10st10lbs' Diary - been away for far too long!

Well done hun. I've been very much enjoying your diary and fasting threads. Thanks for teaching us so much and well done on your fasts.
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Hope you've had a better day today Ali. After all the rain yesterday we've had some glorious sunshine hear so hope you have had some too.

Thanks hun, yesterday was much better than Tuesday... Don't know if there was much sunshine, I did go out for a little while though so that was nice, considering most weeks I could literally be at home 7 days out of 7, not once stepping out of the front door, not even into the garden! Today has been lovely too :) xxx

What's up Ali? you are normally so upbeat. Well done on all that walking, I wanted to take Noah out for a long walk today but it has not stopped pouring with rain since I put my washing out this morning, hope you have a better end to the week, donna x

A million little things! Two younger brothers, for one. I confiscated their PlayStation because I was sick of them arguing constantly - plus my dad had been threatening to unplug it for the past three weeks. So my younger brother (9) decided to beat me up over it. Once he starts throwing things, you just have to run, there's no escaping... he does that thing where you sweep your arm across a table and clear it entirely, but I couldn't run anywhere because I was backed into a corner, it all landed on my feet and then he started chucking all sorts of stuff, it was just horrible. Also, just really missing my best friend and exOH, they both make me smile so much but with my best friend, we're both always busy at the same time so catch up with a phone call maybe once a week, and exOH... well, that's another story :(

Long walks in silence are the most therapeutic way to get the most out of your day, hope the weather was lovely to you today and you got one done. I walked 8km to WI, back to my gran's, to Asda, and back home again, then another 2km to the P.O. and back, so relaxed and I know tonight's sleep will be perfection.

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Thursday 26/08 - Extra Easy

Closing fast
- 1 Weetabix (1/2 HExB) with 150ml skimmed milk (3/7 HExA) and 1 tsp sugar (1 syn)

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Cucumber, carrot, lettuce, sweetcorn and raddish salad with boiled egg, EL mayo (0.5 syns) and 10g RF Greek cheese (1 syn)
- Lamb kebab (0.5 syns) with baked beans in tomato sauce

After prayer
- Chapatti (3 syns) with marinaded chicken (1 syn)
- Cucumber, carrot, lettuce, sweetcorn and raddish salad with boiled egg, EL mayo (0.5 syns) and 10g RF Greek cheese (1 syn)

Late night
- Squidgy Chocolate Cake (1.5 syns) with 5g Nutella (1.5 syns)
- 200ml skimmed milk (4/7 HExA)

Total syns: 1 + 2.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 0.5 + 3 + 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 1.5 + 1.5 = 14 syns
 
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A million little things! Two younger brothers, for one. I confiscated their PlayStation because I was sick of them arguing constantly - plus my dad had been threatening to unplug it for the past three weeks. So my younger brother (9) decided to beat me up over it. Once he starts throwing things, you just have to run, there's no escaping... he does that thing where you sweep your arm across a table and clear it entirely, but I couldn't run anywhere because I was backed into a corner, it all landed on my feet and then he started chucking all sorts of stuff, it was just horrible. Also, just really missing my best friend and exOH, they both make me smile so much but with my best friend, we're both always busy at the same time so catch up with a phone call maybe once a week, and exOH... well, that's another story :(

Long walks in silence are the most therapeutic way to get the most out of your day, hope the weather was lovely to you today and you got one done. I walked 8km to WI, back to my gran's, to Asda, and back home again, then another 2km to the P.O. and back, so relaxed and I know tonight's sleep will be perfection.

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Poor you! I have several little brothers thankfully they are all grown up now but still a constant source of worry and pain lol! Sorry to hear you are missing your ex, sounds like you need to get together with your best friend and have some girly time. Completely understand the walks, Noah and I finally got out today and we ended up walking for 2 hours, went all over the place, ended up in Lidl getting some really cheap fruit/veg and pushing the heaving pram on the way home was an extra workout!

What a fantastic weight loss - have you done anything different this week?

Take care, wishing you another good loss next week, donna x
 
Poor you! I have several little brothers thankfully they are all grown up now but still a constant source of worry and pain lol! Sorry to hear you are missing your ex, sounds like you need to get together with your best friend and have some girly time. Completely understand the walks, Noah and I finally got out today and we ended up walking for 2 hours, went all over the place, ended up in Lidl getting some really cheap fruit/veg and pushing the heaving pram on the way home was an extra workout!

What a fantastic weight loss - have you done anything different this week?

Take care, wishing you another good loss next week, donna x

Brothers are so irritating! They even manage to get on my nerves when they aren't in the room, lol!

Would be lovely to spend some time with my favourite girl, hoping to go to a Ramadan meal with her on Friday but then there's no-one really to look after the brothers (it's all about them isn't it?!). Saw my ex today, ended up going into town when he was on his lunch break - I knew he would be there and he rang me just a few minutes before I left the house, didn't know what to get a work colleague for her birthday... So I advised, over the phone, on the longest bus journey ever (it really felt like it went on forever, was maybe 15mins?!) and then said 'right so where are you right now?' and proceeded to walk towards him, telling him to look out for the girl in the size 10 River Island jeans that he bought me months ago! I had to stop myself blurting out 'how do I look?' a million times but it did slip out once and he looked me up and down, smiled with approval and then said 'you only look fat with this bit now!' pointing to my chin, lol... Then as I was walking home (6.5km - therapeutic!!!) I got a text saying 'You actually have lost a lot of weight. Wear them jeans for when I see you on Tuesday.'... Now that made me smile, but I didn't know I was seeing him on Tuesday... and tbh, I don't want to see him on Tuesday, I don't want to see him again until Ramadan is over because it's just too much for me right now, I'd rather see him when the boys are back at school and the house is calmer, I'm calmer... Told him I was on my period - white lie, but I start soon though! No difference made, *sigh*!

I think I'm gonna hit Lidl after next week's WI, Asda is starting to annoy me now! The only thing I don't like about the Lidl near me is that it's always COLDDDDD! Like brrrrrr cold.

Lots of walking last week, definitely upped my exercise... also lots of being extremely careful about my food, like you said, no guestimating. Had to, very few times, but overestimated definitely. Also, I went to the toilet!!! Been having trouble going for a while but by some miracle I went on Wed night and I was so grateful, I think it definitely helped a lot! Other than that, been eating beans when no one's around to ask me what the hell I'm doing, hahaha...

Thanks hun, you're so lovely for popping in :) You take care too, hope you have a lovely weekend xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Friday 27/08 - Extra Easy

Closing fast
- 1 Weetabix (1/2 HExB) with 150ml skimmed milk (3/7 HExA) and 1 tsp sugar (1 syn)
- Water

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)

After prayer
- Pear
- Cucumber, lettuce, carrot, sweetcorn, raddish, tomato and onion salad with EL mayo (0.5 syn)
- Naan (3.5 syns) with lamb and potato curry (1 syn)
- Lamb kebabs (2 syns) and marinaded chicken (1 syn)
- Hot water with fresh lemon juice

Right, it gets a bit messed up now... Came home looking forward to more squidgy chocolate cake and nutella with the rest of my milk - NEITHER WERE IN THE FRIDGE. First had a long search for the cake, it was nowhere to be seen. So I called my brother in the kitchen, he couldn't see it either. We couldn't even find the container that it was in, to check if it had gotten scoffed while we were out. Then I got mad and gave up, eating...

Late night
- Rice (1 syn) with lamb and potato curry (1 syn) and garlic mayo (1 syn)
- Cucumber, lettuce, carrot, onion, raddish, sweetcorn and onion salad with boiled egg

when I didn't really need it and could have just had a banana. So then I went back into the kitchen, washed my plate and glass, and opened the fridge to get the milk. Nope. Not there. I couldn't believe it. Got my brother again, he was in hysterics. It really wasn't there. I could have sworn I'd just taken it out of the fridge before the cake hunt, but nope. So I grabbed a glass and had took...

- 200ml skimmed milk (4/7 HExA)

with, unfortunately

- 1 bite of a Smarties cookie (2 syns? checked the cals in 100g, weighed out another piece of the same size, blah blah blah)
- 1 sq inch of baklava (3 syns - apparently 55cals? I thought I was looking at about 10 syns, it was that sweet and buttery!)

and then spent the next 15 mins listening to a debate between my head and my stomach - head won, no more naughty eating. So counting up my syns...

Total syns: 1 + 2.5 + 0.5 + 3.5 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 19.5 syns

which I'm not best pleased with, I could have stayed under syns if that damn cake was in the fridge! I will be on a rampage tomorrow to find out where it went. Grrr!
 
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Saturday 28/08 - Green

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Melon
- Water

After prayer
- Potato, spring onion & yoghurt bake, topped with 21g RF cheese (1/2 HExA)
- 71g chicken (HExB1) curry (2 syns) with chapatti (3.5 syns)
- Cucumber, carrot, lettuce, sweetcorn and raddish salad
- Meat samosa (4 syns)
- Mint yoghurt chutney (1 syn)
- Squidgy chocolate cake (0.75 syn!)
- Banana
- Water

Late night
- 350ml skimmed milk (HExA2)
- 35g dried apricots (1/2 HExB2)
- Alpen Light bar (1/2 HExB2)

Total syns: 2.5 + 2 + 3.5 + 4 + 1 + 0.75 = 13.75 syns!
 
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i dont live with my brother, in fact i live by myself, yet i come home all the time to find that food i was expecting to be there has been scoffed by my bro.. it's VERY frustrating! i've recently specifically bought buns for him to have when he comes only to find that he's been tucking into my fruit reserves which is driving me crazy as i'm getting through quite a bit of fruit and now having to go out and buy more when there's buns in the cupboard just for him. argh!
 
Sunday 29/08 - Green

Closing fast
- 1 Weetabix (1/2 HExB1) with 150ml skimmed milk (3/7 HExA) and 1 tsp sugar (1 syn)
- Banana
- Squidgy chocolate cake (0.75 syn)
- 1 Mikado (1 syn)
- Water

By far the most I've eaten yet! Almost 6pm, I'm not toooo hungry x

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Pear
- Water

After prayer
- Ainsley Harriot World Kitchen rice with Quorn Steak Strips and baked beans in tomato sauce
- EL mayo (0.5 syns) and mint yoghurt chutney (0.5 syn)
- Veg pizza slice (7 syns) - can I count 6 as my HExA2? Not sure...
- 20 cashew nuts (HExB2)
- Water

Late night
- Alpen Light bar (1/2 HExB1)
- 200ml skimmed milk (4/7 HExA)
- Squidgy chocolate cake (0.75 syn)

Total syns: 1 + 0.75 + 1 + 2.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 7 + 0.75 = 14 syns
 
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I spent today with my dad and brother and we have been entertaining our other halves with tales of when we were young! The in-laws were all laughing cos when we eat dinner, we eat in the order of worst to best i.e. veg, meat, roast potatoes, so it proves that you do learn your eating habits from your parents

Ali - why is OH ex? do you still love/like him? why not get back together? play hard to get !!

You do look fantastic, size 10 or not, can't believe he said your chin was fat, hope the effect you had on him has made you realise how super gorgeous and irresistible you are!
 
Monday 30/08 - Green

Closing fast
- 1 chocolate Weetabix (1/2 HExB1 + 1 syn) with 150ml skimmed milk (3/7 HExA1)
- CocoPops bar (4 syns) with 100ml skimmed milk (2/7 HExA1)
- Water

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Water

After prayer
- Ainsley Harriot World Kitchen rice with Quorn Steak Strips and baked beans in tomato sauce
- 1/2 lamb kebab (3.5 syns?)
- (Over!) boiled broccoli, cauliflower and green beans
- EL mayo (0.5 syns) and mint yoghurt chutney (0.5 syn)
- Hot water with fresh lemon juice
- 10 cashew nuts (1/2 HExB1)

Late night
- 1 bite of a samosa (then I felt really bad because I didn't even want it so I threw it in the bin which made me feel even worse because I was wasting food, but now I know I won't do it again! - 2 syns)
- 1 chocolate Weetabix (1/2 HExB2 + 1 syn) with 100ml skimmed milk (2/7 HExA1)
- Dried apricots (1/2 HExB2) and 350ml skimmed milk (HExA2)
- Banana

Total syns: 1 + 4 + 2.5 + 3.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 2 = 15 syns
 
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i dont live with my brother, in fact i live by myself, yet i come home all the time to find that food i was expecting to be there has been scoffed by my bro.. it's VERY frustrating! i've recently specifically bought buns for him to have when he comes only to find that he's been tucking into my fruit reserves which is driving me crazy as i'm getting through quite a bit of fruit and now having to go out and buy more when there's buns in the cupboard just for him. argh!

I hate that brothers do that! I make something and he turns his nose up at it in disgust because it's 'healthy food' but then I turn my back for a split second and it's gone! Haha, I think the reverse psychology failed to work on your brother ;) x

I spent today with my dad and brother and we have been entertaining our other halves with tales of when we were young! The in-laws were all laughing cos when we eat dinner, we eat in the order of worst to best i.e. veg, meat, roast potatoes, so it proves that you do learn your eating habits from your parents

Ali - why is OH ex? do you still love/like him? why not get back together? play hard to get !!

You do look fantastic, size 10 or not, can't believe he said your chin was fat, hope the effect you had on him has made you realise how super gorgeous and irresistible you are!

LOL - I used to do the eating things in order aswell but now have a bit of everything in each bite, I enjoy food so much more this way! I don't personally know which parent I got my eating habits from - maybe they're both just really good at sneaking food out of the fridge in the middle of the night and scoffing it in the dark!

Why is my OH ex? The same question I ask myself every spare second! Two and a half amazing years together, best friends, I don't know... He broke it off, I told him all I wanted was for him to be happy. I love him to the moon and back a trillion times, but I'd much rather he was happy alone than unhappy with me.

He was right about the chin! He rarely ever voices (or voiced, rather) compliments but when he does they are truly heartfelt and make (ugh, MADE) me feel amazing. It's a shame, I sit and mope like a loser - I should be working out my chin in the mirror! Anyone got any good chin exercises? :p

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Tuesday 31/08 - Extra Easy

Closing fast
- 2 chocolate Weetabix (HExB + 2 syns) with 300ml skimmed milk (6/7 HExA)
- Water

Long(ish) walk to PO and back, then had to run out again because one envelope got left in the bag!

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Watermelon, banana, grapes, tangerine

After prayer
- Cucumber, lettuce, beansprout, tomato, yellow pepper, green pepper and sugar snap pea salad
- Chicken kebab (1 syn)
- Lamb curry (2 syns) with naan (2 syns)
- Pepsi Max

Late night
- Pear
- Quorn steak strips with baked beans in tomato sauce
- Squidgy chocolate cake (2.5 syns) topped with chocolate sauce made from 10g Cadbury's hot choc powder (2 syns) and 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA)

Total syns: 2 + 2.5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2.5 + 2 = 14 syns

Partial list of foods I managed to avoid
- Fingers
- Jammie Dodgers
- Malted milk biscuits topped with chocolate
- Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate and smarties and/or sugary jellybabies
- Samosas
- Pakoras
- Chocolate birthday cake topped with fresh cream and chocolate buttons
- Carrot dessert (gajar ka halva) made with lots of full fat milk, cream, and sugar
- Trifle
- Rice pudding
- Fanta
- Sprite

NSV, anyone? :D xxx
 
Partial list of foods I managed to avoid
- Fingers
- Jammie Dodgers
- Malted milk biscuits topped with chocolate
- Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate and smarties and/or sugary jellybabies
- Samosas
- Pakoras
- Chocolate birthday cake topped with fresh cream and chocolate buttons
- Carrot dessert (gajar ka halva) made with lots of full fat milk, cream, and sugar
- Trifle
- Rice p-*udding
- Fanta
- Sprite

NSV, anyone? :D xxx

God Ali how did you resist half of them! Well done, looking forward to your weigh in this week...-
 
Wednesday 01/09 - Extra Easy

Breaking fast
- Date (2.5 syns)
- Melon and mango

After prayer
- Hot water with fresh lemon juice
- Salmon crumble (salmon marinaded in homemade tomato and onion sauce, scattered with mushrooms and sweetcorn, and topped with a layer of breadcrumbs and RF cheese) (3.5 syns)
- Baked beans in tomato sauce
- EL Mayo (0.5 syns)
- Chicken pakora (3 syns)
- Squidgy chocolate cake (1.5 syns) topped with chocolate sauce made from 5g Cadbury's hot choc powder (1 syn) and 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA)

Late night
- Melon and banana
- Squidgy chocolate cake (0.75 syns) topped with chocolate sauce made from 5g Cadbury's hot choc powder (1 syn) and 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA)
- 250ml skimmed milk (5/7 HExA)

Total syns: 2.5 + 3.5 + 0.5 + 3 + 1.5 + 1 + 0.75 + 1 = 13.75 syns
 
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