A Slimmer Summer with Slimming World

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got a great deal from coop on the way home yesterday, 3 packs of soft fruit for £5
strawberries, raspberries and grapes for me!!

(not sure when they change their offers though)

maman

:(:( 4lbs on at WI today:(:(:(

I suppose that's not too bad for a 10 day holiday but.......

Feeling very motivated to get it off (and more) ASAP. I've got a fairly clear week with the exception of a meal with friends next Tuesday. I just know there'll be a home-made pudding but with luck she'll be pushed for time and just do strawberries!;)

Today's EE menu:

B: NAS squash, HEB Puffed Wheat, HEA milk and banana
L: HM lentil and veg soup, huge apple
liver, mash, carrots, cabbage, peas and onion 'gravy' (I've been happy with just thin stock lately but might put a bit of cornflour in)
Snacks: I've got a melon that needs to be eaten so may have half of that and/or finish off the berries in freezer with yogurt

Off to sort next week's meal plan/shopping list.

WelshWoofer

I'm on strike today (teacher) and my school is shut and its INSET day tomorrow - but even though I'm not getting paid today I have spent the whole day working on new stuff for the new science GCSE starting in Sept - no picket lines for me, just no pay!

As a result of being out of my routine I'm having a faffy day with food ...

Breakfast - Fibreplus bar (B choice)
Lunch - massive bowl of strawberries and raspberries, reduced fat houmous (B choice), mini breadsticks (4 syns), satsuma
Snack - few nuts (extra B choice for maintaining)
Tea - thinking of Asda chickpea dahl and rice - don't really fancy anything except rubbish so will force myself into the kitchen.......

So that's 3 B choices, 4 syns , no A choices so far
May have some crisps as syns later

flutterbyuk25

Evening all

Green day for me:

B - oats (HEB), FF yog
L - giant salad, HB egg, pots, LF mayo (1.5syns)
D - stirfry veg, noodles, sauce (5syns)
Snacks - banana, raspberries, cheese (HEA), pineapple
Drinks - water, squash, coffee

Total syns = 6.5

Still got HEB and poss HEA to use up. May have fibre plus bar later

x

findingmyownway

Thanks for all the advice about non-meat protein. The cashew nuts stood out as a good idea as i often eat veggies done in frylight with cous cous or pasta for dinner, so would be easy to add in. I like eggs and so will try to have those and fish reasonably often too.

I have never eaten quinoa, i dont even think i know what it is?? I am not experienced with the quorn products, the last time i tried it it was a bit like eating mushy-nothingness, but maybe some of the new flavoured products are better!

I bought some granola yesterday from waitrose (couldnt resist) but its not on the syn calculator. So i put it in the calculator and it come out at 39.5 syns per 40g portion. Surely thats not right?! Bog standard granola seems to be about 6syns/28g. Here are the details, I'd appreciate it if someone could have a go who's better than me....

Perfekt Ultimate Organic Granola

Ingredients = oats (47%) seeds (18%) agave nectar (15%) nuts (12%) virgin rapeseed oil

Nutrition per 100g
KJ = 1978
kcal = 474
protein = 13.3g
carbs = 40.6g (sugars = 14g)
fat = 16.4g (saturated = 1.9g)
fibre = 11.8g

findingmyownway

Update for me today:

B: weetabix and milk (HEa and HEb)
S: raspberries, FF yog and sprinkling of granola (6?? - not sure yet)
L: mushroom, tomatoes with 2 egg omlette
S: 2 x alpen light bars, cherries
will be veggies with half a packet of AH cous cous (1)

Off to running club now, back later :-)

AnnieG

findingmyownway wrote: »

I have never eaten quinoa, i dont even think i know what it is??

Quinoa is a grain, you cook it like rice (although it doesn't take as long to cook) and then eat it in he same way you would have rice or couscous. It's got a nice nutty flavour and is cheap, and filling too!

Green day for me as ever...
scrambled eggs on toast (b)
yogurt
banana, apple, satsuma
quinoa (!) with chickpeas, tomato and cucumber
And for dinner I'm having a jacket potato with beans and cheese (a)
so I've still got an a and a b and 15 syns to use.... there's a curly wirly with my name on in the fridge, and I think that'll do me for the day.

Have a nice evening everyone!

Jammygal

Yo everyone ....haven't been on for a few days but am still sticking to eating regime like glue
Have been for a spa day today went to the gym first so I earned it
Green 2 day
B-yogurt, strawberries, nectarine, tea (a)
L- 3 pagan rolls (I know I didn't have anything with it as was grab and going!)
D-pasta with chargrilled veg and grated cheese (a)
snacks 2 alpen lights (a)
Syns........hmmmm will enjoy something later

blackberry-rum

maman wrote: »

:(:( 4lbs on at WI today:(:(:(

I suppose that's not too bad for a 10 day holiday but.......

Feeling very motivated to get it off (and more) ASAP. I've got a fairly clear week with the exception of a meal with friends next Tuesday. I just know there'll be a home-made pudding but with luck she'll be pushed for time and just do strawberries!;)

Today's EE menu:

B: NAS squash, HEB Puffed Wheat, HEA milk and banana
L: HM lentil and veg soup, huge apple
liver, mash, carrots, cabbage, peas and onion 'gravy' (I've been happy with just thin stock lately but might put a bit of cornflour in)
Snacks: I've got a melon that needs to be eaten so may have half of that and/or finish off the berries in freezer with yogurt

Off to sort next week's meal plan/shopping list.

you could just cook your onion gravy a while longer until it thickens, maman, it's lovely that way. A little splash of red wine seems to help it along and can't be any more syns than the cornflour. Of course, I do mine in the mike, but I would give it (for one person)5 - 8 mins on medium to thicken up. And scrape down all the bits that have stuck to the side of the bowl as it reduces ... mmmm

juliejim

findingmyownway wrote: »

I bought some granola yesterday from waitrose (couldnt resist) but its not on the syn calculator. So i put it in the calculator and it come out at 39.5 syns per 40g portion. Surely thats not right?! Bog standard granola seems to be about 6syns/28g. Here are the details, I'd appreciate it if someone could have a go who's better than me....

Perfekt Ultimate Organic Granola

Ingredients = oats (47%) seeds (18%) agave nectar (15%) nuts (12%) virgin rapeseed oil

Nutrition per 100g
KJ = 1978
kcal = 474
protein = 13.3g
carbs = 40.6g (sugars = 14g)
fat = 16.4g (saturated = 1.9g)
fibre = 11.8g

9.5 syns for 40g or 6.5 per 28g

HTH