Spring into Summer 2012 with Slimming World

Pennylane

My days food:

Brekkie - Oat Bran with strawberries, grapes and banana
HEA (Skimmed Milk) HEB Oat Bran

Lunch - Cous Cous, smoked salmon, tomatoes, gherkins and red onion. Muller Yoghurt 1 syn

Evening Meal - SW Cottage Loaf, new potatoes, salad.
Knob of low fat spread in pan with potatoes -synned, rest was free. Fresh strawberries and low fat fromage frais and meringue nest. Synned f/frais and meringue.

Am going to have an Options white chocolate drink in a minute which will be synned.:D

rainbowfairydust

beanielou wrote: »

Well Ive only got myself and my DS who is 19 & I reckon on avarage I spend an avarage of £45.But I am on a tight budget and as much as possible look for things that are on offer.
I am always looking to reduce my shopping bill as much as I possibly can.
So you spend in a week what I spend in a month.

Pennylane wrote: »

Seems steep to me. I reckon my bill is usually around £100 per week. That's for 3 adults all week and then some weekends another 1 and sometimes 2 adults. Plus a small dog who needs feeding too.:D I cook from scratch all the time and we all love our food.

I think i need some money saving tips from you 2 !

Beanielou - how do you manage to feed 2 people for £45 a week? I never get lucky at the yellow label section. There is only ever ready meals/high fatty foods whenever i get there.

PS71

We seem to be spending around £120 weekly for 3 adults and a teenager, we cook from scratch and it includes work/school dinners. It seemed to jump up quite a bit when I started SW, but I buy things that are better for me and they all seem to want the same as well as the junk food I can't have

beanielou

Basically I dont have a choice Rainbow.
I do a big shop in Aldi at the beginning of the month.
I trek round supermarkets when I am in my nearest big town & get offers.
I can also be very lucky at the reductions at our local supermarket particularily on fruit and veg.
Needs must and all that as have no more money to spend Im afraid TBH.

starfish1975

Can I ask what the shred dvd is?? I am assuming it is an excerise one..

I had a c-section 10 weeks ago - so have not been doing much exercise - apart from walking - so looking now to increase my activity.

Thanks!

maman

I try hard to feed myself and DH for about £50 a week but it's creeping closer to £60 with all the prices going up. That does include all toiletries and cleaning materials but not alcoholic drinks. I'm fortunate that I could spend more but I hate being ripped off so I treat it as a challenge to spend a minimum. I have the time now to shop around so I go to Aldi/Lidl and then top up in Asda or Sainsbury's. I also buy bits and pieces from £ shop etc.

I think SW could be seen as more expensive. It's definitely possible to buy junk food more cheaply but I reckon if I can lose weight and be healthy then it's worth it!

Mediterranean_Mum

thanks for your input everyone - I always knew it was a bit more expensive here and to be honest maybe we could cut it down a bit but there are certain brands that my DH likes that I suppose are more expensive and he drinks soya milk rather than regular which I know is more expensive

Anyway, I now have my week's shopping and ready to cook today for the weekend and hopefully for another few evenings during the week that I can put in the freezer.

today looks like this -

B - vegetable frittata, 45g grated mozzarella (HEA)
S - FF vanilla yoghurt, banana, fig, nectarine
L - salad nicoise (4)
S - 2 slices WM bread, 1% sliced pastrama, lettuce, tomato, pickled cucmbers (HEB) (2)
D - veg & chickpea soup; roast chicken, SW roast potatoes, sweetened baby carrots, Israeli salad, techina (8)

TakeItEazy

Well done losers :T & welcome in newbies. Quick post re WI LOST 1.2lb so a bit more happy now

Mediterranean_Mum

Well done TIE - keep up the good work.

Had a bit of a NSV this morning - got into a size 20 M&S skirt. It's an elasticated waist but it went over the hips which considering I've been wearing 22 or 24s for the last however many years is a good sign.

I'm not getting on the scales until August 1st and I don't feel any lighter but as I have so much to lose maybe it needs to be quite a large number of kilos off before I do feel it.

watchitm80

Hot news from last night's weigh-in! I lost another 4½ pounds, making a total loss of 7 stone 2 pounds in 25 weeks. Watchitm80 Jnr lost another 1½ pound, making a total loss of 2 stones 4 pounds in 25 weeks. Mrs Watchitm80 lost another 4 pounds (in the last 3 weeks), so making a total loss of 2 stone 10 pounds in 24 weeks. Celebrations all round in the Watchitm80 household this week!