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  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,795 Forumite
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    Morning all.  Well done to all the losers.  I myself lost 1lb this week so back to where I was before holidays etc.  Aiming to lose 3 lbs by the end of the year so I'll be in another half stone bracket but not putting too much pressure on myself.  

    Had some porridge with banana for breakfast, lunch is leftover vegetable pot pie soup from last week and then dinner is a sausage tray bake - all comforting warming meals for this dismal weather we have going on.

    Hope you all have a good day!
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  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 17,695 Forumite
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    Well done @ruby_eskimo on your lb loss and being back where you were before your holiday.  3lb loss by the end of the year is absolutely doable.

  • Jellybaby
    Jellybaby Posts: 1,308 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Well done on the loss @ruby_eskimo

    Very, very wet here so no washing for me today.  On the 'C' front, only have a few stocking filler bits to pick up and that's me done!  

    Today's food:
    B - sweet omelette, banana, vanilla Kvarg and toffee syrup
    L - chicken and rice soup
    D - steak, roasties, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes
    Syns - 0.5 Kvarg, 0.5 syrup

    Still have HEXB and second HEXA to use too.

    Have a good day all.
  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,756 Forumite
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    edited 7 November 2022 at 1:10PM
    You've done well to claw back from before the holiday so quickly @ruby_eskimo. Congratulations! 👏👏👏

    Wet and windy here too @joedenise. I'm planning on Wednesday for the next washing day otherwise we'll be in an overflow situation too. ☹️

    The salmon today is from Company Shop and unbranded. It's the same marinade (chilli and ginger) and weight as Aldi and another SM so I'm counting 1 syn.

    Today's EE plan - 
    B- HEB toast, HEA milk for drinks, scrambled eggs (P), tomatoes and mushrooms (S) 
    L- cold chicken (P), fried vegetables and pickles (S) 
    D- salmon (P), SW chips (F), carrot chips, green stuff, mushrooms and tomatoes (S) 
    Syns - marinade 1
  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,595 Forumite
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    Hi all,

    We had rain of biblical proportions yesterday, but we still managed to visit DS2 in Canterbury. He is loving uni which is such a relief. We ate out and I chose salmon which came in a saffron sauce with broccoli and green beans. Followed this with a mint tea. No dinner for us last night.

    I'm in the office today as the train strike was cancelled. My food will be:

    B - banana, overnight oats, mullerlight vanilla, frozen whole cherries - HEB, 0.5
    L - M&S roasted veg couscous, grapes - 3
    D - pork Sczheuan and noodles - free
    HEA - milk
    Syns - hi fi bar 3 plus 3.5 so 6.5 total

    Well done on the loss @ruby_eskimo
    Your bread and butter pudding looked lovely @annabanana82 - I'm sorry others didn't try it.
    We don't have tastings at our group as still being caretaker-ed by a temp consultant - since April!
    Well done on adapting a skirt @joedenise - I'm in awe!

    Have a good day all,
    Coxy


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  • Vegastare
    Vegastare Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    Hi all - sorry not been posting.  What can I say, just finished chat with BT.  started trying at 11 am finish just 10 mins ago.  Am typing with an ethernet cable plugged in....Openreach said Friday....then email Saturday saying delayed and would update.  now saying 48hours.  I have been on my hands and knees trying to find the type of socket box I have...still no answer - what a nightmare.
    Still will try and chill with a nice cuppa

    B 1 Wbix blues and pommegrantes  FF yog
    L   Beans toast mushroom toms beetroot
    D   Salad jack pot prawns homemade SW sauce mayo and FF yog tom paste

    HEB bread and wbix x 1 each
     syns 0.5 extra low mayo  2 butter
    HEA Milk
     
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,801 Forumite
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    Evening all :smile:

    Well done Ruby :smile:

    I use a muffin tin for my yorkies so if i used a flatter one i'd get more.

    Food today

    3 boiled eggs on the go

    picky plate ham, pickles and tomato, melon and few grapes

    bubble and squeak, LM sausage, bacon, beans, grilled toms and egg. Soft pitta hexb


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  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,756 Forumite
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    3 boiled eggs on the go! You're always on the go @bubbs! 🤣

    Fry up for tea looks yummy. 😋
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,801 Forumite
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    maman said:
    3 boiled eggs on the go! You're always on the go @bubbs! 🤣

    Fry up for tea looks yummy. 😋
    I am, i leave here just before 6.30 every day, rarely sit down till 3.30 when i have picked dh up and sitting dwn with a cuppa, yes i have lunch but that is not every day!
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,595 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Bit rainy here today so will need to choose my moment to take the pup out. I am now craving bubble and squeak thanks to @bubbs - lovely photos!! Hope your tech issues get sorted soon @Vegastare.

    Food today will be:
    B - poached egg, 1 x wm toast, spinach, grapes - P, 1/2 HEB, S
    L - LO pork Szechuan, 2 x satsumas - free, S
    D - veggie sausage traybake - 0.5
    HEA - milk
    HEA - mini babybel
    1/2 HEB - hi fi bar
    Syns - 0.5

    Have a good day all
    Coxy
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