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Jellybaby

Thanks Denise.  Think I'll stick with the normal plan as SP easily confuses me!

joedenise

I only have SP meals never SP days!  Like you I always feel hungry without the carbs.  Every SP meal helps I think.  If you want to up your weight loss then it's worth increasing the amount of Speed on your plate and reducing the carbs a bit - you then get the best of both worlds!

maman

joedenise said:

I only have SP meals never SP days!  Like you I always feel hungry without the carbs.  Every SP meal helps I think.  If you want to up your weight loss then it's worth increasing the amount of Speed on your plate and reducing the carbs a bit - you then get the best of both worlds!

I agree. I think any carb cutting that you can do, without feeling hungry, is a help. One of the things I do is to replace potatoes with Speed whenever possible. When I'm doing roast potatoes or chips I always try to add some carrots. That's chunks (new potato size) with roasties or carrot chips. Sometimes chunks of BNS if I have any. Similarly with mash, I add carrots or BNS and it gives a lovely colour and it's much smoother. There's always a tendency to throw in an extra potato so this is how I avoid it. i always weigh rice (250g cooked portion for two of us), count the tagliatelle nests and I have one of those spaghetti measurers to control portion size.  I find SP lunches relatively simple, like today's omelette. 

Delighted to report that I went to WI this morning, lost 0.5lbs and I'm still in target range! 😁 I just did weigh and go as I was going out straight afterwards. We had to do self weighing today which was odd and I had to stare at the screen for a while to believe what I was seeing!

I've worked out that in 7 weeks time I should be away on holiday (still can't quite believe it will happen) so I'm going to have to plan my next WI carefully. I'll probably go again in about a month which would give me time to lose a pound or two if I need to. I'm resigned to taking time to get back to target when I get home after three weeks away but I'll worry about that when the time comes. 

Meanwhile I'm going to stick to plan whenever I can. Today we've had a long walk (13000+ steps) so that's helping me feel supple and energetic as well as slim. 😊 Fridge is looking very empty but I'll be doing my meal plan later and shopping list for tomorrow. 

Today's EE plan-
B- HEB Weetabix, HEA milk
L- veggie omelette (S,P), pickles (S), slice of ham (P)
D- toad in the hole, roast potatoes, LO gravy (F), BNS, cauli, broccoli, cabbages (S)
Syns- flour 2

joedenise

Well done @maman on the loss and still being in target range.

Good idea to go to WI again in a month to give you time to get back into range if necessary.

Where are you going on holiday?

maman

Thanks @joedenise. We're going to Turkey, which we always have done at this time of the year until 2020. ☹️
We have an apartment so do our own breakfast, the very occasional lunch and pre dinner drinks! 🤣

I might take some Ryvita to have with breakfast to keep me away from the gorgeous bread. 😋

beanielou

Hey.
Can someone please give me the recipie for the overnight oats.
Am going to try them again.
Thanks 

beanielou

Great result maman 

bubbs

Evening all

Well done Maman

Today i have had

LM sausges in egg wraps, baby plum tomatoes
Chicken and mushroom curry 2 syns, egg fried cauli rice and bns chips 😋😋

Hope everyone is ok?

bubbs

Food 😋😋😋😋😋

Coxy11

Hello from the train! Left work at 6 - really tired! 

Well done maman xx

Food lovely as always bubbs 😊

40g porridge oats mixed with FF yog and frozen fruit beanie. I use Mullerlight for 0.5 syn - usually vanilla but this week I used rhubarb and custard flavour. I use frozen cherries - not speed but I like the texture. Mixed up and leave overnight. Stir again before eating. That’s how I do it anyway 😊

Will post recipe when I get home joedenise