Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 8. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

watermelon88

I've managed to up our food budget to about £140 a month, that's to cover food and drink for two of us, 6 cats, a dog and all household sundries. It's doable, just about :-)

Tonights dinner:

Birdseye Reggae Reggae Chicken Breast
Small Portion Oven Chips
4 Yorkshire Puds (my fella cooked!)
Bit of guinness sauce
Orange & Diet Lemonade to wash it all down. :0D

I'm still under my calorie limit for the day so may treat myself to some ice cream later on :-)

minicooper272

Hi Watermelon88! I buy a lot of veg pre-frozen. I swear frozen peppers are cheaper than fresh, you can easily keep sweetcorn, spinnach, onions, I chop up courgettes and aubergines and freeze them too. You can chop up & freeze root ginger too, if you fancy making curry dishes from scratch.

I'm not quite up on when weigh in is, so completely missed it this week. I surprisingly lost 1.5lbs too, so that's a shame! Very pleased to be losing weight again after stagnating for so long though, and that's what matters most!

mlarky

-2 (1 day early but it will put me in line with the general weigh-in.)
I may have a small glass of wine tonite :beer:
Today has been busy so not had much time for eating. B - cereal, L - chicken sandwich, crisps and apple, D - gammon, egg and chips. Snacks - 1 banana, 1 tunnocks tea cake. and 1 glass of wine to be had shortly. (those snacks not sounding healthy at all though!)
No time for walk today but hopefully gym reopens next week.
Have a good weekend all.
Malarkey

savesummore

slowlyfading wrote: »

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:j Well done Slowly!! What fab news :beer:

Watermelon- I think the key to eating heathly and keeping costs down is to plan plan and then plan some more!! I agree with what people say about shopping around- Aldi/Lidl/local market etc and dont forget the SM value ranges- with fruit and veg they are still nutrious they just end up 'value range' alot of the time because they are mis-shapen! Poor mis-shapen fruit :rotfl:
Last weekend from our local market I got 20 satsuma's for £1 and 2 punnets of Stawberries for 60p each!!! Plus loads of potatos, carrotts, onions and cabbage for £3.50

I am going to have a stern talk to myself this weekend and get back on track!!!!

watermelon88

What day is the weigh in day??? I'll do it the same day as everyone else :-)

I've made a meal plan that's basically the same thing for each meal every day (bar a roast on a sunday). It's just while I get used to planning ahead though, then I'll start adding variety etc.

sock-knitter

today (friday) is weigh in day

sparrer

Net has been down for almost 13 hours :mad: so I had to watch football on the television! Pleased we won though

Sadly I STS this week, but only have myself to blame. I've got a bit complacent this week thinking going to the gym is equalling out some poor eating. Stupid, now I have to really get down to business and make the final push. I'm sure (:question:) I can lose 1/2 a lb a week for the next 4, to reach target.

B - spicy fruity porridge
D - barbecue ribs, cream scone
T - tomato sandwich, banana
S - mango, pear, kiwi, melon
E - 40 mins gym, 15 mins work out this afternoon

Tomorrow I'm out at a convention all day with a ploughmans for lunch so will just have salad and take a slice of ham. No bread!

Nitey nite

EllaRose

sparrer, sounds like you had a very productive day today though with food & exercise.

slowlyfading, what subject do you teach?

JBD

minicooper272 wrote: »

Hi Watermelon88! I buy a lot of veg pre-frozen. I swear frozen peppers are cheaper than fresh, you can easily keep sweetcorn, spinnach, onions, I chop up courgettes and aubergines and freeze them too. You can chop up & freeze root ginger too, if you fancy making curry dishes from scratch.

My top money savers are -
frozen spinach, great for curries
Big jars of ginger puree, minced garlic and chilli purree from the 99p shop. Great for curries and stir fries and last for months in the fridge.

sock-knitter

morning all
todays meal plan is

B bacon egg and tomato
L peanut butter on wholegrain toast
T cold meat, hardboiled egg and salad
s nuts