Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2025

Mollina_Girl

This is the recipe I use @cheerfulness4, it's very tasty

Cod with a lemon and breadcrumb crust

Serves: 4 Cook Time: 35 mins  

INGREDIENTS

360 g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges

1 tsp smoked paprika

4 tsp olive oil

4 cod fillets , about 120g/5oz each

2 medium slices wholemeal bread, whizzed into breadcrumbs

1 lemon, juice and zest

1 tsp thyme leaves, roughly chopped

1 tsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley

320 g green beans, trimmed

black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 200°C/Gas Mark 6. 

Begin by mixing the sweet potato wedges with the paprika and 2 tsp of the oil. Season with black pepper, transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, lay the fish on a board and mix together the breadcrumbs, 1 tsp oil, the lemon zest and juice, the thyme and parsley. Season with black pepper and sprinkle over the cod fillets. Press int the fish to form a crust.

Remove the sweet potato wedges from the oven and place the cod fillets among them. 

Return tray to the oven for 15 minutes, until the fish is just cooked and flakes easily when lightly pressed.

Blanch the green beans in boiling water for 3-4 minutes or until cooked. Drain and toss with a little butter and black pepper.

Serve the cod with the beans and the sweet potato wedges on the side.

cheerfulness4

That sounds delicious. I'm going to fit that in a week on Wednesday when we had cod down to have. DS loves sweet potato wedges, too. Thanks for that. 

DundeeDoll

2 pounds lost please @Brambling which was rather gratifying if a little surprising

Brambling

Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2024 - 4th Quarter

01/01/25 - 31/03/25

Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want to record  in kilos

Bella_Budget 5/7   /  /  /  /  / STS
Black_Saturn 3.5/10   /  / STS / STS /   
Brambling 4.5/7  /  /  / STS /  / 
Brie 3/7   
Caeraugirl  5/10  / STS /  /    /  / 
candii 10.5/24   
Catlady2025 
Catz4m8z 2.5/7   / STS /  /  / 
Charlies_tribe 2/5  /  /  /  /  / 
Cheerfulness4 10/20  / STS /  /   / 
Cranky40 5/7  /  /  /  / 
DundeeDoll 5/7  / STS /  /  / 
EcoIntent  5/12   
eltee2 5/7   /  / STS /  / STS
Felicityfandangle -/14
Frith 
General_Grant +1/7   
Gingerlily 9.5/14 STS /  /  /  / 
gsdloopy -/10 STS / STS / STS 
Hinchandrossi 3/14  /   
IzzyBee 4/12  / STS / STS /  / STS
Katejo 0/5  /  / STS /  /   / 
kayjay1809 -/21
Ladybird1106 -/10
lilian1977 +0.5/10   
Marycanary 2.5/14  /   
Molina_Girl 9/10  /  /  / STS / 
number_23 0.5/10   
Pauper1 7.5/15  /  /  /  /   
Poeony40  -/10
Pixie_Cosmo 5/12 STS /  / STS /   
roundtuit 3.5/10  / STS /  /  / 
SIRENS 6/9   
SuffolkSue 0/8  / STS /   / 

Kilos 
Angelica123 -/3 STS / STS
Cassingtonbear 1/-   
smudgybunny 0.5/5 
wishus -/4

Key
    = 1lb loss (or kilo)
      = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)
    = 1lb gain (or kilo)
     = 1/2lb gain (or kilo 

Brambling

Some nice losses this weekend guys 👏👏 I've been eating rubbish all weekend and into today so I'm fearing the scales on Wednesday. 

Welcome back Suffolksue i hope you had a good few days away, just draw a line under the first few weeks and start again.  

cheerfulness4

Today is turning out to be one of those days for us so no food planned other than fish and chips for quickness. 
Normal service will begin tomorrow... well it better!

Gingerlily

Hi

Condolences Roundtuit.

Weigh-day -1lb please Brambling.

Pleased with that as it includes the take out last Wednesday and wine on 2 evenings. 

This week I’ll be eating out once and I’ve done a meal plan for the rest of my food. Now my cravings have gone I’m hoping I won’t be so bothered at the lack of spontaneity.

Movement was a bit lacklustre so there’s much room for improvement there this week.

Suffolksue

Well I’ve braved the scales and have miraculously lost 5 of the 6 lbs  I’d put on so 
+1lb from the last time I weighed in for here please Bramble , hoping I can keep this up now and stop mucking about !

cheerfulness4

Back to normal here today. Can't honestly say the fish and chips felt like a treat after all the lovely home cooked things DH has been making for me. My tastes are changing.

Food today:

2x Buttered crumpets.
Cheesy chicken & leek pasta bake and salad.

Snacks - fruit

Caeraugirl

Finally knuckled down and got back to keto / intermittent fasting for the last week - as a result I'm -4lb this morning.