like her in 30days anyway :p so there is no hurry...

    Anyway Im on another red, carb curfew -and it should look like this:-
    banana
    apple

    frittata (0.5xA)
    ratatouille (0.5)
    71g frozen peas
    (B)
    melon
    pineapple
    fibre plus (B)
    avocado -whoop whoop (7)will adjust when I weigh it ;)
    prawns
    lettuce
    cucumber
    tomato
    peppers
    onion
    tickled cabbage
    tickled beetroot

    250ml semi (A)
    125ml semi (0.5xA)
    2tsp camp (1)
    activia (2.5)
    So I make that 2A+B and 11 syns

    MrsM, I have always wondered what the colour coding of your food diary meant?

    I've been kicking it up a notch on the exercise front recently, but may forray into the 30 day shred bandwagon!

    I have this wii game called Your Shape, which comes with a camera thing and it tells you if your doing it right, or need to use your arms more. It's alright, but I can never do any of the sit up type stuff that is on it. However, you can choose which part of the body you want to focus on, and also use either hand weights, a step board or an exercise ball along with it which is kinda cool.

    It's about £12 at the mo pre-owned. I may trade it in for the Wii Zumba game though, as that looks really good. I went to a class once, and it was really fun, and I left very sweaty which is only a good thing :rotfl:

    I also brought a 10 minute solutions - Ab blaster DVD from home, and i'm quite enjoying it! It's pretty tough though! each little section is only 10 mins, so it's not that bad when put into a smaller amount of time!
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