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ruby_eskimo

Morning all.  Well done to the losers this week (sorry too many to keep up with!)

Hope you don't catch your hubby's cold @bubbs and hope your dad's transition to being back at home goes well.

Good luck @beanielou - I'm also feeling very bloated but did manage a half pound loss this week which is better than nothing!

Busy day again, have a blood test this afternoon and a dr's appointment tomorrow.  Breakfast was egg on toast with an apple afterwards, lunch is cucumber and carrot sticks with some homemade hummus and a couple of slices of ham and dinner is spag bol.

Hope everyone has a good day!

strawb_shortcake

Morning all,

Another wet day here! 

WI tonight, another one not hopeful, been on plan but feeling bloated too and my hormones still seem to be all over the place, star week has extended to two weeks :-:smile:

Realising that baked oats is getting rather wasteful on energy I'm going for overnight weetabix tomorrow.

Meals for today:

B: baked Blueberry oats 1 syn

L: ham and mushroom omelette 1 syn for my classy ketchup 

Will have a fruit salad or soup before WI tonight, then some crackers and hex a when I get home, then a hot chocolate tonight. 

maman

Well done on your loss @ruby_eskimo. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 It all counts.😊

✌🏼 for @beanielou and @annabanana82 for tonight's WI. You never know! 

You're right @annabanana82. It's getting to the point where the cost of energy for cooking is more than the food itself. I think, like @maddiemay, we're all trying to find recipes that are quick or use the microwave, slow cooker or other energy saving way. 

We're having hake tonight. It's a fish I used to have as a child and have had occasionally in restaurants. I hope we enjoy it as it was quite good value compared with cod and haddock. I loved your 'if it swims it slims' comment @Coxy11. It sounds like @joedenise has eaten little else! 🤣

Shame about DH's cold @bubbs. I do hope it doesn't mess up your plans. 

Today's EE plan-
B- HEB toast, HEA milk for drinks, fried eggs (P), tomatoes and mushrooms (S)
L- cold meat (P), fried veg and pickles (S) potato (F)
D- baked hake (P), SW chips, mushy peas (F), carrot chips, green stuff, tomatoes and mushrooms (S)
Syns- 0

maddiemay

@ruby_eskimo well done with the 1/2lb off, my personal target is for 1/2lb off tomorrow, but feel is a touch optimistic as I lost focus for 4 days with the stinky head cold.
@annabanana82 I have only tried baked oats once as yet, in the Ninja grill, but my container was too shallow so not sure how close to the original it was. Wondering as quite edible mug cakes can be made in the microwave, if the same would be ok done in one, particularly if the oats were ground up.
@maman my experiment with the Orzo pasta bake was quite good in the big N pot, but the recipe I followed was for steam cooking and the carrots and celery were a bit crunchy, next time will pressure cook.
 Today's effort is SW  Lamb Tagine, trying this in the slow cooker function. It will be cooled and re-heated tomorrow.
Tonight will be Teriyaki Salmon an assortment of veg and some form of potato yet to be decided.

slm6002

I lost 2lb this week.  Although it was my first week and hoping for more, I am a very slow looser so 2lb will do and it is still a loss

joedenise

slm6002 said:

I lost 2lb this week.  Although it was my first week and hoping for more, I am a very slow looser so 2lb will do and it is still a loss

Well done on your loss - that’s a good loss even for a first week.

I would have liked to be that kind of slow loser!  On a good week it would be a lb but most weeks a half but doesn’t matter as long as the losses continue.  We all get where we want to be at some point.

strawb_shortcake

Well done @slm6002

@maddiemay I don't have a microwave so options are limited for a warm breakfast. 

I'm disappointed I didn't eat what I made for my family today, pork tenderloin rolled in stuffing mix, roasted veg carrots/leeks and red onions, as well as roasted new pots. Not syn free but it looked and smelt fab. 

I've decided for tomorrow's breakfast I'm doing the overnight weetabix, fat free yoghurt mixed with a tsp of sweetener and lemon essence and topped with blueberries and raspberries. Just need to work out what pot to use.

bubbs

Evening all

Well done Ruby and slm6002, all these bits add up and 2lb is a good loss!

Anna why didn't you have the same? could syn the stuffing, i love overnight weetabix not had for ages, i make mine in a sandwich box 😂

Dad is home 👏👏 he now weighs 52 kg, has put a kg a week on there, he said to Mum i won't want a hot ddinner as had it at lunchtime, Mum said well i made a cottage pie, Ok i'll try it then he said, she said he woffled it down with carrots and peas 🤣
When i rang up he was washing up!
She said just got to see how he sleeps now.

Food today

Picky plate

I made some cheese and chive waffles and had for tea with "fry" up , they were lush 😋😋

bubbs

Here we go 😋😋😋

strawb_shortcake

@bubbs I don't usually eat before WI, I used to then got out of the habit. 

I'm up two pounds tonight. After all the running the last couple of weeks, and being on plan I am a little disappointed. But my hormones are haywire and I did have a bowl of fruit salad late afternoon, so will just have to see what the scales say next week