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spud30

sammy115 wrote: »

Spud - if there is any scan bran at tonights meeting I will get you some and send you some over. I will let you know tonight and if I get some I will PM you. I will also try to make the scan bran cake (well DD did want a cake for her birthday!:rotfl: ).

I don't hold out much hope for losing weight at tonights meeting as I have weighed myself this morning and I am the same as last week. I am trying not to be too disappointed. I haven't followed the SW philosophy to the letter and perhaps I ought to try a bit harder this week. I think you need to be organised and its hard when you work full time are essentially a single parent for 80% of the week and no-one eats what you want to eat.

I would have thought that cutting down the drinking, eating about 90% less chocolate and exercising regularly would have had SOME effect! Oh well, I guess it took about 13 years to put on the extra 30lbs I really shouldn't expect to lose it overnight. I shall go for the slow but final weight loss rather than the quick fix!

I am full of excuses as to why I can't stick to a diet!

Thanks Sammy. Dont go to any trouble for the scan bran hun. I can always nip into town and try Holland and Barrett. I'm surprised there isnt an alternative :cool:

Good luck for tonight. Your situation sounds very much like mine. 5 days out of 7, there's just me andd the kids to feed coz DH works permanent nights. I have to say, I'm horrible, if I'm on a diet, we're all on a diet. DS has lost 5lbs so far

I've got 5 weeks off work now, so I'm hoping to be better prepared when it comes to meals, although last night I had SW chips and spicy baked beans, which was rather yummy.

Cleosmum

Red day:

28g Alpen (HEB) with chopped banana and strawberries (ss) and fat free natural yog

Half red grapefruit (ss)

2 slices Warburtons medium wholemeal (400g loaf - HEB) with bacon and poached eggs. 1 tsp fruity sauce (0.5 syns) and thin scraping of Vitalite (2 syns)

Peach (ss)

Half punnet strawberries (ss)

SW chicken kiev (stuffed with extra light laughing cow, garlic and fresh basil) and baby spinach (s), spring onion (s) and tomatoes (s). Laughing cows HEA and breadcrumbs for kiev 2.5 syns.

Freddo 5 syns.

Cleosmum

sammy115 wrote: »

And as I am trying to do it properly can anyone tell me how many syns are in an Asda Chorizo and Italian sundried tomato sauce. I can't get on the SW website as I don't know the password this week.

It is a 300g pack - for every 100g there is 70kcal, 4.1g protein, carbs 4.5g Fat 4.0g of which saturates 0.9g, fibre 0.8g

If anyone could let me know it might stop me committing a SYN!

PS On a green day -planning on having the sauce with spaghetti!

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sammy115

Thats if I eat the whole pot right!:rotfl: I can cope with that. Just got to figure out what to have for lunch now!:p

sammy115

Spud to be fair, I don't really cook for anyone else but me. I told the kids eat what I have or make your own, but they are always asking me what they can have so I find I am constantly thinking about food. If it was just me I think I would be okay. DD1 would do the shopping for me on Mondays if I made her a list but I am so stupid I haven't really thought about it and end up just shoving stuff on a list and she fills in the gaps LOL with carp!

When OH comes home at the weekend the first thing he says is lets go for a meal and I really struggle when eating out. I have been making healthier choices but still having things I 'shouldn't have'. I guess its a step in the right direction. I am not swinging from starving to stuffed anymore.

spud30

Cleosmum wrote: »

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Sounds bloomin gorgeous though, doesnt it

sammy115

spud30 wrote: »

Sounds bloomin gorgeous though, doesnt it

Doesn't it just, and on a green day I can have as much pasta with it as I want. You can have up to 15 syns a day so as long as I don't have too many more today I will be okay. And i think I will throw some mushrooms in with it too.

BUT WHAT TO HAVE FOR LUNCH!!!!

I know! Baked potato, 42g half fat cheese and baked beans.

Woo hoo! Thats me sorted!

Cleosmum

I dont think I could eat 300g over pasta, I would have to have it for lunch and dinner!

Im undecided on lunch, but having chicken for tea, maybe stuffed or a kiev and with a salad. Might have bacon and eggs for lunch?? Got tons of fruit to use up so I hope to get a decent amount of s and ss in today

Snaggles

Think I will have an omlette for lunch. Grrr, I'm pretty sure I wont have lost anything this week, because I'm really struggling to stick to it. But as long as I'm not putting loads back on, I suppose that's the main thing.

I could do with being a few pounds lighter for my holiday though - I know I would feel better if I did. I've got 3 weeks to go, so I could probably lose half a stone if I really went for it.

Might set myself a mini challenge to do that.

Cleosmum

I BOUGHT SCAN BRAN :eek: Crikey, not only did I find a shelf full in holland & barrett, but I actually bought some. OH said he is staying well away from me for the next week! Errrr TMI but I do suffer in the tummy dept, so please make sure I drink enough, or I am likely to suffer ALOT :eek::eek::eek: