Slimming through the Winter - Slimming World support thread 2019

beanielou

Lush~~Good to see you & I am pleased to read your news.
Will be so much better for you in the long term.
Being a single parent can be hard but so worth it.
Take care of you too

bubbs

marmitelovemehateme wrote: »

Jeeps bubbles.....If I ate that I would never lose weight....:(

Why not? on sw you would dh had bubble and squeak as well, but not the toms:rotfl:

Suffolksue

Looks good bubbs
Much better day today ,getting in control again
Boiled eggs with marmite soldiers for a very late breakfast ,
35 g cheese (loving 2nd he1 ) and an apple for early lunch before taking DH for a hospital appointment .a pear when home
Chicken jalfrezi from the old curry heaven book ( can you guess how long I've been trying and failing ) !with boiled rice and mixed veg
Now feeling stuffed .

curl_girl

sarymclary wrote: »

Thank you for the chart Chrisv



I don't have an exact recipe, as I just chuck stuff in a pan and hope for the best. OH is a bit of a gym bunny so they are good for him to have in his diet (he is very disciplined, unlike me ) but it generally goes something like this:
125g butter (you can use anything you like, but as a harder fat it holds better, and I like that it's natural)
300g oats (sometimes a bit more if the mix seems 'wet')
3 very, very ripe (black skin) bananas mashed up (this week I had 4 left over so I used all of them)
handfulls of:
pumpkin seeds
milled chia seeds (Lidl's own)
whatever nuts I may have to hand, or chopped apricots (good for iron, calcum and vitamins)
1/2 tsp cinnamon or corriander for added flavour
(basically, shove in whatever you like, or OH likes that's healthy)
Bake in the oven at 190*C for 20-25 mins in middle of the oven until golden in a lined pan if poss. It's enough mix to fill a 10" flan tin about and inch or so thick, and I cut it into about 12 triangles, which are a decent snack or even breakfast replacement size.

It's not a very sweet flapjack, but tastes quite a bit of the banana. It can be a bit of a sticky flapjack once cooked, and firms up more if kept in the fridge, but I keep it in an airtight tub on the kitchen counter as that's what we like. If you want it sweeter, obviously add sweetener (or real sugar if you prefer to add the cals). I don't have access to the syn calculator, so can't tell you how much it will be :undecided





Well done for taking that first step to change the rest of your life. I've been there, it's not easy, but it is SO worth it. Rediscovering the real (old) you is liberating, and rather exciting.

Well it was back to work today and what a busy one it was too. So busy that by the time I thought about making my porridge for breakfast it was 12pm, so I had an alpen bar instead and waited the hour for lunch instead. I was fortunately quite organised, so didn't have anything to worry about foodwise today:

B: alpen light (1/2 HEXB)
L: left over pasta (3); 0% Kvarg quark with apple (1)
HM beef casserole (3), carrots, swede, new potatoes, baked beans
snacks: banana; satsuma
HEBA - milk in teas
Extra syns - dolce gusto coffee (4) = TOTAL SYNS = 11

Off to eat my casserole now. I called my 18 y/o son at lunchtime to tell him to turn the slow cooker down onto low, and he asked what on earth was cooking because he woke up and the house smelled 'wham'! I guess that's youngster speak for 'blimming good' because he's determined to come home from his mates' to have some so OH and I don't eat it all :j

Thanks for taking the time to share, I'll give it a try.

Love your son's comments and hope you saved him some.

curl_girl

Bubbs, yes I fry each one separately, takes ages and by the time I've done them all mines gone hard.......

curl_girl

I was naughty this afternoon, had coffee and a slice of cake, lemon drizzle.
Wouldn't mind but I'm not sure I enjoyed it, seemed a waste of treats.

bubbs

curl_girl wrote: »

Bubbs, yes I fry each one separately, takes ages and by the time I've done them all mines gone hard.......

But why?:p when we was all at home we got hardly any white as mum cooked for 9 so was at least 6 eggs in a pan:o

bubbs

curl_girl wrote: »

I was naughty this afternoon, had coffee and a slice of cake, lemon drizzle.
Wouldn't mind but I'm not sure I enjoyed it, seemed a waste of treats.

That will teach you:p:rotfl: remember what i said, that prob cost 8 syns or more ? think of thm like money, you only have a llittle to go round;)

esmy

Anyone watched How To Lose Weight Well?? The Greggs Diet??:eek:
Bloody Greggs was how I ended up here in the first place:D

beanielou

The Greggs Diet :eek:
The mind boggles.